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1992 in American television

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In American television in 1992, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

Events

DateEventJanuary 6January 19January 26February 8February 14February 22February 24February 29March 28April 4April 18April 25April 29April 30May 1May 19May 22May 25May 26–June 1June 1June 3June 6June 10June 23August 7August 15August 16August 31September 2September 4September 5September 12September 14September 27October 1October 3October 10October 11October 12October 13October 15October 17October 17–24October 19October 31November 1November 14November 17November 18November 21December 1
The weekly overnight news program *World News Now* debuts on ABC.
The World Wrestling Federation holds the fifth annual Royal Rumble event on pay-per-view. In the main event, Ric Flair wins the Royal Rumble match and the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
During halftime of CBS' telecast of Super Bowl XXVI, Fox counter-programs with a special live-edition of the sketch comedy program *In Living Color*.
In a *[60 Minutes](60-minutes)* interview on CBS, Bill and Hillary Clinton deny the allegations made against Bill in an interview that was viewed by millions.
The [opening ceremonies](1992-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony) for the [Winter Olympics](1992-winter-olympics) from Albertville, France is broadcast on CBS. This is the first of three consecutive Olympic Winter Games that CBS will broadcast, concluding with the [1998 Winter Olympics](1998-winter-olympics) from Nagano, Japan. It's also the first time that CBS would televise the Olympics (either Winter or Summer) since the [1960 Summer Games](1960-summer-olympics) from Rome, Italy.
Green Bay Fox station WXGZ goes dark, and former Green Bay independent station WGBA-TV took the Fox affiliation.
Barbra Streisand makes a surprise cameo appearance during a "Coffee Talk" sketch with Mike Myers, Madonna, and Roseanne Barr on NBC's *Saturday Night Live*.
CBS acquires the assets of Midwest Communications, owners of the network's dominant affiliate in the Twin Cities, WCCO-TV. This also results in an affiliation swap in both Marquette, Michigan and Green Bay, Wisconsin: WJMN-TV, the Midwest-owned satellite station of Green Bay's ABC affiliate WFRV-TV, swaps its own ABC affiliation with primary CBS/secondary NBC affiliate WLUC-TV on this date, while WFRV-TV itself swaps with CBS affiliate WBAY-TV on March 15. (The delay in Green Bay occurs since WBAY-TV wanted to swap on or near March 17, the 39th anniversary of its first sign-on.)
*Full Moon Over Miami*, a one-off programming block of a three-way, two-hour crossover event airs on NBC. It involves three television sitcoms created by Susan Harris: *The Golden Girls*, *Empty Nest* and *Nurses*. The event depicts a fictional full moon on Leap Day storming into the storylines of the three series set in Miami, Florida.
CBS broadcasts the [East Regional men's basketball final](1992-ncaa-men-s-division-i-basketball-tournament) between [Duke](1991-92-duke-blue-devils-men-s-basketball-team) and [Kentucky](1991-92-kentucky-wildcats-men-s-basketball-team). With 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime, Christian Laettner hit a jumper as time expired to give Duke the 104–103 win. The game which was called by Verne Lundquist and Len Elmore, has since been considered by many to be the greatest college basketball game ever played.
TBS' Saturday afternoon/early evening *World Championship Wrestling* program is renamed *WCW Saturday Night*. The main event is Steve Austin defeating The Z-Man in a 2-out-of-3 falls match for the WCW World Television Title.
Sean McDonough makes his debut as the new lead play–by–play announcer for Major League Baseball telecasts on CBS. Replacing Jack Buck, who was dismissed by the network following the [1991 World Series](1991-world-series), McDonough would serve in that capacity alongside analyst Tim McCarver for the final two years of CBS' contract with Major League Baseball.
ABC broadcasts the series finales of *Who's the Boss?*, *Growing Pains*, and *MacGyver*.
*Batman* (1989 film) makes its broadcast television premiere on CBS.
The Nickelodeon time capsule was buried at Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida.
*Sesame Street* broadcasts its 3,000th episode.
Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. During his speech, he criticizes the Murphy Brown character for "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone".
