# 1979 in American television

This is a list of American television-related events in 1979.

## Events

| Date | Event |
| January 3 | The USA Network is founded. |
| January 10 | The Music for UNICEF Concert is televised from New York City on NBC. |
| February 11 | In the U.S., 43 million viewers watch Elvis, an ABC movie starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley, despite being the first Elvis biopic film ever made. |
| February 18 | The Daytona 500 is broadcast live from start to finish, in its entirety for the very first time by CBS. It was won by Richard Petty. |
| February 20 | Melody Thomas makes her first appearance as Nikki Reed on The Young and the Restless. |
| March 5 | KSTP-TV in Saint Paul, Minnesota ends its 31-year relationship as the Twin Cities' NBC affiliate and joins ABC in what is called the network's biggest coup yet. NBC, meanwhile, aligns with Metromedia-owned independent station WTCN-TV, while former ABC affiliate KMSP-TV, having failed to procure an NBC affiliation, becomes independent itself. |
| March 6 | On NBC, Another World becomes the only soap opera to air regularly scheduled 90-minute telecasts (it would go back to 60-minute episodes in 1980). Meanwhile, on ABC, Family Feud increases its goal to 300 points. |
| March 19 | C-SPAN, an American television channel focusing on government and public affairs, is launched. |
| April 1 | Nickelodeon is founded. |
| April 8 | On CBS, the final episode of All in the Family is seen by 40.2 million American viewers (it will relaunch the following season as Archie Bunker's Place). |
| April 20 | The 1,439th and final CBS episode of Match Game 79 airs – however, the show didn't air on April 5, causing the Friday episode from that week to air on April 9. The last 9 aired episodes were culled together from 3 separate taping sessions, leaving 6 unaired until Game Show Network aired them for the first time. Match Game continues for 3 more years in syndicated daytime (sans the omnipresent 2-year designation in the title). |
| April 22 | Friendly Fire, an ABC movie starring Carol Burnett as a mother who wants to know how her son died in Vietnam, airs. |
| April 23 | The Price Is Right, on CBS, moves to 11:00 A.M. EST, the time slot that it holds to this day. |
| May 16 | Kate Jackson makes her final appearance as Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels. |
| May 17 | The Season 5 finale of Barney Miller features the cast stepping out of character to pay tribute to the late Jack Soo, who played detective Nick Yemana. Soo, who died of cancer on January 11, 1979, made his final appearance in the series in the season's ninth episode, "The Vandal". |
| May 26 | Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's make their final appearances on NBC's Saturday Night Live as cast members. |
| June 1 | In Indianapolis, Indiana, NBC affiliate WRTV swaps affiliations with ABC affiliate WTHR, citing a stronger affiliation (at the time, NBC is in last place among the three major networks). |
| July 10 | KSD-TV, NBC affiliate in St. Louis, changes its call sign to KSDK-TV. |
| September 7 | ESPN, an all-sports channel, launches and becomes the first cable TV channel to be launched as a 24-hour channel. |
| September 9 | KNXV-TV goes on the air for the first time as Phoenix's first UHF station, airing with ONTV. It was soon stripped off ONTV in 1983, eventually going first with Fox in 1986, then to ABC via an affiliation agreement with Scripps Howard in 1995. |
| September 12 | On the two-hour season four premiere of Charlie's Angels on ABC, Shelley Hack is introduced as new angel Tiffany Welles, replacing Sabrina Duncan played by Kate Jackson. |
| September 19 | On the two-hour Eight Is Enough season premiere on ABC, both David and Susan Bradford married their respective loves in a double ceremony. |
| October 6 | KTAB-TV in Abilene, Texas begins broadcasting as a CBS affiliate, taking that affiliation from KTXS-TV. KTXS-TV then elevates its secondary ABC affiliation to full-time status, making Abilene one of the last markets in the country to receive full service from the three major networks. |
| November 4 | Jaws is broadcast on television for the first time on ABC. |
| November 25 | Pat Summerall calls his first NFL telecast (Minnesota Vikings–Tampa Bay Buccaneers) with John Madden. |
| December 1 | The Movie Channel, an American premium cable channel, begins broadcasting movies 24/7. The first movie to air was Roman Holiday. |

