Editing 1984 in American television

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This article is a list of '''television-related events during 1984'''.

==Events==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Event
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|January 2
|[[Oprah Winfrey]] takes over as host of [[WLS-TV]]'s ''A.M. Chicago'', which would serve as a forerunner to her [[The Oprah Winfrey Show|nationwide, syndicated talk show]].
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|rowspan="2"| January 9
|[[Wendy's]] "Fluffy Bun" advertisement is first broadcast, which gains [[Clara Peller]] and her "[[Where's the beef?]]" catchphrase national fame.
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|''[[Something About Amelia]]'', a story concerning incest, is broadcast by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].  [[Glenn Close]], [[Ted Danson]], and [[Roxana Zal]] are the main actors.
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|January 22
|During [[CBS]]'s broadcast of [[Super Bowl XVIII]], [[Apple Computer]] Company heralds the introduction of its [[Apple Macintosh]] personal computer with the famous [[1984 (advertisement)|advertisement "1984"]], the only time it is broadcast on national television.
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|January 23
|Professional wrestler [[Hulk Hogan]] defeats [[The Iron Sheik]] to win his first [[WWE Championship|World Wrestling Federation championship]] at [[Madison Square Garden]]; the match is televised by the [[MSG (TV network)|MSG Network]].
|-
|January 26
|[[Andy Kaufman]] makes what turns out to be his final television appearance as host of ''The Top''.
|-
|January 27
|[[Michael Jackson]]'s hair catches fire during the filming of a [[Pepsi]] commercial.
|-
|January 30
|One of [[Field Communications]]' last stations, [[WKBD-TV]], is sold to [[Cox Enterprises]].
|-
|rowspan="3"|February 1
|[[A&E (TV channel)|Arts & Entertainment Network]] launches from the merger of [[Alpha Repertory Television Service|ARTS]] and [[RCA Corporation|RCA]]'s The Entertainment Channel. It originally broadcasts after kids' channel Nickelodeon signs off.
|-
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] is launched from the merger of [[Hearst Communications|Hearst]]/[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s Daytime and [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]]'s Cable Health Network.
|-
|In [[Bakersfield, California]], [[CBS]] affiliate [[KGET-TV|KPWR-TV]] changes its call letters to the current [[KGET-TV]], in preparation for an affiliation swap with [[NBC]] affiliate [[KERO-TV]] the following month.
|-
|February 10
|[[NBC]] airs the [[Television film|made-for-television movie]] [[List of Little House on the Prairie episodes#Post-series movie specials (1983–84)|''Little House: The Last Farewell'']]. Serving to tie up loose ends to storylines on the main ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' series, ''The Last Farewell'' concerns [[Charles Ingalls|Charles]] and [[Caroline Ingalls|Caroline]] deciding to visit Walnut Grove. They learn that a railroad tycoon actually holds the deed to the township, and he wants to take it over for his own financial gain. Despite their best efforts, the townspeople are unable to drive the businessman away. At a town meeting, John Carter offers a supply of explosives that he has. Each man takes a turn blowing up his own building in an emotional farewell to the town.<ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|title=The Last Farewell Summary|url=http://www.tv.com/little-house-on-the-prairie/the-last-farewell/episode/86831/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc. |access-date=July 17, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|February 20
|17 of the 24 added minutes are utilized by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] for the network television premiere of ''[[Superman II]]''. Subsequent ABC airings of the longer version would be cut further for more advertising time. The full 146-minute extended cut was shown internationally, including parts of Canada. As with the [[Superman (1978 film)|first film]], [[Alexander Salkind|Alexander]] and [[Ilya Salkind]] prepared a version for worldwide television release that re-inserted unused footage (in this case 24 minutes) into the film. It was through this extended version that viewers first caught a glimpse into the ''Superman II'' that might have happened had [[Richard Donner]] remained as director. In fact, a majority of the added footage was shot by Donner before [[Richard Lester]] became director.
|-
|February 25
|[[Eddie Murphy]] participates in his final live episode as a cast member on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. The remainder of his appearances for the [[Saturday Night Live (season 9)|season]] would only be in the form of previously recorded sketches. Murphy's final overall episode as a cast member would air on April 14.
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 26
|[[KDRV]] in [[Medford, Oregon]] signs on as an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate, giving the Medford market full-time access to all three networks for the first time.
|-
|[[CBS]] airs the network broadcast television premiere of ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.
|-
|February 28
|At the [[26th Grammy Awards]] telecast by [[CBS]], [[Michael Jackson]] wins a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards.
|-
|March 16
|[[Gary Plauché]] shoots and kills Jeff Doucet, who had [[kidnapping|kidnapped]], [[sexual assault|sexually assaulted]], and [[child molestation|molested]] Plauché's son, Jody. The killing was captured on camera by a local news crew. Doucet was flown back from California to [[Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport]], also known as Ryan Field, to face trial. Doucet arrived and was led in handcuffs by police officers through the airport at around 9:30&nbsp;p.m., where Plauché was waiting for Doucet with a gun. Plauché was friends with several high-ranking police officers in the [[Baton Rouge Police Department]]; while many people believed that these contacts told Plauché where and when Doucet would be arriving, it was actually an employee of the local [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WBRZ-TV]] who gave Plauché the information. A news crew from WBRZ-TV was also waiting for Doucet and had set up their cameras to record his arrival. 
|-
|March 19
|[[Denver]]'s [[List of ABC television affiliates (by U.S. state)|ABC affiliate]] KBTV changes its name to [[KUSA (TV)|KUSA-TV]] to reflect its status with ''[[USA Today]]''.
|-
|March 21
|[[New England Sports Network]], initially known as NESN is initiated.
|-
|March 25
|[[WNOL-TV]], an [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] goes on the air in [[New Orleans]].
|-
|March 28
|Actress [[Jeanne Cooper]] has her own real life [[Rhytidectomy|facelift]] procedure performed onscreen during an episode of ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''. Cooper's character, [[Katherine Chancellor]] is written as having the exact same procedure performed.
|-
|April 1
|[[Nickelodeon]] celebrates its 5th anniversary.
|-
|April 7
|After being cancelled by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] following its third season, ''[[Too Close for Comfort]]'' with the aid of [[Metromedia]], is [[List of Too Close for Comfort episodes#Season 4 (1984)|revived]] for the [[Broadcast syndication|first-run syndicated]] market.
|-
|April
|John Houlihan wins the Natural Triple Jackpot worth $26,550 on ''[[The Joker's Wild]]'', the largest such win on the show.
|-
|May 6
|[[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Minneapolis/St. Paul]] [[Religious broadcasting|religious station]] [[WFTC|WFBT]] converts to a general entertainment station after the [[The Beverly Hills Hotel|Beverly Hills Hotel Corporation]] bought out the station, changing the calls to KITN-TV.
|-
|May 8
|''[[Happy Days]]'' airs its series finale, [[Happy Days (season 11)|"Passages"]]. However, five additional [[List of Happy Days episodes#Season 11 (1983–84)|episodes]] would air from the end of June on through the end of September. The last episode to be aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], "Fonzie's Spots", is actually #251 in chronological order.
|-
|May 18
|Character [[Bobby Ewing]] finds himself in the crossfire as a rival tries to gun down his brother [[J. R. Ewing|J.R.]] on the [[Dallas (1978 TV series, season 7)|season finale]] of the [[CBS]] series ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]''.
|-
|May 19
|[[CBS]] tapes the [[Michael Larson]] episodes of ''[[Press Your Luck]]'' in which Larson wins $110,237 cash and prizes. (The episodes, which are split into two parts, would air on June 8 and 11.)
|-
|May 20
|The wedding between [[Steve Andropoulos and Betsy Stewart]] on ''[[As the World Turns]]'' attracts 20 million viewers. This makes it the second highest-[[Nielsen ratings|rated]] hour in American daytime soap opera history behind [[Luke and Laura]]'s 1981 wedding on ''[[General Hospital]]''. 
|-
|June 8
|[[Piedmont Triad]] station [[WXLV-TV|WJTM-TV]] changes its name to WNRW-TV to honor the death of William N. Rismiller in a shooting incident at its studios June 5.
|-
|June 23
|On a broadcast of [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]]'s ''[[Major League Baseball Game of the Week|Game of the Week]]'' between the [[1984 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] and [[1984 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]], Cubs second baseman [[Ryne Sandberg]] hits two crucial, game tying home runs off of Cardinals closer [[Bruce Sutter]] in both the bottom of the ninth and tenth innings. The Cubs would go on to win the game in eleven innings, by the score of 12–11. [[Bob Costas]] and [[Tony Kubek]] were on the call for what would soon become known as "The Sandberg Game".
|-
|June 27
|The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[NCAA v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Oklahoma|NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma]]'' that the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]'s television plan violated the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]]. As a result, individual schools and athletic conferences are free to negotiate contracts on their own behalf. Together with the growth of [[Cable television in the United States|cable television]], this ruling results in the explosion of broadcast options currently available. Beginning in [[1984 NCAA Division I-A football season|1984]], the [[College Football Association]] sells a television package to [[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]] and [[College Football on CBS Sports|CBS]]. The [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] and [[Pac-12 Conference|Pacific-10]] conferences sell their own separate package to ABC.
|-
|July 14
|In what became known as "[[Black Saturday (wrestling)|Black Saturday]]", [[Vince McMahon]]'s [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] takes over [[TBS (TV network)|Superstation WTBS']] [[WCW Saturday Night|Saturday evening time period]] once occupied by [[Georgia Championship Wrestling]].
|-
|July 17
|[[CBS]] broadcasts ''[[W*A*L*T*E*R]]'', a [[television pilot]] for the third [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''. The pilot stars [[Gary Burghoff]], who reprises his ''M*A*S*H'' character [[List of M*A*S*H characters#Radar O.27Reilly|Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly]]. Since the pilot is never picked up by [[CBS]] as a series, it is shown as a "CBS [[Television special|Special]] Presentation". It is shown once in the Eastern and [[Central time zone]]s of the United States, but pre-empted on the West Coast by [[CBS News]] coverage of the [[1984 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]]. This is the only known broadcast of the pilot.<ref name=" Television Obscurities ">{{cite web|url = http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/walter/|title =W*A*L*T*E*R|access-date = 2013-08-20|date = 2005-02-15|publisher = Television Obscurities }}</ref>
