1975 in television

See also: 1974 in television, other events of 1975, 1976 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 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• January 23 - Barney Miller debuts on ABC.
• April 18 - Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome To My Nightmare: The Making Of A Record Album airs
• April 28 - Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show.
• November 3 - Good Morning America premieres with co-anchors David Hartman and Nancy Dussault.
• Andy Kaufman makes his debut on Saturday Night Live, lip syncing portions of the theme to Mighty Mouse.
• Fred Silverman becomes the head of ABC Entertainment. Initiating an era of what is disparagingly called "T&A" or "jiggle television", his programming choices result in ABC achieving ratings dominance.
• Colour television transmissions begin in Sydney & Melbourne.(Australia)

Debuts

• Fawlty Towers premieres on the BBC
• The Jeffersons, a spinoff of All in the Family, premieres on CBS (1975-1985)
• One Day at a Time, produced by Norman Lear, premieres on CBS (1975-1984)
• Saturday Night Live debuts on NBC (1975-present)
• Soul Train premieres
• Welcome Back, Kotter premieres on ABC (1975-1979)
• Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC's daytime lineup.

Popular Television Shows

• All In The Family (1971-1979)
• All My Children (1970-present)
• Barnaby Jones (1973-1980)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
• The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978)
• Chico and the Man (1974-1978)
• Dr Who (1963-1989)
• Good Times (1974-1979)
• Happy Days (1974-1984)
• Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980)
• Ironside (1967-1975)
• Kojak (1973-1978)
• Land of the Lost (1974-1977)
• Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983)
• Marcus Welby, M.D (1969-1976)
• Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
• M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
• Maude (1972-1978)
• Rockford Files (1974-1980)
• Sanford & Son (1972-1977)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• The Waltons (1972-1981)
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1954-1983)

Ending this year

• Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
• Ironside (1967-1975)
• Jeopardy (1964-1975, to be revived in 1984)
• Kung Fu (1972-1975)
• Mannix (1967-1975)
• The Odd Couple (1970-1975)

Births

Deaths