Editing 1957 in television

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The year '''1957 in television''' involved some significant events. Below is a list of [[television]]-related events during 1957.

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==Events==
* January 6 – [[Elvis Presley]] makes his final appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.<ref name="Elvis Presley">{{cite web|title=Elvis Presley|url=http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/elvis-presley|website=edsullivan.com|publisher=SOFA Entertainment|access-date=6 April 2015|ref=Elvis Presley}}</ref>
* January 25 – [[Steve Allen]] makes his final appearance as host of [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Tonight Show]]''.<ref name="STEVE ALLEN’S LAST TONIGHT SHOW APPEARANCE ON THIS DATE IN 1957">{{cite web|last1=Karm|first1=Bob|title=Steve Allen's Last Tonight Show Appearance on this Date in 1957 |url=http://pdxretro.com/2011/01/steve-allens-last-tonight-show-appearance-on-this-date-in-1957/|website=pdxretro.com|publisher=PDX RETRO|access-date=6 April 2015|ref=STEVE ALLEN’S LAST TONIGHT SHOW APPEARANCE ON THIS DATE IN 1957}}</ref> He is replaced by [[Jack Lescoulie]] and the show is changed from a talk/variety show format to be more like the series ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'', with the title ''Tonight! America After Dark''.<ref name=star>{{cite news|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jack-lescoulie/|title=Jack Lescoulie-Hollywood Star Walk|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref>
* February 16 – In the United Kingdom, the "[[Toddlers' Truce]]" (an arrangement whereby there have been no TV broadcasts between 6&nbsp;PM and 7&nbsp;PM, to allow parents to put their children to bed) is abolished. It has been a major obstacle to the success of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].
* March 7 – Portugal begins the [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal]] television service after several months of experimentation.
* March 31 – The first TV version of ''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)|Cinderella]]'', starring 21-year-old [[Julie Andrews]], and with songs by [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], is broadcast in color by [[CBS]].
* April 1
** In Britain, the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' current affairs television programme presented by [[Richard Dimbleby]] broadcasts a [[spaghetti tree hoax]] report purporting to show spaghetti being harvested in Switzerland, believed to be the first [[April Fool's Day]] joke televised.
** In the United States [[WYES]] begins broadcasting on channel 8 in New Orleans. WYES will swap channels with [[WVUE-DT|WVUE]] in 1970.
*April 4 – [[Desilu]] films "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue", the 180th and final first run episode of ''I Love Lucy''. Its May 6 broadcast marks the end of an era in early  television comedy. 
* April 24 – First broadcast of BBC Television astronomy series ''[[The Sky at Night]]'' in the United Kingdom presented by [[Patrick Moore]]. This will be broadcast with the same presenter until his death in December 2012.
* May 29 &ndash; In [[Hong Kong]], [[Rediffusion Television]], a predecessor of [[ATV Home]] and [[ATV World]], begins broadcasting as a bilingual subscription cable service, becoming the first television station in a [[Crown colony]] of the [[British Empire]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=zh:由麗的到亞視 一個電視台的終結|trans-title=From Rediffusion To ATV: The End of a Television Station|url=https://atv.thestandnews.com/|website=Standnews|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> as well as the first station in a predominantly Chinese city.  
* June – On ''Tonight! America After Dark'', [[Jack Lescoulie]] is unsuccessful, so [[NBC]] hires [[Al "Jazzbo" Collins]] as master of ceremonies. Collins doesn't last long; NBC is already planning to replace him and restore the original format as ''[[The Tonight Show]]''.
* June 24 – ''[[Front Page Challenge]]'', television's longest continuously running panel show, starts broadcasting on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] network. It runs for 38 years.
* July 29 – [[Jack Paar]] becomes the permanent host for [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. The format reverts to a talk/variety show.
* August 5 – ''[[American Bandstand]]'' begins its 30-year syndicated run on US network television.
* August 31 – Central [[Scotland]]'s independent channel [[Scottish Television]] goes on air, the first 7-day-a-week [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise to do so.
* September 7 – In the United States:
** NBC introduces an animated version of its "living color" peacock logo.
** [[WWL-TV|WWL-TV Channel 4]] signs on as New Orleans' [[CBS]] affiliate.
*November 26 – [[WHDH-TV (defunct)|WHDH-TV]]/5-Boston begins broadcasting. It soon becomes involved in controversy about its license. It finally loses its license in [[1972 in television|1972]].
