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1990 January 1 US Federal Communications Commission implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs. [1] Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV. [1] January 14 American TV show The Simpsons premieres on Fox-TV. [1] January 15 NBC TV begins airing the series Blue Bayou. [6] February 5 Notre Dame becomes first team to sell its game to a major network (NBC). [1] February 8 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine. [1] February 9 The Bradys return to TV for six episodes on CBS TV. [1] March 21 Normal Life starring Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV. [1] Sydney starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV. [1] March 27 The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba. [42] March 31 The NBC TV network begins airing the series Carol & Co.. [1] [6] April 1 The Comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting. [1] CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger. [1] April 4 The Marshall Chronicles premieres on ABC-TV. [1] April 8 Twin Peaks with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV. [1] April 9 Capital News starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV. [1] April 13 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS. [1] April 15 In Living Color premieres on FOX-TV. [1] April 21 Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue shown on all four TV networks. [1] May 18 Return To Green Acres TV movie airs. [1] May 19 General Elvis, TV drama, last airs on ABC. [1] May 21 Last episode of Newhart airs on CBS-TV; it was all a dream. [1] May 28 Dave Thomas Comedy Show debuts on CBS-TV. [1] May 31 Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles. [1] June 1 The Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting. [1] June 9 The NBC TV network begins airing the Singer & Sons show. [6] June 23 A rally to save TV show Alien Nation from cancellation is held at the Statue of Liberty. [1] TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of the year. [1] June 25 NBC decides to air episodes of Quantum Leap for five straight days. [1] June 27 The NBC TV network air the final Singer & Sons show. [6] July 6 Paul Wynne, KGO-TV San Francisco reporter, dies of AIDS at age 46. [1] July 7 Bill Cullen, American game show host (Price is Right), dies at age 70 of cancer (born 1920). [1] [42] July 14 Howard Stern's Summer Show premieres on WWOR-TV. [1] July 16 Rick Dee's Into the Night premieres on ABC-TV. [1] August 31 The 570th and last episode of the show Win, Lose, or Draw is aired in syndication. [6] September 1 The ABC TV network airs the last episode of Disney's Gummi Bears / Winnie the Pooh Hour. [6] September 3 The TV series The Challengers first airs. [6] September 8 NBC begins airing the Disney TV series The Fanelli Boys. [6] The ABC TV network debuts the animated series New Kids on the Block. [6] September 10 The 2-hour The Disney Afternoon syndicated TV show premieres. Included is a new series, Tale Spin. [6] September 11 US President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait. [42] September 16 Iraq televises an 8-minute uncensored speech from US President George Bush. [1] September 19 The CBS TV network debuts the Disney-produced series Lenny. [6] September 23 The NBC TV network debuts the Disney-produced series Hull High. [6] PBS begins an 11-hour miniseries on The US Civil War. [1] The Disney Channel begins airing the series The Magical World of Disney. [6] October 26 William Paley, CEO of CBS, dies at age 89 from a heart attack. [1] December 30 The NBC TV network cancels the show Hull High. The shows had cost US$325,000 each to produce. [6] December 31 The Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting. [1] 1991 January 3 NBC TV begins airing the series Blossom. [6] January 6 Real Life With Jane Pauley premieres on NBC-TV. [1] January 7 Nia Peeples Party Machine premieres on TV. [1] January 8 Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters and Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV. [1] January 13 12th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 25 awards. [1] January 14 Barbara DeAngelis Show premieres on CBS-TV. [1] January 20 Iraq parades captured Allied airmen on TV. [1] January 23 Seinfeld debuts on NBC-TV. [1] January 25 TV soap opera Generations last episode after a 2.5 year run. [1] January 28 A Closer Look with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV. [1] February 6 Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies. [1] February 16 NBC airs the last episode of the Disney TV series The Fanelli Boys. [6] February 24 Death of John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host (born 1914). [41] March 9 The CBS TV network airs the last show of the series Lenny. [6] March 18 Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at age 72. [1] April 5 The NBC TV network begins airs the series The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage. [6] April 6 The Disney Channel begins airing the animated series Darkwing Duck. [6] April 11 New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television". [1] April 12 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs on US TV. [1] April 16 The Disney-produced TV series STAT first airs. [6] April 22 Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens. [1] April 26 Dinosaurs TV show premieres on ABC-TV. [1] The ABC TV network begins airing the series Dinosaurs. [6] May 3 356th and final episode of CBS second longest running series Dallas, second only to Gunsmoke. [1] [129] May 16 Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies. [1] May 21 The last episode of STAT airs. [6] May 26 Tom Cassidy, news anchor (CNN), dies of AIDS at age 41. [1] The NBC TV network airs the last show of the series The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage. [6] July 15 Bert Convy, American