1976 in television

Events

• January 17 - The Blues Brothers make their debut on NBC's Saturday Night Live
• April 24 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes on on-air offer to pay the Beatles $3000 to reunite on the show. Lennon and McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check.
• May 22 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels raises his previous offer to The Beatles from $3000 to $3,200.
• November 9 - the Museum of Broadcasting is opened, located on the first three floors of the Paley Foundation[?] building in New York City. (The museum would later be renamed the Museum of Television and Radio[?].)
• December 1 - Infamous Bill Grundy incident, wherin UK punk group the Sex Pistols cause a storm of controversy and outrage by swearing on national television
• The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, draw an estimated 1 billion viewers worldwide.

Popular Television Shows

• Charlie's Angels premieres (1976-1981)
• The Muppet Show premieres (1976-1981)

• All In The Family (1971-1979)
• All My Children (1970-present)
• The Bionic Woman[?] (1976-1978)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
• The Carol Burnett Show[?] (1967-1978)
• Chico and the Man (1974-1978)
• Dr Who (1963-1989)
• Happy Days (1974-1984)
• Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980)
• The Jeffersons[?] (1975-1985)
• Land of the Lost (1974-1977)
• Laverne & Shirley[?] (1976-1983)
• 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)
• Maude[?] (1972-1978)
• Rich Man, Poor Man mini series
• Sanford & Son (1972-1977)
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• The Waltons (1972-1981)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)

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