1997 in American television

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List of years in American television:
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
1996–97 United States network television schedule
1997–98 United States network television schedule
List of American television programs currently in production

The following is a list of events affecting American television during 1997. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures, and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

Events[]

Date	Event
January 1	The television rating system, a system similar to the one used for motion pictures, goes into effect.
	WWOR-TV's WOR EMI Service is officially discontinued, re-uplinked into a local version a month later.
	Cartoon Network gets its very first official launch for the first time in New Zealand.
	Dexter's Laboratory's Season 1 finale airs on Cartoon Network.
	The Emergency Alert System comes into effect and replaces the Emergency Broadcast System.
January 3	Bryant Gumbel anchors his last Today show on NBC. The following Monday, Matt Lauer takes over alongside Katie Couric until he was fired 20 years later in November 2017.
January 22	New World Communications is acquired by Fox. The deal makes 10 New World-owned stations that affiliated with Fox as a result of the 1994 United States broadcast TV realignment network O&O's.
January 26	Fox broadcasts its first Super Bowl, making it the last of the big four networks to air a Super Bowl. The Green Bay Packers defeat the New England Patriots 35–21 in a game that gives Fox its highest ratings to date.
February 1	The final affiliation switch resulting from the 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment takes place when Allbritton Communications (owners of WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., one of the strongest ABC affiliates in the country) converts WB affiliate WBSG in Brunswick, Georgia into a semi-satellite of new sign-on WJXX in Orange Park, Florida, which assumes the ABC affiliation for the Jacksonville market. Former ABC affiliate WJKS promptly discontinues its news operation and assumes the WB affiliation from WBSG.
February 9	On Fox, The Simpsons airs the episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show". With this episode, The Simpsons surpasses The Flintstones as the longest-running primetime animated series in terms of episodes aired.
February 21	The old trilon-style puzzle board is used for the last time on Wheel of Fortune after 22 years. Next Monday, February 24, a new digital puzzle board debuts, which allows Vanna White to reveal letters with just a simple touch of a button.
February 26	Various ABC characters appeared with Las Vegas settings in the shows Grace Under Fire, Coach, The Drew Carey Show, and Ellen.
March 17	Toonami debuts on Cartoon Network.
March 23	The 13th annual WrestleMania event airs on pay-per-view. While the event as a whole receives mixed reviews, the submission match between Bret Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin is highly praised, being called one of the greatest matches in wrestling history, and has been cited by some as the beginning of the Attitude Era.[1]
April 1	The cable channel CBS Eye on People (later known as Discovery People) debuted. Also, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek hosts Wheel of Fortune while Pat Sajak & Vanna White play for charity and Sajak's wife Lesly in charge of the puzzleboard. In turn, Sajak hosts Jeopardy! on this date as well.
April 6	Disney Channel is revamped with the cabe television premiere of Pocahontas, it would later get a Network Television Premiere On "ABC One Year Later.
	Playhouse Disney debuts on Disney Channel.
April 13	Extreme Championship Wrestling broadcasts its first ever pay-per-view dubbed "Barely Legal".
April 30	The Ellen episode, "The Puppy Episode" is broadcast on ABC, showing for the first time the revelation of a main character as a homosexual.
May 7	CBS begins airing the two-part Knots Landing reunion miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, airing on two non-consecutive nights, on May 7 and May 9.
May 9	Bob Saget hosts his final regular episode of America's Funniest Home Videos on ABC, with the other cast members of Full House, minus The Olsen Twins.
June 6	Farrah Fawcett makes a bizarre appearance on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman. Fawcett tells long, rambling stories without a purpose, fails to understand simple questions, and gets easily distracted by things like blinking lights on the set.
June 21	The Professional Bowlers Tour ends after 36 years on ABC. CBS assumes the rights to the tour and will televise several events over the next two years.
June 30	In Seattle, KIRO-TV (CBS) and KSTW (UPN) reverse their 1995 swap.
	The Simpsons begins airing in the Republic of Ireland for the very first time on Network 2 after not airing in the country for a long time since it first started as a series of animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. The series begins its Irish run with Some Enchanted Evening.
July 8	KONG-TV, Seattle's independent station goes on the air.
	Fox broadcasts the Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Cleveland, marking the first time that the network would broadcast the midsummer classic.
July 9	NewSport ends after four years.
July 14	Johnny Bravo premieres on Cartoon Network.
July 15	A tribute episode of Another World is broadcast on NBC in honor of Victoria Wyndham's 25 years with the program.
	Cow and Chicken and its secondary series I Am Weasel premiere on Cartoon Network. The Cartoon Cartoon programming block also makes its debut on the network.
July 24	George Harrison appears on a VH-1 special to promote his friend Ravi Shankar's album Chants of India. This would prove to be Harrison's final television appearance.
