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1986 in American television
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In 1986, television in the United States saw a number of significant events, including the debuts, finales, and cancellations of television shows; the launch, closure, and rebranding of channels; changes and additions to network affiliations by stations; controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and the deaths of individuals who had made notable contributions to the medium.
Events
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | ||
| A revival of *Card Sharks* premieres on CBS. In order to make room for the show (which aired at 10:30 AM), CBS moves *Press Your Luck* to the 4:00 PM timeslot. | ||
| January 17 | ||
| January 18 | ||
| January 24 | ||
| January 25 | ||
| January 26 | ||
| January 28 | ||
| The premiere episode of *Melba*, a vehicle for singer/actress Melba Moore, ranks as one of the lowest-rated programs of the week. CBS immediately pulled the show from its schedule. The remaining episodes were later aired during the summer. | ||
| February 9 | ||
| February 11 | ||
| February 14 | ||
| February 17 | ||
| February 22 | ||
| March 1 | ||
| March 3 | ||
| March 6–12 | ||
| March 7 | ||
| Dallas/Fort Worth independent television station KRLD-TV changes its calls to KDAF in anticipation of its switch to Fox in October. | ||
| March 9 | ||
| *Punky Brewster* broadcasts a "very special episode" concerning Punky's reaction to the real life Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. This would be the final episode of *Punky Brewster* to be broadcast on NBC. Its final two seasons would be produced for the first-run syndication market. | ||
| March 15 | ||
| March 20 | ||
| March 24 | ||
| April 3 | ||
| April 5 | ||
| April 7 | ||
| April 13 | ||
| April 19 | ||
| April 20 | ||
| April 21 | ||
| April 27 | ||
| May 4–5 | ||
| May 10 | ||
| May 12 | ||
| May 16 | ||
| May 16–24 | ||
| May 22 | ||
| May 26–June 8 | ||
| May 31 | ||
| June 1 | ||
| June 9 | ||
| June 18 | ||
| June 29 | ||
| July 4 | ||
| July 5 | ||
| July 15 | ||
| July 18 | ||
| September 1 | ||
| Disney Channel, at the time a premium cable network, begins broadcasting a 24-hour-a-day schedule. | ||
| September 8 | ||
| Al Michaels makes his debut as the new play-by-play announcer for *Monday Night Football*. Michaels succeeds Frank Gifford, who was transferred to a color commentating role. Michaels would remain as the play-by-play announcer for *Monday Night Football* until the end of the [2005 season](2005-nfl-season), when ABC terminated their broadcasting relationship with the National Football League. | ||
| The second season of the *Leave It to Beaver* sequel series, *Still the Beaver* airs on TBS. Originally broadcast on The Disney Channel, the series, now titled *The New Leave It to Beaver*, will air on TBS for three seasons, finally concluding in 1989. | ||
| September 17 | ||
| September 20 | ||
| The film-review program *Siskel & Ebert & the Movies* makes its debut in syndication. Although the two critics have been working as a pair since 1975, this will be their longest running program and will run in various incarnations until 2010. | ||
| September 27 | ||
| *Mama's Family* begins its third season now in first-run syndication after spending its first two seasons on NBC. | ||
