# 1976 in American television

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This is a list of American television-related events in 1976.

## Events

| Date | Event |
| January 1 | NBC officially replaces its snake and peacock logos with a "modern N," composed of blue and red trapezoids—and nearly identical to the logo for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications' TV network, prompting NET to sue NBC for trademark infringement. |
| January 11–12 | Eleanor and Franklin, a two-part miniseries starring Jane Alexander and Edward Herrmann, airs on ABC. |
| January 17 | The Blues Brothers make their debut on NBC's Saturday Night Live, singing Slim Harpo's song "I'm a King Bee" in their Killer Bees costumes. Their first appearance as The Blues Brothers proper occurred in 1978. |
| February 1 | The miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man debuts on ABC, becoming a critical and ratings success over its 12-episode run. |
| February 2 | Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, and Art Carney reunite in an ABC special, The Honeymooners – The Second Honeymoon. |
| February 10 | The controversial "Episode 847" of Sesame Street featuring Margaret Hamilton reprising her role as The Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is broadcast. The episode was subsequently pulled from broadcast due to a barrage of complaints leveled at the Children's Television Workshop from parents who felt that Hamilton's performance was too traumatizing for their children. |
| February 16 | ABC airs the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The film was broadcast in two parts, totaling in 90 minutes each. The second part would air on February 23. The first part begins with Bond's escape from Piz Gloria on skis, which was actually in the middle portion of the film. Meanwhile, a disembodied voice (who is meant to be Bond, but not performed by George Lazenby) provides narration to explain the backstory. The edit ends at the scene in Piz Gloria, where Bond flirts with Ernst Stavro Blofeld's girls. |
| February 19 | CBS affiliate KXLY-TV in Spokane, Washington is given a "notice of termination" by the network, stripping KXLY-TV of its affiliation effective August 19. CBS cites business reasons (KXLY-TV had been airing several network programs out of pattern in recent years) as the reason they stripped KXLY-TV. In the end, CBS decides to affiliate with ABC affiliate KREM-TV, while KXLY-TV joins ABC. The move takes effect August 8 at the request of KREM-TV, who wanted to air ABC Sports' entire coverage of the 1976 Summer Olympics. |
| February 29 | The movie The Sound of Music is televised for the first time, on ABC. |
| February 29 | CBS affiliates KRSD-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota and KDSJ-TV in Lead both shut down after a 5-year struggle over their unsatisfactory technical operations, which had rendered complaints from viewers, NBC (its former affiliation before 1970), and the Federal Communications Commission. Dakota Broadcasting Company assumes a construction permit for new stations on KRSD-TV's channel 7 and KDSJ-TV's channel 5, which respectively sign-on as KEVN and KIVV-TV on July 11. This in turn will give the Rapid City area its first full-time ABC affiliate (A full-time CBS affiliate will return to Rapid City in 1981 when the network's Sioux Falls affiliate KELO-TV signs-on translator station K15AC (now KCLO-TV)). |
| April 1–2 | Helter Skelter, a two-part adaptation of Vincent Bugliosi's book about the Charles Manson case, airs on CBS, with Steve Railsback portraying Manson. |
| April 12 | ABC airs its first Monday Night Baseball broadcast, taking over the package from NBC. |
| April 24 | Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes an on-air offer to pay The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the show. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York City and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check. Michaels would raise his offer to $3,200 on SNL's May 22 episode. |
| June 4 | CBS broadcasts Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns. This triple-overtime contest, which ended in the Celtics defeating the Suns 128-126, has since been heralded as the greatest NBA game ever played. |