|-
|July 23
|[[MTV]] broadcasts the live [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] event "[[The Brawl to End It All]]" from [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]], where [[Wendi Richter]] won the [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWF Women's Championship]] from [[The Fabulous Moolah]].
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|July 28
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|begins]] their [[ABC Olympic broadcasts|coverage]] of the [[1984 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]] from [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Los Angeles]]. [[Jim McKay]] and [[Peter Jennings]] served as [[Olympics on ABC commentators|hosts]] for the opening ceremonies. This is to date, the final time that ABC would broadcast the Summer Olympics. All subsequent, American network television coverage of the Summer games would be handled by [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|NBC]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 30
|The soap opera ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' debuts on [[NBC]].
|-
|[[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas/Ft. Worth]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] KNBN-TV changes its call letters to [[KDAF|KRLD-TV]] after being bought out by [[Metromedia]].
|-
|September 9
|The [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]-[[Longview, Texas|Longview]] market's lone television station [[KLTV]] finally receives competition when KLMG-TV (now [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KFXK-TV]]) signs-on and takes KLTV's secondary [[CBS]] affiliation.
|-
|September 10
|The game show ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' returns to television as a [[television syndication|syndicated]] show with new host [[Alex Trebek]].
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|September 14
|[[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Bette Midler]] host [[1984 MTV Video Music Awards|the first MTV Video Music Awards]] at [[New York City]]'s [[Radio City Music Hall]], an event which included [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna's]] performance of the song "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]".
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|September 16
|The two hour [[Brother's Keeper (Miami Vice)|pilot episode]] of ''[[Miami Vice]]'' airs on [[NBC]]. This episode started developing the trademark ''Vice'' style.<ref name=vicestillin>{{cite news |url=http://www.azcentral.com/ent/tv/articles/0209vice.html |title=TV's 'Miami Vice' is still in fashion |date=2005-02-08 |access-date=2008-01-13 |last=Salas |first=Randy A. |work=Minneapolis Star Tribune |publisher=www.azcentral.com}}</ref> Aspects of ''Miami Vice'' considered revolutionary lay in its [[music]], [[cinematography]], and [[image]]ry, which made large segments of each episode resemble a protracted [[music video]].
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|September 17
|[[The Transformers (TV series)|''The Transformers'']] [[List of The Transformers episodes|debuts]] in syndication.
|-
||September 18
|The series finale of ''[[Three's Company]]'' airs on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] following a [[List of Three's Company episodes#Season 8 (1983–84)|three-episode story arc]] that also sets up the spin-off ''[[Three's a Crowd]]''.
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|September 20
|''[[The Cosby Show]]'' [[Pilot (The Cosby Show)|debuts]] on [[NBC]]. Meanwhile, on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], the [[List of Who's the Boss? episodes#Season 1 (1984–85)|pilot episode]] for ''[[Who's the Boss?]]'' is also broadcast.
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|rowspan="2"|September 24
|The game show ''[[Super Password]]'' premieres on [[NBC]] at 12:00 noon EST. The new version of the [[Password (American game show)|classic game show]] is one of the few shows to survive at a time period that normally broadcasts news on any of the three major networks, running for {{frac|4|1|2}} years.
|-
|[[CBS]] affiliate WJKA (now [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WSFX-TV]]) in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] signs-on the air, giving Wilmington in-market affiliates of all three commercial networks.
|-
|September 27
|[[Kelsey Grammer]] makes his [[Cheers (season 3)|first appearance]] as [[Frasier Crane]] in the third-season premiere of ''[[Cheers]]'' on [[NBC]].
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|rowspan="3"|October 1
|[[Montana]], the last state in the Union without its own [[PBS]] station, gains one when [[KUSM|Montana PBS]] launches.
|-
|[[Nickelodeon]] retires their silver pinball logo (although it would continue to be used in sign-offs until [[History of Nickelodeon#1984–1991: Building the network empire|early 1985]]) and begins using the orange splat as their logo.
|-
|[[AMC (TV channel)|American Movie Classics]] is initiated.
|-
|October 8
|[[NBC]] broadcasts ''[[The Burning Bed]]'', which features [[Farrah Fawcett]] as a woman who kills her abusive husband. The fact-based film is the highest-rated entertainment event of the 1984–1985 season.
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|October 11
|[[Geraldine Ferraro]] becomes the first woman (and the only one until [[Sarah Palin]] in [[2008 United States presidential debates#October 2: Vice presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis)|2008]]) to participate in a presidential or vice presidential [[1984 United States presidential debates#October 11: Vice presidential debate (Pennsylvania Hall Civic Center)|debate]].
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|October 12
|Tragedy strikes the [[CBS]] drama ''[[Cover Up (TV series)|Cover Up]]''. During filming for the seventh episode of the series, "Golden Opportunity," on Stage 17 of the [[20th Century Fox]] lot, a scene is shot that calls for Mac Harper ([[Jon-Erik Hexum]]) to load bullets into a [[.44 Magnum]] handgun. Hexum is duly provided with a functional gun and blanks. The scene does not play as the director wanted it to in the [[master shot]], causing a delay in filming. During the delay, Hexum, restless and impatient, begins playing around to lighten the mood. Unloading all but one (blank) round, Hexum spins the gun, and—simulating [[Russian roulette]]—puts the [[revolver]] to his right temple and pulls the trigger,<ref>{{cite book |last=Donnelley |first=Paul |title=Fade To Black: A Book Of Movie Obituaries | publisher=Omnibus Press |date=June 1, 2003 |edition=2 |page=483 |isbn=978-0711995123}}</ref> apparently unaware of the danger. At a close enough range, the effect of the powder gasses is a small explosion, so although the paper wadding in the blank that Hexum discharged did not penetrate his skull, there was enough [[blunt force trauma]] to shatter a [[Quarter (United States coin)|quarter]]-sized piece of his skull and propel the pieces into his brain, causing massive [[bleeding|hemorrhaging]].<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine| url=https://ew.com/article/1994/10/14/jon-erik-hexums-fatal-joke/| title=Jon-Erik Hexum's Fatal Joke| date=October 14, 1994| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]| access-date=2008-08-16}}</ref><ref name=nytimes>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E4DF1739F937A25753C1A962948260 |title=Actor Wounds Himself On Set of TV Series |date=October 14, 1984 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Hexum is then rushed to Beverly Hills Medical Center, undergoing five hours of surgery to repair his wounds.<ref name=nytimes/> Six days later, on October 18, Hexum is declared [[brain death|brain dead]] at age 26. 
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|October 27
|[[Turner Broadcasting System]] initiates the [[Cable Music Channel]] in the U.S., only to end it one month later.
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|November 10
|On [[PBS]] ''[[Sesame Street]]'' celebrates its 15th anniversary.
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|November 12
|[[Theresa Saldana]] appears as herself in the [[NBC]] movie ''[[Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story]]'', a retelling of her 1982 stabbing incident and its aftermath.
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|December 8
|The final episode of ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' airs. This ends a 29-year run on [[CBS]] that made it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.
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|December 15
|One year after officially departing the cast of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', [[Eddie Murphy]] returns to [[Saturday Night Live (season 10)|guest host]]. This would be Murphy's last appearance on the show (not counting a brief appearance during ''SNL''{{'}}s [[Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special|40th Anniversary Special]] in 2015) until hosting again during [[Saturday Night Live (season 45)|the forty-fifth season]] in 2019. 
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|rowspan="4"|December 17
|[[George C. Scott]] plays [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] in a new version of the [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]] classic ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'', broadcast by [[CBS]].
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|The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]'' changes its opening sequence and theme song, which lasted until 1991.
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|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] purchases a majority stake of [[ESPN]] from [[Getty Oil]] Corp.
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|[[KLDO-TV]] in [[Laredo, Texas]] signs-on as an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate, giving Laredo in-market affiliates of all three commercial networks (it is now an [[Univision]] affiliate).
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|rowspan="2"|December 28 
|On [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' ends its 28-year run. The soap opera started on [[CBS]] in 1956, moving to ABC in 1975.
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|During an interview backstage at [[Madison Square Garden]] for the [[ABC News (United States)|ABC]] newsmagazine ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'', reporter [[John Stossel]] tells professional wrestler [[David Schultz (professional wrestler)|David Schultz]] that he thought pro wrestling was fake. Schultz responds by hitting Stossel in the head twice, knocking him to the floor each time.<ref name=youtube>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/zrX9Ca7LSyQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080221082733/http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |people=David Schultz, John Stossel |year=2006 |title=WRESTLING IS FAKE (watch before commenting)  |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ |access-date=April 5, 2013 |publisher=Youtube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The attack attracts a large amount of media coverage and is later aired not only on ''20/20'', but also on other national television outlets. ABC itself later reports receiving more than 1,000 calls from viewers inquiring about Stossel's health.
|}

