Editing 1977 in American television

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{{USTV year|1977}}
[[File:Sega Vision Life-size TV - One look and you're hooked - October 13th 1977 Granite City Press-Record advert.jpg|thumb|1977 advertisement for a {{convert|50|inch|cm|adj=on}} Sega-Vision television.]]

This is a '''list of [[Television in the United States|American television]]'''-related events in 1977.

==Events==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Event
|-
|January 3
|Holly Hallstrom becomes the third model on the [[CBS]] game show ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' along with [[Janice Pennington]] and [[Dian Parkinson]]. This lineup would remain unchanged for the next thirteen years until [[Kathleen Bradley]] joined in 1990.
|-
|January 15
|[[Bill Murray]] joins the cast of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', replacing [[Chevy Chase]] who left the previous year.
|-
|January 30
|''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'', based on [[The Hardy Boys]] and [[Nancy Drew]] book series, premieres on ABC; [[Parker Stevenson]] and [[Shaun Cassidy]] star as [[Frank Hardy (The Hardy Boys)|Frank]] and [[Joe Hardy (The Hardy Boys)|Joe Hardy]], and [[Pamela Sue Martin]] stars as Nancy Drew. The series at first alternated between the two characters, with ''[[The Brady Bunch Hour]]'' airing sporadically.
|-
|February 4
|''[[American Bandstand]]'' celebrates its 25th anniversary on television with a special hosted by [[Dick Clark]] and telecast by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. An "all-star band" made up of [[Chuck Berry]], [[Seals & Crofts]], [[Gregg Allman]], [[Junior Walker]], [[Johnny Rivers]], [[the Pointer Sisters]], [[Charlie Daniels]], [[Doc Severinsen]], [[Les McCann]], [[Donald Byrd]], [[Chuck Mangione]] and three members of [[Booker T and the MGs]] perform "[[Roll Over Beethoven]]."
|-
|February 27
|Fed up with excessive violence and distorted images of sex on TV, the Reverend [[Donald Wildmon]] declares "Turn the Television Off Week." He is largely ignored.
|-
|March 1
|The [[CBS]] game show ''[[Match Game]]'' is named the #1 rated game show on television for the fifth year in a row.
|-
|March 4
|[[Freddie Prinze]] makes his [[List_of_Chico_and_the_Man_episodes#Season_3_(1976–77)|final appearance]] on the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Chico and the Man]]''. Prinze had actually taped the episode in question a mere hours before he fatally shot himself on January 28, 1977.
|-
|March 7 
|''[[Second Chance (game show)|Second Chance]]'', the forerunner to ''[[Press Your Luck]]'', premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
|-
|March 11
|''[[Sesame Street]]'' broadcasts its 1,000th episode.
|-
|March 15
|[[Renata Scotto]] and [[Luciano Pavarotti]] are seen in "[[La bohème]]" on [[PBS]] and heard in stereo on local (mostly NPR) stations in the first live "simulcast" from the Met.
|-
|March 19
|The [[The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)|series finale]] of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' is broadcast on [[CBS]].
|-
|March 27
|In [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WITI (TV)|WITI]] and [[CBS]] affiliate [[WISN-TV]] swap affiliations, reversing a swap that took place in 1961.<ref>"In Brief." ''Broadcasting'', September 27, 1976, pg. 28. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-09-27-BC-0028.pdf]{{dead link|date=June 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} (the text incorrectly states that WISN-TV had been a CBS affiliate since 1954, omitting the 1961 affiliation switch.)</ref><ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-10-18-BC-0036.pdf "Milwaukee connection." ''Broadcasting'', October 18, 1976, pg. 36]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|March 30
|[[Esther Rolle]] departs the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Good Times]]'' shortly after the conclusion of the two-part fourth-season finale, "Love Has a Spot On Its Lung." due to the dismissal of [[John Amos]] (who portrayed her on-screen husband James Evans) and the stereotypical behavior of its ''[[de facto]]'' star [[Jimmie Walker]] (who portrayed her son J.J. Evans). Rolle does not return until the sixth and final season in September 1978. 
|-
|April 22
|[[Cleveland]]'s [[List of former CBS television affiliates|CBS station]] [[WJW (TV) |WJW-TV]] changes its name to WJKW-TV.
|-
|June 6
|[[Lisa Peluso]] makes her first appearance on the [[CBS]] soap opera ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' as Wendy Wilkins, a role she would play until December 1985.
|-
|June 27
|In [[San Diego, California]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], angered over the forced loss of their affiliation from [[XETV-TDT|XETV]] in nearby [[Tijuana|Tijuana, Mexico]] in 1973, moves from the station which forced the change, [[KNSD|KCST-TV]], to [[NBC]] affiliate [[KGTV]]. KCST-TV assumes KGTV's former NBC affiliation and is now [[KNSD]], an [[NBC]] [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]].
|-
|August 14
|[[List of former NBC television affiliates|NBC affiliate]] [[WRDC|WRDU-TV]] changes its call sign to WPTF-TV, following Durham Life's purchase of the station.
|-
|August 16
|Television stations nationwide interrupt regular programming following news of the death of [[Elvis Presley]]. As a result, ''[[Elvis in Concert]]'' airs on [[CBS]] on October 3 that year to bad reviews.
|-
|September 5
|In [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate WRBT (now [[WVLA-TV]]) and [[NBC]] affiliate [[WBRZ-TV]] swap affiliations. WBRZ-TV makes its move in search for stronger programming (ABC is, at the time, the nation's #1 rated television network, while NBC is in last place). The move is a precursor to similar events that will take place in the course of the next few years.
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 14
|A tube top-clad woman named Yolanda Bowsley is called into Contestants' Row on the [[CBS]] game show ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'', and while running down her breasts pop out of her shirt. The incident was censored with a large blue bar but it is still remembered today.
|-
|[[Cheryl Ladd]] is introduced as [[Kris Munroe]], the younger sister of former Angel [[Jill Munroe]] ([[Farrah Fawcett|Farrah Fawcett-Majors]]) in the [[Charlie's Angels (season 2)|second season]] premiere of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]''.
|-
|September 20
|The [[List_of_Happy_Days_episodes#Season_5_(1977–78)|third part]] of the three-part [[Happy Days (season 5)|fifth season]] premiere of ''[[Happy Days]]'' airs on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The episode is highlighted by a scene in which [[Fonzie]] literally [[Jumping the shark|jumps over a shark]] while on water-skis. 
|-
|September 21
|Eleven-year old [[Janet Jackson]] joins the cast of the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Good Times]]'' for its final two seasons as Penny Gordon, an upstairs neighbor who is abused by her biological mother ([[Chip Fields]]), later adopted by Willona ([[Ja'Net DuBois]]), in the four-part season opener "The Evans Get Involved". Comedian [[Johnny Brown (actor)|Johnny Brown]], who recurred as the building superintendent Bookman from Seasons 2 to 4, also joins the main cast.
|-
|September 24
|[[Marla Gibbs]] joins the cast of the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' as a series regular in [[List of The Jeffersons episodes|the fourth season]] as fan-favorite Florence Johnston. [[Zara Cully]], who portrayed Mother Jefferson, appears in only three episodes that season, prior to her death at age 86 in February 1978.
|-
|October 23
|[[CBS]] affiliates [[WTEN]] in [[Albany, New York]] and WCDC in [[Adams, Massachusetts]] swap affiliations with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WNYT (TV)|WAST]] after WTEN/WCDC's incoming owners [[Knight-Ridder]] sign an affiliation deal for the station with ABC.
|-
|October 24
|A new [[Peanuts]] special, ''[[It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown]]'', airs on [[CBS]]. It shows and names "Heather", the [[Little Red-Haired Girl]], thereupon ending the 'mystery'.
|-
|November 6
|[[KTVZ]] in [[Bend, Oregon]] signs-on as an [[NBC]] affiliate. Bend is technically still part of the [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] DMA at the time, but in 1981, it becomes its own television market.
|-
|November 30
|CBS commentator [[Eric Sevareid]] bade farewell in his final two-minute segment on ''[[The CBS Evening News]] with [[Walter Cronkite]]'', after 48 years at [[CBS News]].
|-
|December 2
|[[Billy Crystal]] sets a winner's circle record by getting the contestant to the top of the pyramid in 26 seconds on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $20,000 Pyramid]]''. The record still stands today.
|-
|December 11
|In [[Huntsville, Alabama]], [[NBC]] affiliate [[WAAY-TV]] swaps affiliations with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WAFF (TV)|WYUR]] in search for stronger programming (at the time, NBC is in last place among the three major networks, and ABC is in first place).
|-
|December 17
|[[Miskel Spillman]], [[List of Saturday Night Live guests|guest hosts]] [[Saturday Night Live season 3|an episode]] of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. Spillman, who is at the time, an 80-year-old [[Germany|German]] immigrant and grandmother from [[New Orleans]], won the only "Anyone Can Host" contest. She is to date, the only non-celebrity to host an episode of ''SNL''. She was also, the oldest host in ''SNL''{{'s}} history until 88-year-old [[Betty White]] hosted on May 8, 2010. It is also in this episode that musical guest [[Elvis Costello]] halted his band the Attractions seven seconds into their scheduled performance of the song "[[Less than Zero (Elvis Costello song)|Less Than Zero]]" in favor of "[[Radio Radio]]", which was a then unreleased song that was critical of mainstream broadcasting.
|}