| June 7 | After several years providing commentaries for the show, David Brinkley joins John Chancellor as co-anchor of NBC Nightly News, an attempt by the network to bolster ratings against the CBS Evening News and to harken back to the success it had with The Huntley-Brinkley Report. |
| June 15 | NBC affiliate in Dayton, WLWD change its call letters to WDTN after Grinnell College bought out the station. |
| June 21 | Deidre Hall makes her debut as Marlena Evans on Days of Our Lives. |
| June 26 | Japanese pro wrestler Antonio Inoki and American boxer Muhammad Ali fight each other in "The War of the Worlds". |
| July 1 | The pay TV network Showtime makes its debut, appearing only on a Dublin, California cable system. The network would expand nationally in 1978. |
| July 4 | U.S. television networks present extensive coverage of nationwide events commemorating the country's bicentennial. |
| July 11 | KYCU-TV of Cheyenne, Wyoming (and its satellites) drop all NBC programs and switch to a primary ABC affiliation, which will last until 1984. |
| July 12 | Family Feud premieres on ABC and would become daytime television's number 1 game show within the next few years and beyond. |
| September 6 | In an experiment, New York City station WOR-TV replaces its normal programming for 5 exclusive nights of British shows from Thames Television. |
| September 16 | WECA-TV in Tallahassee, Florida begins broadcasting, giving the Tallahassee market its first full-time ABC affiliate. |
| September 23 | The first of three debates between U.S. presidential candidates Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter air in prime time; they are the first presidential debates ever televised in color, as well as the first debates between major party nominees for U.S. president since 1960. |
| October 4 | Newly arrived from NBC, Barbara Walters joins Harry Reasoner as co-anchor of the ABC Evening News. The pair have a noticeable lack of on-air chemistry, and by 1978 Reasoner would leave ABC to return to CBS and 60 Minutes. |
| October 11 | Jane Pauley makes her debut on NBC's Today. |
| October 15 | The first ever vice presidential debate takes place between senators Bob Dole and Walter Mondale. |
| October 29 | WGTQ in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan signs-on as a full satellite of ABC affiliate WGTU in Traverse City, bringing the full ABC schedule to the Eastern Upper Peninsula. |
| November 7–8 | The film Gone with the Wind makes its broadcast television debut on NBC; it would be the highest-rated program ever aired on a single network, only to be surpassed by Roots the following January. |
| November 9 | The Museum of Broadcasting opens on the first 3 floors of the Paley Foundation building in New York City. The museum would later be renamed The Paley Center for Media. |
| November 13 | The Carol Burnett Show airs Went with the Wind!, a movie parody of Gone With the Wind, five days after the film's network TV debut. TV Guide ranked the sketch #53 on its list of "Top 100 Episodes of All Time". |
| December 10 | Rudolph's Shiny New Year premiered on ABC at the time when Christmas is around, with voice casts such as Billie Mae Richards as the voice of Rudolph, with special guest stars like Red Skelton, Morey Amsterdam and more |
| December 14 | Barbara Walters airs her first interview special for ABC, with guests Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Barbra Streisand, and Jon Peters. |
| December 17 | At 1:00 p.m. (ET), Atlanta, Georgia station WTCG-TV begins satellite transmission of its regular programming to four cable systems, thus becoming the first superstation. |
| December 31 | President Gerald Ford presents the last of the Bicentennial Minutes on CBS; the vignettes had been airing nightly on the network since July 4, 1974. |
| Also in 1976 | CBS' Match Game is the #1 rated game show on daytime television for the fourth consecutive year. |
| Also in 1976 | The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, draw an estimated one billion viewers worldwide. |
| Also in 1976 | Matsushita introduces the VHS home video cassette recorder to compete with Sony's Betamax system. |

