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1987 in American television
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The year 1987 in television involved some significant events. This is a list of notable events in the United States.
Events
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | ||
| January 5 | ||
| January 17 | ||
| January 22 | ||
| January 23 | ||
| January 25 | ||
| February 2 | ||
| February 7 | ||
| February 14 | ||
| February 15 | ||
| February 20 | ||
| February 24 | ||
| February 25 | ||
| March 9 | ||
| March 12 | ||
| March 19 | ||
| March 23 | ||
| The soap opera *The Bold and the Beautiful* debuts on CBS. | ||
| March 27 | ||
| March 28 | ||
| March 29 | ||
| March 30 | ||
| March 31 | ||
| April 5 | ||
| April 6 | ||
| April 17 | ||
| April 19 | ||
| April 29 | ||
| May 4 | ||
| May 6 | ||
| May 7 | ||
| May 15 | ||
| Joan Rivers makes her final appearance as host of Fox's talk show *The Late Show* following her recent firing by the network. For the final show, the set is vandalized with toilet paper, slime, and shaving cream. Her guests are Howie Mandel, Pee-Wee Herman, then-fledgling comedian Chris Rock, Wendy O. Williams, and show stage manager Michelle Aller as her alter-ego Mavis Vegas Davis. Soon afterward, the program is renamed *The Late Show* and features rotating guest hosts including Suzanne Somers, Richard Belzer, and Robert Townsend. After firing prospective guest host Frank Zappa, producer John Scura replaces him with Arsenio Hall, who would make his debut as a talk show host. Eventually, Hall is named the permanent replacement host in mid-1987. | ||
| May 17 | ||
| June 4 | ||
| June 30 | ||
| July 15 | ||
| July 17 | ||
| July 28 | ||
| July 31 | ||
| August 1 | ||
| August 19 | ||
| August 31 | ||
| Columbus independent station WWAT-TV goes in the air. | ||
| September 5 | ||
| September 7 | ||
| September 7 | ||
| September 11 | ||
| September 12 | ||
| September 14 | ||
| September 18 | ||
| September 19 | ||
| September 21 | ||
| September 22 | ||
| September 24 | ||
| September 26 | ||
| September 28 | ||
| October 3 | ||
| October 4 | ||
| October 12 | ||
| October 14 | ||
| October 15 | ||
| October 16 | ||
| October 24 | ||
| October 26 | ||
| October 30 | ||
| November 8 | ||
| November 9 | ||
| November 13 | ||
| November 15 | ||
| November 22 | ||
| *Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back* makes its network broadcast television premiere on NBC. | ||
| November 26 | ||
| December 7 | ||
| December 16 | ||
| SuperStation WTBS airs the 1983 film *A Christmas Story* for the very first time. Turner Broadcasting (as both an independent company and, from 1996 onward, as a subsidiary of the company presently operating as Warner Bros. Discovery) would maintain ownership of the broadcast rights to *A Christmas Story*. Beginning in the mid-1990s, they would air the film increasingly on both TBS and TNT throughout the holiday season annually. | ||
| December 27 | ||
| December 28 |
Programs
Debuting this year
| Date | Title | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | *Unsolved Mysteries* | NBC | |
| January 8 | *Shell Game* | CBS | |
| January 17 | *Ohara* | ABC | |
| January 22 | *The Tortellis* | NBC | |
| January 25 | *Hard Copy* | CBS | |
| January 26 | *Square One TV* | PBS | |
| February 2 | *Eyes on the Prize* | ||
| March 4 | *Harry* | ABC | |
| March 9 | *Rags to Riches* | NBC | |
| March 11 | *Houston Knights* | CBS | |
| March 19 | *The Bronx Zoo* | NBC | |
| *Roomies* | |||
| March 20 | *The Charmings* | ABC | |
| March 23 | *The Bold and the Beautiful* | CBS | |
| *The Popcorn Kid* | |||
| March 31 | *Max Headroom* | ABC | |
| April 1 | *Mariah* | ||
| *Roxie* | CBS | ||
| *Take Five* | |||
| April 2 | *Nothing in Common* | NBC | |
| April 5 | *Married... with Children* | Fox | |
| *The Tracey Ullman Show* | |||
| April 12 | *[21 Jump Street](21-jump-street)* | ||
| April 18 | *Sweet Surrender* | NBC | |
| April 19 | *Bionic Six* | Syndication | |
| *Duet* | Fox | ||
| April 20 | *Hard Knocks* | Showtime | |
| April 26 | *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* | Fox | |
| May 3 | *Mr. President* | ||
| May 21 | *The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd* | NBC | |
| June 1 | *Adventures of the Little Koala* | Nickelodeon | |