August 31	WFFF-TV in Burlington, Vermont signs-on the air, giving the Burlington/Plattsburgh market its first full-time Fox affiliate (prior to this, Fox programming was seen on a secondary basis on CBS affiliate WCAX-TV).[2]
September 1	Disney Channel converts from subscription television to a basic cable[vague] channel after 14 years.
September 3	Jeri Ryan makes her first appearance as Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager.
September 5	Joan Lunden makes her final appearance as co-anchor for ABC's Good Morning America, after being on the program since 1980. Lunden would be succeeded by Lisa McRee.
September 6	Various networks broadcast the Princess Diana funeral; 2.7 million viewers at home watched this special.
September 8	Rugrats receives its very first transmission on Irish television on Network 2 with the series being shown on The Den in Ireland.
September 8	KDAF-TV gives up the rights on Fox Kids to KDFI, as KDFW airs news, talk shows, paid/real estate and E/I-complaint programming instead of the block (KDFI also airs said programs, as well as Fox programs, just in case for local news emergencies and sports preemptions).
September 13	ABC revamps its Saturday morning cartoon schedule, and adds more new series from parent company Disney to become Disney's One Saturday Morning. This, along with many other programming, was delayed one week from its originally planned debut as a result of the aforementioned Princess Diana funeral. All non-Disney cartoons are discontinued forever.
September 14	The 49th Primetime Emmy Awards presentation was broadcast on CBS.
September 19	After several years of being a part of ABC's successful "TGIF" sitcom programming block, Family Matters and Step by Step switch to CBS to form the basis of the "CBS Block Party", a direct competitor to TGIF. Both series, as well as the Block Party, will be cancelled after one season.
September 25	ER produces a live episode for its fourth season premiere.
September 26	Jeopardy!'s 3,000th syndicated episode airs. The categories in the Jeopardy! and Final Jeopardy! rounds from its debut episode in 1984 are used on this episode.
September 29	The Superman: The Animated Series episode "Ghost in the Machine" airs on Kids' WB!
October 1	PRISM and SportsChannel Philadelphia, cease broadcasting to make way for Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia.
October 25	Chris Farley guest hosts Saturday Night Live in what would turn out to be his final television appearance before his death on December 18, 1997.
	Under Wraps, the first Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) by Disney Channel, is broadcast.
October 26	The Game 7 of the World Series is broadcast on NBC. The Florida Marlins defeat the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first baseball wild card team to win the world championship. This was the first World Series that NBC would broadcast in its entirety since 1988. NBC aired only Games 2-3 and the decisive sixth game of the 1995 World Series, while ABC aired the other three and a seventh game had it been necessary.
October 31	Detroit regional sports network PASS Sports goes off the air.
November 2	A third production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's version of Cinderella was aired on ABC. This version, featuring Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston, was produced by ABC's parent company The Walt Disney Company (which made its own version of the story as an animated movie during 1950).
November 6	The NBC discussion show Meet the Press celebrates its 50th anniversary.
November 7	A crossover event featuring Salem in a time ball with Sabrina appeared on all four TGIF shows around that time, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Boy Meets World, You Wish, and Teen Angel.
	The Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Hipster" airs on Cartoon Network.
November 8	The Magic School Bus episode "Makes A Stink" airs on PBS Kids.
November 9	During a pay-per-view broadcast of the World Wrestling Federation's Survivor Series, then-WWF Champion Bret Hart loses his title to Shawn Michaels. The finish is mired in controversy when WWF chairman Vince McMahon, who had been sitting at ringside, orders Earl Hebner, the assigned referee, to end the match as Michaels is holding Hart in Hart's own finishing maneuver, the Sharpshooter, even though Hart had not submitted. The incident becomes known as the Montreal Screwjob and will mark the final appearance of Hart on WWE television until 2010.[3]
November 17	Rick Rude becomes the only person to appear on both USA Network's Raw and TNT's Monday Nitro on the same night. Whereas the Raw that aired that night was pre-recorded six days in advanced, Rude appeared on a live edition of Nitro about an hour earlier.
November 23	King of the Hill starts being screened in Australia for the first time on Seven Network.
November 29	The Emergency Broadcast System is replaced by the Emergency Alert System and it continues to this day.
December 8	WVIT becomes a NBC O&O for the second time, and Paramount Stations Group had purchased WLWC and WWHO, dropping off newscasts, although Paramount had to run these two as a WB affiliate until 2000, while getting UPN to secondary status.
December 15	World Wrestling Federation chairman Vince McMahon announces the introduction of the Attitude Era (a term used by WWF for its adult-oriented programming) on Raw Is War, during a segment entitled "The Cure for the Common Show". The WWF Attitude's scratch logo also makes its on-screen debut within the episode, replacing the New Generation's block logo.
December 23	Trio, a channel devoted to CBC programs, debuts for United States viewers.
December 24	TNT/TBS broadcasts "24 Hours of A Christmas Story", consisting of 12 consecutive airings of the 1983 film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day.[4]

