Editing 1996 in American television (section)

=== September ===
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|[[Paula Zahn]] is named a Saturday anchor of ''[[CBS Evening News]]''.
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|[[Fox Kids]] airs for the final time on [[St. Louis]] affiliate [[KNLC]], which is dropped due to KNLC owner Larry Rice's decision on putting ministry messages instead of ads. KTVI picks up the program block the following Monday.
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|The [[48th Primetime Emmy Awards]] are presented on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. 
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|[[WBRC|WBRC-TV]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], becomes a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]-owned station, a year after Fox had acquired it and [[WGHP-TV]] in [[High Point, North Carolina]]. This ended WBRC-TV's 47 year affiliation with ABC; in turn, ABC links up with low-power station [[WBMA-LD|WBMA-LP]] (supplemented with two full-power satellites, [[WSES|WCFT-TV]] in [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] and [[WGWW|WJSU-TV]] in [[Anniston, Alabama|Anniston]]). Former Fox affiliate [[WTTO-TV]] becomes an independent before affiliating with [[The WB]] the next year, while former WTTO-TV satellite [[WPXH-TV|WNAL]] in [[Gadsden, Alabama|Gadsden]] switches to [[CBS]].
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!15
| [[USA Network]] ends its [[USA Cartoon Express]] block, expanding its newer [[USA Action Extreme Team]] block to weekdays.
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!16
|''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' introduced a gameplay round called ''Jackpot'' which contestants can win an accumulated pot based on the value spun throughout the round. The round would remain intact until 2013.
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!17
|The [[O. J. Simpson]] civil trial begins.
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!30
|A revival of the game show ''[[Shop 'til You Drop]]'' premieres on the [[The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 1990)|Family Channel]] along with a new game show called ''[[Shopping Spree (game show)|Shopping Spree]]''. Both shows would last on the channel until August 14th 1998, the final day of the Family Channel branding. ''Shop'' would get revived in 2000 on PAX.
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