Timeline of Slashed Sources

The table features the source shows, movies, video games and books with large slash followings; the list below bring the smaller sources from the '60s until now.
 Shows/books/movies with LARGE slash fandoms 1964-now
Year	First Airing (TV)/Release 	Last Airing (TV)/Discontinuation
1964	The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 	
1965	 	
1966	Star Trek: TOS 	
1967	 	
1968	 	The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
1969	 	Star Trek: TOS
1975	Starsky & Hutch 	
1976	 	
1977	The ProfessionalsStar Wars: A New Hope 	
1978	Blake's 7 	
1979	Led Zeppelin fandom v.1 	Starsky & Hutch
1980	 	
1981	 	Blake's 7 (4 days before Xmas!)
1982	Star Trek: Wrath of Khan 	
1983	 	The Professionals
1984	Miami ViceThe Transformers franchise begins 	Led Zeppelin fandom v.1
1985	 	
1986	 	
1987	Wiseguy 	
1988	 	
1989	Quantum Leap 	Miami Vice
1990	 	Wiseguy
1991	 	
1992	Highlander Forever Knight 	
1993	The X-Files WWE RAW Homicide: Life on the Street Quantum Leap 	
1994	due South In The X-Files both Skinner and Krycek appearHercules: The Legendary Journeys 	
1995	Xena: Warrior Princess Star Trek: Voyager In Highlander, Methos appears 	
1996	The Sentinel 	Forever Knight
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Star Trek: Voyager 7 of 9 appears Stargate SG-1 1st Harry Potter book 	
1998	Sports Night Popslash takes off The Magnificent Seven 	Highlander due South
1999	Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tara appears Angel 	The Sentinel 
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Homicide: Life on the Street The Magnificent Seven
2000	Queer As Folk US 	Sports Night
2001	
Smallville Media fans join Popslash
1st The Lord of the Rings movie 	Xena: Warrior Princess Star Trek: Voyager
2002	Firefly 	The X-Files Firefly 'N Sync hiatus Star Wars: Attack of the Clones kills TPM fandom
2003	1st Pirates of the Caribbean movie 	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2004	House, M.D. Stargate Atlantis 	Angel
2005	
Supernatural Cameron Mitchell joins Stargate SG-1 	Queer As Folk US Jack O'Neill exits Stargate SG-1
2006	Torchwood Bandom rises 	
2007	
Team Fortress 2 (didn't get slash following until 2008) 	Stargate SG-1 last Harry Potter book last (?) Pirates of the Caribbean movie
2008	Merlin 	
2009	 	Stargate Atlantis
2010	Inception film released, has immediate fannish following Sherlock (BBC) first series airs, rapidly widely slashed Hawaii Five-0 (2010) starts, lures many SGA writers Dangan Ronpa (didn't get western slash following until 2012) One Direction is formed	
2011	 	
2012	Haikyuu began (manga, anime released in 2014) 	
2013	BTS is formed 	
2014	 	
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens 	
2016	Voltron: Legendary Defender 	One Direction breaks up
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi 	
2018	 	Voltron: Legendary Defender
2019	Mo Dao Zu Shi/The UntamedStar Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerGood Omens (TV series, book released in 1990)MCYT revival 	
2020	Genshin ImpactDream SMP 	Haikyuu manga ends
2021	 	
2022	Our Flag Means Death 	
2023	 	Dream SMP
==Graphical Timeline==
==Smaller Slash Fandom Sources from 1965 to now ==
Smaller, of course, is arbitrary
===='60s - '70s====
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea '64-'68
*I Spy '65 to '68
*The Wild Wild West '65 to '69
*Alias Smith and Jones '71 to '73
*Battlestar Galactica '78 to '79
*M*A*S*H '72 to '83
===='80s====
*Led Zeppelin breakup to LiveAid '80 to '85
* Simon & Simon '81 to '89
*Hardcastle and McCormick '83 to 86
*21 Jump Street '87 to 91
*The Lost Boys '87
*Alien Nation '89 to '90
===='90s====
*Led Zeppelin Page-Coverdale to Page-Plant '93 to '97
* seaQuest DSV '93 to '96
*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine '93 to '96
*Kung Fu: The Legend Continues '93 to '97
*American Gothic '95 to '96
*Space: Above and Beyond '95 to '96
*The Pretender '96 to 2000
*Profiler '96 to 2000
*Oz '97 to '03
*Brimstone '98 to '99
*The Crow: Stairway to Heaven '98 to '99
*Horatio Hornblower '98 to '03
*Half-Life '98 (didn't get slash fandom until '04)
*Velvet Goldmine '98 
*The 13th Warrior '99
*Now and Again '99 to '00
*Queer as Folk UK '99
* Roswell '99 to '02
*The West Wing '99 to '06
===='00s====
*Andromeda '00 to '05
*CSI: Crime Scene Investigation '00
*Dark Angel '00 to '02
*Gilmore Girls '00 to '07
*The Invisible Man '00 to '02
*X-Men '00
*ER Kim appears, leading to canonical Kim/Kerry '00
*Alias '01 to '06
*Scrubs '01
*Star Trek: Enterprise '01 to '05
*The Fast and the Furious '01
*Everwood '02 to '06
*The Dead Zone '02 to '06
*Battlestar Galactica '03
*NCIS '03
*The O.C. '03 to '07
*Boston Legal '04
*Deadwood '04
*The L Word '04
*Lost '04
*Veronica Mars '04
*Danny Phantom '04 - '07
*Brokeback Mountain '05
*Charlie Jade '05
*Doctor Who '05
*Numb3rs '05
*Rome '05
*Prison Break '05
*Dexter '06
*Eureka '06
*Friday Night Lights '06
*Heroes '06
*Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip '06
*Life on Mars (UK) '06
*Psych '06
*The Dresden Files '07
*Total Drama '07 - '15, '23 - '24
*Moonlight (TV) '07 to '08
*Primeval '07
*Die Hard IV '07
*The Middleman '08
*Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles '08
*Being Human '08
*True Blood '08
*The Vampire Diaries (TV) '09
===='10s====
*Golden Kamuy '14 - '22
===='20s====
*The Old Guard '20 (film, comic released in '17)
*KinnPorsche: The Series '22
==Was there really a Golden Age of slash?==
After compiling the timeline above, Sandy Herrold posted her observations in her journal about the rise and fall of slashable source:
==References==
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Category:Slash Fandom 
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