After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts *The Tonight Show* on NBC for the 4,531st and last time.
Jay Leno debuts as host of NBC's *The Tonight Show*.
SportsChannel America airs the [last](1992-stanley-cup-finals) of four consecutive Stanley Cup Finals. ESPN would replace SportsChannel America as the primary American television home for the National Hockey League beginning in the [1992–93 season](1992-93-nhl-season).
In New York City, NBC's flagship television station WNBC dropped the "-TV" suffix from its call letters (following the sale in 1988 of its sister radio station WNBC-AM by NBC's then-parent company General Electric) in favor of the new branding slogan "*4 New York*". The accompanying station image campaign was titled "We're 4 New York" and featured a musical theme composed by Edd Kalehoff. The campaign is revived two times, one is during the [2002 Winter Olympics](2002-winter-olympics) and once again in 2007.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton appears on *The Arsenio Hall Show* and sits in with the house band on saxophone.
The music video for Guns N' Roses' power ballad "November Rain" premieres on MTV's *Headbangers Ball*. *November Rain* is one of the most expensive music videos ever. In July 2018, the music video would become the first video created prior to YouTube to surpass one billion views. And in February 2023, the music video would reach another milestone after it surpassed two billion views and remaining the oldest song (from the early 1990s) to achieve that feat.
The first ever edition of the [MTV Movie Awards](1992-mtv-movie-awards) is broadcast.
*Another World* broadcasts its first and only primetime episode on NBC, named *Summer Desire*, right before the Daytime Emmy Awards.
After *Growing Pains* actress Tracey Gold loses a massive amount of weight due to anorexia nervosa, she is placed in hospital care. As a result, she is written out of most of the ABC sitcom's final episodes.
Nickelodeon begins a Saturday night programming block called SNICK.
Ron Simmons defeats Big Van Vader for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on TBS' *WCW Main Event* to become the first recognized black world champion in professional wrestling history.
The fifth annual SummerSlam event airs on pay-per-view. Taking place in Wembley Stadium, London, England, two days prior, this was the first major World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view to take place outside of North America. The main event saw The British Bulldog defeating Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship.
TBS airs World Championship Wrestling's *Clash of the Champions XX* from the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta. The event was not only the 20th time WCW held a *Clash of the Champions* show but also marked the 20th anniversary of professional wrestling being shown on TBS as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling in 1972. It also was the final wrestling TV appearance for André the Giant, who died several months later. The main event saw the team of Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, Super Invader, and Big Van Vader defeated the team of Sting, Nikita Koloff, and The Steiner Brothers.
*Scared Silent: Ending and Exposing Child Abuse*, a one-hour live special hosted by Oprah Winfrey, is simulcast on CBS and NBC. Two nights later, the special is rebroadcast on ABC.
*Batman: The Animated Series* premieres on Fox Kids in a 4:30 p.m. afternoon timeslot. It's soon hailed as a groundbreaking superhero show receiving praise for its writing, art design, voice acting, orchestrated soundtrack, and modernization of its title character's source material. The acclaim led to multiple Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Programming. In December, just three months after its debut, Fox also begins airing episodes of the series on prime-time Sunday evenings (followed by the live-action sitcom *Shaky Ground*); however, the TV ratings fell short (as the show aired opposite the perennial favorite *[60 Minutes](60-minutes)*), and the series was removed from this time slot in March 1993.
NBC is the first network to cancel all their Saturday morning cartoons in favor of four shows, *Saved By The Bell*, *California Dreams*, *NBA Inside Stuff*, and *Name Your Adventure* under the TNBC banner. A weekend version of *Today*, which debuted on August 1, is also added. Animated programming would not return to NBC until 2006.