| Sheryl Lee Ralph joins the cast of the sitcom *It's a Living* as Ginger St. James. Ralph replaces Ann Jillian, who portrayed Cassie Cranston and departed after three seasons (the first two on ABC and the third in first-run syndication). Ralph would remain on *It's a Living* until its conclusion in 1989. | ||
| September 28 | ||
| ABC airs the broadcast network television premiere of *Raiders of the Lost Ark*. | ||
| October 4 | ||
| October 5 | ||
| October 6 | ||
| October 9 | ||
| October 11 | ||
| October 12 | ||
| October 17 | ||
| October 25 | ||
| October 31 | ||
| November 9 | ||
| November 19–23 | ||
| November 30 | ||
| December 16 | ||
| December 20 | ||
| December 25 |
Programs
Debuting this year
| Date | Title | Network |
|---|---|---|
| January 5 | *Blacke's Magic* | NBC |
| January 6 | *Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak* | ABC |
| January 10 | *He's the Mayor* | |
| January 18 | *The Redd Foxx Show* | |
| January 22 | *Planet Earth* | PBS |
| January 26 | *The Last Precinct* | NBC |
| January 28 | *Melba* | CBS |
| February 15 | *Fortune Dane* | ABC |
| February 16 | *Sidekicks* | |
| February 24 | *You Again?* | NBC |
| March 1 | *Valerie* | |
| March 3 | *Matlock* | |
| March 5 | *Fast Times* | CBS |
| *Tough Cookies* | ||
| March 20 | *All Is Forgiven* | NBC |
| March 25 | *Morningstar/Eveningstar* | CBS |
| *Perfect Strangers* | ABC | |
| March 28 | *Mr. Sunshine* | |
| April 6 | *Fathers and Sons* | NBC |
| April 24 | *Bridges to Cross* | CBS |
| April 25 | *Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills* | |
| May 28 | *The Canned Film Festival* | Syndication |
| June 21 | *Me & Mrs. C* | NBC |
| June 30 | *The Mysterious Cities of Gold* | Nickelodeon |
| July 28 | *A Current Affair* | Syndication |
| September 6 | *WWF Superstars of Wrestling* | |
| *The Flintstone Kids* | ABC | |
| September 8 | *Ghostbusters* | Syndication |
| *Nightlife* | ||
| *The Oprah Winfrey Show* | ||
| *SilverHawks* | ||
| *Superior Court* | ||
| September 9 | *The Wizard* | CBS |
| September 10 | *It's Garry Shandling's Show* | Showtime |
| September 11 | *Our House* | NBC |
| September 13 | *Easy Street* | |
| *Kissyfur* | ||
| *The Real Ghostbusters* | ABC | |
| *Pound Puppies* | ||
| *Pee-wee's Playhouse* | CBS | |
| *Teen Wolf* | ||
| *Wildfire* | ||
| *At the Movies* | Syndication | |
| September 14 | *The New Adventures of Jonny Quest* | |
| September 15 | *Rambo: The Force of Freedom* | |
| *Zoobilee Zoo* | ||
| September 16 | *Jack and Mike* | ABC |
| September 17 | *Head of the Class* | |
| September 18 | *Crime Story* | NBC |
| *L.A. Law* | ||
| September 19 | *Starman* | ABC |
| September 20 | *The Ellen Burstyn Show* | |
| *Heart of the City* | ||
| *Life With Lucy* | ||
| September 22 | *Dennis the Menace* | Syndication |
| *Zoobilee Zoo* | ||
| *Together We Stand* | CBS | |
| *ALF* | NBC | |
| September 23 | *Sledge Hammer!* | ABC |
| September 25 | *Our World* | |
| September 26 | *Kay O'Brien* | CBS |
| September 27 | *The New Mike Hammer* | |
| *Amen* | NBC | |
| September 28 | *WWF Wrestling Challenge* | Syndication |
| September 29 | *Designing Women* | CBS |
| October 1 | *Better Days* | |
| October 6 | *My Sister Sam* | |
| *Double Dare* | Nickelodeon | |
| October 9 | *The Late Show* | Fox |
| December 1 | *The Cavanaughs* | CBS |
| December 5 | *Dads* | ABC |
| *Gung Ho* | ||
| December 28 | *Outlaws* | CBS |
Resuming this year
