Editing 1975 in television

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The year '''1975''' involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of television-related events which happened that year.

==Events==
*January 3 
**The original ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' ends its run after almost 11 years and 2,753 episodes on [[NBC]]
**Also on NBC, the biggest prize in American daytime television game shows at the time is won on ''[[Jackpot (game show)|Jackpot]]'', $38,750, split between two contestants
*January 6 
**''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' becomes the first American [[soap opera]] to start airing hour-long telecasts
**''[[Wheel of Fortune (1975 US game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' airs its first episode on NBC's daytime schedule with host [[Chuck Woolery]] and assistant [[Susan Stafford]]
**[[Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française|ORTF]] is split-up into 7 companies: [[TF1]], [[Antenne 2]], [[FR3]], [[Institut national de l'audiovisuel|INA]], SFP, [[Radio France]] & [[TDF_Group|TDF]]
*January 11 – On ''[[All in the Family]]'' (CBS), a tearful [[Edith Bunker]] says goodbye to her neighbor [[Louise Jefferson]] as ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' moves on up to their own [[situation comedy|sitcom]]
*March 1 – "C-Day" in Australia: Full-time [[color television]] production takes effect today
*March 4
**The first ''[[People's Choice Awards]]'' presentation on CBS
**Television cameras are first permitted in the [[Parliament of Canada]]
*March 18 – [[McLean Stevenson]]'s character dies in the ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' episode "[[Abyssinia, Henry]]", its third [[season finale]]
**The pilot episode of [[The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence|The Muppet Show]] airs on ABC introducing [[Jim Henson]]'s characters to Prime Time with adult humor.
*April 1 – The [[New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation]] is dissolved; NZBC TV is renamed [[TVNZ 1|Television One]]
*April 3 – Meg Richardson ([[Noele Gordon]]) marries Hugh Mortimer ([[John Bentley (actor)|John Bentley]]) on British soap opera ''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]''
*April 4 - The pilot episode of [[Black Bart (TV series)|"Black Bart"]] is aired on CBS, based on the same screenplay that became "[[Blazing Saddles]]"
*April 5 – The [[Super Sentai]] series makes its debut on TV Asahi with ''[[Himitsu Sentai Gorenger]]''
*April 12 – On ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', [[Michael Jonas Evans|Mike Evans]] makes his last appearance (until 1979), with [[Damon Evans (actor)|Damon Evans]] (no relation to Michael) joining the cast
*April 21 – ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' becomes the second American soap opera to expand from thirty minutes to an hour in length
*April 25 – ''[[Alice Cooper: The Nightmare]]'' airs on ABC
*April 28 – [[Tom Snyder]] interviews [[John Lennon]] on NBC's ''[[The Tomorrow Show]]''
*June 5 – [[Fred Silverman]] becomes the head of ABC Entertainment, whose programming choices resulted in ABC achieving ratings dominance (and initiating an era of what is disparagingly called "T&A" or "[[Jiggle television]]")
*June 30 – [[TVNZ 2|TV2]] launches in New Zealand, becoming the country's second television network
*September 5 – A bomb explodes in the wine bar/delicatessen on Australian soap opera ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'' in an attempt to shake up the cast and earn back lost viewers
*September 8 – In the United States:
**''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price is Right]]'' is expanded to an hour in length, with six games and two Showcase Showdowns, for one week as an experiment; the format is made permanent two months later
**''[[Match Game]]'' starts airing weekly episodes in syndicated primetime as ''Match Game PM''
*September 29 – WGPR-TV, channel 62 in Detroit, becomes the first television station in the U.S. to be owned and operated by blacks (It later becomes [[CBS]]-owned [[WWJ-TV]])
*October 1 (10:00 a.m. local time; September 30 in the Americas) – [[HBO|Home Box Office]] [[cable television]] becomes the first [[pay-per-view]] television network to deliver a continuous signal via [[Satcom (satellite)|satellite]] by broadcasting the "[[Thrilla in Manila]]" boxing title fight (in which [[Muhammad Ali]] defeats [[Joe Frazier]] in Manila, Philippines) live to the United States.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Evolution of the Cable-Satellite Distribution System|url=http://comm.louisville.edu/~al/421/pdfs/parsons.pdf|first=Patrick|last=Parsons|journal=Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media|publisher=Broadcast Education Association|volume=47|issue=1|pages=1–17|date=2003|access-date=2014-10-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102123231/http://comm.louisville.edu/~al/421/pdfs/parsons.pdf|archive-date=2014-11-02|doi=10.1207/s15506878jobem4701_1|s2cid=62196864}}</ref> The fight is watched live by well over 100 million and perhaps as many as one billion viewers worldwide<ref>{{cite news|title=54 Facts you probably don't know about Don King|url=http://www.boxingnews24.com/2008/01/54-facts-you-probably-dont-know-about-don-king/|work=Boxing News 24|date=2008-01-14}}</ref> including the 500,000 on HBO<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Ronald A.