## Programs
### Debuting this year

| Date | Show | Network |
| January 8 | All Star Secrets | NBC |
| January 8 | Password Plus | NBC |
| January 18 | Delta House | ABC |
| January 20 | Salvage 1 | ABC |
| January 21 | Brothers and Sisters | NBC |
| January 22 | Nightly Business Report | PBS |
| January 26 | Hello, Larry | NBC |
| January 26 | $weepstake$ | NBC |
| January 26 | Turnabout | NBC |
| January 26 | The Dukes of Hazzard | CBS |
| January 28 | CBS News Sunday Morning | CBS |
| February 1 | Makin' It | ABC |
| February 3 | The New Fred and Barney Show | NBC |
| February 7 | Supertrain | NBC |
| February 8 | Angie | ABC |
| February 20 | This Old House | PBS |
| February 26 | Billy | CBS |
| February 26 | Flatbush | CBS |
| February 27 | Cliffhangers | NBC |
| March 4 | Stockard Channing in Just Friends | CBS |
| March 13 | The Ropers | ABC |
| March 15 | Harris and Company | NBC |
| March 24 | The Bad News Bears | CBS |
| March 28 | Dear Detective | ABC |
| April 6 | The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove | ABC |
| April 12 | Highcliffe Manor | NBC |
| April 12 | Whodunnit? | NBC |
| April 18 | Real People | NBC |
| April 23 | Whew! | CBS |
| May 10 | Hizzonner | NBC |
| May 24 | Comedy Theatre (returning from 1976) | NBC |
| July 31 | Detective School | ABC |
| August 24 | The Facts of Life | NBC |
| August 25 | Hart to Hart | ABC |
| August 28 | 240-Robert | ABC |
| September 1 | Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel | PBS |
| September 1 | The Woodwright's Shop | PBS |
| September 7 | SportsCenter | ESPN |
| September 8 | Fred and Barney Meet the Thing | NBC |
| September 9 | Jason of Star Command | CBS |
| September 9 | Out of the Blue | ABC |
| September 13 | Benson | ABC |
| September 15 | Working Stiffs | CBS |
| September 16 | A New Kind of Family | ABC |
| September 17 | Three's a Crowd | Syndication |
| September 18 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | NBC |
| September 19 | The Last Resort | CBS |
| September 19 | Struck by Lightning | CBS |
| September 20 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | NBC |
| September 21 | Eischied | NBC |
| September 22 | Casper and the Angels | NBC |
| September 22 | A Man Called Sloane | NBC |
| September 22 | The New Adventures of Flash Gordon | NBC |
| September 22 | The New Shmoo | NBC |
| September 22 | The Super Globetrotters | NBC |
| September 22 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | ABC |
| September 22 | Spider-Woman | ABC |
| September 23 | The Associates | ABC |
| September 23 | Archie Bunker's Place | CBS |
| September 25 | California Fever | CBS |
| September 25 | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS |
| September 29 | Big Shamus, Little Shamus | CBS |
| September 29 | Paris | CBS |
| October 26 | Shirley | NBC |
| October 29 | Freedom Road | NBC |
| November 8 | Nightline (debuting as The Iran Crisis–America Held Hostage) | ABC |
| November 28 | Young Maverick | CBS |
| December 17 | House Calls | CBS |
| December 27 | Knots Landing | CBS |

