1999 in television

Table of contents

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

Events

January 6 - Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
February 14 - Elton John appears as himself in a special Valentine's Day episode of the animated series The Simpsons
July 18 - Actor Hank Azaria marries actress Helen Hunt. The couple divorced on December 18, 2000.
Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy
The Simpsons' 10th anniversary

Daria premieres on MTV (1997-2001)
Farscape premieres (1999-2003)
Family Guy premieres (1999-2002)
Rocket Power premieres (1999-present)
The Sopranos premieres on cable television
Shocking Behavior: Caught On Tape (1999-present); premiered for the first time
Spongebob Squarepants premieres (1999-present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire premieres in the U.S., hosted by Regis Philbin. The show is based on a British show of the same name.

January 4 - Iron Eyes Cody, actor known for a popular anti-littering commercial from the 1970s
March 22 - David Strickland, actor on Suddenly Susan, suicide
March 30 - Gary Morton, producer, second husband of Lucille Ball
April 10 - Jean Vander Pyl, voice actor who voiced Wilma Flintstone on The Flintstones and Rosie the Robot Maid on The Jetsons to name a few shows
May 8 - Dana Plato, actress on Diff'rent Strokes, age 34
June 11 - DeForest Kelley, actor on Star Trek
July 20 - Sandra Gould, actress on Bewitched
September 5 - Allen Funt, host of Candid Camera
December 29 - Gene Rayburn, television host