| Title | Final Aired | Previous Network | New title | Returning Network | Date of return | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Card Sharks* | ||||||||||
| *Too Close for Comfort* | ||||||||||
| *[9 to 5](9-to-5-tv-series)* | ||||||||||
| *Hollywood Squares* | ||||||||||
| *Mama's Family* |
Ending this year
| Date | Title | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | *Body Language* | 1984 |
| January 7 | *Stir Crazy* | 1985 |
| January 16 | *Shadow Chasers* | |
| January 25 | *Lady Blue* | |
| February 1 | *Inspector Gadget* (returned in 2015) | 1983 |
| February 6 | *Ripley's Believe It or Not!* (returned in 2000) | 1982 |
| February 21 | *Misfits of Science* | 1985 |
| March 5 | *Planet Earth* | 1986 |
| March 7 | *Diff'rent Strokes* | 1978 |
| April 4 | *Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak* | 1986 |
| April 8 | *Foley Square* | 1985 |
| *Mary* | ||
| April 19 | *Benson* | 1979 |
| *The Redd Foxx Show* | 1986 | |
| April 23 | *Fast Times* | |
| April 27 | *Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors* | 1985 |
| May 2 | *The Fall Guy* | 1981 |
| May 3 | *Crazy Like a Fox* | 1984 |
| May 5 | *Hardcastle and McCormick* | 1983 |
| May 7 | *Blacke's Magic* | 1986 |
| May 16 | *Charlie & Co.* | 1985 |
| May 23 | *The Joker's Wild* (returned in 1990) | 1972 |
| *The All-New Let's Make a Deal* (returned in 1991) | 1963 | |
| *Tic Tac Dough* (returned in 1990) | 1956 | |
| May 24 | *The Love Boat* | 1977 |
| *Mr. Sunshine* | 1986 | |
| May 28 | *T. J. Hooker* | 1982 |
| June 6 | *The Merv Griffin Show* | 1972 |
| June 7 | *Star Wars: Droids* | 1985 |
| August 8 | *Knight Rider* | 1982 |
| August 9 | *The Paper Chase* | 1978 |
| August 22 | *Riptide* | 1984 |
| August 24 | *Code of Vengeance* | 1985 |
| September 4 | *Trapper John, M.D.* | 1979 |
| September 5 | *Price Is Right* (nighttime) (returned in 1994) | 1972 |
| September 26 | *Press Your Luck* (returned in 2019) | 1983 |
| October 22 | *Better Days* | 1986 |
| November 15 | *Life with Lucy* | |
| November 20 | *Kay O'Brien* | |
| December 5 | *Ghostbusters* | |
| *SilverHawks* | ||
| December 6 | *It's Punky Brewster* | 1985 |
| December 13 | *Ewoks* | |
| *Wildfire* | 1986 | |
| December 26 | *The Canned Film Festival* | |
| *Rambo: The Force of Freedom* | ||
| *Search for Tomorrow* | 1951 |
Changing networks
| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| *National Geographic Explorer* | Nickelodeon | TBS |
| *The New Leave It to Beaver* | Disney Channel | |
| *The Wonderful World of Disney* | CBS | ABC |
| *The Care Bears* | Syndication | |
| *Pink Panther and Sons* | NBC | |
| *Card Sharks* | CBS | |
| *Hollywood Squares* | Syndication | |
| *Mama's Family* | ||
| *Silver Spoons* | ||
| *[9 to 5](9-to-5-tv-series)* | ABC |
Made-for-TV movies and miniseries
| Title | Channel | Premiere date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Last Frontier* (miniseries) | ||||
| *North and South: Book II* (miniseries) |
Networks and services
Launches
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festival | Cable television | April 1 | ||
| C-SPAN2 | Cable television | June 2 | ||
| QVC | Cable television | November 24 |
Conversions and rebrandings
| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Christian Network | Liberty Broadcasting Network | Cable television | Unknown | ||
| Satellite Program Network | Tempo Television | Cable television | March 8 |
Closures
There are no closures for cable and satellite television channels in this year.
