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The year 1986 in television involved some significant events. This is a list of notable events in the United States.

Events

Date Event
January 1 ABC affiliate KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri, owned by the University of Missouri, swaps affiliations with NBC affiliate KCBJ-TV, reversing a swap that took place in 1982. KCBJ-TV subsequently changes its call letters to KMIZ to reflect the change.
January 6 A Vicks Formula 44 cough medicine advertisement premieres, featuring Peter Bergman from All My Children, in which he told the viewing audience "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV". This phrase, first used during the early 1970s by actor Robert Young of the series Marcus Welby, M.D. fame, was subsequently parodied by many popular culture references.
A revival of Card Sharks premieres on CBS. In order to make room for the show (which aired at 10:30 AM), CBS moves Press Your Luck to the 4:00 PM timeslot.
January 17 Dana Plato makes her final appearance as Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes.
January 25 HBO begins scrambling its signal.
January 28 NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger spacecraft disintegrates. CNN is the only news service to broadcast the disaster nationally.
February 9 Helen Martin joins the cast of the NBC comedy 227, after appearing on every episode in the 1985–86 season. Martin replaces Kia Goodwin (who was dismissed from the cast after the first season), who portrayed Rose's (Alaina Reed) daughter, Tiffany, before written off the show initially during 1988.
February 11 Culture Club's main singer Boy George appears on an episode of the NBC drama The A-Team.
February 14 Frank Zappa appears on an episode of the NBC drama Miami Vice. Zappa plays a crime boss named "Mr. Frankie" in the episode "Payback".
February 17 Rod Roddy becomes the permanent announcer of the CBS daytime game series The Price Is Right, replacing Johnny Olsen, who had died the previous October.
February 22 In honor of the 20th anniversary of the first episode of the television series The Monkees, MTV broadcasts "Pleasant Valley Sunday", a 22-hour marathon of Monkees episodes.
March 9 On the NBC soap opera Search for Tomorrow, the entire town of Henderson is washed away in a flood. Main character Joanne Tourneur's motel is the only structure in town left standing.
Punky Brewster broadcasts a "very special episode" concerning Punky's reaction to the real life Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. This would be the final episode of Punky Brewster to be broadcast on NBC. Its final two seasons would be produced for the first-run syndication market.
March 20 After four seasons, NBC cancels Remington Steele. This announcement results in Pierce Brosnan being named the newest portrayer of James Bond. As a result of the media frenzy concerning Brosnan's appointment, as well as the corresponding increase of Steele's ratings, NBC reverses its decision and announces Steele will return midway through the 1986–87 season. This results in Bond movie producers withdrawing their offer to Brosnan, though he would take on the role of Bond in 1995.
April 3 Merv Griffin sells his company, Merv Griffin Enterprises, to The Coca-Cola Company for $250,000,000.
ABC affiliate KDEB-TV in Springfield, Missouri disaffiliates from the network and becomes an independent station as a result of an agreement between ABC and Telepictures, owners of independent station KSPR. KDEB-TV will eventually become a charter affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company a few months later.
April 13 NBC broadcasts Return to Mayberry, which reunites sixteen original cast members from The Andy Griffith Show. Return to Mayberry would become the highest-rated television film of 1986.[1]
April 21 Geraldo Rivera hosts a live two-hour syndicated special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault, infamously coming up empty-handed.
April 27 A man calling himself Captain Midnight jams HBO's signal to protest its monthly fee of $12.95.
May 10 Tommy Lee of rock group Mötley Crüe marries actress Heather Locklear.
May 12 NBC unveils its new six-feathered Peacock logo during its 60th anniversary special. It is still used by the network today.
May 16 Bobby Ewing is revealed to be alive and showering in his ex-wife Pam's bathroom in the season finale of the CBS drama Dallas; in the September 26 season premiere, it was shown that the entire 1985–86 season was a dream of hers the night after they agreed to remarry.
May 22 Cher calls David Letterman an "asshole" during a taping of NBC's Late Night with David Letterman.
May 31 ABC airs the Indianapolis 500 live for the first time.
June 1 CBS affiliate WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia swaps affiliations with ABC affiliate WOWK-TV, reversing a swap that took place in 1962.
June 29 CBS affiliate WOWT and NBC affiliate KMTV-TV, both in Omaha, Nebraska, agree to swap affiliations, thus reversing a swap that took place in 1956.
July 18 A tornado is broadcast live by NBC affiliate KARE in Minneapolis when the station's helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
September 1 For one week, CBS Evening News anchorman Dan Rather attempts to initiate the use of the word "Courage" as a slogan. The attempt is a failure, and is noticed by other members of the press.
Disney Channel, at the time a premium cable network, begins broadcasting a 24-hour-a-day schedule.
September 8 Oprah Winfrey's Chicago-based talk show goes national.
Al Michaels makes his debut as the new play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football. Michaels succeeds Frank Gifford, who was transferred to a color commentating role. Michaels would remain as the play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football until the end of the 2005 season, when ABC terminated their broadcasting relationship with the National Football League.
September 13 The film-review program Siskel & Ebert makes its debut in syndication.
September 17 ABC becomes the second American network to discontinue use of chime intonations at the beginning of telecasts, switching to satellite feed activation.
September 27 On the NBC comedy The Facts of Life, Charlotte Rae quits the role of Mrs. Garrett (who marries her old friend Bruce Gaines, played by Robert Mandan), and is replaced by Cloris Leachman, who played Beverly Ann Stickle, Mrs. Garrett's sister.
September 28 CBS returns the 4:00 PM timeslot to its affiliates following the cancellation of Press Your Luck a month earlier.
ABC airs the broadcast network television premiere of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
October 9 The Fox Broadcasting Company (then abbreviated as FBC; now Fox) launches as the United States' fourth commercial broadcast television network, the first such attempt since 1967.
October 12 Fox signs its first affiliate outside of its charter group, when WTUV in Utica, New York signs-on.
October 25 NBC's broadcast of Game 6 of the World Series, in which the New York Mets came from behind to defeat the Boston Red Sox in ten innings, causes the first cancellation of Saturday Night Live in its eleven-year history up until that point. That night's episode, which was hosted by Rosanna Arquette with musical guest Ric Ocasek, actually filmed starting at 1:30 AM EST. Instead, it aired two weeks later on November 8 with an introduction by Mets pitcher Ron Darling, who playfully apologized for the cancellation.
November 30 The Disney Channel signs off for the last time. From 7 a.m. on December 1, 1986, the channel broadcasts 24 hours a day.
December 25 Liberace makes what turns out to be his last public appearance on a prerecorded interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Programs

