1993 жылғы АҚШ теледидарының маңызды оқиғалары

Television related events in the USA during 1993

In American television in 1993, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

Date EventJanuary 3ABC and CBS simultaneously broadcast their own movies based on Amy Fisher's life, with Fisher played by Drew Barrymore (for ABC) and Alyssa Milano (for CBS); NBC had broadcast its own version of the Fisher saga six days earlier (December 28, 1992). January 8ABC affiliate KOUS TV (now Fox affiliate KHMT) in Billings, Montana, which had suffered reception problems for most of its history, signs off the air (it will return to the air as KHMT in August 1995). Later that day, KSVI signs on the air, taking KOUS TV's intellectual unit and ABC affiliation with it. January 11Monday Night Raw airs its first episode, live from the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York City, on the USA Network. In the main event, The Undertaker defeats Damien Demento. January 14David Letterman announces during a press conference that he will be moving his late night program from NBC to CBS come August 1993. January 15The series finale of Santa Barbara airs on NBC. In it, Sophia and C. C. Capwell move towards a reconciliation, Kelly finds love with Connor McCabe, and at Warren and B. J. 's wedding, unbalanced Andie Klein aims a gun at the crowd; however, she is quickly disarmed and carried away by Connor. This is then followed by a roll call list of the cast and crew. The final shot consists of executive producer Paul Rauch standing in front of the camera, smashing a cigar under his shoe, and walking away. January 16On Saturday Night Live, Madonna parodies Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday Mr. President, as “Happy Inauguration Mr. President”. On the same episode, she imitates Sinéad O'Connor's actions from earlier in the season. January 19Fox expands its regular prime time schedule to seven days a week; the network celebrates by premiering two dramas on this Tuesday: Class of '96 and Key West. January 20Warner Bros. Television Distribution launches the Prime Time Entertainment Network. January 31The Super Bowl, broadcast by NBC, has a solo halftime performer for the first time—Michael Jackson, who performed a medley of his most successful songs. February 10Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a live primetime special on ABC, hosted at Jackson's Neverland Ranch (Jackson's first TV interview since 1979 with Barbara Walters for 20/20). Fox gets a full time home in Grand Junction, Colorado when KFQX signs on the air. February 24Michael Jackson receives a Grammy Legend Award at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards, presented by his younger sister, Janet. The ceremony is broadcast by CBS. February 26The Days of Our Lives nighttime special Night Sins is broadcast by NBC. March 2Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade makes its network television premiere on CBS. March 4ESPN holds the first ever ESPY Awards. The highlight is Jim Valvano's speech while accepting the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award. He announced the creation of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, an organization dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. Less than two months after his famous ESPY speech, Valvano died following a nearly yearlong battle with metastatic cancer. March 13Harrison Ford appears as Indiana Jones in the bookend scenes for an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles on ABC. March 28Through a brokered deal with ESPN, ABC begins the first of a two year deal with the National Hockey League to televise six regional Sunday afternoon broadcasts (including the first three Sundays of the playoffs). This marked the first time that regular season National Hockey League games were broadcast on American network television since (when NBC was the NHL's American broadcast television partner). April 4The ninth annual WrestleMania event is broadcast on pay per view. This was the first WrestleMania event to be held outdoors as it took place at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada. This was also the first World Wrestling Federation event to feature Jim Ross as a commentator. The main event saw Hulk Hogan defeating Yokozuna, who had won the belt moments prior, to win the WWF Championship (Hogan actually wrestled earlier in the night, teaming up with Brutus Beefcake in a loss to Money Inc. via DQ and failed to win the WWF Tag Team Championship). April 18The Disney Channel celebrates its 10th anniversary. April 25Lorne Michaels chooses Conan O'Brien, who was a writer for The Simpsons at the time and a former writer for Michaels