|title=Play-by-Play: Radio, Television, and Big-Time College Sport|date=2003|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=9780801876929|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMKqn6LzsBIC&pg=PP101|language=en}}</ref> and 100 million viewers watching on [[Closed-circuit television|closed-circuit]] [[theatre television]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Karriem Allah|journal=[[Black Belt (magazine)|Black Belt]]|date=1976|page=35|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35|publisher=Active Interest Media}}</ref> It is broadcast in the Philippines by [[Radio Philippines Network|KBS]] and in the United Kingdom by the [[BBC]]
*October 11 – The [[Saturday Night Live (season 1)|premiere episode]] of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' is broadcast on [[NBC]]
*October 16 – The "[[Balibo Five]]" Australian television journalists are killed at [[Balibo]] by [[Indonesian Army]] special forces in the buildup to the [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor]]
*October 21 – [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]] broadcasts the now legendary 12-inning long sixth game of the [[1975 World Series|World Series]] between the [[1975 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] and [[1975 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]]. The game ends with Boston catcher [[Carlton Fisk]]'s home run to send the series to a climatic seventh game. In what becomes an iconic baseball film highlight, the [[NBC]] left-field game camera<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/10/21/game-changer-carlton-fisk-nbc-1975-world-series?xid=si_social|title=Game Changer: How Carlton Fisk's home run altered baseball and TV|last1=Verducci|first1=Tom|date=2015-10-21|website=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> catches Fisk wildly waving his arms to his right after hitting the ball and watching its path while drifting down the first base line, as if he is trying to coax the ball to "stay fair". The ball indeed stays fair and the Red Sox tie the Series. (According to the NBC cameraman Lou Gerard, located inside the left field wall scoreboard, cameramen at this time are instructed to follow the flight of the ball. Instead, Gerard is distracted by a rat nearby, thus he loses track of the baseball and instead decides to capture the image of Fisk "magically" waving the ball fair).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/112399/Sports/Rats_Fisk_s_homer.shtml|title=Rats! Fisk's homer|access-date=2008-07-26|first=Bruce|last=Lowitt|date=1999-11-23|work=St. Petersburg Times}}</ref> The game is ranked Number 1 in [[MLB Network]]'s ''20 Greatest Games''.<ref name="mlbtop20">{{cite web |url=http://mlbnetwork.mlb.com/network/games_airdates |title=MLB's 20 Greatest Games |publisher=MLB |access-date=2012-12-27}}</ref> 
*October 25 – The classic "[[Chuckles Bites the Dust]]" episode of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' airs on CBS
*October 28 – A [[James Bond]] film is shown on British television for the first time, ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]
* November – [[Sony]] introduces the [[Betamax]] video recorder in the US, which comes in a teakwood console with a 19" color TV set and retails for $2,495
*November 7 – ''The New Original Wonder Woman'' TV movie airs as a pilot for the series ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'' (which premieres in 1976)
*November 10 – ''[[The Guiding Light]]'' on CBS changes its name to ''Guiding Light'', in an attempt to modernize the show's image (The show's announcer, however, continues to call the series ''The Guiding Light'' in his announcements until the early 1980s)
*November 23 – Memories of the "[[Heidi Game|''Heidi'' Game]]" return to haunt NBC as that network is forced to join ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' in progress at the conclusion of an overtime NFL game
*December 1 – Top-rated ''[[As the World Turns]]'', bowing to competition from NBC, expands to one hour in length; ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' moves to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
*December 25 – World television premiere of ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'', on [[BBC1]]

== Programs ==

*''[[60 Minutes]]'' (1968–present)
*''[[All in the Family]]'' (1971–1979)
*''[[All My Children]]'' (1970–2011)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (1964–1999)
*''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' (UK) (1972–1985)
*''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
* ''[[Aşk-ı Memnu (TV series 1975)|Aşk-ı Memnu]]'' (Turkey) (1975)
*''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' (1973–1980)
*''[[Blue Peter]]'' (UK) (1958–present)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present)
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984)
*''[[Chico and the Man]]'' (1974–1978)
*''[[Columbo]]'' (1971–1978)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[Coronation Street]]'', UK (1960–present)
