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1966 in American television
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| 1965–66 United States network television schedule |
| 1966–67 United States network television schedule |
| List of American television programs currently in production |
This is a list of American television-related events in 1966.
Events
| Date | Event | Ref. |
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| January 11 | Dorothy Malone resumes the role of Constance Carson in the ABC primetime soap opera Peyton Place. She was temporarily replaced by Lola Albright in the interim. | |
| January 13 | Tabitha Stephens is born on the ABC sitcom Bewitched, in the episode titled, "And Then There Were Three." | |
| February 15 | Fred Friendly resigns from CBS News due to circumstances beyond his control. | |
| February 27 | The only Perry Mason episode ever broadcast in color, titled, "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist", airs on CBS. | |
| April 18 | ABC's annual broadcast of the Academy Awards airs in color for the first time ever. | |
| July 16 | The Miss Universe pageant is broadcast in color for the first time ever. | |
| September 10 | The annual Miss America Pageant is broadcast on NBC for the first time ever. This broadcast is also the first Miss America pageant to be telecast in color. | |
| September 19 | With the premiere episode of That Girl through ABC, KENI-TV becomes the first television station in Alaska to broadcast any program in color. | |
| October 6 | A prime-time edition of The Dating Game is launched on ABC following the cancellation of The Tammy Grimes Show. | |
| October 17 | All programming from NBC's news division begins airing in color. | |
| November 7 | The NBC game show Concentration becomes the last program on the network to go full color, thus making NBC the first full-color television network. | |
| November 19 | ABC affiliate KHVH-TV (now KITV) in Honolulu, Hawaii conducts the first-ever live 2-way satellite telecasts between Hawaii and the mainland, through the facilities of the Lani Bird satellite. |
Other events in 1966
- The early 1950s CBS sitcom Amos 'n' Andy is pulled from off-network syndication in response to complaints from civil rights organizations, including the NAACP.
Television programs
Debuts
Ending this year
| Date | Show | Network | Debut | Notes |
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| January 4 | Rawhide | CBS | January 9, 1959 | |
| January 8 | Shindig! | ABC | September 16, 1964 | |
| February 6 | Mister Ed | CBS | January 5, 1961 | |
| March 19 | The Donna Reed Show | ABC | September 24, 1958 | |
| March 21 | Ben Casey | 1961 | ||
| April 1 | The Flintstones | September 30, 1960 | ||
| April 8 | The Addams Family | September 18, 1964 | ||
| April 11 | Hullabaloo | NBC | January 12, 1965 | |
| April 12 | McHale's Navy | ABC | October 11, 1962 | |
| April 17 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | NBC | September 19, 1965 | |
| April 23 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | ABC | October 3, 1952 | |
| April 27 | The Patty Duke Show | ABC | September 18, 1963 | |
| May 1 | My Favorite Martian | CBS | September 29, 1963 | |
| May 12 | The Munsters | CBS | September 24, 1964 | |
| May 22 | Perry Mason | September 21, 1957 | ||
| June 1 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | October 3, 1961 | ||
| October 14 | Chain Letter | NBC | July 4, 1966 | |
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| October 24 | Peter Potamus | Syndication | September 16, 1964 | |
| December 16 | Shock Theater | WJW-TV | January 13, 1963 |