at Saturday Night Live, to fill David Letterman's old seat directly after The Tonight Show on NBC. May 5Senior As the World Turns cast member Don Hastings hosts a memorial tribute to Douglas Marland. Marland, who died during March after an abdominal surgery procedure, had been the series' chief writer since 1985 and was responsible for several story lines on the CBS soap opera. The series finale of Quantum Leap is broadcast on NBC. Two title cards were tacked on to the end of the last episode; one read that Al's first wife Beth never remarried, so they were still married in the present day and had four daughters. The last title cards said "Sam Becket [sic] never returned home." The finale was met by viewers with mixed feelings. May 13 The fourth season finale of the Fox cartoon sitcom The Simpsons features guest appearances from Johnny Carson, Hugh Hefner, Bette Midler, Luke Perry, Elizabeth Taylor, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Barry White. Knots Landing airs a two hour series finale on CBS. May 14Jaimee Foxworth (Judy) and Telma Hopkins (Rachel) make their final regular appearances on the ABC sitcom Family Matters; though Hopkins later makes return guest appearances on the series as Rachel while Foxworth's character Judy disappears without explanation. May 19The gang at West Beverly graduate from high school in the Season 3 finale of Beverly Hills, 90210. May 20NBC airs the fourth season finale of Seinfeld, expanded to 60 minutes. The episode concludes a season long story sequence involving a pilot show written by Jerry and George, with the pilot finally coming to fruition only to be refused by NBC executives. Immediately afterwards, 80.4 million people tune to NBC to watch the series finale of Cheers. May 23One month after federal agents make an infamous raid on David Koresh's Waco, Texas, compound, NBC broadcasts a hastily produced television movie based on the incident, In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco; Tim Daly plays Koresh for the movie. May 28Major League Baseball's owners overwhelmingly approve a six year joint venture with ABC and NBC. The venture, eventually dubbed "The Baseball Network", displaces CBS as MLB's primary network television package holder. June 1Connie Chung begins co anchoring CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. June 13The World Wrestling Federation holds the inaugural King of the Ring event on pay per view. Hulk Hogan would lose the WWF Championship against Yokozuna in what would be Hogan's final appearance on the WWF's television programming until 2002. June 16While appearing as a guest on Yo! MTV Raps, Tupac Shakur confesses to physically assaulting film directors Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes in retaliation for his firing from the film Menace II Society. June 25David Letterman broadcasts his last late night talk show with NBC. June 26The final episode of Soul Train with Don Cornelius as host airs. July 2Don Drysdale makes what turns out to be his final broadcast for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He provided play by play on the first six innings for a game between the Dodgers and Montreal Expos on KTLA 5, before handing it off to Vin Scully. Drysdale later died of a heart attack in his hotel's room, in Montreal, in the early hours of the following night. July 13The Major League Baseball All Star Game airs on CBS for the fourth consecutive year. Played in Baltimore, this is to date, the final time that CBS would broadcast Major League Baseball's All Star Game. August 3Gayle Gardner becomes the first woman to do televised play by play of a baseball game when she called the action of a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds. August 18At Clash of the Champions XXIV, the professional wrestler known as the Shockmaster botches his debut appearance in World Championship Wrestling by tripping and falling face first to the ground after crashing through a wall on Ric Flair's interview segment "A Flair for the Gold". August 30Late Show with David Letterman premieres on CBS, with actor Bill Murray and musical guest Billy Joel. PBS introduces new branding for their children's programs featuring "The P Pals". September 3Sally Jessy Raphael Show airs for the last time on WABC TV and KCAL TV in the New York and Los Angeles areas respectively. The following Tuesday, The Les Brown Show takes over the WABC spot. Sally would move to WNBC and KNBC in said areas. September 12Raymond Burr dies of liver cancer at his ranch home in California at the age of 76. (The last Perry Mason movie, Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss, airs on NBC on November 29, carrying a dedication to Burr with