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1966 in television
See also:
1965 in television,
other events of 1966,
1967 in television and the
list of 'years in television'.
For the American network television schedule, please see 1966-67 American network television schedule.
Events
- January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
- January 8 - Shindig! airs for the last time on ABC, with musical guests the Kinks and the Who.
- February 23 - Television is first broadcast in Greece when ERT went on the air.
- June 5 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band debuts their music videos for "Rain" and "Paperback Writer".
- June 27 - The first episode of the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows airs on ABC, introducing Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) to the viewing audience as she applies for a job at the Collinwood Manor.
- July 1 - First Canadian color television broadcast.
- September - ABC switches to the color standard, meaning that all three US networks are now broadcasting in color regularly.
- September 3 - The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.
- September 7 - The final episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs (the first episode aired on October 3, 1961).
- October 2 - The four-part serial Talking to a Stranger, acclaimed as one of the finest British television dramas of the 1960s, begins transmission in the Theatre 625 strand on BBC2.
- October 27 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs for the first time on CBS.
- November 16 - Cathy Come Home, possibly the best-known play ever to be broadcast on British television, is transmitted in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand.
- The 1951-1953 CBS sitcom Amos & Andy is pulled from circulation due to complaints from civil rights organizations.
- Macdonald Carey starts reciting the epigram "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" at the beginning of his dramatic serial, Days of Our Lives, a tradition that continues today, over a decade after his passing.
Debuts
Television shows
- Meet the Press (1947-present).
- Candid Camera (1948-present).
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971).
- Truth or Consequences (1950-1988).
- What's My Line (1950-1967).
- Love of Life (1951-1980).
- Search for Tomorrow (1951-1986).
- American Bandstand (1952-1989).
- The Guiding Light (1952-present).
- The Honeymooners (1952-1970).
- The Today Show (1952-present).
- Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
- The Good Old Days (UK) (1953-1983).
- Face the Nation (1954-present).
- The Milton Berle Show (1954-1967).
- The Secret Storm (1954-1974).
- The Tonight Show (1954-present).
- 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 (UK) (1956-1968).
- As the World Turns (1956-present).
- Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956-1978).
- The Edge of Night (1956-1984).
- What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
- The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
- Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
- Grandstand (UK) (1958-present).
- Bonanza (1959-1973).
- Juke Box Jury (1959-1967, 1979, 1989-1990).
- The Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1968).
- Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
- My Three Sons (1960-1972).
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968).
- Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
- The Avengers (UK) (1961-1969).
- The Fulton Sheen Program (1961-1968).
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961-1981).
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-1969).
- Match Game (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990-1991, 1998-1999).
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971).
- The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
- The Lucy Show (1962-1968).
- The Saint (UK) (1962-1969).
- Z-Cars (UK) (1962-1978).
- Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present).
- General Hospital (1963-present).
- Petticoat Junction (1963-1970).
- The Doctors (1963-1982).
- Another World (1964-1999).
- Bewitched (1964-1972).
- Crossroads (UK) (1964-1988, 2001-2003).
- Daniel Boone (1964-1970).
- Gilligan's Island (1964-1967).
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964-1970).
- Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
- Peyton Place (1964-1969).
- The Mavis Brampston Show (Australia) (1964-1968).
- The Wednesday Play (UK) (1964-1970).
- Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present).
- Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
- Get Smart (1965-1970).
- Green Acres (1965-1971).
- Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971).
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970).
- Lost In Space (1965-1968).
- The Dean Martin Show (1965-1974).
- Tom and Jerry (1940-1958, 1965-1972, 1975-1977, 1980-1982).
- World of Sport (UK) (1965-1985).
Ending this year
Births
Deaths
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