1963 in television

Events

• May 15 - First television pictures transmitted from a U.S. manned space capsule ("Faith 7[?].") Due to the poor picture quality, only NBC carries the transmission, and on tape-delay, not live
• September 2 – CBS becomes first network to expand its evening network news from 15 to 30 minutes.
• September 9 - NBC expands its evening network news program to 30 minutes
• November 22 - regular television programming is suspended following news of John F. Kennedy's assassination
• November 24 - Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald live on television.
• For the first time, most Americans say that they get more of their news from television than newspapers.
• The television remote control is authorized by the FCC.

Popular Television Shows

• November 23 - Dr Who premieres in the UK (1963-1989)
• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
• Bonanza (1959-1973)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
• Hanna Barbera's The Flintstones (1960-1966)
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
• Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• Mister Ed (1961-1966)
• My Three Sons (1960-1972)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1959-1965)

Births

• July 30 - Lisa Kudrow, actress, Friends

Deaths