an in memoriam tribute at the end of the movie. )September 13Late Night with Conan O'Brien premieres on NBC, as O'Brien replaces David Letterman as host. Xuxa debuts her English program in syndication, becoming the first Brazilian person to host a TV show in US. September 16Marc Wilmore, Reggie McFadden, Jay Leggett, Carol Rosenthal and Anne Marie Johnson join the cast of the Fox series In Living Color for its final season. None of the Wayans Family are involved at all during the season. September 18On Beakman's World on CBS, Liza (played by Eliza Schneider) makes her debut as the new assistant/co host. Lasting 39 episodes, Liza would be the longest tenured assistant on the show. September 19The 45th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is broadcast on ABC. September 24Raven Symoné, Nell Carter and Saundra Quarterman join the cast of the series Hangin' with Mr. Cooper on ABC. October 23CBS's four year broadcast relationship with Major League Baseball ends with Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter's walk off home run to win the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Bob Seger's song "The Famous Final Scene" plays during the broadcast's closing credits. )October 25The Rocky Horror Picture Show makes its TV debut on Fox; the movie is inter cut with a live cast performance. October 27Paramount Pictures and Chris Craft Industries announce the formation of the United Paramount Network. October 29The first Got Milk? commercial is broadcast on TV. Directed by Michael Bay, a guy obsessed by the history of the duel hears a voice on the radio asking a $10,000 question, "Who shot Alexander Hamilton in that famous duel? ", while making and eating a peanut butter sandwich. The question was transferred to the telephone, answers the correct answer "Aaron Burr", but the person on the telephone can't hear it clearly with his mouth full of peanut butter sandwich before time ends, and he only has a few drops of milk left. October 30Michael J. Nelson makes his debut as host of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Nelson replaced Joel Hodgson, who departed from the series the week prior. November 2Warner Bros. Entertainment announces the formation of The WB Television Network. November 9On CNN, Larry King moderates a debate between Ross Perot and Al Gore on the North American Free Trade Agreement that was watched in 11.174 million households – the largest audience ever for a program on an ad supported cable network until the October 23, 2006 New York Giants Dallas Cowboys game on ESPN's Monday Night Football. November 12The UFC puts on their first ever pay per view event in Denver. November 15Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Christina Aguilera join the cast of the Disney Channel series The New Mickey Mouse Club. November 21 Bill Bixby dies of prostate cancer at the age of 59 (six days after his final directing job on NBC's Blossom). November 25Home Alone makes its network television premiere on NBC. November 26Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT all broadcast 14 hours of animated programs as part of "The Great International Toon In". Interstitials during the event introduced the Cartoon Network's new motion capture animated character Moxy. December 18CBS (which had been a broadcaster of National Football League games for 38 years) loses their rights to telecast National Football Conference games to Fox. Fox wins the rights to NFC games by offering a then record $1.58 billion to the NFL over four years, significantly more than the $290 million per year CBS was willing to pay.

Date Show NetworkJanuary 1 Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanCBSJanuary 3 Star Trek: Deep Space NineSyndicationJanuary 6 Space RangersCBSJanuary 8 Hotel RoomHBOJanuary 11 The UntouchablesSyndication WWF Monday Night RawUSA NetworkJanuary 18 ScattergoriesNBCJanuary 19 Class of '96Fox Key WestJanuary 20 Time TraxPTENJanuary 27 Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesJanuary 31 Homicide: Life on the StreetNBCFebruary 8 Day OneABCFebruary 28 BonkersSyndication March 5 Getting ByABC Where I LiveABCMarch 8 Beavis and Butt HeadMTVMarch 10How'd They Do That?CBSSirensABCMarch 22 Family SecretsNBC Real Stories of the Highway Patrol SyndicationMarch 23 TriBeCaFoxMarch 2910 SecondsThe Nashville NetworkMarch 31 Home FreeABCApril 2 Good AdviceCBSApril 6 ECW Hardcore TV SyndicationApril 10 A League of Their OwnCBSApril 16 DudleyMay 22Saved by the Bell: The College YearsNBCMay 24 Equal TimeCNBCJune 6 South BeachNBCJune 7 Rumor Has ItVH1 Trivial PursuitThe Family ChannelJune 11 CuttersCBSJune 14 John and Leeza from HollywoodNBC Caesar's ChallengeJune 23 Family DogCBSJune 