1967 in American television
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1966–67 United States network television schedule |
1967–68 United States network television schedule |
List of American television programs currently in production |
This is a list of American television-related events in 1967.
Events
Date | Event | Ref. |
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January 7 | The Newlywed Game debuts a primetime edition on ABC. | |
January 15 | CBS and NBC each broadcast their coverage of the first-ever Super Bowl from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in which the NFL's Green Bay Packers defeat the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs, by a score of 35-10. The game was seen by a combined 51.18 million viewers between the two networks. | [1][2] |
February 16 | Ricardo Montalbán makes his debut in the NBC Sci-fi series Star Trek as popular villain Khan Noonien Singh, in the episode "Space Seed". | |
May 1 | The United Network launches (as the Overmeyer Network) with the premiere of the short-lived program, The Las Vegas Show, the only show it airs. Transmission expenses prompt the show and the network to cease operations after one month. | |
August 21 | Dark Shadows on ABC and As the World Turns on CBS become the first daytime soap operas on their respective networks to broadcast in color. | |
September 9 | NBC airs what will prove to be the pilot of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In ; which would have its actual series premiere on January 22, 1968
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September 17 | The Doors' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show resulted in the banning of the band from future episodes due to Jim Morrison ignoring Sullivan's request to change one of the lyrics in the song they performed, "Light My Fire". | |
November 7 | The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was established when U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. | |
Unknown | The FCC issues an order that require cigarette ads on television, radio and in print to include a warning about the health risks of smoking. |
Television programs
Debuts
Ending this year
Date | Show | Network | Debut | Status |
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March 13 | Combat! | ABC | October 2, 1962 | Ended |
March 17 | The Green Hornet | ABC | September 9, 1966 | Canceled |
April 6 | F Troop | ABC | September 14, 1965 | Ended |
April 15 | Flipper | NBC | September 19, 1964 | Ended |
April 22 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | NBC | September 14, 1965 | Canceled |
May 5 | Rango | ABC | January 13, 1967 | Canceled |
August 28 | Mr. Terrific | CBS | January 9, 1967 | Canceled |
August 29 | The Fugitive | ABC | September 17, 1963 | Ended |
September 1 | The Time Tunnel | ABC | September 9, 1966 | Canceled |
September 3 | What's My Line? | CBS | February 2, 1950 | Ended |
September 4 | Gilligan's Island | September 26, 1964 | ||
September 16 | Space Ghost | September 10, 1966 | Canceled | |
October 4 | Batfink | KTLA Syndication |
April 21, 1966 | Canceled |
December 29 | Hondo | ABC | September 8, 1967 | Canceled |
Television specials and/or miniseries
Title | Network | Date(s) of airing | Notes/Ref, |
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February 25 | Jack and the Beanstalk | NBC | First television special that combined animation with live action. |
June 12 | You're in Love, Charlie Brown | CBS | |
December 11 | Movin' With Nancy
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NBC | All-star special starring Nancy Sinatra |
Networks and services
Network launches
Network | Type | Launch date | Notes |
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Overmyer Network | Cable television | May 1 |
Network closures
Network | Type | Closure date | Notes |
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Overmyer Network | Cable television | June 1 |
Television stations
Sign-ons
Date | Market
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Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. | |
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January | Canton, Ohio | WJAN | 17 | Independent
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Richmond, Virginia | WCVW-TV
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57 | NET | |||
January 1 | Pelham/Albany, Georgia | WABW-TV
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14 | NET/GPB | Satellite of Atlanta, Georgia
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January 2 | Pelham/Albany, Georgia | WABW-TV
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14 | NET/GPB | ||
January 3 | Dalton/Chatsworth, Georgia (Chattanooga, Tennessee) |
WCLP
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NET/GPB | Satellite of Atlanta, Georgia
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January 5 | Fontana/Los Angeles, California | KLXA-TV | 40 | Bilingual independent | Now TBN flagship KTBN-TV; license reassigned to Santa Ana, California in 1973 | |
January 6 | Houston, Texas
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KHTV
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39 | Independent
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January 29 | Grand Forks, North Dakota | WDAZ-TV | 6 | NBC | ||
January 30 | Chatsworth/Dalton, Georgia (Chattanooga, Tennessee) |
WNGH-TV
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18 | NET | Part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting television network | |
February 1 | Tucson, Arizona | KZAZ | 11 | Independent | ||
March 1 | Baltimore, Maryland
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WMET-TV | 24 | Independent | ||
March 5 | Norwich, Connecticut | WEDN
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9 | NET | Satellite of WEDH/Hartford
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March 6 | Dawson/Americus, Georgia | WACS-TV
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25 | NET/GPB | Satellite of Atlanta, Georgia
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March 15 | Sneedville/Kingsport, Tennessee | WSJK-TV
