Editing 1978 in American television

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{{USTV year|1978}}

This is a '''list of [[Television in the United States|American television]]'''-related events in 1978.

==Events==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Event
|-
|January 15
|[[Super Bowl XII]] airs on [[NFL on CBS|CBS]], the first time the [[National Football League|NFL's]] [[Super Bowl|championship event]] is played and telecast at night. The [[1977 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] defeat the [[1977 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] 27-10.
|-
|January 23
|''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]] One Year Later'', a special examining the impact and influence of the miniseries, airs on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
|-
|January 28
|[[The Doobie Brothers]] make a guest appearance on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[What's Happening!!]]''
|-
|February 5
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] celebrates its silver anniversary with a retrospective special.
|-
|February 28
|[[Robin Williams]] makes his first appearance as Mork from Ork on [[My Favorite Orkan|an episode]] of ''[[Happy Days]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The episode proved to be such a success, that it would soon give way to a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] starring Williams entitled ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''. 
|-
|March 7
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] goes nationwide on the air.
|-
|March 22
|[[The Beatles]] spoof ''[[The Rutles]]: [[All You Need Is Cash]]'' airs on [[NBC]].
|-
|March 26 – April 1
|[[CBS]] commemorates its golden anniversary in radio and TV broadcasting with ''CBS: On the Air'', a 9½-hour retrospective special airing over 7 nights.
|-
|April 16–19
|''[[Holocaust (TV miniseries)|Holocaust]]'', starring [[James Woods]] and [[Meryl Streep]] first airs on [[NBC]].
|-
|April 22
|[[The Blues Brothers]] make their first appearance on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''; the duo of Jake & Elwood Blues ([[John Belushi]] and [[Dan Aykroyd]]) are introduced in a skit by [[Paul Shaffer]] (as [[Don Kirshner]]) and performs "Hey Bartender".
|-
|April 26
|[[Ringo Starr]]'s, ''[[Ringo (1978 film)|Ringo]]'', a musical version of ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]'', airs on NBC, with Starr's fellow former [[The Beatles|Beatle]], [[George Harrison]], providing the narration.
|-
|May 1
|KDOG-TV, [[Houston]]'s [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]], changes its call sign to [[KRIV (TV)|KRIV-TV]] following its purchase by [[Metromedia]].
|-
|June 12
|WHNB-TV, [[List of NBC television affiliates (by U.S. state)|NBC affiliate]] in [[New Britain, Connecticut|New Britain]]/[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]/[[New Haven, Connecticut]], changes its name to its current [[WVIT|WVIT-TV]], shortly after [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] purchased the station.
|-
|June 26
|[[WUSA (TV)|WTOP-TV]] changes its call sign to WDVM-TV. In return the [[List of NBC television affiliates (by U.S. state) |NBC affiliate]], WWJ-TV changes its call sign to [[WDIV-TV]].
|-
|July 1
|In [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], [[NBC]] affiliate [[WSOC-TV]] leaves the network and joins [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], citing a stronger affiliation (at the time, NBC is in last place among the three major networks, while ABC is in first place). NBC eventually aligns with [[Ted Turner]]-owned [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] WRET-TV (now [[WCNC-TV]]), tempted by promises Turner made to NBC to make $2.5 million worth of upgrades, including a stronger transmitter and the launch of a news department; former ABC affiliate [[WCCB]] becomes an independent station, and eventually a charter affiliate of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in 1986.<ref>''The Charlotte Observer'', Apr. 25 and 29, 1978.</ref>
|-
|July 10
|On [[ABC News (United States)|ABC]], the ''ABC Evening News'' is revamped to become ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]'', employing a unique three-anchor setup ([[Frank Reynolds]] serving as lead anchor from [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[Max Robinson]] presenting national news from Chicago, and [[Peter Jennings]] with international news from London).
|-
|August 1
|Taking advantage of an oral escape-clause in his contract with [[ABC News (United States)|ABC]], [[Harry Reasoner]] returns to [[CBS News|CBS]], eventually rejoining ''[[60 Minutes]]'', the program he anchored with [[Mike Wallace]] from its 1968 premiere until he joined ABC News in 1970.
|-
|September 17
|The ceremony formalizing the success of the peace talks between [[Israel]]'s [[Menachem Begin]] and [[Egypt]]'s [[Anwar Sadat]]—the [[Camp David]] accords—is televised live from the White House East Room.
|-
|September 19
|The chairs on which [[Archie Bunker|Archie]] and [[Edith Bunker]] sat through 8 seasons of the [[CBS]] comedy ''[[All in the Family]]'' are presented to the [[Smithsonian Institution]].
|-
|September 27
|Replacing [[Zara Cully]] and [[Damon Evans (actor)|Damon Evans]], [[Jay Hammer]] joins the cast of the [[CBS]] comedy ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', for a short period of time.
|-
|October 7
|On [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', [[The Rolling Stones]] become the first and to date, only band to serve as both [[List of Saturday Night Live guests|hosts and musical guests]] in [[Saturday Night Live season 4|the same episode]].
|-
|October 31
|On [[NBC]], Norma Brown wins $28,800 playing the Money Cards on ''[[Card Sharks]]'', the first and only time a contestant has won the maximum amount.