25 Johnny BagoJune 26 Front PageFoxJuly 5 Theodore TugboatPBSJuly 10Brains & BrawnNBCJuly 11 Danger TheatreFox WeinervilleNickelodeonJuly 25 Politically IncorrectComedy CentralJuly 28 Street MatchABCAugust 1 Fallen AngelsShowtimeAugust 9 Big Wave Dave'sCBSAugust 18 Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie CouricNBCAugust 20 The BuildingCBSAugust 22 Living SingleFoxAugust 25 The Trouble with LarryCBS Tall HopesCBSAugust 26 Angel FallsCBSAugust 27 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. FoxAugust 28 Mighty Morphin Power RangersFox Kids August 30 Late Show with David LettermanCBS Missing PersonsABCSeptember 2 The John Larroquette ShowNBCSeptember 5 2 Stupid DogsTBS Daddy DearestFox NFL MatchupESPNSeptember 6 NFL Prime Monday Adventures of Sonic the HedgehogSyndication American Journal The Les Brown Show September 7 The Chevy Chase ShowFox September 8 Thea ABCSeptember 10 The X FilesFox Bill Nye the Science GuyPBS/SyndicationSeptember 11 Running the HallsTNBC Entertainers with Byron AllenSyndication Legends of the Hidden TempleNickelodeon Droopy, Master DetectiveFox Kids SWAT Kats: The Radical SquadronCartoon Network Saved by the Bell: The New ClassTNBCSeptember 12 Baby Races Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanABC Townsend TelevisionFox seaQuest DSVNBCSeptember 13 Late Night with Conan O'Brien AnimaniacsFox Kids The Bertice Berry ShowSyndication Ricki Lake XuxaSeptember 14 Bakersfield P. D. Fox MadelineThe Family Channel PhenomABCSeptember 15 Moon Over MiamiSeptember 16 The Sinbad ShowFoxFrasierNBC CobraSyndicationSeptember 18 Biker Mice from Mars Exosquad Martha Stewart Living CityKidsABC Cro Sonic the Hedgehog Tales from the Cryptkeeper Café AmericainNBC The MommiesRocko's Modern LifeNickelodeon All New Dennis the MenaceCBS Cadillacs and DinosaursCBS MarsupilamiCBSSeptember 20 Dave's WorldCBSSeptember 21 NYPD BlueABCSeptember 23 Eye to Eye with Connie ChungCBSSeptember 24 Boy Meets WorldABCSeptember 25 Harts of the WestCBS Walker, Texas RangerCBSSeptember 28 Acapulco H. E. A. T. SyndicationSeptember 29 Grace Under FireABC Joe's LifeOctober 1 Against the GrainNBCOctober 3 Late Edition with Wolf BlitzerCNNOctober 25 The Jon Stewart ShowMTVOctober 27 South of SunsetCBSOctober 29 Diagnosis: Murder October 30 The Paula Poundstone ShowABCNovember 3 The NannyCBSNovember 5 GeorgeABCNovember 23 How to Boil WaterFood NetworkNovember 28 The Adventures of Pete & PeteNickelodeonDecember 2 Second ChancesCBSDecember 5 The Moxy Pirate ShowCartoon NetworkDecember 17 Off Beat CinemaWKBW TV Scientific American FrontiersPBS The StateMTV

Date Show Debut January 4WWF Prime Time Wrestling 1985January 8Hotel Room 1993January 15 Santa Barbara 1984January 16The Powers That Be 1992January 17The Ben Stiller Show February 13Double Dare (returned in 2000)1986 February 26 Camp Wilder 1992March 24 Doogie Howser, M. D. 1989March 31Homicide: Life on the Street (returned in 1994)1993 April 17 Raven 1992April 26Homefront 1991April 27 Reasonable Doubts April 30The Jackie Thomas Show 1992May 5 Quantum Leap 1989May 12 The Wonder Years 1988May 13 Knots Landing 1979May 14The Golden Palace 1992May 17 Major Dad 1989May 20 Cheers 1982May 22 Saved by the Bell 1989May 23 Life Goes On The Pirates of Dark Water 1991 Shaky Ground 1992 May 24Designing Women 1986 May 25Class of '96 1993May 29Street Justice 1991June 1FBI: The Untold Stories June 6The Torkelsons June 11Scrabble 1984Shining Time Station 1989June 13Parker Lewis Can't Lose 1990June 18Harry and the Hendersons 1991June 25 Late Night with David Letterman 1982July 6Room for Two 1992July 7Sirens (returned in 1994)1993July 9 A Different World 1987August 6 Perfect Strangers 1986Brooklyn Bridge 1991August 25Delta 1992September 3Studs 1991October 1The Chevy Chase Show 1993October 10American Heroes & Legends1992October 23 Major League Baseball on CBS 1990October 27South of Sunset 1993October 30Angel Falls November 6The Addams Family 1992November 20Where I Live 1993December 1Moon Over MiamiDecember 3Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog December 4Tom & Jerry Kids1990Wild West C. O. W. Boys of Moo Mesa 1992Droopy: Master Detective1993December 11MarsupilamiDecember 15Joe's LifeDecember 24Against the Grain December 26Townsend Television December 27Bob 1992December 31The Joan Rivers Show1989