Debuting this year

Date Title Network
January 5 Blacke's Magic NBC
January 6 Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak ABC
January 10 He's the Mayor
January 18 The Redd Foxx Show
January 22 Planet Earth PBS
January 26 The Last Precinct NBC
January 28 Melba CBS
February 15 Fortune Dane ABC
February 16 Sidekicks
February 24 You Again? NBC
March 1 Valerie
March 3 Matlock
March 5 Fast Times CBS
Tough Cookies
March 20 All Is Forgiven NBC
March 25 Morningstar/Eveningstar CBS
Perfect Strangers ABC
March 28 Mr. Sunshine
April 6 Fathers and Sons NBC
April 24 Bridges to Cross CBS
April 25 Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills
May 28 The Canned Film Festival Syndication
June 21 Me & Mrs. C NBC
June 30 The Mysterious Cities of Gold Nickelodeon
July 28 A Current Affair Syndication
September 6 WWF Superstars of Wrestling
The Flintstone Kids ABC
September 8 Ghostbusters Syndication
Nightlife
The Oprah Winfrey Show
SilverHawks
Superior Court
September 9 The Wizard CBS
September 10 It's Garry Shandling's Show Showtime
September 11 Our House NBC
September 13 Easy Street
Kissyfur
The Real Ghostbusters ABC
Pound Puppies
Pee-wee's Playhouse CBS
Teen Wolf
Wildfire
At the Movies Syndication
September 14 The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
September 15 Rambo: The Force of Freedom
Zoobilee Zoo
September 16 Jack and Mike ABC
September 17 Head of the Class
September 18 Crime Story NBC
L.A. Law
September 19 Starman ABC
September 20 The Ellen Burstyn Show
Heart of the City
Life With Lucy
September 22 Dennis the Menace Syndication
Zoobilee Zoo
Together We Stand CBS
ALF NBC
September 23 Sledge Hammer! ABC
September 25 Our World
September 26 Kay O'Brien CBS
September 27 The New Mike Hammer
Amen NBC
September 28 WWF Wrestling Challenge Syndication
September 29 Designing Women CBS
October 1 Better Days
October 6 My Sister Sam
Double Dare Nickelodeon
October 9 The Late Show with Joan Rivers Fox
December 1 The Cavanaughs CBS
December 5 Dads ABC
Gung Ho
December 28 Outlaws CBS

Returning this year

Title Final Aired Previous Network New title Returning Network Date of return
Card Sharks 1981 NBC Same CBS January 6
Too Close for Comfort 1985 Syndication The Ted Knight Show Same April 21
9 to 5 1983 ABC Same Syndication September 13
Hollywood Squares 1984 NBC September 15
Mama's Family September 26

