# 1969 in television

The year 1969 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1969.

## Events

* January 4 – NBC expands the Huntley-Brinkley Report to Saturdays, with Chet Huntley and David Brinkley alternating weeks anchoring the news solo. Later, mediocre ratings prompt NBC to replace the duo with other newsmen, with the broadcast rechristened NBC Saturday News.
* January 13 – Dick York collapses on the set of Bewitched and is rushed to the hospital. He resigns from the show for health reasons and is replaced by Dick Sargent.
* February 5 – ABC runs the one and only airing of the notorious flop Turn-On.
* February 9 – CBS presents the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring Diana Rigg, David Warner, and Helen Mirren.
* February 19 – At exactly 4:31 p.m. at the CBS Studio Center, with Jim Nabors saying the line "How interesting – and did she?", Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. shoots its final scene and completes its run.
* March 29 – Lulu performs "Boom Bang-a-Bang" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid, and ends up in a four-way tie for first place, with 18 votes.
* April 4 – CBS bans the Smothers Brothers. Three days later, Walter Cronkite opens the evening newscast by confirming that the Smothers Brothers have been replaced by Hee Haw – effective immediately. But because it takes two months to assemble a typical Hee-Haw segment, CBS has to fill the time period with specials until Hee Haw premieres on June 15.
* April 11 – Rome, as only he could see it, is presented in Fellini, a Director's Notebook, an NBC special.
* April 13 – Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore are reunited for a special, Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman, on CBS.
* May 1 – Fred Rogers delivered a speech before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications which resulted in Congressional funding for PBS increased from $9 million to $22 million.
* June 3 – The science fiction television series Star Trek airs its final new episode after being canceled by NBC. Its subsequent sale into rerun syndication soon after leads to a rise in popularity that transforms Star Trek into one of the century's most successful entertainment franchises.
* June 21 – On the BBC
** Patrick Troughton makes his last regular appearance as the Second Doctor in the concluding moments of Episode 10 of the Doctor Who serial The War Games. It also marks the final time that the series is broadcast in black and white.
** Showing of the documentary The Royal Family, which attracts more than 30.6 million viewers, an all-time British record for a non-current event programme.
* July 3 – An elephant called Lulu runs amok on Blue Peter. The clip is subsequently repeated many times, becoming the archetypal British TV "blooper".
* July 20 – A live transmission from the Moon is viewed by 720 million people around the world, with the landing of Apollo 11; at 10:56 p.m. EDT Neil Armstrong (followed soon afterwards by Buzz Aldrin) steps onto the surface; viewers see a scan from broadcasts received at Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station followed by Parkes Observatory in Australia.
* July 25 – Senator Edward Kennedy goes on TV to talk about the Chappaquiddick incident
* August 8 – MBC TV (owned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation signs on, becoming the third network in South Korea.
* August 14 – Roman Polanski goes on TV to give his take on the Tate-LaBianca murders.
* August 18 – CBS pits Merv Griffin against Johnny Carson in the late-night talk-show arena – Carson wins.
* September 1 – TV Globo launches its first news and current-affairs program, Jornal Nacional, running Monday through Saturday.
* September 8 – From now on, all daytime programs on ABC and CBS are in color.
* September 26 – The Brady Bunch premieres on ABC.
* October 5 – The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast by the BBC.
* October 15 – Radio Philippines Network ventures into television broadcasting with the successful launch of the network's flagship station KBS TV Channel 9. Properties and funding for the new TV network partly come from ABS-CBN in the form of its old headquarters along Roxas Boulevard and equipment from Toshiba enabling them to broadcast in color. As a result, on its launch it is named Accucolor 9 ("Accucolor" is the name of the color technology used) as the first Philippine television network to launch in full color.
* October 18 – The Jackson 5 make their national television debut on The Hollywood Palace.
* October 24 – After much experimentation, Televisión Nacional de Chile begins broadcasting over a network of 16 TV stations scattered all over Chile.
* November 3 – The first Network News bulletin in New Zealand goes to air after the NZBC TV network is commissioned liking the country's four regional television stations (AKTV2, WNTV1, CHTV3, and DNTV2).
* November 10 – Sesame Street makes its debut on NET (later PBS) (1969–present).
* November 12 – The animated special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, based on Bill Cosby's stand-up comedy, airs on NBC (it would be the inspiration for the later Saturday-morning cartoon, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids).
* November 13 – Vice-president Spiro Agnew, in a televised speech from Des Moines, Iowa, stirs up a national controversy by attacking the network news commentaries.
* November 15 – Colour introduced to BBC1 and ITV in the UK.
* November 16 – The Rolling Stones make their final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
* December 2 – In tonight's episode of I Dream of Jeannie, Jeannie (Barbara Eden) finally becomes Mrs. Anthony Nelson
* December 7 - Frosty the Snowman premieres on CBS, before becoming an iconic Christmas television special and based on the song of the same name
* December 12 – The Archies' Sugar Sugar Jingle Jangle Christmas Show airs on CBS. It is not a success.
* December 17 – Tiny Tim gets married on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show.