==Programs==
===Debuting this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Title 
! Network 
|-
| January 3
| ''[[Riptide (American TV series)|Riptide]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| January 4
| ''[[Night Court]]''
|-
| January 6
| ''[[Blue Thunder (TV series)|Blue Thunder]]''  
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| January 20
| ''[[The Master (American TV series)|The Master]]''
|NBC
|-
| January 22
| ''[[Airwolf]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| January 28
| ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)|Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer]]'' 
|-
| March 6
| ''[[a.k.a. Pablo]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| March 19
| ''[[Kate and Allie]]'' 
|CBS
|-
| March 20
| ''[[Shaping Up]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| March 31
| ''[[Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous]]'' 
|Syndication
|-
| April 
| ''[[Video Music Box]]'' 
|[[WPXN-TV|WNYC-TV]]
|-
| April 4
| ''[[Double Trouble (American TV series)|Double Trouble]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|NBC
|-
| April 12
| ''[[The Duck Factory]]''
|-
| April 14
| ''[[My Little Pony (TV series)|My Little Pony]]'' 
|Syndication
|-
| June 4
| ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| July 2
| ''[[Scrabble (game show)|Scrabble]]'' 
|NBC
|-
| July 13
| ''[[Brothers (1984 TV series)|Brothers]]'' 
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
| July 30
| ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' 
|NBC
|-
| September 5
| ''[[Heathcliff (1984 TV series)|Heathcliff]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|Syndication
|-
| September 7
| ''[[Kids Incorporated]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 8
| ''[[Dragon's Lair (TV series)|Dragon's Lair]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|ABC
|-
| ''[[Mighty Orbots]]'' 
|-
|''[[Turbo Teen]]''
|-
| ''[[Challenge of the GoBots]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|Syndication
|-
| September 10
| ''[[Voltron (1984 TV series)|Voltron: Defender of the Universe]]'' 
|-
| September 13
| ''[[Glitter (American TV series)|Glitter]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
| September 14
| ''[[Hawaiian Heat]]''
|-
|rowspan="6"| September 15
| ''[[Snorks]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|NBC
|-
|''[[Pink Panther and Sons]]''
|-
| ''[[The Get Along Gang]]'' 
|rowspan="5"|CBS
|-
| ''[[Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)|Muppet Babies]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Pole Position (TV series)|Pole Position]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Pryor's Place]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="3"| September 16
| ''[[E/R]]''
|-
| ''[[Miami Vice]]''
|rowspan="2"|NBC
|-
| ''[[Punky Brewster]]''
|-
| September 17
| ''[[The Transformers (TV series)|The Transformers]]'' 
|Syndication
|-
| September 18
| ''[[Hunter (1984 American TV series)|Hunter]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|NBC
|-
| September 19
| ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 20
| ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Who's the Boss?]]'' 
|ABC
|-
|rowspan="3"| September 22
| ''[[Cover Up (TV series)|Cover Up]]'' 
|CBS
|-
| ''[[Hot Pursuit (1984 TV series)|Hot Pursuit]]''
|NBC
|-
| ''[[Finder of Lost Loves]]''
|rowspan="3"|ABC
|-
| September 23
| ''[[Paper Dolls]]'' 
|-
| September 25
| ''[[Three's a Crowd]]''
|-
| September 26
| ''[[It's Your Move]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|NBC
|-
| September 27
| ''[[Partners in Crime (American TV series)|Partners in Crime]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 30
| ''[[Tales from the Darkside]]''
|Syndication
|-
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|CBS
|-
| October 3
| ''[[Charles in Charge]]'' 
|-
| October 7
| ''[[Out of Control (TV series)|Out of Control]]''
| [[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| October 8
| ''[[Trivia Trap]]''
|ABC
|-
| October 10
| ''[[Dreams (TV series)|Dreams]]'' 
|CBS
|-
| October 26
| ''[[V (1984 TV series)|V]]'' 
|NBC
|-
| December 30
| ''[[Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)|Crazy Like a Fox]]'' 
|CBS
|}

