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The year 1963 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1963.
- Further information: 1963-64 American network television schedule
Contents |
Events
- January 13 - BBC Television broadcasts the play The Madhouse on Castle Street in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand. The play co-stars a young American folk music singer named Bob Dylan.
- April 1 - German terrestrial channel ZDF (pronounced tseh-deh-ehf) began broadcasting.
- May 15 - First television pictures transmitted from a US manned space capsule ("Faith 7"). Due to the poor picture quality, only NBC carries the transmission, and on tape-delay, not live.
- September 2 - CBS Evening News becomes network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
- September 9 - NBC also expands its evening network news program to 30 minutes.
- September 30 - BBC Television begins using a globe as their symbol. They would continue to use it in varying forms until 2002.
- November 22 - All three major U.S. networks start pre-emptions for a week following the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination. The pre-emptions unofficially begin a few minutes after Kennedy was shot; on the top-rated American soap opera As the World Turns, Nancy Hughes (Helen Wagner) was in the middle of a discussion with Grandpa (Santos Ortega) about Bob's (Don Hastings) decision to invite Lisa (Eileen Fulton) to Thanksgiving dinner. Walter Cronkite interrupted Wagner mid-speech to deliver the bulletin. As the World Turns continued for one more scene (at that time, the show was transmitted live) before Cronkite cut in permanently.
- November 23 - That Was The Week That Was broadcasts its famous, non-satirical Kennedy tribute episode on the BBC.
- November 24 - Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald live on television.
- For the first time, most Americans say that they get more of their news from television than newspapers.
- The television remote control is authorized by the FCC.
- The actor to play the Doctor Who character The Doctor was William Hartnell. He played the role from 1963 until 1967
Debuts
- January 1 - Astro Boy (known as Mighty Atom in Japanese), Japan's first anime, was launched.
- January 6 - Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom premieres on NBC (1963-1988, 2002-present).
- April 1 - General Hospital (created by Frank and Doris Hursley) and The Doctors premiere on the same day, the former on ABC (1963-present) and later on NBC (1963-1982).
- September 16 - The Outer Limits premieres on ABC (1963-1965).
- September 24 - Petticoat Junction premieres on CBS (1963-1970).
- September 29 - The Judy Garland Show premieres on CBS (1963-1964).
- August 9 - Ready Steady Go! premieres on ITV (1963-1966).
- November 23 - Doctor Who premieres on BBC Television (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present).
- The Littlest Hobo premieres in Canada (1963-1965; 1979-1985).
- Mack & Myer for Hire deputed this year in syndication (1963-1964).
Television shows
1940s
- Meet the Press (1947-present).
- Candid Camera (1948-present).
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971).
- Bozo the Clown (1949-present).
- Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995).
1950s
- The Jack Benny Show (1950-1965).
- Truth or Consequences (1950-1988).
- What's My Line (1950-1967).
- I Love Lucy (1951-1957)
- Adventures of Superman (1951-1957)
- Love of Life (1951-1980).
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present).
- Search for Tomorrow (1951-1986).
- American Bandstand (1952-1989).
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966).
- The Guiding Light (1952-present).
- The Today Show (1952-present).
- Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
- The Good Old Days (UK) (1953-1983).
- Face the Nation (1954-present).
- Lassie (1954-1974)
- The Milton Berle Show (1954-1967).
- Rin Tin Tin (1954-1959)
- The Secret Storm (1954-1974).
- The Tonight Show (Steve Allen, 1954-1957; Jack Paar, 1957-1962).
- Zoo Quest (UK) (1954-1964).
- Captain Kangaroo (1955-1984).
- Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955-1976).
- Gunsmoke (1955-1975).
- The Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982).
- This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003).
- Armchair Theatre (1956-1968).
- As the World Turns (1956-present).
- Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956-1978).
- The Edge of Night (1956-1984).
- The Price Is Right (1956-1965).
- What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
- The Lucille Ball/Desi Arnez Show (The Lucy/Desi Comedy Hour) (1957-1960)
- The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
- Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
- Grandstand (UK) (1958-2007).
- The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966).
- Bonanza (1959-1973).
- Juke Box Jury (1959-1967, 1979, 1989-1990).
- The Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1968).
- The Twilight Zone (1959-1964, 1985-1988, 2002).
1960s
- Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
- My Three Sons (1960-1972).
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968).
- The Flintstones (1960-1966).
- Ben Casey (1961-1966).
- Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
- It's Academic (1961-present).
- Mister Ed (1961-1966).
- The Avengers (UK) (1961-1969).
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966).
- The Fulton Sheen Program (1961-1968).
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961-1981).
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-1969).
- Combat! (1962-1967).
- Match Game (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990-1991, 1998-1999).
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971).
- The Jetsons (1962-1963, 1984-1985, 1987).
- The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
- The Lucy Show (1962-1968).
- The Saint (UK) (1962-1969).
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992).
- Z-Cars (UK) (1962-1978).
- Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989), (1996), (2005-present)
- Mack & Myer for Hire (1963-1964)
Ending this year
- May - Empire (1962-1963).
- May - The Voice of Firestone (1949-1963).
- June 20 - Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963).
- September 10 - Hawaiian Eye (1959-1963).
Births
- February 17 - Michael Jordan, former professional basketball player
- May 8 - Stella Gonet, actress.
- May 25 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor.
- May 28 - Michelle Collins, actress.
- May 29 - Lisa Whelchel, actress.
- June 15 - Helen Hunt, actress.
- June 17 - Greg Kinnear, actor.
- July 30 - Lisa Kudrow, actress, Friends.
- November 21 - Nicollette Sheridan, actress.
- December 18 - Brad Pitt, actor