1971 in television

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The year 1971 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of notable TV-related events.

Events

Programs

Debuts

Ending this year

Date Show Debut
January 7 Nancy 1970
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! 1969
January 17 The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
March 23 Julia 1968
March 29 Mayberry R.F.D. 1960
April 2 Dark Shadows 1966
April 27 Green Acres 1965
May 5 The Johnny Cash Show 1969
June 6 The Ed Sullivan Show 1948
July 4 Hogan's Heroes 1965
July 24 UFO (UK) 1970
September 7 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
September 9 Family Affair 1966
September 10 That Girl
October 22 What's New 1959

Changes of network affiliation

Show Moved from Moved to
Hee Haw CBS Syndication
The Lawrence Welk Show ABC

Births

Date Name Notability
January 1 Suzanne Virdee British regional newscaster (Midlands Today)
January 5 Jayne Middlemiss UK presenter (Orange Playlist)
January 12 Jay Burridge UK presenter (SMart)
January 13 Sarah Tansey UK actress (Heartbeat)
January 14 Yiolanda Koppel UK presenter
January 15 Regina King American actress (227)
January 16 Julia Ford English actress
January 19 Shawn Wayans American actor (In Living Color)
January 20 Pixie McKenna Irish presenter (Embarrassing Bodies)
January 23 Lorne Spicer British presenter (Cash in the Attic)
February 15 Alex Borstein Actress and comedian (Family Guy)
February 16 Amanda Holden UK actress (Wild at Heart)
February 23 Melinda Messenger British presenter, model (Live from Studio Five)
February 25 Sean Astin American actor (Special Agent Oso)
March 2 Lisa Lackey Australian actress (Heroes)
March 4 Shavar Ross American actor (Diff'rent Strokes)
March 5 Yuri Lowenthal American voice actor (Ben 10)
March 9 Emmanuel Lewis American actor (Webster)
March 11 Johnny Knoxville American actor and host (Jackass)
March 27 Nathan Fillion Canadian-American actor (Castle)
April 12 Shannen Doherty American actress (Beverly Hills, 90210)
May 1 Shep (British dog) British dog actor (Blue Peter)
May 26 Matt Stone American writer/animator (South Park)
June 5 Mark Wahlberg American actor/producer (Entourage)
July 4 Koko American sign language gorilla
July 9 Dani Behr English presenter, actress (I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!)
July 12 Kristi Yamaguchi Professional ice skater (Dancing with the Stars winner)
July 30 Tom Green Comedian (The Tom Green Show)
August 9 Kate Sanderson English presenter (Newsround)
August 10 Angie Harmon American actress (Law & Order)
September 2 Lisa Snowdon British presenter (Britain's Next Top Model)
September 8 Brooke Burke Dancing with the Stars winner (season 7), co-host (seasons 10–17)
September 9 Natasha Kaplinsky British presenter (Strictly Come Dancing winner)
September 21 Alfonso Ribeiro American actor (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
Luke Wilson American actor (Enlightened)
September 25 Jessie Wallace British actress (EastEnders)
September 28 Liza Walker British actress (Teenage Health Freak)
September 30 Jenna Elfman American actress (Dharma & Greg)
October 13 Sacha Baron Cohen British comedian (Da Ali G Show)
October 20 Snoop Dogg American rapper (Doggy Fizzle Televizzle)
October 29 Winona Ryder American actress
November 5 Corin Nemec American actor (Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
November 10 John Roberts American actor (Bob's Burgers)
November 25 Christina Applegate American actress (Married... with Children)
December 26 Jared Leto American actor (My So-Called Life)

Deaths

Date Name Age Notability
March 11 Philo Farnsworth 64 Television pioneer
March 16 Bebe Daniels 70 Actress (42nd Street)
December 12 David Sarnoff 80 Television pioneer
December 30 Melba Rae 49 Actress (Search for Tomorrow)
December 31 Pete Duel 31 Actor (Alias Smith and Jones)
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