1963 in television

See also: 1962 in television, other events of 1963, 1964 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• January 1 - Astroboy (known as Mighty Atom in Japanese) Japan's first ever animé was launched.
• May 15 - First television pictures transmitted from a U.S. 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 expands its evening network news program to 30 minutes
• November 22 - regular television programming is suspended following news of John F. Kennedy's assassination
• November 23 - The first episode of the sci-fi tv series Doctor Who debuts 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.

Debuts

• General Hospital on ABC (1963-present)
• The Judy Garland Show on CBS (1963-1964)
• Petticoat Junction on CBS (1963-1970)

Popular Television Shows

• November 23 - Dr Who premieres in the UK (1963-1989)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
• Bonanza (1959-1973)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
• Hanna Barbera's The Flintstones (1960-1966)
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
• Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• Mister Ed (1961-1966)
• My Three Sons (1960-1972)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1959-1965)
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954-1983)

Births

• May 29 - Lisa Whelchel, actress
• July 30 - Lisa Kudrow, actress, Friends

Deaths