==Programs==
===Debuting this year===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Title
! Network
|-
|rowspan="2"| January 3
| ''[[Lovers and Friends]]''
|rowspan="2"| NBC
|-
| ''[[Shoot for the Stars]]''
|-
| January 10
| ''[[Circus of the Stars]]''
|rowspan="2"| CBS
|-
| January 17
| ''[[Busting Loose (TV series)|Busting Loose]]''
|-
| January 30
| ''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]''
| ABC
|-
| January 31
| ''[[The Andros Targets]]''
| CBS
|-
| February 2
| ''[[Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| NBC
|-
| February 18
| ''[[Hunter (1977 TV series)|Hunter]]''
| CBS
|-
| March 7
| ''[[Second Chance (game show)|Second Chance]]''
|rowspan="3"| ABC
|-
|rowspan="2"| March 15
| ''[[Eight Is Enough]]''
|-
| ''[[Three's Company]]''
|-
| March 20
| ''[[Loves Me, Loves Me Not (TV series)|Loves Me, Loves Me Not]]''
|CBS
|-
| March 23
| ''[[How Do You Like Your Eggs?]]''
|[[QUBE]]
|-
| April 1
| ''[[This Week in Baseball]]''
| [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| May 7
| ''[[Quark (TV series)|Quark]]''
|rowspan="3"| NBC
|-
| June 13
| ''[[It's Anybody's Guess]]''
|-
| July 6
| ''[[Comedy Time]]''
|-
| July 18
| ''[[The Better Sex]]''
| ABC
|-
| August 3
| ''[[The Kallikaks]]''
| NBC
|-
| September 5
| ''[[The Fitzpatricks]]''
| CBS
|-
|rowspan="11"| September 10
| ''[[Baggy Pants and the Nitwits]]''
|rowspan="8"| NBC
|-
| ''[[CB Bears]]''
|-
| ''[[I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali]]''
|-
| ''[[The New Archie and Sabrina Hour]]''
|-
| ''[[The Red Hand Gang]]''
|-
| ''[[Search and Rescue (1977 TV series)|Search and Rescue]]''
|-
| ''[[Space Sentinels]]''
|-
| ''[[Thunder (TV series)|Thunder]]''
|-
| ''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]''
| ABC
|-
| ''[[The Skatebirds]]''
|rowspan="4"| CBS
|-
| ''[[Space Academy]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"| September 12
| ''[[The Betty White Show (1977 TV series)|The Betty White Show]]''
|-
| ''[[Young Dan'l Boone]]''
|-
| ''[[Lucan (American TV series)|Lucan]]''
|rowspan="2"| ABC
|-
|rowspan="3"| September 13
| ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]''
|-
| ''[[Mulligan's Stew]]''
|rowspan="2"| NBC
|-
| ''[[The Richard Pryor Show]]''
|-
| September 14
| ''[[Inside the NFL]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| September 15
| ''[[Carter Country]]''
| ABC
|-
| ''[[CHiPs]]''
| rowspan="2"| NBC
|-
| rowspan="2"| September 16
| ''[[Sanford Arms]]''
|-
| ''[[Logan's Run (TV series)|Logan's Run]]''
| CBS
|-
| September 17
| ''[[Operation Petticoat (TV series)|Operation Petticoat]]''
| rowspan="1"|ABC
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 19
| ''[[The San Pedro Beach Bums]]''
|ABC
|-
| ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]''
|CBS
|-
| September 20
| ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
| CBS
|-
| September 21
| ''[[The Oregon Trail (TV series)|The Oregon Trail]]''
| rowspan="2"| NBC
|-
| September 22
| ''[[Man from Atlantis]]''
|-
| September 24
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| ABC
|-
| October 1
| ''[[We've Got Each Other]]''
| CBS
|-
|rowspan="2"| October 3
| ''[[Knockout (game show)|Knockout]]''
| rowspan="2"| NBC
|-
| ''[[To Say the Least]]''
|-
| October 9
| ''[[On Our Own (1977 TV series)|On Our Own]]''
| CBS
|-
| October 27
| ''[[James at 15]]''
| NBC
|-
| December 1
| ''[[Pinwheel (TV show)|Pinwheel]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|}