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2 | NET | ||
March 27 | Mount Pleasant, Michigan | WCMU-TV | 14 | NET | ||
April 5 | New York City | WNYE | 25 | NET | ||
April 24 | Spokane, Washington | KSPS | 7 | NET | ||
June 4 | Reno, Nevada | KTVN | 2 | ABC | now a CBS affiliate. | |
June 8 | Providence, Rhode Island | WSBE-TV | 36 | NET | ||
June 25 | San Diego, California
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KEBS-TV | 15 | NET | ||
July 9 | Charlotte, North Carolina | WCTU-TV | 36 | Independent | ||
August 1 | Roanoke, Virginia | WBRA-TV | 15 | NET | ||
August 5 | Nashville, Tennessee | WMCV | 17 | Independent
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August 9 | Florence, Alabama | WFIQ | 36 | NET | ||
August 13 | Erie, Pennsylvania | WQLN | 54 | NET | ||
August 19 | Monroe, Louisiana | KUZN | 14 | Independent | ||
August 31 | Hibbing, Minnesota | WIRT-TV
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13 | ABC | Satellite of WDIO-TV in Duluth
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September 1 | Atlanta, Georgia
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WJRJ-TV | 17 | Independent | ||
Bassett, Nebraska | KMNE-TV
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7 | NET/ Nebraska ETV
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September 3 | Florence/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | WJPM-TV
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33 | NET | Satellite of WRLK-TV/Columbia, South Carolina | |
September 5 | Sioux City, Iowa | KMEG | 14 | CBS | ||
September 10 | Las Vegas, Nevada
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KHBV-TV | 5 | Independent | ||
September 11 | Asheville, North Carolina | WUNF-TV
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33 | NET | Satellite of WUNC-TV/Chapel Hill, North Carolina | |
Boone/Hickory, North Carolina | WUNE-TV
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17 | NET | |||
Concord, North Carolina | WUNG-TV | 58 | NET | |||
Pensacola, Florida | WSRE | 23 | NET | |||
September 14 | Rapid City, South Dakota | KBHE-TV
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9 | NET | Part of South Dakota Public Broadcasting | |
September 15 | Poplar Bluff, Missouri | KPOB-TV | 15 | ABC | Full-time satellite of WSIL-TV/Harrisburg, Illinois | |
September 17 | Phoenix, Arizona | KPAZ-TV | 21 | Bilingual independent
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September 20 | Miami, Florida
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WCIX-TV | 6 | Independent | Now WFOR-TV, a CBS O&O on channel 4 | |
September 25 | Boston, Massachusetts
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WGBX-TV | 44 | NET | ||
October | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | WSZE-TV | 10 | NBC (primary) ABC/CBS (secondary) |
Satellite of KUAM-TV/Hagåtña, Guam | |
October 1 | Dallas, Texas
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KMEC-TV | 33 | Independent | ||
October 9 | San Francisco, California
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KGSC-TV | 36 | Independent | ||
October 16 | Burlington, Vermont | WETK
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32 | NET | Flagship of the Vermont ETV network; the other three stations of that network would sign on the following year.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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WWOM-TV | 26 | Independent | |||
October 31 | Anchorage, Alaska | KHAR-TV | 13 | Independent | ||
November 6 | Greensboro, North Carolina | WUBC | 48 | Independent | ||
November 14 | Miami, Florida
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WAJA-TV | 23 | Independent | ||
December 28 | Topeka, Kansas | KTSB | 27 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) |
Network affiliation changes
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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January | Jackson, Tennessee | WBBJ-TV | 7 | CBS | ABC | |
March 6 | Bowling Green, Kentucky | WLTV | 13 | Independent | [18] | |
June 4 | Reno, Nevada | KCRL-TV | 4 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) |
NBC (exclusive) | |
September 2 | Huntsville, Alabama | WAAY-TV | 31 | ABC | NBC | This affiliation switch was reversed on December 11, 1977. |
Sioux City, Iowa | KCAU-TV | 9 | CBS (basic, as KVTV) | ABC (full-time) | ||
October 1 | Anchorage, Alaska | KENI-TV | 2 | ABC/NBC (joint primary) | ABC (exclusive) |
Station closures
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Sign-on date | Notes |
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August 14 | Danville, Illinois | WICD | 24 | ABC | December 19, 1953 | |
December | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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KLPR-TV | 14 | Independent | May 31, 1966 |
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Myslenski, Skip (January 26, 1986). "Super Bowl I: CBS vs. NBC". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "10 Things You May Not Know About the First Super Bowl". Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ^ Markstein, Don (2008). "Birdman". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014.
- ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Markstein, Don (2007). "The Herculoids". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014.
Like the majority of Hanna-Barbera's late '60s adventure characters... The Herculoids were created by designer Alex Toth.
- ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "The Jerry Lewis Show". thetvdb.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series 1967–1969) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946–present, Ballantine, 1979
- ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Phil Donahue Dawns on Daytime". EW.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ^ Handbook of Texas Online: Madalyn Murray O'Hair (Note: this article mentioned that Donahue's show started in 1963, with Madalyn as guest.)
- ^ "Station Due to Carry ABC Programs". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. March 2, 1967. p. 9. Archived from the original April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.