## Programs

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### Debuting this year

| Date | Show | Network |
| January 5 | Mobile One | ABC |
| January 13 | The Adams Chronicles | PBS |
| January 14 | The Bionic Woman | ABC |
| January 21 | Dance in America | PBS |
| January 27 | Laverne & Shirley | ABC |
| January 28 | The Dumplings | NBC |
| January 30 | The Practice | NBC |
| February 2 | Jigsaw John | NBC |
| February 13 | Sara | CBS |
| March 9 | Family | ABC |
| May 3 | Joe Forrester | ABC |
| May 31 | Viva Valdez |
| June 14 | The Gong Show | NBC |
| July 12 | Family Feud | ABC |
| July 26 | Comedy Theatre | NBC |
| August 5 | What's Happening!! | ABC |
| August 14 | Clue Club | CBS |
| August 30 | New Howdy Doody Show | Syndication |
| August 31 | Alice | CBS |
| September 6 | In Search of... | Syndication |
| September 9 | Delvecchio | CBS |
| September 11 | Ark II | CBS |
| September 11 | Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle | CBS |
| September 11 | Way Out Games | CBS |
| September 11 | Big John, Little John | NBC |
| September 11 | The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. | NBC |
| September 11 | McDuff, the Talking Dog | NBC |
| September 11 | Monster Squad | NBC |
| September 11 | Muggsy | NBC |
| September 11 | Jabberjaw | ABC |
| September 11 | The Krofft Supershow | ABC |
| September 11 | The Mumbly Cartoon Show | ABC |
| September 11 | The Scooby-Doo Show | ABC |
| September 11 | The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour | ABC |
| September 17 | Spencer's Pilots | CBS |
| September 19 | Cos | ABC |
| September 20 | All's Fair | CBS |
| September 20 | The Muppet Show | Syndication |
| September 21 | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | ABC |
| September 21 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | NBC |
| September 21 | Bronk | CBS |
| September 22 | The Quest |
| September 22 | Ball Four | CBS |
| September 22 | Charlie's Angels | ABC |
| September 23 | The Tony Randall Show | ABC |
| September 23 | Gemini Man | NBC |
| September 24 | Serpico | NBC |
| September 25 | Holmes & Yo-Yo | ABC |
| September 25 | Mr. T and Tina | ABC |
| September 30 | The Nancy Walker Show | ABC |
| October 3 | Quincy, M.E. | NBC |
| October 4 | 50 Grand Slam | NBC |
| October 4 | Stumpers | NBC |
| October 16 | Most Wanted | ABC |
| November 11 | Gibbsville | NBC |
| December 1 | C.P.O. Sharkey | NBC |
| December 1 | The McLean Stevenson Show | NBC |
| December 1 | Sirota's Court | NBC |
| December 6 | The Feather and Father Gang | ABC |
| December 13 | Double Dare | CBS |

### Ending this year

| Date | Show | Debut |
| January 5 | Mobile One | 1975 |
| January 25 | McCoy | 1975 |
| February 20 | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (returned in 1979) | 1968 |
| February 25 | Clyde Frog Show | 1974 |
| March 3 | Cannon | 1971 |
| March 12 | The Magnificent Marble Machine | 1975 |
| March 28 | Bronk | 1975 |
| March 30 | The Rookies | 1972 |
| March 31 | The Dumplings | 1976 |
| April 4 | Ellery Queen | 1975 |
| April 13 | The Adams Chronicles | 1976 |
| April 29 | Harry O | 1974 |
| May 7 | Sara | 1976 |
| June 14 | Jigsaw John | 1976 |
| July 9 | Rhyme and Reason | 1975 |
| July 29 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1969 |
| September | The Letter People | 1974 |
| September 6 | Comedy Theatre (returned in 1979) | 1976 |
| September 6 | Medical Center | 1969 |
| September 6 | Viva Valdez | 1976 |
| October 16 | Shazam! | 1974 |
| October 28 | Gemini Man | 1976 |
| October 30 | Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (returned in 1979) | 1972 |
| December 4 | Land of the Lost | 1974 |
| December 10 | Gambit (returned in 1980 on NBC as "Las Vegas Gambit") | 1972 |
| December 11 | Clue Club | 1976 |
| December 18 | Ark II | 1976 |
| December 18 | Jabberjaw | 1976 |
| December 30 | Gibbsville | 1976 |
| December 31 | Bicentennial Minutes | 1974 |
| December 31 | Somerset | 1970 |

## Networks and services
### Launches

| Network | Type | Launch date |
| Mobil Showcase Network | Cable television | Unknown |
| Showtime | Cable television | July 1 |
| WTCG-TV | Cable television | December 17 |

### Conversions and rebrandings

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

### Closures

| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
| MGM Family Network | Cable and satellite | September 9 | | |