## Programs/programmes

* 60 Minutes (1968–present)
* Adam-12 (1968-1975)
* American Bandstand (1952–89)
* Another World (1964–99)
* As the World Turns (1956–2010)
* Bewitched (1964–1972)
* Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present)
* Bonanza (1959–73)
* Bozo the Clown (1949–present)
* Candid Camera (1948–present)
* Captain Kangaroo (1955–84)
* Come Dancing (UK) (1949–95)
* Coronation Street (UK) (1960–present)
* Crossroads (UK) (1964–88, 2001–03)
* Dad's Army (UK) (1968–77)
* Daniel Boone (1964–70)
* Dark Shadows (1966–71)
* Dragnet (franchise) (1951-1959, 1967–1970)
* Days of Our Lives (1965–present)
* Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–76)
* Doctor Who (UK) (1963–89, 1996, 2005–present)
* Face the Nation (1954–present)
* Family Affair (1966–71)
* Four Corners (Australia) (1961–present)
* General Hospital (1963–present)
* Get Smart (1965–70)
* Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–69)
* Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007)
* Green Acres (1965–71)
* Gunsmoke (1955–75)
* Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
* Hawaii Five-O (1968–80)
* Here Come the Brides (1968–70)
* Here's Lucy (1968–74)
* Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
* Hogan's Heroes (1965–71)
* I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70)
* Ironside (1967–75)
* It's Academic (1961–present)
* Jeopardy! (1964–75, 1984–present)
* Julia (1968–71)
* Kimba the White Lion (1966–67)
* Laugh-In (1968–73)
* Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–73)
* Love of Life (1951–80)
* Magpie (UK) (1968–80)
* Mannix (1967–75)
* Mayberry R.F.D. (a continuation of The Andy Griffith Show, 1960-68), (1968–71)
* Meet the Press (1947–present)
* The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (UK) (1969-1971)
* Mission: Impossible (1966–73)
* Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963–88, 2002–present)
* My Three Sons (1960–72)
* One Life to Live (1968–2012)
* Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–78)
* Panorama (UK) (1953–present)
* Petticoat Junction (1963–70)
* Play School (1966–present)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–70)
* Search for Tomorrow (1951–86)
* Sesame Street (1969–present)
* Spider-Man (1967–70)
* That Girl (1966–71)
* The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–71)
* The Carol Burnett Show (1967–78)
* The Dean Martin Show (1965–74)
* The Doctors (1963–82)
* The Doris Day Show (1968–73)
* The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–71)
* The Edge of Night (1956–84)
* The Flying Nun (1967–70)
* The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–83)
* The Guiding Light (1952–2009)
* The Honeymooners (1952–70)
* The Johnny Cash Show (1969–71)
* The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962–present)
* The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–82)
* The Mike Douglas Show (1961–81)
* The Mod Squad (1968–73)
* The Money Programme (UK) (1966–present)
* The Mothers-in-Law (1967–69)
* The Newlywed Game (1966–74)
* The Secret Storm (1954–74)
* The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present)
* The Today Show (1952–present)
* The Tonight Show (1954–present)
* The Wednesday Play (UK) (1964–70)
* This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003)
* Tom and Jerry (1965–72, 1975–77, 1980–82)
* Top of the Pops (UK) (1964–2006)
* Truth or Consequences (1950–88)
* Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961 – July 1971 under this title; has aired regularly since 1954)
* What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–present)
* World of Sport (UK) (1965–85)
* Z-Cars (UK) (1962–78)