|-
|November 9
|[[Jack Soo]] makes his final appearance as Nick Yemana on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Barney Miller]]'' prior to his death from cancer on January 11, 1979. The [[Barney Miller season 5|Season 5]] finale of ''Barney Miller'' (airing later that May) would subsequently, feature the cast stepping out of character to pay tribute to Soo.
|-
|November 12
|In [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]], KLMN-TV (now [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KFTA-TV]]) signs-on the air and takes [[CBS]] programming from [[KHBS/KHOG|KFPW-TV/KTVP]]. Both KFPW-TV and KTVP subsequently become full-time [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliates, giving Fort Smith in-market affiliates of all three major networks.
|-
|November 17
|The ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' airs on [[CBS]]. The special gives fans their first glimpse of [[Boba Fett]], a character from the upcoming ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' [[The Empire Strikes Back|sequel]].
|}

==Programs==
===Debuting this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Show
! Network
|-
| January 28
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| February 12
| ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
| February 19
| ''[[Project U.F.O.]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| March 10
| ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[CBS]]
|-
| April 2
|''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 3
|''[[Pass the Buck (American game show)|Pass the Buck]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Ever Increasing Faith]]''
| Syndication
|-
| April 5
| ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 8
| ''[[The Ted Knight Show (1978 TV series)|The Ted Knight Show]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Another Day (TV series)|Another Day]]''
|-
| April 24
| ''[[Card Sharks]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| April 25
| ''[[Vega$]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| June 6
| ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]''
|-
| July 3
| ''[[Tic Tac Dough]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
| July 10
| ''[[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| September 7
| ''[[Grandpa Goes to Washington]]''
| rowspan="6"| [[NBC]]
|-
| September 8
| ''[[The Eddie Capra Mysteries]]''
|-
|rowspan="8"| September 9
| ''[[Fabulous Funnies]]''
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Four (1978 TV series)|Fantastic Four]]''
|-
| ''[[Godzilla (animated series)|Godzilla]]''
|-
| ''[[Yogi's Space Race]]''
|-
| ''[[Fangface]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[The All New Popeye Hour]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]''
|-
| ''[[Tarzan and the Super 7]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 10
| ''[[Kaz (TV series)|Kaz]]''
|-
| ''[[Sword of Justice (TV series)|Sword of Justice]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|September 12
| ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Battle of the Planets]]''
| ''[[Broadcast syndication| Syndication]]''
|-
|September 13
| ''[[W.E.B.]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| September 14
| ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 17
| ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
|-
| ''[[Lifeline (1978 TV series)|Lifeline]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| September 18
| ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 22
| ''[[The Waverly Wonders]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Who's Watching the Kids]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 23
| ''[[Apple Pie (TV series)|Apple Pie]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[The American Girls (TV series)|The American Girls]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[CBS]]
|-
| September 24
| ''[[Mary (1978 TV series)|Mary]]''
|-
| October 1
| ''[[Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial]]''
| [[NBC]]
|-
| October 30
| ''[[A.M. Weather]]''
| [[PBS]]
|-
| November 2
| ''[[David Cassidy: Man Undercover]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[NBC]]
|-
| November 3
| ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]''
|-
| November 27
| ''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]''
| [[CBS]]
|}

===Resuming this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Last aired || Previous network || Retitled as/Same || Returning
|-
|''[[High Rollers]]''
|1976
|[[NBC]]
|rowspan="2"|Same
|April 24
|-
|''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]''
|1970
|[[CBS]]
|September 9
|-
|''[[Jeopardy!]]''
|1975
|[[NBC]]
|''The All-New Jeopardy!''
|October 2
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
|March 6
|''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''
|1973
|-
|March 18
|''[[Kojak]]''
|1973
|-
|March 29
|''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]''
|1967
|-
|March 30
|''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]''
|rowspan="2"|1974
|-
|March 31
|''[[Tattletales]]''
|-
|April 1
|''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''
|1972
|-
|April 7
|''[[Quark (TV series)|Quark]]''
|1977
|-
|April 28
|''[[C.P.O. Sharkey]]''
|1976
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 29
|''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]''
|1972
|-
|''[[Another Day (TV series)|Another Day]]''
|rowspan="2"|1978
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 13
|''[[The Ted Knight Show (1978 TV series)|The Ted Knight Show]]''
|-
|''[[The Bionic Woman]]''
|1976
|-
|''[[Columbo]]''
|1971
|-
|May 18
|''[[Baretta]]''
|1975
|-
|July 21
|''[[Chico and the Man]]''
|1974
|-
|September 1
|''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]''
|rowspan="3"|1977
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 28
|''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]''
|-
|''[[Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics]]''
|-
|November 10
|''[[The American Girls (TV series)|The American Girls]]''
|rowspan="2"|1978
|-
|December 2
|''[[Yogi's Space Race]]''
|-
|December 4
|''[[Lucan (American TV series)|Lucan]]''
|1977
|-
|December 9
|''[[Rhoda]]''
|1974
|-
|December 16
|''[[The New Fantastic Four]]''
|1978
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 23
|''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]''
|1976
|-
|''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]''
|1969
|}

===Made-for-TV movies and miniseries===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Title
! Network
! Date of airing
|-
| ''[[The Dain Curse (miniseries)|The Dain Curse]]''
| CBS 
| May 22–24
|-
|''[[King (miniseries)|King]]''
|rowspan="7"| NBC
| February 12–14
|-
|''[[Holocaust (TV miniseries)|Holocaust]]''
| April 16–19
|-
| ''[[Zuma Beach (film)|Zuma Beach]]''
| September 27
|-
|''[[Centennial (miniseries)|Centennial]]''
| October 1–February 4
|-
| ''[[Donner Pass: The Road to Survival]]''
| October 24
|-
| [[The Time Machine (1978 film)|The Time Machine]]
| November 5
|-
| ''[[Someone's Watching Me!]]''