| June 12 | *CBS Summer Playhouse* | CBS | |
| June 15 | *Home Shopping Game* | Syndication | |
| July 11 | *Good Morning, Miss Bliss* | Disney Channel | |
| *Werewolf* | Fox | ||
| July 18 | *Karen's Song* | ||
| *The New Adventures of Beans Baxter* | |||
| August 8 | *Animal Crack-Ups* | ABC | |
| August 27 | *First Impressions* | CBS | |
| August 30 | *Crossbow* | CBN Cable Network | |
| September | *Maple Town* | Syndication | |
| September 12 | *Showtime at the Apollo* | ABC | |
| *I'm Telling!* | NBC | ||
| *The New Archies* | |||
| *Popeye and Son* | CBS | ||
| September 13 | *Private Eye* | NBC | |
| September 14 | *Dinosaucers* | Syndication | |
| *BraveStarr* | |||
| *Maxie's World* | |||
| *New Monkees* | |||
| *The Wil Shriner Show* | |||
| *Frank's Place* | CBS | ||
| September 16 | *The Oldest Rookie* | ||
| *Wiseguy* | |||
| September 17 | *Out of This World* | Syndication | |
| September 18 | *DuckTales* (Original series) | ||
| September 19 | *The Kidsongs TV Show* | ||
| *Marblehead Manor* | |||
| *She's the Sheriff* | |||
| *Once a Hero* | ABC | ||
| *Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater* | CBS | ||
| September 20 | *The Highwayman* | NBC | |
| *My Two Dads* | |||
| *Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light* | Syndication | ||
| September 21 | *Beverly Hills Teens* | Syndication | |
| *Spiral Zone* | |||
| September 22 | *Full House* | ABC | |
| *I Married Dora* | |||
| September 23 | *Hooperman* | ||
| *The Slap Maxwell Story* | |||
| September 24 | *A Different World* | NBC | |
| *Tour of Duty* | CBS | ||
| September 25 | *Beauty and the Beast* | ||
| September 26 | *Jake and the Fatman* | ||
| *ALF: The Animated Series* | NBC | ||
| *J.J. Starbuck* | |||
| *Second Chance* (aka *Boys Will Be Boys*) | Fox | ||
| *You Can't Take It With You* | Syndication | ||
| September 27 | *Dolly* | ABC | |
| *The Law & Harry McGraw* | CBS | ||
| September 28 | *Lingo* | Syndication | |
| *Star Trek: The Next Generation* | |||
| September 29 | *thirtysomething* | ABC | |
| October 3 | *Everything's Relative* | CBS | |
| *Leg Work* | |||
| *Friday the 13th: The Series* | Syndication | ||
| October 11 | *Women in Prison* | Fox | |
| November 2 | *Finders Keepers* | Nickelodeon | |
| November 5 | *Beverly Hills Buntz* | NBC | |
| November 7 | *Sable* | ABC | |
| November 30 | *CBS This Morning* | CBS | |
| December 7 | *Remote Control* | MTV | |
| December 11 | *The Wilton North Report* | Fox | |
| December 14 | *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* | Syndication |
Resuming this year
| Title | Final aired | Previous network | New title | Returning network | Date of return | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Charles in Charge* | ||||||||||
| *Blockbusters* | ||||||||||
| *Concentration* | ||||||||||
| *We Got it Made* | ||||||||||
| *Snorks* | ||||||||||
| *High Rollers* | ||||||||||
| *Truth or Consequences* | ||||||||||
| *The Jetsons* |
Ending this year
| Date | Title | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 10 | *Heart of the City* | 1986 |
| February 6 | *Dads* | |
| February 9 | *Gung Ho* | |
| February 7 | *Too Close for Comfort* | 1980 |
| February 27 | *The Love Boat* | 1977 |
| March 1 | *The New Adventures of Jonny Quest* | 1986 |
| March 3 | *Silver Spoons* | 1982 |
| March 7 | *The Berenstain Bears* | 1985 |
| March 8 | *The A-Team* | 1983 |
| March 12 | *The Wizard* | 1986 |
| March 20 | *Capitol* | 1982 |
| March 25 | *Harry* | 1987 |
| March 26 | *The Colbys* | 1985 |
| March 27 | *Zoobilee Zoo* | 1986 |
| March 30 | *You Again?* | |
| *Fraggle Rock* | 1983 | |
| April 8 | *Roxie* | 1987 |
| April 10 | *Amazing Stories* | 1985 |
| April 17 | *Remington Steele* | 1982 |
| April 24 | *Together We Stand* | 1986 |
| April 29 | *Easy Street* | |
| May 1 | *Blockbusters* | 1980 |
| May 2 | *Starman* | 1986 |
| May 8 | *Stingray* | 1985 |
| May 12 | *Gimme a Break!* | 1981 |
| *The Tortellis* | 1987 | |
| May 13 | *The New Mike Hammer* | 1984 |
| May 15 | *Roomies* | 1987 |
| May 18 | *Fame* | 1982 |
| May 19 | *Hill Street Blues* | 1981 |
| May 28 | *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* | 1983 |
| *Our World* | 1986 | |
| May 30 | *Outlaws* | |
| June 3 | *Nothing in Common* | 1987 |
| June 13 | *Sidekicks* | 1986 |
| June 19 | *Nightlife* | |
| June 27 | *Gung Ho* | |