* December 25 – The British [[Royal Christmas Message]] is televised with the Queen ([[Elizabeth II]]) on camera for the first time.
* When [[Nat King Cole]]'s television series is unable to get a sponsor, [[Frankie Laine]] is the first artist to cross TV's color line, foregoing his usual salary of $10,000.00 to become the first white artist to appear as a guest. Other major performers follow suit, including [[Mel Tormé]] and [[Tony Bennett]], but, despite an increase in ratings, the show still fails to acquire a national sponsor.
* [[Gorni Kramer]] makes his first appearance on Italian television, in the program ''Il Musichiere''.
* [[Cyprus]] begins a limited television service, serving only three hours a day, twice-weekly. By 1960 a full service will be initiated.
* [[CBC Television]] begins nationwide broadcasting of [[NHL]] games as Canada's [[microwave radio relay|microwave network]] is completed coast-to-coast. Prior to this, broadcasts had been [[broadcast delay|delayed]].
* [[Westinghouse Electric (1886)|Westinghouse]] introduces the first rectangular tube color TV. Due to issues with convergence (aligning the guns to get a single image), the sets are withdrawn from the market. The first successful rectangular color tubes are sold during the mid-1960s.
* [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] takes over [[New York City|New York]] as the dominant for prime time TV programs, upgrading most of the TV genre, changing from live broadcasts to filmed series.

==Programs/programmes==
===Series on the air in 1957===
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Howdy Doody]]'' (1947–1960)
*''[[Kraft Television Theater]]'' (1947–1958)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present)
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1971)
*''[[The Perry Como Show]]'' (1948–1963)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'' (1949–1963)
*''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' (1950–1958)
*''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967)
*''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' (1950–1959)
*''[[Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]]'' (1951–1959)
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–1957)
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)|Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]]'' (1955-1958)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' (1952–1966)
*''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' (1952–1958)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
*''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' ([[United States|US]]) (1952–1961)
*''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'' (1953-1964)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983)
*''[[Climax!]]'' (1954–1958)
*''[[Walt Disney anthology television series#Walt Disney's Disneyland (1954–1958)|Disneyland]]'' (1954–1958)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[Father Knows Best]]'' (1954-1960)
*''[[The Brighter Day]]'' (1954–1962)
*''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967)
*''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[Zoo Quest]]'' (UK) (1954–1964)
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1955–1962)
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984)
*''[[Cheyenne (television)|Cheyenne]]'' (1955–1962)
*''[[Ozark Jubilee|Country Music Jubilee]]'' (1955–1960)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–1976)
*''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1955–1975)
*''[[Mickey Mouse Club]]'' (1955–1959)
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–1982)
*''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' (UK) (1955–2003)
*''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' (UK) (1956–1968)
*''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
*''[[The Ford Show|The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford]]'' (1956–1961)
*''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (1956–1962)
*''[[Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (UK) (1956–1978)
*''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984)
*''[[The Gale Storm Show, Oh! Susanna]]'' (1956–1960)
*''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show, Fireside Theatre]]'' (1949-1958)
*''[[The Price is Right (1956)|The Price Is Right]]'' (1956–1965)
*''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'' (1956–1960)
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956–2008)
*''[[Bachelor Father (American TV series)|Bachelor Father]]'' (1957-1962)
