1966 in television

List of years in television (table)

The year 1966 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in that year.

Events

Also in 1966

Programs/programmes

Debuts

Ending this year

Date Show Debut
January 4 Rawhide 1959
January 8 Shindig! 1964
February 6 Mister Ed 1961
March 19 The Donna Reed Show 1958
March 21 Ben Casey 1961
April 1 The Flintstones 1960
April 7 Danger Man (UK) 1964
April 8 The Addams Family
April 12 McHale's Navy 1962
May 4 The Patty Duke Show 1963
May 8 This Hour Has Seven Days 1964
May 12 The Munsters
May 22 Perry Mason 1957
June 1 The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961
July 3 Ultra Q (Japan) 1966
August 29 Hullabaloo 1965
September 3 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1952
September 4 My Favorite Martian 1963
October 14 Showdown & Chain Letter 1966
December 16 WJW-TV's Shock Theater 1963
December 23 Ready Steady Go!

Births

Date Name Notability
February 19 Justine Bateman Actress (Family Ties)
May 20 Mindy Cohn Actress (The Facts of Life)
May 23 H. Jon Benjamin Actor (Bob's Burgers)
June 28 Sara Stewart Actress (Sugar Rush)
June 30 Mike Tyson Boxer
July 3 Sandra Lee Author, chef/host
July 11 Debbe Dunning Actress (Home Improvement)
July 29 Richard Steven Horvitz Actor (The Angry Beavers, Invader ZIM)
August 14 Halle Berry Actress (Living Dolls)
September 9 Adam Sandler Actor (Saturday Night Live)
November 2 David Schwimmer Actor (Friends)
December 21 Kiefer Sutherland Canadian actor (24)
December 27 Bill Goldberg WCW wrestler

Deaths

Date Name Age Notability
March 3 Alice Pearce 48 Actress (Gladys Kravitz #1 on Bewitched)
William Frawley 79 Actor (Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy and Bub O'Casey on My Three Sons)
June 19 Ed Wynn 79 Comedian (The Ed Wynn Show)
September 14 Gertrude Berg 66 Actress (The Goldbergs)
September 28 Eric Fleming 41 Actor (Gil Favor on Rawhide)
December 15 Walt Disney 65 Founder of Walt Disney Company (host of Disney TV series)
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