1992 in television

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This is a list of television-related events in 1992.

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For the American network television schedule, please see 1992-93 American network television schedule.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Television shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• January 10 - The Days of Our Lives nighttime special One Stormy Night airs on NBC.
• May 22 - After 30 years, 66 year old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time. By this time, NBC has announced that Carson's permanent guest host, Jay Leno, will replace him as host. Later, in 1993, David Letterman leaves for CBS.
• May 27 - Jay Leno debuts as the host of The Tonight Show.
• June 3 - US Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton appears on The Arsenio Hall Show. Clinton even plays the saxophone with the live band.
• June 23 - Another World airs its first and only primetime episode, called Summer Desire, right before the Daytime Emmy Awards.
• September - The Young and the Restless airs its milestone 5000th episode.
• October 3 - Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live.
• October 31 - The controversial one-off drama Ghostwatch is broadcast on BBC1, a 'live' investigation into a haunted North London house.
• October - Zee TV, the first Hindi satellite channel, is launched in India.
• November 18- NBC's Seinfeld airs its most infamous episode, "The Contest", in which the four friends agree to abstain from all sexually related activity and see who could go without "it" the longest. It is never said who won the contest, however it is assumed to be a tie between Jerry Seinfeld's character, Jerry and Jason Alexander's character, George.
• In Belize, Channel 5 begins the nation's first daily news broadcast.
• In Latin America, Sábado Gigante turns 30 years old, with a new show every week. The Guinness Book of Records recognized it as the longest continuously running television show in history.
• Texas billionaire Ross Perot buys blocks of U.S. television time for his Presidential campaign.
• Growing Pains actress Tracey Gold loses a massive amount of weight due to anorexia nervosa and is placed in hospital care. As a result, she is written out of most of the final episodes.
• Kalimera Ellada on ANT1 debuts as one of its first morning show in Greek language television history.

Debuts

• March 31- Dateline NBC premieres on NBC (1992-present).
• April 6- Barney & Friends, a children's educational television show starring a giant purple dinosaur, premieres (1992-2002).
• May 21- The Real World premieres on MTV (1992-present). The show is one of the first popular "reality television" series.
• August 15- The Larry Sanders Show premieres on cable television (1992-1998).
• September 23- Mad About You premieres on NBC (1992-1999).
• November 2- Prime Time News replaces The National and The Journal on CBC television (1992-1995).
• November 12- Absolutely Fabulous premieres on BBC (1992-1996, 2001-2003).
• The soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten debuts on RTL Television in Germany.
• Sailor Moon premieres on TV Asahi in Japan.