Pamela Anderson makes her first appearance as C. J. Parker on *Baywatch* in first-run syndication.
Marlon Wayans and Alexandra Wentworth join the cast of the Fox sketch comedy show *In Living Color*. Wayans only joins the cast for 13 episodes, but Wentworth stays full-time for both this and the [next season](1993-94-american-network-television-schedule) (which would turn out to be the show's fifth and final season).
Cartoon Network begins its broadcasts with a one-hour special titled *Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network*. The *Merrie Melodies* short *Rhapsody Rabbit* was the very first cartoon to be shown on the channel.
Sinéad O'Connor causes controversy when she rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on NBC's *Saturday Night Live*.
Michael Jackson's concert *Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour* airs on HBO.
George Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot participate in the first [1992 presidential debate](1992-united-states-presidential-debates) hosted by Jim Lehrer of PBS.
In first-run syndication, James Doohan guest stars as Montgomery Scott in an episode of *Star Trek: The Next Generation*.
Hal Bruno of ABC News moderates the 1992 Vice Presidential debate at Georgia Tech.
Carole Simpson hosts the second of the [1992 presidential debates](1992-united-states-presidential-debates-october-15-second-presidential-debate-richmond-virginia) (becoming the first woman of color to do so). President George H. W. Bush is criticized for checking his watch on camera while being asked a question.
Kristy McNichol's last episode of *Empty Nest*, entitled "The Boomerang Affair", is broadcast on NBC. (McNichol would return for the series finale in 1995.)
The [World Series](1992-world-series) is broadcast on CBS for the third consecutive year. The [Toronto Blue Jays](1992-toronto-blue-jays-season) would ultimately defeat the [Atlanta Braves](1992-atlanta-braves-season) in six games to claim their first ever world championship, as well as the first World Series title for a Canadian based Major League Baseball team.
The third and final presidential debate is held at Michigan State University.
The first part of the pilot episode for *X-Men*, "Night of the Sentinels", airs on Fox Kids as a "sneak preview". The second part would air on November 7. South Korean studio AKOM was hired to animate episodes. *X-Men* was originally set to premiere over Labor Day weekend in September; however, due to production delays, it was delayed to the end of October. When AKOM turned in the first episode, it contained several animation errors, which they refused to fix. Because of time constraints, the episode was aired in an unfinished form; when Fox re-aired the pilot in early 1993, the errors were corrected. The second episode was submitted just before the deadline, with 50 scenes missing and a single day reserved for editing.
Texas billionaire Ross Perot acquires blocks of TV time for his presidential campaign.
Nickelodeon broadcasts the [Kids' Choice Awards](1992-kids-choice-awards) live for the first time.
*Dateline NBC* airs an hour-long investigative report titled "Waiting to Explode," which focused on allegations that General Motors' *Rounded-Line* Chevrolet C/K-Series pickup trucks exploded upon impact when involved in collisions due to the poor design of the vehicle model's fuel tanks. It is also later revealed that the *Dateline* report had been dishonest about the fuel tanks rupturing and the alleged 30 mph speed at which the collision was conducted. The actual speed was found to be higher than stated, around 40 mph, and after x-ray examination of the fuel tanks from the C/K pickups used in the televised collision, it was found that they had not ruptured and were intact. GM subsequently filed an anti-defamation/libel lawsuit against NBC after conducting an extensive investigation.
The *Seinfeld* episode "The Contest" is broadcast on NBC. Despite its controversy, the episode will win an Emmy Award and be named as the [number one episode of all time](100-greatest-episodes-of-all-time) by TV Guide.
On TBS, an episode of *Captain Planet and the Planeteers* titled "A Formula for Hate" becomes the first episode in an American children's animated series to directly deal with the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
On CBS, *The Young and the Restless* broadcasts its 5,000th episode. In celebration of this, a *Y&R*-themed Showcase is presented on *The Price is Right*, which also airs on CBS.

