See also: 1973 in television, other events of 1974, 1975 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• February 8 - The Secret Storm airs its 5195th and final episode. The show is replaced the next Monday by Tattletales , a game show hosted by Bert Convy .
• August 8 - US President Richard Nixon resigns live on television.
• September 10 - The controversial TV movie Born Innocent , starring Linda Blair, was first screened on the NBC network in the United States. The film, which involved a fourteen-year-old being sent to a women's prison, drew heavy criticism for American television's first all-female rape scene.
• Monty Python's Flying Circus, the popular British sketch comedy which aired its final episode this year, is first shown in the US on an educational TV station in Dallas, Texas.

Debuts

• January 5 - Tiswas starts as a local programme in the Midlands in the UK and the television show was not fully networked until 1979 (1974-1982)
• January 7 - How to Survive a Marriage debuts in a 90-minute special on NBC daytime. The episode shows the first nudity (which was merely simulated and not seen) on American daytime television.
• January 15 - Happy Days premieres on ABC (1974-1984)
• February 1 - Good Times, a spinoff of Maude, premieres on CBS (1974-1979)
• February 11 - Tattletales, hosted by Bert Convy, premieres on CBS daytime (1974-1978, 1982-1984)
• September 9 - Rhoda premieres on CBS (1974-1978)
• Chico and the Man premieres (1974-1978)
• Derrick (1974-1998), German Krimi written by Herbert Reinecker, starring Horst Tappert
• Land of the Lost premieres (1974-1977)
• Little House on the Prairie starring Michael Landon (1974-1983)
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast premieres (1974-1984)
• The Rockford Files premieres (1974-1980)

Popular Television Shows

• Meet the Press (1947-present)
• Candid Camera (1948-present)
• Truth or Consequences (1950-1988)
• Love of Life (1951-1980)
• Search for Tomorrow (1951-1986)
• American Bandstand (1952-1989)
• The Guiding Light (1952-present)
• The Today Show (1952-present)
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present)
• The Good Old Days (UK) (1953-1983)
• Face the Nation (1954-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Captain Kangaroo (1955-1984)
• Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955-1976)
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
• The Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003)
• As the World Turns (1956-present)
• Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956-1978)
• The Edge of Night (1956-1984)
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present)
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present)
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present)
• Grandstand (UK) (1958-present)
• Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present)
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961-1981)
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present)
• Z-Cars (UK) (1962-1978)
• Dr Who (UK) (1963-1989)
• General Hospital (1963-present)
• The Doctors (1963-1982)
• Another World (1964-1999)
• Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present)
• Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present)
• Days of Our Lives (1965-present)
• World of Sport (UK) (1965-1985)
• Play School (1966-present)
• Ironside (1967-1975)
• Mannix (1967-1975)
• The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978)
• 60 Minutes (1968-present)
• Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980)
• One Life to Live (1968-present)
• Hee Haw (1969-1993)
• Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969-1976)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• The Benny Hill Show (UK) (1969-1989)
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1969-1979)
• All My Children (1970-present)
• Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
• McCloud (1970-1977)
• Monday Night Football (1970-present)
• Play for Today (UK) (1970-1984)
• The Odd Couple (1970-1975)
• All in the Family (1971-1979)
• Columbo (1971-1978)
• Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present)
• McMillan and Wife (1971-1977)
• Old Grey Whistle Test (UK) (1971-1987)
• Are You Being Served? (UK) (1972-1985)
• Emmerdale Farm (UK) (1972-present)
• John Craven's Newsround (UK) (1972-present)
• Kung Fu (1972-1975)
• Maude (1972-1978)
• M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
• Sanford and Son (1972-1977)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
• The Price Is Right (1972-present)
• The Waltons (1972-1981)
• Barnaby Jones (1973-1980)
• Kojak (1973-1978)
• Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present)
• Match Game '74 (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990-1991, 1998-1999)
• Schoolhouse Rock! (1973-1986)
• The Six Million Dollar Man (1973-1978)
• The Tomorrow Show (1973-1982)
• The Young and the Restless (1973-present)

Ending this year

• The Secret Storm (1954-1974)
• The Dean Martin Show (1965-1974)
• The Newlywed Game (1966-1974)
• Here's Lucy (1968-1974), leaving Lucille Ball without a regular, weekly TV show for the first time in 12 years.
• Love, American Style (1969-1974)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus (UK) (1969-1974)
• Room 222 (1969-1974)
• The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)
• The Flip Wilson Show (1970-1974)
• The Partridge Family (1970-1974)
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971-1974)
• The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971-1974)

Births

• January 1 - Lisa Snowdon, British model, actress and television presenter
• May 27 - Denise Van Outen, British actress and singer

Deaths

• March 20 - Chet Huntley, journalist
• April 30 - Agnes Moorehead, actress