===Resuming this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Title || Final aired || Previous network || New title || Returning network || Date of return
|-
|''[[People are Funny]]''
|1960
|[[NBC]]
|Same
|Same
|March 24
|-
|''[[Showoffs]]''
|1975
|ABC
|''[[Body Language (game show)|Body Language]]''
|[[CBS]]
|June 4
|-
|''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]''
|1981
|[[CBS]]
|rowspan="2"|Same
|rowspan="2"|[[Syndication (television)|Syndication]]
|September 1
|-
|''[[Jeopardy!]]''
|1979
|[[NBC]]
|September 10
|-
|''[[Let's Make a Deal]]''
|1981
|[[Syndication (television)|Syndication]]
|''The All-New Let's Make a Deal''
|rowspan="2"|Same
|September 17
|-
|''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Password Plus]]''
|1982
|[[NBC]]
|''Super Password''
|September 24
|}

===Changing networks===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Show 
! Moved from
! Moved to
|-
|''[[Showoffs]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|[[CBS]]
|-
|''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]''
|[[CBS]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|''[[Jeopardy!]]''
|[[NBC]]
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date 
! Title
! Debut
|-
|March 10
|''[[We Got It Made]]'' (returned in 1987)
|rowspan="3"|1983
|-
|April 2
|''[[Automan]]''
|-
|April 7
|''[[Mama's Family]]'' (returned in 1986)
|-
|April 10
|''[[a.k.a. Pablo]]''
|rowspan="2"|1984
|-
|April 16
|''[[Blue Thunder (TV series)|Blue Thunder]]''
|-
|April 27
|''[[Masquerade (TV series)|Masquerade]]''
|1983
|-
|April 30
|''[[That's Incredible!]]''
|1980
|-
|May 15
|''[[Oh Madeline]]''
|1983
|-
|May 19
|''[[Fantasy Island]]''
|1978
|-
|May 22
|''[[Hart to Hart]]''
|1979
|-
|May 28
|''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]''
|1975
|-
|June 1
|''[[Tattletales]]''
|1974
|-
|June 2
|''[[Whiz Kids (TV series)|Whiz Kids]]''
|rowspan="2"|1983
|-
|June 14
|''[[Lottery!]]''
|-
|July 4
|''[[Real People (TV program)|Real People]]''
|1979
|-
|July 11
|''[[The Duck Factory]]''
|1984
|-
|July 27
|''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' (returned in 1986)
|1966
|-
|August 11
|''Boone''
|rowspan="2"|1983
|-
|rowspan="6"|September 1
|''[[Monchhichis (TV series)|Monchhichis]]''
|-
|''[[The Little Rascals (animated TV series)|The Little Rascals]]''
|rowspan="2"|1982
|-
|''[[Pac-Man (TV series)|Pac-Man]]''
|-
|''[[Richie Rich (1980 TV series)|Richie Rich]]''
|1980
|-
|''[[Rubik, the Amazing Cube]]''
|rowspan="3"|1983
|-
|''[[The Littles (TV series)|The Littles]]''
|-
|September 5
|''[[Jennifer Slept Here]]''
|-
|September 8
|''[[The Flintstone Funnies]]''
|1982
|-
|September 18
|''[[Three's Company]]''
|1977
|-
|September 24
|''[[Happy Days]]''
|1974
|-
|November 10
|''[[The Puppy's Further Adventures]]''
|1982
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 1
|''[[The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast]]''
|1974
|-
|''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show]]''
|1983
|-
|rowspan="3"|December 8
|''[[Captain Kangaroo]]''
|1955
|-
|''[[Pole Position (TV series)|Pole Position]]''
|rowspan="2"|1984
|-
|''[[Pryor's Place]]''
|-
|December 11
|''[[AfterMASH]]''
|rowspan="2"|1983
|-
|December 25
|''[[Welcome to Pooh Corner]]''
|-
|December 25
|''[[Paper Dolls]]''
|1984
|-
|December 28
|''[[The Edge of Night]]''
|1956
|-
|December 28
|''[[Hot Pursuit (1984 TV series)|Hot Pursuit]]''
|1984
|-
|December 29
|''[[Partners in Crime (American TV series)|Partners in Crime]]'' 
|1984
|}

===Entering syndication===
{|class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Seasons || In Production || Source
|-
|''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]''
|5
|rowspan="1"|Yes
|<ref name=Broadcasting>[http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1984/BC-1984-02-13.pdf Broadcasting - Feb. 13, 1984]</ref>
|-
|''[[Bizarre (TV series)|Bizarre]]''
|4
|rowspan="1"|Yes
|<ref name=Broadcasting />
|-
|''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]''
|7
|rowspan="1"|Yes
|<ref name=Broadcasting />
|-
|''[[The Greatest American Hero]]''
|3
|rowspan="1"|No
|<ref name=Broadcasting />
|-
|''[[Hart to Hart]]''
|5
|rowspan="1"|No
|<ref name=Broadcasting />
|-
|''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
|5
|rowspan="1"|Yes
|<ref name=Broadcasting />
|-
|''[[Voyagers!]]''
|1
|rowspan="1"|No
|<ref name=Broadcasting />
|}

===Made-for-TV movies and miniseries===
*''[[V (The Final Battle)|V: The Final Battle]]''

==Networks and services==
===Launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Closure date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[Sportsvue]]
| Cable television
| April 3
| 
| 
|-
| [[Monumental Sports Network|Home Team Sports Network]]
| Cable television
| April 4
| 
| 
|-
| [[American Christian Television System]] 
| Cable television
| May 15
|
|
|-
| [[Telemundo|NetSpan]]
| Cable television
| June 19
|
|
|-
| [[AMC (TV channel)|American Movie Classics]]
| Cable television
| October 1
| 
|
|-
| [[Cable Music Channel]]
| Cable television
| October 26
| 
| 
|-
| MGM/UA Premiere Network
| Cable television
| November 10
|
|
|}

===Conversions and rebrandings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Old network name
! New network name
! Type
! Conversion Date
! Notes
! Source
|-
|The Entertainment Channel
|[[A&E (TV channel)|Arts & Entertainment Channel]]
|Cable television
|February 1
|
|
|-
|Alpha Repertory Television Service
|[[A&E (TV channel)|Arts & Entertainment Channel]]
|Cable and satellite
|February 1
|
|
|-
| Cable Health Network
| [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]]
| Cable television
| February 1
| 
| 
|-
| Daytime and Lifetime Medical Television
| [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]]
| Cable television
| February 1
| 
| 
|}

===Closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Closure date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[Mobil Showcase Network]]
| Cable television
| Unknown
|
| 
|-
| [[Spotlight (TV channel)|Spotlight]]
| Cable television
| February 1
| 
| 
|-
| [[Cable Music Channel]]
| Cable television
| November 30
| 
| 
|-
|}

