1979 Birthdays - 1979 Memorium - 1979 Missing - Discussion Board

We all love our entertainment and in looking for what was "going on in 1979" on TV, I ran across a few surprises I wasn't aware of.  Some of these I didn't remember and some of them I just didn't know.  So I'll give these to you before I do the "1979 shows".  I hope you find them interesting too.

TV "Events"

• March 19- C-Span. a United States cable channel is launched.
• September 7 - ESPN begins broadcasting sports 24/7 and was the first cable channel to be launched.
• December 1 - The Movie Channel begins broadcasting movies 24/7.
• First color television broadcasts in Greece.

TV Show Endings

• All in the Family (1971-1979) - continues as Archie Bunker's Place
• What's Happening!! (1976-1979)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)  (Wow - that was short!  I thought it was on longer than that!)
• Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979)
• Good Times (1974-1979)
• Wonder Woman (1976-1979)

TV Debuts

• January 26 - The Dukes of Hazzard premieres on CBS (1979-1985)
• February 1 - Makin' It premiered on ABC. It lasted eight episodes.
• February 7 - Supertrain premieres on NBC (1979)
• February 8 - Angie premieres on ABC (1979-1980)
• April 18 - Real People premieres on NBC (1979-1984)
• August 24 - The Facts of Life, a spinoff of Diff'rent Strokes, premieres on NBC (1979-1988)
• September 13 - Benson, a spinoff of Soap, premieres on ABC (1979-1986)
• September 20 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century premieres on NBC (1979-1981)
• September 23 - Archie Bunker's Place, a continuation of All in the Family, premieres on CBS (1979-1983)
• Trapper John, M.D. premieres on CBS (1979-1986)
• December 27 - Knots Landing, a spinoff of Dallas, premieres on CBS (1979-1993)
• Antiques Roadshow premieres in the UK (1979-present)
• The Mad Dash premieres (1979-present)
• The NewMusic premieres (1979-present)
• Nightline premieres on ABC (1979-present)
• This Old House premieres on PBS (1979-present)

TV Actors we lost in 1979

• January 11 - Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana) on Barney Miller.
• January 16 - Ted Cassidy, 6'9" actor (Lurch) on The Addams Family.
• January 27 - Dick Wesson, actor, announcer on The Wonderful World of Disney.
• February 28 - Mister Ed.
• July 29 - Bill Todman, game show producer.
• August 17 - Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz) on I Love Lucy.

I know there is more so please feel free to contribute!