### Ending this year

| Date | Show | Debut |
| January 12 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | 1978 |
| January 14 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | 1977 |
| January 16 | Grandpa Goes to Washington | 1978 |
| January 21 | Lamp Unto My Feet | 1948 |
| March 2 | Jeopardy! (returned in 1984) | 1964 |
| March 16 | Makin' It | 1979 |
| March 30 | $weepstake$ | 1979 |
| March 30 | Turnabout | 1979 |
| April 8 | All in the Family | 1971 |
| April 20 | Match Game | 1973 |
| April 24 | The Paper Chase (returned in 1983) | 1978 |
| April 28 | What's Happening!! (returned in 1985) | 1976 |
| April 29 | Battlestar Galactica (returned in 1980) | 1978 |
| May 15 | Starsky and Hutch | 1975 |
| May 17 | Whodunnit? | 1979 |
| May 18 | Rhoda | 1974 |
| June 8 | Welcome Back, Kotter | 1975 |
| June 23 | Stockard Channing in Just Friends | 1979 |
| June 28 | Comedy Theatre | 1976 |
| July 6 | The Amazing Spider-Man | 1977 |
| July 11 | Sword of Justice | 1978 |
| July 12 | David Cassidy: Man Undercover | 1978 |
| August 1 | Good Times | 1974 |
| September 11 | Wonder Woman | 1976 |
| October 20 | The New Fred and Barney Show | 1979 |
| November 24 | Detective School | 1979 |
| December 8 | Godzilla | 1978 |

### Made-for-TV movies and miniseries

| Title | Network | Premiere date |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | CBS | November 14 |
| Backstairs at the White House | NBC | January 29 |
| Murder by Natural Causes | CBS | February 17 |
| Roots: The Next Generations | ABC | February 18 (7 episodes) |
| Death Car on the Freeway | CBS | September 25 |
| Salem's Lot | CBS | November 17 and 24 |
| Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | ABC | November 25 |
| The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree | NBC | December 3 |
| The Miracle Worker | NBC | October 14 |

## Networks and services
### Launches

| Network | Type | Launch date |
| Christian Television Network | Cable television | Unknown |
| National Christian Network | Cable television | Unknown |
| Satellite Program Network | Cable television | Unknown |
| C-SPAN | Cable television | March 19 |
| Take 2 | Cable television | April 1 |
| Galavision | Cable television | April 2 |
| Cornerstone Television | Cable television | April 15 |
| ESPN | Cable television | September 7 |

### Conversions and rebrandings

| Old network | New network | Type | Conversion date |
| WTCG-TV | SuperStation WTBS | Cable television | Unknown |
| C-3 | Nickelodeon | Cable television | April 1 |
| Star Channel | The Movie Channel | Cable television | December 1 |

### Closures

There are no closures for Cable and satellite television channels in this year.

## Television stations
### Sign-ons

| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
| January 3 | Boston, Massachusetts | WQTV | 68 | Independent | |
| January 12 | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Brownsville/McAllen, Texas, United States) | XHRIO-TV | 2 | English-language independent | |
| March | North Platte, Nebraska | K57CZ | 57 | CBS | LPTV translator of KOLN/Lincoln, Nebraska; now KNPL-LD channel 10, a semi-satellite of KOLN |
| March 1 | Owensboro, Kentucky | WKOH | 31 | PBS | Part of Kentucky Educational Television as a repeater of WKLE/Lexington |
| April 15 | Greensburg/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WPCB-TV | 40 | Religious independent | |
| April 28 | Red Deer/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | WGCB | 49 | Independent | |
| May 3 | Austin, Texas | KLRU | 18 | PBS | Originally a satellite of KLRN/San Antonio, Texas |
| June 1 | Springfield, Illinois | WBHW | 55 | Independent | |
| June 12 | Charlottesville, Virginia | W64AO | 64 | ABC | Low-powered translator of WHSV-TV/Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| June 18 | Bismarck, North Dakota | KBME-TV | 3 | PBS | Part of Prairie Public Television |
| August | El Paso, Texas | KCIK-TV | 14 | Religious independent | |
| August 10 | Denver, Colorado | KDVR | 31 | Independent | |
| September 2 | Flagstaff/Phoenix, Arizona | KTVW | 33 | SIN | |
| September 9 | Phoenix, Arizona | KNXV-TV | 15 | Independent | |
| September 24 | Greensboro, North Carolina | WGNN-TV | 45 | Independent | |
| September 24 | Norfolk, Virginia | WTVZ-TV | 33 | Independent | |
| October 6 | Abilene, Texas | KTAB-TV | 32 | CBS | |
| October 22 | Grand Junction, Colorado | KJCT | 8 | ABC | |
| October 24 | Tampa, Florida | WCLF | 22 | CTN | |
| October 28 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KGMC | 34 | Independent | |
| December 22 | Warrensburg/Sedalia, Missouri (Columbia/Jefferson City) | KMOS-TV | 6 | PBS | Returned to the air after being taken off the air in 1978 as a CBS affiliate |
| Unknown date | Hartford, Connecticut | W61AH | 51 | SIN | Translator of WXTV/New York City |
| Unknown date | Miami, Florida | W56AZ | 56 | PBS | Translator of WPBT-TV |