Television programs

Debuts

DateShowNetworkJanuary 4January 6January 10January 17January 20January 25January 27January 29January 31February 23February 26February 28February 29March 4March 7March 24March 31April 5April 6April 17April 18May 21May 25May 30June 15June 19June 20June 21June 27June 29July 1July 8July 20August 11August 15August 16August 23August 25August 27August 31September 1September 5September 10September 11September 12September 13September 14September 15September 16September 18September 19September 21September 22September 23September 24September 25September 26September 27September 28September 30October 1October 4October 5October 14October 31December 1December 27
*Nick Arcade*Nickelodeon
*World News Now*ABC
*Hearts Are Wild*CBS
*Tequila and Bonetti*
*The Dennis Miller Show*Syndication
*MTV Sports*MTV
*Inside Politics*CNN
*Nightmare Cafe*NBC
*Billy*ABC
*Capitol Critters*
*I Witness Video*NBC
*Bodies of Evidence*CBS
*Scorch*
*Fish Police*
*The Boys of Twilight*
*The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles*ABC
*The Powers That Be*NBC
*Room for Two*ABC
*Dateline NBC*NBC
*Mann & Machine*
*Stand By Your Man*Fox
*Barney & Friends*PBS
*The Fifth Corner*NBC
*Nick News W-5*Nickelodeon
*The Real World*MTV
*The Tonight Show with Jay Leno*NBC
*Julie*ABC
*Vinnie & Bobby*Fox
*Doctor Dean*NBC
*Grapevine*CBS
*Raven*
*On the Air*ABC
*Down the Shore*Fox
*Red Shoe Diaries*Showtime
*The Grind*MTV
*Def Comedy Jam*HBO
*Melrose Place*Fox
*Human Target*ABC
*Freshman Dorm*CBS
*The Larry Sanders Show*HBO
*Are You Afraid of the Dark?*Nickelodeon
*Roundhouse*
*Secret Service*NBC
*[2000 Malibu Road](2000-malibu-road)*CBS
*Covington Cross*ABC
*The Heights*Fox
*Martin*
*Vicki!*Syndication
*Going to Extremes*ABC
*Batman: The Animated Series*Fox Kids
*Goof Troop*Syndication and ABC
*Lamb Chop's Play-Along*PBS
*Likely Suspects*Fox
*The Little Mermaid*CBS Kid TV
*Fievel's American Tails*
*The Addams Family*ABC
*Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa*
*California Dreams*TNBC
*Name Your Adventure*
*Eek! The Cat*Fox Kids
*Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire*
*Flying Blind*Fox
*Frannie's Turn*CBS
*King Arthur and the Knights of Justice*Syndication
*Conan the Adventurer*
*Hearts Afire*CBS
*Crossroads*ABC
*That's Amore*Syndication
*Rush Limbaugh: The Television Show*
*The Whoopi Goldberg Show*
*ComicView*BET
*American Justice*A&E
*Delta*ABC
*The Hat Squad*CBS
*Beakman's World*Syndication
*Bob*CBS
*The Golden Palace*CBS
*Picket Fences*CBS
*Camp Wilder*ABC
*Final Appeal*NBC
*The Round Table*
*The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys*CBS
*Raw Toonage*CBS
*Renegade*Syndication
*Nickelodeon Guts*Nickelodeon
*The Plucky Duck Show*Fox Kids
*The Edge*Fox
*Here and Now*NBC
*Out All Night*
*Love & War*CBS
*Hangin' with Mr. Cooper*ABC
*Mad About You*NBC
*Street Stories with Ed Bradley*CBS
*Rhythm & Blues*NBC
*What Happened?*NBC
*Dog City*Fox Kids
*Woops!*Fox
*Stunt Dawgs*Syndication
*Laurie Hill*ABC
*ToonHeads*Cartoon Network
*Ghostwriter*PBS
*Great Scott!*Fox
*Born Lucky*Lifetime
*American Heroes & Legends*Showtime
*X-Men*Fox Kids
*The Jackie Thomas Show*ABC
*Shaky Ground*Fox

Returning this year

ShowLast airedPrevious networkNew titleNew networkReturning
*The Ben Stiller Show*

Ending this year

DateShowDebutJanuary 3January 4January 24March 2March 5March 13March 14April 3April 12April 17April 25April 30May 6May 9May 13May 17May 21May 22May 30May 31June 1June 3June 26July 4July 13July 14July 22July 24August 8September 12October 24November 5November 6November 26November 28November 29December 1December 2December 5December 6December 12December 26
*Pacific Station*1991
*P.S. I Luv U*
*Best of the Worst*
*James Bond Jr.*
*Drexell's Class*
*Candid Camera* (returned in 1996)1948
*Hearts Are Wild*1992
*Fish Police*
*Scorch*
*Capitol Critters*
*Nightmare Cafe*
*Eerie, Indiana*1991
*Tequila and Bonetti*1992
*Growing Pains*1985
*Who's the Boss?*1984
*The Cosby Show*
*Jake and the Fatman*1987
*Sibs*1991
*The Golden Girls*1985
*The Royal Family*1991
*Superboy*1988
*Stand By Your Man*1992
*MacGyver* (rebooted in 2016)1985
*The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson*1962
*The Trials of Rosie O'Neill*1990
*Night Court* (returned in 2023)1984
*The Adventures of Mark & Brian*1991
*NHL on SportsChannel America*1988
*Anything but Love*1989
*Club MTV*1987
*Billy*1992
*Julie*
*Man of the People*1991
*Mann & Machine*1992
*Dear John*1988
*The Dennis Miller Show*1992
*The Howard Stern Show*1990
*Salute Your Shorts*1991
*Rhythm & Blues*1992
*Saturday Night's Main Event* (returned in 2006)1985
*Square One TV*1987
*Nick Arcade*1992
*The Heights*
*Good Morning, Mickey!*1983
*The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys*1992
*Great Scott!*
*Wild & Crazy Kids* (returned in 2002)1990
*A Bunch of Munsch*1991
*Fievel's American Tails*1992
*Goof Troop*
*Raw Toonage*
*Woops!*1992
*The Plucky Duck Show*1992
*Darkwing Duck*1991
*Back to the Future: The Animated Series*
*Widget*1990

Entering syndication this year

A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (3 or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.