Television stations
Station launches
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Quincy, Illinois | WTJR | !6 | CTN | |
| January 8 | Columbus, Ohio | W17AI | 17 | Independent | |
| January 10 | Mansfield, Ohio | WMFD-TV | 68 | Independent | |
| January 27 | Houston, Texas | KTHT | 67 | Independent | |
| January 30 | Pensacola, Florida/Mobile, Alabama | WHBR | 33 | **CTN** | |
| January 31 | Birmingham, Alabama | WCAJ | 68 | Independent | |
| February 7 | Hot Springs, Arkansas | KRZB-TV | 26 | Independent | |
| February 15 | Syracuse, New York | WKAF | 68 | Independent | |
| February 19 | Urbana, Illinois | WCCU | 27 | Independent | Satellite of WRSP-TV/Springfield |
| March 6 | Rockford, Illinois | W68BR | 68 | ||
| March 7 | Olean/Buffalo, New York | W20AB | 20 | ACTS/TempoTV | |
| March 10 | Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia | WVFT | 27 | Independent | |
| March 17 | Lufkin, Texas | KHTM-LP | 13 | Independent | |
| March 23 | Lynchburg, Virginia | WJPR | 21 | Independent | |
| March 24 | Honolulu, Hawaii | KBFD | 32 | Asian independent | |
| Odessa/Midland, Texas | KOCV-TV | 36 | PBS | ||
| March 30 | Jefferson City/Columbia, Missouri | KNLJ | 25 | Religious independent | |
| April 2 | Louisville, Kentucky | WBNA | 21 | Independent | |
| April 7 | West Monroe/Monroe, Louisiana | ||||
| (El Dorado, Arkansas) | KMCT-TV | 39 | Religious independent | ||
| April 6 | Omaha, Nebraska | KPTM | 42 | Independent | |
| April 13 | Stockton, California | ||||
| Sacramento/Modesto, California) | KSCH-TV | 58 | Independent | ||
| April 16 | Rawlins, Wyoming | KRWY | 9 | ABC | |
| April 19 | Florence, Alabama | WTRT | 26 | Independent | |
| April 24 | Lakeland/Tampa, Florida | WTMV | 32 | Independent | |
| April 25 | San Francisco, California | K30BI | 30 | The Box | |
| April 27 | Mayaguez, Puerto Rico | WUHM-TV | 22 | Independent | Satellite of WAPA-TV/San Juan |
| April 29 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | W35BT | 35 | Cornerstone Television | |
| June 1 | Joplin, Missouri | KOZJ | 26 | PBS | Satellite of KOZK/Springfield |
| June 2 | Ottumwa, Iowa | ||||
| (Kirksville, Missouri) | KOIA-TV | 15 | Independent | ||
| June 8 | Madison, Wisconsin | WMSN-TV | 47 | Independent | |
| June 14 | Hartford, Connecticut | W13BF | 13 | Netspan | |
| June 16 | Odessa/Midland, Texas | KPEJ-TV | 24 | Independent | |
| June 17 | Beaumont, Texas | KITU-TV | 34 | TBN | |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | KJTM-TV | 38 | Independent | ||
| June 25 | Nashville, Tennessee | W61AR | 61 | Independent (primary) | |
| America One (secondary) | |||||
| July 1 | Charleston, Illinois | WEIU-TV | 51 | Independent | |
| July 9 | Wilmington, Delaware | ||||
| (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | WTGI-TV | 61 | Independent (primary) | ||
| ABC (secondary) | Clearednetwork programs not cleared by WPVI-TV until 1988. | ||||
| July 22 | Gadsden/Anniston, Alabama | ||||
| (Birmingham/Tuscaloosa, Alabama) | WTJP-TV | 60 | TBN | ||
| August 12 | Nashville, Tennessee | W24AE | 24 | HSN | |
| August 15 | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | WELU | 32 | Religious independent | |
| August 20 | Iron Mountain/Marquette, Michigan | WDHS | 8 | TBN | |
| August 23 | Honolulu, Hawaii | KWHE | 14 | Independent | |
| August 28 | Naranjito, Puerto Rico | WECN | 64 | Religious independent | |
| August 29 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | K07TX | 7 | Independent | |
