1998 Event 100th episode of "Ellen," airs 1994 Event "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS 1994 Event "Cafe American," last airs on NBC-TV 1994 Event Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication 1993 Event "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV 1993 Event "Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV 1993 Event "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV 1993 Event "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people 1992 Event Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test 1992 Event Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV 1992 Event Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV 1992 Event 100th episode of "Murphy Brown" airs 1992 Event 100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox 1991 Event "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV 1991 Event Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode 1991 Event "Twin Peaks" airs on ABC-TV 1991 Event 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs 1990 Event "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV 1990 Event "It's Garry Shandling's Show," last airs on Fox-TV 1990 Event Final episode of "Newhart" airs 1990 Event Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV 1990 Event General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC 1990 Event Return To Green Acres TV movie airs 1989 Event "Day By Day," last airs on NBC-TV 1989 Event Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs 1989 Event Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC 1987 Event Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner 1986 Event "Blacke's Magic," last airs on NBC-TV 1986 Event Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv 1985 Event "Pryor's Place," children show last airs on CBS-TV 1984 Event NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine 1984 Event "Thicke Of The Night," TV Talk Show last airs in syndication 1984 Event "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr. Demento airs on NBC-TV 1983 Event "Laverne and Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV 1982 Event "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall 1982 Event Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs 1981 Event "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs 1981 Event Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs 1981 Event CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax) 1979 Event CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney 1979 Event ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special 1978 Event "For Richer, For Poorer," TV Daytime Soap; last airs on NBC-TV 1978 Event ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30" 1977 Event "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV 1976 Event "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV 1976 Event "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV 1974 Event Monty Python's final episode airs on BBC 1974 Event "Flip Wilson Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1974 Event Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV 1974 Event ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style" 1973 Event "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV 1973 Event Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV 1972 Event "Me and The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV 1971 Event CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons) 1971 Event TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV 1970 Event "Red Skelton Show," last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV 1970 Event "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV 1969 Event "Smothers Brothers comedy Hour," last airs on CBS-TV 1969 Event Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder) 1968 Event "Danny Thomas Hour," last airs on NBC-TV 1967 Event Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" 1st airs 1967 Event "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV 1966 Event Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS 1965 Event "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV 1964 Event "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV 1964 Event "New Phil Silvers Show," last airs on CBS-TV 1963 Event "King Leonardo," cartoon last airs on NBC-TV 1963 Event "Shari Lewis Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1963 Event American Bandstand moves to California, and airs once a week on Saturday 1962 Event "Brighter Day," last airs on CBS-TV daytime 1962 Event "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1962 Event "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1962 Event "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV 1962 Event "Bob Newhart Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1962 Event "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV 1960 Event "Johnny Ringo," TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV 1960 Event "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV 1960 Event "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV 1960 Event Steve Allen Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1960 Event "George Gobel Show," last airs on CBS-TV 1959 Event 1st episode of "Rocky and His Friends" airs 1959 Event "Sammy Kaye Show," last airs on ABC-TV 1959 Event Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV 1958 Event "Studio One," TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV 1958 Event "Make Me Laugh," TV Game Show; last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979 1957 Event "Dollar A Second," last airs on NBC-TV 1957 Event "Jonathan Winters Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1957 Event "I Love Lucy," last airs on CBS-TV 1956 Event "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication 1956 Event "Johnny Carson Show," TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV 1956 Event "Jimmy Durante Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1956 Event "Milton Berle Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1956 Event "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1956 Event Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV 1955 Event "Imogene Coca Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1955 Event "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC 1955 Event "Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC 1955 Event Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV 1954 Event "The Shadow," airs for last time on radio 1954 Event "Your Show Of Shows," last airs on NBC-TV 1954 Event Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) 1953 Event "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS 1953 Event "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS 1953 Event "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV 1952 Event "Lights Out," last airs on NBC-TV 1951 Event "Victor Borge Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1950 Event "Tin Pan Alley TV," last airs on ABC-TV 1922 Event WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio commercia, Queensboro Realty, $100 for 10 minutes