| November 29
|}

==Networks and services==
===Launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Launch date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[Home Theater Network]]
| Cable television
| September 1
| 
| 
|-
| [[INSP (TV network)|INSP]]
| Cable television
| Unknown
| 
|
|-
| [[NewsNation|WGN-TV]]
| Cable television
| November 9
| 
| 
|-
| [[Operation Prime Time]]
| Cable television
| Unknown
|
|
|}

===Network conversions and rebrandings===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Conversion date
! Source 
|- 
| [[Hughes Television Network]]
| [[Paramount Television Service]]
| April
| 
|
|-
| [[Paramount Television Service]]
| [[Hughes Television Network]]
| Unknown
| 
|
|}

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

==Television stations==
===Station launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| January 3
| [[Rock Hill, South Carolina]] <br> {{small|([[Charlotte, North Carolina]])}} 
| [[WNSC-TV]] 
| 30
| rowspan=2| [[PBS]] 
| Part of [[South Carolina ETV]]
|- 
| February 9
| [[Martin, South Dakota]] 
| [[KZSD-TV]] 
| 8
| Part of [[South Dakota Public Broadcasting]]
|- 
| March 23 
| [[Washington, D.C.]] 
| [[WPXW-TV]] 
| 66
| rowspan=2| [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent]] 
| 
|- 
| March 26
| [[Manassas, Virginia]]/[[Washington, D.C.]] 
| [[WPXW-TV|WTKK]] 
| 66
| 
|-
| May 1
| [[Mason City, Iowa]] 
| [[KYIN]] 
| 24
| rowspan=5| PBS 
| Part of [[Iowa Public Television]]
|- 
| August 6 
| [[Cheyenne, Oklahoma]] 
| [[KWET]] 
| 12 
| Part of the [[Oklahoma Educational Television Authority]]
|- 
| August 9 
| [[Shreveport, Louisiana]] 
| [[KLTS-TV]] 
| 24 
| Part of [[Louisiana Public Broadcasting]] 
|- 
| August 18 
| [[El Paso, Texas]] 
| [[KCOS (TV)|KCOS]] 
| 13
| 
|- 
| August 21
| [[Cookeville, Tennessee]] 
| [[WCTE]] 
| 22
| 
|- 
| September 2
| rowspan=2| [[Phoenix, Arizona]] 
| [[KTVW-DT|KTVW]] 
| 23
| [[Univision|Spanish International Network]] 
| Now a [[Univision]] affiliate
|- 
| September 9 
| [[KNXV-TV]] 
| 15
| rowspan=2| Independent
| 
|- 
| September 26
| [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] 
| [[WPNT|WPTT-TV]] 
| 22
| 
|- 
| September 27 
| [[Montpelier, Vermont]] 
| [[WNNE]] 
| 31
| NBC 
| Signed on as a satellite of [[WPTZ-TV]]/[[Plattsburgh, New York]]
|- 
| October 1
| [[Juneau, Alaska]]
| [[KAKM|KTOO-TV]] 
| 3
| [[PBS]] 
| Satellite of [[KAKM]]/[[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]]
|- 
| October 24
| [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] 
| [[KSTU]] 
| 20 (now 13) 
| Independent
| 
|- 
| November 12 
| [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]] 
| [[KFTA-TV|KLMN-TV]] 
| 24
| CBS
| 
|- 
| November 27
| [[Rockford, Illinois]] 
| [[WQRF-TV]] 
| 39
| rowspan=2| Independent 
| 
|- 
| December 17 
| [[Kansas City, Missouri]] 
| [[KPXE-TV|KYFC]] 
| 50
| Was previously on air as KCIT-TV from 1969 to 1971.
|- 
|}

===Network affiliation changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! City of license/Market
! Station
! Channel 
! Old affiliation
! New affiliation 
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| rowspan=3| July 1
| rowspan=3| [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]  
| [[WCCB]] 
| 18
| ABC
| Independent
| 
|- 
| [[WCNC-TV|WRET-TV]] 
| 36
| Independent 
| NBC 
| 
|-
| [[WSOC-TV]] 
| 9
| NBC 
| ABC 
| 
|}

===Station closures===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! City of license/Market
! Station
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Sign-on date 
! Notes/Ref.
