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The year '''1973 in television''' involved some significant events. Below is a list of [[television]]-related events in that year.

==Events==
*January 4 – ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', starts as a 30-minute [[Television pilot|pilot]] on [[BBC1]]'s [[Comedy Playhouse]] show in the U.K. The [[Last of the Summer Wine (series 1)|first series]] starts on November 12; the 295th and last episode is broadcast on 29 August 2010.
*January 12 – ''[[Family Affair]]'' airs for the final time, in daytime reruns on [[CBS]] in the United States. Reruns will eventually move to syndication.
*January 13 – ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' airs its ''Salute to Mexico'' episode where [[Anacani]] makes her debut with the Champagne Music Makers. This episode also marks the final time [[Sandi Griffiths]] and [[Sally Flynn]] appear together as the act of ''Sandi & Sally''
*January 14 – [[Elvis Presley]]'s ''[[Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite]]'' television special is seen around the world by over 1 billion viewers, setting a record as the [[List of most-watched television broadcasts|most-watched broadcast by an individual entertainer]] in television history. It is broadcast live to Asia and Oceania, with a delay to Europe, and in April to the United States and Brazil. In the UK, it is not shown until March 5, 1978 on BBC1. However, it is not shown in [[Eastern Bloc]] countries because of communist censorship, with the sole exception of [[Der schwarze Kanal]] on [[Deutscher Fernsehfunk]] in [[East Germany]].
*January 15 – For a brief attempt to stop rerunning primetime shows from 1973 to 1975, [[Vin Scully]]'s eponymous talk show debuts on the air on [[CBS]].
*March 8 – The TV movie ''The Marcus-Nelson Murders'' airs on CBS. This serves as the pilot for the iconic crime drama series ''[[Kojak]]'', which returns as a weekly series in October. 
*March 13 – The TV movie ''Hawkins: Death and the Maiden'' airs on CBS. This serves as the pilot for the [[James Stewart]] legal drama and murder mystery series ''[[Hawkins (TV series)|Hawkins]]'', which returns as a weekly series in October. 
*March 21 – [[Sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' begins its first regular series on BBC1 in the U.K. (pilot aired September 8, 1972).
*March 23 – The longest running daytime [[game show]] to date — [[NBC]]'s ''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]'' — airs its 3,796th and final show, after a run of fourteen years and seven months. The record will be eclipsed in 1987 by ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]''; ''Concentration'' ranks fourth in continual longevity among all daytime/syndicated game shows. Also on the same day, CBS airs the final episodes of the soaps that started in the late 1960s, ''[[Where the Heart Is (American TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]'' and ''[[Love is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series)|Love is a Many Splendored Thing]]'' on the daytime lineup.
*March 25 – The pilot episode of ''[[Open All Hours]]'' airs as part of [[Ronnie Barker]]'s series ''Seven of One'' on BBC1 in the U.K.
*March 26 – NBC debuts ''[[PDQ (game show)|Baffle]]'', one of the first projects [[Lin Bolen]] greenlit for the daytime schedule. Also on the same day, CBS debuts ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $10,000 Pyramid]]'' and ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' on the lineup, and ''[[The Price is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price is Right]]'' moves to afternoons (it will eventually come back to the mornings permanently in August 1975). ''The Young and the Restless'' will kick out ''Jeopardy!'' in the ratings, moving it from the noon to the mornings by January 1974.
*April 1 – "Prisoner and Escort", the pilot episode of ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]'', airs as part of ''Seven of One''.
*April 16 – ''[[James Paul McCartney (TV special)|James Paul McCartney]]'' airs on ABC (and on ITV in the U.K. on May 10).
*May 10 – [[NBA on ABC|ABC]] concludes its first run at broadcasting the [[National Basketball Association]] with the [[1972–73 New York Knicks season|New York Knicks]]' [[1973 NBA Finals|Finals]] clinching victory over the [[1972–73 Los Angeles Lakers season|Los Angeles Lakers]] in Game 5. With [[NBA on CBS|CBS]] taking over as the NBA's network television partner, this marks the last time that ABC will broadcast an NBA Finals for [[2003 NBA Finals|30 years]].
*May 17 – U.S. daytime television is interrupted by the [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] hearings, which will continue until August 7. Each network airs coverage in rotation every third day ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] is first, then [[CBS]] and [[NBC]]).
