1993 in television

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This is a list of television-related events in 1993.

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For the American network television schedule, please see 1993-94 American network television schedule.

Contents

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Television shows

3.1 1940s
3.2 1950s
3.3 1960s
3.4 1970s
3.5 1980s
3.6 1990s

4 Ending this year
5 Notable made for TV movies and events
6 Deaths

Events

January 1 - Carlton Television takes over the ITV London Weekday franchise at midnight, replacing Thames Television after 24 years. Additionally, Meridian Broadcasting takes over the South of England franchise from TVS, Westcountry Television takes over the South West England franchise from TSW, and GMTV takes over the breakfast television franchise from TV-am.
February 9 Raven Symone and Mo'Nique joins the cast of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper on ABC.
February 10 - Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first interview since a 1979 interview with Barbara Walters on 20/20.
February 26 - The Days of Our Lives nighttime special Night Sins airs on NBC.
March 1 - starring Mimi Rogers is shown in the US.
March 6 - An IRA bomb scare at BBC Television Centre means the live Saturday night programme Noel's House Party cannot be shown. Instead, after a repeat of the previous years Noel's Christmas Presents, host Noel Edmonds is forced to introduce a Tom and Jerry cartoon in its place, The Zoot Cat.
April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
April 29 - An animated version of Barry White appears on an episode of The Simpsons.
May 5 - Senior As the World Turns cast member Don Hastings hosts a memorial tribute to Douglas Marland, who died suddenly after a botched abdominal surgery procedure. Marland had won the show many Emmy Awards as well as critical acclaim during his eight-year tenure as Head Writer.
May 16 - Harnessing Peacocks a television movie starring Serena Scott Thomas is shown on ITV in the UK.
October 1 - QVC UK launches in the United Kingdom, becoming the UK's first home shopping channel. The channel had originally launched in the United States in 1986.
October 20 - Kirsty Wark debuts as anchor on BBC2's Newsnight.
November 8 - The first advert for an undertakers is broadcast on British television, during an early evening episode of Take the High Road on ITV.
November 15 Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Christina Aguilera are join the cast of The New Mickey Mouse Club.
November 23 - 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of Doctor Who in the UK.

Debuts

January 1 - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman premieres on CBS(1993-1998)
January 3 - premieres in syndication
January 11- WWF Monday Night RAW debuts on the USA Network (1993-present).
January 18 - Scrabble (game show) returns for a 13 week trial with host Chuck Woolery.

(1993-1999).

August 28 - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premieres (1993-1996).
March 8- Beavis and Butt-head begins airing on MTV (1993-1997).
August 30- The Late Show with David Letterman premieres on CBS (1993-present).
September 10- The X-Files premieres on FOX (1993-2002).
September 12- seaQuest DSV premieres on NBC (1993-1996).
September 13- Late Night with Conan O'Brien premieres (1993-present).
September 13- Ricki Lake premieres (1993-2004).
September 16- Frasier premieres on NBC (1993-2004).
September 18- The short-lived Cro premieres on ABC (1993-1994).
September 21- The controversial NYPD Blue premieres on ABC (1993-2005).
September 24- Boy Meets World premieres on ABC. (1993-2000)
October 29 - premieres on CBS (1993-2001)
November 3- The Nanny premieres on CBS (1993-1999).

Television shows

1940s

Meet the Press (1947-present).
Candid Camera (1948-present).
Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995).

1950s

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present).
Guiding Light (1952-present).
The Today Show (1952-present).
Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
Face the Nation (1954-present).
The Tonight Show (1954-present).
This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003).
As the World Turns (1956-present).
What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
Grandstand (UK) (1958-present).

1960s

Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
It's Academic (1961-present).
The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
General Hospital (1963-present).
Another World (1964-1999).
Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present).
Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
Play School (1966-present).
The Money Programme (UK) (1966-present).
60 Minutes (1968-present).
One Life to Live (1968-present).
Sesame Street (1969-present).

1970s

All My Children (1970-present).
Monday Night Football (1970-present).
Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present).
Soul Train (1971-present).
Emmerdale (UK) (1972-present).
Newsround (UK) (1972-present).
The Price Is Right (1972-present).
Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present).
The Young and the Restless (1973-present).
Derrick (1974-1998).
Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present).
Arena (UK) (1975–present).
Good Morning America (1975-present).
Jim'll Fix It (UK) (1975-1994).
Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present).
Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
20/20 (1978-present).
Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
Antiques Roadshow (UK) (1979-present).
Nightline (1979-present).
This Old House (1979-present).