| September 1 | Monterey/Santa Cruz, California | KSMS | 67 | SIN | |
| September 2 | Erie, Pennsylvania | WETG | 66 | Independent | |
| September 12 | Indianapolis, Indiana | W31AL | 31 | EWTN | |
| September 14 | Portland, Maine | WPXT | 51 | Independent | |
| September 15 | New London/Hartford, Connecticut | WTWS | 26 | Independent | |
| September 19 | Pembina, North Dakota | ||||
| (Emerson/Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) | KNRR | 12 | Independent | Satellite of KVRR/Fargo | |
| September 21 | Great Falls, Montana | KTGF | 16 | NBC | |
| September 25 | Garland/Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas | KIAB-TV | 23 | SIN (primary) | |
| CTN/HSN (secondary) | |||||
| Detroit, Michigan | W26AB | 26 | America One (primary) | ||
| FamilyNet (secondary) | |||||
| September 28 | La Crosse, Wisconsin | WQOW | 18 | ABC | |
| October 7 | St. Joseph, Missouri | KTAJ-TV | 16 | TBN | |
| October 8 | Reno, Nevada | KREN-TV | 27 | SIN | |
| October 12 | Utica, New York | WTUV | 33 | Fox | |
| October 13 | Johnstown/Altoona, Pennsylvania | WWCP-TV | 8 | Independent | |
| October 16 | Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina | WUNP-TV | 36 | PBS | Part of University of North Carolina Public Television |
| October 21 | Clarksville, Indiana | ||||
| (Louisville, Kentucky) | W05BA | 5 | TBN | ||
| October 25 | Bend, Oregon | K48BL | 48 | America One | |
| November 2 | Visalia/Fresno, California | KNXT | 49 | Religious independent | |
| November 14 | Portsmouth, Ohio | K21BK | 21 | Independent | |
| November 15 | San Jose, California | ||||
| (San Francisco/Oakland, California) | KLXV-TV | 65 | TBN | ||
| November 25 | Vallejo, California | ||||
| (San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, California) | KPST-TV | 66 | Asian independent | ||
| December 1 | Salt Lake City, Utah | KUEN | 9 | Educational independent | |
| December 5 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | WFWA | 39 | PBS | |
| December 6 | Norwell/Boston, Massachusetts | WRYT | 46 | Independent | |
| December 12 | La Salle/Chicago, Illinois | WWTO-TV | 35 | TBN | |
| Unknown date | Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands | WTTM-TV | 27 | Independent |
Network affiliation changes
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Columbia, Missouri | KMIZ | 17 | NBC | ABC | |
| KOMU-TV | 8 | ABC | NBC | |||
| June 1 | CharlestonHuntington, West Virginia | WCHS-TV | 8 | CBS | ABC | |
| Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia | WOWK-TV | 13 | ABC | CBS | ||
| June 29 | Omaha, Nebraska | KMTV-TV | 3 | NBC | CBS | |
| WOWT | 6 | CBS | NBC | |||
| October 9 | Albany, New York | WXXA-TV | 23 | Independent | Fox | |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | KGSW | 14 | ||||
| Amarillo, Texas | KCIT | 14 | ||||
| Anchorage, Alaska | KTBY | 4 | ||||
| Anderson, South Carolina | ||||||
| (Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina) | WAXA-TV | 40 | ||||
| Appleton/Green Bay, Wisconsin | WXGZ-TV | 32 | ||||
| Atlanta, Georgia | WATL | 36 | ||||
| Augusta, Georgia | W67BE | 67 | ||||
| Austin, Texas | KBVO | 42 | ||||
| Baltimore, Maryland | WBFF | 45 | Independent (primary) | |||
| ABC/CBS (secondary) | Previously cleared programs not cleared by WMAR-TV (later WBAL-TV) and WJZ-TV | |||||
| Bessemer, Alabama | ||||||
| (Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston) | WDBB | 17 | Independent | |||
