Editing 1991 in American television

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In [[American television]] in 1991, notable events included television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and [[carriage disputes]]; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.

==Events==

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!January 3
|The first television sets with built-in [[closed captioning|closed-caption]] display are introduced in the United States.
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!January 14
|''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' returns to [[NBC]] (but would ultimately be canceled on September 20, after a 16½ year run on daytime network television).
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!January 16
|All major television network schedules are pre-empted by [[Gulf War]] coverage right after the evening news broadcasts. The planned broadcasts included ''[[Seinfeld]]''.
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!January 19
|[[NHL on NBC|NBC]] breaks away<ref>{{cite news|title=Bush Endorses Playing of NFL Championship Games|author=Steve Berkowitz|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 20, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hawks'all-stars all stars Roenick, Larmer, Chelios on target|author=Herb Gould|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|publisher=Sun-Times Media Group|page=1|date=January 20, 1991}}</ref> from their telecast of the [[42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star Game]] in the third period<ref>{{YouTube|title=1991 NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium (second intermission, third period)|id=a8hfii3Xqfc}}</ref> to televise a briefing from [[The Pentagon]] involving the Gulf War. [[NHL on SportsChannel America|SportsChannel America]]<ref>{{cite news|title=INSIDE THE NHL U.S. Coach Has Mellowed|author=Helene Elliot|newspaper=Newsday|publisher=Cablevision Systems Corporation|page=163|date=February 17, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NBC to replace baseball with a few NHL games|author=Rudy Martzke|newspaper=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|page=3C|date=March 16, 1989}}</ref> included the missing coverage in a replay of NBC's telecast (NBC owned 50%<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC plans innovative ways to fill baseball void|author=Rudy Martzke|newspaper=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|page=3C|date=January 31, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NOTEBOOK; Best of the West Enter Media Twilight Zone|author=Robert Fachet|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=C08|date=March 14, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=IS RISING SON SET FOR A TV FALL?|author=Larry Jackson|newspaper=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|page=2C|date=April 7, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NHL providing SportsChannel with a Cupful of riches|author=Steve Nidetz|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tribune Publishing|page=3|date=April 18, 1989}}</ref> of [[Rainbow Media|Rainbow Enterprises]], the parent of SportsChannel America).<ref>{{cite news|title=WILL THE NHL PINCH HIT? WITH SHIFT OF BASEBALL TO CBS, NBC NEEDS TO FILL HOLE IN ITS LINEUP|author=Jack Craig|newspaper=[[Boston Globe]]|page=58|date=February 12, 1989}}</ref>
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!January 25
|[[Steve Urkel]] of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Family Matters]]'' makes a [[Full House (season 4)|guest appearance]] on ''[[Full House]]''.
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!January 27
|[[Whitney Houston]] delivers a [[The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)|rousing rendition]] of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" during the pre-game ceremonies for [[Super Bowl XXV]]. During halftime, [[Monday Night Football|ABC]] broadcast a special [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] report anchored by [[Peter Jennings]] on the progress of the [[Gulf War]]. ABC eventually aired the [[List of Super Bowl halftime shows|halftime show]], headlined by [[New Kids on the Block]] on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]] following the game.
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!February 7
|[[NBC]] broadcasts an [[He's a Crowd|episode]] of ''[[L.A. Law]]'' which features the first in a series of "[[Lesbian kiss episode|lesbian kiss episodes]]", in which a lesbian or bisexual character (in this case, C.J. Lamb) kisses a female character identified as heterosexual (here, Abby Perkins).
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!February 9
|[[Tim Meadows]] and [[Adam Sandler]] join the cast of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. (Meadows stays with the show until [[2000 in television|2000]], while Sandler departs during [[1995 in television|1995]].)
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!February 22
|[[Deborah Norville]] co-anchors [[NBC]]'s ''[[Today (American TV program)|The Today Show]]'' for the final time. Going on maternity leave, she is replaced by [[Katie Couric]], who stays a ''Today'' anchor into the early 21st century.
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!March 3
|In [[Los Angeles]], California, African-American [[Rodney King]] is beaten severely by [[Los Angeles Police Department|police officers]] after leading them on a high-speed chase and allegedly resisting arrest. A video is made by an observer, and portions of the tape are broadcast repeatedly, resulting in massive [[1992 Los Angeles riots|rioting]] in the Los Angeles area.
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!March 16
|[[A. Whitney Brown]] makes his [[Saturday Night Live (season 16)|final appearance]] on the [[NBC]] sketch comedy program ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.
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!March 21
|An [[List_of_L.A._Law_episodes#Season_5_(1990–91)|episode]] of [[NBC]]'s ''[[L.A. Law]]'' features [[Diana Muldaur]]'s character Rosalind Shays plummeting to her death through an open elevator shaft.
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!rowspan="3"|April 1
|The premium movie channel [[Encore (TV channel)|Encore]] launches in the United States, primarily on [[Tele-Communications Inc.|TCI]] cable systems. The channel initially displayed movies from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, before eventually phasing in more recent movies by the 2000s (decade). [[Showtime Networks]] initiated [[Flix (cable network)|Flix]], a premium channel with a format identical to Encore less than a year-and-a-half later.
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||[[CBS]] begins broadcasting a late-night crime-investigation program block entitled ''[[Crimetime After Primetime]]''.
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|[[HBO]] and [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]] agree to merge their respective comedy channels, [[Ha! (TV channel)|Ha!]] and [[The Comedy Channel (American TV channel)|The Comedy Channel]] to create CTV: The Comedy Network, later known as [[Comedy Central]] come June 1991. 
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!April 5
|[[Katie Couric]] is designated as co-host of ''[[Today (American TV program)|The Today Show]]'' on [[NBC]] after substituting as host since February 1991.
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!rowspan="2"|April 20
|The Museum of Broadcasting, now known as [[The Paley Center for Media]], relocates into its new 17-story building, located a block from its previous location in New York City.
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|An [[Saturday Night Live (season 16)|episode]] of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' guest hosted by actor [[Steven Seagal]] immediately becomes infamous due to Seagal being difficult and uncooperative to work with among the cast and crew. Seagal is soon [[List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_incidents#Banned_performers|banned]] from ever appearing on the series again and is branded by ''SNL'' creator and producer [[Lorne Michaels]] as the "worst host ever".
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!May 3
|The [[Conundrum (Dallas)|final episode]] of ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' is broadcast by [[CBS]]; the series is eventually [[Dallas (2012 TV series)|revived]] in 2012 on [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]].
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!May 9
|After being diagnosed with inoperable [[pancreatic cancer]] in April 1991, [[Michael Landon]] appears as a guest on [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''. Landon would succumb to the disease seven weeks later at the age of 54. 
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!May 13
|[[Delta Burke]] makes her [[Designing Women (season 5)|final appearance]] as Suzanne Sugarbaker on the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Designing Women]]''.
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!May 22
|[[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]]'s television station KGCT-TV returns to the air as [[KMYT-TV|KTFO-TV]].
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!rowspan="2"|May 23
|[[WFXG]] in [[Augusta, Georgia]] signs-on as a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate, taking that affiliation from W67BE (now [[NBC]] affiliate [[WAGT-CD]]) which becomes an [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]].
