1995 in television
For the American network television schedule, please see 1995-96 American network television schedule.*
January 1 -
French Canadian cable television network
Réseau de l'information is launched.
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January 11 -
The WB Television Network is launched.
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January 16 - The United Paramount Network (
UPN) is launched.
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January 24 - The
O. J. Simpson trial begins live broadcasts on American daytime television; as a result, many of the network
soap operas are partially pre-empted, more or less, for nine months. The trial also causes the ratings of all soaps to steadily decline.
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February 3 - In the
UK, an edition of the live morning
ITV discussion programme
The Time The Place is abruptly ended ten minutes early. After an item about men's fashion featured a black male model wearing a skirt, another black man in the audience starts complaining that the show is racist, eventually making his way onto the stage.
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February 19 -
Mötley Crüe drummer
Tommy Lee marries
Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in
Cancún. The bride wore a white bikini.
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April 12 -
Drew Barrymore appears on
The Late Show with David Letterman. In honor of Letterman's birthday, guest Barrymore dances on his desk and flashes him on-air.
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May 12 -
As the World Turns airs its milestone 10,000th episode.
*May -
ABC announces that an episode of the soap opera
All My Children will be pulled from airing due to the recent
Oklahoma City bombing; in the story, villainess Janet Green (
Robin Mattson) was supposed to blow up the church in which her ex Trevor Dillon (
James Kiberd) was to marry her rival Laurel Banning (
Felicity LaFortune).
*July -
The Walt Disney Company announces that it will purchase ABC; the deal is finalized in January
1996.
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October 1 - Six years after it was originally planned, a British version of the
Disney Channel launches in the UK.
*November - Stone Cates dies of
AIDS on
General Hospital shortly after his lover, Robin Scorpio, confesses that he infected her with
HIV.
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November 1 - Seven more satellite and cable channels launch in the United Kingdom:
Euro Business News,
Playboy TV,
The Paramount Channel,
The History Channel,
Sky Sports Gold, and the
Sci-Fi Channel.
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November 18 -
I Can Make You Love Me or
Stalking Laura as it is known in the UK a television movie starring
Brooke Shields is first shown on television there.
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Larry Hagman, former star of
Dallas and
I Dream of Jeannie, undergoes a liver transplant.
*Television programs
ROX and
Computer Chronicles are broadcast via the
Internet—these are the first Internet broadcasts in the history of television.
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Zee TV (
Hindi television channel) launched in the
UK.
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Will Ferrel joins
Saturday Night Live.
CBC Prime Time News reverts to
The National.
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January 11-
The Wayans Bros. premieres on
The WB (1995-
1999)
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January 16 -
Star Trek: Voyager premieres, helping to launch UPN (1995-
2001).
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March 21 -
NewsRadio premieres (1995-
1999)
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March 22 -
Sliders premieres (1995-
2000).
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August 28 -
Sailor Moon premieres in Canada, introduced to the U.S.
two weeks later.
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September 4 -
WCW Monday Nitro premieres on
TNT (
1995-
2001)
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September 13 -
The Drew Carey Show premieres (1995-
2004).
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September 23 -
JAG premieres (1995-
2005).
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September 24 -
Pride and Prejudice (UK), the BBC's massively popular adaptation of
Jane Austen's novel, debuts on
BBC One. The six-part serial finishes on
October 29.
*September -
Timon and Pumbaa premieres (1995-
1998).
*November -
The Wheezer Bros. premieres (1995-2001, with four final episodes not shown until 2004).
Pamela Wallin Live premieres on
CBC Newsworld (1995-
1999).
1940s
Meet the Press (
1947-present).
Candid Camera (
1948-present).
1950s
Hallmark Hall of Fame (
1951-present).
Guiding Light (
1952-present).
The Today Show (1952-present).
Panorama (UK) (
1953-present).
Face the Nation (
1954-present).
The Tonight Show (1954-present).
This Is Your Life (UK) (
1955-
2003).
As the World Turns (
1956-present).
What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
The Sky at Night (UK) (
1957-present).
Blue Peter (UK) (
1958-present).
Grandstand (UK) (1958-present).
1960s
Coronation Street (UK) (
1960-present).
Four Corners (
Australia) (
1961-present).
It's Academic (1961-present).
The Late Late Show (
Ireland) (
1962-present).
General Hospital (
1963-present).
Another World (
1964-1999).
Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present).
Days of Our Lives (
1965-present).
Play School (
1966-present).
The Money Programme (UK) (1966-present).
60 Minutes (
1968-present).
One Life to Live (1968-present).
Sesame Street (
1969-present).
