1975 in television

Events

• January 23 - Barney Miller[?] debuts on ABC.
• April 18 - Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome To My Nightmare: The Making Of A Record Album airs
• April 28 - Tom Snyder[?] interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show[?].
• Andy Kaufman makes his debut on Saturday Night Live, lip syncing portions of the theme to Mighty Mouse.
• Fred Silverman[?] becomes the head of ABC Entertainment. Initiating an era of what is disparagingly called "T&A" or "jiggle television", his programming choices result in ABC achieving ratings dominance.

Popular Television Shows

• Fawlty Towers premieres on the BBC
• Saturday Night Live debuts on NBC (1975-present)
• Soul Train[?] premieres
• Wheel of Fortune premieres

• All In The Family (1971-1979)
• All My Children (1970-present)
• Barnaby Jones[?] (1973-1980)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
• The Carol Burnett Show[?] (1967-1978)
• Chico and the Man (1974-1978)
• Dr Who (1963-1989)
• Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
• Happy Days (1974-1984)
• Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980)
• Ironside (1967-1975)
• The Jeffersons[?] (1975-1985)
• Kojak[?] (1973-1978)
• Land of the Lost (1974-1977)
• Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983)
• Marcus Welby, M.D.[?] (1969-1976)
• Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
• M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
• The Odd Couple[?] (1970-1975)
• Rockford Files[?] (1974-1980)
• Sanford & Son (1972-1977)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• Six Million Dollar Man[?] (1974-1978)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• The Waltons (1972-1981)

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