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|At an [[NBC]] [[List of NBC television affiliates (by U.S. state)|network affiliate]] managers meeting at [[New York City]]'s [[Carnegie Hall]], [[Johnny Carson]] announces that he will be stepping down as host of ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'' within May of the following year.
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!May 25
|The [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] sitcom ''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of This World]]'' concludes its [[Out_of_This_World_(American_TV_series)#Season_4_(1990–91)|fourth and ultimately final season]] on an unresolved [[cliffhanger]] involving Evie's alien father Troy coming to visit Earth and her mother Donna accidentally taking his place on his home planet, [[Antares]] Prime.
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!June 1
|After merging with [[Ha! (TV channel)|Ha!]] and [[The Comedy Channel]]. CTV: The Comedy Network becomes [[Comedy Central]]. This is to avoid confusion with the Canadian broadcast network known as [[CTV Television Network|CTV]].
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!June 2–12
|[[NBA on NBC|NBC]] broadcasts the [[1991 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]] for the first time after the event aired on [[NBA on CBS|CBS]] for the previous 17 years. It was [[Michael Jordan]]'s first NBA Finals appearance, [[Magic Johnson]]'s last, and the last NBA Finals for the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] until [[2000 NBA Finals|2000]]. This series would mark the end of the Lakers' [[Showtime (basketball)|Showtime]] era and the beginning of the [[Chicago Bulls]]' dynasty. 
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!rowspan="2"|June 3
|The Australian soap ''[[Neighbours]]'' makes its American debut, on [[KCOP-TV]] in [[Los Angeles]], CA. Two weeks later, [[WWOR-TV]] debuts this for its [[New York City|New York]], NY market.
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|[[E. W. Scripps Company|Scripps-Howard Broadcasting]] finalizes the purchase on [[Baltimore]]'s [[List of NBC television affiliates (by U.S. state)|NBC affiliate]] [[WMAR-TV]] from [[Gillett Communications]], which was about to be divested into SCI television.
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!July 9
|The [[1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] airs on [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]] for the second consecutive year. Emanating from [[Rogers Centre|Toronto]], it is the second time that the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is played outside of the United States, the first being the [[1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1982 All-Star Game]] in [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Montreal, Quebec]]. CBS started their broadcast at the top of the hour with the customary pregame coverage. Because [[President of the United States|American President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush|George H.W. Bush]] and [[Prime Minister of Canada|Canadian Prime Minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]] were throwing out the first ball, there was a slight delay from the 8:30&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] start. The game eventually started about 15–20 minutes late. 
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!July 28
|[[NBC]] airs a [[Television pilot|pilot]] for a proposed series starring [[Adam West]] and written and produced by [[Conan O'Brien]] and [[Robert Smigel]] called ''[[Lookwell]]''. While the pilot ultimately wouldn't be picked up as a series, it has since become a [[Cult film|cult classic]].
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!August 2
|[[Deidre Hall]] returns on-screen to the [[NBC]] soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' after a four-year absence in which her character, [[Marlena Evans]] is revealed to be mysteriously alive and kept hidden outside of Salem after being presumed dead in an accident nearly four years prior.
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!rowspan="2"|August 11
|[[Nickelodeon]] introduces its series of [[Nicktoons]], with ''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'' the first three to air.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Charity|first=Justin|date=2021-08-12|title=What's in a Nicktoon? How Nickelodeon Developed Its Eclectic Animation|url=https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/12/22621062/nickelodeon-nicktoons-animation-style-history|access-date=2021-10-05|website=The Ringer|language=en}}</ref>
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|[[WGMB-TV]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] signs-on the air, giving the Baton Rouge area its first full-time [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate ([[NBC]] affiliate [[WVLA]] had previously aired Fox programming on a delayed basis).
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!August 13
|The time slot for ''[[Full House]]'' was moved from Friday's [[TGIF (ABC)|TGIF]] lineup on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] to Tuesday nights (remaining there until its finale in [[1995 in American television|1995]]).
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!September 1
|KLSB-TV in [[Nacogdoches, Texas]] signs-on as a [[Broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite]] of the [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] market's [[NBC]] affiliate [[KETK-TV]]. KLSB-TV will eventually become the market's [[CBS]] affiliate in 2004 when the station is sold to [[Max Media]].
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!September 6
|KLNO (now [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KBVO (TV)|KBVO]]) in [[Llano, Texas]] is signed-on by [[NBC]] affiliate [[KXAN-TV]] to improve coverage of that station in parts of the [[Texas Hill Country]].
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!September 8
|[[Minnie Pearl]] makes her final appearance on the program ''[[Hee Haw]]''.
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!September 9–13
|The 20th anniversary week of ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' is celebrated during this week on [[CBS]].
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!September 9
|After being fired from [[World Championship Wrestling]] following a contract dispute, [[Ric Flair]] makes his [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] debut on [[USA Network]]'s ''[[Prime Time Wrestling]]'' with the "[[Big Gold Belt]]".
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!September 19
|[[Michael Jackson]] (credited as John Jay Smith) [[Stark Raving Dad|guest voices]] on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
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!September 23
|Over a year after its cancelation from [[NBC]], ''[[Baywatch]]'' is [[List_of_Baywatch_episodes#Season_2_(1991–1992)|relaunched]] in [[Broadcast syndication|first–run syndication]], where it will run for ten seasons.
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!September 25
|[[Leonardo DiCaprio]] joins the cast of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Growing Pains]]'' for what would be its [[List_of_Growing_Pains_episodes#Season_7_(1991–92)|final season]].
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!September 29
|[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" video debuts on [[MTV]]'s ''[[120 Minutes]]''.
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!October 6
|On the ''[[Major League Baseball Game of the Week]]'' on [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]], the [[1991 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] cap off their "[[1990 Atlanta Braves season|worst]] to first" season by defeating the [[1991 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] to clinch their first divisional title in [[1982 Atlanta Braves season|nine years]].
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!October 11
|[[Redd Foxx]] suffers a fatal heart attack on the set of the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[The Royal Family (TV series)|The Royal Family]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|date=19 July 1999|title=Fames Comedian Redd Foxx Is Celebrated In New Book, 'The Life and Times of Redd Foxx'|journal=Jet|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|volume=96|issue=7|issn=0021-5996}}</ref><ref name="jet1991">Staff report (28 October 1991). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dbkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4 Foxx felled by a heart attack taping TV show; calls for wife and dies.] ''[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]''</ref> It was noted that initially cast mates on set thought Foxx was only fooling around after he clutched a chair and fell to the floor, since his character on ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' often faked heart attacks.<ref name="rich1998">Rich, Joshua (9 October 1998).  [https://ew.com/article/1998/10/09/sanford-and-son/ Exit Laughing.] ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''</ref>
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!October 13