Ending this year

Date Title Debut
January 3 Body Language 1984
January 7 Stir Crazy 1985
January 16 Shadow Chasers
January 25 Lady Blue
February 1 Inspector Gadget (returned in 2015) 1983
February 6 Ripley's Believe It or Not! (returned in 2000) 1982
February 21 Misfits of Science 1985
March 5 Planet Earth 1986
March 7 Diff'rent Strokes 1978
April 4 Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak 1986
April 8 Foley Square 1985
Mary
April 19 Benson 1979
The Redd Foxx Show 1986
April 23 Fast Times
April 27 Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors 1985
May 2 The Fall Guy 1981
May 3 Crazy Like a Fox 1984
May 5 Hardcastle and McCormick 1983
May 7 Blacke's Magic 1986
May 16 Charlie & Co. 1985
May 23 The Joker's Wild (returned in 1990) 1972
The All-New Let's Make a Deal 1963
Tic Tac Dough (returned in 1990) 1956
May 24 The Love Boat 1977
Mr. Sunshine 1986
May 28 T. J. Hooker 1982
May 30 Welcome to Pooh Corner 1983
June 6 The Merv Griffin Show 1972
June 7 Star Wars: Droids 1985
August 8 Knight Rider 1982
August 9 The Paper Chase 1978
August 22 Riptide 1984
August 24 Code of Vengeance 1985
September 4 Trapper John, M.D. 1979
September 26 Press Your Luck 1983
October 22 Better Days 1986
November 15 Life with Lucy
November 20 Kay O'Brien
December 5 Ghostbusters
SilverHawks
December 6 It's Punky Brewster 1985
December 13 Ewoks
Wildfire 1986
December 26 The Canned Film Festival
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
Search for Tomorrow 1951

Changing networks

Show Moved from Moved to
National Geographic Explorer Nickelodeon TBS
The New Leave It to Beaver The Disney Channel
The Wonderful World of Disney CBS ABC
The Care Bears Syndication
Pink Panther and Sons NBC
Card Sharks CBS
Hollywood Squares Syndication
Mama's Family
Silver Spoons
9 to 5 ABC

Made-for-TV movies and miniseries

Title Channel Premiere date
The Last Frontier (miniseries) CBS November 3
North and South: Book II (miniseries) ABC May 4