*''[[The Real McCoys]]'' (1957-1963)

===Debuts===
*January 4 – ''[[Mr. Adams and Eve]]'' on [[CBS]] (1957–1958)
*April 24 – ''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) presented by [[Patrick Moore]] (1957–present)
*May 1 – ''[[Junior Television Club]]'' 
*May 7 – ''[[In Melbourne Tonight]]'' with [[Graham Kennedy]] on [[GTV-9]]
*June 19 – ''[[The Army Game]]'' (UK) on Britain's [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] (1957–1961)
*June 24 – ''[[Front Page Challenge]]'' (1957–1995)
*July – ''[[Tivoli Party Time]]'' (1957) on HSV-7 (Melbourne, Australia)
*August 15 – ''[[Australia's Amateur Hour]]'' (1957–1958) on TCN-9 and HSV-7
*September 14 - ''[[Have Gun - Will Travel]]'' (1957-1963)
*September 15 - ''[[Sally (1957 TV series)|Sally]]'' on [[NBC]], first filmed series by [[Paramount Television]] (1957-1958)
*September 18 – ''[[Wagon Train]]'' (1957–1965)
*September 21 – ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' on CBS (1957–1966), ''The Polly Bergen Show'' on NBC
*September 22 – ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1957–1961)
*September 28 - ''[[Dick and the Duchess]]'' on CBS (1957-1958)<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 216|edition=4th}}</ref>
*October 2 – ''[[Educated Evans (TV series)|Educated Evans]]'' (UK) on BBC (1957–1958)
*October 3
**''[[The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom]]'' on ABC (1957–1960)
**''[[The Real McCoys]]'' on ABC (1957–1962), then CBS (1962-1963)
*October 4 – ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' (1957–1963)
*October 10 – ''[[Zorro (1957 TV series)|Zorro]]'' on ABC (1957–1959)
*October 13 – ''[[The Edsel Show]]'', first full-length show to be recorded on [[videotape]], first of many [[Bing Crosby]] specials
*October 18 - ''[[The Patrice Munsel Show (TV series)|The Patrice Munsel Show]]''<ref name="brooks">{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=1060 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Patrice+Munsel+Show%22+ABC&pg=PA1060 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> 
*November 6 – ''[[The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour]]'' on CBS (1957–1960)
*November 17 – ''[[Scotland Yard (film series)|Scotland Yard]]'' on the (<!-- Britain had a commercial station with the ABC acronym at this time. -->American network) ABC (1957–1958)
*November – ''[[Swallow's Juniors]]'' (1957–1970) on HSV-7 (Melbourne, Australia)
*December 14 - Hanna-Barbera's First Series, ''[[The Ruff and Reddy Show]]'' on NBC (1957-1960)
*December 25 – ''[[Royal Christmas Message]]'' first televised with a message from [[Elizabeth II]]
*''[[Astor Showcase]]'' (1957–1959) on ATN-7 (Sydney, Australia)
*''[[Divorce Court]]'' (US) (1957–1969, 1985–1992, 1999–present)
* ''[[The Gumby Show]]'' (1957–1968) on NBC

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Show || Debut
|-
|February 24 
|''[[Annie Oakley (TV series)|Annie Oakley]]'' 
|1954
|-
|February 26 
|''[[Noah's Ark (1956 TV series)|Noah's Ark]]'' 
|1956
|-
|April 1
| ''[[I Love Lucy]]''
|1951 
|-
|April 8
|''[[Life Is Worth Living]]'' 
|1952
|-
|April 20 
|''[[The Adventures of Sir Lancelot]]'' (UK) 
|1956
|-
|May 1
|''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' 
|1947
|-
|May 5
|''[[Air Power (TV series)|Air Power]]'' 
|1956
|-
|June 9
|''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'' 
|1951
|-
|September 24
|''[[It's Polka Time]]'' 
|1956
|-
|rowspan="2"|Unknown
|''[[The Grove Family]]'' (UK) 
|1954
|-
|''[[The Three Stooges]]'' 
|1934
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
| January 1
| [[Meagen Fay]]
| Actress
|-
| January 3
| [[Frank Dicopoulos]]
| Actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|-
| January 7 
| [[Katie Couric]]
| Journalist, talk show host (''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'', ''[[CBS Evening News]]'', ''[[60 Minutes]]'')
|-
| January 8
| [[Ron Cephas Jones]]
| Actor (''[[This Is Us]]'')
|-
| January 14
| [[Susan Glover]]
| Actress
|-
| January 16
| [[Larry Mendte]]
| Talk show host
|-
| rowspan="2"| January 17 
| [[Steve Harvey]]
| Actor, comedian, host (''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'', ''[[Family Feud]]'')
|-
| [[Keith Chegwin]]
| Actor (died 2016)
|-
| January 25
| [[Jenifer Lewis]]
| Actress (''[[Black-ish]]'')
|-
| January 27
| [[Danny Aiello III]]
| American stunt performer (died 2010)
|-
| January 28
| [[Harley Jane Kozak]]
| Actress (''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'')
