Editing 1966 in television

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The year '''1966 in television''' involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in that year.

==Events==
*January 3 – ''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]'' on [[NBC]] in the United States shows promotional videos of [[The Beatles]] songs "[[Day Tripper]]" and "[[We Can Work It Out]]".
*January 8 – ''[[Shindig!]]'' airs for the last time on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the United States, with musical guests [[the Kinks]] and [[the Who]].
*January 11 – [[Dorothy Malone]] resumes the role of [[Constance MacKenzie|Constance Carson]] on ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' (she had been temporarily replaced by [[Lola Albright]]).
*January 12 – The first episode of the live-action ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' television series ("Hi Diddle Riddle") is aired on ABC in the United States starring [[Adam West]] and [[Burt Ward]]
*January 13 – Tabitha is born on the ''[[Bewitched]]'' episode titled "And Then There Were Three."
*February 1 – [[KFBB-TV]] in [[Great Falls, Montana]] becomes the first station in that state to affiliate primarily with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
*February 5 – ''[[ABC Scope]]'' begins to devote itself exclusively to coverage of the Vietnam war.
*February 13 – [[The Rolling Stones]] make another appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in the United States.
*February 15 – Citing circumstances beyond his control, [[Fred Friendly]] resigns from [[CBS News]] in the United States.
*February 18 – ''An Evening with [[Carol Channing]]'' airs on CBS in the United States.
*February 23 – Television comes to [[Greece]] with the launch of [[Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi|ERT]].
*February 27 – ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' airs its only color episode, "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist."
*February &ndash; [[Vietnam Television (1966-75)|THVN]] (Vietnamese National Television Network) first launched.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Agency |first1=United States Information |title=Report to Congress |year=1968 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3XUoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10 |language=en}}</ref>
*March 30 – The special ''Color Me Barbra'', with [[Barbra Streisand]], airs on CBS in the United States.
*April 18 – The [[38th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] air in color for the first time, on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 38th Academy Awards {{!}} 1966 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=October 4, 2014 |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*May 15 – The first Japanese popular ''[[Owarai]]'' variety show program, ''[[Shoten]]'', debuts on [[Nippon Television Network]], and will be watched by more than 25 million Japanese every week.
*June 5 – [[The Beatles]] make a taped appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in the United States, debuting their music videos for "[[Rain (Beatles song)|Rain]]" and "[[Paperback Writer]]."
*June – [[ABS-CBN]] introduces [[color television]] to the [[Philippines]], using [[NTSC]].
*July 1 – As part of the kickoff of Canada's centennial celebrations, color television broadcasts using NTSC are launched on state owned [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] and [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|SRC]], as well as on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]].
*July 10 – [[Ultraman]] debuts on [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] in Japan. The character would spawn over 16 television adaptions over the next 40 years.
*July 16 – The [[Miss Universe]] pageant goes color.
*July 30 – An all-time record United Kingdom television audience of more than 32,000,000 watches the [[England national football team]] beat [[German national football team|West Germany]] 4–2 to win the [[1966 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]].
*August 6 – In a post-fight interview, [[Howard Cosell]] honors [[Muhammad Ali]]'s wishes to no longer be referred to as Cassius Clay, contrasting with the approach of most other sports reporters of the time.
*September – [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], and [[NBC]] complete the color transition from the previous season for their prime-time programming by the start of the fall season, with all network programs being telecast in color.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/color60s/|title=Color Revolution: Television In The Sixties - TVObscurities|website=Television Obscurities|date=March 14, 2009 |accessdate=April 9, 2023}}</ref> 
*September 8 – The first episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' ("The Man Trap") is aired.
*September 9 – The first episode of ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]'' ("The Silent Gun") is aired on ABC in the United States starring [[Van Williams]] and [[Bruce Lee]].
*September 10 – A night of firsts for the [[Miss America]] Pageant—its first color TV broadcast and its first airing on [[NBC]].
*September 11 – [[The Rolling Stones]] make another appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.
*September 19 – Color television comes to [[Alaska]] as [[KTUU|KENI-TV]] airs the premiere episode of ''[[That Girl]]'' ("Don't Just Do Something, Stand There", which had aired in the "lower 48" on September 8).
*October 2 – The four-part serial ''[[Talking to a Stranger]]'', acclaimed as one of the finest British television dramas of the 1960s, begins transmission in the ''[[Theatre 625]]'' strand on [[BBC Two|BBC2]].
