1968 in television

Events

• January 22 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, debuts on NBC.
• March 25 - The 58th and final episode of The Monkees airs on U.S. television.
• April 4 - James Brown appears on national television, in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
• May 4 - Mary Hopkin[?] performs on the British TV show Opportunity Knocks. Hopkins catches the attention of model Twiggy, who recommends her to Beatle Paul McCartney. McCartney would soon sign Hopkin to Apple Records.
• October 14 - First live network transmission of video from inside a manned U.S. space capsule in orbit ("Apollo 7") There were six such broadcasts during their eleven-day mission.
• Elvis Presley's 68 Comeback Special[?] airs on NBC.
• CBS uses a portable minicam[?] for political convention coverage.
• Nearly 200 million households now own television sets, (78 million of which are in the U.S.).

Popular Television Shows

• Hawaii Five-O Premieres (1968-1980)
• Here's Lucy[?] premieres (1968-1974)
• Mayberry R.F.D.[?] Premieres (1968-1971)
• The Mod Squad[?] premieres (1968-1973)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In premieres (1968-1973)

• The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
• Batman (1966-1968)
• Bonanza (1959-1973)
• The Carol Burnett Show[?] (1967-1978)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
• Family Affair[?] (1966-1971)
• The Flip Wilson[?] Show (1970-1974)
• General Hospital (1963-present)
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
• Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971)
• I Dream of Jeannie[?] (1965-1970)
• Ironside (1967-1975)
• Johnny Cash Show (1969-1971)
• Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• Lost In Space (1965-1968)
• Marcus Welby, M.D.[?] (1969-1976)
• Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
• The Monkees (1966-1968)
• My Three Sons (1960-1972)
• The Newlywed Game[?] (1966-1974)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-1970)
• Star Trek (1966-1969)
• That Girl[?] (1966-1971)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)

Births

• August 9 - Gillian Anderson

Deaths