ShowSeasonsIn productionNotesSources
*American Gladiators*
*Life Goes On*
*Murphy Brown*
*Quantum Leap*
*Roseanne*
*Unsolved Mysteries*
*The Young Riders*
*The Wonder Years*

Changes of network affiliation

The following shows aired new episodes on a different network than previous first-run episodes:

ShowMoved fromMoved to
*Monday Night Baseball*
*Hi Honey, I'm Home!*
*Davis Rules*
*In the Heat of the Night*
*Matlock*
*Tiny Toon Adventures*
*The Ben Stiller Show*

Made-for-TV movies and miniseries

Premiere dateTitleChannel
March 16*Doing Time on Maple Drive*Fox
March 23*Broadway Bound*ABC
May 3*Day-O*NBC
May 31*Still Not Quite Human*Disney Channel
September 27*Obsessed*ABC
November 15–18*The Jacksons: An American Dream*
November 27*Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style*NBC
December 6*The Man Upstairs*CBS
*To Grandmother's House We Go*ABC
December 13*Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After*
December 26–27*Lincoln*

Networks and services

Launches

NetworkTypeLaunch dateNotesSource
CNN Checkout ChannelSatellite televisionFebruary 20
New England Cable NewsCable televisionMarch 2
FlixCable televisionAugust 1
VISN/ACTSCable televisionSeptember
MOR Music TVCable televisionSeptember 1
NY1Cable televisionSeptember 8
Sci-Fi ChannelCable televisionSeptember 24The Sci-Fi Channel launches with a broadcast of *Star Wars*.
Cartoon NetworkCable televisionOctober 1The Merrie Melodies short, *Rhapsody Rabbit*, was the very first cartoon to be broadcast on the network.

Conversions and rebrandings

Closures

NetworkTypeEnd dateNotesSources
SportsChannel Los AngelesCable and satelliteDecember 31

Television stations

Sign-ons

DateCity of License/MarketStationChannelAffiliationNotes/Ref.
JanuaryLafayette, LouisianaW40AV40Independent
January 1Flagstaff, ArizonaKKTM13Independent
January 18Twin Falls, IdahoKIPT13PBSPart of Idaho Public Television
February 21Bristol, Virginia
(Tri-Cities, TN/VA)W56CT56America One
February 22Bullhead City, ArizonaK25HD25Cornerstone TV
April 20Fairbanks, AlaskaK07UU7Fox
May 11Ellendale, North DakotaKJRE19PBSPart of Prairie Public Television
June 30Greenville, North Carolina
(New Bern/Washington, North Carolina)WYDO14Fox
April 2Providence, Rhode IslandWOST-TV69Independent
April 3Springfield, MissouriK08LX8Classified ads
The Box
April 9Sault Ste. Marie, MichiganWFUP45FoxSatellite of WFQX/Traverse City
May 6Fresno, CaliforniaKKAK61Independent
July 1Tucson, ArizonaKHRR40Telemundo
July 8Rocky Mount, North Carolina
(Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina)WRMY47Independent
August 3Omaha, NebraskaK65FL65HSN
August 13Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaWGTW-TV48Independent
August 16W07CB7Channel America / Family Net
September 11Fresno, CaliforniaKGMC43The Box
September 24Utica, New YorkW27BJ27Cornerstone Television
September 24Hendersonville/Nashville, TennesseeWPGD-TV50TBN
October 5Charleston, South CarolinaWCTP36Independent
October 12McAllen, Texas
(Brownsville/Harlingen, Texas, United States/Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico)KNVO48Univision
October 15Miami, FloridaWMLB-TV35Independent
November 1Indio/Palm Springs, CaliforniaK40DB40CBSTranslator of KECY/El Centro
Medford, OregonK49DH49Main Street TV
HomeNet
December 12Longview/Tyler, TexasK10NT10Inspiration ChannelNow KLGV-LD channel 38
Unknown dateAbilene, TexasK54DT54Fox
Bozeman, MontanaKDBZ-CD42NBCTranslator of KTVM
Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsWBIV-LP38Independent
Colorado Springs, ColoradoK51CE51LeSEA
Lafayette, LouisianaK46DG46Channel America
Madison, WisconsinW08CK8Independent
Wichita, KansasK55FS55