*October 6 – After quickly cancelling ''[[Tammy Grimes|The Tammy Grimes Show]]'', [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] fills the void by launching a prime-time edition of ''[[The Dating Game]]''.  The show's success leads to ''[[The Newlywed Game]]'s'' own prime-time edition in January 1967.
*October 15 – A TV version of the musical ''[[Brigadoon]]'' is telecast on ABC in the United States as a special, using an updated script and story line and re-introducing some of the songs cut from the 1954 movie. The production stars [[Robert Goulet]], [[Peter Falk]] and [[Sally Ann Howes]], also featuring [[Edward Villella]] and [[Marlyn Mason]]. The special airs only one other time, in 1967, before disappearing completely.
*October 17 – All of [[NBC]]'s news programming begins airing in full-color.
*October 27 – ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]'' airs for the first time on [[CBS]].
*October 29 – Actor [[William Hartnell]] makes his last regular appearance as the [[First Doctor]] in the concluding moments of Episode 4 of the [[Doctor Who]] serial ''[[The Tenth Planet]]''. [[Patrick Troughton]] briefly appears as the [[Second Doctor]] at the conclusion of the serial.
*November 5 – Actor [[Patrick Troughton]] appears in his first full [[Doctor Who]] serial ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' as the [[Second Doctor]].
*November 7 – ''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]'' switches to color, establishing [[NBC]] as the first full color network with 100% color broadcasts.
*November 16 – ''[[Cathy Come Home]]'', one of the best-known plays ever to be televised in the UK, is presented in [[BBC One|BBC1]]'s ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' anthology strand.
*November 19 – First live 2-way satellite telecasts between Hawaii (KHVH-TV, now [[KITV]]) and the Mainland (ABC), via the Lani Bird satellite.
*December 18 – CBS in the United States airs the ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas!]]'' [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)|animated TV special]] for the first time.
*December 21 – ''[[A Christmas Memory]]'', a recounting of [[Truman Capote]]'s childhood experiences as captured in his 1956 memoir, is adapted for television on ''[[ABC Stage 67]]''. [[Frank Perry]] directs, Capote himself narrates, and [[Geraldine Page]] (in an [[Emmy Award|Emmy-winning]] performance) stars.
*December 24 – [[WPIX]] in New York City premieres the ''[[Yule Log (TV program)|Yule Log]]'' Christmas special which runs every year until 1989 and returns in 2001.
;Also in 1966
*The 1951–1953 CBS sitcom ''[[Amos & Andy]]'' is pulled from syndication broadcast due to complaints from civil rights organizations.
*Construction is completed on the [[KRDK-TV mast|KXJB-TV mast]] (now KRDK) in rural [[Traill County, North Dakota]]. At 2,060 ft. (630m) tall and supported by multiple bundles of [[Guy-wire|guy-wires]], it becomes the tallest structure in the world. Today, though it has collapsed twice since its first construction in 1966, it is the tallest structure in the United States, the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere behind the [[Petronius (oil platform)|Petronius oil platform]] in the Gulf of Mexico, and the seventh-tallest structure in the world.
*[[Macdonald Carey]] starts reciting the [[epigram]] "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" at the beginning of his soap opera, ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', a tradition that continues over a decade after his death.