1980s

Entertainment Tonight (1981-present).
What Now (1982-present)
Timewatch (UK) (1982-present)
Loving (1983-1995).
Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
Mother and Son (Australia) (1984-1994).
Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996).
The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
EastEnders (UK) (1985-present).
Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
Only Fools and Horses (UK) (1981-1983, 1985-1993, 1996-1997, 2001-2003) (the only episode aired this year was the Christmas special Fatal Extraction).
Sally (1985-2002).
Hey Dad...! (Australia) (1986-1994).
L.A. Law (1986-1994).
Matlock (1986-1995).
The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present).
Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present).
Casualty (UK) (1986-present).
Beadle's About (UK) (1987-1996).
Chucklevision (UK) (1987-present).
Full House (1987-1995).
Inspector Morse (1987-2000).
Knightmare (UK) (1987-1994).
Married... with Children (1987-1997).
(1987-1994).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996).
The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present).
America's Most Wanted (1988-present).
The American Experience (1988-present).
Fair City (1988-present).
Home and Away (1988-present).
This Morning (1988-present).
Red Dwarf (UK) (1988-1999).
Children's Ward (UK) (1988-2000).
Electric Circus (1988-2003).
Empty Nest (1988-1995).
Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
Garfield and Friends (1988-1995).
Murphy Brown (1988-1998).
Roseanne (1988-1997).
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999).
Baywatch (1989-2001).
Cops (1989-present).
Family Matters (1989-1998).
Maid Marian and her Merry Men (UK) (1989-1994).
Seinfeld (1989-1998).
Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996).
The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-1994).
The Simpsons (1989-present).

1990s

Major League Baseball on CBS (1990-October 23,1993).
In Living Color (1990-1994).
Law & Order (1990-present).
America's Funniest Home Videos (1990-present).
America's Funniest People (1990-1994)
One Foot in the Grave (UK) (1990-2000).
Road to Avonlea (Canada) (1990-1996).
The Crystal Maze (UK) (1990-1995).
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK) (1984-1988, 1991-1994).
Doug (1991-1994, 1996-1999).
Home Improvement (1991-1999).
Rugrats (1991-2004).
Sisters (1991-1996).
The House of Eliott (UK) (1991-1994).
The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present).
The Red Green Show (Canada) (1991-present).
The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991-1996).
Absolutely Fabulous (UK) (1992-1996, 2001-2003).
Barney & Friends (1992-2002).
Shortland Street (1992-present).
Dateline NBC (1992-present).
Mad About You (1992-1999).
Prime Time News (Canada) (1992-1995).
The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998).
The Real World (1992-present).
Us Girls (1992-April 14, 1993).
Martin (1992-1997).

Ending this year

Hee Haw (1969-1993).
Knots Landing (1979-May 13, 1993).
Cheers (Television sitcom) (1982-May 20, 1993).
Late Night with David Letterman (1982-June 18, 1993) (Letterman moves to CBS, The Late Show with David Letterman.).
Santa Barbara (1984-January 15, 1993).
Designing Women (1986-1993).
Double Dare (1986-1993).
Perfect Strangers (1986-1993).
A Different World (1987-1993).
Watching (UK) (1987-April 4, 1993).
Going Live! (UK) (1987-April 17, 1993).
The Wonder Years (1988-1993).
Life Goes On (1989-1993).
Press Gang (UK) (1989-May 21, 1993).

Notable made for TV movies and events

September 12 - seaQuest DSV - a two hour pilot episode starring Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, produced by Steven Speilberg and directed by Irvin Kershner. It was hyped as "the television event of the year" and was followed by a television series that lasted for three seasons on NBC.
December 6 - — a $12 million production of the classic stage musical, starring Bette Midler, airs on CBS.

Deaths

January 20 - Audrey Hepburn, actress .
March 6 - Douglas Marland, writer (As the World Turns).
June 30 - George "Spanky" McFarland, actor.
November 21 - Bill Bixby, television actor.
November 28 - Garry Moore, Game show host and TV personality (I've Got a Secret). (b. 1915)
December 4 - Frank Zappa, 52, actor/songwriter.

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