|[[Jennifer Lopez]] joins the cast as one of the Fly Girls on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] sketch comedy series ''[[In Living Color]]'' (she would leave the show after the next season). Other cast additions include future [[Academy Award]] winner [[Jamie Foxx]] and [[Steve Park (comedian)|Steve Park]] (who left after the season ended). [[Shawn Wayans]], the original DJ for the show, also becomes a regular cast member (and will remain in the cast until the end of the next season). Wayans' original DJ role is assumed by [[Leroy Casey|Twist]].
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!October 19–27
|The [[1991 World Series|World Series]] between the [[1991 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] and [[1991 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] airs on [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]]. With five of its games decided by a single run, four decided in the final at-bat, and three going into extra innings,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/swf/mlb/anniversary/worldseries_100.html |title=The World Series 100th Anniversary – #1 1991 Minnesota Twins 4, Atlanta Braves 3 |publisher=ESPN |work=Page 2 |year=2003}}</ref> this World Series immediately became regarded as one of the greatest postseason series in baseball history. In 2003, [[ESPN]] selected this championship as the "Greatest of All Time" in their "World Series 100th Anniversary" countdown. The Series telecast drew an overall national [[World Series television ratings|Nielsen rating]] of 24.0 and a 39 share for CBS; Game&nbsp;7 drew a 32.2 rating and 49 share.
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!October 20–22
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] airs the four-hour [[miniseries]] ''[[Dynasty: The Reunion]]'', which continues the story of 1981–1989 [[prime time]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]''.
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!October 24
|''[[Star Trek]]'' creator [[Gene Roddenberry]] dies at the age of 70. After his death, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' airs a two-part episode of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 5)|season five]], called "[[Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Unification]]", which features a dedication to Roddenberry.<ref>{{cite web|last1=DeCandido|first1=Keith |author-link=Keith DeCandido|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: 'Unification, Part I'|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/06/star-trek-the-next-generation-qunification-iq|publisher=[[Tor Books|Tor.com]]|date=June 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409150758/http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/06/star-trek-the-next-generation-qunification-iq|archive-date=April 9, 2015|access-date=April 15, 2015}}</ref>
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!October 25
|[[NBC]]'s [[List of NBC television affiliates (by U.S. state)|affiliate]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]/[[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]]/[[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]], WPTF-TV, changes its name to [[WRDC|WRDC-TV]].
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!October 26
|In front of a national television audience on [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]], play-by-play man [[Jack Buck]] famously says "And we'll see you tomorrow night!" while calling [[1991 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] star [[Kirby Puckett]]'s game-winning home run to send the [[1991 World Series|World Series]] against the [[1991 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] to a decisive seventh game. 
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!October 29
|[[Turner Broadcasting System]] and [[Apollo Global Management|Apollo Investment Fund]] purchase the [[Hanna-Barbera]] library for [[United States dollar|$]]320 million.
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!October 31
|[[KLSR-TV]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]] signs-on, giving [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] a full-power home in the Eugene market. Sister station K25AS (now [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KEVU-CD]]) becomes an independent station before joining [[UPN]] in 1995.
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!November 4–11
|[[Leonard Nimoy]] guest stars as [[Spock]] in a [[Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|two-part episode]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. The first of the two episodes earn a 15.4 household [[Nielsen rating]],<ref>[http://stng.36el.com/st-tng/episodes/ratings/ Star Track: The Next Generation episode ratings]</ref> drawing over 25 million viewers,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309804_2,00.html |title=Star Struck |access-date=July 10, 2007 |archive-date=January 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107120857/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309804_2,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> making it one of the most watched episodes in all seven seasons of ''The Next Generation''{{'}}s run.
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!November 6
|The fourth installment of the [[The_Gambler_(film_series)#The_Gambler_Returns:_The_Luck_of_the_Draw_(1991)|''Gambler'']] film series is broadcast on [[NBC]]. ''The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw'' features [[Kenny Rogers]]' character Brady Hawkes running across a galaxy of old TV western characters played by the original actors. This includes [[Gene Barry]] as [[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]], [[Hugh O'Brian]] as [[The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp|Wyatt Earp]], [[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]] as [[Maverick (TV series)|Bart Maverick]], [[Clint Walker]] as [[Cheyenne (TV series)|Cheyenne Bodie]], [[David Carradine]] as ''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]''{{'}}s [[Kwai Chang Caine|Caine]], [[Chuck Connors]] and [[Johnny Crawford]] from ''[[The Rifleman]]'', [[Brian Keith]] as [[The Westerner (TV series)|The Westerner]], [[James Drury]] and [[Doug McClure]] from ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', [[Paul Brinegar]] from ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', and [[Reba McEntire]] as Burgundy Jones.
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!November 7
|In a nationally televised press conference, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] superstar [[Magic Johnson]] announces that he is [[HIV]]-positive and is retiring from the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], effective immediately. Johnson would appear as a guest on ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'' the very next night.
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!November 9
|''[[Hurricane Saturday]]'', a one-off [[Block programming|programming block]] of a three-way, two-hour [[Crossover (fiction)|crossover event]] airs on [[NBC]]. It involves three television [[sitcoms]] created by [[Susan Harris]]: ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[Empty Nest]]'' and ''[[Nurses (American TV series)|Nurses]]''. The event depicts a fictional [[Tropical cyclone|hurricane]] storming into the storylines of the three series set in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]]. 
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!November 14
|The [[music video]] for "[[Black or White]]", the first single from [[Michael Jackson]]'s forthcoming eighth album ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'', is first televised by [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. Despite controversy over the video's ending, Fox, which simulcasts the video along with [[MTV]], [[VH1]], and [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], scores its highest [[Nielsen ratings]] to date.<ref name="openstheblitz">{{cite web|last= Pareles |first= Jon |title= Review/Rock, New Video Opens the Jackson Blitz |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6DC1330F935A25752C1A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 |date= November 16, 1991 |work= The New York Times |access-date= March 4, 2018}}</ref>
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!rowspan="2"|November 16
|[[Ellen Cleghorne]], [[Melanie Hutsell]] and [[Beth Cahill]] join the cast of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.
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|[[KTMF]] in [[Missoula, Montana]] signs-on the air, giving the Missoula market its first full-time [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate.
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!November 23
|An hour long [[The Bob Newhart Show: The 19th Anniversary Special|television special]] commemorating the 19th anniversary of ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'' airs on [[CBS]].
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!November 28
|''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' makes its broadcast network television premiere on [[CBS]].
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!December 1
|[[Britney Spears]] appears on the program ''[[Star Search]]''.
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!December 8
|[[Tim Russert]] becomes moderator of the [[NBC News|NBC]] discussion program ''[[Meet the Press]]'', a job he possesses until his sudden death in 2008.
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!December 14
|Guest host [[Steve Martin]] [[Saturday_Night_Live_season_17#Episodes|kicks off]] [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' by singing "Not Gonna Phone It In Tonight!".
