Editing 1967 in television (section)

==Events==
*January 15 
**The inaugural [[Super Bowl I|Super Bowl]] is simulcast on [[CBS]] and [[NBC]]
**[[The Rolling Stones]] appear on [[CBS]]'s ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', where, at [[Ed Sullivan|Sullivan's]] insistence, they perform "[[Let's Spend the Night Together]]" as "Let's Spend Some Time Together."
*January 29 – The first [[CBS Playhouse]] presentation, ''[[The Final War of Olly Winter]]'', is televised.
* February 16 – The first airing of "[[Space Seed]]", the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' television episode that introduces popular villain [[Khan Noonien Singh]], as played by [[Ricardo Montalbán]], is aired on [[NBC]].
*February 23 – [[The Beatles]] make a taped appearance on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[American Bandstand]]'', where they premiere their new [[music videos]] for the songs "[[Penny Lane]]" and "[[Strawberry Fields Forever]]".
*February 25 – [[Gene Kelly]] stars in ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk#Television|Jack and the Beanstalk]]''; airing on NBC and produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]], it is the first TV special to combine live action and animation.
*March – ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' is renewed by [[CBS]] for the fall 1967 season.  Aging (it was completing its 12th season) and declining in the ratings, CBS planned to cancel the western, but protests from viewers, network affiliates and even members of [[United States Congress|Congress]] and especially [[William S. Paley]] (Gunsmoke was Paley's wife's favorite show), the head of the network, lead the network to move the series from its longtime late Saturday time slot to early Mondays for the fall—displacing ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', which initially had been renewed for the fall but is cancelled instead.  ''Gunsmoke'' would remain on CBS until 1975.
*March 6 – ''[[Mark Twain Tonight!]]'' starring [[Hal Holbrook]] as Mark Twain, premieres on [[CBS]].
*March 11 – This was the last day that French-language TV stations in Canada were required to run "personals" (classified advertising) between 6–7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
*May 1 – The United Network (initially known as the [[Overmyer Network]]) launches broadcasting with the talk/variety show ''The Las Vegas Show''—which would be the only show it airs, as both network and show disappear in June due in part to transmission expenses.
*May 13 – TV Bandeirantes São Paulo, a first [[Network television|network television station]] of [[Rede Bandeirantes]], an officially regular broadcasting service to start in [[Brazil]].
*May 15 – [[CBS News]] and BBC host the "Town Meeting of the World" with governor [[Ronald Reagan]] and senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]].
*May – [[David Dortort]] appoints himself executive producer of ''[[Bonanza]]'', a move which takes him out of the day-to-day running of the show but allows him to spend his efforts on another [[NBC]] western, ''[[The High Chaparral]]''.
*June 12  – The fourth ''[[Peanuts]]'' special, ''[[You're in Love, Charlie Brown]]'', with a springtime theme, has its premiere on [[CBS]].
*June 15 – [[ATV10|ATV0]], Melbourne, launches [[color television]] in Australia with live coverage of the Pakenham races.
*June 25 – The special ''[[Our World (International TV special)|Our World]]'' becomes the first live worldwide "via satellite" TV broadcast, transmitting to 30 countries.  Performers include [[Mick Jagger]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Keith Moon]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Pattie Harrison]], [[Jane Asher]], [[Graham Nash]], [[Hunter Davies]], and [[The Beatles]] (who perform "[[All You Need Is Love]]," a song composed especially for the occasion).
*July 1 – With live coverage from the [[Wimbledon Championships]] of tennis, [[BBC Two|BBC2]] becomes Europe's first color TV broadcaster, although still in the experimental stage.
*July 28 – In the [[VPRO]] television show ''Hoepla'', model [[Phil Bloom]] flashes nude in front of the cameras. Several angry viewers complain by sending letters of protests.
*August 6 – [[Formula One]] auto racing has its first colour TV broadcast, as the [[1967 German Grand Prix]] raced at [[Nürburgring]] is colorcast to a [[West Germany|West German]] audience on an experimental basis.
*August 21 – ABC's ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' and CBS's ''[[As the World Turns]]'' are the first daytime soaps on their respective networks to go color.
*August 25 – [[Color television]] is officially launched in West Germany (simultaneously by [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] and [[ZDF]]) at precisely 9:30&nbsp;am, with a symbolic launch button pressed by [[Willy Brandt]] at the [[Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin]].
*August 29 – ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' finale proves to be one of the most-watched episodes of the decade.
*September 2 – At 12:30&nbsp;pm, Channel 9 in [[Sioux City, Iowa]] switches from being KVTV (CBS basic) to [[KCAU-TV]] (ABC full-time). Three days later, CBS returns to the area when [[KMEG-TV]] signs-on.
*September 9 – NBC airs what will prove to be the pilot of ''[[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In]]''; which would have its actual series premiere on January 22, 1968.
*September 10 – [[The Who]] destroy their instruments during a performance on [[CBS]]'s ''[[The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour]]''
*September 17 – [[The Doors]] appear on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' and perform "Light My Fire". Sullivan had requested that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show, but [[Jim Morrison]] performs it the way it was written and the band is banned from the show as a result.
*October 1 
**First colour television broadcasts introduced in France, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]] and [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|BSSR]] using [[SECAM]] system.
**In the [[VPRO]] TV show ''Hoepla'', model Phil Bloom is seen reading a newspaper; when she folds the newspaper, she is completely nude (the first time someone appears nude in a television program).
*November 7 - The Golden Jubilee [[October Revolution Day]] Parades in Moscow, [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] and [[Minsk]] are first major events to be broadcast in color in the Soviet Union using SECAM system.
*November 19 – [[TVB]] launches free-to-air television in Hong Kong.
*November 27 – [[Channel 7 (Thailand)|Thai Army Television]] converts from System M (a 525-line screen) to System B (625 lines) in preparation for [[PAL]] color (to be launched in 1969).
*December 2 – Color television is officially launched on [[BBC Two|BBC2]].
*December 11 – NBC airs the all-star special ''[[Movin' With Nancy]]'', featuring [[Nancy Sinatra]] and guests.
*December 21 – The only guests for a highly rated holiday episode of ''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' are the family members of Martin and [[Frank Sinatra]].
*December 26 – The Beatles' ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]'' airs on [[BBC One|BBC1]] in the UK.
;Also in 1967
*All [[CBS]] soap operas transition from live to tape broadcasts
*[[PAL]] and [[SECAM]] video standards introduced
* A taped appearance by [[The Beatles]] on the ''Ed Sullivan Show'', premiering their new music video for the song "Hello Goodbye"
*The [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] orders that cigarette ads on television, radio and in print must include a warning about the health risks of smoking
*The [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] is established
*[[Cissy King]] replaces [[Barbara Boylan]] as [[Bobby Burgess]]'s dance partner on ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]''.