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1997 in television
See also: 1996 in television, other events of 1997, 1998 in television and the list of 'years in television'.
Events
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January 3 - NBC's The Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time.
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January - The US television networks adopt ratings systems for their programming, similar to those used for motion pictures.
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February 9 - The Simpsons surpasses The Flintstones as the longest-running prime-time animated series.
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March 30 - Channel 5, the UK's fifth & last terrestrial channel launches.
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June 6 - Actress Farrah Fawcett makes a bizarre appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Fawcett tells long, rambling stories without a point, fails to understand simple questions, and gets easily distracted by things like blinking lights on the set.
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July 15 - A tribute episode is aired on Another World in honor of core cast member Victoria Wyndham's twenty-five years with the program.
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August 31 - BBC1 continues to air through the whole night in the UK for the first time to bring news updates of Princess Diana's car accident. Now BBC1 no longer closes down for the night.
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October 13 - Canadian cable channels like Comedy Network, Food Network, HGTV, Prime , Teletoon began launching, Speedvision was introduced there.
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November 9 - BBC News 24 launched.
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November - a third production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's version of Cinderella airs on ABC. This version, starring Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston, is produced by The Walt Disney Company, who made their own version of the story as an animated film in 1950.
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December - God Save The Queen last played at closedown on BBC1 in the UK.
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Elton John performs "Candle In The Wind" at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Sailor Moon ends in Japan (1992-1997).
Debuts
Television shows
Ending this year
Deaths
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February 26 - David Doyle , actor.
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April 15 - Donald Bexley , actor on Sanford & Son.
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May 4 - Alvy Moore, actor on Green Acres.
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May 11 - Howard Morton , character actor.
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June 8 - Reid Shelton , actor.
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June 24 - Brian Keith, actor.
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July 4 - Charles Kuralt, journalist.
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August 27 - Brandon Tartikoff, former president of NBC.
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September 9 - Burgess Meredith, actor.
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September 17 - Red Skelton, comedian.
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October 16 - Audra Lindley, actress on Three's Company.
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October 24 - Don Messick, voice actor.
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December 18 - Chris Farley, accidental overdose of cocaine and morphine.
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December 25 - Denver Pyle, actor.
Last updated: 05-21-2005 05:15:33
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