### Network affiliation changes

| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation |
| March 5 | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota | KMSP-TV | 9 | ABC | Independent |
| March 5 | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota | KSTP-TV | 5 | NBC | ABC |
| March 5 | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota | WTCN-TV | 11 | Independent | NBC |
| June 1 | Indianapolis, Indiana | WRTV-TV | 6 | NBC | ABC |
| June 1 | Indianapolis, Indiana | WTHR-TV | 13 | ABC | NBC |
| October 6 | Abilene, Texas | KTXS-TV | 12 | CBS (primary) ABC (secondary) | ABC (exclusive) |

## Births

| Date | Name | Notability |
| January 2 | Erica Hubbard | Actress (The Replacements, Lincoln Heights) |
| January 3 | Lyriq Bent | Actor |
| January 4 | Cindy Vela | Actress |
| January 4 | Jeannie Mai | Host |
| January 6 | Cristela Alonzo | Actress |
| January 8 | Sarah Polley | Actress (Ramona, Road to Avonlea) |
| January 8 | Windell Middlebrooks | Actor (died 2015) |
| January 9 | Joshua Harto | Actor (That's So Raven) |
| January 13 | Jill Wagner | Actress |
| January 14 | James Scott | British actor (All My Children, Days of Our Lives) |
| January 16 | Aaliyah | Singer (died 2001) |
| January 24 | Ricardo Medina Jr. | Actor (Power Rangers Wild Force) |
| January 24 | Tatyana Ali | Actress (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) |
| January 25 | Christine Lakin | Actress (Step by Step) |
| January 26 | Sara Rue | Actress (Less than Perfect) |
| January 28 | Angelique Cabral | Actress |
| January 29 | Jedediah Bila | Host |
| January 29 | Jeremy Coon | Editor |
| January 30 | Michelle Langstone | New Zealand actress (Power Rangers S.P.D.) |
| February 1 | Rachelle Lefevre | Canadian actress (Under the Dome) |
| February 2 | Mayer Hawthorne | Singer |
| February 3 | Costa Ronin | Actor |
| February 4 | Tabitha Brown | Actress |
| February 4 | Jodi Shilling | Actress |
| February 7 | Cerina Vincent | Actress (Stuck in the Middle) |
| February 8 | Josh Keaton | Voice actor (Bratz, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, DC Super Hero Girls, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Justice League Action, Ben 10) |
| February 11 | Brandy Norwood | Singer and actress (Moesha, The Game) |
| February 12 | Jesse Spencer | Australian actor (House, Chicago Fire) |
| February 13 | Mena Suvari | Actress |
| February 15 | Steven Boyer | Actor |
| February 17 | Conrad Ricamora | Actor (How to Get Away with Murder) and singer |
| February 17 | Bear McCreary | Composer |
| February 18 | Tyrone D. Burton | Actor (The Parent 'Hood) |
| February 20 | Bianca Lawson | Actress (Pretty Little Liars) |
| February 21 | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Actress (Party of Five, Ghost Whisperer) and singer |
| February 21 | Jordan Peele | Actor and comedian (Mad TV, Key & Peele) |
| February 21 | Tituss Burgess | Actor |
| February 23 | Maryke Hendrikse | Voice actress (Johnny Test) |
| February 23 | S. E. Cupp | American television host |
| February 25 | Jennifer Ferrin | Actress |
| February 26 | Corinne Bailey Rae | Singer |
| February 26 | Shalim Ortiz | Singer |
| February 27 | Spero Dedes | Sportcaster |
| February 28 | Chris Hayes | Anchor |
| March 5 | Riki Lindhome | Voice actress (Monsters vs. Aliens) |
