1979 in television

   

See also: 1978 in television, other events of 1979, 1980 in television, and the list of 'years in television'.

Events

  • February 3 - Dead Man's Curve, a made-for-TV-movie about surf-rock singers Jan & Dean, airs on US television.
  • February 11 - In the US, 43 million viewers watch "Elvis!" on ABC, a made for TV movie starring Kurt Russell as Elvis.
  • March 5 - Another World becomes the first (and, to date, the only) soap opera to air regularly-scheduled ninety-minute telecasts. This does not last more than a year, however.
  • August 10 - In the UK, the whole of the ITV network except in the Channel Islands, is affected by a technicians' strike for eleven weeks.
  • September 7 - ESPN begins broadcasting sports 24/7 and was the first cable channel to be launched.
  • October 24 - On ITV's first night back on air after the strike, Quatermass, the fourth and final serial featuring the heroic Professor Bernard Quatermass, begins its run on the network.
  • October 25 - The long-running soap opera Love of Life is taken off the air for emergency retooling, due to falling ratings.
  • Over 300 million households worldwide now own television sets.
  • CFMT (now OMNI.1) began launching Toronto's first multicultural channel.
  • Un Pecado del Amor premieres in Guatemala.

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