|- 
| April 9 
| [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]] 
| [[WRLP (TV)|WRLP]] 
| 32 
| NBC
| June 29, 1957
| 
|- 
| August 15 
| [[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]]/[[Sedalia, Missouri]] <br> {{small|([[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]/[[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]])}} 
| [[KMOS-TV]] 
| 6
| CBS
| July 8, 1954 <br> {{small|(as an independent station)}} 
| Returned to the air December 22, 1979 as a PBS member station 
|-
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
|January 2
|[[Patricia de Leon (actress)|Patricia de Leon]]
|Actress
|-
|January 3
|[[Kimberley Locke]]
|TV Personality (''[[American Idol (season 2)|American Idol]]'', ''[[Little Talent Show]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kimberley Locke |url=https://genius.com/artists/Kimberley-locke |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|January 5
|[[January Jones]]
|Actress (''[[Mad Men]]'', ''[[The Last Man on Earth (TV series)|The Last Man on Earth]]'')
|-
|January 7
|[[Ryan Star]]
|Singer
|-
|January 8
|[[Ron Pederson]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|January 9
|[[AJ McLean]]
|Actor and singer (''[[Backstreet Boys]]'')
|-
|January 10
|[[Jill Nicolini]]
|Actress
|-
|January 14
|[[Sage Brocklebank]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 15
|[[Jamie Clayton]]
|Actress (''[[Sense8]]'')
|-
|[[Eddie Cahill]]
|Actor (''[[CSI: NY]]'')
|-
|January 24
|[[Kristen Schaal]]
|Actress (''[[Bob's Burgers]]'', ''[[The Last Man on Earth (TV series)|The Last Man on Earth]]'', ''[[Gravity Falls]]'')
|-
|January 26
|[[Kelly Stables]]
|Actress (''[[W.I.T.C.H.]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''[[The Exes]]'')
|-
|February 2
|[[Rich Sommer]]
|Actor (''[[Mad Men]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 3
|[[Kelly Sullivan (actress)|Kelly Sullivan]]
|Actress (''[[Henry Danger]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Kid Danger]]'')
|-
|[[Eliza Schneider]]
|Actress (''[[Beakman's World]]'', ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Squirrel Boy]]'')
|-
|February 6
|[[Har Mar Superstar]]
|Actor
|-
|February 7
|[[Ashton Kutcher]]
|Actor (''[[That '70s Show]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 14
|Joanna Canton
|Actress
|-
|[[Danai Gurira]]
|Actor (''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'')
|-
|February 16
|[[John Tartaglia]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="3"|February 20
|[[Lauren Ambrose]]
|Actress (''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]'')
|-
|[[Chelsea Peretti]]
|Actress (''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'')
|-
|[[Jay Hernandez]]
|Actor
|-
|February 21
|[[Nicole Parker]]
|Comedian, actress and singer (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|-
|February 24
|[[Nicole Lyn]]
|Actress
|-
|February 28
|[[Geoffrey Arend]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 1 
|[[Donovan Patton]]
|Actor (''[[Blue's Clues]]'', ''[[Team Umizoomi]]'', ''[[Clarence (American TV series)|Clarence]]'')
|-
|[[Jensen Ackles]]
|Actor (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]'', ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'')
|-
|March 5
|[[Kimberly McCullough]]
|Actress (''[[Once and Again]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|-
|March 8
|[[Nick Zano]]
|Actor (''[[What I Like About You (TV series)|What I Like About You]]'')
|-
|March 11
|[[Rob Simonsen]]
|Composer
|-
|March 14
|[[Chris McCaleb]]
|Director
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 16
|[[Matthew Montgomery (actor)|Matthew Montgomery]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Brooke Burns]]
|Actress
|-
|March 17
|[[Patrick Seitz]]
|Actor
|-
|March 19
|[[Virginia Williams]]
|Actress (''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[Monarch Cove]]'', ''[[Fairly Legal]]'')
|-
|rowspan="4"|March 23
|[[Anastasia Griffith]]
|Actress (''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'', ''[[Trauma (American TV series)|Trauma]]'', ''[[Copper (TV series)|Copper]]'')
|-
|[[David Tom]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Nicholle Tom]]
|Actress (''[[The Nanny]]'')
|-
|[[Perez Hilton]]
|Blogger
|-
|March 24
|[[Amanda Brugel]]
|Actress
|-
|March 25
|[[Maribeth Monroe]]
|Actress and comedian (''[[Workaholics]]'', ''[[The Brink (TV series)|The Brink]]'')
|-
|April 1
|[[Jason Bell (American football)|Jason Bell]]
|American former professional football player
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 2
|[[Jaime Ray Newman]]
|Actress (''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Eastwick (TV series)|Eastwick]]'')
|-
|[[Deon Richmond]]
|Actor (''[[The Cosby Show]]'', ''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]'')
|-
|April 3
|[[Matthew Goode]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 6
|[[Lauren Ridloff]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Tim Hasselbeck]]
|American sports journalist
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 7
|[[Nelson Cragg]]
|Director
|-
|[[Jimmy Akingbola]]
|Actor
|-
|April 12
|[[Riley Smith]]
|Actor
|-
|April 13 
|[[Kyle Howard]]
|Actor (''[[My Boys]]'')
|-
|April 15
|[[Chris Stapleton]]
|Singer
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 17
|[[Lindsay Hartley]]
|Actress and singer (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[Passions]]'')
|-
|Adam Jamal Craig
|Actor (''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 19
|[[James Franco]]
|Actor (''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'')
|-
|[[Sheinelle Jones]]
|American journalist and news anchor
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 20
|[[Clayne Crawford]]
|Actor (''[[Lethal Weapon (TV series)|Lethal Weapon]]'')
|-
|[[Matt Austin (actor)|Matt Austin]]
|Actor (''[[Power Rangers S.P.D.]]'')