| March 7 | Stephanie Anne Mills | Canadian actress (My Dad the Rock Star, Total Drama, Sidekick) |
| March 9 | Oscar Isaac | Actor |
| March 10 | Danny Pudi | Actor (Community, DuckTales) |
| March 10 | Edi Gathegi | Actor |
| March 12 | Rhys Coiro | Actor |
| March 15 | Pollyanna McIntosh | Actress |
| March 17 | Stephen Kramer Glickman | Canadian actor (Big Time Rush) |
| March 17 | Stormy Daniels | Actress |
| March 17 | Coco Austin | Actress |
| March 18 | Danneel Ackles | Actress (One Life to Live, One Tree Hill) |
| March 18 | Adam Levine | Singer |
| March 19 | Joe Hursley | Actor |
| March 20 | Daniel Cormier | Martial artist and commentator (UFC) |
| March 21 | Melissa Gorga | American television personality |
| March 24 | Lake Bell | Actress (How to Make it in America, Boston Legal) |
| March 25 | Lee Pace | Actor (Pushing Daisies) |
| March 26 | Heidi Zeigler | Actress (Rags to Riches, Just the Ten of Us) |
| March 30 | Jose Pablo Cantillo | Actor |
| March 30 | Pete Holmes | Actor |
| March 31 | Sasha Dobson | Singer |
| April 1 | Matt Silverstein | Writer |
| April 2 | Lindy Booth | Canadian actress |
| April 2 | Jesse Carmichael | American musician |
| April 4 | Heath Ledger | Australian actor (Sweat) (died 2008) |
| April 4 | Natasha Lyonne | Actress |
| April 6 | Clay Travis | Host |
| April 7 | Adam Gubman | Composer |
| April 9 | Keshia Knight Pulliam | Actress (The Cosby Show) |
| April 11 | Josh Server | Actor (All That) |
| April 12 | Claire Danes | Actress (Homeland) |
| April 12 | Jennifer Morrison | Actress (House, Once Upon a Time) |
| April 15 | Luke Evans | Actor |
| April 15 | Karen David | Actress |
| April 16 | Tom Segura | Actor |
| April 18 | Kourtney Kardashian | Actress (Keeping Up with the Kardashians) |
| April 18 | Reena Ninan | American television journalist |
| April 18 | Ayman Mohyeldin | American television journalist |
| April 19 | Kate Hudson | Actress |
| April 21 | James McAvoy | Actor |
| April 23 | Jaime King | Actress (Hart of Dixie) |
| April 26 | Ally Musika | Writer |
| May 3 | Emily V. Gordon | Writer |
| May 4 | Lance Bass | Actor |
| May 5 | Vincent Kartheiser | Actor (Mad Men) |
| May 6 | Akbar Gbaja-Biamila | Football player |
| May 9 | Rosario Dawson | Actor (Gemini Division) |
| May 9 | Andrew W.K. | Actor |
| May 11 | Mary Elizabeth Ellis | Actress |
| May 13 | Mickey Madden | Singer |
| May 16 | Jessica Morris | Actress (One Life to Live) |
| May 19 | Kyle Carrozza | Voice actor (Mighty Magiswords) |
| May 20 | Craig Melvin | American broadcast journalist |
| May 22 | Maggie Q | Actress (Nikita, Stalker) and model |
| May 24 | Tracy McGrady | NBA basketball player |
| May 25 | Corbin Allred | Actor (Teen Angel) |
| May 26 | Elisabeth Harnois | Actress (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) |
| May 26 | Ashley Massaro | TV host (died 2019) |
| May 28 | Jesse Bradford | Actor |
| May 28 | Kal Parekh | Actor |
| May 30 | Jenny Mollen | Actress |
| June 2 | Morena Baccarin | Actress (Homeland) |
| June 2 | James Ransone | Actor |
| June 5 | Pete Wentz | American musician (Fall Out Boy) |
| June 7 | Anna Torv | Actress (Fringe) |
| June 11 | Preslaysa Edwards | Actress (The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo) |
| June 12 | Earl Watson | NBA basketball player |
| June 14 | Osvaldo Benavides | Actor |
| June 17 | Young Maylay | Rapper |