### Debuts

* January 3 – Der Kommissar (1969–76) on ZDF in Germany
* February 7 – This Is Tom Jones (1969–71) on ABC
* March 9 - Department S (1969–70) on ITV
* April 10 - Peanuts (1969–81) on CBS
* April 23 – The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969-1971) on ITV
* June 7 – The Johnny Cash Show (1969–71) on ABC
* June 15 – Hee Haw (1969–92) on CBS
* June 18 – The Main Chance (1969–75) on ITV
* September 6 – H.R. Pufnstuf (1969–71) on NBC
* September 8 – Where the Heart Is (1969–73) on CBS daytime
* September 11 – Time for Living (1969) on CBC Television
* September 13 –
** Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–72), Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969-70), and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–70) on CBS Saturday Morning
** The Archie Comedy Hour (1969–70) on CBS Saturday Morning
* September 17 –
** Room 222 (high school drama series) on ABC (1969–74)
** The Courtship of Eddie's Father on ABC (1969–72)
* September 20 – Warner Brothers releases the final Looney Tunes animated short of the classic (1929–69) era
* September 21 – Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) ITV in the UK
* September 23 – Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–76) on ABC
* September 24 – Medical Center (1969–76) on CBS
* September 26 – The Brady Bunch (1969–74) on ABC
* September 29
** Bright Promise (1969–72), the latter of the soap operas created by Frank and Doris Hursley, on NBC daytime
** Love, American Style (1969–74) on ABC
* October 5
** Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–74) on BBC1
** Sazae-san (1969–present) as a kids' comedy on Fuji Television in Japan
* October 7 – Mary, Mungo and Midge (1969) on BBC1
* November 8 – NBC airs the pilot episode of Rod Serling's science fiction anthology series Night Gallery, which would be picked up as a regular series for the 1970–71 television season
* November 10 – Sesame Street on National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) (1969–present)
* November 16 – The first episode of Clangers (1969–72) (a British stop motion animated television program for children) is broadcast by the BBC
* November 19 – The Benny Hill Show (1969–89) on Thames Television (UK)
* November 23 – Paul Temple (1969–71) on the BBC

### Ending this year

| Date | Show | Debut |
| January 4 | Wacky Races (returned in 2017) | 1968 |
| February 9 | The Saint (UK) | 1962 |
| April 13 | The Mothers-in-Law | 1967 |
| May 2 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | 1964 |
| May 14 | Do Not Adjust Your Set (UK) | 1967 |
| May 21 | The Avengers (UK) | 1961 |
| June 2 | Peyton Place | 1964 |
| June 3 | Star Trek | 1966 |
| June 8 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | 1967 |
| June 8 | Peanuts (Returned in 1973) | 1969 |
| September 26 | Match Game (Returned in 1973) | 1962 |
| December 13 | The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (Returned in 2008 as The Banana Splits Reboot) | 1968 |

### Changes of network affiliation

| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
| Get Smart | NBC | CBS |
| The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | NBC | ABC |