===Resuming this year===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! Title || Final aired || Previous network || New title || Returning network || Date of return
|-
|''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]''
|1959
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|''The New Mickey Mouse Club''
|Syndication
|January 17
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date 
! Title
! Debut
|-
|January 7
|''[[New Howdy Doody Show]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|1976
|-
|January 26
|''[[The Practice (1976 TV series)|The Practice]]''
|-
|March 3
|''[[The McLean Stevenson Show]]''
|-
|March 13
|''[[Delvecchio (TV series)|Delvecchio]]''
|-
|March 13
|''[[Phyllis (TV series)|Phyllis]]''
|1975
|-
|March 18
|''[[Sanford and Son]]''
|1972
|-
|March 19
|''[[Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)|The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''
|1970
|-
|March 30
|''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
|1972
|-
|April 13
|''[[Sirota's Court]]''
|1976
|-
|April 15
|''[[The Electric Company]]''
|1971
|-
|April 17
|''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]''
|1970
|-
|April 24
|''[[McMillan & Wife]]''
|1971
|-
|April 27
|''[[Loves Me, Loves Me Not (TV series)|Loves Me, Loves Me Not]]''
|rowspan="3"|1977
|-
|May 16
|''[[The Andros Targets]]''
|-
|May 27
|''[[Hunter (1977 TV series)|Hunter]]''
|-
|July 30
|''[[The Feather and Father Gang]]''
|1976
|-
|August 24
|''[[Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected]]''
|rowspan="3"|1977
|-
|August 31
|''[[The Kallikaks]]''
|-
|September 1
|''[[Comedy Time]]''
|-
|September 2
|''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' 
|1971
|-
|October 4
|''[[The Richard Pryor Show]]''
|rowspan="4"|1977
|-
|October 14
|''[[Sanford Arms]]''
|-
|November 16
|''[[Busting Loose (TV series)|Busting Loose]]''
|-
|November 30
|''[[The Oregon Trail (TV series)|The Oregon Trail]]''
|-
|December 3
|''[[Emergency!]]''
|1972
|-
|December 13
|''[[Mulligan's Stew]]''
|rowspan="2"|1977
|-
|December 19
|''[[The San Pedro Beach Bums]]''
|-
|December 30
|''[[Storybook Squares]]''
|1969
|}

===Changing networks===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Show
! Moved from 
! Moved to
|-
|''[[The Bionic Woman]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] 
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]] 
|-
|''[[The Tony Randall Show]]''
|-
|''[[Tattletales]]''
|rowspan="1"| [[CBS]]
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|}

===Made-for-TV movies===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC
! Debut || Name || Network 
|-
|May 13
|''[[The San Pedro Bums]]'' 
| ABC
|-
| October 10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076264/|title=Killer on Board (TV Movie 1977)|website=iMDb|access-date=January 31, 2024}}</ref>
| ''Killer on Board''
| NBC
|-
|-
|November 10 
|''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' 
| CBS
|-
| November 23
| ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1977 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]''
| NBC
|-
|November 26
|''[[The Hobbit (1977 film)|The Hobbit]]''
| NBC
|-
|December 11 
|''[[It Happened One Christmas]]''
| ABC
|}

===Miniseries===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC
! Debut || Name || Network 
|-
|January 23
|''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'' 
| ABC
|-
|April 3 
|''[[Jesus of Nazareth (film)|Jesus of Nazareth]]'' 
| NBC
|-
|}

==Networks and services==
===Launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Launch date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[Freeform (TV channel)|CBN Satellite Channel]]
| Satellite television
| April 29
|
|
|-
| [[Tri-State Christian Television]]
| Cable television
| May 20
|
|
|-
| [[USA Network|Madison Square Garden Sports Network]]
| Cable television
| September 22
|
|
|-
|}

===Conversions and rebrandings===
There are no conversions and rebrandings for Cable and satellite television channels in this year.

