1989 in television

Table of contents

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

Events

Talk show host, Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests.
Chris Farley, David Spade and Mike Myers join the cast of Saturday Night Live
Doctor Who ends after 26 years

January 3 - The Arsenio Hall Show premieres on CBS.
April 18 or 19 - Dragonball Z premieres on Japanese television.
July 31 - Canadian cable television network CBC Newsworld is launched.
Cops premieres, which shows footage shot in real life situations with United States police officers (1989-present)
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)
The Simpsons premieres on FOX. The characters had first appeared two years earlier as a segment on the Tracey Ullman Show. (1989-present)

The Benny Hill Show (1969-1989)
Dr Who (1963-1989)
Dynasty (1981-1989)
Family Ties (1982-1989)
Kate & Allie (1984-1989)
Miami Vice (1984-1989)
Ryan's Hope (1975-1989)
Webster (1983-1989)