Television shows

• Meet the Press (1947-present).
• Candid Camera (1948-present).
• Bozo the Clown (1949-present).
• Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995).
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present).
• Guiding Light (1952-present).
• The Today Show (1952-present).
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
• Face the Nation (1954-present).
• The Tonight Show (1954-present).
• This Is Your Life (UK) (1955-2003).
• As the World Turns (1956-present).
• 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).
• Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
• It's Academic (1961-present).
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
• General Hospital (1963-present).
• Another World (1964-1999).
• Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present).
• Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
• Play School (1966-present).
• The Money Program (UK) (1966-present).
• 60 Minutes (1968-present).
• One Life to Live (1968-present).
• Hee Haw (1969-1993).
• Sesame Street (1969-present).
• All My Children (1970-present).
• Monday Night Football (1970-present).
• Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present).
• Soul Train (1971-present).
• Emmerdale (UK) (1972-present).
• Newsround (UK) (1972-present).
• The Price Is Right (1972-present).
• Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present).
• The Young and the Restless (1973-present).
• Derrick (1974-1998).
• Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present).
• Arena (UK) (1975–present).
• Good Morning America (1975-present).
• Jim'll Fix It (UK) (1975-1994).
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
• the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present).
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
• 20/20 (1978-present).
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
• Knots Landing (1979-1993).
• Antiques Road Show (UK) (1979-present).
• Nightline (1979-present).
• This Old House (1979-present).
• Entertainment Tonight (1981-present).
• What Now (1982-present)
• Timewatch (UK) (1982-present)
• Cheers (1982-1993).
• Late Night with David Letterman (1982-1993).
• Loving (1983-1995).
• Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
• Mother and Son (Australia) (1984-1994).
• Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996).
• Santa Barbara (1984-1993).
• The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
• EastEnders (UK) (1985-present).
• Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
• Only Fools and Horses (UK) (1981-1983, 1985-1993, 1996-1997, 2001-2003) (the only episode aired this year was the Christmas special Mother Nature's Son).
• Sally (1985-2002).
• Designing Women (1986-1993).
• Double Dare (1986-1993).
• Hey Dad...! (Australia) (1986-1994).
• L.A. Law (1986-1994).
• Matlock (1986-1995).
• Perfect Strangers (1986-1993).
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present).
• Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present).
• Casualty (UK) (1986-present).
• Beadle's About (UK) (1987-1996).
• Chucklevision (UK) (1987-present).
• A Different World (1987-1993).
• Full House (1987-1995).
• Going Live! (UK) (1987-1993).
• Inspector Morse (1987-2000).
• Knightmare (UK) (1987-1994).
• Married... with Children (1987-1997).
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-1996).
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present).
• America's Most Wanted (1988-present).
• The American Experience (1988-present).
• Fair City (1988-present).
• Home and Away (1988-present).
• This Morning (1988-present).
• Red Dwarf (UK) (1988-1999).
• Children's Ward (UK) (1988-2000).
• Empty Nest (1988-1995).
• Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
• Garfield and Friends (1988-1995).
• Murphy Brown (1988-1998).
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999).
• Roseanne (1988-1997).
• The Wonder Years (1988-1993).
• 48 Hours (1988-present).
• Baywatch (1989-2001).
• Cops (1989-present).
• Family Matters (1989-1998).
• Life Goes On (1989-1993).
• Maid Marian and her Merry Men (UK) (1989-1994).
• Press Gang (UK) (1989-1993).
• Seinfeld (1989-1998).
• Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996).
• The Arsenio Hall Show (1989-1994).
• The Simpsons (1989-present).
• In Living Color (1990-1994).
• Law & Order (1990-present).
• America's Funniest Home Videos (1990-present).
• America's Funniest People (1990-1994)
• One Foot in the Grave (UK) (1990-2000).
• Road to Avonlea (Canada) (1990-1996).
• The Crystal Maze (UK) (1990-1995).
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK) (1984-1988, 1991-1994).
• Doug (1991-1994, 1996-1999).
• Home Improvement (1991-1999).
• Rugrats (1991-2004).
• Sisters (1991-1996).
• The House of Eliott (UK) (1991-1994).
• The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present).
• The Red Green Show (Canada) (1991-present).
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991-1996).

Ending this year

• April 30 - After an eight year run the last episode of The Cosby Show airs. One of the show's time-slot rivals, Fox's The Simpsons, pays tribute to it with a brief animated segment (1984-1992).
• May 9 - The Golden Girls (1985-1992).
• November - Acropolis Now (Australia) (1989-1992).
• November - Fast Forward (Australia) (1989-1992).
• Police 5 (UK) (1962-1992).
• The Journal (Canada) (1982-1992).
• Night Court (1984-1992).
• Who's the Boss? (1984-1992).
• Growing Pains (1985-1992).
• MacGyver (1985-1992).
• The Big Gig (Australia) (1989-1992).
• The Adventures of Superboy (1988-1992).

Births

• June 14 - Daryl Sabara, actor.

Deaths

• January 26 - José Ferrer, actor.
• February 2 - Bert Parks, longtime host of the Miss America beauty pageant.
• February 20 - Dick York, actor (Darren Stephens #1) on Bewitched.
• March 25 - Nancy Walker, actress (Ida on Rhoda and Rosie the Bounty lady).
• March 26 - Barbara Frum, legendary Canadian television journalist.
• April 20 - Benny Hill, British comedian.
• May 12 - Robert Reed, actor (Mike Brady) on The Brady Bunch, of AIDS.
• May 17 - Lawrence Welk, accordionist and bandleader.
• June 22 - Chuck Mitchell, actor
• July 9 - Eric Sevareid, news commentator.
• October 16 - Shirley Booth, actress who starred as the character Hazel.
• October 22 - Cleavon Little, actor.
• November 10 - Chuck Connors, actor on The Rifleman.
• November 22 - Sterling Holloway, actor, voice of Winnie-the-Pooh.
• December 18 - Mark Goodson, prolific producer of game shows such as Match Game and The Price is Right.
• December 24 - Pierre Culliford, a.k.a. "Peyo"; Belgian creator of Smurfs.