*''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' (Australia) (1974–1987)
*''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]'', UK (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
*''[[Dad's Army]]'' (UK) (1968–1977)
*''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (1965–present)
*''[[Dean Martin Celebrity Roast]]'' (1974–1984)
*''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]'' (1974–1998)
*''[[Dinah!]]'' (1974–1980)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–1976)
*''[[Doctor Who]]'', UK (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
*''[[Emergency!]]'' (1972–1977)
*''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]'' (UK) (1972–present)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]'' (1972–1984)
*''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'', Australia (1961–present)
*''[[General Hospital]]'' (1963–present)
*''[[Get Some In!]]'' (UK) (1975–78)
*''[[Good Times]]'' (1974–1979)
*''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' (UK) (1958–2007)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[Happy Days]]'' (1974–1984)
*''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' (1968–1980)
*''[[Hee Haw]]'' (1969–1993)
*''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[It's Academic]]'' (1961–present)
*''[[Newsround|John Craven's Newsround]]'' (UK) (1972–present)
* ''[[Kaynanalar (TV Series)|Kaynanalar]]'' (Turkey) (1974–2004)
*''[[Kojak]]'' (1973–1978, 2005–present)
*''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]'' (1974–1977)
*''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (UK) (1973–present)
*''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' (1974–1983)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Magpie (TV series)|Magpie]]'' (UK) (1968–1980)
*''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'' (1969–1976)
*''[[Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)|Mary Tyler Moore]]'' (1970–1977)
*''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' (1972–1983)
*''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' (1971–present)
*''[[Match Game]]'' (1962–1969, 1973–1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999)
*''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'' (1972–1978)
*''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]'' (1970–1977)
*''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' (1971–1977)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
*''[[Monday Night Football]]'' (1970–present)
*''[[Wild Kingdom|Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom]]'' (1963–1988, 2002–present)
*''[[Old Grey Whistle Test]]'' (UK) (1971–1987)
*''[[One Life to Live]]'' (1968–2012)
*''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (UK) (1956–1978)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present)
*''[[Play for Today]]'' (UK) (1970–1984)
*''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'' (1966–present)
*''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]'' (1974–1978)
*''[[Rhoda]]'' (1974–1978)
*''[[Sanford and Son]]'' (1972–1977)
*''[[Schoolhouse Rock!]]'' (1973–1986)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Sesame Street]]'' (1969–present)
*''[[Soul Train]]'' (1971–2008)
*''[[Superstars (British TV programme)|Superstars]]'' (UK) (1973–1985, 2003–2005)
*''[[Tattletales]]'' (1974–1978, 1982–1984)
*''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' (UK) (1969–1989)
*''[[The Bionic Woman]]'' (1976–1978)
*''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'' (1972–1978)
*''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' (1967–1978)
*''[[The Doctors (soap opera)|The Doctors]]'' (1963–1982)
*''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983)
*''[[The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
*''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'', [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] (1962–present)
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–1982)
*''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' (1961–1981)
*''[[The Money Programme]]'' (UK) (1966–present)
*''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (1972–present)
*''[[The Rockford Files]]'' (1974–1980)
*''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' (1973–1978)
*''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) (1957–present)
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Tomorrow Show]]'' (1973–1982)
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[The Waltons]]'' (1972–1981)
*''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' (1954–present; 1969–79 with this title)
*''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' (1973–present)
*''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' (UK) (1955–2003)
*''[[Tiswas]]'' (UK) (1974–1982)
*''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' (1965–1972, 1975–1977, 1980–1982)
*''[[Top of the Pops]]'', UK (1964–2006)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956–present)
*''[[Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]'' (1961–1997)
*''[[Wish You Were Here...?]]'' (UK) (1974–present)
*''[[World of Sport (UK TV series)|World of Sport]]'', UK (1965–1985)