## Television stations
### Station launches

| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
| January 20 | Wausau/Rhinelander, Wisconsin | WHRM-TV | 20 | PBS | Part of Wisconsin Public Television |
| January 30 | Pierre, South Dakota | KPRY-TV | 4 | PBS | Part of South Dakota Public Broadcasting |
| March 9 | Lowry, South Dakota | KQSD-TV | 11 | PBS | Part of South Dakota Public Broadcasting |
| March 17 | Eau Claire/La Crosse, Wisconsin | WHLA-TV | 31 | PBS | Part of Wisconsin Public Television |
| May 31 | Chicago, Illinois | WCFC-TV | 38 | CTN | |
| July 11 | Lead, South Dakota | KIVV-TV | 5 | ABC | Satellite of KEVN-TV/Rapid City |
| July 11 | Rapid City, South Dakota | KEVN-TV | 7 | ABC | |
| September 4 | San Francisco, California | KTSF-TV | 26 | Multicultural independent | |
| September 8 | Monroe, Louisiana | KLTM-TV | 12 | PBS | Part of Louisiana Public Broadcasting |
| September 10 | Memphis, Tennessee | WPTY | 24 | Independent | |
| September 16 | Tallahassee, Florida | WECA-TV | 27 | ABC | |
| September 18 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | KAFT | 13 | PBS | Part of the Arkansas Educational Television Network |
| October 2 | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | KETG | 9 | PBS | Part of the Arkansas Educational Television Network |
| October 3 | Crossville, Tennessee | WCPT-TV | 55 | Independent | |
| October 29 | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | WGTQ | 8 | ABC | Satellite of WGTU/Traverse City, Michigan |
| November 25 | Allentown, Pennsylvania | WFMZ-TV | 69 | Independent | |
| December 15 | Park Falls/Superior, Wisconsin (Duluth, Minnesota) | WLEF-TV | 36 | PBS | Part of Wisconsin Public Television |

### Network affiliation changes

| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
| February 19 | Spokane, Washington | KREM-TV | 2 | ABC | CBS | |
| February 19 | Spokane, Washington | KXLY-TV | 4 | CBS | ABC | |
| March 1 | Salem, Oregon | KVDO-TV | 3 | Independent (commercial) | PBS/OEPBS | Not effective until September 20 because tower was deliberately collapsed |
| July 11 | Cheyenne, Wyoming | KYCU-TV | 5 | NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) | ABC (exclusive) | |

### Station closures

| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | First air date | Notes/Ref. |
| February 29 | Lead, South Dakota | KDSJ-TV | 5 | CBS | January 1960 | Satellite of KRSD-TV/Rapid City |
| February 29 | Rapid City, South Dakota | KRSD-TV | 7 | CBS | January 21, 1958 | Channels of KRSD-TV and KDSJ-TV reoccupied that July by KEVN and KIVV |
| June 30 | Columbus, Ohio | WGSF | 31 | PBS | March 18, 1963 | |

