1995 in television

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This is a list of television-related events in 1995.

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For the American network television schedule, please see 1995-96 American network television schedule.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Television shows 4 Ending this year 5 Changes of Network Affiliation 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

• January 1 - French Canadian cable television network Réseau de l'information is launched.
• January 24 - The O. J. Simpson trial begins live broadcasts on American daytime television; as a result, many of the network soap operas are partially pre-empted, more or less, for nine months.
• January 16 - The United Paramount Network (UPN) is launched.
• January 18 - The WB Television Network is launched.
• February 3 - In the UK, an edition of the live morning ITV discussion programme The Time The Place is abruptly ended ten minutes early. After an item about men's fashion featured a black male model wearing a skirt, another black man in the audience starts complaining that the show is racist, eventually making his way onto the stage.
• February 19 - Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancun. The bride wore a white bikini.
• April 12 - Drew Barrymore appears on The Late Show with David Letterman. In honor of Letterman's birthday, guest Barrymore dances on his desk and flashes him on-air.
• May 12 - As the World Turns airs its milestone 10,000th episode.
• May - ABC announces that an episode of the soap opera All My Children will be pulled from airing due to the recent Oklahoma City bombing; in the story, villainess Janet Green (Robin Mattson) was supposed to blow up the church in which her ex Trevor Dillon (James Kiberd) was to marry her rival Laurel Banning (Felicity LaFortune).
• July - The Walt Disney Company announces that it will purchase ABC; the deal is finalized in January 1996.
• November - Stone Cates dies of AIDS on General Hospital shortly after his lover, Robin Scorpio, confesses that he infected her with the HIV virus.
• Larry Hagman, former star of Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie, undergoes a liver transplant.
• Television programs ROX and Computer Chronicles are broadcast via the Internet—these are the first Internet broadcasts in the history of television.
• Zee TV (Hindi television channel) launched in the UK.

Debuts

• January - Star Trek: Voyager premieres, helping to launch UPN (1995-2001).
• March 21 - NewsRadio premieres (1995-1999)
• March 22 - Sliders premieres (1995-2000).
• August 28 - Sailor Moon premieres in Canada, introduced to the U.S. two weeks later.
• September 13 - The Drew Carey Show premieres (1995-2004).
• September 23 - JAG premieres (1995-2005).
• September 24 - Pride and Prejudice (UK), the BBC's massively popular adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, debuts on BBC One. The six-part serial finishes on October 29.
• September - Timon and Pumbaa premieres (1995-1998).
• November - The Wheezer Bros. premieres (1995-2001, with four final episodes not shown until 2004).
• Pamela Wallin Live premieres on CBC Newsworld (1995-1999).

Television shows

• Meet the Press (1947-present).
• Candid Camera (1948-present).
• 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 Programme (UK) (1966-present).
• 60 Minutes (1968-present).
• One Life to Live (1968-present).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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)
• Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
• Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996).
• The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
• EastEnders (UK) (1985-present).
• Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
• Sally (1985-2002).
• 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).
• Inspector Morse (1987-2000).
• Married... with Children (1987-1997).
• 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 (Ireland) (1988-present).
• This Morning (1988-present).
• Red Dwarf (UK) (1988-1999).
• Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
• Murphy Brown (1988-1998).
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999).
• Roseanne (1988-1997).
• The Ward (UK) (1988-2000).
• Baywatch (1989-2001).
• Cops (1989-present).
• Family Matters (1989-1998).
• Seinfeld (1989-1998).
• Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996).
• The Simpsons (1989-present).
• Law & Order (1990-present).
• America's Funniest Home Videos (1990-present).
• One Foot in the Grave (UK) (1990-2000).
• Road to Avonlea (Canada) (1990-1996).
• Home Improvement (1991-1999).
• Rugrats (1991-2004).
• Sisters (1991-1996).
• The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present).
• The Red Green Show (Canada) (1991-present).
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991-1996).
• Absolutely Fabulous (UK) (1992-1996, 2001-2003).
• Barney & Friends (1992-2002).
• Dateline NBC (1992-present).
• Mad About You (1992-1999).
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998).
• The Real World (1992-present).
• Beavis and Butt-head (1993-1997).
• Frasier (1993-2004).
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present).
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-1996).
• NYPD Blue (1993-present).
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999).
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present).
• The Nanny (1993-1999).
• The X-Files (1993-2002).
• WWF Monday Night RAW (1993-present).
• ER (1994-present).
• Friends (1994-2004).
• Touched by an Angel (1994-2003).

Ending this year

• Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995).
• Loving (1983-1995).
• Matlock (1986-1995).
• Full House (1987-1995).
• Empty Nest (1988-1995).
• Garfield and Friends (1988-1995).
• The Crystal Maze (UK) (1990-1995).
• Prime Time News (Canada) (1992-1995).

Changes of Network Affiliation

• Sister, Sister, from ABC to The WB.

Births

• May 12 - Sawyer Sweeten, actor.
• May 12 - Sullivan Sweeten, actor.

Deaths

• February 5 - Doug McClure, actor.
• April 4 - Kenny Everett, comedian, actor.
• April 23 - Howard Cosell, journalist.
• May 18 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Samantha Stephens on Bewitched).
• June 30 - Gale Gordon, actor (Mr. Mooney on The Lucy Show).
• July 4 - Eva Gabor, actress (Lisa Douglas on Green Acres).
• August 3 - Ida Lupino, actress, director.
• September 12 - Jeremy Brett, actor (Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes).
• November 4 - Paul Eddington, actor.