| July 8 | *Sweet Surrender* | 1987 |
| August 7 | *Airwolf* | 1984 |
| September 7 | *The Ellen Burstyn Show* | 1986 |
| September 11 | *Split Second* | 1972 |
| September 12 | *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* | 1987 |
| *Karen's Song* | ||
| September 14 | *Photon* | 1986 |
| September 23 | *My Little Pony* | 1984 |
| October 1 | *First Impressions* | 1987 |
| October 3 | *Once a Hero* | |
| October 25 | *Maxie's World* | |
| November 7 | *Everything's Relative* | |
| *Leg Work* | ||
| *Teen Wolf* | 1986 | |
| November 11 | *The Transformers* | 1984 |
| November 12 | *The Jetsons* | 1962 |
| November 28 | *The New Adventures of Beans Baxter* | 1987 |
| December 7 | *New Monkees* | |
| December 11 | *Dinosaucers* | |
| December 12 | *Popeye and Son* | |
| *The P.T.L. Club* | 1976 | |
| December 18 | *Beverly Hills Teens* | 1987 |
| *Spiral Zone* | ||
| December 19 | *My Pet Monster* | |
| *Pound Puppies* | 1986 |
Changing networks
| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| *Airwolf* | CBS | USA Network |
| *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* | NBC | |
| *Candid Camera* | CBS | |
| *We Got it Made* | Syndication | |
| *High Rollers* | ||
| *Punky Brewster* | ||
| *Charles in Charge* | CBS | |
| *Webster* | ABC | |
| *American Bandstand* | ||
| *Concentration* | Syndication | NBC |
| *Inspector Gadget* | Nickelodeon |
Made-for-TV movies and miniseries
| Title | Network | Premiere date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Amerika* | ||||
| *The Facts of Life Down Under* | ||||
| *LBJ: The Early Years* | ||||
| *Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story* | ||||
| *Roman Holiday* |
Networks and services
Launches
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Travel Channel | Cable television | February 8 | ||
| Fox | Broadcast television | April 5 | Previously had a "soft launch" on October 9, 1986 | |
| [Movietime](e) | Cable television | July 31 | ||
| Harmony Premiere Network | Cable television | Unknown |
Conversions and rebrandings
| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetSpan | Telemundo | Cable television | Unknown | ||
| Spanish International Network | Univision | Cable and satellite | Unknown | ||
| SuperStation WTBS | SuperStation TBS | Cable television | Unknown |
Closures
| Network | Type | Closure date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Theater Network | Cable television | January 31 | ||
| Operation Prime Time | Cable television | Unknown |
Television stations
Station launches
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 11 | Bartlesville/Tulsa, Oklahoma | KDOR-TV | 17 | TBN | |
| February | Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi | WHLT | 22 | CBS | Semi-satellite of WJTV/Jackson |
| February 2 | Marshalltown/Des Moines, Iowa | K39AS | 39 | ||
| February 7 | Orlando, Florida | WLSY | 43 | Independent | |
| February 9 | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas | KDTX-TV | 58 | TBN (O&O) | |
| February 13 | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | W39BT | 39 | TBN | |
| February 14 | Biloxi/Gulfport, Mississippi | WXXV-TV | 25 | Fox | |
| February 15 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | WSJN-TV | 24 | Independent | |
| March 9 | Charlotte, North Carolina | WJZY | 46 | Independent | |
| Tyler, Texas | KETK | 56 | NBC | ||
| March 23 | Toledo, Ohio | W48AP | 48 | Independent | |
| April | Redwood Falls, Minnesota | KRWF | 43 | ABC | Semi-satellite of KSTP-TV |
| April 7 | Mobile, Alabama | WFGX | 35 | Independent | |
| April 18 | Atlanta, Georgia | WNGM-TV | 34 | Independent | |
| May | Los Angeles, California | KDDE | |||
| (recalled as KEEF-TV in June) | 68 | Educational independent | |||
| May 6 | Springfield, Massachusetts | W11BT | 11 | Independent | |
| May 13 | Buffalo, New York | WNEQ-TV | 23 | PBS | |
| May 22 | Terre Haute, Indiana | W65BK | 65 | TBN | |
| May 25 | Cleveland/Chattanooga, Tennessee | WFLI-TV | 53 | Independent | |
| May 29 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | KTTW | 7 | Fox | |
| June 18 | Cocoa/Orlando, Florida | WRES | 68 | Educational independent | |
| June 30 | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek/Grand Rapids, Michigan | WLLA | 64 | Christian independent | |
| July 1 | Clairemore/Tulsa, Oklahoma | KXON-TV | 35 | Educational independent | |