===Closures===
There are no closures for Cable and satellite television channels in this year.

==Television stations==

===Sign-ons===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| January 17
| [[Medford, Oregon]] 
| [[KSYS]] 
| 8
| rowspan=2| PBS 
| 
|- 
| March 6
| [[Plattsburgh, New York]] 
| [[WCFE-TV]] 
| 57
| 
|- 
| April 
| [[Corpus Christi, Texas]]  
| [[KORO]] 
| 28
| [[Spanish International Network]] 
| Now a [[Univision]] affiliate 
|- 
| April 10 
| [[Fresno, California]] 
| [[KVPT|KMTF]] 
| 18 
| rowspan=2| PBS 
| 
|- 
| May 1 
| [[Mason City, Iowa]] 
| [[KYIN]]
| 24 
| Part of [[Iowa Public Television]] 
|- 
| June 30 
| [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]/[[Los Angeles]], [[California]] 
| [[KSCI]] 
| 18 
| rowspan=3| Independent 
| 
|- 
| September 10
| [[South Bend, Indiana]] 
| [[WHME-TV|WHME]] 
| 46 
| 
|- 
| October 17
| [[Boston, Massachusetts]] 
| [[WXNE-TV]] 
| 25 
| 
|- 
| October 21
| [[Rock Springs, Wyoming]] 
| [[KGWL-TV#Satellite stations|KTUX]]
| 13
| [[CBS]]
| 
|- 
| November 6
| [[Bend, Oregon]]
| [[KTVZ]]
| 21
| NBC 
|
|- 
| December 1 
| [[New Haven, Connecticut]]
| [[WEDY]] 
| 65
| PBS 
| Part of [[Connecticut Public Television]]
|-
| December 8
| [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]] 
| [[KHOG-TV|KTVP]] 
| 29
| CBS 
| 
|-
| December 15 
| [[Park Falls, Wisconsin|Park Falls]]/[[Superior, Wisconsin]] <br> {{small|([[Duluth, Minnesota]])}} 
| [[WLEF-TV]] 
| 36
| PBS
| Part of [[Wisconsin Public Television]]
|- 
| December 21
| [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
| [[WFFT-TV]] 
| 55
| Independent 
| 
|- 
| December 28 
| [[Sheridan, Wyoming]] 
| [[KOTA-TV|KSGW-TV]] 
| 12
| NBC (primary) <br> CBS (secondary) 
| Satellite of [[KOTA-TV]]/[[Rapid City, South Dakota]]  
|- 
| Unknown
| [[New York City]] 
| [[W33ET-D|W60AI]] 
| 60
| Independent
| Signed on as a translator of [[WWHT]]
|- 
|}

===Network affiliation changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Old affiliation
! New affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| rowspan=2| March 27
| rowspan=2| [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]  
| [[WISN-TV]] 
| 12
| CBS
| ABC
| 
|-
| [[WITI (TV)|WITI]] 
| 6
| ABC
| CBS
| 
|-
| rowspan=2| June 27
| rowspan=2| [[San Diego, California]] 
| [[KNSD-TV|KCST-TV]] 
| 39
| ABC
| NBC 
| rowspan=2| These affiliation changes were part of ABC's retaliation for KCST-TV previously forcing the ABC affiliation to move to that station from [[XETV-TDT|XETV]] in nearby [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]], [[Mexico]], four years earlier.
|- 
| [[KGTV]] 
| 10 
| NBC 
| ABC
|- 
| rowspan=2| September 5
| rowspan=2| [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] 
| [[WBRZ-TV]] 
| 2
| NBC 
| ABC 
| 
|- 
| [[WVLA-TV|WRBT]] 
| 33
| ABC 
| NBC 
| 
|- 
| rowspan=2| October 23
| [[Adams, Massachusetts]] 
| [[WCDC-TV]] 
| 19
| rowspan=2| ABC 
| rowspan=2| CBS 
| WCDC-TV is a satellite of WTEN/Albany, New York
|- 
| [[Albany, New York]] 
| [[WTEN]] 
| 10 
| 
|- 
| rowspan=2| December 11
| rowspan=2| [[Huntsville, Alabama]] 
| [[WAAY-TV]] 
| 31
| NBC 
| ABC 
|
|- 
| [[WAFF-TV|WYUR]]
| 48
| ABC 
| NBC 
| 
|- 
|}

