1994 in television

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This is a list of television-related events in 1994.

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For the American network television schedule, please see 1994-95 American network television schedule.

Contents

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Miniseries
4 Television shows

4.1 1940s
4.2 1950s
4.3 1960s
4.4 1970s
4.5 1980s
4.6 1990s

5 Ending this year
6 Deaths

Events

February 4 - The Days of Our Lives nighttime special Winter Heat airs on NBC.
March 27 - Actress Lynne Perrie makes her last appearance as Ivy Tilsley on the soap opera Coronation Street, after 23 years of being affiliated with the programme.
March 31 - Madonna appears on The Late Show with David Letterman and makes headlines for her foul-mouthed, profanity-laced interview. Robin Williams later describes the segment as a "battle of wits with an unarmed woman."
May 24 - concludes its seven-year run with the series finale, All Good Things.... The two-hour finale was aired at 6 PM on most affiliates, rather than as part of the prime time lineup.
June 11 - WWE Superstar Terry Bollea Signed a deal with WCW On a live broadcast of WCW Saturday Night.
June 17 - NFL star OJ Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in his white Ford Bronco. The low-speed chase, which unfolds live on US television, ends up at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood, California, where he then surrenders to police.
August 12 - The soap opera All My Children airs a memorial episode for original cast member Frances Heflin, who died in June. The memorial is in the form of a funeral service for Heflin's character, Mona Kane Tyler.
October 19 - The Goodnight Kiwi airs in New Zealand for the last time as TV2 moves to 24-hour television 7 days a week.
DirecTV launches the first high powered DBS service in the world.

Debuts

January 16 - Time Team premieres on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom (1994-present).
January 19 - The Day Today premieres on BBC2 (1994)
March - Ellen premieres on ABC. (1994-1998)
July 4 - Room 101 (UK) premieres on BBC Two.
August 25- My So Called Life premieres on ABC. (1994-1995)
September 5- Extra premieres in syndication
September 12- Party of Five premieres on Fox.
September 18-Chicago Hope premieres on CBS
September 19 - ER premieres (1994-present).
September 21 - Touched by an Angel premieres (1994-2003).
September 22 - Friends premieres on NBC (1994-2004).
December 24 - '' All That premieres on Nickelodeon (1994-2005).

Miniseries

Heaven and Hell
Scarlett, a sequel to Gone with the Wind

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).
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).
Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996).
The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
EastEnders (UK) (1985-present).
Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
Sally (1985-2002).
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).
Married... with Children (1987-1997).
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 (Canada) (1988-2003).
Empty Nest (1988-1995).
Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
Garfield and Friends (1988-1995).
Murphy Brown (1988-1998).
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999).
Roseanne (1988-1997).
Baywatch (1989-2001).
Cops (1989-present).
Family Matters (1989-1998).
Seinfeld (1989-1998).
Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996).
The Simpsons (1989-present).
(1987-1994).

1990s

Law & Order (1990-present).
America's Funniest Home Videos (1990-present).
One Foot in the Grave (UK) (1990-2000).
Road to Avonlea (Canada) (1990-1996).
The Crystal Maze (UK) (1990-1995).
Doug (1991-1994, 1996-1999).
Home Improvement (1991-1999).
Rugrats (1991-1994, 1997-2005).
Sisters (1991-1996).
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).
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).
Beavis and Butt-head (1993-1997).
Frasier (1993-2004).
Ricki Lake (1993-2004).
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present).
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1996).
NYPD Blue (1993-present).
(1993-1999).
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present).
The Nanny (1993-1999).
The X-Files (1993-2002).
WWF Monday Night RAW (1993-present).
Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)
The Day Today (1994)
Martin (1992-1997).

Ending this year

January 23 - The NFL on CBS (1956-1994; 1998-present)
February 16 - Maid Marian and her Merry Men (UK) (1989-1994).
April 11 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK) (1984-1988, 1991-1994).
July 21 - Mother and Son (Australia) (1984-1994).
July 24 - Jim'll Fix It (UK) (1975-1994).
July 26- ''Dinosaurs. (1991-1994)
August - America's Funniest People (1990-1994).
October 15- The New Mickey Mouse Club (1989-1994)
October 22 - Cro (USA) (1993-1994).
November 11 - Knightmare (UK) (1987-1994).
Romper Room (1953-1994).
Hey Dad...! (Australia) (1986-1994).
L.A. Law (1986-1994).
(1987-1994).
The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-1994).
In Living Color (1990-1994).
The House of Eliott (UK) (1991-1994).

Deaths

January 1 - Cesar Romero, actor
January 8 - Pat Buttram, actor (Mr. Haney on Green Acres)
January 22 - Telly Savalas, actor (Theo Kojak on Kojak)
January 28 - Hal Smith, actor (Otis on The Andy Griffith Show)
February 11 - William Conrad, actor.
February 11 - Sorrell Booke, actor (Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard).
February 24 - Dinah Shore, singer and talk show hostess.
March 4 - John Candy, comedian and actor.
March 21 - Dack Rambo, actor, from AIDS.
March 22 - Walter Lantz, cartoonist, creator of Woody Woodpecker.
April 2 - Betty Furness, consumer advocate and spokesperson.
April 18 - Don Fedderson, producer.
May 8 - George Peppard, actor.
May 22 - Jane Dulo, character actress.
June 1 - Frances Heflin, soap opera actress.
June 7 - Dennis Potter, playwright.
June 8 - Rudolph Cartier, director.
June 14 - Henry Mancini, composer
July 8 - Dick Sargent, actor (Darren Stephens #2 on Bewitched)
July 26 - Terry Scott, actor
August 21 - Danitra Vance, comedian, the first African-American woman regular on Saturday Night Live, from breast cancer.
September 3 - James T. Aubrey, former head of programming at CBS.
October 2 - Harriet Nelson, singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
October 25 - Mildred Natwick, actress
November 8 - Michael O'Donoghue, comedy writer (Saturday Night Live)
November 9 - Priscilla Morrill, character actress.
November 11 - Pedro Zamora, HIV-positive participant of The Real World

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