## Births

| Date | Name | Notability |
| January 1 | Tank | Actor, R&B singer |
| January 1 | Dan Kloeffler | Journalist |
| January 2 | Paz Vega | Actress |
| January 3 | Nicholas Gonzalez | Actor |
| January 6 | Danny Pintauro | Actor (Who's the Boss?) |
| January 6 | Johnny Yong Bosch | Actor (Bleach, Power Rangers, Three Delivery) |
| January 6 | Isha Sesay | British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent |
| January 7 | Tyron Leitso | Canadian actor (Being Erica) |
| January 7 | Alfonso Soriano | Dominican former professional baseball left fielder |
| January 8 | Jessica Leccia | Actress (Guiding Light, The Bold and the Beautiful) |
| January 8 | Jenny Lewis | Actress |
| January 8 | Josh Meyers | Actor (Mad TV, That '70s Show) |
| January 9 | Todd Grisham | Sports broadcaster (DAZN, UFC, WWE) |
| January 10 | Eduardo Garza | Voice actor |
| January 13 | Michael Peña | Actor |
| January 15 | Meredith Bishop | Actress (The Secret World of Alex Mack) |
| January 15 | Dorian Missick | Actress (Southland) |
| January 16 | Carrie Keranen | Voice actress (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kappa Mikey, Ellen's Acres) |
| January 16 | Derek Richardson | Actor |
| January 17 | Anne Stedman | Actress |
| January 19 | Ken Lawson | Actor and rapper (The Parkers) |
| January 19 | Drew Powell | Actor (Gotham) |
| January 19 | Marsha Thomason | English actress (Las Vegas, Lost, White Collar) |
| January 20 | Pedro Bromfman | Brazilian musician |
| January 23 | Tony Lucca | Actor (Mickey Mouse Club, Malibu Shores) |
| January 23 | Nigel McGuinness | English professional wrestling commentator |
| January 26 | Gilles Marini | French-American actor (Brothers & Sisters, Switched at Birth, Devious Maids) |
| January 28 | Rick Ross | Rapper |
| January 30 | Andy Milonakis | Actor (The Andy Milonakis Show, Adventure Time, Future-Worm!) and comedian |
| January 31 | Paul Scheer | Actor (The League, NTSF:SD:SUV::, Fresh Off the Boat, Apple & Onion) |
| February 2 | Lori Beth Denberg | Actress (All That, The Steve Harvey Show) |
| February 3 | Isla Fisher | Australian actress (Arrested Development) |
| February 3 | Tim Heidecker | Actor |
| February 4 | Cam'ron | Rapper, actor |
| February 7 | Kelly Choi | South Korean-American television host |
| February 8 | Pooch Hall | Actor (The Game) |
| February 9 | Charlie Day | Actor (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) |
| February 10 | Keeley Hawes | Actress |
| February 11 | Brice Beckham | Actor (Mr. Belvedere) |
| February 12 | Jenni Falconer | Television presenter |
| February 12 | Aarón Sánchez | Television personality |
| February 14 | Erica Leerhsen | Actress |
| February 15 | Brandon Boyd | Singer |
| February 16 | Janet Varney | Actress (Korra on The Legend of Korra) |
| February 16 | Eric Byrnes | Broadcaster |
| February 19 | Dan Fogelman | Screenwriter |
| February 20 | Chris Cillizza | Political commentator |
| February 23 | Kelly Macdonald | Scottish actress (Boardwalk Empire) |
| February 24 | Crista Flanagan | Comedic actress (Mad TV, Mad Men) |
| February 25 | Rashida Jones | Actress (Parks and Recreation) |
| February 28 | Ali Larter | Actress (Heroes, Legends) |
| February 29 | Ja Rule | Rapper, actor |
| March 1 | Luke Mably | Actor |
| March 2 | Jeff Wadlow | Writer |
| March 5 | Neil Jackson | Actor |
| March 5 | Lucian Msamati | Actor |
| March 8 | Freddie Prinze Jr. | Actor |
| March 8 | Hines Ward | Coach |
| March 11 | Jason Reich | Writer |
| March 13 | Danny Masterson | Actor (That '70s Show, The Ranch) |
| March 14 | Merlin Santana | Actor (Romeo Santana on The Steve Harvey Show) (died 2002) |
| March 14 | Corey Stoll | Actor |
| March 14 | Brian Quinn | Actor |
| March 15 | Cara Pifko | Actress |
| March 16 | Nick Spano | Actor (Even Stevens) |
| March 16 | Daniel Gillies | Canadian-born New Zealand actor (The Vampire Diaries, Saving Hope, The Originals) |
| March 16 | Paul Schneider | Actor |
| March 16 | Kyle Newman | Filmmaker |
| March 16 | Jason Johnson | Professor |
| March 17 | Brittany Daniel | Actress |
| March 18 | Christopher Hanke | Actor |
| March 18 | Marnie Stern | Singer |