|-
| January 30
| [[Chris Jansing]]
| American television news correspondent
|-
| rowspan="2"| February 6
| [[Kathy Najimy]]
| Actress (''[[King of the Hill]]'')
|-
| [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]]
| Actor (''[[The Parent 'Hood]]'')
|-
| February 14
| [[Ken Wahl]]
| Actor (''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'')
|-
| February 16 
| [[LeVar Burton]]
| Actor, host (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'')
|-
| February 18 
| [[Vanna White]]
| Game show hostess (''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'')
|-
| February 19
| [[Ray Winstone]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"|February 28 
| [[Ainsley Harriott]]
| English chef and TV presenter
|-
| [[John Turturro]]
| Actor
|-
| March 3
| [[Jeff Rona]]
| Composer
|-
| March 4
| [[Mykelti Williamson]]
| Actor (''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'')
|-
| March 6
| [[Eddie Deezen]]
| Actor
|-
| March 8
| [[Cynthia Rothrock]]
| Actress
|-
| March 9
| [[Faith Daniels]]
| Talk show host
|-
| March 12
| [[Eric Shawn]]
| Anchor
|-
| March 13
| [[Daniel Licht]]
| Composer
|-
| March 15
| [[Park Overall]]
| Actress (''[[Empty Nest]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"|March 20
| [[Amy Aquino]]
| Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Being Human (North American TV series)|Being Human]]'')
|-
| [[Spike Lee]]
| Film director and actor
|-
| March 26
| [[Leeza Gibbons]]
| Talk show host (''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', ''[[Leeza]]'')
|-
| March 23
| [[Teresa Ganzel]]
| Actress
|-
| March 27
| [[Stephen Dillane]]
| Actor
|-
| March 29
| [[Christopher Lambert]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| March 30
| [[Tawny Moyer]]
| Actress
|-
| [[Christopher Hall (producer)|Christopher Hall]]
| Producer
|-
| April 12
| [[Suzzanne Douglas]]
| Actress (''[[The Parent 'Hood]]'') (died 2021)
|-
| rowspan="2"| April 13 
| [[Gary Kroeger]]
| Actor, announcer (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| [[Saundra Santiago]]
| Actress (''[[Miami Vice]]'')
|-
| April 23
| [[Jan Hooks]]
| Actress, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Designing Women]]'') (d. 2014)
|-
| April 27
| [[Robert Curtis Brown]]
| Actor
|-
| May 5
| [[Richard E. Grant]]
| English actor (''[[Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets]]'')
|-
| May 6
| [[Fred Roggin]]
| American sports anchor
|-
| May 8
| [[Bill Cowher]]
| Studio analyst for ''[[The NFL Today]]'' on CBS
|-
| May 17
| [[Whip Hubley]]
| Actor
|-
| May 19
| [[Tom Gammill]]
| Writer
|-
|May 21
|[[Bruce Buffer]]
|[[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] ring announcer
|-
| May 27
| [[Thalia Assuras]]
| Journalist
|-
| May 29
| [[Ted Levine]]
| Actor (''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'')
|-
| June 10
| [[Robert Clohessy]]
| Actor
|-
| June 12
| [[Timothy Busfield]]
| Actor, director (''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'')
|-
|June 16
|[[Ian Buchanan]]
|Actor (''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'')
|-
| June 17
| [[Jon Gries]]
| Actor (''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'', ''[[The Pretender (TV series)|The Pretender]]'')
|-
| June 18
| [[Andrea Evans]]
| Actress (''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|-
| June 23
| [[Peter Dickson (announcer)|Peter Dickson]]
| Announcer
|-
| June 30
| [[Ilene Chaiken]]
| Writer
|-
|July 2
|[[Bret Hart]]
|Canadian-American pro wrestler ([[WWE]], [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]])
|-
| July 9
| [[Tim Kring]]
| Writer
|-
| July 12
| [[Christopher Quinten]]
| Actor
|-
| July 18
| [[Nick Faldo]]
| Golfer
|-
| July 20
| [[Donna Dixon]]
| Actress (''[[Bosom Buddies]]''), wife of [[Dan Aykroyd]]
|-
| July 21 
| [[Jon Lovitz]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| July 23
| [[Jo Brand]]
| English comedian, actress, writer (''[[Getting On (UK TV series)|Getting On]]'')
|-
| July 26 
| [[Nana Visitor]]
| Actress (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Wildfire (2005 TV series)|Wildfire]]'')
|-
| July 27
| [[Bill Engvall]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| July 28
| [[Brianne Leary]]
| Actress (''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)|Baa Baa Black Sheep]]'', ''[[CHiPs]]'')
|-
| [[Scott Pelley]]
| Journalist 
|-
| July 30
| [[Victor Slezak]]
| Actor
|-
| July 31
| [[Dirk Blocker]]
| Actor (''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)|Baa Baa Black Sheep]]'', ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'')