Network affiliation changes

DateCity of License/MarketStationChannelOld affiliationNew affiliationNotes/Ref.
February 24Marquette, MichiganWJMN-TV3ABC**CBS**
WLUC-TV6CBSABC
March 15Green Bay, WisconsinWBAY-TV2CBSABC
WFRV-TV5ABC**CBS**
April 2Bowling Green, KentuckyWKNT
(recalled from WQQB)40IndependentFox
Unknown dateAuburn, IndianaW07CL7Main Street TVNetwork One

Births

DateNameNotabilityJanuary 1January 17January 19January 22January 26January 31February 1February 6February 8February 9February 10February 11February 14February 15February 17February 18February 19February 26February 28February 29March 2March 7March 9March 10March 11March 13March 14March 15March 16March 17March 23March 25March 26March 28March 30April 4April 8April 10April 13April 18April 19April 24April 28May 4May 7May 8May 12May 15May 18May 19May 20May 21May 24May 29June 3June 4June 6June 7June 10June 11June 12June 14June 21June 23June 24June 26July 3July 5July 7July 10July 13July 17July 20July 22July 28August 2August 3August 4August 8August 9August 11August 12August 20August 21August 22August 27August 31September 12September 14September 16September 22September 27September 28September 30October 1October 6October 9October 11October 12October 15October 17October 18October 19October 22October 26October 27October 28October 30October 31November 2November 4November 7November 12November 18November 23November 25November 28December 14December 18December 23December 25December 30
Aaron James MurphyActor
Nate HartleyActor (*Zeke and Luther*)
Logan LermanActor (*Jack & Bobby*)
Mac MillerRapper, reality television star (*Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family*). Performed on *Late Night with Jimmy Fallon*, *Today*, *Late Show with Stephen Colbert*, and *The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore* (d. [2018](2018-in-american-television))
James NewmanActor
Mercedes MonéActress (*The Mandalorian*) and pro wrestler
Colby MinifieActress
Kelli GossActress (*Big Time Rush*, *The Young and the Restless*, *The Ranch*)
Dylan EfronActor
Karle WarrenActress (*Judging Amy*)
Avan JogiaCanadian actor (*Victorious*, *Twisted*)
Lexi AtkinsActress
Karen FukuharaActress (*Craig of the Creek*, *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power*, *The Boys*)
Taylor LautnerActor (*Danny Phantom*, *Cuckoo*, *Scream Queens*, *The Twilight Saga*)
Freddie HighmoreActor (*Bates Motel*, *The Good Doctor*)
Greer GrammerActress (*Awkward.*) and daughter of Kelsey Grammer
Meaghan MartinActress (*[10 Things I Hate About You](10-things-i-hate-about-you-tv-series)*, *Awkward.*) and singer
Laivan GreeneActress (*All of Us*)
Ziwe FumudohWriter
Logan MillerActor (*I'm in the Band*, *Ultimate Spider-Man*)
Melinda ShankarCanadian actress
Juliana CanfieldActress
Jacqueline ToboniActress
Kaili ThorneActress
Camille KostekActress
Paulina GaitánActress
Toby SebastianActor
Annie BovairdCanadian voice actress (*Caillou*)
Caitlin EJ MeyerActress
James Cullen BressackFilm producer
Majesty RoseSinger
Jessie T. UsherActor (*Level Up*, *The Boys*)
Maisie Richardson-SellersEnglish actress (*Legends of Tomorrow*, *Of Kings and Prophets*)
Justin KellyCanadian actress
Luis Armand GarciaActor (*George Lopez*)
Emily OsmentActress (*Hannah Montana*, *Cleaners*, *Young & Hungry*, *Mom*, *Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil*, *Family Guy*)
Austin SwiftActor
Kaya ScodelarioEnglish actress (*Skins*)
Shotzi BlackheartPro wrestler
Kailyn LowryTV personality
Anna ShafferEnglish actress (*Harry Potter*)
Sosie BaconActress
Brett DavernActress (*Cold Case*, *Awkward*)
John BoyegaActor
Vanessa MorganCanadian actress
Elizabeth LailActress (*Once Upon a Time*, *Dead of Summer*)
Haley RammActress (*Without a Trace*, *Chasing Life*)
Daisy BevanActress
Caitlin CarverActress (*The Fosters*)
Alexa NikolasActress (*Zoey 101*, *The Walking Dead*)
Shelby YoungActress (*Days of Our Lives*)
Daisy RidleyBritish actress
Emma DegerstedtActress (*Unfabulous*)
Chloe BennetActress (*Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*)
Jacob FatuPro wrestler
James ScullyActor
Doc ShawActor (*Tyler Perry's House of Payne*, *The Suite Life on Deck*, *Pair of Kings*)
Joe KeeryActor (*Stranger Things*)
Jack QuaidActor (*The Boys*, *My Adventures with Superman*, *Star Trek: Lower Decks*, *Harvey Girls Forever!*)
Catherine WayneActress
Courtney JinesActress
Grace PhippsActress (*The Nine Lives of Chloe King*, *The Vampire Diaries*, *Baby Daddy*, *Scream Queens*, *Z Nation*) and singer
Ashley RickardsActress (*One Tree Hill*, *Awkward*, *The Flash*)