| Boise, Idaho | KTRV-TV | 12 | ||||
| Charlotte, North Carolina | WCCB | 18 | ||||
| Champaign/Decatur/Springfield, Illinois | WRSP-TV | 55 | ||||
| Charleston, South Carolina | WTAT-TV | 24 | ||||
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | WDSI-TV | 61 | ||||
| Chicago, Illinois | **WFLD** | 32 | ||||
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | KXRM-TV | 21 | ||||
| Columbus, Ohio | WTTE | 28 | ||||
| Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas | **KDAF** | 33 | ||||
| Danville/Lexington, Kentucky | WDKY-TV | 56 | ||||
| Dayton, Ohio | WRGT-TV | 45 | ||||
| Des Moines, Iowa | KDSM-TV | 17 | ||||
| Detroit, Michigan | WKBD-TV | 50 | ||||
| El Paso, Texas | KCIK-TV | 14 | ||||
| Eugene, Oregon | K25AS | 25 | ||||
| Fargo, North Dakota | KVRR | 15 | ||||
| Flint/Saginaw, Michigan | WSMH | 66 | ||||
| Fort Myers, Florida | WFTX-TV | 36 | ||||
| Gadsden, Alabama | ||||||
| (Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston) | WNAL | 44 | ||||
| Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, Michigan | WXMI | 17 | ||||
| Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina | WNRW-TV | 45 | ||||
| Harrisburg/Lebanon, Pennsylvania | WPMT | 43 | ||||
| Hartford, Connecticut | WTIC-TV | 61 | Independent (primary) | |||
| CBS/ABC (secondary) | Previously cleared ABC or CBS programming not carried by WTNH or WFSB-TV, respectively. | |||||
| Hazleton/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | WOLF-TV | 56 | Independent | |||
| Honolulu, Hawaii | KHNL | 13 | ||||
| Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia | ||||||
| (Ashland, Kentucky/Portsmouth, Ohio) | WVAH-TV | 23 | ||||
| Indianapolis, Indiana | WXIN | |||||
| (recalled from WPDS-TV) | 59 | |||||
| Inglis/Yankeetown, Florida | ||||||
| (Gainesville/Ocala) | W49AI | 49 | ||||
| Jacksonville, Florida | WAWS | 30 | ||||
| Kansas City, Missouri | KSHB-TV | 41 | ||||
| Kerrville/San Antonio, Texas | KRRT | 35 | ||||
| Lafayette, Louisiana | KADN | 15 | ||||
| Lake Charles, Louisiana | KVHP | 29 | ||||
| Las Vegas, Nevada | KVVU-TV | 5 | ||||
| Los Angeles, California | **KTTV** | 11 | ||||
| Louisville, Kentucky | WDRB | 41 | ||||
| Lubbock, Texas | KJTV-TV | 36 | ||||
| Lynchburg/Danville, Virginia | WJPR-TV | 21 | ||||
| Madison, Wisconsin | WMSN-TV | 47 | ||||
| Miami, Florida | WCIX-TV | 6 | ||||
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | WCGV-TV | 24 | ||||
| Montgomery, Alabama | WCOV-TV | 20 | ||||
| Mobile, Alabama | ||||||
| (Pensacola, Florida) | WPMI-TV | 15 | ||||
| Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz, California | KCBA | 35 | ||||
| Nashville, Tennessee | WCAY-TV | 30 | ||||
| Newport, Kentucky/Cincinnati, Ohio | WXIX-TV | 19 | ||||
| New York City | **WNEW-TV** | 5 | ||||
| Norfolk, Virginia | ||||||
| (Newport News/Portsmouth/Virginia Beach) | WTVZ | 33 | ||||
| Oakland/San Francisco, California | KTVU | 2 | ||||
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KAUT-TV | 43 | ||||
| Orlando, Florida | WOFL | 35 | ||||
| Ottumwa, Iowa/Kirksville, Missouri | KOIA-TV | 15 | ||||
| Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois | WYZZ-TV | 43 | ||||
| Pembina, North Dakota (USA) | ||||||
| (Emerson/Winnipeg, Manitoba) | KNRR | 12 | Satellite of KVRR/Fargo | |||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WTXF-TV | 29 | ||||