==Television stations==
===Station launches===                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
{| class="wikitable sortable"                                                                                                                                                                                                                
! Date                                                                                                                                                                                                  
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]                                                                                  
! [[Television station|Station]]  
! Affiliation                                                                                                                                    
! Channel                                                                                                                                                       ! Notes/Ref.                                                                                                                                                            
|-
| January 21
| [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]]/[[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| [[KCHF]]
| 11                                                                                                                                                           
| [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] independent
|
|-
| February 1
| [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
| [[WXIN|WPDS-TV]]
| 59
| rowspan=3| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]
| 
|- 
| February 14
| [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]]
| [[WPAN]]
| 53 
|
|-
| February 18
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| [[WUXP-TV|WCAY-TV]] 
| 30
|
|- 
| February 22 
| [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
| [[WCWF|WSCO]]
| 14
| Religious independent
| 
|- 
| February 23
| [[Lake Havasu City, Arizona]] 
| [[KLHU-CD|K45AJ]]
| 45
| Independent
| 
|- 
| February 26
| [[Medford, Oregon]] 
| [[KDRV]] 
| 12
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 
|- 
| March 5
| [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] 
| [[WLXI]]
| 61
| rowspan=6| Independent 
| 
|- 
| March 7
| [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]]/[[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
| [[WACY-TV|WBOU]]
| 32
|
|- 
| March 25 
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| [[WNOL-TV]] 
| 38 
|
|- 
| March 30 
| [[Seattle, Washington]]
| [[KTBW-TV|KQFB]]
| 20
|
|- 
| April 1 
| [[Greenville, South Carolina]] <br> {{small|([[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]/[[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville, SC]])}}
| [[WHNS]] 
| 21
|
|- 
| April 16
| [[Concord, New Hampshire]] 
| [[WNHT (TV)|WNHT]]
| 21
|
|- 
| April 17 
| [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| [[KSTR-DT|KLTJ]]
| 49
| TBN
| 
|- 
| May 5
| [[El Paso, Texas]]
| [[KINT-TV|KINT]]
| 26
| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] independent
| 
|- 
| May 12
| [[San Angelo, Texas]] 
| [[KIDY]]
| 6
| Independent
|-
| May 13
| [[Decatur, Illinois]] <br>{{small|([[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign]]/[[Springfield, Illinois]])}}
| [[WBUI|WFHL]]
| 23
| Religious independent
|
|- 
| June 1
| [[Columbus, Ohio]]  
| [[WTTE]]
| 28
| rownspan=3| Independent
| 
|- 
| June 25
| [[Harligen, Texas|Harligen]]/[[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]/[[McAllen, Texas]]
| [[KLUJ-TV]] 
| 44 
|
|- 
| July 1
| [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky]]
| [[WKAG-CA|W43AG]] 
| 43 
|
|- 
| July 5 
| [[Florence, South Carolina]]
| [[WFXB|WGSE]] 
| 43 
|
|- 
| July 8
| New Orleans, Louisiana
| [[WLAE-TV]]  
| 32
| Educational independent
| 
|- 
| July 10
| Lake Havasu City, Arizona
| K25AL 
| 25
| [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]] 
| 
| 
|-
| July 31
| [[Las Vegas, Nevada]]
| [[KHSV|KRLR]]
| 21 
| Independent
|
|-
| August 
| [[Jacksonville, Illinois]] 
| [[Network Knowledge|WJPT]]
| 14 
| PBS                                                                                                                                                        |
|-
| August 1
| [[Hagerstown, Maryland]] 
| [[WJAL]]
| 68 
| rowspan=5| Independent 
| Now licensed to [[Silver Spring, Maryland]]  
|-
| August 7 
| [[Burlington, North Carolina]] <br> {{small|([[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]]/[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]])}} 
| [[WGPX-TV|WRDG]]
| 16
|
|- 
| August 22
| [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| [[WOCK-CD|W13BE]]
| 13
| 
|- 
| August 28
| [[Lebanon, Tennessee|Lebanon]]-[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| [[WJFB]] 
| 66
| 
|-
| rowspan=2| September 9
| [[Toccoa, Georgia]]
| [[WGTA (TV)|WNEG]]
| 32
| 
|- 
| [[Tyler, Texas]]
| [[KFXL-TV|KLMG-TV]] 
| 51
| CBS
| 
|- 
| rowspan=2| September 10
| [[Greenwood, South Carolina|Greenwood]]/[[Anderson, South Carolina]]
| 38
| PBS 
| Part of [[South Carolina|ETV]] 
|
|- 
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| [[WBXJ-CA|W10AX]]
| 10
| [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]] 
|                                                                                                                                                             |- 
| September 14
| [[Hartford, Connecticut]] 
| [[WTIC-TV]]
| 61
| rowspan=2| Independent 
|
|-
| September 23
| [[Dayton, Ohio]] 
| [[WRGT-TV]]
| 45
| 
|- 
| September 24
| [[Wilmington, North Carolina]]
| [[WSFX-TV|WJKA]]
| 26
| CBS 
| 
|-
| rowspan=4| October 1
| [[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]]/[[Butte, Montana]]
| [[KUSM-TV]]
| 9 
| rowspan=3| [[PBS]] 
| Flagship of [[Montana PBS]] 
|-
| [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]] <br> {{small|([[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]]/[[Grand Rapids, Michigan]])}} 
| [[WGVK]] 
| 52
|-
| [[Macomb, Illinois]]
| [[Network Knowledge|WMEC]]
| 22
|
|-
| [[San Diego, California]]
| [[KSWB-TV|KTTY]]
| 69
| Independent
| 
|- 
| October 24
| [[Miami, Florida]] 
| [[WVFW-LD|W30AB]]
| 30
| PBS 
| [[Translator of WPBT]]
|-
| October 31 
| [[Asheville, North Carolina]] <br>{{small|([[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]]/[[Spartanburg, South Carolina]])}}
| [[WYCW|WASV]] 
| 62 
| rowspan=2| Independent
|- 
| November
| [[Columbus, Georgia]] <br> {{small|([[Auburn, Alabama]])}} 
| [[WXTX]]
| 54
|
|- 
| November 24 
| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
| [[WVRN-TV]]
| 63 
| Religious independent
| 
|- 
| November 30
| [[Jackson, Mississippi]] 
| [[WDBD]]
| 40
| Independent
| 
|- 
| December 2 
| [[Cotati, California]]
| [[KRCB (TV)|KRCB]] 
| 22
| [[PBS]]
| 
|- 
| December 3
| [[Albany, New York]] 
| [[WCWN|WUSV]]
| 45 
| 
|- 
| December 15
| [[Flint, Michigan]] 
| [[WSMH]] 
| 66
| 
|- 
| December 17
| [[Laredo, Texas]] 
| [[KLDO-TV]] 
| 27
| ABC
| 
|-
| December 18
| [[KAXW-LP|K61CV]] 
| 61
| unknown
| 
|- 
| December 24
| [[Pensacola, Florida]] <br> {{small|([[Mobile, Alabama]])}} 
| [[WJTC]]
| 44
| rowspan=2| Independent 
| 
|- 
| December 31
| [[Tucson, Arizona]] 
| [[KTTU (TV)|KDTU]] 
| 18
| 
|- 
| rowspan=5| Unknown date
| [[Billings, Montana]] 
| [[KINV-LD|K05HS]]  
| 5 
| [[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Casper, Wyoming]] 
| [[KFNB]]
| 20 
| ABC 
| 
|- 
| [[Glenwood Springs, Colorado]] 
| [[KREG-TV|KCWS]]
| 3
| Independent
| 
|- 
| [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] 
| [[KJNK-LD|K58BS]] 
| 58 
| TBN 
| 
|- 
| [[Wenatchee, Washington]] 
| [[KCWT-TV]]
| 27
| Independent
| 
|}