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==Programs==
===Debuts===
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! Date
! Show
! Network
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!January 4
| ''[[Sons and Daughters (1991 TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''
|[[CBS]]
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! January 6
| ''Expose''
|[[NBC]]
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!rowspan="3"| January 7
| ''[[The Party Machine with Nia Peeples]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Talk Soup]]''
|[[E!]]
|-
| ''[[Under Cover (1991 TV series)|Under Cover]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! January 10
| ''[[Good Sports]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
! January 12
| ''[[Fred Roggin|Roggin's Heroes]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
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!rowspan="2"| January 13
| ''[[Harry and the Hendersons (TV series)|Harry and the Hendersons]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Dark Shadows (1991 TV series)|Dark Shadows]]'' (reboot)
| [[NBC]]
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! January 27
| ''[[Davis Rules]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! February 1
| ''[[Welcome Freshmen]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
! February 2
| ''[[Hillside (TV series)|Fifteen]]''
|-
! February 3
| ''Sunday Best''
|[[NBC]]
|-
! February 9
| ''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
! February 25
| ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| March 1
| ''[[Clarissa Explains it All]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[Toxic Crusaders]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
! March 7
| ''[[Yearbook (TV series)|Yearbook]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! March 8
| ''[[Baby Talk (TV series)|Baby Talk]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! March 11
| ''[[Studs (game show)|Studs]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
! March 12
| ''[[Eddie Dodd]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! March 18
| ''[[Get the Picture (game show)|Get the Picture]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
! March 26
| ''[[The Antagonists (TV series)|The Antagonists]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
! March 29
| ''True Detectives''
|-
!rowspan="2"| March 31
| ''[[The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Darkwing Duck]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! April 3
| ''[[Scene of the Crime (TV series)|Scene of the Crime]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[CBS]]
|-
! April 4
| ''[[Fly by Night (TV series)|Fly by Night]]''
|-
! April 5
| ''[[Dark Justice]]''
|-
! April 7
| ''[[Top of the Heap]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! April 24
| ''[[My Life and Times]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! April 26
| ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]''
|-
! April 28
| ''[[The Sunday Comics]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! April 30
| ''[[The Statler Brothers Show]]''
|[[The Nashville Network]]
|-
! May 1
| ''[[The Littl' Bits]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
! May 2
| ''[[American Detective]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! May 11
| ''[[Sisters (American TV series)|Sisters]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
! June 4
| ''[[C. Everett Koop, M.D.]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
! June 19
| ''[[The Man in the Family]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! June 24
| ''[[Jonathon Brandmeier|Johnny B. On the Loose]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
! July 4
| ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
! July 8
| ''[[Shop 'til You Drop]]''
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
! July 19
| ''[[Hi Honey, I'm Home!]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!rowspan="3"| August 11
| ''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[Rugrats]]''
|-
| ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]''
|-
! August 17
| ''[[Best of the Worst (TV program)|Best of the Worst]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! August 25
| ''[[Roc (TV series)|Roc]]''
|-
!rowspan="1"| August 31
| ''[[What Would You Do? (game show)|What Would You Do?]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
!rowspan="3"|September 1
| ''[[Aeon Flux]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| ''[[That's My Dog]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|The Family Channel]]
|-
| ''[[E! News]]''
|[[E!]]
|-
! September 2
| ''[[Nickelodeon Launch Box]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| September 3
| ''[[The Legend of Prince Valiant]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|The Family Channel]]
|-
| ''[[Little Dracula (TV series)|Little Dracula]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
!rowspan="3"| September 7
| ''[[Back to the Future: The Animated Series]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Little Shop]]''
|[[Fox Kids Network|Fox Kids]]
|-
| ''[[Taz-Mania]]''
| [[Fox Kids Network|Fox Kids]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| September 8
| ''[[Herman's Head]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars]]''
|rowspan="5"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="5"| September 9
| ''[[The Chuck Woolery Show]]''
|-
| ''[[Maury (TV series)|The Maury Povich Show]]''
|-
| ''[[Geraldo Rivera|Now It Can Be Told]]''
|-
| ''[[David Hartman (TV personality)|Realities with David Hartman]]''
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Mark & Brian]]''
|rowspan="8"|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="11"| September 14
| ''[[Chip and Pepper]]'' 
|-
|''[[Nurses (American TV series)|Nurses]]'' 
|-
|''[[Super Mario World (TV series)|Super Mario World]]'' 
|-
|''[[Wish Kid]]'' 
|-
|''[[Space Cats]]''
|-
|''[[Yo Yogi!]]''
|-
| ''[[ProStars]]''
|-
| ''[[Hammerman]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]''
|-
| ''[[Mother Goose and Grimm (TV series)|Mother Goose and Grimm]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Where's Wally?: The Animated Series]]''
|-
!rowspan="4"| September 15
| ''[[P.S. I Luv U]]''
|-
| ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Man of the People (TV series)|Man of the People]]''
|-
| ''[[Pacific Station (TV series)|Pacific Station]]''
|-
!rowspan="3"| September 16
| ''[[James Bond Jr.]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[The Jenny Jones Show]]''
|-
| ''[[Walter & Emily]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| September 17
| ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Sibs]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"| September 18
| ''[[The Royal Family (TV series)|The Royal Family]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Teech]]''
|-
!rowspan="3"| September 19
| ''[[Drexell's Class]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Flesh 'n' Blood (TV series)|Flesh 'n' Blood]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Reasonable Doubts]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"| September 20
| ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)|Brooklyn Bridge]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! September 21
| ''[[The Torkelsons]]''
|NBC
|-
! September 24
| ''[[Homefront (American TV series)|Homefront]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! September 25
| ''[[Good & Evil (TV series)|Good & Evil]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!September 26
| ''[[FBI: The Untold Stories]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 27
| ''[[Bill Kurtis|Investigative Reports]]''
|[[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]]
|-
| ''[[Princesses (TV series)|Princesses]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
! September 28
| ''[[The Commish]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! September 29
| ''[[Street Justice]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="4"| September 30
| ''[[The Jerry Springer Show]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]], on [[Multimedia Entertainment|Multimedia]] stations
|-
| ''[[The Montel Williams Show]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|Charlie Rose]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
| ''[[Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (game show)|Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
! October 4
| ''[[Beyond Reality (TV series)|Beyond Reality]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
! October 7
| ''[[I'll Fly Away (TV series)|I'll Fly Away]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
! October 17
| ''[[Sightings (TV series)|Sightings]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! October 18
| ''[[Palace Guard]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
! November 4
| ''[[NBC Nightside|NBC News Nightside]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
! November 7
| ''[[Silk Stalkings]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
! November 24
| ''[[Hot Country Nights]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
! November 30
| ''[[Liquid Television]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
! December 17
| ''[[A Bunch of Munsch]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
! Unknown date
| ''[[Return to the Sea (TV series)|Return to the Sea]]''
|[[PBS]]
|}

