1979 in television

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Popular Television Shows
4 Ending this year
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

February 3 - Dead Man's Curve, a made-for-TV-movie about surf-rock singers Jan & Dean, airs on US television
Over 300 million households worldwide now own television sets.
February 3 - You Can't Do That on Television premieres on CTV affiliate CJOH-TV.
February 11 - In the US, 43 million viewers watch "Elvis!" on ABC, a made for TV movie starring Kurt Russell as Elvis.

CFMT (now OMNI1) began launching Toronto's first multicultural channel.
ESPN begins broadcasting sports 24/7 and was the first cable channel to be launched.
Solid Gold premieres.
Un Pecado del Amor premieres in Guatemala
The Facts of Life (1979-1988)
Knots Landing (1979-1993)
Benson (1979-1986)
Real People (1979-1984)

Alice (1976-1985)
Angie (1979-1980)
Charlie's Angels (1976-1981)
''Dallas (1978-1991)
''Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1986)
Disney's Wonderful World (1954-1983) (formerly The Wonderful World of Disney
Dr Who (1963-1989)
Happy Days (1974-1984)
Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980)
Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983)
Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983)
M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
Mork & Mindy (1978-1982)
The Muppet Show (1976-1981)
Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
Sesame Street (1969-present)
Soap premieres (1977-1981)
Taxi (1978-1983)
Three's Company (1977-1984)
The Tonight Show (1954-present)
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982)
The Waltons (1972-1981)
Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)