Programs[]

Debuts[]

Date	Show	Network
January 1	Cooking Live	Food Network
January 4	Lost on Earth	USA Network
January 6	Sunset Beach	NBC
January 7	Orleans	CBS
January 8	Chicago Sons	NBC
January 9	Antiques Roadshow	PBS
January 12	King of the Hill	Fox
January 13	La Femme Nikita	USA Network
	The New Adventures of Robin Hood	TNT
January 19	Emeril Live	Food Network
February 7	The Chris Rock Show	HBO
February 28	Crisis Center	NBC
March 2	The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures	HBO
March 3	Daria	MTV
	Pauly	Fox
	Spy Game	ABC
March 4	Just Shoot Me!	NBC
	The Practice	ABC
March 5	Arsenio
	Temporarily Yours	CBS
March 6	Prince Street	NBC
March 10	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB
March 18	Social Studies	UPN
March 22	Lawless	Fox
March 26	Smart Guy	The WB
April 1	Religion & Ethics Newsweekly	PBS
	Viva Variety	Comedy Central
April 9	Pacific Palisades	Fox
April 10	Fired Up	NBC
April 12	Gun	ABC
	Leaving L.A.
April 14	¡Despierta América!	Univision
April 15	Soul Man	ABC
April 19	Nightmare Ned
	The Angry Beavers	Nickelodeon
	Power Rangers Turbo	Fox Kids
May 16	Todd McFarlane's Spawn	HBO
May 25	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Fox
June 2	Port Charles	ABC
June 6	Life... and Stuff	CBS
June 7	CNN NewsStand	CNN
	Perversions of Science	HBO
July 7	Figure It Out	Nickelodeon
July 11	Spicy City	HBO
July 12	Oz
July 14	Roar	Fox
	Johnny Bravo	Cartoon Network
July 15	Cow and Chicken
	I Am Weasel
July 21	Mission Genesis	Sci-Fi Channel
July 27	Stargate SG-1	Showtime
July 28	Win Ben Stein's Money	Comedy Central
August 4	USA High	USA Network
August 11	The View	ABC
August 13	South Park	Comedy Central
August 17	Behind the Music	VH1
	The World's Funniest!	Fox
August 25	Good News	UPN
August 26	Head over Heels
	Hitz
August 31	Recess	ABC
September 1	101 Dalmatians: The Series	Syndication
	Fox News Watch	Fox News Channel
	MTV Live	MTV
	Pensacola: Wings of Gold	USA Network
	Extreme Dinosaurs	Syndication
September 6	Click	Syndication
	City Guys	NBC
September 7	Alright Already	The WB
	The Tom Show
	Popular Mechanics for Kids	Syndication
September 8	Ally McBeal	Fox
September 11	Between Brothers
	413 Hope St.
September 12	Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation	Fox Kids
	Police Academy: The Series	Syndication
September 13	Pepper Ann	ABC
	Science Court
	The Crayon Box	Syndication
	The Legend of Calamity Jane	Kids' WB
	The New Batman Adventures
	The New Batman/Superman Adventures
	The Weird Al Show	CBS
	Wheel 2000
	Fudge
	The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
September 14	Going Wild with Jeff Corwin	Disney Channel
September 15	Breaker High	UPN
	George & Leo	CBS
	The Gregory Hines Show
	Michael Hayes
	The Mr. Men Show	Syndication
September 18	Cracker	ABC
	Nothing Sacred
September 19	The Visitor	Fox
	Meego	CBS
September 20	The New Adventures of Zorro	Syndication
September 22	Timecop	ABC
	The Ink and Paint Club	Disney Channel
	Brooklyn South	CBS
September 23	Dellaventura
	Hiller and Diller	ABC
September 24	Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel	CBS
	Dharma & Greg	ABC
	Built to Last	NBC
	The Tony Danza Show
September 25	Veronica's Closet
	Union Square
September 26	Teen Angel	ABC
	You Wish
September 27	Soldier of Fortune, Inc.	Syndication
	Total Security	NBC
September 28	Jenny	NBC
September 29	The Big Garage	TLC
October 1	Amp	MTV
	Daily News Live	CSN Philadelphia
	SportsDay
	SportsNite
	SportsRise
	Wimzie's House	PTV
October 4	The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police	Fox Kids
	Fame L.A.	Syndication
October 6	Earth: Final Conflict
	Team Knight Rider
	The Edge	CNBC
October 8	Working	NBC
October 10	Raging Planet	Discovery Channel
October 11	C-16: FBI	ABC
	Men in Black: The Series	Kids' WB
October 17	Players	NBC
October 20	Bear in the Big Blue House	Playhouse Disney
	Channel Umptee-3	Kids' WB
October 21	Over the Top	ABC
November 1	Sleepwalkers	NBC
November 3	Franklin	CBS Kidshow
November 4	Autoline Detroit	WTVS
	Cartoon Sushi	MTV
	Enjoying Everyday Life	Syndication
	My Classic Car	TNN
November 8	The Journey of Allen Strange	Nickelodeon
November 28	Tenacious D	HBO