===Station closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| May 4
| [[Fort Dodge, Iowa]] 
| [[KVFD-TV]] 
| 21 
| NBC 
| November 23, 1953 
|- 
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
|rowspan="3"|January 7 
|[[Dustin Diamond]] 
|Actor (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'') (died 2021) 
|-
|[[Daniela Sea]] 
|Actor
|-
|[[Cecilia Vega]] 
|American journalist
|-
|January 8
|[[Amber Benson]]
|Actress (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'') and singer
|-
|January 18
|[[Lloyd Ahlquist]]
|American internet personality
|-
|January 19
|[[Benjamin Ayres]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Saving Hope]]'')
|-
|January 21
|[[Jerry Trainor]]
|Actor (''[[Drake & Josh]]'', ''[[iCarly]]'', ''[[Wendell & Vinnie]]'', ''[[T.U.F.F. Puppy]]'', ''[[Bunsen Is a Beast]]'')
|-
|January 26
|[[Vince Carter]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|January 28
|[[Joey Fatone]]
|Singer and actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 29
|[[Justin Hartley]]
|Actor (''[[Passions]]'', ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[This Is Us]]'')
|-
|[[Sam Jaeger]]
|Actor (''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 31
|[[Bobby Moynihan]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[We Bare Bears]]'', ''[[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|DuckTales]]'', ''[[Me, Myself & I (TV series)|Me, Myself & I]]'')
|-
|[[Kerry Washington]]
|Actress (''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2" |February 2
|[[Michael Koman]]
|Writer
|-
|[[Shakira]]
|Colombian singer (''[[Dancing with Myself (TV series)|Dancing with Myself]]'', ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-08 |title=Shakira: Colombian Pop Star |url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/shakira |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Biography |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|February 3
|[[Maitland Ward]]
|Actress (''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', ''[[Boy Meets World]]'')
|-
|February 6
|[[Josh Stewart]]
|Actor
|-
|February 9
|[[A. J. Buckley]]
|Irish-born Canadian actor (''[[CSI: NY]]'')
|-
|February 14
|[[Jim Jefferies]]
|Actor and comedian
|-
|February 16
|[[Paul Brittain]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 18
|[[Ike Barinholtz]]
|Actor (''[[Mad TV]]'', ''[[The Mindy Project]]'')
|-
|[[Kristoffer Polaha]]
|Actor
|-
|February 20
|[[Stephon Marbury]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|February 21
|[[Steve Francis]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|February 26
|[[Greg Rikaart]]
|Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|-
|March 3
|[[Buddy Valastro]]
|Baker
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 7
|[[Mark Taylor (Canadian actor)|Mark Taylor]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Heather McComb]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="3"|March 8
|[[Alison Becker]]
|Actress (''Mayne Street'', ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'')
|-
|[[James Van Der Beek]]
|Actor (''[[Dawson's Creek]]'')
|-
|[[Tom Brady (film director)|Tom Brady]]
|Film director
|-
|March 9
|[[Rupert Evans]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 10
|[[Jeff Branson]]
|Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|-
|[[Bree Turner]]
|Actress (''[[Undressed]]'', ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'')
|-
|March 15
|[[Brian Tee]]
|Actor (''[[Chicago Med]]'')
|-
|March 17
|[[Jorma Taccone]]
|Actor
|-
|March 23
|[[Joanna Page]]
|Welsh actress (''[[Gavin & Stacey]]'', ''[[Poppy Cat]]'', ''[[Q Pootle 5]]'')
|-
|March 24
|[[Jessica Chastain]]
|Actress
|-
|March 26
|[[Bianca Kajlich]]
|Actress (''[[Rules of Engagement (TV series)|Rules of Engagement]]'', ''[[Undateable]]'')
|-
|March 27
|[[Malia Jones]]
|Model
|-
|March 28
|[[Annie Wersching]]
|Actress (''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[Bosch (TV series)|Bosch]]'', ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'') (died 2023)
|-
|March 31
|[[Erica Tazel]]
|Actress
|-
|April 1
|[[Jon Gosselin]]
|American former television personality
|-
|April 6
|[[Teddy Sears]]
|Actor (''[[Raising the Bar (2008 TV series)|Raising the Bar]]'', ''[[American Horror Story]]'', ''[[Masters of Sex]]'', ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'')
|-
|April 10
|[[Stephanie Sheh]]
|Voice actress (''[[Three Delivery]]'', ''[[Peter Rabbit (TV series)|Peter Rabbit]]'', ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 12
|[[Jordana Spiro]]
|Actress (''[[The Huntress (TV series)|The Huntress]]'', ''[[My Boys]]'', ''[[The Mob Doctor]]'')
|-
|[[Sarah Jane Morris (actress)|Sarah Jane Morris]]
|Actress (''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 14 
|[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]
|Actress (''[[Swans Crossing]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Ringer (TV series)|Ringer]]'', ''[[The Crazy Ones]]'')
|-
|[[Rob McElhenney]]
|Actor (''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'')
|-
|April 18
|[[Adam Sinclair (actor)|Adam Sinclair]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="4"|April 23
|[[Eric Edelstein]]
|Actor (''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'', ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens (TV series)|Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', ''[[Clarence (American TV series)|Clarence]]'', ''[[We Bare Bears]]'')
|-
|[[Kal Penn]]
|Actor (''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]'')
|-
|[[John Oliver]]
|Actor
|-
|[[John Cena]]
|Professional wrestler and actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 24
|[[Eric Balfour]]
|Actor (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[Haven (TV series)|Haven]]'') and singer
|-
|[[Rebecca Mader]]
|Actress (''[[Justice (2006 TV series)|Justice]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'')
|-
|April 25
|[[Manolo Cardona]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="4"|April 26
|[[Jason Earles]]
|Actor (''[[Hannah Montana]]'', ''[[Kickin' It]]'', ''[[Hotel Du Loone]]'')
|-
|[[McKenzie Westmore]]
|Actress (''[[Passions]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'')
|-
|[[Tom Welling]]
|Actor (''[[Smallville]]'')
|-
|[[Leonard Earl Howze]]
|Actor
|-
|April 28
|[[Zeb Wells]]
|Writer
|-
|April 29
|[[Brandon McMillan (animal trainer)|Brandon McMillan]]
|American television personality
|-
|April 30
|[[Alexandra Holden]]
|Actress
|-
|May 2
|[[Jenna von Oÿ]]
|Actress (''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'')
|-
|May 3
|[[Jeffrey Garcia]]
|Voice actor (''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius]]'', ''[[Back at the Barnyard]]'', ''[[Planet Sheen]]'')
|-
|May 10
|[[Todd Lowe]]
|Actor (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', ''[[True Blood]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 12 
|[[Rebecca Herbst]]
|Actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|-
|[[Rachel Wilson]]
|Canadian actress (Heather on ''[[Total Drama]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 13
|[[Neil Hopkins]]
|Actor (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
|[[Brian Thomas Smith]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Samantha Morton]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 16