===Network affiliation changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Old affiliation
! New affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| February 1
| [[Bakersfield, California]]
| [[KGET-TV]] 
| 17
| CBS 
| NBC 
| 
|- 
| Unknown date
| [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]] 
| [[KGWN-TV|KYCU-TV]] 
| 5
| CBS
| ABC (primary) <br> NBC (secondary)
| 
|- 
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date || Name || Notability
|-
|January 2
|[[Kristen Hager]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Valemont]]'', ''[[Being Human (North American TV series)|Being Human]]'')
|-
|January 4
|[[Robin Sydney]]
|Actress (''[[Drake & Josh]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 6
|[[Kate McKinnon]]
|Actress (''[[The Big Gay Sketch Show]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') and comedian
|-
|[[Hilaria Baldwin]]
|Podcaster
|-
|January 11
|[[Eddie Alvarez]]
|Martial artist
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 19
|Nathan Ruegger
|Voice actor (''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[Animaniacs]]'', ''[[Histeria!]]'')
|-
|[[Mickey Sumner]]
|Actress
|-
|January 24
|[[Ashley C. Williams]]
|Actress
|-
|January 25
|[[Jay Briscoe]]
|American professional wrestler (d. 2023)
|-
|January 26 
|[[Layla Kayleigh]]
|English-American television host
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 1
|[[Lee Thompson Young]]
|Actor (''[[The Famous Jett Jackson]]'', ''[[Rizzoli & Isles]]'') (d. [[2013 in American television|2013]])
|-
|[[Abbi Jacobson]]
|Actress
|-
|February 3
|[[Matthew Moy]]
|Actor (''[[2 Broke Girls]]'', ''[[Steven Universe]]'')
|-
|February 7
|[[Anna Kooiman]]
|Anchor
|-
|February 8
|[[Cecily Strong]]
|Actress (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|February 11
|[[Aubrey O'Day]]
|American singer and reality television personality
|-
|February 14
|[[Matt Barr]]
|Actor
|-
|February 15
|Josh Byrne
|Actor (''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'')
|-
|February 19
|[[Jennifer Lahmers]]
|Anchor
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 20
|[[Trevor Noah]]
|South African comedian and actor (''[[The Daily Show]]'')
|-
|[[Audra Mae]]
|Singer
|-
|February 24
|[[Wilson Bethel]]
|Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[Hart of Dixie]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 28
|[[Noureen DeWulf]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Melanie Chandra]]
|Actress
|-
|February 29
|[[Mark Foster (singer)|Mark Foster]]
|Singer
|-
|March 2
|[[Trent Garrett]]
|Actor (''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[Andi Mack]]'') and model
|-
|March 4
|Sam Marin
|Voice actor (''[[Regular Show]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|March 7
|[[Brandon T. Jackson]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Nicole Lapin]]
|American television news anchor
|-
|[[Alex Somers]]
|American visual artist
|-
|March 10
|[[Olivia Wilde]]
|Actress (''[[House (TV series)|House]]'')
|-
|March 12
|[[Jaimie Alexander]]
|Actress (''[[Watch Over Me]]'', ''[[Kyle XY]]'', ''[[Blindspot (TV series)|Blindspot]]'')
|-
|March 13
|[[Noel Fisher]]
|Canadian actor (''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', ''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'')
|-
|March 14
|[[Liesel Matthews]]
|Actress
|-
|March 16
|[[Carrie Kemper]]
|Writer
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 20 
|[[iJustine|Justine Ezarik]]
|[[YouTube]] personality and actress (''[[Annoying Orange]]'', ''[[iJustine]]'')
|-
|[[Christy Carlson Romano]]
|Actress (''[[Even Stevens]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'') and singer
|-
|March 25
|[[Katharine McPhee]]
|Actress and singer (''[[American Idol]]'', ''[[Smash (American TV series)|Smash]]'', ''[[Scorpion (TV series)|Scorpion]]'')
|-
|March 26
|[[Sara Jean Underwood]]
|Model and TV host (''[[Attack of the Show!]]'')
|-
|March 28
|[[Bill Switzer]]
|Canadian-American actor (''[[Mummies Alive!]]'', ''[[Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension]]'', ''[[Sabrina: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'')
|-
|March 30
|[[Helena Mattsson]]
|Swedish-American actress (''[[666 Park Avenue]]'')
|-
|March 31
|[[Molly Qerim]]
|American television personality
|-
|April 2
|[[Ashley Peldon]]
|Actress (''[[The Mommies (TV series)|The Mommies]]'') and sister of [[Courtney Peldon]]
|-
|April 3
|[[Chrissie Fit]]
|Actress (''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Milo Murphy's Law]]'') 
|-
|April 5
|[[Marshall Allman]]
|Actor (''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[True Blood]]'')
|-
|April 6
|[[Al Mukadam]]
|Canadian actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 8 
|[[Taran Noah Smith]]
|Actor (''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'')
|-
|[[Kirsten Storms]]
|Actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 10
|[[Cara DeLizia]]
|Actress (''[[So Weird]]'')
|-
|[[Mandy Moore]]
|Actress (''[[Tron: Uprising]]'', ''[[Sheriff Callie's Wild West]]'', ''[[High School USA!]]'', ''[[This Is Us (TV series)|This Is Us]]'', ''[[Tangled: The Series]]'') and singer
|-
|April 11
|[[Kelli Garner]]
|Actress (''[[Pan Am (TV series)|Pan Am]]'')
|-
|April 16
|[[Claire Foy]]
|English actress (''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'')
|-
|April 18
|[[America Ferrera]]
|Actress (''[[Independent Lens]]'', ''[[Ugly Betty]]'', ''[[The Good Wife]]'', ''[[DreamWorks Dragons]]'', ''[[Superstore (TV series)|Superstore]]'') 
|-
|April 19
|[[Kelen Coleman]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 20
|[[Tim Jo]]
|Actor (''[[Glory Daze (2010 TV series)|Glory Daze]]'', ''[[The Neighbors (2012 TV series)|The Neighbors]]'', ''[[This Is Us]]'', ''[[For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]]'', ''[[Reasonable Doubt (TV series)|Reasonable Doubt]]'') 
|-
|[[Harris Wittels]]
|Comedian (d. 2015)
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 21
|[[Shayna Fox]]
|Voice actress (''[[The Oz Kids]]'', ''[[Rocket Power]]'', ''[[All Grown Up!]]'')
|-
|[[Desmin Borges]]
|Actor
|-
|April 22
|[[Michelle Ryan]]
|British actress (''[[Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]'')
|-
|April 23
|[[Jesse Lee Soffer]]
|Actor (''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[The Mob Doctor]]'', ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'')
|-
|April 24
|[[Lindsey Gort]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 25
|[[Jillian Bell]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Melonie Diaz]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 26
|[[Emily Wickersham]]
|Actress (''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'')
|-
|[[Ryan O'Donohue]]
|Voice actor (''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'', ''[[Batman Beyond]]'')
|-
|April 27
|[[Patrick Stump]]
|Musician (''[[Fall Out Boy]]'') and actor (''[[Robot Chicken]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 29
|[[Firass Dirani]]
|Australian actor (''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'')
|-
|[[Hallie Jackson]]
|Anchor
|-
|[[Taylor Cole]]
|Actress (''[[Summerland (TV series)|Summerland]]'')
|-
|May 1
|[[Kerry Bishé]]
|Actress
|-
|May 3
|[[Morgan Kibby]]
|Actress (''[[100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd]]'') and singer
|-
|May 4
|[[Cheryl Burke]]
|Host
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 8
|[[Julia Whelan]]
|Actress (''[[Once and Again]]'')
|-
|[[Van Robichaux]]
|Writer
|-
|May 9
|[[Ezra Klein]]
|TV host
|-
|May 12
|[[Clare Bowen]]
|Australian actress and singer (''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]'')
|-
|May 13
|[[Ginger Orsi]]
|Actress and singer
|-
|May 14
|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]
|American media magnate
|-
|May 17
|[[Alejandro Edda]]
|Mexican-American actor (''[[Narcos: Mexico]]'', ''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]'')
|-
|May 23
|[[Adam Wylie]]
