Editing 1988 in American television (section)

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date || Name || Age ||class="unsortable" |Notability 
|-
|January 3
|[[William Cagney]]
|align="center"|82
|Actor
|-
|February 1 
|[[Heather O'Rourke]]
|align="center"|12
|Actress (''[[Poltergeist (1982 film)|Poltergeist]]'', ''[[Happy Days]]'')
|-
|February 17
|[[Alexander Bashlachev]]
|align="center"|27
|Soviet singer
|-
|March 10 
|[[Andy Gibb]]
|align="center"|30
|Singer (''[[Solid Gold (TV series)|Solid Gold]]'')
|-
|April 5
|[[Alf Kjellin]]
|align="center"|68
|Actor and director
|-
|April 25
|[[Carolyn Franklin]]
|align="center"|43
|Singer
|-
|April 27
|[[David Scarboro]]
|align="center"|20
|English actor (''[[EastEnders]]'')
|-
|May 15 
|[[Andrew Duggan]]
|align="center"|64
|Character actor (''[[Lancer (TV series)|Lancer]]'')
|-
|May 21
|[[Sammy Davis Sr.]]
|align="center"|87
|Dancer
|-
|May 18 
|[[Daws Butler]]
|align="center"|71
|[[Voice actor]] (''[[The Yogi Bear Show]]'', ''[[The Jetsons]]'', several animated commercials)
|-
|May 27 
|[[Florida Friebus]]
|align="center"|78
|Actress (''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'', ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis|Dobie Gillis]]'')
|-
|June 25
|[[Hillel Slovak]]
|align="center"|26
|Israeli-American musician ([[Red Hot Chili Peppers]])
|-
|July 21 
|[[Jack Clark (television personality)|Jack Clark]]
|align="center"|62
|Game show announcer (''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'')
|-
|July 25 
|[[Judith Barsi]]
|align="center"|10
|Child actress
|-
|July 31 
|[[Trinidad Silva]]
|align="center"|38
|Actor (Jesus Martinez on ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''), in a car accident
|-
|September 11 
|[[John Sylvester White]]
|align="center"|68
|Actor (''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'')
|-
|September 29 
|[[Charles Addams]]
|align="center"|76
|Cartoonist whose drawings inspired (''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'')
|-
|October 11 
|[[Wayland Flowers]]
|align="center"|48
|Puppeteer (''[[Madame's Place]]'')
|-
|October 31
|[[John Houseman]]
|align="center"|86
|Actor (''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]'', ''[[Silver Spoons]]'')
|-
|December 6 
|[[Timothy Patrick Murphy]]
|align="center"|29
|Actor (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
|-
|December 12 
|[[Dick Clair]]
|align="center"|57
|Comedy writer (''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'', ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'')
|-
|December 20 
|[[Max Robinson]]
|align="center"|49
|''[[ABC World News]]'' correspondent
|-
|December 27 
|[[Jess Oppenheimer]]
|align="center"|75
|Comedy writer who created (''[[I Love Lucy]]'')
|}