===Returning this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Show || Last aired || Previous network || New network || Returning
|-
|''[[The $100,000 Pyramid]]''
|1988
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|rowspan="2"|same
|January 7
|-
|''[[Seinfeld]]''
|1990
|[[NBC]]
|January 23
|-
|''[[In Concert (American TV series)|In Concert]]''
|1975
|rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|Same
|June 7
|-
|''[[You Asked for It]]''
|1959
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|The Family Channel]]
|September 1
|-
|''[[Beetlejuice: The Animated Series]]''
|1990
|[[Fox Kids]]
|September 9
|-
|''[[Candid Camera]]''
|1988
|[[CBS]]
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|September 16
|-
|''[[A Different World]]''
|rowspan="2"|1990
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|Same
|September 19
|-
|''[[Baywatch]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|September 23
|}

===Entering syndication this year===
A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (3 or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.
{|class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Seasons
|-
|''[[A Different World]]''||4
|-
|''[[Married With Children]]''||4
|-
|''[[Full House]]''||4
|}

===Changes of network affiliation===
The following shows aired new episodes on a different network than previous first-run episodes: 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Show || Moved from || Moved To
|-
|''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990 TV series)|Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures]]''
|[[CBS]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
|''[[Beetlejuice]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[Tom and Jerry Kids]]''
|[[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
|-
|''[[Baywatch]]''
|[[NBC]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|''[[Candid Camera]]''
|[[CBS]]
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Show !! Debut
|-
!January 1
|''[[American Chronicles]]''
|rowspan="3"|1990
|-
!January 5
|''[[Haywire (TV series)|Haywire]]''
|-
!January 19
|''[[Zazoo U]]''
|-
!rowspan="3"|January 25
|''[[Attitudes (talk show)|Attitudes]]''
|1985
|-
|''[[Generations (American TV series)|Generations]]''
|1989
|-
|''[[Piggsburg Pigs!]]''
|rowspan="2"|1990
|-
!February 3
|''[[Good Grief (TV series)|Good Grief]]''
|-
!February 11
|''[[About Face (TV series)|About Face]]''
|1989
|-
!February 16
|''[[The Fanelli Boys]]''
|1990
|-
!February 22
|''[[Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]''
|1985
|-
!March 1
|''[[Sons and Daughters (1991 TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''
|1991
|-
!rowspan="2"|March 8
|''[[The Joker's Wild]]'' (returned in 2017)
|1972
|-
|''[[Going Places (American TV series)|Going Places]]''
|rowspan="4"|1990
|-
!rowspan="2"|March 9
|''[[Lenny (TV series)|Lenny]]''
|-
|''[[Uncle Buck (1990 TV series)|Uncle Buck]]''
|-
!March 16
|''[[Married People]]''
|-
!March 17
|''[[Bordertown (1989 TV series)|Bordertown]]''
|1989
|-
!April 5
|''[[Against the Law (TV series)|Against the Law]]''
|1990
|-
!April 12
|''[[Fun House (American game show)|Fun House]]''
|1988
|-
!April 26
|''[[Hunter (1984 American TV series)|Hunter]]''
|1984
|-
!April 27
|''[[21 Jump Street]]''
|1987
|-
!May 3
|''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' 
|1978
|-
!May 4
|''[[Yearbook (TV series)|Yearbook]]'' 
|1991
|-
!May 8
|''[[The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd]]'' 
|1987
|-
!rowspan="2"|May 10
|''[[Paradise (American TV series)|Paradise]]''
|rowspan="2"|1988
|-
|''[[Midnight Caller]]''
|-
!May 11
|''[[Swamp Thing (1991 TV series)|Swamp Thing]]''
|1990
|-
!May 18
|''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]''
|rowspan="2"|1990
|-
!May 19
|''[[Babes (TV Series)|Babes]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|May 25
|''[[The Munsters Today]]''
|1988
|-
|''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of This World]]''
|rowspan="2"|1987
|-
!May 28
|''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|Thirtysomething]]''
|-
!June 1
|''[[DEA (1990 TV series)|DEA]]''
|rowspan="5"|1990
|-
!June 6
|''[[Gabriel's Fire]]''
|-
!June 10
|''[[Twin Peaks]]''
|-
!June 12
|''[[Over My Dead Body (TV series)|Over My Dead Body]]''
|-
!June 22
|''[[American Dreamer (TV series)|American Dreamer]]''
|-
!June 25
|''[[Head of the Class]]''
|1986
|-
!June 30
|''[[C. Everett Koop, M.D.]]''
|1991
|-
!July 6
|''[[Doctor Doctor (1989 TV series)|Doctor Doctor]]''
|1989
|-
!July 12
|''[[Match Game]]'' (returned in 1998)
|1962
|-
!July 14
|''[[Lifestories]]''
|rowspan="3"|1990
|-
!July 17
|''[[The Family Man (American TV series)|The Family Man]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|July 20
|''[[Carol & Company]]''
|-
|''[[The Hogan Family]]''
|1986
|-
!July 22
|''[[China Beach]]''
|1988
|-
!July 27
|''[[Amen (TV series)|Amen]]''
|1986
|-
!August 8
|''[[TaleSpin]]''
|rowspan="3"|1990
|-
!rowspan="2"|August 11
|''[[Ferris Bueller (TV series)|Ferris Bueller]]'' 
|-
|''[[Parenthood (1990 TV series)|Parenthood]]''
|-
!August 17
|''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]''
|1988
|-
!rowspan="2"|August 30
|''[[The Challengers (game show)|The Challengers]]'' 
|1990
|-
|''[[Hey Dude]]''
|rowspan="2"|1989
|-
!rowspan="2"|August 31
|''[[Dink, The Little Dinosaur]]''
|-
|''[[Kid 'n Play (TV series)|Kid 'n Play]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|1990
|-
!September 6
|''[[Trump Card]]''
|-
!September 10
|''[[Peter Pan and the Pirates]]''
|rowspan="2"|1991
|-
!September 15
|''[[The Party Machine with Nia Peeples]]''
|-
!September 16
|''[[Adam-12 (1990 TV series)|Adam-12]]'' 
|1990
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 20
|''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]''
|1958
|-
|''[[Wheel of Fortune (1975 US game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]''
|1975
|-
!October 5
|''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''
|1986
|-
!October 16
|''[[Teech]]''
|rowspan="2"|1991
|-
!October 25
|''[[Princesses (TV series)|Princesses]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|October 26
|''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''
|1989
|-
|''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''
|1988
|-
!October 30
|''[[Good & Evil (TV series)|Good & Evil]]''
|rowspan="2"|1991
|-
!November 1
|''[[Palace Guard]]''
|-
!November 2
|''[[Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)|Muppet Babies]]'' (returned in 2018)
|1984
|-
!November 10
|''[[Eureeka's Castle]]''
|1989
|-
!November 15
|''[[Flesh 'n' Blood (TV series)|Flesh 'n' Blood]]''
|1991
|-
!November 16
|''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990 TV series)|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures]]''
|1990
|-
!November 23
|''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (TV series)|Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]''
|1990
|-
!November 30
|''[[Little Shop]]''
|rowspan="2"|1991
|-
!December 1
|''[[Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars]]''
|-
!December 2
|''[[Peter Pan and the Pirates]]''
|1990
|-
!rowspan="3"|December 6
|''[[Pyramid (game show)|Pyramid]]'' (returned in 2002)
|1973
|-
|''[[Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]''
|1989
|-
|''[[Get the Picture (game show)|Get the Picture]]''
|rowspan="5"|1991
|-
!rowspan="4"|December 7
|''[[Hammerman]]''
|-
|''[[Super Mario World]]''
|-
|''[[Wish Kid]]''
|-
|''[[Yo Yogi!]]''
|-
!December 8
|''[[The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda]]''
|1990
|-
!December 14
|''[[Where's Wally?: The Animated Series]]''
|1991
|-
!December 27
| ''[[Chain Reaction (game show)|Chain Reaction]]'' (returned in 2006)
|1980
|-
!December 29
|''[[Make the Grade]]''
|1989
|}

===Made-for-TV movies and miniseries===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Title
! Channel
! Premiere
|-
|''[[Sarah, Plain and Tall (film)|Sarah, Plain and Tall]]''
|CBS
|February 3
|-
|''[[The Josephine Baker Story]]''
|HBO
|March 16
|-
|''[[Separate but Equal (film)|Separate but Equal]]''
|ABC
|April 7
|-
|''[[Switched at Birth (1991 film)|Switched at Birth]]''
|rowspan="4"|NBC
|April 28
|-
|''[[Knight Rider 2000]]''
|May 19
|-
|''[[C. Everett Koop, M.D.]]''
|June 4
|-
|''[[A Woman Named Jackie]]''
|October 13
|}

==Networks and services==
===Launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Launch date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[The California Channel]]
| Cable and satellite television
| February 4
|
|
|-
| [[ShopHQ|ValueVision]]
| Cable and satellite television
| March 12
|
|
|-
| [[Starz Encore|Encore]]
| Cable television
| April 1
|
|
|-
| [[TV Japan]]
| Cable television
| April 1
| 
|
|-
| [[CNN Airport]]
| Cable and satellite television
| June 3
|
|
|-
| [[Foxnet]]
| Cable and satellite television
| June 6
|
|
|-
| [[TruTV|Court TV]]
| Cable television
| July 1
|
|
|-
| [[HBO|HBO 2]]
| Cable television
| August 1
|
|
|-
| [[HBO|HBO 3]]
| Cable television
| August 1
|
|
|}

===Conversions and rebrandings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Old network name
! New network name
! Type
! Conversion Date
! Notes
! Source
|-
|[[The Comedy Channel (American TV channel)|The Comedy Channel]]<br>[[Ha! (TV channel)|Ha!]]
|[[Comedy Central]]
|Cable television
|April 1
|
|
|-
| SuperStation TBS
| [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
| Cable television
| Unknown
| 
| 
|-
|}

===Closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Closure date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[Star Television Network]]
| Broadcast television
| January 14
|
|
|-
| [[Financial News Network]]
| Cable television
| May 21
| 
|
|-
| [[Mizlou Television Network]]
| Syndicated programming block
| Unknown
|
|
|-
| Universal Pictures Debut Network
| Syndicated programming block
| Unknown
|
|
|}