| June 21 | Chris Pratt | Actor (Everwood, Parks and Recreation) |
| June 22 | Paul Campbell | Actor |
| June 22 | Jai Rodriguez | Actor |
| June 23 | Linzie Janis | American television journalist |
| June 24 | Mindy Kaling | Actress (The Office, The Mindy Project) |
| June 25 | Busy Philipps | Actress (Dawson's Creek, Freaks and Geeks, Cougar Town) |
| June 26 | Julia Benson | Canadian actress (Stargate Universe) |
| June 26 | Ryan Tedder | Singer |
| June 27 | Cazwell | Rapper |
| June 28 | Felicia Day | Actress (The Guild) |
| June 30 | Rick Gonzalez | Actor (Reaper, Arrow) |
| June 30 | Christopher Jacot | Actor |
| June 30 | Lynn Smith | American journalist |
| July 2 | Tom Llamas | American journalist |
| July 3 | Elizabeth Hendrickson | Actress (All My Children) |
| July 4 | Kevin Thoms | Actor |
| July 6 | Kevin Hart | Actor |
| July 6 | Moshe Kasher | Actor |
| July 11 | Jax Taylor | Actor |
| July 12 | Brooke Baldwin | American journalist |
| July 12 | Omid Abtahi | American actor |
| July 14 | Scott Porter | Actor (Hart of Dixie) |
| July 15 | Philipp Karner | Actor |
| July 15 | Laura Benanti | Actress |
| July 16 | Jayma Mays | Actress (Heroes, Ugly Betty, Glee, The League, The Millers, Trial & Error) |
| July 17 | Mike Vogel | Actor (Under the Dome) |
| July 18 | Jason Weaver | Actor (Smart Guy) and singer |
| July 22 | Parvesh Cheena | Actor |
| July 23 | Michelle Williams | Actress |
| July 24 | Rose Byrne | Actress |
| July 25 | Juan Pablo Di Pace | Actor |
| July 26 | Mageina Tovah | Actress |
| July 26 | Tamyra Gray | Singer and Actress (American Idol, Boston Public) |
| July 26 | Juliet Rylance | Actress |
| July 31 | B. J. Novak | Actor (Ryan Howard on The Office) |
| August 1 | Jason Momoa | Actor (Stargate Atlantis, Game of Thrones) |
| August 3 | Danso Gordon | Canadian actor (In a Heartbeat, South of Nowhere) |
| August 3 | Evangeline Lilly | Canadian actress (Lost) |
| August 3 | Sarah Haskins | Comedian |
| August 7 | Eric Johnson | Canadian actor (Smallville, Rookie Blue) |
| August 10 | JoAnna Garcia | Actress (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Freaks and Geeks, Reba, Privileged, Better with You, The Astronaut Wives Club) |
| August 11 | Drew Nelson | Canadian actor (Girlstuff/Boystuff, Total Drama) |
| August 11 | Rob Kerkovich | Actor (NCIS: New Orleans) |
| August 12 | Peter Browngardt | Voice actor (Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Uncle Grandpa) |
| August 12 | Keith Powell | Actor |
| August 15 | Jennifer Finnigan | Actress (The Bold and the Beautiful, Close to Home, Better with You, Tyrant) |
| August 22 | Peter Shukoff | Comedian |
| August 22 | Steve Kornacki | Host |
| August 22 | Brandon Adams | Actor |
| August 23 | Clare Grant | Actress |
| August 26 | Erik Valdez | Actor (General Hospital, Graceland, Superman & Lois) |
| August 27 | Aaron Paul | Actor |
| August 28 | Shane Van Dyke | Actor |
| August 30 | Marin Ireland | Actress |
| August 31 | Yara Martinez | Actor |
| September 1 | Camille Chen | Actress |
| September 2 | Jonathan Kite | Actor |
| September 4 | Max Greenfield | Actor (New Girl) |
| September 5 | Stacey Dales | Broadcaster |
| September 7 | Andrew Catalon | Broadcaster |
| September 8 | Pink | Singer |
| September 9 | Nikki DeLoach | Actress (Awkward) |
| September 11 | Cameron Richardson | Actress |
| September 11 | Ariana Richards | Actress |