*''[[Z-Cars]]'', UK (1962–1978)

==Debuts==
*January 2 – ''[[The Sweeney]]'' on ITV in the UK (1975–78)
*January 5 -
*January 6 
**''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' on NBC's daytime lineup (1975–89)
**''[[Blank Check (game show)|Blank Check]]'' the same day, also on NBC, and lasts 26 weeks
*January 17 – ''[[Baretta]]'', starring [[Robert Blake (actor)|Robert Blake]], on ABC (1975–78)
*January 18 – ''[[The Jeffersons]],'' a spinoff of ''[[All in the Family]],'' on [[CBS]] (1975–85)
*January 23 – ''[[Barney Miller]]'' on ABC (1975–82)
*January 30 – ''[[Archer (1975 TV series)|Archer]]'' on NBC (1975) 
*February 17 – ''[[S.W.A.T. (1975 TV series)|S.W.A.T.]]'' on ABC (1975–76)
*April 4 – ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' on [[BBC One|BBC1]] in the UK (1975–78)
*April 5 – ''[[Himitsu Sentai Gorenger]]'' on TV Asahi (formerly NET) in Japan (1975–77)
*April 16 – ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' on BBC1 (1975–77)
*April 21 – ''[[Blankety Blanks (U.S. game show)|Blankety Blanks]]'' on ABC's daytime lineup
*May 8 – ''[[The Don Lane Show]]'' on the [[Nine Network]] in Australia (1975–83)
*May 31 – ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' on BBC1 (1975–94)
*June 16 – ''[[Spin-Off (U.S. game show)|Spin-Off]]'' and ''[[Musical Chairs (1975 game show)|Musical Chairs]]'' on CBS's daytime lineup
*June 30 – ''[[Showoffs]]'' on ABC's daytime lineup
*July 7
**''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' on ABC's daytime lineup (1975–89)
**''[[Rhyme and Reason (TV show)|Rhyme and Reason]]'' the same day, also on ABC's daytime lineup
**''[[The Magnificent Marble Machine]]'', on NBC's daytime lineup, from the same host who brought ''[[Blank Check (game show)|Blank Check]]''
*September 2 – ''[[Runaround (UK game show)|Runaround]]'' on ITV (1975–81)
*September 4 
**''[[The Bobby Vinton Show]]'' on CTV in Canada and across the U.S. in syndication (1975–78)
**''[[Space: 1999]]'' (syndicated 1975–77)
*September 6 
**[[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series)|The New Tom and Jerry]]/[[The Great Grape Ape Show|Grape Ape Show]]'' on ABC Saturday Morning (1975–76)
**''[[Supersonic (TV series)|Supersonic]]'', a pop music program, on [[London Weekend Television]] (1975–77)
**[[Funny Farm (TV series)|Funny Farm]] – (CTV, 1975–80)
*September 8
**''[[Phyllis (TV series)|Phyllis]]'', a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' on CBS (1975–77)
**''[[Match Game|Match Game PM]]'' (1975–82)
**''[[Give-n-Take]]'' on CBS's daytime lineup
*September 9 
**''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'' on ABC (1975–79)
**''[[Shades of Greene]]'' on [[Thames Television]] in the UK (1975–76)
*September 14 – ''[[Three for the Road (TV series)|Three for the Road]]'' on CBS and ends promptly on November 30
*September 15 – ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV)|The Fifth Estate]]'' on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] (1975–present)
*September 19 – ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' on [[BBC Two]] in the UK (1975, 1979)
*September 25 – ''[[King of Kensington]]'' on CBC (1975–80)
*September 29 – ''[[Three for the Money]]'' on NBC's daytime lineup and it lasts only nine weeks
*October 1 – ''[[Arena (UK TV series)|Arena]]'' on [[BBC2]] in the UK (1975–present)
*October 11 – [[Saturday Night Live]] (1975–present)
*November 3 – ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on ABC with co-anchors [[David Hartman (TV personality)|David Hartman]] and [[Nancy Dussault]] (1975–present)
*November 16 - ''[[Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)]]''
*November 7 – ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'' on ABC (1975–79)
*November 30 – ''[[McCoy (TV series)|McCoy]]'' on NBC (1975–76)
*December 16 – ''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]],'' produced by [[Norman Lear]], on CBS (1975–84)

==Ending this year==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
|January 3 
|''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (returned in 1984)
|1964 
|-
|January 4 
|''[[Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers]]'' 
|1974
|-
|January 16 
|''[[Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'' 
|1967
|-
|March 7 
|''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' 
|1970
|-
| rowspan="2" |March 28 
|''[[Ultraman Leo]]'' (Japan) 
| rowspan="2" |1974
|-
|''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]''
|-
|March 31 
|''[[Gunsmoke]]'' 
|1955
|-
|April 13 
|''[[Mannix]]'' 
|1967
|-
|April 18 
|''[[How to Survive a Marriage]]'' 
|1974
|-
|April 26 
|''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' 
|1972
|-
|May 20 
|''[[Adam-12]]'' 
|1968
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 13 
|''[[Now You See It (U.S. game show)|Now You See It]]'' (returned in 1989)
|1974 
|-
|''[[The Joker's Wild]]'' (returned in 1977)
|rowspan="2"|1972 
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 27 
|''[[Split Second (game show)|Split Second]]'' (returned in 1986)
|-
|''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]'' (returned in 1979 as ''Password Plus'')
|1961 
|-
|August 1 
|''[[Death Valley Days]]'' 
|1952
|-
|September 5
|''[[What's My Line?]]'' 