Show Seasons In Production Notes Source1st & Ten6NoAdventures in Wonderland1YesCoach5YesMajor Dad4NoCable syndication on USA Network. Parker Lewis Can't Lose3NoCable syndication on USA Network. Rescue 9114YesAugust 1Leon Thomas IIIActor (The Backyardigans, Victorious, Insecure)August 2Cassidy GiffordActressJoivan WadeEnglish actor (Youngers, Doom Patrol)August 7Francesca EastwoodActress (Mrs. Eastwood & Company) and daughter of Clint EastwoodAugust 8Stella BakerActressAugust 9Rydel LynchActress and singer (R5)August 11Alyson StonerActress (Mike's Super Short Show, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody), voice actress (Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Phineas and Ferb, Young Justice, The Legend of Korra, Milo Murphy's Law) and singerLuke ErcegAustralian actor (Mortified)August 12Imani HakimActress (Everybody Hates Chris)August 14Cassi ThomsonActress (Big Love, Switched at Birth)August 16Cameron MonaghanActor (Shameless, Gotham)August 18Maia MitchellAustralian actress (Mortified, The Fosters, Good Trouble)August 26Keke PalmerActress (True Jackson, VP, Winx Club, Scream Queens, Star, Berlin Station, Scream) and singerAugust 29Liam PayneSinger (One Direction)Lucas CruikshankActor (Fred: The Show, Marvin Marvin)September 5Gage GolightlyActress (The Troop, Ringer, Teen Wolf, Red Oaks)September 7Taylor GrayActor (Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Star Wars Rebels)September 9Charlie StewartActor (Life with Bonnie, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody)September 12Kelsea BalleriniSinger (Greatest Hits, The Voice, CMT Music Awards)September 13Niall HoranSinger (One Direction)Aisha DeeAustralian actress (The Saddle Club, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Chasing Life, The Bold Type)September 18Patrick SchwarzeneggerActor and son of Arnold SchwarzeneggerSeptember 21Aliocha SchneiderFrench Canadian actorSeptember 22Carlos KnightActor (Supah Ninjas)September 24Ben PlattActorSeptember 25Zach Tyler EisenVoice actor (Little Bill, The Backyardigans, Avatar: The Last Airbender)October 2Elizabeth McLaughlinActress (First Day, Betrayal, Hand of God)Tara Lynne BarrActress (Aquarius)October 8Angus T. JonesActor (Two and a Half Men)Molly QuinnActress (Winx Club, Castle)October 9Autumn ChiklisActressScotty McCreerySinger (American Idol)October 11Brandon FlynnActor (13 Reasons Why)October 19Hunter KingActress (The Young and the Restless)October 23Taylor SpreitlerActress (Days of Our Lives, Melissa & Joey)October 25Zeno RobinsonActor (The Owl House, Craig of the Creek, Ben 10)October 27Troy GentileActor (The Goldbergs) October 29India EisleyActress (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) November 1Dillon LaneActor (Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures)November 6Jak KnightActor, comedian and writer (Big Mouth, Bust Down) (d. 2022)November 14Matthew LevyActor (Sons of Tucson)November 16Pete DavidsonActor (Wild 'n Out, Guy Code, Failosophy, Saturday Night Live)November 22Nathan McLeodCanadian actor (Life with Boys)November 24Zoe LevinActressNovember 27Aubrey PeeplesActress (Nashville) and singerNovember 28Bryshere Y. GrayActor (Empire) and rapperNovember 29David LambertActor (Aaron Stone, The Fosters)December 8AnnaSophia RobbActress (The Carrie Diaries, Mercy Street)December 11Nesta CooperActressDecember 17Kiersey ClemonsActressDecember 21Jinger VuoloActress (19 Kids and Counting, Counting On) and television personalityDecember 22Aliana LohanActress (The Parent Trap, Living Lohan) and daughter of Michael Lohan and Dina LohanMeghan TrainorAmerican singerDecember 23Caleb FooteActor (The Kids Are Alright)December 27Olivia CookeActress (Bates Motel)

Date Name Age NotabilityJanuary 27 André the Giant46Wrestler (WrestleMania)March 6 Douglas Marland58Writer (As the World Turns)March 17 Helen Hayes92Actress (The Snoop Sisters)March 31Brandon Lee28ActorApril 1 Jerry Hausner83Actor (Jerry the agent on I Love Lucy, voice of Waldo in Mr. Magoo cartoons)April 3 Pinky Lee85Comedian (The Gumby Show)June 11Ray Sharkey40Actor (Wiseguy)June 22 Pat Nixon81First Lady of the United States and spouse of President Richard NixonJune 30 George McFarland64Actor (Our Gang)July 2 Fred Gwynne66Actor (Herman on The Munsters, Muldoon on Car 54, Where Are You? )August 16 Tom Fuccello56Actor (Dave Culver on Dallas)September 4 Hervé Villechaize50Actor (Tattoo on Fantasy Island)September 12Raymond Burr76Actor (Perry Mason, Ironside)October 12Leon Ames91Actor (Mister Ed)October 25 Vincent Price82Actor (The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, Hollywood Squares, Batman)October 31River Phoenix23Actor (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)November 21 Bill Bixby59Actor (My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Incredible Hulk), director, producerNovember 28 Garry Moore78Game show host and Television personality (I've Got a Secret)December 16 Moses Gunn64Actor (Good Times)December 22Don DeFore80Actor (Erskin "Thorny" Thornberry on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, George "Mr. B." Baxter on Hazel)