actor and game show host (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at age 57 of a brain tumor (born 1933). [1] [41] July 27 TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition. [1] August 14 Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at age 61. [1] August 19 The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Carol & Co.. [6] August 30 The last episode of the TV series The Challengers airs. [6] August 31 The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the animated series New Kids on the Block. [6] September 7 The animated Darkwing Duck TV series begins airing on ABC and in syndication. [6] September 8 The Fox TV network begins airing the Herman's Head series. [6] September 14 The NBC TV network debuts the series Nurses. [6] September 15 The NBC TV network begins airing the series Pacific Station. [6] The Party Machine with Nia Peeples final show. [1] September 17 The ABC TV network debuts the Disney-produced TV show Home Improvement. [6] September 21 The NBC TV network debuts the Disney TV show The Torkelsons. [6] September 24 Good and Evil and Sibs premieres on ABC TV. [1] September 25 The ABC TV network premieres the Disney TV series Good and Evil. [6] September 27 Princesses premieres on CBS TV. [1] October 7 The ABC TV network begins exclusive airing of Disney's Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. [6] October 11 Redd Foxx, American actor/comedian (Sanford and Son), dies at age 68 from a heart attack (born 1922). [1] [41] October 24 Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator, dies of a heart attack at age 70 (born 1921). [1] [41] October 31 The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV series Good and Evil. [6] November 1 The CBS TV network airs the first episode of The Carol Burnett Show. The series started on NBC as Carol & Co.. [6] November 8 The Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV. [1] November 12 Full House 100th TV episode - the twins are born. [1] November 14 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV. [1] November 16 The NBC TV network begins airing the Walter and Emily show. [6] December 11 Robert Q Lewis, US comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at age 70. [1] December 17 Soap opera One Life to Live airs its 6,000th episode. [1] December 27 Carol Burnett Show last airs on CBS-TV. [1] The CBS TV network airs the last episode of The Carol Burnett Show. [6] 1992 January 3 The NBC TV network airs the last episode of the series Pacific Station. [6] January 8 George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan, vomiting into the lap of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and fainting. [1] [33] January 12 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards. [1] February 2 Bert Parks [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America Pageant), dies at age 77 (born 1914). [1] [33] February 6 Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall on NBC. [1] February 10 Dangerous Women final episode on WWOR-TV. [1] February 15 100th episode of Cops airs on the Fox Network. [1] February 22 The NBC TV network airs the last Walter and Emily show. [6] March 18 On CNN's Larry King Live, Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot announces that he will run for U.S. President as an independent, if volunteers put him on the ballot in all 50 states. [33] (February 20 [1]) March 30 CBS TV premieres overnight news program Up To The Minute. [1] April 20 100th episode of Murphy Brown TV show airs in USA. [1] The Disney Channel premieres the animated TV series Goof Troop. [6] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium, is televised live to over one billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research. [1] [33] April 26 Growing Pains, final episode on ABC TV. [1] Who's The Boss, final episode after 8 years on ABC TV. [1] April 30 208th and final episode of The Cosby Show on NBC-TV. [1] May 9 Final episode of Golden Girls airs on NBC-TV. [1] May 13 Final episode of Night Court airs on NBC-TV. [1] May 18 Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at age 52. [1] May 19 US Vice President Dan Quayle cites Murphy Brown (ficticious TV show) as a poor example of family values. [1] [33] May 25 Jay Leno becomes the new host of NBC's The Tonight Show, following the retirement of Johnny Carson. [1] [33] June 20 The NBC TV network airs the last episode of the TV show The Torkelsons. [6] August 1 NBC's Saturday Today premieres. [1] September 4 The Disney Channel airs the last episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. [6] September 12 The CBS TV network airs the first show of Disney's The Little Mermaid, entitled Whale of a Tail. [6] The ABC TV network begins airing episodes of Goof Troop. [6] The CBS TV network begins airing the animated TV series Raw Toonage. [6] The NBC TV network airs the last episode of The Golden Girls. [6] September 18 The CBS TV network begins airing the Disney show The Golden Palace, a sequel to The Golden Girls. [6] September 27 The Fox TV network debuts the series Woops!. [6] September 30 The ABC TV network debuts the series Laurie Hill. [6] October 28 The ABC TV network airs the last Laurie Hill show. [6] December 6 The Fox TV network airs the last episode of the series Woops!. [6] December 8 NBC announces that Cheers will go off the air in May 1993. [1] December 18 Mark Goodson, American TV game show producer (Goodson-Toddman), dies at age 77 (born 1915). [1] [33] December 22 Death of Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist and author (born 1914). [33] 1993 January 5 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident. [1] January 8 NBC offers The Tonight Show to David Letterman. [1] January 14 David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS. [1] January 15 Soap opera Santa Barbara final show on NBC TV. [1] January 17 