## Births

| Date | Name | Notability |
| January 1 | Mr. Lawrence | American voice actor (SpongeBob SquarePants, Rocko's Modern Life) |
| January 1 | Morris Chestnut | American actor (Rosewood) |
| January 1 | Christi Paul | American news anchor |
| January 5 | Marilyn Manson | American actor |
| January 6 | Norman Reedus | American actor |
| January 7 | Rex Lee | American actor (Entourage, Young & Hungry) |
| January 7 | David Yost | American actor |
| January 8 | Ami Dolenz | American actress (Ferris Bueller) |
| January 11 | Kyle Richards | American actress (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) |
| January 13 | Stephen Hendry | Player |
| January 14 | Jason Bateman | American actor (The Hogan Family, Arrested Development) |
| January 14 | Susan Glasser | American journalist |
| January 14 | Dave Grohl | American singer |
| January 15 | Kellita Smith | American actress (The Bernie Mac Show) |
| January 17 | Naveen Andrews | American-British actor (Lost) |
| January 18 | Jesse L. Martin | American actor (Law & Order, The Flash) |
| January 19 | Wendy Moniz | American actress (Guiding Light, Nash Bridges, The Guardian) |
| January 19 | Junior Seau | American football player (NFL, Sports Jobs with Junior Seau) (died 2012) |
| January 21 | Karina Lombard | American-French actress |
| January 21 | John Ducey | American actor |
| January 22 | Olivia d'Abo | English-American actress (The Wonder Years) |
| January 27 | Patton Oswalt | American comedian and actor (The King of Queens, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) |
| January 28 | Kathryn Morris | American actress (Cold Case) |
| January 28 | Mo Rocca | American actor |
| February 1 | Brian Krause | American actor (Charmed) |
| February 5 | Bobby Brown | Singer |
| February 6 | April Lerman | American actress (Charles in Charge) |
| February 8 | Mary McCormack | American actress (The West Wing, In Plain Sight) |
| February 8 | Shiva Rose | American actress |
| February 8 | Karl Wiedergott | American-German actor (The Simpsons) |
| February 9 | Tom Scharpling | American writer |
| February 9 | Ian Eagle | American sportscaster |
| February 10 | Shorty Rossi | American star |
| February 10 | Jazzmun | American actress |
| February 11 | Jennifer Aniston | American actress (Rachel on Friends) |
| February 11 | Anthony Sullivan | Pitchman |
| February 13 | JB Blanc | Actor |
| February 14 | Matt Olmstead | Writer |
| February 20 | Tim Lagasse | Director |
| February 22 | Clinton Kelly | Panamanian-American television host |
| February 22 | Thomas Jane | American actor |
| February 23 | Daymond John | American television personality |
| February 28 | Robert Sean Leonard | American actor (House) |
| March 5 | Paul Blackthorne | English actor (Arrow) |
| March 5 | Lauren Weedman | American actress and comedian |
| March 6 | Andrea Elson | American actress (ALF) |
| March 6 | Amy Pietz | American actress (Caroline in the City) |
| March 10 | Paget Brewster | American actress (Criminal Minds) |
| March 11 | Terrence Howard | American actor (Sparks, Empire) |
| March 14 | Channing Dungey | American television executive |
| March 14 | Larry Johnson | NBA basketball player |
| March 15 | Kim Raver | American actress (Third Watch, 24, Grey's Anatomy) |
| March 16 | Judah Friedlander | American actor (30 Rock) |
| March 17 | Matthew St. Patrick | American actor (Six Feet Under) |
| March 19 | Connor Trinneer | American actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate Atlantis) |
| March 19 | Kevin Shinick | American actor |
| March 20 | Eric Drysdale | American writer |
| March 20 | Kala Alexander | American actor |
| March 20 | Richard Rawlings | American entrepreneur |
| March 23 | Kelly Perine | American actor (One on One) |
| March 23 | Daniel Radosh | American blogger |
| March 27 | Kevin Corrigan | American actor (Grounded for Life) |
| March 27 | Pauley Perrette | American actress (NCIS) |
| March 28 | Laurie Brett | Scottish actress |
| March 28 | Brett Ratner | Director |
| March 29 | Tess Daly | English television presenter |
| April 1 | April Stewart | American voice actress |
| April 2 | Gyula Pados | Director |
| April 6 | Ari Meyers | American actress (Kate & Allie) |
| April 6 | Paul Rudd | American actor |
| April 10 | Billy Jayne | American actor (Parker Lewis Can't Lose) |