Alexander LudwigCanadian actor (*Vikings*)
Ana Mulvoy-TenEnglish actress (*House of Anubis*)
Olivia CulpoActress
Ali SepasyarActor (*Dude, What Would Happen*)
Malcolm David KelleyActor (*Lost*) and rapper
Clark BeckhamSinger (*American Idol*)
Spencer BreslinActor (*Teamo Supremo*, *Center of the Universe*)
Sam SmithEnglish singer
Jack GleesonIrish actor (*Game of Thrones*)
Enes KanterBasketball player
Hutch DanoActor (*Zeke and Luther*)
Olivia OlsonVoice actress (*Phineas and Ferb*, *Adventure Time*, *The Powerpuff Girls*)
Travis T. FloryActor (*Everybody Hates Chris*)
Gregg SulkinBritish actor (*Wizards of Waverly Place*, *Faking It*, *Runaways*)
Jade CargillPro wrestler
Lux PascalActress
DeAndre HopkinsFootball player
Sara LeeContestant and winner of *WWE Tough Enough* (died 2022)
Kate UptonActress and model
Eugene SimonEnglish actor (*House of Anubis*)
Allie DiMecoActress (*The Naked Brothers Band*)
Ryan MalgariniActor (*Gary Unmarried*)
Daryl SabaraActor (*Weeds*, *Wizards of Waverly Place*, *Generator Rex*, *Ultimate Spider-Man*, *Ben 10*)
Max SchneiderActor (*How to Rock*)
Kate MeltonActress (*Scooby-Doo*)
Raven GoodwinActress (*Just Jordan*, *Good Luck Charlie*)
Jennette McCurdyActress (*iCarly*, *Sam & Cat*, *Between*)
Nathalia RamosSpanish actress (*House of Anubis*)
Ellen TamakiActress
Toni GarrnGerman model
Kelley MackActress (*The Walking Dead*) (d. 2025)
Dylan PattonActor (*Days of Our Lives*)
Billie LourdActress (*Scream Queens*) and daughter of Carrie Fisher
Harrison ChadVoice actor (*Dora the Explorer*, *Little Einsteins*)
Jordan RodriguesAustralian actor (*Dance Academy*, *The Fosters*)
Paige HurdActress
Selena GomezActress (*Barney & Friends*, *Hannah Montana*, *Wizards of Waverly Place*) and singer
Spencer BoldmanActor (*Lab Rats*)
Hallie EisenbergActress (Pepsi commercials)
Jelani AlladinActor
Karlie KlossModel
Dylan SprouseActors (*Grace Under Fire*, *Friends*, *The Suite Life of Zack & Cody*, *The Suite Life on Deck*, *Riverdale*)
Cole Sprouse
Casey CottActor (*Riverdale*)
Burkely DuffieldCanadian actor (*House of Anubis*)
Tomi LahrenHost
Cara DelevingneEnglish actress, model
Demi LovatoActress (*Barney & Friends*, *As the Bell Rings*, *Sonny with a Chance*, *Glee*, *The X Factor*) and singer
Alex NewellActor (*Glee*) and singer
Brad KavanaghActor (*House of Anubis*)
RJ MitteActor
Ari StidhamActor (*Scorpion*)
Erin UngerActress
Blake JennerActor (*Glee*)
Talon WarburtonActor
Alexia FastActress
Penelope FordPro wrestler
Nick JonasActor (*Jonas*, *Scream Queens*) and singer (*Jonas Brothers*)
Lauren PattenActress
Sam LernerActor (*The Secret Saturdays*, *Suburgatory*, *The Goldbergs*, *Trolls: The Beat Goes On!*)
Jake BurbageActor (*Dora the Explorer*, *Grounded for Life*)
Keir GilchristActor (*United States of Tara*)
Skye McCole BartusiakActress (died 2014)
Ezra MillerActor
Christopher O'SheaActor
Rhyon Nicole BrownActress
Tyler James WilliamsActor (*Everybody Hates Chris*, *Abbott Elementary*, *Batman: The Brave and the Bold*)
Cardi BRapper
Josh HutchersonActor
Vincent MartellaActor (*Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide*, *Everybody Hates Chris*, *Phineas and Ferb*, *Milo Murphy's Law*)
Jacob ArtistActor (*Glee*)
Barry KeoghanActor
Taylor MasamitsuVoice actor (Eubie on *Higglytown Heroes*)
Sofia VassilievaActress (*Medium*)
Beulah KoaleActor
Charles CottierAustralian actor (*Home and Away*)
Lexi AinsworthActress (*General Hospital*)
Tequan RichmondActor (*Everybody Hates Chris*, *General Hospital*) and rapper
Vanessa MaranoActress (*The Young and the Restless*, *Scoundrels*, *Switched at Birth*)
London Elise MooreActress
Jessa Duggar SeewaldActress (*[19 Kids and Counting](19-kids-and-counting)*, *Counting On*) and television personality
Christopher TavarezActor
Andrea LondoActress
Macey CruthirdActress (*Hope & Faith*, *Two and a Half Men*)
John KarnaActor (*Scream* *Valley of the Boom*)
Nathan KressActor (*iCarly*, *Star Wars Rebels*, *Pinky Malinky*)
Miley CyrusActress (*Hannah Montana*, *The Emperor's New School*), singer and daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus
Zack ShadaActor
Adam HicksActor (*Titus*, *Zeke and Luther*, *Jonas*, *Pair of Kings*, *Texas Rising*, *Freakish*)
Cameron AnsellCanadian voice actor (*The Save-Ums!*, *Arthur*, *Time Warp Trio*)
Tori KellyAmerican singer
Bridgit MendlerActress (*Wizards of Waverly Place*, *Good Luck Charlie*, *Undateable*) and singer
Spencer DanielsActor (*Mom*)
Rachel KellerActress (*Fargo*)
Michael Eric ReidActor (*Victorious*)