*July 2 – U.S. [[game show]] ''[[Match Game]]'' debuts its 1970s version; it soon becomes the #1-rated daytime television program for 1973, 1974 and 1975, as well as #1 game show from 1973 to 1977.
*August 6 – [[James Beck]], who stars as [[Private Walker]] in the popular U.K. sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]'', dies of a burst [[pancreas]] at the age of just&nbsp;44. Although the series continues until 1977, the part of Walker is not recast and the show carries on without him.
*August 11 – [[Programme One]] airs the first part of the Soviet television miniseries ''[[Seventeen Moments of Spring]]'', which will run until the 24th. With an audience of between fifty and eighty million viewers per episode, it becomes the most successful television show of its time in the [[Soviet Union]].
*August 17 – CBS presents an adaptation of [[David Rabe]]'s play ''[[Sticks and Bones (film)|Sticks and Bones]]''...but only to about half of its affiliates.
*September 15 – [[Betty White]] makes her first appearance as Sue Ann Nivens in ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'''s fourth season opener, "The Lars Affair".
*September 20 – ''[[The Battle of the Sexes (tennis)|The Battle of the Sexes]]'': [[Billie Jean King]] defeats [[Bobby Riggs]] in a televised [[tennis]] match at the [[Astrodome]] in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. The global television audience in 36 countries is estimated at 90 million.
*October 8
**[[Pat Phoenix]] leaves the role of [[Elsie Tanner]] on ''[[Coronation Street]]'' after thirteen years, when she felt that specific length of time was enough to play one character continuously.
**[[Telefe Mar del Plata]] is taken over by the Peronist government of [[Argentina]].
*October 20 – [[George Jefferson]] ([[Sherman Hemsley]]) makes his first appearance on ''[[All in the Family]]'', at his brother Henry's goodbye party, though he has lived next door to [[Archie Bunker]] for the past two years.
*November 4 – Filipino television network [[Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation]] officially signs on the air using [[DWWX-TV|Channel 2]] frequency (owned by [[ABS-CBN Corporation]]), which was shut down by President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] more than a year ago.
*November 12 – ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' starts as a [[Last of the Summer Wine (series 1)|series]] on [[BBC1]] (the [[Television pilot|pilot]] had aired on January 4). The 295th and last episode is broadcast on 29 August 2010.
*November 20 – ''[[A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving]]'' airs on CBS for the first time. It will go on to win an [[Emmy Award]] the following year.
*November 23 – ''[[Julie on Sesame Street]]'', starring [[Julie Andrews]], airs on ABC.
*November – [[Color television]] is launched in New Zealand. (It will go full-time in November 1975).
*December 12 – ''[[Kojak]]'s'' trademark lollipop makes its debut in the episode "Hot Sunday".
*December 19 – After reading a news item that says the federal government has fallen behind in getting bids to supply toilet tissue, [[Johnny Carson]] inadvertently triggers an [[Toilet paper panic of 1973|unprecedented three-week panic]] when he announces, on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', that there is an acute shortage of toilet paper in the U.S.