|[[Adam MacDonald]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Lynn Collins]]
|Actress
|-
|May 20
|[[Matt Czuchry]]
|Actor (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', ''[[The Good Wife]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 23
|[[Heather Wahlquist]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Lisa Joy]]
|Screenwriter
|-
|[[Richard Ayoade]]
|English actor (''[[Gadget Man]]'', ''[[Strange Hill High]]'', ''[[Apple & Onion]]'')
|-
|May 25
|[[Alberto Del Rio]]
|Pro wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-11 |title=WWE Profile - Alberto Del Rio |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17119886/wwe-profile-page-alberto-del-rio |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|May 27
|[[Shanola Hampton]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 28
|[[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]]
|Talk show host
|-
|[[Brian Friedman]]
|Dancer
|-
|May 29
|[[Rory Albanese]]
|Writer
|-
|May 31
|[[Eric Christian Olsen]]
|Actor (''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', ''[[Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 1
|[[Sarah Wayne Callies]]
|Actress (''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', ''[[Colony (TV series)|Colony]]'')
|-
|[[Danielle Harris]]
|Actress (''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'', ''[[That's Life (2000 TV series)|That's Life]]'', ''[[Father of the Pride]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2" |June 2
|[[Zachary Quinto]]
|Actor (''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'', ''[[American Horror Story]]'')
|-
|[[AJ Styles]]
|Pro wrestler
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 5
|[[Navi Rawat]]
|Actress (''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]'')
|-
|[[Liza Weil]]
|Actress (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', ''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]'')
|-
|June 6
|[[Amber Nash]]
|American actress
|-
|June 8
|[[Kanye West]]
|American rapper
|-
|June 11
|[[Ryan Dunn]]
|American stunt performer (''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]], [[Viva La Bam]]'') (died 2011)
|-
|June 14
|[[Sullivan Stapleton]]
|Australian actor (''[[Blindspot (TV series)|Blindspot]]'')
|-
|June 17
|[[Lauren Pritchard (actress)|Lauren Pritchard]]
|Comic actress (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|June 20
|[[Amos Lee]]
|Singer
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 28
|[[Bob Smiley]]
|Writer
|-
|[[Hua Hsu]]
|Writer
|-
|June 29
|[[Zuleikha Robinson]]
|British actress (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'') and singer
|-
|June 30
|[[Colton Dunn]]
|Comedian, actor and writer (''[[Superstore (TV series)|Superstore]]'')
|-
|July 1
|[[Liv Tyler]]
|Actress (''[[The Leftovers (TV series)|The Leftovers]]'')
|-
|July 2
|[[John Paesano]]
|Composer
|-
|July 4
|[[Stephen Rannazzisi]]
|Actor
|-
|July 7
|[[Jessica Chobot]]
|Host
|-
|July 8
|[[Milo Ventimiglia]]
|Actor (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', ''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'', ''[[This Is Us]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2" |July 12
|[[Steve Howey (actor)|Steve Howey]]
|Actor (''[[Reba (TV series)|Reba]]'', ''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'')
|-
|[[Brock Lesnar]]
|Wrestler and mixed martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brock Lesnar (Heavyweight) MMA Profile |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335298/brock-lesnar |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 13
|[[Ashley Scott]]
|Actress (''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)|Birds of Prey]]'', ''[[Jericho (2006 TV series)|Jericho]]'')
|-
|[[Kari Wahlgren]]
|Voice actress (''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]'', ''[[Naruto]]'', ''[[Ben 10]]'', ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'', ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'')
|-
|July 15
|[[Lana Parrilla]]
|Actress (''[[Spin City]]'', ''[[Boomtown (2002 TV series)|Boomtown]]'', ''[[Windfall (TV series)|Windfall]]'', ''[[Swingtown]]'', ''[[Miami Medical]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'')
|-
|July 16
|[[Raney Shockne]]
|Composer
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 18
|[[Kelly Reilly]]
|British actress (''[[Black Box (TV series)|Black Box]]'', ''[[True Detective]]'', ''[[Under Suspicion (TV series)|Under Suspicion]]'')
|-
|[[Luis Moncada]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 19
|[[Gennifer Hutchison]]
|Writer
|-
|[[Erin Cummings]]
|Actress
|-
|July 23
|[[Shane McRae]]
|Actor
|-
|July 26
|[[Tony Sampson]]
|Canadian voice actor (Eddy on ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|July 27
|[[Jason Zimbler]]
|Actor (''[[Clarissa Explains It All]]'')
|-
|[[Rich Blomquist]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]
|Actor
|-
|July 29
|[[Rodney Jerkins]]
|Rapper
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 30 
|[[Jaime Pressly]]
|Actress (''[[My Name Is Earl]]'', ''[[I Hate My Teenage Daughter]]'', ''[[Mom (TV series)|Mom]]'')
|-
|[[Mike Seal (fighter)|Mike Seal]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 2 
|[[Edward Furlong]]
|Actor (''[[CSI: NY]]'')
|-
|[[Artemis Pebdani]]
|Actress
|-
|August 3
|[[Tom Brady]]
|Quarterback in the [[NFL]]
|-
|August 6
|[[Joe DeRosa (comedian)|Joe DeRosa]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 8
|[[Lindsay Sloane]]
|Actress (''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'')
|-
|[[Michael Chernus]]
|Actor
|-
|August 11
|[[Toby Chu]]
|American film composer
|-
|August 15
|[[Nicole Paggi]]
|Actress (''[[Hope & Faith]]'')
|-
|August 17
|[[Emily Schulman]]
|Actress (''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3”|August 19
|[[Callum Blue]]
|English actor (''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Dead Like Me]]'', ''[[The Tudors]]'')
|-
|[[Brooke Mueller]]
|Actress
|-
|[[T. J. Holmes]]
|American journalist
|-
|August 25
|[[Jonathan Togo]]
|Actor (''[[CSI: Miami]]'')
|-
|August 28
|[[Adam Rayner]]
|English actor
|-
|August 30
|[[Michael Gladis]]
|Actor
|-
|September 1
|[[Adrienne Wilkinson]]
|Actress (''[[Venice: The Series]]'', ''[[Suspense (American TV series)|Suspense]]'')
|-
|September 2
|[[Jimmy Smith (fighter)|Jimmy Smith]]
|Fighter
|-
|September 7
|[[Steve Borst]]
|Writer
|-
|September 8
|[[Nate Corddry]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 11
|[[Jackie Buscarino]]
|Voice actress (''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'', ''[[Adventure Time]]'', ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', ''[[Steven Universe]]'')
|-
|[[Ludacris]]
|Rapper and actor
|-
|[[Todd Williams (actor)|Todd Williams]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 15
|[[Kenny Blank]]
|Actor (''[[The Parent 'Hood]]'', ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'') and singer
|-
|[[Marisa Ramirez]]
|Actress
|-
|September 17
|[[Jim Conroy]]
|Voice Actor (''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'', ''[[Kenny the Shark]]'', ''[[Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman]]'', ''[[Jellystone!]]'', ''[[The Cuphead Show!]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 18
|[[Barrett Foa]]
|Actor (''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'')