|Actor (''[[Picket Fences]]'', ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', ''[[Pepper Ann]]'', ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'', ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'', ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'', ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'', ''[[Jake and the Never Land Pirates]]'')
|-
|May 24
|[[Sarah Hagan]]
|Actress (''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'')
|-
|May 27
|[[Darin Brooks]]
|Actor (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', ''[[Blue Mountain State]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 29 
|[[Carmelo Anthony]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|[[Kaycee Stroh]]
|Actress (''[[High School Musical (franchise)|High School Musical]]'')
|-
|May 30
|[[DeWanda Wise]]
|Actress
|-
|June 1
|[[Megan Ganz]]
|Writer
|-
|June 4
|[[Jillian Murray]]
|Actress
|-
|June 5
|[[Simon Rich]]
|Screenwriter
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 6
|[[Antonia Prebble]]
|New Zealand actress (''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'')
|-
|[[Brandon Scott Jones]]
|Actor
|-
|June 8
|[[Torrey DeVitto]]
|Actress (''[[Beautiful People (American TV series)|Beautiful People]]'', ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[Pretty Little Liars]]'', ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', ''[[Chicago Med]]'')
|-
|June 10
|[[Betsy Sodaro]]
|Actress
|-
|June 13 
|[[Phillip Van Dyke]]
|Actor (''[[Noah Knows Best]]'', voice of Arnold on ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' (1997–99))
|-
|June 15 
|[[Wayne Sermon]]
|Musician
|-
|June 17
|[[John Gallagher Jr.]]
|Actor
|-
| rowspan="2" |June 18
|[[Ian Jones-Quartey]]
|Voice actor and producer (''[[OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes]]'')
|-
|[[Christopher Ragland]]
|English actor (''[[Thomas & Friends]]'', ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'')
|-
|June 19
|[[Paul Dano]]
|Actor
|-
|June 20
|[[Kevin Ryan (actor)|Kevin Ryan]]
|Actor
|-
|June 22
|[[Yassir Lester]]
|Actor
|-
|June 26
|[[Aubrey Plaza]]
|Actress (''[[Parks and Recreation]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 27
|[[Emma Lahana]]
|New Zealand actress (''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'')
|-
|[[Khloé Kardashian]]
|Actress (''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'')
|-
|June 30
|[[Fantasia (singer)|Fantasia]]
|Singer (''[[American Idol (season 3)|American Idol]]'', ''[[Fantasia for Real]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fantasia Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fantasia-mn0000795053 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fantasia – The Vogue |url=https://thevogue.com/artists/fantasia/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|July 5
|[[Danay García]]
|Cuban actress (''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]'')
|-
|July 7
|[[Ross Malinger]]
|Voice actor (T.J. Detweiler on ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'' (1997–98))
|-
|July 8
|[[Alexis Dziena]]
|Actress (''[[Invasion (2005 TV series)|Invasion]]'', ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 10
|Kelly Dowdle
|Actress (''[[American Crime Story]]'')
|-
|[[Aviva Baumann]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="4"|July 11
|[[Rachael Taylor]]
|Australian actress (''[[666 Park Avenue]]'', ''[[Crisis (TV series)|Crisis]]'', ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'')
|-
|[[Serinda Swan]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Breakout Kings]]'', ''[[Graceland (TV series)|Graceland]]'')
|-
|[[Melanie Papalia]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Rob Heaps]]
|Actor
|-
|July 12
|[[Natalie Martinez]]
|Actress
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 19
|[[Andrea Libman]]
|Canadian voice actress (''[[Madeline (TV series)|Madeline]]'', ''[[Dragon Tales]]'', ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'')
|-
|[[Kaitlin Doubleday]]
|Actress (''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]'')
|-
|July 20
|[[James Mackay (actor)|James Mackay]]
|Australian actor (''[[Dynasty (2017 TV series)|Dynasty]]'')
|-
|July 21
|Paloma Guzmán
|Actress (''[[Pretty Little Liars]]'', ''[[Power Book III: Raising Kanan]]'', ''[[Roswell, New Mexico (TV series)|Roswell, New Mexico]]'')
|-
|July 23
|[[Krysta Rodriguez]]
|Actress
|-
|July 24
|LaTangela
|Actress (''[[Taina (TV series)|Taina]]'')
|-
|July 26
|[[Grace Byers]]
|Actress (''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]'')
|-
|July 27
|[[Taylor Schilling]]
|Actress (''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]'', ''[[Orange is the New Black]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 29
|[[J. Madison Wright Morris]]
|Actress (''[[Earth 2 (TV series)|Earth 2]]'') (d. [[2006 in American television|2006]])
|-
|Todd Bosley
|Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 30
|[[Gabrielle Christian]]
|Actress (''[[South of Nowhere]]'')
|-
|[[Gina Rodriguez]]
|Actress (''[[Jane the Virgin]]'', ''[[Carmen Sandiego (TV series)|Carmen Sandiego]]'')
|-
|August 1
|[[Valery Ortiz]]
|Actress (''[[South of Nowhere]]'', ''[[What About Brian]]'')
|-
|August 2
|[[JD Vance]]
|Politician
|-
|August 3
|[[Emily Baldoni]]
|Swedish-American actress
|-
|August 6
|[[James Holzhauer]]
|American game show contestant
|-
|August 7
|[[Joseph Trapanese]]
|American composer
|-
|August 10
|[[Ryan Eggold]]
|Actor (''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]'', ''[[The Blacklist]]'')
|-
|August 13
|[[Eme Ikwuakor]]
|Actor
|-
|August 26
|[[Johnny Ray Gill]]
|Actor
|-
|August 27
|[[Amanda Fuller]]
|Actress (''[[Last Man Standing (American TV series)|Last Man Standing]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 28
|[[Sarah Roemer]]
|Actress (''[[The Event (TV series)|The Event]]'', ''[[Chosen (American TV series)|Chosen]]'')
|-
|[[Michael Galeota]]
|Actor (''[[The Jersey]]'') (d. [[2016 in American television|2016]])
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 1
|[[Joe Trohman]]
|American musician (''[[Fall Out Boy]]'')
|-
|[[Ludwig Göransson]]
|Musician
|-
|September 4
|[[Kyle Mooney]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|September 5
|[[Annabelle Wallis]]
|Actress (''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'')
|-
|September 7
|[[Ben Hollingsworth (actor)|Ben Hollingsworth]]
|Actor
|-
|September 13
|[[Baron Corbin]]
|Pro wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-28 |title=WWE Profile Page - Baron Corbin |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17132220/wwe-profile-page-baron-corbin |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|September 14
|[[Adam Lamberg]]
|Actor (''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'')
|-
|September 16
|[[Sabrina Bryan]]
|Actress, singer (''[[The Cheetah Girls (film series)|The Cheetah Girls]]''; ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' contestant [2 seasons])
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 18
|[[Nina Arianda]]
|Actress
|-
|[[Brandon Maxwell]]
|Director
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 19
|[[Kevin Zegers]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Gossip Girl]]'')
|-
|[[Lydia Hearst]]
|Actress and great-granddaughter of [[William Randolph Hearst]]
|-
|September 22
|[[Laura Vandervoort]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Instant Star]]'', ''[[V (2009 TV series)|V]]'', ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Bitten (TV series)|Bitten]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 23
|[[CariDee English]]
|Model and actress (''[[America's Next Top Model]]'')
|-
|[[Anneliese van der Pol]]
|Actress (''[[That's So Raven]]'', ''[[Raven's Home]]'') and singer
|-
|September 24
|[[Matt Kemp]]
|American professional baseball outfielder
|-
|September 25
|[[Zach Woods]]
|Actor (''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]'')
|-
|September 27
|[[Avril Lavigne]]
|Singer and actress
|-
|September 30
|[[T-Pain]]
|Singer and rapper
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 1
|[[Beck Bennett]]
|Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|[[Josh Brener]]