Deaths

DateNameAgeNotabilityJanuary 7January 26February 2February 20March 6March 25April 10May 12May 17June 6June 15June 22June 26July 9October 16October 22November 7November 10November 22December 18December 24
Richard Hunt40Puppeteer (*The Muppet Show*)
José Ferrer80Actor (*Newhart* recurring role)
Bert Parks77Longtime host of the Miss America beauty pageant
Dick York63Actor (the 1st Darren Stephens on *Bewitched*)
Hugh Gibb76English drummer and bandleader
Nancy Walker69Actress (Ida on *Rhoda*, Rosie the Bounty lady)
Sam Kinison38Comedian and actor (*Charlie Hoover*)
Robert Reed59Actor (Mike Brady on *The Brady Bunch*)
Lawrence Welk89Accordionist and bandleader (*The Lawrence Welk Show*)
Larry Riley38Actor (*Knots Landing*)
Chuck Menville52Animator and writer (*The Smurfs*)
Chuck Mitchell64Actor (*General Hospital*)
Buddy Rogers71Professional wrestler
Eric Sevareid79News commentator
Shirley Booth94Actress (*Hazel*)
Cleavon Little53Actor (*Temperatures Rising*)
Jack Kelly65Actor (Bart Maverick on *Maverick*)
Chuck Connors71Actor (Lucas McCain on *The Rifleman*)
Sterling Holloway87Actor (original voice of Winnie-the-Pooh)
Mark Goodson77Producer of game shows (*Match Game*, *Blockbusters*, *The Price Is Right*)
Peyo64Also known as "Peyo"; Belgian creator of (*The Smurfs*)

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