==Programs/programmes==

*''[[60 Minutes]]'' (1968–)
*''[[About Safety]]'' (1972–1973)
*''[[All in the Family]]'' (1971–79)
*''[[All My Children]]'' (1970–2011)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–89)
*''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (1964–99)
*''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' (UK) (1972–85)
*''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
*''[[Blue Peter]]'' (UK) (1958–)
*''[[Bonanza]]'' (1959–73)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–)
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–84)
*''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]'' (UK) (1972–74)
*''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]'' (1971–78)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–95)
*''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]'' (1958–78)
*''[[Coronation Street]]'' (UK) (1960–)
*''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]'' (UK) (1964–88, 2001–03)
*''[[Dad's Army]]'' (UK) (1968–77)
*''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (1965–)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–76)
*''[[Doctor Who]]'' (UK) (1963–89, 1996, 2005–)
*''[[Emergency!]]'' (1972–77)
*''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]'' (UK) (1972–)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–)
*''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]'' (1972–84)
*''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'' (Australia) (1961–)
*''[[General Hospital]]'' (1963–)
*''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' (UK) (1958–2007)
*''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1955–75)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–)
*''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' (1968–80)
*''[[Hee Haw]]'' (1969–93)
*''[[Here's Lucy]]'' (1968–74)
*''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' (1972–73)
*''[[Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'' (1967–75)
*''[[It's Academic]]'' (1961–)
*''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (1964–75, 1984–)
*''[[Newsround|John Craven's Newsround]]'' (UK) (1972–)
*''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' (1966–67), re-runs
*''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' (1972–75)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–80)
*''[[Love, American Style]]'' (1969–74)
*''[[Magpie (TV series)|Magpie]]'' (UK) (1968–80)
*''[[Mannix]]'' (1967–75)
*''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'' (1969–76)
*''[[Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)|Mary Tyler Moore]]'' (1970–77)
*''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1972–83)
*''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' (1971–)
*''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'' (1972–78)
*''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]'' (1970–77)
*''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' (1971–77)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–)
*''[[Monday Night Football]]'' (1970–)
*''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' (1969–74)
*''[[Old Grey Whistle Test]]'' (UK) (1971–87)
*''[[One Life to Live]]'' (1968–2012)
*''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (UK) (1956–78)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–)
*''[[Play for Today]]'' (UK) (1970–84)
*''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'' (1966–)
*''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' (1973–78)
*''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'' (1972–92)
*''[[Room 222]]'' (1969–74)
*''[[Sanford and Son]]'' (1972–77)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–86)
*''[[Sesame Street]]'' (1969–)
*''[[Soul Train]]'' (1971–2006) 
*''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' (UK) (1969–89)
*''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'' (1972–78)
*''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' (1969–74)
*''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' (1967–78)
*''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' (1965–19)
*''[[The Doctors (soap opera)|The Doctors]]'' (1963–82)
*''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–84)
*''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]'' (1970–74)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–83)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
*''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'' ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]) (1962–)
