1989 in television Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

See also: 1988 in television, other events of 1989, 1990 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular television shows 4 Ending this year 5 Changes of network affiliation 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

• April 18 or 19 - Dragon Ball Z premieres on Japanese television.
• May - Donna Mills makes her final regular appearance as villainess Abby on Knots Landing.
• July 31 - Canadian cable television network CBC Newsworld is launched.
• September 29 - Susan Sullivan's character, Maggie Gioberti Channing, is killed off on the season premiere of Falcon Crest.
• December - a seldom-seen 1956 Christmas special episode of I Love Lucy re-airs on CBS.
• Talk show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests. The theme of the episode was "Young Hate Mongers" and the fight originated between white supremacist Tom Metzger and civil rights activist Roy Innis.
• Chris Farley, David Spade, and Mike Myers join the cast of Saturday Night Live.
• Cliff and Nina Warner marry one another for the fourth (and seemingly final) time on All My Children, a record that has not been matched in the soap world.

Debuts

• January 3 - The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-1994) premieres on CBS. His first musical guest is Luther Vandross
• June 10 - Tales from the Crypt premieres on HBO (1989-1996)
• December 17 - The Simpsons premieres on FOX with a special Christmas episode (1989-present). The characters had first appeared two years earlier as a segment on The Tracey Ullman Show. The regular run begins January 14, 1990
• Baywatch premieres on NBC (1989-2001)
• Cops premieres, which shows footage shot in real life situations with United States police officers (1989-present)
• Family Matters premieres (1989-1998)
• Life Goes On premieres (1989-1993)
• Press Gang, a massively popular comedy/drama aimed at teenagers, begins its run on the ITV network in Britain (1989-1993)
• The Seinfeld Chronicles premieres on NBC. The show would later be retitled Seinfeld and become one of the most popular sitcoms in television history (1989-1998)

Popular television shows

• Meet the Press (1947-present)
• Candid Camera (1948-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)
• Coronation Street (UK) (1960-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)
• 60 Minutes (1968-present)
• One Life to Live (1968-present)
• Hee Haw (1969-1993)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• All My Children (1970-present)
• Monday Night Football (1970-present)
• Masterpiece Theatre (1971-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)
• Fawlty Towers (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)
• Dallas (1978-1991)
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present)
• Knots Landing (1979-1993)
• You Can't Do That on Television (Canada) (1979-1990)
• Entertainment Tonight (1981-present)
• Falcon Crest (1981-1990)
• Cheers (1982-1993)
• Late Night with David Letterman (1982-1993)
• Newhart (1982-1990)
• The Journal (Canada) (1982-1992)
• Loving (1983-1995)
• Jeopardy (1964-1975, 1984-present)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996)
• Night Court (1984-1992)
• Santa Barbara (1984-1993)
• The Bill (UK) (1984-present)
• The Cosby Show (1984-1992)
• Who's the Boss (1984-1992)
• 227 (1985-1990)
• EastEnders (UK) (1985-present)
• Growing Pains (1985-1992)
• MacGyver (1985-1992)
• Mr. Belvedere (1985-1990)
• Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present)
• The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
• ALF (1986-1990)
• Amen (1986-1991)
• Designing Women (1986-1993)
• L.A. Law (1986-1994)
• Mama's Family (1983-1984, 1986-1990)
• Matlock (1986-1995)
• Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986-1991)
• Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present)
• A Different World (1987-1993)
• Full House (1987-1995)
• Inspector Morse (1987-2000)
• Married... with Children (1987-1997)
• (1987-1994)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present)
• The Tracey Ullman Show (1987-1990)
• thirtysomething (1987-1991)
• Children's Ward (UK) (1988-2000)
• Empty Nest (1988-1995)
• Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present)
• Garfield and Friends (1988-1995)
• Murphy Brown (1988-1998)
• Roseanne (1988-1997)
• The Magical World of Disney (1988-1990)
• The Wonder Years (1988-1993)
• Juke Box Jury (1959-1967, 1979, 1989-1990)

Ending this year

• January 13 - The last episode of the soap opera Ryan's Hope (1975-1989) airs on ABC; in the final scene, matriarch Maeve Ryan (Helen Gallagher) sings Danny Boy at Ryan's Bar for the last time
• December 6 - After 26 seasons, the original run of Dr Who (1963-1989) comes to an end on BBC ONE with the broadcasting of episode three of the final serial, Survival
• American Bandstand (1952-1989)
• The Benny Hill Show (UK) (1969-1989)
• Dynasty (1981-1989)
• Family Ties (1982-1989)
• Webster (1983-1989)
• Highway to Heaven (1984-1989)
• Kate and Allie (1984-1989)
• Miami Vice (1984-1989)
• It's a Living (1980-1982, 1985-1989)
• Moonlighting (1985-1989)

Changes of network affiliation

• July 17 - Wheel of Fortune moves from NBC's daytime lineup to CBS's daytime schedule.

Births

• January 3 - Alex D. Linz, actor

Deaths

• April 26 - Lucille Ball, actress, comedian
• May 1 - Douglass Watson, soap opera actor
• May 20 - Gilda Radner, actress, comedian
• July 3 - Jim Backus, actor
• July 10 - Mel Blanc, voice actor
• October 4 - Graham Chapman, comedian

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