| April 14 | Sade Baderinwa | News Anchor For WABC-TV In New York |
| April 14 | Martyn LeNoble | Member |
| April 19 | Jesse James | TV personality |
| April 23 | Jennifer Ashton | American television correspondent |
| April 23 | Byron Thames | American television actor |
| April 24 | Melinda Clarke | American actress (Days of Our Lives, The O.C., Nikita) |
| April 24 | Mark Hentemann | American screenwriter |
| April 25 | Renée Zellweger | American actress |
| April 25 | Joe Buck | American sportcaster |
| April 28 | Blake Neely | American composer |
| April 29 | Paul Adelstein | American actor (Prison Break, Private Practice) |
| May 4 | Art Edwards | American writer |
| May 10 | Judson Mills | American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger) |
| May 10 | Lenny Venito | American actor |
| May 12 | Kim Fields | American actress (The Facts of Life, Living Single) |
| May 16 | David Boreanaz | American actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Bones) |
| May 16 | Tracey Gold | American actress (Growing Pains) |
| May 16 | Tucker Carlson | American host |
| May 16 | Yannick Bisson | Actor |
| May 17 | Frances Callier | American actress |
| May 18 | Holly Aird | Actress |
| May 18 | Martika | Actress |
| May 21 | Rick Reichmuth | American meteorologist |
| May 22 | Michael Kelly | American actor |
| May 24 | Carl Anthony Payne II | American actor (The Cosby Show, Martin) |
| May 25 | Anne Heche | American actress (died 2022) |
| May 27 | Glenn Ficarra | Actor |
| May 27 | Dondré Whitfield | Actor |
| May 28 | Justin Kirk | American actor (Weeds) |
| May 29 | Anthony Azizi | American actor (Lost) |
| June 1 | Teri Polo | American actress (The Fosters) |
| June 4 | Horatio Sanz | Chilean-born American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Fillmore!) |
| June 4 | Rob Huebel | American actor |
| June 5 | Danny Lux | American composer |
| June 5 | Brian McKnight | American singer |
| June 7 | Kim Rhodes | American actress (As the World Turns, Another World, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The Suite Life on Deck) |
| June 8 | J. P. Manoux | American actor (ER, Phil of the Future, The Emperor's New School, Aaron Stone) |
| June 8 | David Sutcliffe | Canadian actor (Gilmore Girls) |
| June 8 | Marcos Siega | American producer |
| June 9 | Josh Hamilton | American actor |
| June 10 | Kate Snow | American journalist |
| June 11 | Peter Dinklage | American actor |
| June 11 | Mary Calvi | American journalist |
| June 13 | Laura Kightlinger | American actress and comedian (Will & Grace, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman) |
| June 13 | Jamie Walters | American actor and singer (Beverly Hills, 90210) |
| June 13 | Scott Page-Pagter | American actor (died 2021) |
| June 14 | Tim Long | American writer |
| June 15 | Ice Cube | Rapper and actor (Boyz n the Hood, Friday) |
| June 15 | Idalis DeLeón | Actress |
| June 16 | Sam Register | American television producer |
| June 19 | Lara Spencer | American television presenter |
| June 17 | Amy Keating Rogers | American writer |
| June 17 | Shawn Klush | American singer |
| June 23 | Martin Klebba | American actor |
| June 23 | Corey Holcomb | American actor |
| June 24 | Rich Eisen | American television sportscaster |
| June 25 | Hunter Foster | American actor |
| June 27 | Ravi Kapoor | English actor (Crossing Jordan) |
| June 28 | Tichina Arnold | American actress (Martin, Everybody Hates Chris) |
| June 28 | Danielle Brisebois | American actress (All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place) and singer |
| June 29 | Federica Valenti | Italian voice actress |
| June 29 | Tōru Hashimoto | Japanese TV personality |
| June 30 | Ben Patrick Johnson | Voice actor |
| July 1 | Rino Romano | Canadian actor |
| July 1 | Keith Allan | Actor |
| July 3 | Shawnee Smith | American actress |
| July 5 | Jenji Kohan | American television writer |
| July 5 | RZA | American actor |
| July 6 | Brian Van Holt | American actor (Cougar Town) |
| July 7 | Cree Summer | American-Canadian voice actress (A Different World, Tiny Toon Adventures, Sabrina: The Animated Series, As Told by Ginger, Codename: Kids Next Door, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Buzz on Maggie, My Gym Partner's a Monkey) |