|1950
|-
|September 26
|''[[Jackpot (game show)|Jackpot]]'' (returned in 1985)
|1974
|}

==Changes of network affiliation==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Show
! Moved from 
! Moved to
|-
|''[[The Edge of Night]]'' 
|[[CBS]]
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|[[CBS]]
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
|January 2
|[[Dax Shepard]]
|Actor (''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 3
|[[Danica McKellar]]
|Actress (''[[The Wonder Years]]'', ''[[Young Justice]]'', ''[[Static Shock]]'')
|-
|[[Jason Marsden]]
|Actor (''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', ''[[The Weekenders]]'', ''[[Static Shock]]'', ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'', ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'', ''[[Generator Rex]]'')
|-
|January 4
|[[Jill Marie Jones]]
|Actress (''[[Girlfriends (U.S. TV series)|Girlfriends]]'')
|-
|January 5
|[[Bradley Cooper]]
|Actor (''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'')
|-
|January 7
|[[Stephanie Birkitt]]
|American attorney
|-
|January 9
|[[Patrick Sabongui]]
|Canadian actor (''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'')
|-
|January 12
|[[Lisa Rieffel]]
|Actress
|-
|January 17
|[[Freddy Rodriguez (actor)|Freddy Rodriguez]]
|Actor (''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]'', ''[[The Night Shift (TV series)|The Night Shift]]'')
|-
|January 23
|[[Tito Ortiz]]
|Mixed martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tito Ortiz Biography |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/bio/_/id/2335472/tito-ortiz |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|January 28
|[[Terri Conn]]
|Actress (''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 29 
|[[Sharif Atkins]]
|Actor (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]'')
|-
|[[Sara Gilbert]]
|Actress (''[[Roseanne (TV series)|Roseanne]]'', ''[[The Talk (TV series)|The Talk]]'')
|-
|February 11
|[[Nischelle Turner]]
|TV host
|-
|February 18
|[[Sarah Joy Brown]]
|Actress (''[[General Hospital]]'')
|-
|February 22 
|[[Drew Barrymore]]
|Actress and producer (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Santa Clarita Diet]]'', ''[[The Drew Barrymore Show]]'')
|-
|February 23
|[[Michael Cornacchia]]
|Actor (''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'', ''[[The Kids Are Alright (TV series)|The Kids Are Alright]]'')
|-
|February 25
|[[Chelsea Handler]]
|Actress and producer
|-
|February 27
|[[Christina Nigra]]
|Actress (''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of This World]]'')
|-
|March 1
|[[Shane Johnson (actor)|Shane Johnson]]
|Actor
|-
|March 2
|[[Jesse Bochco]]
|Producer
|-
|March 5
|[[Jolene Blalock]]
|Actress and model (''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 7
|[[Audrey Marie Anderson]]
|Actress (''[[Once and Again]]'', ''[[The Unit]]'', ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'')
|-
|[[T. J. Thyne]]
|Actor (''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'')
|-
|March 9
|[[Chaske Spencer]]
|Actor
|-
|March 12
|[[Marc Menard]]
|Canadian actor (''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Watch Over Me]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 15 
|[[Eva Longoria]]
|Actress (''[[Desperate Housewives]]'')
|-
|[[will.i.am]]
|Rapper
|-
| rowspan="2" |March 17
|[[Test (wrestler)|Test]]
|Pro wrestler (died 2009)
|-
|[[Tracy Wolfson]]
|Sportscaster
|-
|March 22 
|[[Guillermo Díaz (actor)|Guillermo Diaz]]
|Actor (''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'')
|-
|March 21
|[[Justin Pierce]]
|Actor (died 2000)
|-
|March 27 
|[[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]
|Rapper and singer
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 2
|[[Adam Rodriguez]]
|Actor (''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Criminal Minds]]'')
|-
|[[Deedee Magno Hall]]
|Filipino-American actress (Pearl on ''[[Steven Universe]]'')
|-
|April 3
|[[Aries Spears]]
|Comedian and actor (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|April 5
|[[Mike Bloom (musician)|Mike Bloom]]
|Musician
|-
|April 6
|[[Zach Braff]]
|Actor (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'')
|-
|rowspan="4"|April 14
|[[Antwon Tanner]]
|Actor (''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'')
|-
|[[Amy Birnbaum]]