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–82)
*''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' (1961–81)
*''[[The Money Programme]]'' (UK) (1966–)
*''[[The New Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (1971–74)
*''[[The Newlywed Game]]'' (1966–74)
*''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1970–75)
*''[[The Partridge Family]]'' (1970–74)
*''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (1972–)
*''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–74)
*''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) (1957–)
*''[[The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour]]'' (1971–74)
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–)
*''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' ([[1962 in television|1962]]–[[1992 in television|92]])
*''[[The Waltons]]'' (1972–81)
*''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' (1969–79)
*''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' (UK) (1955–2003)
*''[[To Tell the Truth]]'' (1956–68; 1969–78)
*''[[Top of the Pops]]'' (UK) (1964–2006)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–88)
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956–)
*''[[What's My Line]]'' (1950–75)
*''[[World of Sport (UK TV series)|World of Sport]]'' (UK) (1965–85)
*''[[Z-Cars]]'' (UK) (1962–78)

===Debuts===
*January 4 – ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' pilot episode, first series begins on November 12 (1973–2010)
*January 6 – ''[[Schoolhouse Rock!]]'' on ABC (1973–09)
*January 28 – ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' on [[CBS]] (1973–80)
*March 20 – ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' on NBC (1973–78)
*March 26 
**''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' on CBS (1973–)
**''[[The $10,000 Pyramid]]'' on [[CBS]] with [[Dick Clark]] as host
*April 6 – ''[[Ultraman Taro]]'' on ''[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]'' in Japan (1973–74)
*July 2 – CBS revives ''[[Match Game]]'' with more ribald questions (1962–69, 1973–84, 1990–91, 1998–99)
*July 17 
**''[[The Wizard of Odds]]'', first United States game show hosted by [[Alex Trebek]], premieres on NBC
**''[[The New Treasure Hunt]]'' (syndicated 1973–76)
*September 8 
**An [[Animation|animated]] revival of ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series|Star Trek]]'' premieres on NBC (1973–74) 
**''[[Super Friends]]'' (1973–74) premieres on ABC
*September 10 – ''[[Lotsa Luck]]'' on NBC (1973–74)
*September 14 – ''[[Adam's Rib (TV series)|Adam's Rib]]'' on ABC (1973)
*September 21 - ''[[Needles and Pins (TV series)|Needles and Pins]]'' on NBC (1973)
*September 22 – ''[[The Starlost]]'' (1973–74)
*October 2 – ''[[Hawkins (TV series)|Hawkins]]'' on CBS (1973–74)
*October 3 – ''[[Love Story (1973 TV series)|Love Story]]'' on NBC (1973–74)
*October 15 – ''[[The Tomorrow Show]]'' on NBC (1973–82)
*October 24 – ''[[Kojak]]'' on CBS (1973–78, 2005)
*''[[Superstars (British TV programme)|Superstars]]'' on BBC1 in the UK  (1973–85, 2003–05)
*''[[Greatest Sports Legends]]'' (syndicated 1973–93)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
| January 16 
| ''[[Bonanza]]'' 
| 1959
|-
|February 23
|''[[About Safety]]''
| rowspan="2" |1972
|-
| March 3
| ''[[Bridget Loves Bernie]]'' 
|-
| March 12
| ''[[The Doris Day Show]]''
| 1968
|-
| rowspan="2"| March 23 
| ''[[Love is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series)|Love is a Many Splendored Thing]]'' 
| 1967
|-
| ''[[Where the Heart Is (1969 TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]'' 
| 1969
|-
| rowspan="3"| March 30 
| ''[[Ghost Story (TV series)|Ghost Story]]'' 
| rowspan="2"| 1972
|-
| ''[[Ultraman Ace]]'' (Japan) 
|-
| ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' 
| 1966
|-
| May 20
| ''[[Laugh-In]]'' 
| rowspan="2"| 1968
|-
| August 24
|''[[The Mod Squad]]'' 
|-
| September 1
|''[[Runaround (TV show)|Runaround]]'' 
| rowspan="2"|1972
|-
| October 27 
|''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' 
|-
| December 28 
| ''[[Needles and Pins (TV series)|Needles and Pins]]'' 
| 1973
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Date || Name || Notability
|-
|January 4
|[[Damon Gupton]]
|American actor (''[[Criminal Minds]]'')
|-
|January 11
|[[Rockmond Dunbar]]
|American actor (''[[Soul Food (TV series)|Soul Food]]'', ''[[Prison Break]]'')
|-
|January 16
|[[Josie Davis]]
|American actress (''[[Charles in Charge]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|-
|January 23