|-
|[[Sara Haines]]
|American television host
|-
|September 19
|[[Erica Ash]]
|Actress (''[[Mad TV]]'', ''[[The Big Gay Sketch Show]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 24
|[[Elizabeth Bogush]]
|Actress (''[[Titans (2000 TV series)|Titans]]'', ''[[The Mountain]]'')
|-
|[[Alexis DeJoria]]
|Racer
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 25
|[[Dave Jeser]]
|Writer (''[[Drawn Together]]'')
|-
|[[Clea DuVall]]
|Actress
|-
|September 26
|[[Sirena Irwin]]
|Voice actress (''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Stripperella]]'', ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', ''[[Pig Goat Banana Cricket]]'')
|-
|September 27
|[[Mike Maronna]]
|Actor (''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 11
|[[Matt Bomer]]
|Actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[Tru Calling]]'', ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'', ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]'')
|-
|[[Rhett McLaughlin]]
|TV host
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 13
|[[Paul Pierce]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|[[Kiele Sanchez]]
|Actress (''[[Married to the Kellys]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Related]]'', ''[[The Glades (TV series)|The Glades]]'', ''[[Kingdom (American TV series)|Kingdom]]'')
|-
|October 14
|[[Agata Gotova]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 17
|[[Alimi Ballard]]
|Actor (''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]'', ''[[The Catch (TV series)|The Catch]]'')
|-
|[[Jason Reitman]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 20
|[[Jennifer Hall]]
|Actress (''[[Up All Night (TV series)|Up All Night]]'')
|-
|[[Sam Witwer]]
|Actor (''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Being Human (North American TV series)|Being Human]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 26
|[[Jon Heder]]
|Voice actor (''[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil]]'', ''[[Pickle and Peanut]]'', ''[[Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh]]'')
|-
|[[Chaz Lamar Shepherd]]
|Actor (''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'', ''[[The Game (American TV series)|The Game]]'')
|-
|October 27
|[[Mat Lucas]]
|Voice actor (''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'')
|-
|October 29
|[[Brendan Fehr]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 2
|[[Gabriella Pession]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Jason Cerbone]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 4
|[[Liz Cackowski]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Lindsay Czarniak]]
|American sports anchor and reporter
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 10
|[[Brittany Murphy]]
|Actress (''[[Drexell's Class]]'', ''[[King of the Hill]]'') (d. [[2009 in American television|2009]])
|-
|[[Lea Moreno Young]]
|Actress (''[[Legacy (American TV series)|Legacy]]'', ''[[Brutally Normal]]'', ''[[DAG (American TV series)|DAG]]'')
|-
|November 14
|[[Brian Dietzen]]
|rowspan="2"|Actors (''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'')
|-
|November 15
|[[Sean Murray (actor)|Sean Murray]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 16
|[[Gigi Edgley]]
|Australian actress (''[[Farscape]]'', ''[[The Secret Life of Us]]'', ''[[Rescue Special Ops]]'')
|-
|[[Maggie Gyllenhaal]]
|Actress, singer and sister of [[Jake Gyllenhaal]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 17
|[[Scoot McNairy]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Mike Cernovich]]
|TV host
|-
|November 18
|[[Miranda Raison]]
|British actress (''[[Spooks (TV series)|MI-5]]'', ''[[Spotless (TV series)|Spotless]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 19
|[[Reid Scott (actor)|Reid Scott]]
|Actor (''[[It's All Relative]]'', ''[[My Boys]]'', ''[[Motorcity (TV series)|Motorcity]]'', ''[[Veep]]'')
|-
|[[Sanaa Hamri]]
|Director
|-
|November 20
|[[Josh Turner]]
|Actor
|-
|November 24
|[[Colin Hanks]]
|Actor
|-
|November 25
|[[Jill Flint]]
|Actress (''[[Royal Pains]]'', ''[[The Night Shift (TV series)|The Night Shift]]'')
|-
|November 27
|[[Alex Wagner]]
|American journalist
|-
|November 30
|[[Nelsan Ellis]]
|Actor (''[[True Blood]]'') (d. [[2017 in American television|2017]])
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 1
|[[Nate Torrence]]
|Actor (''[[Motorcity (TV series)|Motorcity]]'', ''[[Hello Ladies]]'', ''[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil]]'')
|-
|[[Akiva Schaffer]]
|Actor
|-
|December 3
|[[David Iserson]]
|Screenwriter
|-
|December 5
|[[Matt Gutman]]
|American reporter
|-
|December 6
|[[Lindsey Alley]]
|Actress (''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]'', ''On the Patio'')
|-
|December 7
|[[Big Jay Oakerson]]
|Actor
|-
|December 10
|[[Netfa Perry]]
|Actress (''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'')
|-
|December 12
|[[Colin White (ice hockey, born 1977)|Colin White]]
|Canadian former professional ice hockey player
|-
|December 15
|[[Geoff Stults]]
|Actor (''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'')
|-
|December 17
|[[Katheryn Winnick]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Vikings (2013 TV series)|Vikings]]'')
|-
|December 24
|[[Michael Raymond-James]]
|Actor (''[[True Blood]]'', ''[[Terriers (TV series)|Terriers]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'')
|-
|December 28
|[[Michael Spears]]
|Actor
|-
|December 29
|[[Katherine Moennig]]
|Actress (''[[The L Word]]'', ''[[Three Rivers (TV series)|Three Rivers]]'', ''[[Ray Donovan]]'')
|-
|December 30
|[[Lucy Punch]]
|Actress (''[[The Class (TV series)|The Class]]'', ''[[Ben and Kate]]'')
|-
|December 31
|[[Donald Trump Jr.]]
|Television presenter
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Name !! Age !!class="unsortable" |Notability 
|-
|January 28 
|[[Burt Mustin]]
|align="center"|92
|Actor (''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'')
|-
|January 29 
|[[Freddie Prinze]]
|align="center"|22
|Actor and [[comedian]] (''[[Chico and the Man]]'')
|-
|February 28
|[[Eddie "Rochester" Anderson]] 
|align="center"|71 
|Comedian (''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'')
|-
|March 27 
|[[Diana Hyland]] 
|align="center"|41
|Actress (''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'')
|-
|April 21
|[[Gummo Marx]] 
|align="center"|84
|Actor
|-
|June 13
|[[Matthew Garber]]
|align="center"|21
|English actor (''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'')
|-
|June 14 
|[[Alan Reed]]
|align="center"|69
|Actor (original voice of [[Fred Flintstone]] on ''[[The Flintstones]]'')
|-
|August 16 
|[[Elvis Presley]]
|align="center"|42
|Singer and actor (''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'')
|-
|August 17
|[[Quincy Howe]]
|align="center"|76
|Journalist and [[United States presidential debates|presidential debate]] moderator
|-
|August 19 
|[[Groucho Marx]]
|align="center"|86
|Comedian, television host (''[[You Bet Your Life]]'')
|-
|August 22
|[[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]]
|align="center"|59
|Actor (''[[Family Affair]]'')
|-
|August 29 
|[[Jean Hagen]]
|align="center"|54
|Actress (''[[Make Room for Daddy]]'')
|-
|October 14
|[[Bing Crosby]]
|align="center"|74
|Singer, actor, TV producer (''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'') 
|}