| September 12 | Jay McGraw | Writer |
| September 15 | Dave Annable | Actor (Brothers & Sisters, 666 Park Avenue, Red Band Society, Heartbeat) |
| September 15 | Amy Davidson | Actress (8 Simple Rules) |
| September 16 | Flo Rida | Rapper |
| September 18 | Alison Lohman | Actress (Pasadena) |
| September 18 | Amna Nawaz | Journalist (PBS NewsHour) |
| September 20 | Chris Tardio | Actor |
| September 22 | Michael Graziadei | Actor |
| September 24 | Erin Chambers | Actress (General Hospital) |
| September 24 | Justin Bruening | Actor (All My Children) |
| September 24 | Ross Mathews | TV host |
| September 25 | Rashad Evans | American retired mixed martial artist |
| September 26 | Nick Weidenfeld | Producer |
| September 27 | Alicyn Packard | Voice actress (The Mr. Men Show. The Tom And Jerry Show) |
| September 28 | Bam Margera | Professional skateboarder and stunt performer (Jackass, Viva La Bam) |
| September 28 | Anndi McAfee | Voice actress (Hey Arnold!, Recess, Lloyd in Space) |
| September 28 | Mara Schiavocampo | American journalist |
| September 30 | Mike Damus | Actor (Teen Angel, Brutally Normal, Men, Women & Dogs, Trust Me) |
| October 2 | Brianna Brown | Actress (General Hospital, Devious Maids) |
| October 3 | Claudia Bassols | Actress |
| October 3 | Matt Davis | Comedian |
| October 3 | John Morrison | Actor |
| October 3 | Josh Klinghoffer | Musician |
| October 4 | Rachael Leigh Cook | Actress (Perception) |
| October 4 | Caitriona Balfe | Irish actress (Outlander) |
| October 7 | Aaron Ashmore | Canadian actors and brothers |
| October 7 | Shawn Ashmore | Canadian actors and brothers |
| October 8 | Kristanna Loken | Actress and model (Painkiller Jane) |
| October 9 | Brandon Routh | Actor (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow) |
| October 9 | Alex Greenwald | Actor |
| October 9 | Chris O'Dowd | Actor |
| October 10 | Mýa | Actress |
| October 14 | Stacy Keibler | Actress |
| October 15 | Jaci Velasquez | Actress |
| October 17 | Deanna Russo | Actress |
| October 18 | Ne-Yo | Singer and actor |
| October 19 | Angela Sun | American journalist |
| October 20 | John Krasinski | Actor (Jim Halpert on The Office) |
| October 22 | Tony Denman | Actor |
| October 22 | Nina Parker | American television journalist |
| October 25 | Sarah Thompson | Actress (Angel, 7th Heaven) |
| October 26 | Jonathan Chase | Actor |
| October 29 | Andrew-Lee Potts | Actor |
| October 31 | Erica Cerra | Actress |
| November 2 | Erika Flores | Actress (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) |
| November 5 | Leonardo Nam | Actor |
| November 6 | Lamar Odom | NBA basketball player |
| November 6 | Adam LaRoche | Baseball player |
| November 6 | Brad Stuart | Hockey player |
| November 7 | Jon Peter Lewis | Singer (American Idol, The Voice) |
| November 8 | Dania Ramirez | Dominican-American actress (Entourage, Heroes, Devious Maids, Once Upon a Time) |
| November 9 | Darren Trumeter | Actor |
| November 12 | Cote de Pablo | Chilean-American actress (NCIS) |
| November 13 | Henry Wolfe | Actor, singer and son of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer |
| November 13 | Metta World Peace | NBA basketball player |
| November 14 | Olga Kurylenko | Actress |
| November 17 | Azita Ghanizada | American actress |
| November 18 | Nate Parker | American actor |
