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The year 1966 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in that year.

Events

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Also in 1966
  • The 1951–1953 CBS sitcom Amos & Andy is pulled from syndication broadcast due to complaints from civil rights organizations.
  • Construction is completed on the KXJB-TV mast (now KRDK) in rural Traill County, North Dakota. At 2,060 ft. (630m) tall and supported by multiple bundles of guy-wires, it becomes the tallest structure in the world. Today, though it has collapsed twice since its first construction in 1966, it is the tallest structure in the United States, the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere behind the Petronius oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and the seventh-tallest structure in the world.
  • Macdonald Carey starts reciting the epigram "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" at the beginning of his soap opera, Days of Our Lives, a tradition that continues over a decade after his death.

Programs/programmes

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Debuts

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Ending this year

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Date Show Debut
January 8 Shindig! 1964
February 6 Mister Ed 1961
March 19 The Donna Reed Show 1958
March 21 Ben Casey 1961
April 1 The Flintstones 1960
April 7 Danger Man (UK) 1964
April 8 The Addams Family
April 12 McHale's Navy 1962
April 17 The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1965
May 4 The Patty Duke Show 1963
May 8 This Hour Has Seven Days 1964
May 12 The Munsters
May 22 Perry Mason 1957
June 1 The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961
July 3 Ultra Q (Japan) 1966
August 29 Hullabaloo 1965
September 3 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1952
September 4 My Favorite Martian 1963
October 23 Peter Potamus 1964
October 14 Showdown & Chain Letter 1966
December 16 WJW-TV's Shock Theater 1963
December 23 Ready Steady Go!
December 28 Our Man at St. Mark's