Returning this year[]

Show	Last aired	Previous network	New title	New network	Returned
Rugrats	1994	Nickelodeon	Same	Same	August 23
The People's Court	1993	Syndication			September 8
Batman: The Animated Series	1995	Fox	The New Batman Adventures	Kids' WB	September 13
Muppets Tonight	1996	ABC	Same	Disney Channel
The Wonderful World of Disney		Disney Channel		ABC	September 28
The What A Cartoon! Show	1997	Cartoon Network	Cartoon Cartoon Weekend (Cartoon Cartoons)	Same	November 28

Ending this year[]

Date	Show	Debut
January 1	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	1993
January 3	Small Talk	1996
January 12	Kirk	1995
January 17	Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series	1996
January 27	Ned & Stacey	1995
	Space Cases	1996
January 31	Wait 'til You Have Kids
February 15	Gargoyles	1994
February 22	C Bear and Jamal	1996
	Road Rovers
February 24	Savannah
March 8	The Mouse and the Monster
March 15	Dangerous Minds
March 16	WWF on MSG Network	1976
March 26	What a Cartoon! (returned in 2000)	1995
March 28	The City
March 30	Life with Roger	1996
April 2	Lost on Earth	1997
	EZ Streets	1996
April 4	Dragon Flyz	1996
	Crisis Center	1997
April 7	Pauly
April 10	Orleans
April 12	The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat	1995
April 14	Relativity	1996
April 16	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
April 23	Arsenio	1997
May 1	Martin	1992
May 13	Homeboys in Outer Space	1996
May 14	Coach	1989
	Street Fighter	1995
May 16	Baywatch Nights
May 17	Waynehead	1996
May 18	Brotherly Love	1995
May 19	The Cape	1996
	Goode Behavior
	Ink
May 20	The Burning Zone
	Roseanne (returned in 2018)	1988
May 21	Wings	1990
May 22	Moloney	1996
May 30	Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends
May 31	Dark Skies
	Gun	1997
June 1	Freakazoid!	1995
June 9	Married... with Children	1987
June 14	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	1993
June 17	Deadly Games	1995
June 21	Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys	1996
June 25	Pearl
	MTV Sports	1992
July 2	Chicago Sons	1997
July 18	Life... and Stuff
	Dave's World	1993
July 22	Edgewise	1996
July 30	Pacific Palisades	1997
August 1	Eek! The Cat	1992
August 9	Nightmare Ned	1997
August 18	The Site	1996
August 22	Pappyland	1993
	Spicy City	1997
August 29	The Disney Afternoon	1990
August 30	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	1992
	The Mask: Animated Series	1995
September 1	Kino's Storytime	1992
September 5	The Gordon Elliott Show	1994
September 6	Duckman
September 7	Family Challenge	1995
September 20	X-Men	1992
September 26	Lamb Chop's Play-Along
September 27	The Legend of Calamity Jane	1997
October 5	Remember This?	1996
October 12	The Big Easy
October 15	Built to Last	1997
October 24	Meego
October 28	Head over Heels
November 4	Over the Top	1997
November 11	Hitz
November 23	The Incredible Hulk	1996
November 24	Power Rangers Turbo	1997
November 25	Mummies Alive!
November 28	The Grind	1992
	Beavis and Butt-head (returned in 2011)	1993
December 4	Extreme Ghostbusters	1997
December 6	The Magic School Bus	1994
December 7	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
December 10	The Tony Danza Show	1997
December 12	Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?	1996
December 15	Johnny Bravo (returned in 1999)	1997
December 17	Men Behaving Badly	1996
December 21	Weinerville	1993
December 24	Extreme Dinosaurs	1997
December 26	Shopping Spree	1996
December 27	Hee Haw	1969