|-
|[[Matthew Wilkas]]
|Actor
|-
|April 22 
|Manu Intiraymi
|Actor (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'')
|-
|April 23 
|[[Ian Brennan (writer)|Ian Brennan]]
|Actor and writer
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 26
|[[Stana Katic]]
|Actress (''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'')
|-
|[[Pablo Schreiber]]
|Canadian-American actor (''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'')
|-
|[[Stephen Williams (director)|Stephen Williams]]
|Jamaican-Canadian director
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 28
|[[Nate Richert]]
|Actor (''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'')
|-
|[[Robert Oliveri]]
|Former actor
|-
|April 29
|[[Tyler Labine]]
|Actor (''[[New Amsterdam (2018 TV series)|New Amsterdam]]'')
|-
|May 1
|[[James Badge Dale]]
|Actor (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]'', ''[[Rubicon (TV series)|Rubicon]]'')
|-
|May 2
|[[Kumail Nanjiani]]
|American-Pakistani actor (''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]'', ''[[Franklin & Bash]]'', ''[[Adventure Time]]'')
|-
|May 4
|[[Erin Andrews]]
|Actress
|-
|May 5
|[[Santiago Cabrera]]
|Venezuelan-born Chilean-British actor (''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'')
|-
|May 8
|[[Matthew Davis]]
|Actor (''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'')
|-
|May 9
|[[Daniel Franzese]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 10
|[[Corri English]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Kenan Thompson]]
|Actor (''[[All That]]'', ''[[Kenan & Kel]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 12
|[[Jason Biggs]]
|Actor (''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'', ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'')
|-
|[[Malin Akerman]]
|Actress (''[[Childrens Hospital (TV series)|Childrens Hospital]]'', ''[[Trophy Wife (TV series)|Trophy Wife]]'', ''[[Billions (TV series)|Billions]]'')
|-
|May 13
|[[Brooke Anderson]]
|Former co-host of ''The Insider''
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 15
|[[David Krumholtz]]
|Actor (''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]'')
|-
|[[Caroline Dhavernas]]
|Actress (''[[Off the Map (TV series)|Off the Map]]'', ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]'', ''[[Mary Kills People]]'')
|-
|May 16
|[[Jim Sturgess]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 17
|[[Kat Foster]]
|Actress (''[['Til Death]]'')
|-
|[[Carlos Peña]]
|Broadcaster
|-
|May 22
|[[Ginnifer Goodwin]]
|Actress (''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]'', ''[[Big Love (TV series)|Big Love]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'')
|-
|May 24
|[[Bryan Greenberg]] 
|Actor (''[[October Road (TV series)|October Road]]''), (''[[How to Make It in America]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 26
|[[Benji Gregory]]
|Actor (''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'')
|-
|[[Adam Robitel]]
|Director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
|-
|May 27
|[[Cindy Sampson]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'')
|-
|May 28
|[[Jake Johnson]]
|Actor (''[[New Girl]]'')
|-
|June 1
|[[Link Neal]]
|TV host
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 2
|[[Justin Long]]
|Actor (''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]'')
|-
|[[Nikki Cox]]
|Actress (''[[Unhappily Ever After]]'', ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'')
|-
|June 4
|[[Robin Lord Taylor|Robin Taylor]]
|Actor (''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 5
|[[Nick Kroll]]
|Actor, comedian and writer (''[[The League]]'', ''[[Kroll Show]]'')
|-
|[[Rob Nelson (reporter)|Rob Nelson]]
|Afternoon anchor for Newsy, Scripps Television's all news channel
|-
|June 6 
|[[Judith Barsi]]
|Actress (d. [[1988 in American television|1988]])
|-
|June 7 
|[[Bill Hader]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Documentary Now!]]'')