| July 7 | Robin Weigert | American actress |
| July 8 | Sugizo | Composer |
| July 10 | Alexandra Hedison | American actress |
| July 12 | Lisa Nicole Carson | American actress (ER, Ally McBeal) |
| July 12 | Tom Kapinos | American writer |
| July 12 | Lauren Lake | American judge |
| July 13 | Ken Jeong | American actor (Community, Dr. Ken) |
| July 14 | Laurieann Gibson | American actress |
| July 15 | Reggie Hayes | American actor (Girlfriends) |
| July 15 | Ian K. Smith | TV host |
| July 17 | Jason Clarke | Australian actor |
| July 19 | Bodhi Elfman | Actor |
| July 20 | Josh Holloway | American actor (Lost, Intelligence) |
| July 21 | Godfrey | American actor and comedian (The Mr. Men Show) |
| July 22 | James Arnold Taylor | American voice actor (Drawn Together, Johnny Test, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) |
| July 22 | Diana-Maria Riva | American actress |
| July 24 | Jennifer Lopez | American actress and singer (In Living Color, American Idol) |
| July 24 | Rick Fox | NBA basketball player |
| July 25 | D.B. Woodside | American actor (24) |
| July 27 | Triple H | American WWE wrestler |
| July 27 | Bryan Fuller | American writer |
| July 28 | Alexis Arquette | American actress (died 2016) |
| July 28 | Dana White | President of the UFC |
| July 29 | Timothy Omundson | American actor (Xena: Warrior Princess, Judging Amy, Psych) |
| July 29 | Måns Mårlind | Screenwriter |
| July 30 | Simon Baker | Australian actor and director (The Guardian, The Mentalist) |
| July 31 | Ben Chaplin | Actor |
| August 2 | Angélica Rivera | Actress |
| August 4 | Michael DeLuise | American actor (21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV) |
| August 5 | Chuck Campbell | Actor |
| August 7 | Scott Stossel | Journalist |
| August 8 | Chris Beetem | Actor |
| August 15 | Kimberley Kates | Actress |
| August 15 | Craig Wedren | American singer-songwriter |
| August 16 | Jase Robertson | American television personality |
| August 16 | Andy Milder | Actor (Fame L.A., Legion of Super Heroes, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) |
| August 17 | Donnie Wahlberg | American singer (New Kids on the Block) and actor (Blue Bloods) |
| August 17 | Daniela Castro | Actress |
| August 18 | Christian Slater | American actor (Breaking In) |
| August 18 | Edward Norton | American actor |
| August 19 | Matthew Perry | American actor (Chandler on Friends) (died 2023) |
| August 20 | Billy Gardell | American actor and comedian (Mike & Molly) |
| August 23 | Kari Lake | News anchor and politician |
| August 25 | Rachel Shelley | Actress |
| August 25 | Cameron Mathison | Actor |
| August 25 | Neil Mandt | Director |
| August 27 | Chandra Wilson | American actress (Grey's Anatomy) |
| August 28 | Jack Black | American actor, comedian and singer |
| August 28 | Jason Priestley | Canadian-American actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Call Me Fitz) |
| August 30 | Dylan Kidd | Writer |
| August 31 | Jonathan LaPaglia | Australian actor (New York Undercover, Seven Days, The District) |
| August 31 | Jeff Russo | Composer |
| September 3 | John Fugelsang | American actor |
| September 5 | Nicole Napolitano | American television personality |
| September 6 | Trina McGee | American actress (Boy Meets World) |
| September 7 | Diane Farr | American actress (Rescue Me, Numb3rs) |
| September 10 | Johnathon Schaech | American actor |
| September 13 | Tyler Perry | American actor |
| September 17 | Matthew Settle | American actor (Band of Brothers, Gossip Girl) |
| September 26 | David Slade | Actor |
| September 27 | Sofia Milos | Swiss-born Italian-Greek actress (CSI: Miami) |
| September 27 | Juliet Huddy | Host |
| September 29 | Erika Eleniak | American actress and model (Baywatch) |
| September 30 | Silas Weir Mitchell | American actor (Prison Break, Grimm) |
| September 30 | Amy Landecker | American actress |
| October 1 | Zach Galifianakis | American actor |
| October 3 | Janel Moloney | American actress (The West Wing) |
| October 3 | Gwen Stefani | American singer |
| October 4 | Abraham Benrubi | American actor (Parker Lewis Can't Lose, ER) |
| October 4 | Jerry Minor | American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Carpoolers, Brickleberry) |
| October 8 | Jeremy Davies | American actor (Lost) |