==Programs/programmes==
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (1964–1999)
*''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' (UK) (1956–1968)
*''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
*''[[Bewitched]]'' (1964–1972)
*''[[Blue Peter]]'' (UK) (1958–present)
*''[[Bonanza]]'' (1959–1973)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present)
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984)
*''[[Combat!]]'' (1962–1967)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'' (1964–1970)
*''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (1965–present)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–1976)
*''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1963–present)
*''[[F Troop]]'' (1965–1967)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'' (1964–1967)
*''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'' (Australia) (1961–present)
*''[[General Hospital]]'' (1963–present)
*''[[Get Smart]]'' (1965–1970)
*''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' (1964–1967)
*''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' (1964–1969)
*''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' (UK) (1958–2007)
*''[[Green Acres]]'' (1965–1971)
*''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1955–1975)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' (1965–1971)
*''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' (1965–1970)
*''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'' (1965–1968)
*''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (1964–1975, 1984–present)
*''[[Juke Box Jury]]'' (1959–1967, 1979, 1989–1990)
*''[[Lost in Space]]'' (1965–1968)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Match Game]]'' (1962–1969, 1973–1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
*''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (1966–1973)
*''[[My Three Sons]]'' (1960–1972)
*''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (UK) (1956–1978)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present)
*''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' (1957–1966)
*''[[Petticoat Junction]]'' (1963–1970)
*''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' (1964–1969)
*''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]'' (1965–1968)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' (1960–1968)
*''[[The Bell Telephone Hour]]'' (1959–1968)
*''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1962–1971)
*''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' (1965–1974)
*''[[The Doctors (soap opera)|The Doctors]]'' (1963–1982)
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1971)
*''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984)
*''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (1963–1967)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
*''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'' (1964–1970)
*''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'' (Ireland) (1962–present)
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–1982)
*''[[The Lucy Show]]'' (1962–1968)
*''[[The Marvel Super Heroes]]'' (1966)
*''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' (1961–1981)
*''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967)
*''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
*''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) (1957–present)
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' (1962–1992)
*''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' (UK) (1955–2003)
*''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' (1965–1972, 1975–1977, 1980–1982)
*''[[Top of the Pops]]'' (1964–2006)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1964–1968)
*''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]''(1961–1969)
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956–2008)
*''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967)

===Debuts===
*January – ''[[Father Brown (1966 TV series)|Father Brown]]'' on West Germany's [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] (1966–1972)
*January 2 – ''[[Ultra Q]]'' on ''[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]'' in Japan (1966)
*January 3 – ''[[Eye Guess]]'' on NBC-TV Daytime (1966–1969)
*January 11 – ''[[Daktari]]'' on CBS (1966–1969)
*January 12 – ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' on ABC (1966–1968)
*April 5 – ''[[The Money Programme]]'' on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] (1966–present)
*June 6 – ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' on [[BBC One|BBC1]]
*June 27 – ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' on ABC (1966–1971)
*July 4 – ''[[Joe Pyne|Showdown]]'' & ''[[Jan Murray|Chain Letter]]'' both on NBC daytime (canceled on October 14)
*July 11 – ''[[The Newlywed Game]]'' on ABC (1966–1974)
*July 17 – ''[[Ultraman (1966 TV series)|Ultraman]]'' on ''[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]'' in Japan (1966–1967)
*July 18 – 
**The [[Play School (Australian TV series)|Australian version]] of ''[[Play School (UK TV series)|Play School]]'' on that country's [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] (1966–present)
**''[[The 700 Club]]'' (1966–present)
**''[[W-FIVE]]'' (1966–present)
**''[[Wojeck]]'' (1966–1968)
*September 1 –
**''[[The Marvel Super Heroes]]'' (1966)
*September 8 –
**''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' on NBC (1966–1969)
**''[[That Girl]]'' on ABC (1966–1971)
**[[Tarzan (NBC series)|Tarzan]] on NBC (1966–1968)
*September 9 –
**''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]'' on ABC (1966–1967)
**''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' on ABC (1966–1967)
*September 10 –
**''[[The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)|The New Adventures of Superman]]'' (1966–1970)
*September 12 –
**''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' on NBC (1966–1968)
**''[[Family Affair]]'' on CBS (1966–1971)
**''[[The Iron Horse (TV series)|The Iron Horse]]''
**''[[The Rat Patrol]]'' premiere on ABC (both 1966–1968)
*September 13 – ''[[The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' on NBC (1966–1967)
*September 17 – ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' on CBS (1966–1973)
*September 20 – ''[[Rue des Pignons]]'' on [[Television de Radio-Canada|SRC]] (1966–1977)
*October 3 – ''[[Joe (TV series)|Joe]]'' on [[BBC One|BBC1]]
*October 9 – ''[[Rocket Robin Hood]]'' (1966–1969)
*October 11 – [[Television de Radio-Canada|SRC]] launches its first made-in-[[Quebec]] sitcom, ''[[Moi et l'autre]]'' (1966–1971)
*October 17 – ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'' on NBC daytime (1966–1980)
*October 19 – ''[[Cliff Dexter]]'' on West Germany's [[ZDF]] (1966–1968)
*October 29 – ''[[The Mighty Heroes]]'' on CBS (1966–1967)
*December 23 – ''[[Big Chuck and Lil' John|Hoolihan & Big Chuck]]'' on WJW-TV, Cleveland, Ohio, United States (1966–1979)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
|January 8 
|''[[Shindig!]]'' 