|Voice actress (''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', ''[[Sonic X]]'', ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'', ''[[Ojamajo Doremi|Magical DoReMi]]'',''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'') and singer 
|-
|[[Anderson Silva]]
|Brazilian mixed martial artist ([[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anderson Silva Biography |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/bio/_/id/2335447/anderson-silva |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lita (wrestler)|Lita]]
|Pro wrestler
|-
|April 22
|[[Dannah Feinglass]]
|Actress (''[[Mad TV]]'', ''[[WordGirl]]'', ''[[The Mighty B!]]'', ''[[Newsreaders]]'')
|-
|April 30 
|[[Johnny Galecki]]
|Actor (''[[Roseanne (TV series)|Roseanne]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 3
|[[Christina Hendricks]]
|Actress (''[[Mad Men]]'', ''[[Another Period]]'')
|-
|[[Dulé Hill]]
|Actor (''[[The West Wing]]'', ''[[Psych]]'')
|-
|[[Willie Geist]]
|American television personality
|-
|May 8
|[[Wilmer Calderon]]
|Actor (''[[The Shield]]'', ''[[Bosch (TV series)|Bosch]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2" |May 10
|[[Andrea Anders]]
|Actress (''[[Joey (TV series)|Joey]]'', ''[[Better Off Ted]]'')
|-
|[[Julie Nathanson]]
|Actress (''[[The Zeta Project]]'', ''[[Avengers Assemble (TV series)|Avengers Assemble]]'', ''[[Elena of Avalor]]'')
|-
|May 11
|[[Coby Bell]]
|Actor (''[[Third Watch]]'', ''[[The Game (U.S. TV series)|The Game]]'')
|-
|May 20
|[[Tahmoh Penikett]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'')
|-
|May 24
|[[Will Sasso]]
|Canadian actor and comedian (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|May 27
|[[Jamie Oliver]]
|English chef and TV host
|-
|May 29
|[[Daniel Tosh]]
|Actor and comedian
|-
|May 30
|[[CeeLo Green]]
|Musician (''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=CeeLo Green – The Vogue |url=https://thevogue.com/artists/ceelo-green/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|June 4
|[[Angelina Jolie]]
|Actress ([[Gia Carangi]] on ''[[Gia]]'') and daughter of [[Jon Voight]]
|-
|June 6
|[[Staci Keanan]]
|Actress (''[[My Two Dads]]'', ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'')
|-
|June 7
|[[Allen Iverson]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|June 10
|[[Isaac Hayes III]]
|Voice actor
|-
|June 12
|[[Michael Muhney]]
|Actor (''[[Veronica Mars]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|-
|June 14
|[[Laurence Rickard]]
|Actor
|-
|June 16
|[[Frederick Koehler]]
|Actor (''[[Kate & Allie]]'', ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 17
|[[Jennifer Irwin]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Still Standing (American TV series)|Still Standing]]'')
|-
|[[Lisa Gwilym]]
|Welsh broadcaster
|-
|June 24
|[[Carla Gallo]]
|Actress (''[[Carnivàle]]'', ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'')
|-
|June 25
|[[Linda Cardellini]]
|Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'', ''[[Regular Show]]'', ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', ''[[Sanjay and Craig]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 27 
|[[Tobey Maguire]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Bianca Del Rio]]
|Actor
|-
|July 2
|[[Elizabeth Reaser]]
|Actress
|-
|July 3
|[[Ryan McPartlin]]
|Actor (''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'')
|-
|July 6
|[[50 Cent]]
|Rapper and actor
|-
|July 11
|[[Jon Wellner]]
|Actor (''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'')
|-
|July 14
|[[Taboo (rapper)|Taboo]]
|Actor
|-
|July 17
|[[Daffney]]
|Pro wrestler ([[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]], [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brow |first=Jason |date=2021-09-02 |title=Daffney Unger: 5 Things To Know About Wrestler Who Has Died At Age 46 |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/who-is-daffney-unger-dead-4508536/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Hollywood Life |language=en-US}}</ref> (d. 2021)
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 20
|[[Ray Allen]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|[[Judy Greer]]
|Actress (''[[Glenn Martin DDS]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''[[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]'', ''Reluctantly Healthy'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 24