Births

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Date Name Notability
January 13 Patrick Dempsey Actor (Grey's Anatomy)
January 14 Dan Schneider Producer and screenwriter (The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious, Sam & Cat, Henry Danger, Game Shakers)
January 17 Joshua Malina Actor (Sports Night, The West Wing, Scandal)
January 20 Rainn Wilson Actor and comedian (Dwight Schrute on The Office)
January 27 Tamlyn Tomita Actress
February 2 Adam Ferrara Actor
February 6 Rick Astley English singer
February 11 Armen Chakmakian Composer
February 13 Neal McDonough Actor (Band of Brothers, Desperate Housewives, Justified)
February 19 Justine Bateman Actress (Family Ties)
February 20 Louis Ferreira Actor
February 22 Rachel Dratch Actress (Saturday Night Live)
February 23 Mia Michaels Judge
February 25 Alexis Denisof Actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
Téa Leoni Actress (Madam Secretary)
Nancy O'Dell Television host
February 27 Donal Logue Canadian-American actor (Grounded for Life, Sons of Anarchy, Vikings)
Gregg Rainwater Actor (The Young Riders)
Bill Oakley Writer
February 28 David Nevins Producer
March 1 Paul Hollywood English chef and television presenter
Don Lemon American television journalist
March 3 Michael Davies United States–based British television game shows producer
March 4 Kevin Johnson NBA basketball player and former Mayor of Sacramento
March 5 Aasif Mandvi British-American actor
March 11 Alice Stewart Political commentator (CNN) (died 2024)[4]
March 14 Elise Neal Actress (The Hughleys)
Gary Anthony Williams Actor (The Boondocks)
J. Michael Muro American cinematographer
March 22 Eric Bruskotter Actor (Tour of Duty)
Gary Janetti Actor
March 23 Marin Hinkle Actress (Once and Again, Two and a Half Men)
March 26 Michael Imperioli Actor (The Sopranos)
April 4 Nancy McKeon Actress (The Facts of Life)
April 6 Todd McDermott Television journalist
April 8 Robin Wright Actress (Santa Barbara, House of Cards)
April 9 Cynthia Nixon Actress (Sex and the City)
April 10 Brad William Henke Actor (Nikki, Going to California, October Road)
Steve Claridge Sportscaster
George Mastras Television producer
April 20 Paula White American televangelist
April 22 Jeffrey Dean Morgan Actor (Supernatural, The Good Wife, The Walking Dead)
April 26 James Barbour Actor
May 1 Charlie Schlatter Actor (Diagnosis: Murder, Loonatics Unleashed, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil)
May 5 Josh Weinstein Writer
May 12 Stephen Baldwin Actor (The Young Riders)
May 16 Janet Jackson Singer & actress (Good Times)
May 17 Hill Harper Actor (CSI: NY)
May 20 Mindy Cohn Actress (The Facts of Life)
Gina Ravera Actress
Dan Abrams American media entrepreneur
May 21 Lisa Edelstein Actress (House, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce)
May 22 Johnny Gill Singer
May 23 H. Jon Benjamin Actor (Bob's Burgers, Archer)
May 27 Heston Blumenthal Chef
May 28 Heather Asch Puppeteer
June 8 Julianna Margulies Actress (ER, The Good Wife)
June 14 Traylor Howard Actress (Two Guys and a Girl, Monk)
June 17 Jason Patric Actor
June 21 Alisyn Camerota Journalist
June 25 Dikembe Mutombo NBA basketball player
June 27 J. J. Abrams Film director
June 28 Sara Stewart Actress (Sugar Rush)
John Cusack Actor
June 30 Mike Tyson Professional boxer
July 4 Alison Stewart American television journalist
July 7 Sandra Lee Author, chef/host
John Muller American television journalist
July 9 Pamela Adlon Actress (King of the Hill, Recess, Time Squad, Squirrel Boy)
Scott Van Pelt Talk show host
July 11 Debbe Dunning Actress (Home Improvement)
Greg Grunberg Actor (Felicity, Alias, Heroes)
July 13 David X. Cohen Writer
July 14 Matthew Fox Actor (Party of Five, Lost)
July 15 Amanda Foreman Actress (Felicity)
Kristoff St. John Actor (The Young and the Restless) (died 2019)
Gary Glasberg Writer, producer (died 2016)
July 19 Nancy Carell Actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Office) and wife of Steve Carell
July 29 Richard Steven Horvitz Actor (The Angry Beavers, Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Squirrel Boy, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil)
July 31 Dean Cain Actor (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)
August 9 Patrick Petersen Actor (Knots Landing)
August 14 Halle Berry Actress (Living Dolls)
August 20 David Rees Snell Actor
August 25 Robert Maschio Actor (Scrubs)
August 30 Michael Michele Actress (Homicide: Life on the Street, ER)
September 1 Tim Hardaway NBA basketball player
September 2 Tuc Watkins Actor (One Life to Live, Desperate Housewives)
September 5 Phillip P. Keene Actor
September 7 Toby Jones Actor
September 9 Adam Sandler Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
September 12 Darren E. Burrows Actor (Northern Exposure)
September 19 Soledad O'Brien American broadcast journalist
September 22 Ruth Jones Actress
September 28 Maria Canals-Barrera Actress (Wizards of Waverly Place, Justice League, The Proud Family)
September 29 Jill Whelan Actress (The Love Boat)
October 6 Jacqueline Obradors Actress (NYPD Blue)
October 8 Karyn Parsons Actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
October 9 David Cameron British politician[5]
October 11 Luke Perry Actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Riverdale) (died 2019)
Shawn Ryan American screenwriter and television producer
October 18 Dave Price American journalist
October 26 Steve Valentine Actor (Crossing Jordan)
October 28 Andy Richter Talk show announcer and comedian (Late Night, Conan)
Chris Bauer Actor
October 31 Mike O'Malley Actor (Yes, Dear, Glee)
November 2 David Schwimmer Actor (Ross on Friends)
November 5 Monty Halls Host
November 6 Peter DeLuise Actor, director and screenwriter (21 Jump Street)
Lisa Canning Actress
November 8 Gordon Ramsay English chef and TV host (Hell's Kitchen, Master Chef, Kitchen Nightmares)
November 14 Curt Schilling MLB baseball player
November 15 Rachel True Actress (Half & Half)
November 16 Dave Kushner Musician
November 17 Daisy Fuentes Actress
November 22 Michael K. Williams Actor (The Wire) (died 2021)
Nicholas Rowe Actor
November 25 Billy Burke Actor
November 26 Garcelle Beauvais Actress (NYPD Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show)
November 29 John Layfield WWE personality and business pundit (CNBC, Fox Business, Fox News)
December 1 Katherine LaNasa Actress
December 4 Fred Armisen Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, Documentary Now!)
Suzanne Malveaux American television news journalist
Carey Means Voice actor (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
December 5 Johan Renck Swedish director
December 8 Matthew Labyorteaux Actor (Little House on the Prairie)
Matt Adler Actor
Michael Cole Pro wrestling commentator (WWE)
December 9 Toby Huss Actor (The Adventures of Pete & Pete, King of the Hill)
December 11 Gary Dourdan Actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
December 13 Mike Tirico American sportscaster
December 15 Molly Price Actress (Third Watch)
December 21 Michelle Hurd Actress (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Kiefer Sutherland Canadian actor (24, Designated Survivor) and son of Donald Sutherland
Kari Turner Actress (JAG)
Kelly Wallace Television journalist
December 24 Diedrich Bader Actor (The Drew Carey Show, Veep, Outsourced) and voice actor (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Zeta Project, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
December 27 Bill Goldberg WCW wrestler
Eva LaRue Model and actress (All My Children, CSI: Miami)
December 30 Akosua Busia Actress

Deaths

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Date Name Age Notability
February 1 Buster Keaton 70 Actor
March 3 Alice Pearce 48 Actress (Gladys Kravitz No. 1 on Bewitched)
William Frawley 79 Actor (Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy and Bub O'Casey on My Three Sons)
June 19 Ed Wynn 79 Actor, comedian (The Ed Wynn Show)
September 14 Gertrude Berg 66 Actress (The Goldbergs)[6]
September 28 Eric Fleming 41 Actor (Gil Favor on Rawhide)
December 15 Walt Disney 65 Founder of Walt Disney Productions (host of Disney TV series)

Television debuts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Agency, United States Information (1968). Report to Congress. p. 10.
  2. ^ "The 38th Academy Awards | 1966". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 4, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Color Revolution: Television In The Sixties - TVObscurities". Television Obscurities. March 14, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Mayorquín, Orlando (May 19, 2024). "Alice Stewart, a CNN Political Commentator, Is Dead at 58". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "The David Cameron story". BBC News. May 9, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  6. ^ "Gertrude Berg | American actress, producer, and screenwriter". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  • Shubilla, Thom "Beefstew" (2022). Primetime 1966-1967: The Full Spectrum Television's First All-Color Season. McFarland ISBN 978-1476683447.