|-
|June 8
|[[Maria Menounos]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 9
|[[Michaela Conlin]]
|Actress (''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'')
|-
|[[Brian Patrick Wade]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 10 
|[[Shane West]]
|Actor (''[[Once and Again]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'')
|-
|[[DJ Qualls]]
|Actor (''[[Legit (2013 TV series)|Legit]]'')
|-
|June 11
|[[Joshua Jackson]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|June 12
|[[Shiloh Strong]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Timothy Simons]]
|Actor (''[[Veep]]'')
|-
|[[Jeremy Rowley]]
|Actor
|-
|June 13
|[[Bianna Golodryga]]
|Moldovan-born American journalist
|-
|June 15
|[[Ethan Embry]]
|Actor (''[[Brotherhood (American TV series)|Brotherhood]]'')
|-
|June 18
|[[Tara Platt]]
|Voice actress (''[[Naruto]]'', ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'', ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|June 19
|[[Dirk Nowitzki]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|[[Zoe Saldana]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Mía Maestro]]
|Actress and singer
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 20
|[[Mike Birbiglia]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Quinton Jackson]]
|Actor
|-
|June 21
|[[Erica Durance]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Saving Hope]]'')
|-
|June 24
|[[Geoff Keighley]]
|Canadian gaming TV presenter (''[[GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley|GT.TV]]'', ''[[G4tv.com (TV series)|G4tv.com]]'', ''[[Spike Video Game Awards]]'')
|-
|June 26
|[[Tory Mussett]]
|Actress
|-
|June 27
|[[Courtney Ford]]
|Actress
|-
| rowspan="3" |June 29
|[[Charlamagne tha God|Lenard McKelvey]]
|Media Personality (''[[Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne]]'', [[Hell of A Week with Charlamagne tha God|''Hell of A Week'']])
|-
|[[Luke Kirby]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Nicole Scherzinger]]
|Singer
|-
|July 1 
|[[Hillary Tuck]]
|Actress (''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show]]'')
|-
|July 2
|[[Owain Yeoman]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 4
|[[Becki Newton]]
|Actress (''[[Ugly Betty]]'', ''[[The Goodwin Games]]'')
|-
|Andrea Gabriel
|Actress (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|July 6 
|[[Adam Busch]]
|Actor (''[[The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Men at Work (TV series)|Men at Work]]'')
|-
|[[Tamera Mowry]] 
|Actress (''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]'', ''[[Strong Medicine]]'', ''[[Tia & Tamera]]'')
|-
|[[Tia Mowry]]
|Actress (''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]'', ''[[Bratz (TV series)|Bratz]]'', ''[[The Game (American TV series)|The Game]]'', ''[[Tia & Tamera]]'', ''[[Instant Mom]]'')
|-
|July 8
|[[Rachael Lillis]]
|Actress
|-
| rowspan="3" |July 9 
|[[Linda Park]]
|South Korean actress (''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'')
|-
|[[Sundance Head]]
|Singer ([[American Idol (season 6)|''American Idol'']], [[The Voice (American season 11)|''The Voice'']])
|-
|[[Kyle Davis (actor)|Kyle Davis]]
|Actor
|-
|July 11
|[[Jeremy Rowley]]
|Actor (''[[iCarly]]'', ''[[Bunsen Is a Beast]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 12
|[[Michelle Rodriguez]]
|Actress (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|- 
|[[Topher Grace]]
|Actor (''[[That '70s Show]]'')
|-
|July 13
|[[Jessica Barth]]
|Actress
|-
|July 15
|[[Greg Sestero]]
|Actor
|-
|July 18 
|[[Eddie Matos (actor)|Eddie Matos]]
|Actor (''[[Port Charles]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|July 19
|Ginifer King
|Actress (''[[The Haunted Hathaways]]'')
|-
|[[Mark Proksch]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Marcela Valladolid]]
|American chef
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 21
|[[Josh Hartnett]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Justin Bartha]]
|Actor
|-
|July 22
|[[A. J. Cook]]
|Actress (''[[Higher Ground (TV series)|Higher Ground]]'', ''[[Criminal Minds]]'')
|-
|July 24
|[[Jeff Mauro]]
|Co-host of the [[Food Network]] series ''The Kitchen''
|-
|August 2
|[[Natashia Williams]]
|Actress (''[[Romeo!]]'')
|-
|August 3
|[[Shanelle Workman]]
|Actress
|-
|August 6
|[[Marisa Miller]]
|Actress
|-
|August 8
|[[Countess Vaughn]]
|Actress and singer (''[[Moesha]]'', ''[[The Parkers]]'')
|-
|August 15
|[[Jennie Eisenhower]]
|Actress
|-
|August 18
|[[Andy Samberg]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'')
|-
|August 20
|[[Noah Bean]]
|Actor (''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'', ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'')
|-
|August 22
|[[James Corden]]
|English comedian and host (''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden|The Late Late Show]]'')
|-
|August 23
|[[Kobe Bryant]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player (died [[deaths in 2020|2020]])
|-
|August 24
|[[Beth Riesgraf]]
|Actress (''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]'', ''Caper'')
|-
|August 25
|[[Kel Mitchell]]
|Actor (''[[All That]]'', ''[[Kenan & Kel]]'', ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series)|Clifford the Big Red Dog]]'', ''[[One on One (American TV series)|One on One]]'', ''[[Pink Panther and Pals]]'', ''[[Wild Grinders]]'', ''[[Game Shakers]]'')
|-
|August 26
|[[Amanda Schull]]
|Actress (''[[Pretty Little Liars]]'', ''[[Suits (American TV series)|Suits]]'', ''[[12 Monkeys (TV series)|12 Monkeys]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 28