| July 2 | Darien, Connecticut | W33BS | 33 | Audio-only independent | Pulse 87 |
| July 4 | Frederick, Maryland | ||||
| (Washington, D.C.) | WFPT | 62 | PBS | Part of the Maryland Public Television network | |
| July 16 | Houston, Texas | KETH | 14 | TBN (O&O) | |
| August 1 | Arcata/Eureka, California | KREQ | 23 | Fox | |
| August 5 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W49KG | 49 | Independent | |
| August 10 | Rochester, Minnesota | ||||
| (Mason City, Iowa) | KXLT-TV | 47 | Independent | Originally a satellite of KXLI/Minneapolis | |
| August 14 | Merrimack/Manchester, New Hampshire | WGOT | 60 | Independent | |
| August 15 | Barstow/Los Angeles, California | KVVT | 64 | Independent | |
| August 24 | Columbus, Ohio | WOCB-CD | |||
| (original callsign unknown) | 39 | Religious independent | |||
| August 27 | Bloomington, Indiana | WCLJ-TV | 42 | TBN | |
| August 28 | Cheyenne, Wyoming | KKTU | 39 | NBC | |
| August 31 | Columbus, Ohio | WWAT | 53 | Independent | |
| September | Buffalo, New York | WNYB-TV | 49 | Independent | |
| September | Silver City, New Mexico | KOVT | 10 | ABC | Satellite of KOAT-TV/Albuquerque |
| September 1 | Bozeman/Butte, Montana | KCTZ | 7 | ABC | |
| September 2 | Denver, Colorado | KUBD | 59 | Independent | |
| September 5 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | KLUZ | 41 | Univision | |
| September 18 | Rosenberg/Houston, Texas | KXLN | 45 | Univision | |
| September 21 | New Orleans, Louisiana | K59DG | 59 | Daystar | |
| September 28 | Bridgeport, Connecticut | ||||
| (New York City) | WBCT-TV | 43 | Independent | ||
| October 12 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | KAZQ | 34 | Religious independent | |
| October 18 | Richland, Washington | KTNW | 31 | PBS | Satellite of KWSU-TV/Spokane |
| October 19 | Tamuning, Guam | KTGM | 14 | ABC (primary) | |
| CBS (secondary) | |||||
| Indianapolis, Indiana | WMCC | 23 | Independent | ||
| October 28 | Chicago, Illinois | W54AP | 54 | Independent | |
| W54AP | 54 | ||||
| October 29 | Tampa, Florida | W57BA | 57 | Channel America | |
| November 12 | Stockton, California | ||||
| (Sacramento/Modesto, California) | KFTL | 64 | Independent | ||
| November 15 | Gary, Indiana | ||||
| (Chicago, Illinois) | WYIN | 56 | PBS | ||
| December 2 | South Bend, Indiana | W12BK (original) | 12 | Independent | LPTV translator of WCIU-TV/Chicago |
| December 7 | Galveston/Houston, Texas | KTMD | 47 | Telemundo | |
| December 8 | Chicago, Illinois | W46AO | 46 | TBN | |
| Lenoir City/Knoxville, Tennessee | W38AQ | 38 | FamilyNet/America One | ||
| December 14 | Albany, New York | WOCD | 55 | Independent | |
| December 15 | Elkhart/South Bend, Indiana | W24AI | 24 | TBN | |
| Hopkinsville, Kentucky | |||||
| (Clarksville, Tennessee) | W22CH | 22 | |||
| December 16 | San Antonio, Texas | KABB | 29 | Independent | |
| Unknown date | Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands | WAIG | 43 | Independent | |
| WVGI | 17 | ||||
| Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands | WMEG | 15 | Religious independent | ||
| Panama City, Florida | W46AN | 46 | Tourist information |
Network affiliation changes
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 19 | Boston, Massachusetts | **WFXT** | 25 | Independent | Fox | |||||||||||||
| April 5 | Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities) | KLJB-TV | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Evansville, Indiana | WEVV-TV | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Memphis, Tennessee | WMKW-TV | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nashville, Tennessee | WCAY-TV | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia | WEMT | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
| July 6 | Columbus, Georgia | WXTX | 54 | |||||||||||||||
| Jackson, Mississippi | WDBD | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Knoxville, Tennessee | WKCH-TV | 43 | last=Carter | first=Reon | date=June 25, 1987 | title=WKCH joins fourth network | page=B7 | newspaper=The Knoxville News-Sentinel | location=Knoxville, Tennessee | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89762781/wkch-joins-fourth-network/ | url-status=live | access-date=November 29, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130031301/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89762781/wkch-joins-fourth-network/ | archive-date=November 30, 2021 | via=Newspapers.com}} | |||