|[[Lanei Chapman]] 
|American actress
|-
|January 25
|[[Geoff Johns]] 
|Comic book writer
|-
|January 27
|[[Terri Seymour]]
|English entertainment reporter and actress
|-
|January 29
|[[Miranda Krestovnikoff]] 
|English archaeologist and television host
|-
|January 31
|[[Portia de Rossi]]
|Australian actress (''[[Ally McBeal]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'')
|-
|February 7
|[[Kate Thornton]]
|British television presenter
|-
|February 12
|[[Tara Strong]]
|Canadian voice actress (''[[Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'', ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[Fillmore!]]'', ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', ''[[Drawn Together]]'', ''[[Ben 10 (2005 TV series)|Ben 10]]'', ''[[Chowder (TV series)|Chowder]]'', ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', ''[[Unikitty!]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 14
|[[Alec Sulkin]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Jason Douglas]]
|Actor
|-
|February 15
|[[Sarah Wynter]]
|Australian actress (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'')
|-
|February 17
|[[Lucy Davis]]
|Actress
|-
|February 18
|[[Tom Wisdom]]
|Actor
|-
|February 19
|[[Eric Lange]]
|American actor (''[[The Bridge (2013 TV series)|The Bridge]]'', ''[[Narcos]]'')
|-
|February 20
|[[Andrea Savage]]
|American actress
|-
|February 21
|[[Tyrus (wrestler)|Tyrus]]
|Political commentator and pro wrestler ([[Fox News]], [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]], [[Impact Wrestling]], [[WWE]])
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 1
|[[Jack Davenport]]
|British actor
|-
|[[Chris Webber]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|March 4
|[[Len Wiseman]]
|Producer
|-
|March 6
|[[Paul Farrer]]
|British composer
|-
|March 7
|[[Jay Duplass]]
|Actor
|-
|March 8
|[[Boris Kodjoe]]
|Austrian-German actor (''[[Soul Food (TV series)|Soul Food]]'', ''[[The Last Man on Earth (TV series)|The Last Man on Earth]]'')
|-
|March 14
|[[Betsy Brandt]]
|American actress
|-
|March 16
|[[Tim Kang]]
|American actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 17
|[[Amelia Heinle]]
|American soap opera actress
|-
|[[Michelle Nolden]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]'', ''[[Saving Hope]]'')
|-
|March 20
|[[Cedric Yarbrough]]
|American actor, comedian (''[[Reno 911!]]'', ''[[The Boondocks (TV series)|The Boondocks]]'', ''[[Speechless (TV series)|Speechless]]'')
|-
|March 21
|[[Jerry Supiran]]
|American actor (''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]'')
|-
|March 23
|[[Jason Kidd]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 24
|[[Jim Parsons]]
|American actor ([[Sheldon Cooper]] on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'')
|-
|[[Lauren Bowles]]
|American actress
|-
|March 26
|[[T. R. Knight]]
|American actor (''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'')
|-
|April 1
|[[Rachel Maddow]]
|American television news program host
|-
|April 2
|[[Roselyn Sánchez]]
|Puerto Rican singer, model and actress (''[[Without a Trace]]'', ''[[Devious Maids]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 3
|[[Adam Scott (actor)|Adam Scott]]
|American actor (''[[Parks and Recreation]]'')
|-
|[[Jamie Bamber]]
|British actor
|-
| rowspan="2" |April 5
|[[Élodie Bouchez]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Pharrell Williams]]
|Musician (''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Pharrell Williams - Age, Wife & "Happy" |url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/pharrell-williams |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Biography |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|April 8
|[[Emma Caulfield]]
|American actress (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
|-
|April 11
|[[Jennifer Esposito]]
|American actress (''[[Spin City]]'', ''[[Related]]'', ''[[Samantha Who?]]'', ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'', ''[[Taxi Brooklyn]]'', ''[[Mistresses (U.S. TV series)|Mistresses]]'', ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'')
|-
|April 12
|[[Christina Moore]]
|American actress (''[[Hyperion Bay]]'', ''[[Mad TV]]'', ''[[That '70s Show]]'', ''[[Hawthorne (TV series)|Hawthorne]]'')
|-
|April 23
|[[John Lutz]]
|American actor, comedian (''[[30 Rock]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 24
|[[Damon Lindelof]]
|American screenwriter
|-
|[[Dean Armstrong]]
|Actor
|-
|April 27
|[[Jillian Bach]]
|American actress (''[[Two Guys and a Girl]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 28