Made-for-TV movies[]

Title	Network	Date of airing
Miss Evers' Boys	HBO	February 22
12 Angry Men	Showtime	August 17
Northern Lights	Disney Channel	August 23
Under Wraps		October 25
Don King: Only in America	HBO	November 15
What the Deaf Man Heard	CBS	November 23

Miniseries[]

Title	Network	Premiere
The Shining	ABC	April 27
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac	CBS	May 7
The Last Don		May 11
The Odyssey	NBC	May 18
Rough Riders	TNT	July 20
George Wallace		August 24
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might	Syndication	November 15

Changes of network affiliation[]

Show	Moved from	Moved to
JAG	NBC	CBS
Unsolved Mysteries
Family Matters	ABC
Step by Step
Muppets Tonight		Disney Channel
The Naked Truth		NBC
Clueless		UPN
Sweet Valley High	Syndication
Sliders	Fox	Syfy
Mystery Science Theater 3000	Comedy Central
Politically Incorrect		ABC
The Wonderful World of Disney	Disney Channel
Batman: The Animated Series	Fox Kids	Kids' WB
Dexter's Laboratory	TBS/Cartoon Network	Cartoon Network
Cartoon Planet
Space Ghost	Cartoon Network	Toonami
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
The Pirates of Dark Water
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
G-Force: Guardians of Space
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Astro Boy
Kimba the White Lion
Speed Racer
Marine Boy
Voltron
Robotech
Babylon 5	PTEN	TNT

Entering syndication this year[]

Show	Seasons	In Production	Source
Boy Meets World	4	Yes
Due South	3	Yes
Frasier	4	Yes
Grace Under Fire	4	Yes
Living Single	4	Yes
NYPD Blue	4	Yes
Walker, Texas Ranger	5	Yes
The X-Files	4	Yes

Television stations[]

Station launches[]