| Phoenix, Arizona | KNXV-TV | 15 | ||||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WPGH-TV | 53 | Independent (primary) | |||
| CBS (secondary) | ||||||
| Pine Bluff/Little Rock, Arkansas | KJTM-TV | 38 | Independent | |||
| Portland, Maine | WPXT | 51 | ||||
| Providence, Rhode Island | WNAC-TV | 64 | ||||
| Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina | WLFL-TV | 22 | ||||
| Redding/Chico, California | KRCR-TV | 7 | ABC (exclusive) | ABC (primary) | ||
| Fox (secondary) | ||||||
| Reno, Nevada | KAME-TV | 21 | Independent | Fox | ||
| Richmond, Virginia | WRLH-TV | 35 | ||||
| Rochester, New York | WUHF | 31 | ||||
| Sacramento, California | KTXL | 40 | ||||
| Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | WSZE-TV | 10 | NBC (primary) | |||
| CBS/ABC (secondary) | NBC (primary) | |||||
| CBS/ABC/Fox (secondary) | Satellite of KUAM-TV/Hagåtña, Guam | |||||
| San Angelo, Texas | KIDY | 6 | Independent | Fox | ||
| Salt Lake City, Utah | KSTU | 13 | ||||
| Savannah, Georgia | WTGS | 28 | ||||
| Casper, Wyoming | KFNB | 20 | ||||
| Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | WOLF-TV | 38 | ||||
| Shaker Heights/Cleveland, Ohio | WOIO | 19 | ||||
| Shreveport, Louisiana | KMSS-TV | 33 | Independent (primary) | |||
| CBS (secondary) | ||||||
| Spokane, Washington | KAYU-TV | 28 | Independent | |||
| Springfield, Missouri | KDEB-TV | 27 | ||||
| St. Louis, Missouri | KDNL | 30 | ||||
| Syracuse, New York | WSYT-TV | 68 | ||||
| Tacoma/Seattle, Washington | KCPQ | 13 | Independent (primary) | |||
| CBS (secondary) | ||||||
| Tampa, Florida | WTOG | 44 | Independent | |||
| Thief River Falls, Minnesota | ||||||
| (Grand Forks, North Dakota) | KBRR | 10 | Satellite of KVRR/Fargo | |||
| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | ||||||
| (San Diego, California, United States) | XETV-TV | 6 | ||||
| Toledo, Ohio | WUPW | 36 | ||||
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOKI-TV | 23 | ||||
| Tucson, Arizona | KMSB | 11 | ||||
| Waco, Texas | KWKT-TV | 44 | ||||
| Washington, D.C. | **WTTG** | 5 | ||||
| Watertown, New York | WJCK | 50 | ABC (exclusive) | ABC (primary) | ||
| Fox (secondary) | ||||||
| Wichita, Kansas | KSAS-TV | 24 | Independent | Fox | ||
| Wichita Falls, Texas | KJTL | 18 | ||||
| October 13 | Altoona/Johnstown, Pennsylvania | WWPC-TV | 23 | ABC | Independent |
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| March 17 | ||||
| March 19 | ||||
| March 20 | ||||
| March 21 | ||||
| March 22 | ||||
| March 23 | ||||
| Ben Rappaport | ||||
| March 26 | ||||
| March 28 | ||||
| Meagan Smith | ||||
| March 30 | ||||
| Simon Baker | ||||
| April 2 | ||||
| Lee DeWyze | ||||
| Christopher Walberg | ||||
| April 3 | ||||
| Jerry Messing | ||||
| April 5 | ||||
| April 6 | ||||
| April 7 | ||||
| April 9 | ||||
| Jordan Masterson | ||||
| April 12 | ||||
| April 15 | ||||
| April 16 | ||||
| April 22 | ||||
| April 25 | ||||
| Daniel Sharman | ||||
| April 27 | ||||
| April 28 | ||||
| April 29 | ||||
| Crystal Hefner | ||||
| April 30 | ||||
| Beau Wirick | ||||
| May 1 | ||||
| May 2 | ||||
| Thomas McDonell | ||||
| May 3 | ||||
| May 6 | ||||
| May 8 | ||||
| May 9 | ||||
| May 12 | ||||
| May 13 | ||||
| May 16 | ||||
| Jacob Zachar | ||||
| Megan Fox | ||||
| May 17 | ||||
| Tahj Mowry | ||||
| Erin Richards | ||||
| May 20 | ||||
| Kyle Harris | ||||
| May 21 | ||||
| May 22 | ||||
| May 24 | ||||
| May 28 | ||||
| May 30 | ||||
| June 3 | ||||
| June 4 | ||||