| October 8 | Dylan Neal | Canadian actor (The Bold and the Beautiful, Dawson's Creek) |
| October 10 | Wendi McLendon-Covey | American actress (Reno 911!, Rules of Engagement, The Goldbergs) |
| October 10 | Manu Bennett | New Zealand-born actor (Spartacus, Arrow) |
| October 10 | Loren Bouchard | Composer |
| October 16 | Terri J. Vaughn | American actress (The Steve Harvey Show) |
| October 16 | Nancy Sullivan | American actress (The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Squirrel Boy) |
| October 16 | Jude | American singer |
| October 16 | Suzanne Virdee | British regional newscaster (Midlands Today) |
| October 17 | Wood Harris | American actor |
| October 19 | Trey Parker | American actor and director (South Park) |
| October 19 | Roger Cross | Jamaican-born Canadian actor (24) |
| October 21 | Jonathan Glatzer | Writer |
| October 23 | Brooke Theiss | American actress (Just the Ten of Us) |
| October 23 | Sanjay Gupta | American neurosurgeon |
| October 25 | Samantha Bee | Canadian-American comedian |
| October 26 | Robert Maillet | Canadian television actor |
| October 29 | Ali Velshi | Canadian television journalist |
| November 3 | Rhashan Stone | American actor |
| November 4 | Matthew McConaughey | American actor (True Detective) |
| November 4 | P. Diddy | American rapper and actor |
| November 5 | Pat Kilbane | American actor and comedian (Mad TV) |
| November 8 | Rachel Bay Jones | American actress and singer |
| November 10 | Ellen Pompeo | American actress (Meredith Grey on Grey's Anatomy) |
| November 12 | Rob Schrab | American screenwriter |
| November 13 | Gerard Butler | Scottish actor (300, The Phantom of the Opera) |
| November 13 | Melissa Hayden | American actress (Guiding Light) |
| November 13 | Stephen Full | American actor |
| November 15 | David Miner | American television producer |
| November 18 | Dan Bakkedahl | American actor |
| November 18 | Phil Buckman | American actor |
| November 19 | Erika Alexander | American actress (The Cosby Show, Living Single) |
| November 19 | Hank Steinberg | American television and film writer |
| November 20 | Callie Thorne | American actress |
| November 21 | Ken Griffey Jr. | MLB baseball player |
| November 26 | Shawn Kemp | NBA basketball player |
| November 27 | Elizabeth Marvel | American actress |
| November 27 | Sean Kenniff | American actor |
| November 28 | Colman Domingo | American actor |
| December 3 | Chris McKenna | American writer |
| December 4 | J. Stewart Burns | American producer |
| December 4 | Jay-Z | American rapper |
| December 5 | Morgan J. Freeman | American director |
| December 5 | Alex Kapp Horner | American actress |
| December 9 | Allison Smith | American actress |
| December 9 | Lori Greiner | American television personality |
| December 11 | Max Martini | Actor |
| December 12 | Maggie Rodriguez | Anchor |
| December 14 | Natascha McElhone | English actress |
| December 14 | Archie Kao | Actor |
| December 15 | Ralph Ineson | English actor |
| December 16 | Florencia Lozano | American actress |
| December 17 | Laurie Holden | American actress |
| December 19 | Richard Hammond | English presenter (Top Gear) |
| December 19 | Kristy Swanson | American actress (Knots Landing, Early Edition) |
| December 19 | Lauren Sánchez | American news anchor |
| December 21 | Vladimir Duthiers | American television journalist |
| December 21 | Mauro Ranallo | Canadian sports announcer |
| December 29 | Jennifer Ehle | American actress (Pride and Prejudice) |
| December 29 | Patrick Fischler | American actor (Lost, Mad Men, Southland) |
| December 30 | Jay Kay | Singer |

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| January 3 | Howard McNear | 63 | Actor (Floyd Lawson on The Andy Griffith Show) |
| May 27 | Jeffrey Hunter | 42 | Actor (Temple Houston, Star Trek) |
| August 9 | Sharon Tate | 26 | Actress |
| September 8 | Bud Collyer | 61 | Game show host (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth) |

## Television debuts

* Jane Alexander – N.Y.P.D.
* Carmen Argenziano – Judd, for the Defense
* Albert Brooks – Marcus Welby, M.D.
* Michael Douglas – CBS Playhouse
* Farrah Fawcett – Mayberry R.F.D.
* Morgan Freeman – New York Television Theatre
* Nick Nolte – Death Valley Days
* Hanna Schygulla – Die Revolte
* Tom Selleck – Judd, for the Defense
* Burt Young – The Doctors