==Television debuts==
*[[Richard Dean Anderson]] – ''[[General Hospital]]''
*[[Jack Angel]] – ''[[The All-New Super Friends Hour]]''
*[[Rosanna Arquette]] – ''Having Babies II''
*[[Christine Baranski]] – ''[[Busting Loose (TV series)|Busting Loose]]''
*[[Carole Bouquet]] – ''La famille Cigale''
*[[Sofia Coppola]] – ''[[The Godfather Saga]]''
*[[Jane Curtin]] – ''[[The Love Boat]]''
*[[Robert Davi]] – ''[[Contract on Cherry Street]]''
*[[Robert De Niro]] – ''The Godfather Saga''
*[[Brian Dennehy]] – ''[[Kojak]]''
*[[Robert Englund]] – ''The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries:Mystery of the Fallen Angels''
*[[Adam Godley]] – ''The Ballad of Salomon Pavey''
*[[William Hurt]] – ''Kojak''
*[[Nastassja Kinski]] – ''[[Tatort]]''
*[[Jennifer Jason Leigh]] – ''Baretta''
*[[David Margulies]] – ''Kojak''
*[[Joe Pantoliano]] – ''[[McNamara's Band]]''
*[[Mandy Patinkin]] – ''[[Charleston (1977 film)|Charleston]]''
*[[Annie Potts]] – ''[[Black Market Baby]]''
*[[Dennis Quaid]] – ''[[Baretta]]''
*[[Jennifer Savidge]] – ''[[James at 16]]''
*[[John Shea]] – ''[[Eight Is Enough]]''
*[[Meryl Streep]] – ''[[The Deadliest Season]]''
*[[Jeffrey Tambor]] – ''Kojak''
*[[Christoph Waltz]] – ''[[Am dam des]]''
*[[Ray Winstone]] – ''[[Scum (television play)|Scum]]''
*[[John Witherspoon (actor)|John Witherspoon]] – ''[[The Richard Pryor Show]]''

{{Years in TV by country|1977}}
{{Years in television}}

==See also==
* [[1977 in the United States]]
* [[List of American films of 1977]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=1977-01-01,1977-12-31&countries=us&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1977 American television series] at [[IMDb]]

[[Category:1977 in American television| ]]

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