|1964
|-
|February 6 
|''[[Mister Ed]]'' 
|1961
|-
|March 19 
|''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' 
|1958
|-
|March 21 
|''[[Ben Casey]]'' 
| 1961
|-
|April 1 
|''[[The Flintstones]]'' 
|1960
|-
|April 7 
|''[[Danger Man]]'' (UK) 
|rowspan="2"|1964
|-
|April 8 
|''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' 
|-
| April 12
| ''[[McHale's Navy]]'' 
| 1962
|-
| April 17
| ''[[The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series)|The Wackiest Ship in the Army]]''
| 1965
|-
| May 4 
| ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]''
| 1963
|-
|May 8
|''[[This Hour Has Seven Days]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|1964
|-
|May 12 
|''[[The Munsters]]''
|-
|May 22 
|''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' 
| 1957
|-
|June 1 
|''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' 
|1961
|-
| July 3 
| ''[[Ultra Q]]'' (Japan) 
|1966
|-
|August 29 
|''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]'' 
|1965
|-
|September 3 
|''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' 
|1952
|-
|September 4 
|''[[My Favorite Martian]]'' 
|1963
|-
|October 23
|''[[Peter Potamus]]'' 
|1964
|-
|October 14 
|''[[Joe Pyne|Showdown]]'' & ''[[Jan Murray|Chain Letter]]''
| 1966
|-
|December 16 
| ''[[WJW (TV)|WJW-TV]]'s [[Ghoulardi|Shock Theater]]''
| rowspan="3"| 1963
|-
|December 23
|''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'' 
|-
|December 28
| ''[[Our Man at St. Mark's]]'' 
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
| January 13
| [[Patrick Dempsey]]
| Actor (''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'')
|-
|January 14
|[[Dan Schneider]]
|Producer and screenwriter (''[[The Amanda Show]]'', ''[[Drake & Josh]]'', ''[[Zoey 101]]'', ''[[iCarly]]'', ''[[Victorious]]'', ''[[Sam & Cat]]'', ''[[Henry Danger]]'', ''[[Game Shakers]]'')
|-
| January 17
| [[Joshua Malina]]
| Actor (''[[Sports Night]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'', ''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'')
|-
| January 20
| [[Rainn Wilson]]
| Actor and comedian ([[Dwight Schrute]] on ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'')
|-
| January 27
| [[Tamlyn Tomita]]
| Actress
|-
| February 2
| [[Adam Ferrara]]
| Actor
|-
| February 6
| [[Rick Astley]]
| English singer
|-
| February 11
| [[Armen Chakmakian]]
| Composer
|-
| February 13
| [[Neal McDonough]]
| Actor (''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'')
|-
| February 19 
| [[Justine Bateman]]
| Actress (''[[Family Ties]]'')
|-
| February 20
| [[Louis Ferreira]]
| Actor
|-
| February 22
| [[Rachel Dratch]]
| Actress (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| February 23
| [[Mia Michaels]]
| Judge
|-
| rowspan="3"| February 25
| [[Alexis Denisof]]
| Actor (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'')
|-
| [[Téa Leoni]]
| Actress (''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]'')
|-
| [[Nancy O'Dell]]
| Television host
|-
| rowspan="3"| February 27
| [[Donal Logue]]
| Canadian-American actor (''[[Grounded for Life]]'', ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'', ''[[Vikings (2013 TV series)|Vikings]]'')
|-
| [[Gregg Rainwater]]
| Actor (''[[The Young Riders]]'')
|-
| [[Bill Oakley]]
| Writer
|-
| February 28
| [[David Nevins (television producer)|David Nevins]]
| Producer
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 1
| [[Paul Hollywood]]
| English chef and television presenter
|-
| [[Don Lemon]]
| American television journalist
|-
| March 3
| [[Michael Davies (television producer)|Michael Davies]]
| United States–based British television game shows producer
|-
| March 4
| [[Kevin Johnson (basketball)|Kevin Johnson]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player and former Mayor of Sacramento
|-
| March 5
| [[Aasif Mandvi]]
| British-American actor
|-
| March 11
| [[Alice Stewart (commentator)|Alice Stewart]]
| Political commentator ([[CNN]]) (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mayorquín |first=Orlando |date=2024-05-19 |title=Alice Stewart, a CNN Political Commentator, Is Dead at 58 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/arts/television/alice-stewart-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| March 14
| [[Elise Neal]]
| Actress (''[[The Hughleys]]'')