|[[Kelly Overton (actress)|Kelly Overton]]
|Actress (''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[True Blood]]'', ''[[Legends (TV series)|Legends]]'')
|-
|[[Rachel Kimsey]]
|Actress (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[Justice League Action]]'')
|-
|August 29
|[[Danielle Hampton]]
|Actress
|-
|September 4
|[[Wes Bentley]]
|Actor (''[[American Horror Story]]'')
|-
|September 6
|[[Mathew Horne]]
|Actor
|-
|September 7
|[[Devon Sawa]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 12
|[[Ben McKenzie]]
|Actor (''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[Southland (TV series)|Southland]]'', ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'')
|-
|[[Ruben Studdard]]
|Singer and actor
|-
|September 13
|[[Megan Henning]]
|Actress (''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 16
|[[Michael Mosley (actor)|Michael Mosley]]
|Actor (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[Pan Am (TV series)|Pan Am]]'', ''[[Sirens (2014 TV series)|Sirens]]'')
|-
|[[Matthew Rogers]]
|American television host
|-
|September 17
|[[Nick Cordero]]
|Actor (died 2020)
|-
|September 18
|[[Billy Eichner]]
|Actor
|-
|September 20
|[[Charlie Weber (actor)|Charlie Weber]]
|Actor (''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]'')
|-
|September 22
|[[Daniella Alonso]]
|Actress (''[[Revolution (TV series)|Revolution]]'', ''[[The Night Shift (TV series)|The Night Shift]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 23
|[[Keri Lynn Pratt]]
|Actress (''[[Jack & Bobby]]'')
|-
|[[Josh Miller (filmmaker)|Josh Miller]]
|Filmmaker
|-
|[[Anthony Mackie]]
|Actor
|-
|September 25
|[[Rossif Sutherland]]
|Actor
|-
| rowspan="2" |September 28
|[[Peter Cambor]]
|Actor (''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'')
|-
|[[Nikki McKibbin]]
|Singer (''[[Popstars]]'', [[American Idol (season 1)|''American Idol'']]) (died 2020)
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 1
|[[Katie Aselton]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Nicole Atkins]]
|Singer-songwriter
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 3
|[[Shannyn Sossamon]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Jake Shears]]
|Singer
|-
|[[Christian Coulson]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 4
|[[Dana Davis]]
|Actress (''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'', ''[[10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)|10 Things I Hate About You]]'', ''[[Franklin & Bash]]'')
|-
|[[Phillip Glasser]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Mark Day (actor)|Mark Day]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 5
|[[James Valentine (musician)|James Valentine]]
|American musician
|-
|[[Morgan Webb]]
|TV host
|-
|[[Jesse Palmer]]
|TV host
|-
|October 7
|[[Omar Benson Miller]]
|Actor (''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Ballers]]'', ''[[Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'')
|-
|October 10
|[[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]]
|Actress (''[[Nash Bridges]]'', ''[[Prison Break]]'')
|-
|October 14
|[[Usher (musician)|Usher]]
|Singer and Actor 
|-
|October 15
|[[Devon Gummersall]]
|Actor (''[[My So-Called Life]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 16
|[[Kala Savage]]
|Actress 
|-
|Novie Edwards 
|Actress and singer (''[[Cyberchase]]'', ''[[Total Drama Island]]'') 
|- 
|October 17
|[[Erin Karpluk]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Being Erica]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 18
|[[Wesley Jonathan]]
|Actor (''[[City Guys]]'', ''[[What I Like About You (TV series)|What I Like About You]]'', ''[[The Soul Man (TV series)|The Soul Man]]'')
|-
|[[Jake Farrow]]
|American television writer and actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 20
|[[Dionne Quan]]
|Voice actress (''[[Rugrats]]'', ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', ''[[Bratz (TV series)|Bratz]]'')
|-
|[[David Caspe]]
|American film and television writer
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 21
|[[Will Estes]]
|Actor (''[[American Dreams]]'', ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'')
|-
|[[Michael McMillian]]
|Actor (''[[What I Like About You (TV series)|What I Like About You]]'', ''[[True Blood]]'', ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'')
|-
|October 22
|[[Zuzanna Szadkowski]]
|Polish-American actress (''[[Gossip Girl]]'')
|-
|October 25
|[[Zachary Knighton]]
|Actor
|-
|October 26
|[[CM Punk]]
|Actor
|-
|October 27
|[[David Walton (actor)|David Walton]]
|Actor (''[[New Girl]]'', ''[[About a Boy (TV series)|About a Boy]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 28
|[[Gwendoline Christie]]
|English actress (''[[Wizards vs Aliens]]'', ''[[Game of Thrones]]'') and singer
|-
|[[Justin Guarini]]
|Singer
|-
|October 30
|[[Matthew Morrison]]
|Actor (''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'')
|-
|October 31
|[[Brian Hallisay]]
|Actor (''[[Privileged (TV series)|Privileged]]'', ''[[The Client List (TV series)|The Client List]]'', ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'')
|-
|November 1
|[[Mary Kate Schellhardt]]
|Actress
|-
|November 2
|[[Erika Flores]]
|Actress (''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 6
|[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|Actress (''[[Major Dad]]'', ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]'')
|-
|[[Taryn Manning]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Erik Cole]]
|Former professional ice hockey left winger
|-
|November 9