|[[Elisabeth Röhm]]
|German-American actress (''[[Bull (2000 TV series)|Bull]]'', ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'', ''[[Law & Order (TV series)|Law & Order]]'', ''[[The Client List]]'', ''[[Stalker (TV series)|Stalker]]'')
|-
|[[Melissa Fahn]]
|American voice actress (''[[Cowboy Bepop]]'', ''[[Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series)|Digimon]]'', ''[[FLCL]]'', ''[[Invader Zim]]'', ''[[Eureka Seven]]'') and singer
|-
|[[Jorge Garcia]]
|American actor (''[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
|April 30
|[[Robyn Griggs]]
|American actress (died 2022)
|-
|May 3
|Max Handelman
|American screenwriter
|-
|May 5
|[[Tina Yothers]]
|American actress (''[[Family Ties]]'')
|-
|May 10
|[[Lesli Margherita]]
|Actress
|-
|May 11
|[[James Haven]]
|Actor
|-
|May 16
|[[Tori Spelling]]
|American actress (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'') and daughter of [[Aaron Spelling]]
|-
|May 17
|[[Sasha Alexander]]
|American-Serbian actress (''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', ''[[Rizzoli & Isles]]'')
|-
|May 21
|[[Noel Fielding]]
|English actor
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 25
|[[Molly Sims]]
|American model, actress (''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'')
|-
|[[Jossara Jinaro]]
|Brazilian-American actress (''[[Judging Amy]]'', ''[[East Los High]]'')(died 2022)
|-
|[[Demetri Martin]]
|American actor, comedian (''[[The Daily Show]]'', ''[[Important Things with Demetri Martin]]'', ''[[We Bare Bears]]'')
|-
|May 27
|[[Jack McBrayer]]
|American actor, comedian (''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[Wander Over Yonder]]'')
|-
|May 28
|[[Raza Jaffrey]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 9
|[[Keesha Sharp]]
|American actress (''[[Girlfriends (U.S. TV series)|Girlfriends]]'')
|-
|[[Grant Marshall]]
|Canadian former ice hockey right winger
|-
|June 12
|[[Mel Rodriguez]]
|American actor (''[[Getting On (U.S. TV series)|Getting On]]'', ''[[The Last Man on Earth (TV series)|The Last Man on Earth]]'')
|-
|June 15
|[[Neil Patrick Harris]]
|American actor (''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'', ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', ''[[It's A Sin]]'')
|-
|June 16
|[[Eddie Cibrian]]
|American actor (''[[Sunset Beach (TV series)|Sunset Beach]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'')
|-
|June 17
|[[Nahnatchka Khan]]
|American writer
|-
|rowspan="3"|June 21
|[[Juliette Lewis]]
|American actress (''[[The Firm (2012 TV series)|The Firm]]'')
|-
|[[Frank Vogel]]
|American professional basketball coach
|-
|[[Carter Covington]]
|American writer
|-
|June 22
|[[Carson Daly]]
|American television host
|-
|rowspan="3"|June 26
|[[Rebecca Budig]]
|American actress (''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|-
|[[Gretchen Wilson]]
|American country artist
|-
|[[Kyle Jacobs (songwriter)|Kyle Jacobs]]
|American country songwriter (died 2023)
|-
|June 29
|[[Lance Barber]]
|American actor
|-
|July 3
|[[Patrick Wilson]]
|American actor (''[[A Gifted Man]]'', ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'')
|-
|July 6
|[[William Lee Scott]]
|American actor (''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'')
|-
|July 8
|[[Kathleen Robertson]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Maniac Mansion]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'')
|-
|July 9
|[[Enrique Murciano]]
|American actor (''[[Without a Trace]]'')
|-
|July 15
|[[Brian Austin Green]]
|American actor (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 20
|[[Omar Epps]]
|American actor (''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Shooter (TV series)|Shooter]]'') and rapper
|-
|[[Roberto Orci]]
|Television screenwriter
|-
|July 21
|[[Ali Landry]]
|American actress (''[[Eve (2003 TV series)|Eve]]'')
|-
|July 23
|[[Kathryn Hahn]]
|American actress (''[[Crossing Jordan]]'')
|-
|July 24
|[[Jamie Denbo]]
|American actress
|-
|July 25
|[[David Denman]]
|American actor (''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'')
|-
|July 26
|[[Kate Beckinsale]]
|British actress
|-
|July 27
|[[Tracy Shaw]]
|British actress and singer
|-
|August 1
|[[Tempestt Bledsoe]]
|American actress (''[[The Cosby Show]]'')
|-
|August 2
|[[Kia Goodwin]]
|American actress (''[[227 (TV series)|227]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 6
|[[Vera Farmiga]]
|American actress (''[[Touching Evil]]'', ''[[Bates Motel (TV series)|Bates Motel]]'')