|-
| [[Gary Anthony Williams]]
| Actor (''[[The Boondocks (TV series)|The Boondocks]]'')
|-
| [[J. Michael Muro]]
| American cinematographer
|-
| rowspan="2"| March 22
| [[Eric Bruskotter]]
| Actor (''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'')
|-
| [[Gary Janetti]]
| Actor
|-
| March 23
| [[Marin Hinkle]]
| Actress (''[[Once and Again]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'')
|-
| March 26
| [[Michael Imperioli]]
| Actor (''[[The Sopranos]]'')
|-
| April 4
| [[Nancy McKeon]]
| Actress (''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'')
|-
| April 6
| [[Todd McDermott]]
| Television journalist
|-
| April 8
| [[Robin Wright]]
| Actress (''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'', ''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'')
|-
| April 9
| [[Cynthia Nixon]]
| Actress (''[[Sex and the City]]'')
|-
| rowspan="3"| April 10
| [[Brad William Henke]]
| Actor (''[[Nikki (TV series)|Nikki]]'', ''[[Going to California (TV series)|Going to California]]'', ''[[October Road (TV series)|October Road]]'')
|-
| [[Steve Claridge]]
| Sportscaster
|-
| [[George Mastras]]
| Television producer
|-
| April 20
| [[Paula White]]
| American televangelist
|-
| April 22
| [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]]
| Actor (''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[The Good Wife]]'', ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'')
|-
| April 26
| [[James Barbour (singer)|James Barbour]]
| Actor
|-
| May 1
| [[Charlie Schlatter]]
| Actor (''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'', ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'', ''[[Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil]]'')
|-
| May 5
| [[Josh Weinstein]]
| Writer
|-
| May 12
| [[Stephen Baldwin]]
| Actor (''[[The Young Riders]]'')
|-
| May 16
| [[Janet Jackson]]
| Singer & actress (''[[Good Times]]'')
|-
| May 17
| [[Hill Harper]]
| Actor (''[[CSI: NY]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 20 
| [[Mindy Cohn]]
| Actress (''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'')
|-
| [[Gina Ravera]]
| Actress
|-
| [[Dan Abrams]]
| American media entrepreneur
|-
| May 21
| [[Lisa Edelstein]]
| Actress (''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce]]'')
|-
| May 22
| [[Johnny Gill]]
| Singer
|-
| May 23 
| [[H. Jon Benjamin]]
| Actor (''[[Bob's Burgers]]'', ''[[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]'')
|-
| May 27
| [[Heston Blumenthal]]
| Chef
|-
| May 28
| [[Heather Asch]]
| Puppeteer
|-
| June 8
| [[Julianna Margulies]]
| Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[The Good Wife]]'')
|-
| June 14
| [[Traylor Howard]]
| Actress (''[[Two Guys and a Girl]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'')
|-
| June 17
| [[Jason Patric]]
| Actor
|-
| June 21
| [[Alisyn Camerota]]
| Journalist
|-
| June 25
| [[Dikembe Mutombo]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player (died 2024)
|-
| June 27
| [[J. J. Abrams]]
| Film director
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 28 
| [[Sara Stewart]]
| Actress (''[[Sugar Rush (UK TV series)|Sugar Rush]]'')
|-
| [[John Cusack]]
| Actor
|-
| June 30 
| [[Mike Tyson]]
| Professional boxer
|-
| July 4
| [[Alison Stewart]]
| American television journalist
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 7
| [[Sandra Lee (chef)|Sandra Lee]]
| Author, chef/host
|-
| [[John Muller]]
| American television journalist
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 9
| [[Pamela Adlon]]
| Actress (''[[King of the Hill]]'', ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'', ''[[Time Squad]]'', ''[[Squirrel Boy]]'')
|-
| [[Scott Van Pelt]]
| Talk show host
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 11 
| [[Debbe Dunning]]
| Actress (''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'')
|-
| [[Greg Grunberg]]
| Actor (''[[Felicity (TV series)|Felicity]]'', ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'')
|-
| July 13
| [[David X. Cohen]]
| Writer
|-
| July 14
| [[Matthew Fox]]
| Actor (''[[Party of Five]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|July 15
| [[Amanda Foreman (actress)|Amanda Foreman]]
| Actress (''[[Felicity (TV series)|Felicity]]'')
|-
| [[Kristoff St. John]]
| Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'') (died 2019)
|-
| [[Gary Glasberg]]
| Writer, producer (died 2016)
|-
| July 19
| [[Nancy Carell]]
| Actress, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[The Daily Show]]'', ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'') and wife of [[Steve Carell]]
|-
| July 29
| [[Richard Steven Horvitz]]
| Actor (''[[The Angry Beavers]]'', ''[[Invader Zim]]'', ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', ''[[Squirrel Boy]]'', ''[[El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera]]'', ''[[Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil]]'')
|-
| July 31
| [[Dean Cain]]
| Actor (''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'')
|-
| August 9
| [[Patrick Petersen]]
| Actor (''[[Knots Landing]]'')
|-
| August 14 
| [[Halle Berry]]
| Actress (''[[Living Dolls]]'')
|-
| August 20
| [[David Rees Snell]]
| Actor
|-
| August 25
| [[Robert Maschio]]
| Actor (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'')
|-
| August 30
| [[Michael Michele]]
| Actress (''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
| September 1
| [[Tim Hardaway]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| September 2
| [[Tuc Watkins]]
| Actor (''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'')
|-
| September 5
| [[Phillip P. Keene]]
| Actor
|-
| September 7
| [[Toby Jones]]
| Actor
|-
| September 9 
| [[Adam Sandler]]
| Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| September 12
| [[Darren E. Burrows]]
| Actor (''[[Northern Exposure]]'')
|-
| September 19
| [[Soledad O'Brien]]
| American broadcast journalist
|-
| September 22
| [[Ruth Jones]]
| Actress
|-
|September 28
|[[Maria Canals-Barrera]]
|Actress (''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'', ''[[The Proud Family]]'')
|-
| September 29
| [[Jill Whelan]]
| Actress (''[[The Love Boat]]'')
|-
| October 6
| [[Jacqueline Obradors]]
| Actress (''[[NYPD Blue]]'')
|-
| October 8
| [[Karyn Parsons]]
| Actress (''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'')
|-
| October 9
| [[David Cameron]]
| British politician<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-05-09 |title=The David Cameron story |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-32592449 |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"| October 11
| [[Luke Perry]]
| Actor (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]'') (died 2019)
|-
| [[Shawn Ryan]]
| American screenwriter and television producer
|-
| October 18
| [[Dave Price]]
| American journalist
|-
| October 26
| [[Steve Valentine]]
| Actor (''[[Crossing Jordan]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"| October 28
| [[Andy Richter]]
| Talk show announcer and comedian (''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien|Late Night]]'', ''[[Conan (talk show)|Conan]]'')
|-
| [[Chris Bauer]]
| Actor
|-
| October 31
| [[Mike O'Malley]]
| Actor (''[[Yes, Dear]]'', ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'')
|-
| November 2 
| [[David Schwimmer]]
| Actor (Ross on ''[[Friends]]'')
|-
| November 5
| [[Monty Halls]]
| Host
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 6
| [[Peter DeLuise]]
| Actor, director and screenwriter (''[[21 Jump Street]]'')
|-
| [[Lisa Canning]]
| Actress
|-
| November 8
| [[Gordon Ramsay]]
| English chef and TV host (''[[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]], [[MasterChef|Master Chef]], [[Kitchen Nightmares]]'')
|-
| November 14
| [[Curt Schilling]]
| [[MLB]] baseball player
|-
| November 15
| [[Rachel True]]
| Actress (''[[Half & Half]]'')
|-
| November 16
| [[Dave Kushner]]
| Musician
|-
| November 17
| [[Daisy Fuentes]]
| Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 22
| [[Michael K. Williams]]
| Actor (''[[The Wire]]'') (died 2021)
|-
| [[Nicholas Rowe (actor)|Nicholas Rowe]]
| Actor
|-
| November 25
| [[Billy Burke (actor)|Billy Burke]]
| Actor
|-
| November 26
| [[Garcelle Beauvais]]
| Actress (''[[NYPD Blue]]'', ''[[The Jamie Foxx Show]]'')
|-
| November 29
| [[John Layfield]]
| [[WWE]] personality and business pundit ([[CNBC]], [[Fox Business]], [[Fox News]])
|-
| December 1
| [[Katherine LaNasa]]
| Actress
|-
|rowspan="3"|December 4
| [[Fred Armisen]]
| Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia]]'', ''[[Documentary Now!]]'')
