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The year 1964 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1964. For the American TV schedule, see: 1964-65 American network television schedule.
Events - Most of NBC's programs are now broadcast in color.
- January 1 The first Top of the Pops airs on BBC Television.
- January 3 Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show.
- January 4 TV Tokyo launched in Japan.
- February 9, 16 and 23 The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, breaking television ratings records.
- April 20 BBC2 starts broadcasting in the UK; the existing BBC channel is renamed BBC1. A power failure prevents the planned opening night's schedule from happening, meaning the first programme shown is Play School the following morning.
- April 30 Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive UHF channels.
- May 5 The documentary film Seven Up! is broadcast on ITV in the UK, showing the lives of fourteen school children. Subsequent films in the series have seen them interviewed every seven years since.
- June 6 - The Rolling Stones make their American TV debut on The Hollywood Palace.
- August 1 The official launch of Melbourne's third commercial television station ATV-0, signalling the beginning of what is now Network Ten.
- October 10 The 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite Syncom 3.
- October 18 Jackie Mason appears on The Ed Sullivan Show and is subsequently banned after he seemingly gives Ed "the finger" on the air.
- October 25 - The Rolling Stones make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The next day, Mr. Sullivan insists that he'll never have them back.
- November 26 PTV airs the first television broadcasts in Pakistan.
- December 6 NBC debuts the Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer. It will become a holiday tradition, moving to CBS in 1972.
Debuts - January 1 Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television (1964 2006).
- January 4 - The Hollywood Palace premieres on ABC (1964 1970).
- January 10 - That Was The Week That Was (TW3) premieres on NBC-TV (9:30-10:00 ET) as a half-hour satirical revue broadcast live from New York after a successful hour-long special on November 10, 1963. The show, based on the BBC program of the same name, ran through May 4, 1965. It was revived as a one-time ABC special in 1985, and as a segment on ABC's Primetime Live ca. 2004-05.
- March 30 The game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC daytime TV (1964 1975, 1984 present).
- May 4 The American soap opera Another World debuts on NBC at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time, as a half-hour show (1964 1999).
- September 14 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea premieres on ABC (1964 1968)
- September 15 Peyton Place premieres on ABC (1964 1969).
- September 16 Shindig! premieres on ABC (1964 1966).
- September 17 Bewitched premieres on ABC (1964 1972).
- September 18 The Addams Family premieres on ABC (1964 1966).
- September 18 Jonny Quest premieres on ABC (1964 1965).
- September 19 Flipper premieres on NBC (1964 1967).
- September 22 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. premieres on NBC (1964 1968).
- September 24 Daniel Boone premieres on NBC (1964 1970).
- September 24 The Munsters premieres on CBS (1964 1966).
- September 25 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. premieres on CBS (1964 1970).
- September 26 Gilligan's Island premieres on CBS (1964 1967).
- October 4 This Hour Has Seven Days premieres on CBC in Canada (1964 1966).
- October 13 Danger Man returns to ITV after being cancelled in 1961. It would later air on CBS as Secret Agent (1960 1961, 1964 1966).
- October 28 The Wednesday Play premieres on BBC1 (1964 1970).
- November 2 Crossroads premieres on ITV (1964 1988, 2001 2003).
- The Mavis Bramston Show premieres on ATN-7 in Australia (1964 1968).
Television shows 1940s 1950s 1960s - The Andy Griffith Show (1960 1968)
- Coronation Street, UK (1960 present)
- The Flintstones (1960 1966)
- My Three Sons (1960 1972)
- The Avengers, UK (1961 1969)
- Ben Casey (1961 1966)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961 1966)
- Four Corners, Australia (1961 present).
- The Fulton Sheen Program (1961 1968)
- It's Academic (1961 present)
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961 1981)
- Mister Ed (1961 1966)
- Wide World of Sports (1961 1997)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962 1971)
- Combat! (1962 1967)
- The Late Late Show, Ireland (1962 present)
- The Lucy Show (1962 1968)
- Match Game (1962 1969, 1973 1984, 1990 1991, 1998 1999)
- The Saint, UK (1962 1969)
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962 1992)
- Z-Cars, UK (1962 1978)
- Doctor Who, UK (1963 1989, 1996, 2005 present)
- The Doctors (1963 1982)
- General Hospital (1963 present)
- The Patty Duke Show (1963 1966)
- Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963 1988, 2002 present)
- Petticoat Junction (1963 1970)
- Ready Steady Go! (1963 1966)
Ending this year Births - January 1 Clare Holman, British actress
- February 15 Chris Farley, actor and comedian (d. 1997).
- February 20 French Stewart, actor, 3rd Rock from the Sun
- April 7 Russell Crowe, New Zealander actor
- April 25 Hank Azaria, actor and voice actor.
- June 15 Courteney Cox, actress.
- June 23 Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- July 3 Yeardley Smith, voice actress, The Simpsons (Lisa Simpson).
- July 22 John Leguizamo, Columbian born-American actor
- July 22 David Spade, Actor and comedian
- September 2 Keanu Reeves, actor.
- November 4 - Kurt Krakowian, actor.
- November 11 Calista Flockhart, actress.
- November 21 Liza Tarbuck, English actress and television presenter.
- December 8 Teri Hatcher, actress.
- December 18 Stone Cold Steve Austin, Pro wrestler
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