|-
|August 7
|[[Paul Dini]]
|Television writer and producer ([[DC Animated Universe]], ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'')
|-
| August 9
| [[Melanie Griffith]]
| Actress
|-
| August 16 
| [[Laura Innes]]
| Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
| August 17
| [[Ken Kwapis]]
| American film and television director
|-
| August 18 
| [[Denis Leary]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Rescue Me (American TV series)|Rescue Me]]'')
|-
| August 21
| [[Mark Pender]]
| Trumpet player
|-
| August 24 
| [[Stephen Fry]]
| English actor, comedian (''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'', ''[[Pocoyo]]'', ''[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]'')
|-
| August 25
| [[Craig Piligian]]
| American television producer
|-
| August 28
| [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]]
| Actor
|-
| August 29
| [[Jerry Bailey]]
| Sportscaster
|-
| September 2
| [[Steve Porcaro]]
| American composer
|-
| rowspan="2"| September 3
| [[Garth Ancier]]
| American television producer
|-
| [[Steve Schirripa]]
| American television actor
|-
| September 7
| [[Mark Whitaker (journalist)|Mark Whitaker]]
| Journalist
|-
| September 8
| [[Heather Thomas]]
| Actress (''[[The Fall Guy]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| September 10
| [[Cynthia Cidre]]
| Screenwriter
|-
| [[Kate Burton (actress)|Kate Burton]]
| Actress
|-
| September 12
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
| Composer
|-
| September 23
| [[Rosalind Chao]]
| Actress (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
|-
| September 24
| [[Brad Bird]]
| Film director, writer, producer, and actor ([[Pixar]], ''[[The Iron Giant]]'')
|-
| September 25
| [[Michael Madsen]]
| Actor
|-
| September 29 
| [[Andrew Dice Clay]]
| Comedian, actor (''[[Bless This House (US TV series)|Bless This House]]'')
|-
| September 30 
| [[Fran Drescher]]
| Actress, comedian (''[[The Nanny]]'')
|-
| October 1
| [[Yvette Freeman]]
| Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
| October 2
| [[Zhao Benshan]]
| Actor
|-
| October 4 
| [[Bill Fagerbakke]]
| Voice actor (''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz]]'')
|-
| October 5 
| [[Bernie Mac]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'') (died 2008)
|-
| October 11 
| [[Dawn French]]
| Welch-born English actress, comedian (''[[French and Saunders]]'', ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'')
|-
|October 12
|[[Renee Chenault-Fattah]]
|TV anchor ([[WCAU|WCAU NBC 10 News]])
|-
| October 17
| [[Lawrence Bender]]
| Film producer
|-
| October 21
| [[Shea Farrell]]
| Actor, producer (''[[Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]'')
|-
| October 23
| [[Elizabeth D'Onofrio]]
| Actress
|-
| October 24
| [[John Kassir]]
| Actor and comedian (''[[Earthworm Jim (TV series)|Earthworm Jim]]'', ''[[CatDog]]'', ''[[Hercules (1998 TV series)|Hercules]]'', ''[[Rocket Power]]'', ''[[The Amanda Show]]'', ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'', ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'')
|-
| October 25 
| [[Nancy Cartwright]]
| Voice actress (''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'', ''[[Mike, Lu & Og]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', ''[[The Replacements (TV series)|The Replacements]]'')
|-
| October 27
| [[Peter Marc Jacobson]]
| Actor
|-
| October 28
| [[Betsy Aidem]]
| Actress
|-
| rowspan="2"| October 29
| [[Dan Castellaneta]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'', ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'', ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[Earthworm Jim (TV series)|Earthworm Jim]]'', ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'')
|-
| [[Scott Thomson (actor)|Scott Thomson]]
| Actor
|-
| October 30
| [[Kevin Pollak]]
| Actor
|-
| November 3
| [[Dolph Lundgren]]
| Actor
|-
| November 5
| [[Elizabeth Bracco]]
| Actress
|-
| November 6 
| [[Cam Clarke]]
| Voice actor (original voice of [[Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo]] on ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 cartoon)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'')
|-
| November 7 
| [[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]]
| Actor (''[[The Brady Bunch]]'')
|-
| November 10
| [[George Lowe]]
| Voice actor (''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'')
|-
| November 11
| [[Anne-Marie Martin]]
| Actress (''[[Sledge Hammer!]]'')