14th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards. [1] February 6 The NBC TV network airs the first episode of Almost Home. [6] February 8 General Motors sues NBC, after Dateline NBC allegedly rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the following day. [1] [31] February 10 Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey airs on ABC and draws an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people. [1] February 16 Richard Salant, news president (CBS - 60 Minutes), dies at age 78. [1] March 5 The ABC TV network debuts the series Where I Live. [6] March 8 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at age 69. [1] March 12 Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show. [1] April 3 Death of Pinky Lee, American children's television host, by heart attack at age 85 (born 1907). [1] [5] [31] April 26 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman. [1] May 10 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman. [1] May 11 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire. [1] May 12 Final episode of six year run of ABC's Wonder Years in Netherlands. [1] Last broadcast of Cheers on NBC-TV. [1] CBS' TV show Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show. [1] May 13 Arsenio Hall's 1,000th TV show retrospective seen in Netherlands. [1] May 20 274th and final Cheers on NBC. [1] June 11 The TV series Cutters first airs. [6] July 2 Death of Fred Gwynne, American actor and comedian (born 1926), mostly known as Herman Munster from TV show The Munsters. [31] July 3 The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Almost Home. [6] July 9 The last show of the TV series Cutters airs. Five shows were produced in total. [6] August 6 The CBS TV network airs the last episode of The Golden Palace. [6] August 30 The Late Show with David Letterman premieres on CBS. [31] September 3 The syndicated Disney TV show Going Bonkers airs. [6] September 4 The ABC TV network airs the last episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. [6] The CBS TV network airs the last episode of Raw Toonage. [6] September 10 The syndicated TV series Bill Nye, the Science Guy begins. [6] The TV series The Crusaders first airs. [6] September 11 The ABC TV network airs the last episode of Goof Troop. [6] The ABC TV network airs the last show of the Darkwing Duck series. [6] September 13 Late Night with Conan O'Brien premieres on NBC. [31] September 14 The Fox TV network first airs the show Bakersfield P.D.. [6] September 16 The Fox TV network begins airing Disney's The Sinbad Show. [6] September 18 The CBS TV network debuts the animated TV series Marsupilami. [6] September 24 The ABC TV network begins airing the series Boy Meets World. [6] November 20 The ABC TV network airs the last episode of Where I Live. [6] 1994 January 3 The ABC TV network premieres the Disney TV series The Good Life. [6] January 4 The last episode of the TV show Bakersfield P.D. airs. [6] January 11 The Fox TV network debuts the Monty show. [6] January 15 15th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10. [1] February 5 Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego debuts on Fox TV. [1] February 6 The Disney Channel first airs the animated TV series Disney's Aladdin. [6] February 15 The Fox TV network airs the final Monty show. [6] March 4 John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at age 43 (born 1950). [1] [5] [30] March 9 The TV show Thunder Alley premieres. [6] The ABC TV network debuts the series These Friends of Mine. [6] March 14 The NBC TV network begins airing Disney's Someone Like Me show. [6] April 3 Pat Harper, New York City news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies. [1] April 11 The TV Show Mike & Maty debuts. [6] April 12 The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV series The Good Life. [6] April 17 Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at age 69. [1] April 18 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994. [1] April 25 The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Disney's Someone Like Me show. [6] May 1 Charles Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road). [1] May 19 Final Episode of TV show L.A. Law after 8 year run. [1] Henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at age 74. [1] May 27 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show. [1] May 28 Cafe American last airs on NBC-TV. [1] Rita Gillespie, TV director, dies at age 65. [1] June 16 The Fox TV network airs the last episode of the Herman's Head show. [6] June 17 NFL star O.J. Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in Simpson's white Ford Bronco. The low speed chase, which unfolds live on television, ends up at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, where he then surrenders to police. [30] June 18 The NBC TV network airs the last show of Nurses. [6] July 20 The last show of the TV series Dinosaurs airs. [6] July 28 The Fox TV network air the last episode of The Sinbad Show. [6] September 2 The last syndicated episode of Tale Spin airs on TV. [6] September 4 The Fox TV network airs the first episode of the Disney TV show Hardball. [6] September 12 Disney's syndicated TV show Judge for Yourself first airs. [6] September 22 The American TV sitcom Friends premieres on NBC. [30] October 23 The Fox TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV show Hardball. [6] October 24 The animated TV series Gargoyles first airs. [6] November 20 Death of John Lucarotti, TV writer (born 1926). [30] December 6 Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on January 11, 1995. [1] December 10 The ABC TV network airs the two-hour special Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic. [6] December 21 Shauna McDonald Brown, British TV producer, dies at age 37. [1] December 27 Death of Fanny Craddock, British TV chef and restaurant critic (born 1909). [30]

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