|-
|[[Max Kellerman]]
|American sports television personality
|-
|August 9
|[[Kevin McKidd]]
|Actor
|-
|August 11
|[[Frank Caeti]]
|American actor, comedian (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|August 12
|[[Jonathan Coachman]]
|American sports personality ([[ESPN]], [[NBC Sports]], [[WWE]], [[XFL (2020)|XFL]])
|-
|August 16
|[[Mauricio Islas]]
|Actor
|-
|August 18
|[[Carmen Serano]]
|American actress
|-
|August 22
|[[Kristen Wiig]]
|American actress, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|rowspan="4"|August 24
|[[Dave Chappelle]] 
|American actor, comedian (''[[Chappelle's Show]]'')
|-
|[[Carmine Giovinazzo]]
|American actor (''[[CSI: NY]]'')
|-
|[[Mike Kasem]]
|American actor
|-
|[[Grey DeLisle]]
|American voice actress (''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'', ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'', ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey]]'', ''[[The Replacements (TV series)|The Replacements]]'', ''[[The Loud House]]'', ''[[Unikitty!]]'', ''[[The Cuphead Show!]]'', current voice of [[Daphne Blake]] in the ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' franchise, and [[Martin Prince]] and [[Sherri and Terri]] in ''[[The Simpsons]]'') and singer-songwriter
|-
|August 25
|[[Ben Falcone]]
|Actor
|-
|August 28
|[[Kirby Morrow]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Inuyasha]]'', [[Ninjago (TV series)|''Ninjago'']], ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'') (died 2020)
|-
|August 29
|[[Jason Spisak]]
|Actor (''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'', ''[[DC Super Hero Girls (TV series)|DC Super Hero Girls]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2" |August 30
|[[Kimberley Joseph]]
|Australian-Canadian actress (''[[Paradise Beach]]'', ''[[Gladiators (1995 Australian TV series)|Gladiators]]'', ''[[Tales of the South Seas]]'')
|-
|[[Lisa Ling]]
|American journalist
|-
|September 3
|[[Jennifer Paige]]
|American singer and actress
|-
|September 4
|[[Jason David Frank]]
|American actor (''[[Power Rangers]]'') (died 2022)
|-
|September 5
|[[Rose McGowan]]
|Italian-American actress (''[[Charmed]]'', ''[[Chosen (American TV series)|Chosen]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 7
|[[Shannon Elizabeth]]
|American actress (''[[Cuts (TV series)|Cuts]]'')
|-
|[[Alex Kurtzman]]
|American writer
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 12
|[[Paul Walker]]
|American actor (died 2013)
|-
|[[Maximiliano Hernández]]
|American actor
|-
|September 14
|[[Andrew Lincoln]]
|English actor (''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'')
|-
|September 16
|[[Richard Engel]]
|American journalist
|-
|September 18
|[[James Marsden]]
|American actor (''[[Westworld (TV series)|Westworld]]'')
|-
|September 19
|[[Nicholas Bishop]]
|Actor
|-
|September 20
|[[Tom Root]]
|American voice actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 25
|[[Julie Banderas]]
|American journalist
|-
|[[Bridgette Wilson]]
|American actress (''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'')
|-
|September 30
|[[David Ury]]
|American actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 2
|[[Susana González]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Melissa Harris-Perry]]
|American writer
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 3
|[[Neve Campbell]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Party of Five]]'', ''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'')
|-
|[[Keiko Agena]]
|American actress (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 7
|[[Jeff Davis (comedian)|Jeff Davis]]
|American actor and comedian
|-
|[[Ioan Gruffudd]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 9
|[[Jennifer Aspen]]
|American actress (''[[Party of Five]]'', ''[[Rodney (TV series)|Rodney]]'', ''[[GCB (TV series)|GCB]]'')
|-
|[[Steve Burns]]
|American actor and entertainer (''[[Blue's Clues]]'')
|-
|October 10
|[[Mario Lopez]]
|American actor and host (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'', ''[[Extra (U.S. TV program)|Extra]]'')
|-
|October 21
|[[Sasha Roiz]]
|Canadian-Israel actor (''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'')
|-
|October 22
|[[Eric Guggenheim]]
|American writer
|-
|October 24
|[[Korie Robertson]]
|American television star
|-
|October 25
|[[Michael Weston]]
|American actor
|-
|October 26
|[[Seth MacFarlane]]
|American actor, comedian and director  (''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[American Dad!]]'')