|-
| November 15
| [[Kevin Eubanks]]
| Jazz musician, guitarist (''[[Tonight with Jay Leno]]'')
|-
| November 15
| [[Sue Herera]]
| Anchor
|-
| November 19
| [[Tom Virtue]]
| Actor
|-
| November 22
| [[Donny Deutsch]]
| Television personality
|-
| November 24
| [[Denise Crosby]]
| Actress, model (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
|-
| November 30
| [[Colin Mochrie]]
| Actor (''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'')
|-
| December 1
| [[Jeff DeGrandis]]
| Animator
|-
| December 9 
| [[Donny Osmond]]
| Singer, actor, game show host (''[[Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)|The Donny & Marie Show]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| December 10
| [[Michael Clarke Duncan]]
| Actor (died 2012)
|-
| [[Paul Hardcastle]]
| Composer
|-
| rowspan="2"| December 13
| [[Steve Buscemi]]
| Actor (''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', ''[[Park Bench with Steve Buscemi]]'')
|-
| [[Billy Van Zandt]]
| Actor
|-
| December 14
| [[Antonio Mora]]
| Anchor
|-
| rowspan="2"| December 19
| [[Kevin McHale (basketball)|Kevin McHale]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| [[John Gulager]]
| Actor
|-
| December 21 
| [[Ray Romano]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'')
|-
| December 28
| [[Sam Ayers]]
| Actor
|-
| December 29
| [[Brad Grey]]
| Producer (died 2017)
|-
| December 30
| [[Matt Lauer]]
| Television host (''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'')
|}

==Television debuts==
*[[Bibi Andersson]] – ''[[Mr. Sleeman Is Coming]]''
*[[Ed Asner]] − ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One]]''
*[[Warren Beatty]] – ''[[Kraft Television Theatre|Kraft Theatre]]''
*[[Tony Curtis]] – ''[[General Electric Theater]]''
*[[Peter Falk]] – ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]''
*[[Jamie Farr]] – ''[[The People's Choice (TV series)|The People's Choice]]''
*[[Jean Fenwick]] – ''[[The Sheriff of Cochise]]''
*[[Robert Forster]] – ''[[Wagon Train]]''
*[[Götz George]] – ''Kolportage''
*[[Louis Gossett Jr.]] – ''[[The Big Story (TV program)|The Big Story]]''
*[[David Hemmings]] – ''King's Rhapsody''
*[[Ian Holm]] – ''[[Play of the Week (TV series)|ITV Play of the Week]]''
*[[Earl Holliman]] – ''[[NBC Matinee Theater]]''
*[[Glenda Jackson]] – ''ITV Play of the Week''
*[[Shirley Knight]] – ''NBC Matinee Theater''
*[[Hedy Lamarr]] – ''[[Shower of Stars]]''
*[[Janet Leigh]] – ''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars]]''
*[[Joanna Lumley]] – ''[[Emergency Ward 10]]''
*[[Dick Miller]] – ''[[The Gale Storm Show]]''
*[[Julie Newmar]] – ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]''
*[[Suzanne Pleshette]] – ''[[Harbormaster (TV series)|Harbormaster]]''
*[[Dolores del Río]] – ''Schlitz Playhouse of Stars''
*[[Katharine Ross]] – ''[[Omnibus (American TV program)|Omnibus]]''
*[[Dean Stockwell]] – ''Wagon Train''
*[[George Segal]] – ''[[Look Up and Live]]''
*[[Gian Maria Volonté]] – ''Fedra''
*[[Robert Walker Jr.]] – ''[[First Performance]]''
*[[Tuesday Weld]] – ''[[Goodyear Television Playhouse]]''

== References ==
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{{Years in TV by country|1957}}
{{Years in television}}

[[Category:1957 in television| ]]