|-
| [[Suzanne Malveaux]]
| American television news journalist
|-
| [[Carey Means]]
| Voice actor (''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'')
|-
| December 5
| [[Johan Renck]]
| Swedish director
|-
| rowspan="3" | December 8
| [[Matthew Labyorteaux]]
| Actor (''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'')
|-
| [[Matt Adler]]
| Actor
|-
|[[Michael Cole (wrestling)|Michael Cole]]
|Pro wrestling commentator ([[WWE]])
|-
| December 9
| [[Toby Huss]]
| Actor (''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]'', ''[[King of the Hill]]'')
|-
| December 11
| [[Gary Dourdan]]
| Actor (''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'')
|-
| December 13
| [[Mike Tirico]]
| American sportscaster
|-
| December 15
| [[Molly Price]]
| Actress (''[[Third Watch]]'')
|-
|rowspan="4"| December 21 
| [[Michelle Hurd]]
| Actress (''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')
|-
| [[Kiefer Sutherland]]
| Canadian actor (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]'') and son of [[Donald Sutherland]]
|-
| [[Kari Turner]]
| Actress (''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'')
|-
| [[Kelly Wallace]]
| Television journalist
|-
| December 24
| [[Diedrich Bader]]
| Actor (''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Veep]]'', ''[[Outsourced (TV series)|Outsourced]]'') and voice actor (''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', ''[[The Zeta Project]]'', ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'')  
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 27 
| [[Bill Goldberg]]
| [[WCW]] wrestler
|-
| [[Eva LaRue]]
| Model and actress (''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'')
|-
| December 30
| [[Akosua Busia]]
| Actress
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Age || Notability 
|-
|February 1
|[[Buster Keaton]]
|70
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2" |March 3 
|[[Alice Pearce]]
|align="center"|48
|Actress (Gladys Kravitz No. 1 on ''[[Bewitched]]'')
|-
|[[William Frawley]]
|align="center"|79
|Actor (Fred Mertz on ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' and Bub O'Casey on ''[[My Three Sons]]'')
|-
|June 19 
|[[Ed Wynn]]
|align="center"|79
|Actor, comedian (''[[The Ed Wynn Show]]'')
|-
|September 14 
|[[Gertrude Berg]]
|align="center"|66
|Actress (''[[The Goldbergs (broadcast series)|The Goldbergs]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Gertrude Berg {{!}} American actress, producer, and screenwriter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gertrude-Berg |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|September 28 
|[[Eric Fleming]]
|align="center"|41
|Actor (Gil Favor on ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'')
|-
|December 15 
|[[Walt Disney]]
|align="center"|65
|Founder of Walt Disney Productions (host of ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Disney TV series]]'')
|}

==Television debuts==
*[[René Auberjonois]] – ''[[NET Playhouse]]''
*[[Matt Clark (actor)|Matt Clark]] – ''[[Ben Casey]]''
*[[John Cleese]] – ''[[The Frost Report]]''
*[[Hector Elizondo]] – ''[[The Edge of Night]]''
*[[Giancarlo Giannini]] – ''[[David Copperfield (1966 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]''
*[[Paul Gleason]] – ''[[Petticoat Junction]]''
*[[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]] – ''[[Doctor Who]]''
*[[John Huston]] – ''[[ABC Stage 67]]''
*[[Harvey Keitel]] – ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]''
*[[Richard Pryor]] – ''[[The Wild Wild West]]''
*[[Charlotte Rampling]] – ''Five More''
*[[Ron Rifkin]] – ''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]''
*[[John P. Ryan]] – ''[[Hawk (TV series)|Hawk]]''
*[[Rade Serbedzija]] – ''Prikupljanje hrabrosti''
*[[Lyle Waggoner]] – ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
*[[Ralph Waite]] – ''Hawk''
*[[Fred Willard]] – ''[[Hey, Landlord]]''
*[[Clarence Williams III]] – ''Directions''

==See also==
* [[1966–67 United States network television schedule]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Years in TV by country|1966}}
{{Years in television}}

[[Category:1966 in television| ]]

*Shubilla, Thom "Beefstew" (2022). ''Primetime 1966-1967: The Full Spectrum Television's First All-Color Season.'' McFarland {{ISBN|978-1476683447}}.