|Actor (''[[Glory Daze (2010 TV series)|Glory Daze]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[Maron (TV series)|Maron]]'', ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]'', ''[[Future-Worm!]]'', ''[[Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'') 
|-
|Sam Saletta
|Actor (''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'', ''[[Rocket Power]]'')
|-
|rowspan="4"|October 3
|[[Ashlee Simpson]]
|Actress, singer (''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'', ''[[The Ashlee Simpson Show]]'') and sister of [[Jessica Simpson]]
|-
|[[Jessica Parker Kennedy]]
|Actress (''[[Kaya (TV series)|Kaya]]'', ''[[The Secret Circle (TV series)|The Secret Circle]]'',  ''[[Black Sails (TV series)|Black Sails]]'') 
|-
|[[Chris Marquette]]
|Actor (''[[Strong Medicine]]'', ''[[The Mummy (TV series)|The Mummy: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Fillmore!]]'', ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'') 
|-
|[[Nick Wright (sportscaster)|Nick Wright]]
|American sports television personality
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 4
|[[Glenn McMillan]]
|Brazilian actor (''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'') 
|-
|[[James Landry Hébert]]
|American actor (''[[1883 (TV series)|1883]]'')
|-
|[[Nathalie Kelley]]
|Actress
|-
|October 11
|[[Martha MacIsaac]]
|Canadian actress (''[[1600 Penn]]'')
|-
|October 14
|[[Jason Davis (actor, born 1984)|Jason Davis]]
|Voice actor (Mikey Blumberg on ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'') (d. [[2020 in American television|2020]])
|-
|October 17
|[[Chris Lowell]]
|Actor (''[[Veronica Mars]]'', ''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]'')
|-
|October 23
|[[Meghan McCain]]
|Television personality
|-
|October 24
|[[Ben Giroux]]
|Actor (''[[Henry Danger]]'', ''[[Bunsen Is a Beast]]'', ''[[Danger Force]]'', ''[[Big Nate (TV series)|Big Nate]]'')
|-
|October 25
|[[Katy Perry]]
|Singer, songwriter, and actress 
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 27
|[[Kelly Osbourne]]
|British singer, actress (''[[The Osbournes]]'', ''[[Chelsea Lately]]'', ''[[The 7D]]'') and daughter of [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
|-
|[[Emilie Ullerup]]
|Danish-Canadian actress (''[[Sanctuary (Canadian TV series)|Sanctuary]]'', ''[[Arctic Air]]'')
|-
|October 28
|[[Finn Wittrock]]
|Actor (''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[American Horror Story]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2" |November 12
|[[Omarion]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Jorge Masvidal]]
|Mixed martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jorge Masvidal (Welterweight) MMA Profile |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2500857/jorge-masvidal |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|November 16
|[[Kimberly J. Brown]]
|Actress (''[[Halloweentown (film series)|Halloweentown]]'', ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]'', ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 21
|[[Lindsey Haun]]
|Actress and singer
|-
|[[Jena Malone]]
|Actress
|-
|November 22 
|[[Scarlett Johansson]]
|Actress (4-time host of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 23 
|[[Lucas Grabeel]]
|Actor (''[[Halloweentown (film series)|Halloweentown]]'', ''[[High School Musical (franchise)|High School Musical]]'', ''[[Switched at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]'') and voice actor (''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[DreamWorks Dragons]]'', ''[[Sheriff Callie's Wild West]]'', ''[[Elena of Avalor]]'', ''[[Spirit Riding Free]]'', ''[[Pinky Malinky]]'')
|-
|[[Jarah Mariano]]
|Model
|-
|November 24
|[[Ulambayaryn Byambajav]]
|Entertainer (d. 2020)
|-
|November 25
|[[Gaspard Ulliel]]
|Actor (''[[Moon Knight (miniseries)|Moon Knight]]'') (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marshall |first=Alex |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Gaspard Ulliel, French Actor and 'Moon Knight' Star, Dies at 37 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/movies/gaspard-ulliel-dead.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125212713/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/movies/gaspard-ulliel-dead.html |archive-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> 
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 28
|[[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]]
|Actress (''[[Wolf Lake]]'', ''[[The Returned (American TV series)|The Returned]]'', ''[[BrainDead]]'', ''[[Mercy Street (TV series)|Mercy Street]]'', ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'')
|-
|[[Trey Songz]]
|Actor
|-
|November 29
|[[Beatrice Rosen]]
|Actress (''[[Cuts (TV series)|Cuts]]'', ''[[Backstrom (American TV series)|Backstrom]]'')
|-
|December 4
|[[Lindsay Felton]]
|Actress (''[[Thunder Alley (TV series)|Thunder Alley]]'', ''[[Caitlin's Way]]'')
|-
|December 10
|[[Tom Hern]]
|New Zealand actor (''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'')
|-
|December 11
|[[Xosha Roquemore]]
|American actress
|-
|December 12
|[[Gabrielle Ruiz]]
|American actress
|-
|December 14
|[[Jackson Rathbone]]
|American actor
|-
|December 15
|[[Kirsty Lee Allan]]
|Australian actress
|-
|December 16
|[[Theo James]]
|Actor
|-
|December 17
|[[Shannon Woodward]]
|Actress (''[[The Riches]]'', ''[[Raising Hope]]'', ''[[Westworld (TV series)|Westworld]]'')
|-
|December 19
|[[Erica O'Keith]]
|Actress (''[[Romeo!]]'')
|-
|December 20
|[[Bob Morley]]
|Actor (''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'')
|-
|December 22
|[[Greg Finley]]
|Actor (''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'')
|-
|December 25
|[[Miro (wrestler)|Miro]]
|Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
|-
|December 30
|[[LeBron James]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Age || Notability 
|-
|February 16
|[[Kenny Williams (announcer)|Kenny Williams]]
|align="center"|69
|Game show announcer (''[[Hollywood Squares|The Hollywood Squares]]'', ''[[High Rollers]]'', ''[[Gambit (game show)|Gambit]]'')
|-
|March 1 
|[[Jackie Coogan]]
|align="center"|69
|actor ([[Uncle Fester]] on ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'')
|-
|March 24 
|[[Sam Jaffe]]
|align="center"|93
|actor (Dr. Zorba on ''[[Ben Casey]]'')
|-
|March 31
|[[Caryl Ledner]]
|align="center"|63
|[[Emmy]]-winning writer (''[[Mary White (film)|Mary White]]'')
|-
|May 2
|[[Jack Barry (game show host)|Jack Barry]]
|align="center"|66
|game show host/producer (''[[The Joker's Wild]]'')
|-
|May 16 
|[[Andy Kaufman]]
|align="center"|35
|comedian (Latka Gravas on ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'')
|-
|June 15 
|[[Ned Glass]]
|align="center"|78
|actor
|-
|August 8
|[[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]]
|align="center"|63
|actor (Fred Rutherford on ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'', Mel Cooley on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'')
|-
|September 17
|[[Richard Basehart]]
|align="center"|70
|actor ([[Admiral]] [[Harriman Nelson]] on ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'')
|-
|September 24
|[[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
|align="center"|85
|actor ([[Jim Gordon (character)|Commissioner Gordon]] on ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'')
|-
|October 18 
|[[Jon-Erik Hexum]]
|align="center"|26
|actor (gunshot wound from accident on set of TV series ''[[Cover Up (TV series)|Cover Up]]'')
|-
|December 7
|[[Jeanne Cagney]]
|align="center"|65
|actress
|}

==See also==
* [[1984 in the United States]]
* [[List of American films of 1984]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=1984-01-01,1984-12-31&countries=us&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1984 American television series] at [[IMDb]]

{{Years in TV by country|1984}}
{{Years in television}}

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[[Category:1984 in American television| ]]
[[Category:1980s in American television| ]]