| March 19 | Rachel Blanchard | Canadian actress (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Clueless, 7th Heaven) |
| March 19 | Nicholas Stoller | Director |
| March 21 | Rachael MacFarlane | Voice actress (Fillmore!, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Codename: Kids Next Door, American Dad!) |
| March 22 | Reese Witherspoon | Actress (Return to Lonesome Dove) |
| March 22 | Kellie Shanygne Williams | Actress (Family Matters) |
| March 23 | Michelle Monaghan | Actress (True Detective) |
| March 23 | Keri Russell | Actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Felicity) |
| March 23 | Angela Kang | Writer |
| March 26 | Amy Smart | Actress (Felicity) |
| March 27 | Craig Wayans | Actor |
| March 30 | Jessica Cauffiel | Actress |
| March 31 | Josh Saviano | Actor (The Wonder Years) |
| April 1 | Troy Baker | Voice actor |
| April 2 | Adam F. Goldberg | Writer |
| April 4 | James Roday Rodriguez | Actor (Psych) |
| April 5 | Sterling K. Brown | Actor (This Is Us) |
| April 6 | Candace Cameron Bure | Actress (Full House, Fuller House) |
| April 7 | Kevin Alejandro | Actor |
| April 7 | Eric Wareheim | Actor |
| April 13 | Glenn Howerton | Actor (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) |
| April 13 | Jonathan Brandis | Actor (seaQuest DSV) (d. 2003) |
| April 16 | David Lyons | Actor (ER, Sea Patrol, Revolution) |
| April 16 | Lukas Haas | Actor and musician |
| April 18 | Melissa Joan Hart | Actress (Clarissa Explains it All, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Sabrina: The Animated Series, Melissa & Joey, The Loud House, The Casagrandes) |
| April 18 | Sean Maguire | English actor (Once Upon a Time) |
| April 18 | Kevin Rankin | Actor |
| April 19 | Wyatt Cenac | Actor (The Daily Show, Fanboy & Chum Chum, People of Earth) |
| April 20 | Joey Lawrence | Actor (Gimme a Break!, Blossom, Brotherly Love, Run of the House, Melissa & Joey) |
| April 25 | Tim Duncan | NBA basketball player |
| April 26 | Thurop Van Orman | Voice actor (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Gravity Falls) |
| April 28 | Michael Carbonaro | Actor |
| May 1 | Darius McCrary | Actor (Family Matters) |
| May 1 | James Murray | Actor |
| May 5 | Peter Morén | Singer |
| May 8 | Luke Burbank | Radio host |
| May 10 | Rhona Bennett | Singer and actress (Mickey Mouse Club) |
| May 17 | Rochelle Aytes | Actress (Mistresses) |
| May 19 | Kevin Garnett | NBA basketball player |
| May 25 | Ethan Suplee | Actor (Boy Meets World, My Name Is Earl) |
| May 25 | Erinn Hayes | Actress |
| May 26 | Jay Feely | Sportscaster |
| May 27 | RJD2 | Musician |
| May 28 | Liam O'Brien | Actor |
| May 30 | Omri Katz | Actor |
| May 31 | Colin Farrell | Actor |
| June 2 | Marek Larwood | Actor |
| June 3 | Jamie McMurray | Race car driver |
| June 5 | Marc Worden | Actor (Mickey Mouse Club, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project) |
| June 5 | Joe Gatto | Actor |
| June 5 | Aesop Rock | Rapper |
| June 6 | Emilie-Claire Barlow | Canadian actress (Total Drama) |
| June 6 | Jonathan Nolan | Screenwriter |
| June 7 | David Buckley | Composer |
| June 8 | Eion Bailey | Actor (Band of Brothers, Once Upon a Time) |
| June 16 | Tom Lenk | Actor |
| June 17 | Pedro Miguel Arce | Actor |
| June 18 | Alana de la Garza | Actress (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Miami) |
| June 18 | Blake Shelton | Singer |
| June 18 | Christina Pazsitzky | Actress |
| June 19 | Ryan Hurst | Actor |
| June 20 | Jarrad Paul | Actor |
| June 21 | Antonio Cochran | Former football player |
| June 21 | Nathan Darrow | Actor |
| June 22 | Mike O'Brien | Actor, writer and comedian (Saturday Night Live) |
| June 23 | Emmanuelle Vaugier | Canadian actress (One Tree Hill, CSI: NY, Two and a Half Men) and model |
| June 26 | Dave Rubin | Conservative political commentator |
| June 27 | Joseph Sikora | Actor |
| June 27 | Wagner Moura | Actor |
| June 28 | Camille Guaty | Actress (Prison Break, Scorpion) |
| June 28 | Jason J. Lewis | Voice actor (Justice League Action) |
| June 29 | Omar Doom | Actor |
| July 1 | Thomas Sadoski | TV actor |
| July 1 | Haaz Sleiman | TV actor |
| July 1 | Kristen Welker | TV journalist |