| September 7 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | |||||||||||||||||
| (Paducah, Kentucky/Harrisburg, Illinois) | KBSI | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| October 19 | Hagatna, Guam | KUAM-TV | 8 | NBC (primary) | ||||||||||||||
| CBS/ABC/Fox (secondary) | NBC (primary) | |||||||||||||||||
| CBS/Fox (secondary) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | WSZE-TV | 10 | Satellite of KUAM-TV/Hagtna, Guam | |||||||||||||||
| December 5 | Huntsville/Decatur/Florence, Alabama | WZDX | 54 | Independent | Fox |
Births
| Date | Name | Notability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | ||||
| Shelley Hennig | ||||
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| January 20 | ||||
| Mark Wright | ||||
| Pete Ploszek | ||||
| January 24 | ||||
| January 27 | ||||
| January 28 | ||||
| Chelsea Brummet | ||||
| Katie Nolan | ||||
| January 29 | ||||
| February 1 | ||||
| Ronda Rousey | ||||
| February 2 | ||||
| February 5 | ||||
| Alex Brightman | ||||
| February 9 | ||||
| Rose Leslie | ||||
| February 11 | ||||
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| February 21 | ||||
| Ashley Greene | ||||
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| February 28 | ||||
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| March 17 | ||||
| Zach Villa | ||||
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| April 3 | ||||
| Rachel Bloom | ||||
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| April 9 | ||||
| April 10 | ||||
| Shay Mitchell | ||||
| April 12 | ||||
| Mike Manning | ||||
| Brendon Urie | ||||
| Ilana Glazer | ||||
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| April 18 | ||||
| Ellen Woglom | ||||
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| April 27 | ||||
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| May 7 | ||||
| Maya Erskine | ||||
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| May 29 | ||||
| Joseph Haro | ||||
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| May 31 | ||||
| Shaun Fleming | ||||
| Meredith Hagner | ||||
| June 3 | ||||
| Michelle Keegan | ||||
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| June 16 | ||||
| Kelly Blatz | ||||
| Abby Elliott | ||||
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| June 22 | ||||
| Jerrod Carmichael | ||||
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| June 27 | ||||
| Ed Westwick | ||||
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| July 14 | ||||
| Sara Canning | ||||
| Dan Reynolds | ||||
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| Kate Berlant | ||||
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| August 8 | ||||
| Jenn Proske | ||||
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| September 5 | ||||
| Jenny Taft | ||||
| September 7 | ||||
| Lily Cowles | ||||
| September 8 | ||||
| September 9 | ||||
| Taylor Bagley | ||||
| September 10 | ||||
| September 11 | ||||
| Tyler Hoechlin | ||||
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| September 24 | ||||
| Spencer Treat Clark | ||||
| September 28 | ||||
| September 29 | ||||
| October 1 | ||||
| October 2 | ||||
| Erika Lauren Wasilewski | ||||
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| November 19 | ||||
| Jared Abrahamson | ||||
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| November 28 | ||||
| November 30 | ||||
| Christel Khalil | ||||
| Lauren Zima | ||||
| December 1 | ||||
| December 3 | ||||
| Dree Hemingway | ||||
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| December 28 | ||||
| Hannah Tointon | ||||
| Thomas Dekker | ||||
| Adam Gregory | ||||
| December 29 |
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | class="unsortable" | Notability | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | |||||||
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| September 22 | |||||||
| Carman Maxwell | |||||||
| September 25 |
Television debuts
- Patricia Arquette – Daddy
- Billy Crudup – General College
- Chris Elliott – Miami Vice
- Juliette Lewis – Home Fires
- Brad Pitt – Another World
- Joely Richardson – Kin of the Castle
- Chris Rock – Miami Vice
References
References
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