==Television stations==

===Station launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|- 
| January 11
| [[Palm Beach, Florida]] 
| [[WTCN-CA|W16AR]]
| 16
| rowspan="3"|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]
| 
|- 
| February 4
| [[Evansville, Indiana]]
| [[WAZE-TV|W52AZ]]
| 52
|
|-
| March 2 
| [[Hammond, Indiana]] <br> {{small|([[Chicago, Illinois]])}} 
| [[WJYS]]
| 62
|
|- 
| March 8
| [[Boise, Idaho]]
| [[KNIN-TV|KTMW]]
| 9
| [[Home Shopping Network|HSN]]
| 
|- 
| March 15
| [[Atlanta, Georgia]] 
| [[WHSG-TV]]
| 63
| [[Home Shopping Network|HSN]]
| 
|- 
| May 3
| [[Tampa, Florida]] 
| [[WVEA-TV|WBSV-TV]]
| 50
| Independent
| 
|- 
| May 23
| [[Augusta, Georgia]] 
| [[WFXG]]
| 54
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
| 
|-
| May 29 
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]] 
| [[WJEB-TV]]
| 59
| [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]] 
|
|- 
| June 15
| [[Eagle Pass, Texas]] 
| [[KVAW]] 
| 24 
| [[Telemundo]] 
|
|- 
| June 22
| [[El Paso, Texas]] 
| [[KTFN|KJLF-TV]]
| 65
| Independent
| 
|- 
| July 19
| [[New York City]] 
| W51BV
| 51
| [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]] 
|
|- 
| rowspan=2| August
| [[Auburn, Indiana]] 
| [[W07CL]]
| 7
| Main Street TV
|
|- 
| [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico]] 
| [[WDWL]]
| 36
| Religious independent
| 
|- 
| August 11
| [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]
| [[WGMB]]
| 44
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
| 
|- 
| August 31
| [[San Francisco, California]] 
| [[KMTP-TV]] 
| 32
| Non-commercial independent
|
|- 
| rowspan=2| September 1
| [[Nacogdoches, Texas]]
| [[KYTX]]
| 19 
| [[NBC]] 
| rowspan=2| Satellite/translator of [[KETK-TV]]/[[Tyler, Texas]]
|- 
| [[Lufkin, Texas]]
| [[KETK-LP|K53IQ]]
| 53
| [[NBC]] 
|- 
| September 6
| [[Llano, Texas|Llano]]/[[Austin, Texas]] 
| [[KEYE-TV|KLNO]]
| 14
| [[NBC]]
| 
|- 
| September 15
| [[Holly Springs, Mississippi]] <br> {{small|([[Memphis, Tennessee]])}} 
| [[WBUY-TV]] 
| 40
| [[Home Shopping Network|HSN]]
| 
|- 
| October 7
| [[Washington, D.C.]] 
| [[WJLA 24/7 News|NewsChannel 8]] 
| 8 (cable-only) 
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] 
| 
|- 
| October 31
| [[Eugene, Oregon]] 
| [[KLSR-TV|KEVU]]
| 34
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
| 
|- 
| November 16
| [[Missoula, Montana]] 
| [[KTMF]]
| 23
| ABC 
| 
|- 
| November 29 
| [[Evansville, Indiana]] 
| [[WYYW-CD|W56DN]]
| 56 
| [[Telemundo]]
|
|- 
| December 1
| [[Yauco, Puerto Rico]] 
| [[WIRS]]
| 42
| Independent
| Satellite of WJPX-TV/[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|- 
| December 16
| [[Davenport, Iowa]] 
| [[KQIN|KQCT]]
| 36
| [[PBS]]
| Part of the [[Iowa Public Television]] network
|- 
| December 24 
| [[Indiana, Pennsylvania]] 
| W49BT
| 49
| [[America One]] 
|
|-
| rowspan=5| Unknown date
| [[Columbia, Missouri]] 
| [[K38II]]
| 38
| unknown
| 
|- 
| [[Huron, South Dakota]] 
| [[KTTW|KTTM]]
| 12
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
| Satellite of [[KTTW]]/[[Sioux Falls, South Dakota|Sioux Falls]]
|- 
| [[Natchez, Mississippi]] 
| [[WNTZ-TV]]
| 33
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
| Returned to the air after a three-year hiatus
|- 
| rowspan=3| [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
| [[KBGU-LD|K18BT]]
| 18
| [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]]
| 
|- 
| [[KPTN-LD|K58DH]]
| 58
| [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]] 
|
|- 
|}

===Network affiliation changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Old affiliation
! New affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| January 5
| [[Homewood, Alabama]] <br> {{small|([[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]/[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]/[[Anniston, Alabama|Anniston]])}} 
| [[WTTO]]
| 21
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|
|-
| May 23
| [[Augusta, Georgia]] 
| [[WAGT-CD|W67BE]]
| 67 
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] 
|
|- 
|}