Television stations

Station launches

Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref.
January Pensacola, Florida/Mobile, Alabama WHBR 33 CTN
January 1 Quincy, Illinois WTJR !6 CTN
January 8 Columbus, Ohio W17AI 17 Independent
January 10 Mansfield, Ohio WMFD-TV 68 Independent
January 27 Houston, Texas KTHT 67 Independent
January 31 Birmingham, Alabama WABM 68 Independent
February 7 Hot Springs, Arkansas KRZB-TV 26 Independent
February 15 Syracuse, New York WKAF 68 Independent
February 19 Urbana, Illinois WCCU 27 Independent Satellite of WRSP-TV/Springfield
March 6 Rockford, Illinois W68BR 68
March 7 Olean/Buffalo, New York W20AB 20 ACTS/TempoTV
March 10 Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia WVFT 27 Independent
March 17 Lufkin, Texas KHTM-LP 13 Independent
March 23 Lynchburg, Virginia WJPR 21 Independent
March 24 Honolulu, Hawaii KBFD 32 Asian independent
Odessa/Midland, Texas KOCV-TV 36 PBS
March 30 Jefferson City/Columbia, Missouri KNLJ 25 Religious independent
April 2 Louisville, Kentucky WBNA 21 Independent
April 7 West Monroe/Monroe, Louisiana
(El Dorado, Arkansas) 		KMCT-TV 39 Religious independent
April 6 Omaha, Nebraska KPTM 42 Independent
April 13 Stockton, California
Sacramento/Modesto, California) 		KSCH-TV 58 Independent
April 16 Rawlins, Wyoming KFNR 9 ABC
April 19 Florence, Alabama WTRT 26 Independent
April 24 Lakeland/Tampa, Florida WTMV 32 Independent
April 25 San Francisco, California K30BI 30 The Box
April 27 Mayaguez, Puerto Rico WUHM-TV 22 Independent Satellite of WAPA-TV/San Juan
April 29 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania W35BT 35 Cornerstone Television
June Beaumont, Texas KITU-TV 34 TBN
June 1 Joplin, Missouri KOZJ 26 PBS Satellite of KOZK/Springfield
June 2 Ottumwa, Iowa
(Kirksville, Missouri) 		KOIA-TV 15 Independent
June 8 Madison, Wisconsin WMSN-TV 47 Independent
June 14 Hartford, Connecticut W13BF 13 Telemundo
June 16 Odessa/Midland, Texas KPEJ-TV 24 Independent
June 17 Little Rock, Arkansas KJTM-TV 38 Independent
June 25 Nashville, Tennessee W61AR 61 Independent (primary)
America One (secondary)
July 1 Charleston, Illinois WEIU-TV 51 Independent
July 9 Wilmington, Delaware
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 		WTGI-TV 61 Independent (primary)
ABC (secondary) 		Clearednetwork programs not cleared by WPVI-TV until 1988.
July 22 Gadsden/Anniston, Alabama
(Birmingham/Tuscaloosa, Alabama) 		WTJP-TV 60 TBN
August 12 Nashville, Tennessee W24AE 24 HSN
August 23 Honolulu, Hawaii KWHE 14 Independent
August 29 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma K07TX 7 Independent
September 1 Monterey/Santa Cruz, California KSMS 67 SIN
September 2 Erie, Pennsylvania WETG 66 Independent
September 12 Indianapolis, Indiana W31AL 31 EWTN
September 14 Portland, Maine WPXT 51 Independent
September 15 New London/Hartford, Connecticut WTWS 26 Independent
September 19 Pembina, North Dakota
(Emerson/Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) 		KNRR 12 Independent Satellite of KVRR/Fargo
September 21 Great Falls, Montana KTGF 16 NBC
September 25 Garland/Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas KIAB-TV 23 SIN (primary)
CTN/HSN (secondary)
September 28 La Crosse, Wisconsin WQOW 18 ABC
October 7 St. Joseph, Missouri KTAJ-TV 16 TBN
October 8 Reno, Nevada KREN-TV 27 SIN
October 12 Utica, New York WTUV 33 Fox
October 13 Johnstown/Altoona, Pennsylvania WWCP-TV 8 Independent
October 16 Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina WUNP-TV 36 PBS Part of University of North Carolina Public Television
October 25 Bend, Oregon K48BL 48 America One
November 2 Visalia/Fresno, California KNXT 49 Religious independent
November 14 Portsmouth, Ohio K21BK 21 Independent
November 15 San Jose, California
(San Francisco/Oakland, California) 		KLXV-TV 65 TBN
November 25 Vallejo, California
(San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, California) 		KPST-TV 66 Asian independent
December La Salle/Chicago, Illinois WWTO-TV 35 TBN
December 1 Salt Lake City, Utah KUEN 9 Educational independent
December 5 Fort Wayne, Indiana WFWA 39 PBS
December 6 Norwell/Boston, Massachusetts WRYT 46 Independent
Unknown date Aguadilla, Puerto Rico WKKU 32 Religious independent
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands WTTM-TV 27 Independent
Clarksville, Indiana
(Louisville, Kentucky) 		W05BA 5 TBN
Iron Mountain/Marquette, Michigan WDHS 8 TBN
Naranjito, Puerto Rico WECN 64 Religious independent