Date	City of license/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation
January 4	Eagle River/Rhinelander/Wausau, Wisconsin	WYOW	34	ABC
January 24	Vero Beach/West Palm Beach, Florida	W10CI	10
January 27	Union City, Tennessee	W41CD	41	Independent
February 7	San Luis Obispo, California	KTAS	33	Univision
February 9	Orange Park/Jacksonville, Florida	WJXX	25	ABC
February 18	Laredo, Texas	K15EZ	15	TBN Enlace USA
March 2	Worthington, Minnesota	KSMN	15	PBS (part of Pioneer Public Television)
March 7	Fajardo, Puerto Rico	WRUA	34	Religious independent (satellite of WECN)
March 13	New York City	W22BM	22	The Box
March 17	Bryan, Texas	K12ON	12	Telemundo
March 18	Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas	KAZD	55	Independent
March 24	Snyder/Abilene, Texas	KPCB	17	God's Learning Channel
March 27	Ely, Nevada	KENV	10	NBC
April 14	Providence, Rhode Island (New Bedford, Massachusetts)	WLWC	28	UPN/The WB
May	Bozeman, Montana	KWYB-LP	28	ABC
May 3	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	KTVC	48	inTV
May 16	Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands	WATU	23	UPN
June 5	Paducah, Kentucky	WDKA	49	UPN
July 8	Everett/Seattle, Washington	KONG	16	Independent
July 17	Cheyenne, Wyoming	K26ES (translator of KLWY/Casper)	26	Fox
August	McAllen, Texas		28	Spanish independent
August 13	Lewiston/Portland, Maine	WPME	35	UPN
August 31	Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York	WFFF-TV	44	Fox
September 15	Columbia, South Carolina	WQHB	63	UPN/The WB
September 20	Gainesville, Florida	WGFL	28	The WB/UPN
September 20	Crossville/Knoxville, Tennessee	WBXX-TV	20	The WB
	Gainesville, Florida	WGFL	53
October 24	Yuma, Arizona (El Centro, California)	KESE-LP	35	Telemundo
October 30	Pahrump, Nevada	K41CQ	41	Independent
November 21	Ellensburg, Washington		39	Trinity Broadcasting Network
December 1	Little Rock, Arkansas	KVUT	42	inTV
	Twentynine Palms, California	KVMD	31	America One
Unknown date	Del Rio, Texas	KTRG	28	Independent
	Guayama, Puerto Rico	WIDP	46	Religious independent
	/Milwaukee, Wisconsin	WWRS-TV	52	TBN
	San Juan, Puerto Rico	WDZE	51	Independent
	Twin Falls, Idaho	K45FK	14	Independent

Stations changing network affiliation[]

Market	Date	Station	Channel	Prior affiliation	New affiliation
Campbellsville, Kentucky	January 1	WGRB	34	FOX	The WB
Charleston, South Carolina	January 6	WMMP	36	The WB	UPN
Jacksonville, Florida	February 9	WJKS-TV	17	ABC	The WB
Seattle-Tacoma, Washington	June 30	KIRO-TV	7	UPN	CBS
		KSTW	11	CBS	UPN
Binghamton, New York	October 23	WBGH-CA	8	Independent	NBC

Births[]

Date	Name	Notability
January 7	Kyle Stanger	English actor (Lumpy on My Friends Tigger & Pooh)
January 9	Lauryn McClain	Actress
January 11	Cody Simpson	Australian actor
January 17	Jake Paul	Actor (Bizaardvark)
	Jazzy Williams	Actress (WITS Academy)
January 21	Jeremy Shada	Actor (Incredible Crew), Voice actor (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Adventure Time)
January 24	Jonah Bobo	Voice actor (Austin on The Backyardigans)
	Dylan Riley Snyder	Actor (Kickin' It)
February 7	Matthew Gumley	Voice actor (Benny on Dora the Explorer (2008–14))
February 9	Kathryn Newton	Actress (Gary Unmarried, Supernatural, Halt and Catch Fire)
February 10	Chloë Grace Moretz	Actress (My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Carrie, The 5th Wave)
February 12	Shane Baumel	Voice actor (Tipo on The Emperor's New School)
February 27	Erica Huang	Voice actress (June on Little Einsteins)
March 3	Camila Cabello	Singer
March 11	Matreya Fedor	Canadian actress (Mr. Young)
March 16	Tyrel Jackson Williams	Actor (The Backyardigans, Lab Rats)
March 18	Ciara Bravo	Actress (Big Time Rush, Red Band Society, Second Chance)
April 8	Sadie Calvano	Actress (Mom)
April 15	Maisie Williams	English actress (Game of Thrones)
April 16	Tiarnie Coupland	Australian actress (Worst Year of My Life Again)
April 24	Autumn Wendel	Actress (Every Witch Way)
May 9	Zane Huett	Actor (Desperate Housewives)
May 21	Kevin Quinn	Actor (Bunk'd)
May 30	Jake Short	Actor (A.N.T. Farm, Mighty Med, Lab Rats: Elite Force, All Night)
June 5	Denisea Wilson	Actress (Every Witch Way)
June 17	KJ Apa	New-Zealand actor (Riverdale)
June 20	Maria Lark	Actress (Medium)
July 2	Jackson Odell	Actor that appeared in The Goldbergs, iCarly, and Modern Family (d. 2018)
July 4	Daniela Nieves	Venezuelan-American Actress (Every Witch Way, WITS Academy)
July 7	Gatlin Green	Actress (Heroes Reborn)
July 13	Leo Howard	Actor (Kickin' It, Shake It Up)
July 20	Billi Bruno	Actress (According to Jim)
July 22	Field Cate	Actor (Pushing Daisies)
August 2	Christina Robinson	Actor (Dexter)
August 5	Olivia Holt	Actress (Kickin' It, I Didn't Do It, Cloak & Dagger)
	Adam Irigoyen	Actor (Shake It Up)
August 10	Kylie Jenner	Actress (Keeping Up with the Kardashians)
August 11	Alexander Martella	Actor
August 16	Piper Curda	Actress (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, A.N.T. Farm, I Didn't Do It)
August 25	Bryana Salaz	Actress (Best Friends Whenever) and singer
August 28	Emilia McCarthy	Canadian actress (Max & Shred)
September 7	Dean-Charles Chapman	English actor (Game of Thrones)
September 16	Elena Kampouris	Actress
October 7	Kira Kosarin	Actress (The Thundermans)
October 8	Bella Thorne	Actress (Shake It Up, Famous in Love) and singer
October 10	Grace Rolek	Voice actress (Steven Universe, Steven Universe Future)
October 23	Zach Callison	Voice actor (Sofia the First, Steven Universe, Steven Universe Future)
October 24	Kendall Ryan Sanders	Actor (Every Witch Way)
October 25	Tyler Alvarez	Actor (Every Witch Way)
October 26	Rhenzy Feliz	Actor (Runaways)
October 28	Sierra McCormick	Actress (A.N.T. Farm)
	Joy-Anna Forsyth	Actress (19 Kids and Counting, Counting On) and television personality
October 29	Brynna Drummond	Canadian voice actress
October 31	Sydney Park	Actress (Instant Mom, Spirit Riding Free)
	Holly Taylor	Actress
November 1	Alex Wolff	Actor (The Naked Brothers Band) and singer
	Max Burkholder	Actor (My Friends Tigger and Pooh, Parenthood)
November 3	Carson Rowland	Actor (I Am Frankie)
November 12	Ryan Cargill	Actor (WITS Academy)
November 14	George Sear	English actor (Love, Victor)
November 26	Aubrey Joseph	Actor (Cloak & Dagger) and rapper
December 5	Maddie Poppe	Singer, American Idol (season 16) Winner
December 11	Taylor Hickson	Actress
December 15	Maude Apatow	Actress