1970s
All My Children (
1970-present).
Monday Night Football (1970-present).
Masterpiece Theatre (
1971-present).
Soul Train (1971-present).
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japan) (
1995-
1996) (
2005- present)
Emmerdale (UK) (
1972-present).
Newsround (UK) (1972-present).
The Price Is Right (1972-present).
Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (
1973-present).
The Young and the Restless (1973-present).
Derrick (
1974-1998).
Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present).
Arena (UK) (
1975–present).
Good Morning America (1975-present).
Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present).
Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
20/20 (
1978-present).
Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
Antiques Roadshow (UK) (
1979-present).
Nightline (1979-present).
This Old House (1979-present).
1980s
Entertainment Tonight (
1981-present).
What Now (1982-present)
Timewatch (
UK) (1982-present)
Jeopardy! (1964-1975,
1984-present).
Murder, She Wrote (1984-
1996).
The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
EastEnders (UK) (
1985-present).
Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
Sally (1985-2002).
The Oprah Winfrey Show (
1986-present).
Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present).
Casualty (UK) (1986-present).
Beadle's About (UK) (
1987-1996).
Chucklevision (UK) (1987-present).
Inspector Morse (
1987-2000).
Married... with Children (1987-
1997).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996).
The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present).
America's Most Wanted (1988-present).
The American Experience (1988-present).
Electric Circus (Canada) (1988-2003).
Fair City (1988-present).
Home and Away (
Ireland) (1988-present).
This Morning (1988-present).
Red Dwarf (UK) (1988-1999).
Family Feud (
1976-1985,
1988-1995, 1999-present).
Murphy Brown (1988-1998).
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999).
Roseanne (1988-1997).
The Ward (UK) (1988-2000).
Baywatch (
1989-2001).
Cops (1989-present).
Family Matters (1989-1998).
Seinfeld (1989-1998).
Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996).
The Simpsons (1989-present).
1990s
America's Funniest Home Videos (
1990-present).
The Crystal Maze (
UK) (1990-
1995).
Law & Order (1990-present).
Northern Exposure (1990-1995).
One Foot in the Grave (
UK) (1990-
2000).
Road to Avonlea (
Canada) (1990-
1996).
Blossom (
1991-1995)
Home Improvement (1991-
1999).
The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present).
Joking Apart (1991,
1993-1995).
The Red Green Show (
Canada) (1991-present).
The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991-1996).
Rugrats (1991-
2004).
Sisters (1991-1996).
Absolutely Fabulous (
UK) (
1992-1996,
2001-
2003).
Barney & Friends (1992-
2002).
Dateline NBC (1992-present).
Mad About You (1992-1999).
The Larry Sanders Show (1992-
1998).
Martin (1992-
1997).
Prime Time News (
Canada) (1992-1995).
The Real World (1992-present).
Beavis and Butt-head (1993-1997).
Frasier (1993-2004).
Ricki Lake (1993-2004).
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present).
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1996).
NYPD Blue (1993-present).
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999).
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present).
The Nanny (1993-1999).
WWF Monday Night RAW (1993-present).
The X-Files (1993-2002).
Due South (1994-1999).
ER (
1994-present).
Friends (1994-2004).
Time Team (
UK) (1994-present).
Touched by an Angel (1994-2003).
Come Dancing (UK) (
1949-1995).
Loving (
1983-1995).
Blossom (
1991-1995)
Matlock (1986-1995).
Full House (1987-1995).
Family Feud (1988-1995).
Empty Nest (1988-1995).
Garfield and Friends (1988-1995).
Yo! MTV Raps (1988-1995).
Challenge Anneka (1989-1995).
Prime Time News (Canada) (1992-1995; program reverts its name to
The National).
Sister, Sister, from
ABC to
The WB.
Animaniacs, from
FOX to
The WB. (1995-1998)
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May 12 -
Sawyer Sweeten, actor.
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May 12 -
Sullivan Sweeten, actor.
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February 5 -
Doug McClure, actor.
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April 4 -
Kenny Everett,
comedian, actor.
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April 23 -
Howard Cosell, journalist.
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April 25 -
Art Fleming, host of the original
Jeopardy!*
May 18 -
Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Samantha Stephens on
Bewitched).
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June 30 -
Gale Gordon, actor (Mr. Mooney on
The Lucy Show).
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July 4 -
Eva Gabor, actress (Lisa Douglas on
Green Acres).
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August 3 -
Ida Lupino, actress, director.
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September 12 -
Jeremy Brett, actor (
Sherlock Holmes in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes).
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November 4 -
Paul Eddington, actor.