Network affiliation changes

Date City of License/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref.
January 1 Columbia, Missouri KMIZ 17 ABC NBC
KOMU-TV 8 NBC ABC
June 1 CharlestonHuntington, West Virginia WCHS-TV 8 CBS ABC
Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia WOWK-TV 13 ABC CBS
June 29 Omaha, Nebraska KMTV 3 NBC CBS
WOWT-TV 6 CBS NBC
October 9 Albany, New York WXXA-TV 23 Independent Fox
Albuquerque, New Mexico KGSW 14
Altoona/Johnstown, Pennsylvania WWPC-TV 23
Amarillo, Texas KCIT 14
Anchorage, Alaska KTBY 4
Anderson, South Carolina
(Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina) 		WAXA-TV 40
Appleton/Green Bay, Wisconsin WXGT-TV 32
Atlanta, Georgia WATL 36
Augusta, Georgia W67BE 67
Austin, Texas KBVO 42
Baltimore, Maryland WBFF 45 Independent (primary)
ABC/CBS (secondary) 		Previously cleared programs not cleared by WMAR-TV (later WBAL-TV) and WJZ-TV
Bessemer, Alabama
(Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston) 		WDBB 17 Independent
Biloxi, Mississippi WXXV-TV 25
Boise, Idaho KTRV-TV 12
Boston, Massachusetts WFXT 25
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
(Paducah, Kentucky/Harrisburg, Illinois) 		KBSI 23
Charlotte, North Carolina WCCB 18
Champaign/Decatur/Springfield, Illinois WRSP-TV 55
Charleston, South Carolina WTAT-TV 24
Chattanooga, Tennessee WDSI-TV 61
Cheyenne, Wyoming KLWY 27
Chicago, Illinois WFLD 32
Colorado Springs, Colorado KXRM-TV 21
Columbus, Georgia WXTX 54
Columbus, Ohio WTTE 28
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas KDAF 33
Danville/Lexington, Kentucky WDKY-TV 56
Dayton, Ohio WRGT-TV 45
Des Moines, Iowa KDSM-TV 17
Detroit, Michigan WKBD-TV 50
El Paso, Texas KFOX-TV 14
Erie, Pennsylvania WFXP 66
Eugene, Oregon K25AS 25
Fargo, North Dakota KVRR 15
Flint/Saginaw, Michigan WSMH 66
Fort Myers, Florida WFTX-TV 36
Gadsden, Alabama
(Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston) 		WNAL 44
Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Michigan WXMI 17
Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina WNRW-TV 45
Harrisburg/Lebanon, Pennsylvania WPMT 43
Hartford, Connecticut WTIC-TV 61 Independent (primary)
CBS/ABC (secondary) 		Previously cleared ABC or CBS programming not carried by WTNH or WFSB-TV, respectively.
Hazleton/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania WOLF-TV 56 Independent
Homewood, Alabama
(Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston) 		WTTO 21
Honolulu, Hawaii KHNL 13
Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia
(Ashland, Kentucky/Portsmouth, Ohio) 		WVAH-TV 11
Indianapolis, Indiana WXIN
(recalled from WPDS-TV) 		59
Inglis/Yankeetown, Florida W49AI 49
Jacksonville, Florida WFOX-TV 30
Kansas City, Missouri KSHB-TV 41
Kerrville/San Antonio, Texas KRRT 35
Knoxville, Tennessee WTNZ 43
Lafayette, Louisiana KADN 15
Lake Charles, Louisiana KVHP 29
Las Vegas, Nevada KVVU-TV 5
Los Angeles, California KTTV 11
Lubbock, Texas KJTV-TV 36
Lynchburg/Danville, Virginia WJPR-TV 21
Madison, Wisconsin WMSN-TV 47
Memphis, Tennessee WMKW-TV 30
Miami, Florida WCIX-TV 6
Milwaukee, Wisconsin WCGV-TV 24
Montgomery, Alabama WCOV-TV 20
Mobile, Alabama
(Pensacola, Florida) 		WPMI-TV 15
Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz, California KCBA 35
Nashville, Tennessee WCAY-TV 30
Newport, Kentucky/Cincinnati, Ohio WXIX-TV 19
New York City WNEW-TV 5
Norfolk, Virginia
(Newport News/Portsmouth/Virginia Beach) 		WTVZ 33
Oakland/San Francisco, California KTVU 2
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma KAUT-TV 43
Orlando, Florida WOFL 35
Ottumwa, Iowa/Kirksville, Missouri KOIA-TV 15
Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois WYZZ-TV 43
Pembina, North Dakota (USA)
(Emerson/Winnipeg, Manitoba) 		KNRR 12 Satellite of KVRR/Fargo
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WTXF-TV 29
Phoenix, Arizona KNXV-TV 15
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania WPGH-TV 53 Independent (primary)
CBS (secondary)
Pine Bluff/Little Rock, Arkansas KJTM-TV 38 Independent
Portland, Maine WPXT 51
Providence, Rhode Island WNAC-TV 64
Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina WLFL-TV 22
Redding/Chico, California KRCR-TV 7 ABC (exclusive) ABC (primary)
Fox (secondary)
Reno, Nevada KAME-TV 21 Independent Fox
Richmond, Virginia WRLH-TV 35
Rochester, New York WUHF 31
Sacramento, California KTXL 40
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands WSZE-TV 10 NBC (primary)
CBS/ABC (secondary) 		NBC (primary)
CBS/ABC/Fox (secondary) 		Satellite of KUAM-TV/Hagtna, Guam
San Angelo, Texas KIDY 6 Independent Fox
Salt Lake City, Utah KSTU 13
Savannah, Georgia WTGS 28
Scottsbluff, Nebraska KFNR 9
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania WOLF-TV 38
Shaker Heights/Cleveland, Ohio WOIO 19
Shreveport, Louisiana KMSS-TV 33 Independent (primary)
CBS (secondary)
Spokane, Washington KAYU-TV 28 Independent
Springfield, Missouri KDEB-TV 27
St. Louis, Missouri KDNL 30
Syracuse, New York WSYT-TV 68
Tacoma/Seattle, Washington KCPQ 13 Independent (primary)
CBS (secondary)
Tampa, Florida WTOG 44 Independent
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
(Grand Forks, North Dakota) 		KBRR 10 Satellite of KVRR/Fargo
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
(San Diego, California, United States) 		XETV-TV 6
Toledo, Ohio WUPW 36
Tulsa, Oklahoma KOKI-TV 23
Tucson, Arizona KMSB 11
Waco, Texas KWKT-TV 44
Washington, D.C. WTTG 5
Watertown, New York WJCK 50 ABC (exclusive) ABC (primary)
Fox (secondary)
Wichita, Kansas KSAS-TV 24 Independent Fox
Wichita Falls, Texas KJTL 18
Unknown date Detroit, Michigan W26AB 26 America One (primary)
FamilyNet (secondary)