Deaths[]

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 18	Adriana Caselotti	80	Voice actress (Snow White)
February 6	Ernie Anderson	73	Voice actor and announcer (The Carol Burnett Show)
February 26	David Doyle	67	Actor (Bosley on Charlie's Angels and voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats)
March 15	Gail Davis	71	Actress (Annie on Annie Oakley)
April 15	Don Bexley	87	Actor (Bubba on Sanford and Son)
May 4	Alvy Moore	75	Actor (Hank Kimball on Green Acres)
May 11	Howard Morton	71	Character actor (Officer Ralph Simpson on Gimme a Break!)
May 18	Bridgette Andersen	21	Actress
May 24	Edward Mulhare	74	Actor (Captain Gregg on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Miles on Knight Rider)
June 8	Reid Shelton	72	Actor (1st & Ten: The Championship)
June 14	Richard Jaeckel	70	Actor (Baywatch, Spenser for Hire)
June 24	Brian Keith	75	Actor (Uncle Bill on Family Affair)
July 1	Robert Mitchum	79	Actor
July 2	James Stewart	89	Actor
July 4	Charles Kuralt	62	Journalist (CBS News Sunday Morning)
August 27	Brandon Tartikoff	48	President of NBC
September 9	Burgess Meredith	89	Actor (The Penguin on Batman)
September 17	Red Skelton	84	Comedian (The Red Skelton Show)
October 5	Brian Pillman	35	Professional wrestler
October 9	Arch Johnson	75	Character actor (Camp Runamuck)
October 16	Audra Lindley	79	Actress (Mrs. Roper on Three's Company)
October 24	Don Messick	71	Voice actor (Scooby-Doo)
October 30	Sydney Newman	80	Producer (The Avengers, Doctor Who)
November 25	Charles Hallahan	54	Actor (Hunter)
December 18	Chris Farley	33	Comedian (Saturday Night Live)
December 24	Toshiro Mifune	77	Japanese actor
December 25	Denver Pyle	77	Actor (Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard)
December 31	Michael LeMoyne Kennedy	39	American socialite and son of Robert F. Kennedy

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