|[[Sisqó]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 10
|[[Eve (rapper)|Eve]]
|Rapper and actress (''[[Eve (2003 TV series)|Eve]]'')
|-
|[[Diplo]]
|DJ
|-
|[[David Paetkau]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'')
|-
|November 12
|[[Ashley Williams (actress)|Ashley Williams]]
|Actress (''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[Good Morning, Miami]]'', ''[[The Jim Gaffigan Show]]'')
|-
|November 15
|[[Samantha Shelton]]
|Actress (''[[Monarch Cove]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 17
|[[Zoë Bell]]
|New Zealand actress
|-
|[[Tom Ellis (actor)|Tom Ellis]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Rachel McAdams]]
|Actress (''[[True Detective]]'')
|-
|November 18
|[[Daniel Chong]]
|Animator
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 19
|[[Eric Nenninger]]
|Actor (''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'')
|-
|[[Chad Doreck]]
|Voice actor (Brad Carbunkle on ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'')
|-
|November 20
|[[Nadine Velazquez]]
|Actress (''[[My Name is Earl]]'', ''[[The League]]'', ''[[Major Crimes (TV series)|Major Crimes]]'') and model
|-
|November 24
|[[Katherine Heigl]]
|Actress (''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[State of Affairs (TV series)|State of Affairs]]'')
|-
|November 28
|[[Aimee Garcia]]
|Actress (''[[Greetings from Tucson]]'', ''[[All About the Andersons]]'', ''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]'', ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'')
|-
|November 29
|[[Lauren German]]
|Actress (''[[Chicago Fire (TV series)|Chicago Fire]]'')
|-
|November 30
|[[Clay Aiken]]
|Singer ([[American Idol (season 2)|''American Idol'']], [[The Apprentice (American season 12)|''Celebrity Apprentice'']])
|-
|December 1
|[[Jen Psaki]]
|[[MSNBC]] political analyst and former [[White House Press Secretary|press secretary]] 
|-
|December 2
|[[Nelly Furtado]]
|Singer
|-
|December 7
|[[Shiri Appleby]]
|Actress (''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'', ''[[Life UneXpected (TV series)|Life UneXpected]]'', ''[[UnREAL]]'')
|-
|December 8
|[[Ian Somerhalder]]
|Actor (''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'')
|-
|December 9
|[[Jesse Metcalfe]]
|Actor (''[[Passions]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'')
|-
|December 10
|[[Summer Phoenix]]
|Actress
|-
|December 11
|Minty Lewis
|Voice actress (Eileen on ''[[Regular Show]]'')
|-
|December 12
|[[Gbenga Akinnagbe]]
|Actor (''[[The Wire]]'')
|-
|December 13
|[[B.J. Penn]]
|Mixed martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willis |first=Dorothy |title=The New Improved Version of BJ Penn, UFC MMA Warrior |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/36718-the-new-improved-version-of-bj-penn-ufc-mma-warrior |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|December 18 
|[[Josh Dallas]]
|Actor (''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'')
|-
|[[Ravi Patel (actor)|Ravi Patel]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Katie Holmes]]
|Actress (''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', ''[[The Kennedys (miniseries)|The Kennedys]]'')
|-
|December 19
|[[Patrick Casey (writer)|Patrick Casey]]
|Actor
|-
|December 20
|[[Amanda Swisten]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 22
|[[Joanne Kelly]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Anthony Jeselnik]]
|Comedian
|-
|December 23
|[[Estella Warren]]
|Canadian actress
|-
|December 28
|[[John Legend]]
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 30
|[[Michael Grimm (musician)|Michael Grimm]]
|Singer
|-
|[[Tyrese Gibson]]
|Singer
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date || Name || Age ||class="unsortable" |Notability 
|-
|January 13
|[[Hubert Humphrey]]
|align="center"|66
|American politician<ref>{{Cite news |date=1978-01-14 |title=HUBERT H. HUMPHREY IS DEAD AT 66 AFTER 32 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/14/archives/new-jersey-pages-hubert-h-humphrey-is-dead-at-66-after-32-years-of.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241230160110/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/14/archives/new-jersey-pages-hubert-h-humphrey-is-dead-at-66-after-32-years-of.html |archive-date=2024-12-30 |access-date=2025-01-06 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|February 28 
|[[Zara Cully]]
|align="center"|86
|Actress (Mother Olivia Jefferson on ''[[The Jeffersons]]'')
|-
|March 18 
|[[Peggy Wood]]
|align="center"|86
|Actress (''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|-
|April 22 
|[[Will Geer]]
|align="center"|76
|Actor (Grandpa Walton on ''[[The Waltons]]'')
|-
|May 21 
|[[Bruce Geller]]
|align="center"|47
|Screenwriter, producer (''[[Mannix]]'')
|-
|June 29 
|[[Bob Crane]] 
|align="center"|49
|Actor (Col. Hogan on ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'')
|-
|July 3
|[[James Daly (actor)|James Daly]]
|align="center"|59
|Actor (Dr. Paul Lochner on ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'')
|-
|September 7
|[[Keith Moon]] 
|align="center"|32
|English drummer ([[The Who]])
|}

==See also==
* [[1978 in the United States]]
* [[List of American films of 1978]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=1978-01-01,1978-12-31&countries=us&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1978 American television series] at [[IMDb]]

{{Years in TV by country|1978}}
{{Years in television}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1978 In Television}}
[[Category:1978 in American television| ]]