Births

Date Name Notability
January 1 Anna Brewster English actress (Versailles)
January 4 Charlyne Yi Actress (House, Steven Universe, We Bare Bears, Summer Camp Island)
January 5 Jesse Draper Actress (The Naked Brothers Band)
January 6 Shane Sweet Actor (The Journey of Allen Strange)
January 8 Jaclyn Linetsky Canadian voice actress (Mega Babies, What's with Andy?, Caillou) (d. 2003)
January 15 Jessy Schram Actress (Last Resort, Falling Skies, Nashville) and singer
January 18 Devin Kelley Actress (The Chicago Code, Resurrection, Frequency)
Becca Tobin Actress (Glee) and singer
January 21 Julianna Strickland YouTube personality and actress
January 22 Daniel Wayne Smith Actor (d. 2006)
January 24 Mischa Barton Actress (Once and Again, The O.C.)
Raviv Ullman Actor (Phil of the Future, Rita Rocks)
January 29 Drew Tyler Bell Actor (The Bold and the Beautiful)
January 30 Ashley Buccille Voice actress (Lila Sawyer on Hey Arnold!)
February 1 Lauren Conrad Actress (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, The Hills)
February 2 Gemma Arterton English actress
February 6 Alice Greczyn Actress (Quintuplets, The Lying Game)
Dane DeHaan Actor (In Treatment)
February 7 Stephen Colletti Actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, One Tree Hill)
February 8 Anna Hutchison New Zealand actress (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
February 12 Gary LeRoi Gray Actor (The Cosby Show, Rocket Power, Clifford the Big Red Dog, The Fairly OddParents, Whatever Happened to Robot Jones)
February 14 Tiffany Thornton Actress (Sonny with a Chance, So Random!) and singer
February 15 Amber Riley Actress (Glee)
February 19 Ophelia Lovibond English actress (Holby City, Titanic: Blood and Steel, Elementary)
February 22 Miko Hughes Actor (Full House, Life with Louie)
February 24 Bryce Papenbrook Voice actor (Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir on Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
February 25 Justin Berfield Actor (Unhappily Ever After, Malcolm in the Middle)
February 26 Teresa Palmer Australian actress
March 4 Margo Harshman Actress (Even Stevens, Run of the House)
March 9 Brittany Snow Actress (American Dreams, Harry's Law)
March 10 Vadim Schneider French-Canadian actor (d. 2003)
March 14 Jamie Bell English actor (Turn: Washington's Spies)
March 16 Alexandra Daddario Actress (All My Children, White Collar, Parenthood)
March 17 Olesya Rulin Russian-born actress (High School Musical)
March 20 Ruby Rose Australian actress (Orange is the New Black, Batwoman)
March 21 Scott Eastwood Actor and son of Clint Eastwood
March 22 Matt Bush Actor (Glory Daze, The Goldbergs)
March 28 Lady Gaga Singer, songwriter, and actress (American Horror Story)
Meagan Smith Voice actress (All Grown Up!, Ben 10)
March 30 Tessa Ferrer Actress (Grey's Anatomy)
April 2 Drew Van Acker Actor (Tower Prep, Pretty Little Liars)
Christopher Walberg Voice actor (Stinky Peterson on Hey Arnold!)
April 3 Amanda Bynes Actress (All That, The Amanda Show, Rugrats, What I Like About You)
April 9 Leighton Meester Actress (Gossip Girl, Single Parents) and singer
Jordan Masterson Actor (Greek, Last Man Standing)
April 12 Matt McGorry Actor (Orange is the New Black, How to Get Away with Murder)
April 16 Sufe Bradshaw Actress (Veep)
April 22 Amber Heard Actress (Hidden Palms)
April 25 John DeLuca Actor (General Hospital)
Daniel Sharman English actor (Teen Wolf, The Originals)
April 27 Jenna Coleman English actress (Emmerdale, Doctor Who, Victoria)
April 28 Jenna Ushkowitz Actress (Glee) and singer
April 29 Zoran Korach Actor (Sam & Cat)
April 30 Dianna Agron Actress (Glee), singer, and dancer
May 2 Emily Hart Actress (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sabrina: The Animated Series)
Thomas McDonell Actor (The 100)
May 3 Poppy Delevingne English model
May 6 Sasheer Zamata Actress and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
May 8 Laura Spencer Actress (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, The Big Bang Theory)