===Station closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! City of license/Market
! Station
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Sign-on date
! Notes
|- 
| December 
| [[Pago Pago, American Samoa]]
| KVZK-5
| 5
| [[NBC]]
| October 5, 1964
| 
|- 
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date || Name || Notability
|-
!rowspan="2"|January 4
|[[Charles Melton]]
|Actor (''[[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]'') and model
|-
|[[Olivia Tennet]]
|New Zealand actress (''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'')
|-
!January 14 
|[[Ryan Coleman]]
|Actor (''[[All That]]'')
|-
!January 17
|[[Willa Fitzgerald]]
|Actress (''[[Alpha House]]'', ''[[Scream (TV series)|Scream]]'', ''[[Dare Me (TV series)|Dare Me]]'') 
|-
!January 18
|[[Britt McKillip]]
|Canadian voice actress (''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'', ''[[Sabrina's Secret Life]]'', ''[[Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island]]'')
|-
!January 19 
|[[Erin Sanders]]
|Actress (''[[Zoey 101]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[Big Time Rush]]'')
|-
!January 20
|[[Ciara Hanna]]
|Actress (''[[Power Rangers Megaforce]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |January 28 
|[[C. J. Harris (singer)|C. J. Harris]]
|Singer (''[[American Idol]]'') (d. [[2023 in American television|2023]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Carly |date=2023-01-16 |title=C.J. Harris, Former ‘American Idol’ Contestant, Dies at 31 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/cj-harris-dead-former-american-idol-contestant-1235300907/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Calum Worthy]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Austin & Ally]]'')
|-
!February 3
|[[Glenn McCuen]]
|Actor (''[[Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures]]'')
|-
!February 7
|[[Gabbie Hanna]]
|Actress
|-
!February 10 
|[[Emma Roberts]]
|Actress (''[[Unfabulous]]'', ''[[Scream Queens (2015 TV series)|Scream Queens]]'') and daughter of [[Eric Roberts]]
|-
!February 12
|[[Tanaya Beatty]]
|Actress (''[[The Night Shift (TV series)|The Night Shift]]'')
|-
!February 16
|[[Micah Stephen Williams]]
|Actor (''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'') 
|-
!rowspan="2"|February 17 
|[[Ed Sheeran]]
|English singer
|-
|[[Jeremy Allen White]]
|Actor (''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'', ''[[The Bear (TV series)|The Bear]]'')
|-
!February 18 
|[[Malese Jow]]
|Actress (''[[Unfabulous]]'', ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''), singer
|-
!February 25
|[[Tony Oller]]
|Actor (''[[As the Bell Rings (American TV series)|As the Bell Rings]]'', ''[[Gigantic (TV series)|Gigantic]]'')
|-
!March 5 
|[[Hanna Mangan-Lawrence]]
|Australian actress (''[[Bed of Roses (TV series)|Bed of Roses]]'')
|-
!March 8 
|[[Devon Werkheiser]]
|Actor (''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'')
|-
!March 16
|[[Wolfgang Van Halen]]
|Musician (''[[Van Halen]]'')
|-
!March 19
|[[Garrett Clayton]]
|Actor, singer and dancer
|-
!March 25 
|[[Seychelle Gabriel]]
|Actress (''[[Falling Skies]]'', ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'')
|-
!March 27
|Gilbert Leal
|Voice actor (''[[Rocket Power]]'')
|-
!March 28 
|[[Amy Bruckner]]
|Actress (''[[Phil of the Future]]'', ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'')
|-
!March 29 
|[[Hayley McFarland]]
|Actress (''[[Lie to Me]]'', ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'')
|-
!April 3
|[[Hayley Kiyoko]]
|Actress  (''[[CSI: Cyber]]'') and singer
|-
!April 4
|[[Jamie Lynn Spears]]
|Actress (''[[All That]]'', ''[[Zoey 101]]'') and sister of [[Britney Spears]]
|-
!April 5
|[[Hunter March]]
|Actor
|-
!April 8
|[[Cameron Deane Stewart]]
|Actor
|-
!rowspan="2"|April 10 
|[[AJ Michalka]]
|Actress (''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs]]'', ''[[Steven Universe]]'', ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]''), singer and guitarist
|-
|[[Conor Leslie]]
|Actress
|-
!April 21
|[[Frank Dillane]]
|English actor (''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]'')
|-
!April 23
|[[Caleb Johnson]]
|Singer (''[[American Idol (season 13)|American Idol]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bronson |first=Fred |date=2014-03-20 |title=‘American Idol’ Season 13: Caleb Johnson Outlines His Rock ‘n’ Roll Childhood Education |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/american-idol-caleb-johnson-689734/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|April 28 
|Aleisha Allen
|Actress (''[[Blue's Clues]], [[Out of the Box (TV series)|Out of the Box]])''
|-
|[[Cheslie Kryst]]
|Presenter
|-
!May 1
|[[Creagen Dow]]
|Actor (''[[Zoey 101]]'')
|-
!May 10
|[[Jordan Francis]]
|Canadian voice actor (Custard on ''[[The Save-Ums!]]'')
|-
!May 12
|[[Jennifer Damiano]]
|Actress and singer
|-
!May 13
|[[Jake Borelli]]
|Actor
|-
!May 14
|C.J. Manigo
|Actor (''[[Dude, What Would Happen]]'')
|-
!rowspan="2"|May 17 
|[[Daniel Curtis Lee]]
|Actor (''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'', ''[[Zeke and Luther]]'') and rapper
|-
|[[Jill Duggar Dillard]]
|Actress (''[[19 Kids and Counting]]'', ''[[Counting On]]'') and television personality
|-
!May 24
|[[Sarah Ramos]]
|Actress (''[[American Dreams]]'', ''[[Runaway (2006 TV series)|Runaway]]'', ''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'')
|-
!May 26
|[[Stephanie (LazyTown)|Julianna Rose Mauriello]]
|Actress (Stephanie on ''[[LazyTown]]'' (2004–08))
|-
!May 29
|[[Kristen Alderson]]
|Actress (''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|-
!rowspan="2"|June 4 
|[[Quincy (actor)|Quincy]]
|Actor (''[[Star (TV series)|Star]]'')
|-
|[[Jordan Danger]]
|Actress (''[[Eureka (2006 TV series)|Eureka]]'')
|-
!rowspan="2"|June 7
|[[Poppy Drayton]]
|English actress (''[[The Shannara Chronicles]]'')
|-
|[[India Oxenberg]]
|Actress
|-
!June 12
|[[Louisa Gummer]]
|American model and daughter of [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Don Gummer]]
|-
!June 18
|[[Willa Holland]]
|Actress (''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'')
|-
!June 24
|[[Max Ehrich]]
|Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[Under the Dome (TV series)|Under the Dome]]'', ''[[100 Things to Do Before High School]]'')
|-
!June 27 
|[[Madylin Sweeten]]
|Actress (Ally on ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'')
|-
!June 28
|[[Daniel Zovatto]]
|Actor
|-
!June 29 
|[[Tajja Isen]]
|Canadian voice actress (''[[The Save-Ums!]]'', ''[[JoJo's Circus]]'', ''[[Atomic Betty]]'', ''[[Time Warp Trio]]'', ''[[Super Why!]]'')
|-
!July 3
|[[Grant Rosenmeyer]]
|Actor (''[[Oliver Beene]]'')
|-
!July 5 
|[[Jason Dolley]]
|Actor (''[[Complete Savages]]'', ''[[Cory in the House]]'', ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'') and musician
|-
!July 9 
|[[Mitchel Musso]]
|Actor (''[[Hannah Montana]]'', ''[[Pair of Kings]]''), voice actor (''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', ''[[Milo Murphy's Law]]'')
|-
!July 11
|[[Kelsey Impicciche]]
|[[YouTube]] personality, actress and singer
|-
!July 12 
|[[Erik Per Sullivan]]
|Actor (''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'')
|-
!July 15
|Emily Roeske
|Actress (''[[Halloweentown (film series)|Halloweentown]]'')
|-
!July 16
|[[Alexandra Shipp]]
|Actress (''[[House of Anubis]]'')
|-
!July 24
|[[Emily Bett Rickards]]
|Actress (''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'')
|-
!July 27
|[[Adam Page]]
|Pro wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=Adam Page |url=https://www.thesportster.com/tag/adam-page/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=TheSportster |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|July 29
|[[Maestro Harrell]]
|Actor (''[[Guys Like Us]]'', ''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[Suburgatory]]'')
|-
|[[Miki Ishikawa]]
|Actress (''[[Zoey 101]]'')
|-
!August 2
|[[Skyler Day]]
|Actress (''[[Gigantic (TV series)|Gigantic]]'', ''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'') and singer
|-
!August 5
|[[John Reynolds (actor)|John Reynolds]]
|Actor
|-
!August 9
|[[Alexa Bliss]]
|Pro wrestler ([[WWE]], ''[[Total Divas]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-03 |title=WWE Profile - Alexa Bliss |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173533/wwe-profile-page-alexa-bliss |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!August 12
|[[Lakeith Stanfield]]
|Actor (''[[Atlanta (TV series)|Atlanta]]'')
|-
!August 17
|[[Austin Butler]]