| July 2 | Erin Burnett | TV anchor (Erin Burnett OutFront, Squawk on the Street) |
| July 3 | Andrea Barber | Actress (Full House, Fuller House) |
| July 4 | Rohan Nichol | Actor |
| July 5 | Jamie Elman | Actor |
| July 7 | Hamish Linklater | Actor |
| July 9 | Fred Savage | Actor and director (The Wonder Years, Generator Rex, The Grinder, Friends from College) |
| July 9 | Elliot Cowan | Actor |
| July 10 | Adrian Grenier | Actor |
| July 12 | Anna Friel | English actress (Pushing Daisies) |
| July 12 | Alison Wright | English actress |
| July 15 | Diane Kruger | Actress (The Bridge) |
| July 15 | Gabriel Iglesias | Actor (The Emperor's New School, Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution, Cristela) |
| July 15 | Jim Jones | Rapper |
| July 15 | Seth Gordon | Screenwriter |
| July 16 | Bobby Lashley | Wrestler |
| July 17 | Brian K. Vaughan | Writer |
| July 17 | Luke Bryan | Singer |
| July 17 | Dagmara Domińczyk | Actress |
| July 17 | Eric Winter | Actor |
| July 17 | Eddie Shin | Actor |
| July 19 | Vinessa Shaw | Actress |
| July 19 | Benedict Cumberbatch | Actor (Sherlock) |
| July 20 | Erica Hill | Journalist |
| July 21 | Jaime Murray | Actress |
| July 27 | Ryan Michelle Bathe | Actress (Boston Legal, Army Wives) |
| July 27 | Seamus Dever | Actor (Castle) |
| July 27 | Chad Fischer | Singer |
| July 28 | Jacoby Shaddix | Actor |
| July 29 | Peter Alexander | Journalist |
| July 31 | Eric Winter | Actor |
| July 31 | Rod Monroe | Football player (died 2017) |
| August 2 | Sam Worthington | Actor |
| August 4 | David Lewis | Actor |
| August 6 | Melissa George | Actress (Alias) |
| August 6 | Josh Schwartz | Screenwriter |
| August 6 | Soleil Moon Frye | Actress (Punky Brewster, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Proud Family, Bratz, Planet Sheen) |
| August 8 | JC Chasez | Actor (Mickey Mouse Club) and singer (*NSYNC) |
| August 8 | Drew Lachey | Actor and singer |
| August 8 | Tawny Cypress | Actress (Heroes, Unforgettable) |
| August 9 | Jessica Capshaw | Actress (The Practice, Grey's Anatomy) and stepdaughter of Steven Spielberg |
| August 9 | Rhona Mitra | English actress (The Last Ship) |
| August 11 | Will Friedle | Actor (Boy Meets World, The Random Years, Girl Meets World), voice actor (Batman Beyond, Kim Possible, Justice League Unlimited, The Secret Saturdays, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Penguins of Madagascar, ThunderCats, Ultimate Spider-Man, Teen Titans Go!, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Guardians of the Galaxy, Future-Worm!, Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, DC Super Hero Girls) |
| August 12 | Antoine Walker | NBA basketball player |
| August 17 | Scott Halberstadt | Actor (Drake & Josh) |
| August 17 | Natalie Gold | Actress |
| August 19 | M. Wartella | Animator |
| August 20 | Kristen Miller | Actress (USA High) |
| August 22 | Matt Oberg | Actor |
| August 23 | Scott Caan | Actor (Hawaii Five-0) and son of James Caan |
| August 24 | Alex O'Loughlin | Australian actor (Hawaii Five-0) |
| August 26 | Mike Colter | Actor |
| August 27 | Sarah Chalke | Actress (Roseanne, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, Rick and Morty) |
| August 27 | RonReaco Lee | Actor (Sister, Sister, Let's Stay Together) |
| August 30 | Sarah-Jane Potts | Actress |
| August 31 | Shar Jackson | Actress and singer (Moesha) |
| September 3 | Ashley Jones | Actress |
| September 5 | Carice van Houten | Dutch actress (Game of Thrones) |
| September 6 | Robin Atkin Downes | Actor |
| September 6 | Rodrigo Amarante | Arranger |
| September 6 | Naomie Harris | Actress |
| September 7 | Oliver Hudson | Actor (Rules of Engagement, Nashville, Scream Queens) |
| September 9 | Joey Newman | Composer |
| September 15 | Rob Wiethoff | Actor |
| September 18 | Sophina Brown | Actress (Shark, Numb3rs) |
| September 19 | Alison Sweeney | Actress and host (Days of Our Lives, The Biggest Loser) |
| September 19 | Carter Oosterhouse | Television personality |
| September 20 | Enuka Okuma | Canadian actress (Rookie Blue, Steven Universe) |
| September 20 | Jon Bernthal | Actor |
| September 20 | Ainsley Earhardt | Television personality |
| September 24 | Reagan Dale Neis | Actress |