May 9 Grace Gummer Actress (Gigantic, American Horror Story, Extant) and daughter of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer
May 12 Emily VanCamp Actress (Everwood, Brothers & Sisters, Revenge)
May 13 Lena Dunham Actress (Girls)
May 16 Drew Roy Actor (Falling Skies)
Jacob Zachar Actor (Greek)
Megan Fox Actress (Ocean Ave., Hope & Faith, New Girl) and model
May 17 Amy Gumenick Swedish-born American actress (Arrow, Turn: Washington's Spies)
Tahj Mowry Actor (Full House, Smart Guy, Baby Daddy, voice of Wade Load on Kim Possible)
Erin Richards Welsh actress (Gotham)
May 20 Louisa Krause Actress
May 22 Molly Ephraim Actress (Last Man Standing)
May 24 Mark Ballas Dancer and choreographer (Dancing with the Stars)
May 30 Will Peltz Actor
June 3 Josh Segarra Actor (Sirens, Arrow)
June 4 Leslie Carter Actress (House of Carters) (d. 2012)
Oona Chaplin Spanish actress (The Hour, Game of Thrones)
June 5 Amanda Crew Canadian actress (Silicon Valley)
June 10 Joey Zimmerman Actor (Earth 2, Halloweentown)
June 11 Shia LaBeouf Actor (Even Stevens)
June 13 Kat Dennings Actress (Raising Dad, 2 Broke Girls)
Mary-Kate Olsen Actresses (Full House, Two of a Kind, So Little Time)
Ashley Olsen
June 17 Marie Avgeropoulos Actress (The 100)
June 18 Richard Madden English actor (Game of Thrones)
Meaghan Rath Canadian actress (15/Love, The Assistants, Being Human)
June 19 Erin Mackey Actress (The Parent Trap)
June 20 Dreama Walker Actress (Gossip Girl, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23)
June 24 Kaitlin Cullum Actress (Grace Under Fire)
Solange Knowles Singer, actress
June 27 Drake Bell Actor (The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Ultimate Spider-Man, Ben 10)
June 28 Shadia Simmons Canadian actress
July 1 Casey Reinhardt Actress (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
July 2 Lindsay Lohan Actress (4-time host of Saturday Night Live, Lindsay, Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club) and daughter of Michael Lohan and Dina Lohan
July 6 Leon Frierson Actor (All That)
July 8 Jake McDorman Actor (Quintuplets, Greek, Limitless)
July 9 Kiely Williams Actress (The Cheetah Girls), singer
July 15 Mishael Morgan Actress (The Young and the Restless)
July 16 Taryn Southern Actress (Sorority Forever), singer and YouTube personality
July 17 Brando Eaton Actor (Dexter, Zoey 101, The Secret Life of the American Teenager)
July 18 Travis Milne Canadian actor (Rookie Blue)
July 20 Osric Chau Canadian actor (Supernatural)
July 21 Diane Guerrero Actress (Orange Is the New Black, Jane the Virgin, Superior Donuts, Doom Patrol)
July 24 Megan Park Actress (The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Neighbors)
July 26 Monica Raymund Actress (Lie to Me, The Good Wife, Chicago Fire)
July 28 Alexandra Chando Actress (As the World Turns, The Lying Game)
Nolan Gerard Funk Actor (Glee, Awkward)
July 29 Brandon Gilberstadt Actor (100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd)
August 3 Andrew McFarlane Actor (My Wife and Kids)
August 8 Peyton List Actress (As the World Turns, The Tomorrow People)
August 16 Shawn Pyfrom Actor (Stanley, Desperate Housewives)
August 17 Bryton James Actor (Family Matters, The Young and the Restless)
August 21 Kiami Davael Actress
Brooks Wheelan Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
August 29 Lea Michele Actress (Glee, Scream Queens)
August 31 Ryan Kelley Actor (Teen Wolf)
Spencer Klein Voice actor (Arnold on Hey Arnold! (1999–2004))
September 1 Camille Mana Actress (One on One)
September 5 Davida Williams Actress (Lizzie McGuire, Degrassi: The Next Generation, As the World Turns)
September 12 Alfie Allen English actor (Game of Thrones)
Emmy Rossum Actress (Shameless) and singer-songwriter
September 14 A.J. Trauth Actor (Even Stevens, Kim Possible)
September 15 Heidi Montag Actress (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, The Hills)
September 16 Ian Harding Actor (Pretty Little Liars)
Kyla Pratt Actress (One on One, Let's Stay Together, Recovery Road, voice of Penny Proud on The Proud Family)
September 18 Danielle Jonas Actress (Married to Jonas) and television personality