|Actor (''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'', ''[[Zoey 101]]'', ''[[Ruby & The Rockits]]'', ''[[Life Unexpected]]'', ''[[Switched at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]'', ''[[The Carrie Diaries (TV series)|The Carrie Diaries]]'', ''[[The Shannara Chronicles]]'')
|-
!August 18
|[[Richard Harmon]]
|Canadian actor (''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'') 
|-
!August 21
|[[Christian Navarro]]
|Actor (''[[13 Reasons Why]]'')
|-
!August 26 
|[[Dylan O'Brien]]
|Actor (''[[Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)|Teen Wolf]]'')
|-
!August 27
|[[Kasha Kropinski]]
|Actress
|-
!rowspan="3"|August 28
|Jonathan Whitesell
|Canadian actor (''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'', ''[[Beyond (2017 TV series)|Beyond]]'')
|- 
|[[Kyle Massey]]
|Actor (''[[That's So Raven]]'', ''[[Cory in the House]]'', ''[[Fish Hooks]]'', ''[[Mighty Magiswords]]'') and rapper
|-
|[[Samuel Larsen]]
|Actor (''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'')
|-
!August 30
|[[Gaia Weiss]]
|French-American actress (''[[Vikings (2013 TV series)|Vikings]]'')
|-
!September 3
|[[Samantha Marie Ware]]
|Actress
|-
!September 4
|[[Carter Jenkins]]
|Actor (''[[Famous in Love]]'')
|-
!September 7
|[[Jennifer Veal]]
|English actress (''[[Descendants: Wicked World]]'')
|-
!September 9 
|[[Kelsey Chow]]
|Actress (''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[Pair of Kings]]'', ''[[Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)|Teen Wolf]]'')
|-
!September 15
|[[Mike Perry (fighter)|Mike Perry]]
|Martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mike Perry Biography |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/bio/_/id/4038110/mike-perry |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!September 20 
|[[Spencer Locke]]
|Actress
|-
!September 22 
|[[Chelsea Tavares]]
|Actress (''[[Unfabulous]]'', ''[[Just Jordan]]'')
|-
!October 5
|[[Jackson Rogow]]
|Actor (''[[Dude, What Would Happen]]'') 
|-
!October 6 
|[[Roshon Fegan]]
|Actor (''[[Shake It Up (American TV series)|Shake It Up]]'') and singer
|-
!October 18
|[[Tyler Posey]]
|Actor (''[[Doc (2001 TV series)|Doc]]'', ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', ''[[Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)|Teen Wolf]]'', ''[[Elena of Avalor]]'', ''[[Jane the Virgin]]'', ''[[Scream (TV series)|Scream]]'')
|-
!October 23
|Hunter Clowdus
|Actor (''[[All American (TV series)|All American]]'')
|-
!October 27
|[[Bryan Craig]]
|Actor (''[[Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Valor (TV series)|Valor]]'')
|-
!November 1
|[[Anthony Ramos]]
|Actor
|-
!November 6
|[[Pierson Fodé]]
|Actor (''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'') 
|-
!November 8
|[[Riker Lynch]]
|Actor (''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'') and singer (''[[R5 (band)|R5]]'')
|-
!rowspan="2"|November 11
|[[Emma Blackery]]
|Actress, singer and [[YouTube]] personality
|-
|[[Christa B. Allen]]
|Actress (''[[Cake (2006 TV series)|Cake]]'', ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'')
|-
!rowspan="2"|November 13 
|[[Devon Bostick]]
|Canadian actor (''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'')
|-
|[[Matt Bennett]]
|Actor (''[[Victorious]]'')
|-
!November 14
|[[Graham Patrick Martin]]
|Actor
|-
!November 15
|[[Shailene Woodley]]
|Actress (''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'')
|-
!November 18
|Rory Thost
|Voice actor (Kip on ''[[Higglytown Heroes]]'')
|-
!December 1
|Olivia Grace Applegate
|Actress
|-
!December 2
|[[Charlie Puth]]
|Singer and actor
|-
!December 12
|[[Wallis Currie-Wood]]
|Actress (''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]'')
|-
!December 15
|[[Eunice Cho]]
|Actress (''[[Little Bill]]'')
|-
!rowspan="2"|December 19
|[[Keiynan Lonsdale]] 
|Australian actor (''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'')
|-
|[[Libe Barer]] 
|American actress
|-
!rowspan="2"|December 20
|[[Hunter Gomez]]
|Actor (''[[National Treasure (film)|National Treasure]]'')
|-
|[[Jillian Rose Reed]]
|Actress (''[[Awkward (TV series)|Awkward]]'', ''[[Elena of Avalor]]'')
|-
!December 24
|[[Louis Tomlinson]]
|English actor (''[[One Direction]]'') and singer
|-
!December 26 
|[[Eden Sher]] 
|Actress (''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]'', ''[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil]]'')
|-
!December 27
|[[Chloe Bridges]]
|Actress (''[[Freddie (TV series)|Freddie]]'', ''[[The Carrie Diaries (TV series)|The Carrie Diaries]]'')
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Date || Name || Age ||class="unsortable" |Notability
|-
!January 8
|[[Steve Clark]]
|align="center"|31
|English musician ([[Def Leppard]])
|-
!January 12 
|[[Keye Luke]]
|align="center"|86
|Character actor (''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'')
|-
!February 1
|[[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]]
|align="center"|84
|Voice actor ([[Mickey Mouse]])
|-
!rowspan="2"|February 3 
|[[Harry Ackerman]]
|align="center"|78
|Producer (''[[Bewitched]]'')
|-
|[[Nancy Kulp]]
|align="center"|69
|Actress (Miss Jane Hathaway on ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'')
|-
!February 6 
|[[Danny Thomas]]
|align="center"|79
|Actor and comedian (Danny Williams on ''[[Make Room for Daddy]]'')
|-
!rowspan="2"|February 24
|[[John Charles Daly]]
|align="center"|77
|News journalist and game show host (''[[What's My Line?]]'')
|-
|[[George Gobel]]
|align="center"|71
|[[Comedian]] (''[[The George Gobel Show]]'')
|-
!March 3 
|[[Vance Colvig]]
|align="center"|72
|Actor (''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' on [[KTLA]] in Los Angeles)
|-
!rowspan="2"|April 10
|[[Kevin Peter Hall]]
|align="center"|35
|Actor (''[[Misfits of Science]]'', ''[[227 (TV series)|227]]'', ''[[Harry and the Hendersons (TV series)|Harry and the Hendersons]]'')
|-
|[[Natalie Schafer]]
|align="center"|90
|Actress ([[Lovey Howell]] on ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'')
|-
!April 23 
|[[William Dozier]]
|align="center"|83
|Producer (''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'')
|-
!April 28
|[[Ken Curtis]]
|align="center"|74
|Singer and actor (Festus Haggin on ''[[Gunsmoke]]'')
|-
!June 9 
|[[Joe Hamilton (producer)|Joe Hamilton]]
|align="center"|62
|Producer (''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'', ''[[Mama's Family]]''), former husband of [[Carol Burnett]]
|-
!July 1 
|[[Michael Landon]]
|align="center"|54
|Actor and producer (''[[Bonanza]], [[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'', ''[[Highway to Heaven]]'') 
|-
! July 15 
|[[Bert Convy]]
|align="center"|57
|Game show host (''[[Super Password]]'' and ''[[Win, Lose Or Draw]]'')
|-
! July 21 
|[[Theodore Wilson]]
|align="center"|47
|Character actor (''[[Good Times]]'', ''[[That's My Mama]]'')
|-
!August 6 
|[[Harry Reasoner]]
|align="center"|68
|News anchor/reporter (''[[60 Minutes]]'')
|-
!August 22 
|[[Colleen Dewhurst]]
|align="center"|67
|Actress (''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''[[Road to Avonlea|Avonlea]]'')
|-
!September 4 
|[[Tom Tryon]]
|align="center"|65
|Actor (''[[Texas John Slaughter (TV series)|Texas John Slaughter]]'')
|-
!September 7
|[[Ben Piazza]]
|align="center"|57
|Actor (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
|-
!September 15 
|[[John Hoyt]]
|align="center"|85
|Actor (''[[Gimme a Break!]]'')
|-
!October 9 
|[[Thalmus Rasulala]]
|align="center"|51
|Actor (''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'', ''[[What's Happening!!]]'')
|-
!October 11 
|[[Redd Foxx]]
|align="center"|68
|Comedian and actor (Fred Sanford on ''[[Sanford and Son]]'')
|-
!October 24 
|[[Gene Roddenberry]]
|align="center"|70
|Creator of (''[[Star Trek]]'')
|-
!November 2 
|[[Irwin Allen]]
|align="center"|75
|Producer (''[[Lost in Space]]'')
|-
!November 5 
|[[Fred MacMurray]]
|align="center"|83
|Actor (Steve Douglas on ''[[My Three Sons]]'')
|-
!rowspan="2"|November 24
|[[Eric Carr]]
|align="center"|41
|Drummer (''[[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]'')
|-
|[[Freddie Mercury]]
|align="center"|45
|British singer  (''[[Queen (band)|Queen]]'')
|}

==See also==
* [[1991 in the United States]]
* [[List of American films of 1991]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=1991-01-01,1991-12-31&countries=us&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1991 American television series] at [[IMDb]]

{{Years in TV by country|1991}}
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