|[[Eric Szmanda]]
|Actor (''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'')
|-
|[[Laura Fraser]]
|Actress
|-
|July 26
|[[Liz Truss]]
|British politician<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-04 |title=Liz Truss Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/us/liz-truss-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|July 31
|[[Annie Parisse]]
|Actress (''[[Law & Order]]'')
|-
|August 5
|[[Ami Foster]]
|Actress (''[[Punky Brewster]]'')
|-
|August 7 
|[[Charlize Theron]]
|Actress (2-time host of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|August 11
|[[Tinsley Mortimer]]
|American television personality
|-
|August 16
|[[George Stults]]
|Actor (''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'')
|-
|August 18
|[[Kaitlin Olson]]
|Actress (''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'')
|-
|August 19
|[[Tracie Thoms]]
|Actress (''[[Cold Case]]'')
|-
|August 21
|[[Alicia Witt]]
|Actress and singer (''[[Cybill]]'', ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'')
|-
|August 22
|[[Rodrigo Santoro]]
|Brazilian actor (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Westworld (TV series)|Westworld]]'')
|-
|August 25
|[[Michelle Beaudoin]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Madison (TV series)|Madison]]'', ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'')
|-
|August 29
|[[Dante Basco]]
|Actor (''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'')
|-
|August 31
|[[Sara Ramirez]]
|American-Mexican actress (''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'')
|-
|September 1
|[[Scott Speedman]]
|British-Canadian actor (''[[Felicity (TV series)|Felicity]]'')
|-
|September 3
|[[Redfoo]]
|Actor and singer
|-
|September 8
|[[Larenz Tate]]
|Actor (''[[The Royal Family (TV series)|The Royal Family]]'', ''[[South Central (TV series)|South Central]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 18
|[[Charlie Finn]]
|Actor (Spud on ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'')
|-
|[[Jason Sudeikis]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|September 22
|[[Mireille Enos]]
|Actress (''[[The Killing (U.S. TV series)|The Killing]]'', ''[[The Catch (TV series)|The Catch]]'')
|-
|September 23
|[[Jaime Bergman]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 3
|[[India Arie]]
|Singer
|-
|[[Alanna Ubach]]
|Actress (''[[Teamo Supremo]]'', ''[[Ozzy & Drix]]'', ''[[Brandy & Mr. Whiskers]]'', ''[[El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera]]'')
|-
|October 4
|[[Reggie Lee (actor)|Reggie Lee]]
|Filipino-American actor (''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 5
|[[Kate Winslet]]
|English actress (''[[Mildred Pierce (TV miniseries)|Mildred Pierce]]'')
|-
|[[Parminder Nagra]]
|British actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
|[[Scott Weinger]]
|Actor (''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[Fuller House (TV series)|Fuller House]]'')
|-
|October 7
|[[Rhyno]]
|Pro wrestler
|-
|October 8
|[[Terryn Westbrook]]
|Actress and singer
|-
|October 11
|[[Nat Faxon]]
|Actor (''[[Ben and Kate]]'')
|-
|October 12 
|[[Marion Jones]]
|[[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] player
|-
|October 16
|[[Kellie Martin]]
|Actress (''[[Life Goes On (TV series)|Life Goes On]]'', ''[[Christy (TV series)|Christy]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
|October 22
|[[Jesse Tyler Ferguson]]
|Actor (''[[Modern Family]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 23
|[[Boti Bliss]]
|Actress (''[[CSI: Miami]]'')
|-
|[[Michelle Beadle]]
|American sports reporter
|-
|October 26
|[[Paula Faris]]
|Television correspondent
|-
|October 30
|[[Steve Kazee]]
|Actor
|-
|November 1
|[[Bo Bice]]
|American singer ([[American Idol (season 4)|''American Idol'']])
|-
|November 2
|[[Danny Cooksey]]
|Actor (''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'', ''[[The Cavanaughs (TV series)|The Cavanaughs]]'', ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[Static Shock]]'', ''[[Pepper Ann]]'', ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'', ''[[Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danny Cooksey |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/738083-Danny-Cooksey |access-date=July 1, 2023 |website=Discogs |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 4