|-
|October 30
|[[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]]
|Canadian actor and [[WWE]] wrestler
|-
|November 1
|[[David Berman (actor)|David Berman]]
|American actor (''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'')
|-
|November 2
|[[Marisol Nichols]]
|American actress (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]'')
|-
|November 4
|[[Steven Ogg]]
|Actor
|-
|November 5
|[[Danniella Westbrook]]
|British actress (''[[EastEnders]]'')
|-
|November 7
|[[Yunjin Kim]]
|American-South Korean actress (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Mistresses (U.S. TV series)|Mistresses]]'')
|-
|November 8
|[[David Muir]]
|American journalist (''[[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|20/20]]'', ''[[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight]]'')
|-
|November 9
|[[Alyson Court]]
|Canadian actress
|-
|November 11
|[[Chris McKay]]
|American film and television director
|-
|November 14
|[[Dana Snyder]]
|American actor (''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', ''[[Squidbillies]]'')
|-
|November 15
|[[Sydney Tamiia Poitier]]
|American actress
|-
|November 25
|[[Eddie Steeples]]
|American actor (''[[My Name is Earl]]'')
|-
|November 26
|[[Peter Facinelli]]
|American actor
|-
|November 27
|[[Samantha Harris]]
|American actress
|-
|November 28
|[[Gina Tognoni]]
|American actress (''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[Venice: The Series]]'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|-
|December 1
|[[Lombardo Boyar]]
|Actor (''[[Rocket Power]]'', ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'', ''[[Murder in the First (TV series)|Murder in the First]]'')
|-
|December 3
|[[Holly Marie Combs]]
|American actress (''[[Picket Fences]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'', ''[[Pretty Little Liars (TV series)|Pretty Little Liars]]'')
|-
|December 4
|[[Tyra Banks]]
|American actress, model and host (''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'', ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'')
|-
|December 9
|[[Nicole Randall Johnson]]
|American comic actress (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|December 10
|[[Arden Myrin]]
|American actress, comedian (''[[Mad TV]]'', ''[[Shameless (U.S. TV series)|Shameless]]'')
|-
|December 14
|[[Thuy Trang]]
|Vietnamese-born American actress, (''[[Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers]]'') (died [[2001]])
|-
|December 17
|[[Rian Johnson]]
|American film director
|-
|December 27
|[[Wilson Cruz]]
|American actor (''[[My So-Called Life]]'', ''[[Noah's Arc (TV series)|Noah's Arc]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2" |December 28
|[[Seth Meyers]]
|American comedian, host (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Late Night with Seth Meyers|Late Night]]'')
|-
|[[Shawn Harrison (actor)|Shawn Harrison]]
|American actor (''[[Family Matters]]'', ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 30
|[[Jason Behr]]
|American actor (''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'')
|-
|[[Maureen Flannigan]]
|American actress (''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of This World]]'')
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Date || Name || Age || Notability
|-
|January 22
|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|align="center"|64
|U.S. president<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-01-24 |title=NBC Flashback: Reporting the death of Lyndon Baines Johnson |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nbc-flashback-reporting-death-lyndon-baines-johnson-flna2D11990378 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|January 24
|[[J. Carrol Naish]]
|align="center"|77
|Character actor (''Life With Luigi'')
|-
|January 28
|[[John Banner]]
|align="center"|63
|Actor (Sgt. Schultz on ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'')
|-
|March 13
|[[Stacy Harris]]
|align="center"|54
|U.S. actor (''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]'', ''[[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp]]'')
|-
|April 26
|[[Irene Ryan]]
|align="center"|70
|Actress (Granny on ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'')
|-
|September 21
|[[Diana Sands]]
|align="center"|39
|Actress (''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'')
|-
|October 2
|[[Paul Hartman]]
|align="center"|69
|Actor (Emmett Clark on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'')
|-
|December 23
|[[Irna Phillips]]
|align="center"|72
|Soap opera writer and creator (''[[The Guiding Light]]'', ''[[As the World Turns]]'')
|}

==Television debuts==
*[[F. Murray Abraham]] – ''Nightside''
*[[Graham Beckel]] – ''Class of '63''
*[[Reb Brown]] – ''[[The Girl Most Likely To...]]''
*[[Colleen Camp]] – ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''
*[[Stockard Channing]] – ''[[Love, American Style]]''
*[[Tovah Feldshuh]] – ''Scream, Pretty Peggy''
*[[Charles Fleischer]] – ''[[Hawkins (TV series)|Hawkins]]''
*[[Mark Harmon]] – ''[[Ozzie's Girls]]''
*[[Helen Hunt]] – ''Pioneer Woman''
*[[Madeline Kahn]] – ''[[Adam's Rib (TV series)|Adam's Rib]]''
*[[Frank McRae]] – ''[[Snatched (1973 film)|Snatched]]''
*[[Colm Meaney]] – ''Thursday Play Date''
*[[Mary Kay Place]] – ''[[All in the Family]]''
*[[David Proval]] – ''[[Kojak]]''
*[[Kathleen Quinlan]] – ''[[Emergency!]]''
*[[Josef Sommer]] – ''[[The Doctors (1969 TV series)|The Doctors]]''
*[[Bruce Spence]] – ''[[Certain Women (TV series)|Certain Women]]''
*[[Don Stark]] – ''[[Outrage (1973 film)|Outrage]]''

==See also==
* [[1973–74 United States network television schedule]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Years in TV by country|1973}}
{{Years in television}}

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