| September 24 | Stephanie McMahon | Businesswoman and WWE personality |
| October 1 | Danielle Bisutti | Actress (True Jackson, VP) |
| October 2 | Mandisa | Singer (American Idol) (died 2024) |
| October 3 | Seann William Scott | Actor |
| October 4 | Alicia Silverstone | Actress (Braceface, Miss Match) |
| October 5 | Matt Hamill | Mixed martial artist and wrestler |
| October 7 | Taylor Hicks | Singer |
| October 8 | Peter Stickles | Actor |
| October 9 | Sam Riegel | Voice actor (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wander Over Yonder, Pickle and Peanut) |
| October 9 | Nick Swardson | Actor |
| October 11 | Emily Deschanel | Actress (Bones) |
| October 11 | Dave Briggs | Journalist |
| October 15 | Jody Hill | Film producer |
| October 17 | Adrian Sturges | British-born film producer |
| October 19 | Desmond Harrington | Actor (Dexter) |
| October 19 | Omar Gooding | Actor (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Smart Guy) and rapper |
| October 20 | Dan Fogler | Actor |
| October 21 | Jeremy Miller | Actor (Growing Pains) |
| October 23 | Ryan Reynolds | Actor (Two Guys and a Girl) |
| October 23 | Jon Huertas | Actor (Castle) |
| October 23 | Cat Deeley | Television host |
| October 26 | Brad Neely | Writer |
| October 26 | Thurop Van Orman | Voice actor |
| October 29 | Milena Govich | Actress (Law & Order) |
| October 31 | Piper Perabo | Actress (Covert Affairs) |
| November 1 | Chad Lindberg | Actor |
| November 4 | Jonathan Kimmel | Actor |
| November 5 | Sebastian Arcelus | Actor |
| November 6 | Sal Vulcano | Actor |
| November 9 | Josh Kaufman | Singer |
| November 11 | Lisa Gleave | Actress and model (The Price Is Right) |
| November 12 | Tevin Campbell | Actor and singer |
| November 17 | Brandon Call | Actor (Step by Step) |
| November 17 | Diane Neal | Actress |
| November 18 | Dominic Armato | Voice actor (Sputz Ringley on Rocket Power) |
| November 18 | Steven Pasquale | Actor |
| November 18 | Jessi Alexander | Singer |
| November 19 | Robin Dunne | Actor |
| November 20 | Laura Harris | Actress |
| November 23 | Joe Sumner | Singer |
| November 26 | Maia Campbell | Actress and model (South Central, In the House) |
| November 27 | Jaleel White | Actor (Steve Urkel on Family Matters) |
| November 28 | Geno Segers | Actor (Pair of Kings) |
| November 28 | Ryan Kwanten | Australian actor (Home and Away, Summerland, True Blood, The Oath) |
| November 29 | Anna Faris | Actress (Mom) |
| November 29 | Chadwick Boseman | Actor (What If...?, Lincoln Heights) (died 2020) |
| November 29 | Ehren McGhehey | Sunt performer (Jackass) |
| November 29 | Julian Ovenden | Actor |
| November 30 | Peter Sullivan | Screenwriter |
| December 1 | Laura Ling | Writer |
| December 5 | Amy Acker | Actress (Angel, Alias, Happy Town, Person of Interest, The Gifted) |
| December 6 | Lindsay Price | Actress and singer (Beverly Hills, 90210, Lipstick Jungle) |
| December 7 | Mark Duplass | Actor |
| December 7 | T. J. Lavin | Host |
| December 7 | Georges Laraque | Sports commentator |
| December 8 | Dominic Monaghan | Actor (Lost, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan) |
| December 14 | Tammy Blanchard | Actress |
| December 16 | Leland Chapman | Bail bondsman and bounty hunter |
| December 17 | Dan Hageman | Writer |
| December 26 | Nadia Litz | Actress |
| December 27 | Aaron Stanford | Actor (Nikita) |
| December 28 | Brendan Hines | Actor |
| December 28 | Joe Manganiello | Actor |
| December 29 | Danny McBride | Actor (Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals) |
| December 31 | Chris Terrio | Screenwriter |
| December 31 | Clayton Morris | Host |

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| June 25 | Jay Jostyn | 74 | Radio and TV actor |
| August 28 | Anissa Jones | 18 | Actress (Buffy on Family Affair) |
| December 12 | Jack Cassidy | 49 | Actor (He & She) |

## Television debuts

* Rick Moranis – SCTV
* Kim Cattrall – Dead on Target
* Jane Pauley – Today
* Jeffrey Jones – The Adams Chronicles
* Kim Basinger – Gemini Man
* Dave Thomas – SCTV
* Ray Winstone – The Sweeney
* Deidre Hall – Days of Our Lives
* Jonathan Banks – Barnaby Jones
* Harold Ramis – SCTV