|[[Heather Tom]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Curtis Stone]]
|Australian celebrity chef
|-
|November 12
|[[Angela Watson]]
|Model and actress (''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'')
|-
|November 11
|[[Angélica Vale]]
|Actress
|-
|November 17
|[[Diane Neal]]
|Actress (''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')
|-
|November 20
|[[Joshua Gomez]]
|Actor (''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'')
|-
|November 21 
|[[Cherie Johnson]]
|Actress (''[[Punky Brewster]]'', ''[[Family Matters]]'')
|-
|November 30
|[[Richard Bacon (broadcaster)|Richard Bacon]]
|English television and radio presenter
|-
|December 1
|[[David Hornsby]]
|Actor (''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]], [[Fanboy & Chum Chum]]'', ''[[Ben 10 (2016 TV series)|Ben 10]]'')<ref>{{cite tweet|number=196271157954097152|user=HornsByDavid|title=I was born 12/1/75. Put that #### in Fred C and stop being a dick.|author=David Hornsby|date=April 28, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|December 8
|[[Celia Walden]]
|British journalist
|-
|December 10
|[[Emmanuelle Chriqui]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'', ''[[Cleaners]]'')
|-
|December 12
|[[Mayim Bialik]]
|Actress (''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'') and singer
|-
|December 13
|[[James Kyson]]
|South Korean-born American actor (''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'')
|-
|December 14
|[[KaDee Strickland]]
|Actress (''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]'')
|-
|December 17 
|[[Milla Jovovich]]
|Actress
|-
|December 18
|[[Trish Stratus]]
|Pro wrestler (''[[Canada's Got Talent]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Trish Stratus |url=https://www.thesportster.com/tag/trish-stratus/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=TheSportster |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|December 24
|[[Stephanie Ruhle]]
|Journalist
|-
|December 27 
|[[Heather O'Rourke]]
|Actress (''[[Happy Days]]'') (d. 1988)
|-
|December 28
|[[Tannis Vallely]]
|Director and actress (''[[Head of the Class]]'')
|-
|December 29
|[[Shawn Hatosy]]
|Actor (''[[Southland (TV series)|Southland]]'')
|-
|December 30 
|[[Tiger Woods]]
|Pro golfer
|}

== Deaths ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Name !! Age !! Notability
|-
|January 24
|[[Larry Fine]]
|align="center"|72
|rowspan="2"|American comic actor (''[[Three Stooges]]'')
|-
|May 4 
|[[Moe Howard]]
|align="center"|77
|-
|June 3
|[[Ozzie Nelson]]
|align="center"|69
|American actor (''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'')
|-
|June 28 
|[[Rod Serling]]
|align="center"|50
|Television writer and creator of (''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (1959–64) and ''[[Night Gallery]]'' (1969–73))
|}

==Television debuts==
*[[Armand Assante]] – ''[[How to Survive a Marriage]]''
*[[John Belushi]] – ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
*[[Richard Belzer]] – ''Saturday Night Live''
*[[Tom Berenger]] – ''[[One Life to Live]]''
*[[Bill Cobbs]] – ''First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson''
*[[Billy Connolly]] – ''[[Play for Today]]''
*[[Billy Crystal]] – ''[[Keep On Truckin' (TV series)|Keep On Truckin']]''
*[[Jeff Goldblum]] – ''[[Columbo]]''
*[[Patrick Gorman (American actor)|Patrick Gorman]] – ''Ourstory''
*[[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]] – ''[[Valley Forge (film)|Valley Forge]]''
*[[Amy Irving]] – ''[[The Rookies]]''
*[[Maurice LaMarche]] – ''[[Sidestreet]]''
*[[Marc McClure]] – ''[[Emergency!]]''
*[[Bill Murray]] – ''[[Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell]]''
*[[Catherine O'Hara]] – ''The Wayne & Shuster Show''
*[[Pete Postlethwaite]] – ''[[Second City Firsts]]''
*[[Ron Silver]] – ''[[McMillan & Wife]]''
*[[Sylvester Stallone]] – ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]''
*[[Julie Walters]] – ''Second City Firsts''
*[[Dianne Wiest]] – ''Zalmen: or, the Madness of God''
*[[Tom Wilkinson]] – ''2nd House''
*[[Ray Winstone]] – ''You and the World''

== See also ==
* [[1975–76 United States network television schedule]]

== References ==
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{{Years in TV by country|1975}}
{{Years in television}}

[[Category:1975 in television| ]]