| November 19 | Barry Jenkins | American screenwriter |
| November 19 | Michelle Vieth | American actress |
| November 20 | Jacob Pitts | American actor |
| November 22 | Josh Cooke | American actor |
| November 23 | Jonathan Sadowski | Actor ($#*! My Dad Says, Young & Hungry) |
| November 23 | Kelly Brook | Model and actress (Smallville) |
| November 25 | Jerry Ferrara | American actor |
| November 25 | Joel Kinnaman | Actor |
| November 28 | Daniel Henney | American actor |
| November 28 | Brian Nolan | American actor |
| November 28 | Chamillionaire | American rapper |
| November 29 | The Game | American rapper |
| November 29 | Simon Amstell | Presenter |
| November 30 | Diego Klattenhoff | Canadian actor (Homeland, The Blacklist) |
| December 2 | Melissa Archer | Actress (One Life to Live) |
| December 3 | Tiffany Haddish | Actress (The Carmichael Show) |
| December 3 | Rainbow Sun Francks | Actor |
| December 5 | Nick Stahl | Actor |
| December 7 | Eric Bauza | Canadian voice actor (Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Fairly OddParents, The Looney Tunes Show, Ben 10: Omniverse, Xiaolin Chronicles, Uncle Grandpa, Breadwinners, New Looney Tunes, Atomic Puppet, Mighty Magiswords, Ben 10, Unikitty, Muppet Babies, Legend of the Three Caballeros, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) |
| December 7 | Jennifer Carpenter | Actress |
| December 7 | Sara Bareilles | Actress |
| December 8 | Nick Thune | Actor |
| December 8 | Ingrid Michaelson | Actress |
| December 11 | Rider Strong | Actor (Boy Meets World, Kim Possible, Girl Meets World, Star vs. the Forces of Evil) |
| December 13 | Kimee Balmilero | Actress |
| December 15 | Adam Brody | Actor (The O.C.) |
| December 16 | Brodie Lee | Pro wrestler (WWE, AEW) (died 2020) |
| December 16 | Trevor Immelman | Golfer |
| December 17 | Jaimee Foxworth | Actress (Family Matters) |
| December 17 | Lil Rel Howery | Actor |
| December 18 | Emily Swallow | Actress |
| December 19 | Tara Summers | English actress (Boston Legal) |
| December 21 | Rutina Wesley | Actress (True Blood) |
| December 23 | Holly Madison | Model |
| December 26 | Chris Daughtry | Singer (American Idol) |
| December 28 | Bree Williamson | Actress (One Life to Live) |
| December 28 | André Holland | Actor |
| December 28 | Bree Williamson | Actress |
| December 29 | Ariel Schrag | Writer |
| December 29 | Diego Luna | Actor |
| December 30 | Catherine Taber | Voice actress (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Loud House) |
| December 31 | Elaine Cassidy | Actress |

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| January 11 | Jack Soo | 61 | Actor (Nick Yemana on Barney Miller) |
| January 16 | Ted Cassidy | 46 | Actor (Lurch on The Addams Family) |
| January 27 | Dick Wesson | 59 | Actor, announcer (The Wonderful World of Disney) |
| June 2 | Jim Hutton | 45 | Actor (Ellery Queen) |
| June 22 | Hope Summers | 83 | Actress (Clara Edwards on The Andy Griffith Show) |
| July 29 | Bill Todman | 62 | Game show producer (Match Game, What's My Line?) |
| August 17 | Vivian Vance | 70 | Actress (Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy) |
| November 1 | Mamie Eisenhower | 82 | First Lady of the United States and spouse of President Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| November 30 | Zeppo Marx | 78 | Actor and comedian |