September 19 Mandy Musgrave Actress (Days of Our Lives, South of Nowhere)
September 20 Aldis Hodge Actor (A.T.O.M., Leverage, Turn: Washington's Spies, Underground)
September 23 Kaylee DeFer Actress (The War at Home, Gossip Girl)
September 24 Eloise Mumford Actress (The River)
September 26 Ashley Leggat Canadian actress
September 29 Lisa Foiles Actress (All That)
Lo Bosworth Actress (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, The Hills)
September 30 Ki Hong Lee South Korean actor (The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
October 1 Jurnee Smollett-Bell Actress (On Our Own, Friday Night Lights, The Defenders, True Blood, Underground)
October 2 Camilla Belle Actress
October 7 Amber Stevens West Actress (Greek, The Carmichael Show, Ghosted, Happy Together)
Holland Roden Actress (Teen Wolf)
October 10 Lucy Griffiths English actress (Robin Hood, True Blood, Preacher)
October 12 Tyler Blackburn Actor (Pretty Little Liars, Ravenswood)
Marcus T. Paulk Actor (Moesha, The Proud Family) and rapper
October 13 Raquel Lee Actress (The Amanda Show, The Proud Family)
Julia McIlvaine Voice actress (June on KaBlam!)
October 23 Briana Evigan Actress and daughter of Greg Evigan
Emilia Clarke English actress (Game of Thrones)
Jessica Stroup Actress (90210)
October 24 Drake Canadian actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation) and rapper
October 27 Inbar Lavi Israeli actress (Prison Break, Underemployed, Gang Related, Imposters)
October 29 Italia Ricci Canadian actress (Unnatural History)
November 1 Penn Badgley Actor (The Young and the Restless, The Mountain, The Bedford Diaries, Gossip Girl)
November 4 Alexz Johnson Actress (So Weird)
November 6 Katie Leclerc Actress (Switched at Birth)
November 10 Josh Peck Actor (The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Grandfathered), voice actor (Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
November 11 Rafael de la Fuente Venezuelan actor (Every Witch Way, Empire, Dynasty)
November 14 Cory Michael Smith Actor (Gotham)
November 18 Joseph Ashton Voice actor (Oswald "Otto" Rocket on Rocket Power)
November 20 Ashley Fink Actress (Glee)
November 21 Sam Palladio British actor (Nashville)
November 25 Katie Cassidy Actress (Harper's Island, Melrose Place, Arrow), singer and daughter of David Cassidy
December 11 Alex House Canadian actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Total Drama)
Condola Rashād Actress (Steel Magnolias)
December 17 Emma Bell Actress (Dallas)
Vanessa Zima Actress
December 23 Noël Wells Actress (Saturday Night Live, Master of None), voice actress (Wander Over Yonder, Craig of the Creek) and singer
December 26 Kit Harington English actor (Game of Thrones)
December 30 Caity Lotz Actress (Death Valley, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow)

Deaths

Date Name Age Notability
January 4 Phil Lynott 36 Irish musician (Thin Lizzy)
January 14 Donna Reed 64 Actress (The Donna Reed Show, Dallas)
January 24 Gordon MacRae 64 Actor and singer
January 29 Leif Erickson 74 Actor (The High Chaparral)
March 30 James Cagney 86 Actor and dancer
May 28 Don MacLaughlin 79 Actor (Chris Hughes on As the World Turns)
June 14 Marlin Perkins 81 Zoologist, host of (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)
July 15 Florence Halop 63 Actress (Florence on Night Court)
August 26 Ted Knight 62 Actor (Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
September 12 Frank Nelson 75 Actor
September 27 Cliff Burton 24 Musician/songwriter (Metallica)
October 25 Forrest Tucker 67 Actor (F Troop)
November 2 Paul Frees 66 Voice actor (Boris Badenov on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, 1st voice for the Pillsbury Doughboy)
November 18 Gia Carangi 26 American model
December 2 Desi Arnaz 69 Actor and musician (Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy)


See also

References

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Return to Mayberry". allmovie.com. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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