| June 5 | ||||
| June 6 | ||||
| Justin Allgaier | ||||
| Cameron Britton | ||||
| June 10 | ||||
| June 11 | ||||
| June 13 | ||||
| Mary-Kate Olsen | ||||
| Ashley Olsen | ||||
| June 17 | ||||
| June 18 | ||||
| Meaghan Rath | ||||
| June 19 | ||||
| June 20 | ||||
| June 24 | ||||
| Solange Knowles | ||||
| June 27 | ||||
| Alex Plank | ||||
| June 28 | ||||
| Maya Stojan | ||||
| Matteo Lane | ||||
| Kellie Pickler | ||||
| July 1 | ||||
| July 2 | ||||
| July 6 | ||||
| July 8 | ||||
| July 9 | ||||
| July 10 | ||||
| July 15 | ||||
| July 16 | ||||
| Taryn Southern | ||||
| July 17 | ||||
| Kaitlin Vilasuso | ||||
| July 18 | ||||
| July 20 | ||||
| July 21 | ||||
| Betty Gilpin | ||||
| July 24 | ||||
| July 26 | ||||
| July 28 | ||||
| Nolan Gerard Funk | ||||
| July 29 | ||||
| July 30 | ||||
| August 3 | ||||
| August 8 | ||||
| August 13 | ||||
| August 16 | ||||
| Sarah Pavan | ||||
| Shawn Pyfrom | ||||
| August 17 | ||||
| August 21 | ||||
| Brooks Wheelan | ||||
| August 27 | ||||
| Jack Kesy | ||||
| August 28 | ||||
| August 29 | ||||
| Nicole Byer | ||||
| August 31 | ||||
| Spencer Klein | ||||
| Brent Morin | ||||
| September 1 | ||||
| September 5 | ||||
| September 8 | ||||
| September 10 | ||||
| September 12 | ||||
| Emmy Rossum | ||||
| Molly Tarlov | ||||
| September 14 | ||||
| September 15 | ||||
| Jenna Marbles | ||||
| George Watsky | ||||
| September 16 | ||||
| Kyla Pratt | ||||
| September 18 | ||||
| September 19 | ||||
| Peter Vack | ||||
| September 20 | ||||
| September 23 | ||||
| September 24 | ||||
| Alex Paxton-Beesley | ||||
| September 26 | ||||
| Sean Doolittle | ||||
| September 28 | ||||
| September 29 | ||||
| Lo Bosworth | ||||
| September 30 | ||||
| October 1 | ||||
| October 2 | ||||
| October 7 | ||||
| Holland Roden | ||||
| October 10 | ||||
| October 18 | ||||
| October 12 | ||||
| Marcus T. Paulk | ||||
| October 13 | ||||
| Julia McIlvaine | ||||
| October 17 | ||||
| October 22 | ||||
| October 23 | ||||
| Emilia Clarke | ||||
| Jessica Stroup | ||||
| October 24 | ||||
| October 25 | ||||
| October 27 | ||||
| Christine Evangelista | ||||
| October 28 | ||||
| October 29 | ||||
| November 1 | ||||
| November 3 | ||||
| November 4 | ||||
| November 6 | ||||
| November 10 | ||||
| November 11 | ||||
| Jon Batiste | ||||
| November 14 | ||||
| November 16 | ||||
| November 17 | ||||
| November 18 | ||||
| Georgia King | ||||
| November 20 | ||||
| November 21 | ||||
| Sam Palladio | ||||
| Colleen Ballinger | ||||
| November 24 | ||||
| November 25 | ||||
| Cole Escola | ||||
| November 28 | ||||
| December 1 | ||||
| December 5 | ||||
| December 7 | ||||
| December 8 | ||||
| December 10 | ||||
| December 11 | ||||
| Condola Rashad | ||||
| December 13 | ||||
| December 17 | ||||
| Vanessa Zima | ||||
| December 20 | ||||
| December 23 | ||||
| December 26 | ||||
| December 30 |
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | class="unsortable" | Notability | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | |||||||
| January 14 | |||||||
| January 24 | |||||||
| January 29 | |||||||
| March 30 | |||||||
| May 28 | |||||||
| June 14 | |||||||
| July 15 | |||||||
| August 26 | |||||||
| September 12 | |||||||
| September 27 | |||||||
| October 25 | |||||||
| November 2 | |||||||
| November 11 | |||||||
| November 18 | |||||||
| November 22 | |||||||
| December 2 |
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