- January 21
- The last show of the TV series The Crusaders airs. [6]
- January 30
- Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air. [1]
- Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of American TV's The Tonight Show. [1]
- February 1
- Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air. [1]
- February 19
- First broadcast of Woman of Independent Means on NBC-TV. [1]
- March 8
- The CBS TV network debuts Disney's TV show The George Wendt Show. [6]
- March 21
- The NBC TV network begins airing the Disney series Pride & Joy. [6]
- March 22
- The last episode of the TV series All-American Girl airs. [6]
- April 7
- The last episode of Disney's syndicated TV show Judge for Yourself airs. [6]
- April 12
- The CBS TV network airs the last episode of Disney's The George Wendt Show. [6]
- April 29
- Final broadcast of Empty Nest on NBC TV. [1]
- May 6
- Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV. [1]
- May 20
- CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung. [1]
- May 22
- Laverne and Shirley 20th anniversary reunion special is televised. [1]
- June 5
- The NBC TV network ceases airing the Disney series Blossom. [6]
- July 8
- The last episode of the TV series Empty Nest airs. [6]
- July 11
- The NBC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney series Pride & Joy. [6]
- July 25
- The last episode of the TV show Thunder Alley airs. [6]
- July 27
- Disney agrees to buy Capital Cities / ABC for one Disney share plus US$65 cash per ABC share. Total value of the deal is about US$20 billion. [6]
- August 28
- The last episode of Disney's The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show airs. [6]
- September 1
- The last show of the Darkwing Duck series airs in syndication. [6]
- September 4
- The UPN TV network premieres the Touchstone Television series Nowhere Man. [6]
- September 8
- The Buena Vista Television - Syndication TV series Disney's Sing Me A Story: With Belle premieres. [6]
- The animated TV series The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa premieres, part of The Disney Afternoon. [6]
- September 11
- The TV talk show Danny first airs. [6]
- September 15
- The Buena Vista Television - Syndication TV series The Stephanie Miller Show debuts. [6]
- September 16
- The ABC TV network begins airing the Touchstone Television TV series Maybe This Time. [6]
- The NBC TV network debuts the Touchstone Television TV series Brotherly Love. [6]
- September 18
- The CBS TV network debuts the Touchstone Television TV series If Not for You. [6]
- September 22
- The TV series Land's End premieres. [6]
- October 1
- The Disney Channel U.K. begins television broadcasting in the British Isles, as a subscription-only channel. [6]
- The Fox TV network begins airing the series Misery Loves Company. [6]
- October 9
- The CBS TV network airs the last episode of If Not For You. [6]
- December 13
- US Federal Court votes that cable companies must carry local stations. [1]
1996
- January 20
- The last episode of The Stephanie Miller Show airs. [6]
- February 2
- The last show of the American TV talk show Danny airs. [6]
- April 5
- Marlon Brando makes anti-semitic remarks about Hollywood on Larry King TV show. [1]
- May 13
- OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict. [1]
- December 18
- American TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system. [1]
1997
- January 3
- Bryant Gumbel co-hosts his final Today show on NBC-TV. [1]
- January 10
- 4,000th episode of American TV's Entertainment Tonight. [1]
- February 9
- Fox cartoon series The Simpsons airs 167th episode in the USA, making it the longest-running animated series in cartoon history. [1]
- February 23
- NBC TV airs the film Schindler's List in the USA, completely uncensored, 65 million watch. [1]
- February 27
- The ABC TV network premieres the series Vital Signs. [6]
- February 28
- WFAA-TV becomes the first TV station in the USA to start broadcasting their newscasts in HDTV on a VHF channel. [18]
- March 17
- CNN begins Spanish broadcasts. [1]
- March 18
- The UPN TV network debuts the Social Studies show. [6]
- March 28
- City soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV. [1]
- March 31
- Daytime to Remember, a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV. [1]
- April 2
- The WB Network premieres the Disney TV show Smart Guy. [6]
- April 15
- The ABC TV network premieres Disney's Soul Man show. [6]
- April 30
- 42 million watch Ellen TV show host Ellen Degeneres admit she is gay. [1]
- May 5
- Married With Children final episode on Fox TV. [1]
- May 15
- ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com. [1]
- May 23
- Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV. [1]
- July 3
- The ABC TV network airs the last show of the series Vital Signs. [6]
- July 28
- The Comedy Central TV network begins airing Win Ben Stein's Money. [6]
- July 30
- TV show Win Ben Stein's Money debuts. [459.64]
- August 5
- The UPN TV network airs the last episode of the Social Studies show. [6]
- September 26
- The ABC TV network begins airing the Teen Angel show. [6]
- The ABC TV network debuts the series You Wish. [6]
- September 28
- The ABC TV network begins airing The Wonderful World of Disney TV show. [6]
- November 9
- BBC News 24 is launched. [18]
- December 22
- Hunter Tylo awarded US$4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract. [1]
- December 25
- Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show Seinfeld. [1]
1998
- January 5
- The CBS TV network debuts the Style and Substance TV show. [6]
- January 11
- 24th Annual People's Choice Awards: Seinfeld, Tim Allen win. [1]
- January 13
- CBS pays US$4 billion to televise AFC games for eight years. [1]
- January 14
- 100th episode of Ellen TV show airs. [1]
- January 20
- Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tuesday night programming. [1]
- April 18
- The Walt Disney Company launches the Toon Disney cable television network in the USA. [6]
- May 14
- Last episode of Seinfeld TV show airs on NBC in the US (commercials are $2 million for 30 seconds). [1]
- August 19
- On the day of his 52nd birthday, U.S. President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He also admits before the nation that night in a nationally televised address that he "misled people" about his sexual affair with Lewinsky. [19]
- October 1
- Sky Digital television service launches in the United Kingdom. [19]
- October 3
- The television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest first airs in the US. [9]
- November 8
- Intel begins airing a commercial on American television entitled "Homer's Smarter Brain", featuring Homer Simpson of The Simpsons, who has his brain replaced by a Pentium II processor, turning him into a professor. [4]
1999
- May 7
- A jury finds The Jenny Jones Show and Warner Bros. liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure, after the show purposely deceived Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a secret same-sex crush episode. [20]
- May 20
- Mali issues 10 postage stamps depicting scenes from US TV show I Love Lucy. [612.60]
- May 22
- The television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest last airs in the US. 22 shows aired during the season. [9]
- June 2
- After decades of fighting off outside technological influences like television, the King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee. [20]
- November 19
- John Carpenter becomes the first top prize winner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and breaks the record of the largest single win (US$1 million) on a United States game show. [20]
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