<<Up
Contents
1981 in television
See also:
1980 in television
,
other events of 1981
,
1982 in television
and the
list of 'years in television'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Other Popular Television Shows
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
January 20
- Comedian
Andy Kaufman
ruins sketches and starts a brawl live on the air during
ABC
's
Friday's
.
April 11
-
Van Halen
's lead guitarist
Eddie Van Halen
marries actress
Valerie Bertinelli[?]
August 1
- The
MTV
network debuts on
Cable television
, playing
music videos
24 hours a day
Luke and Lauras's Wedding on
General Hospital
, becomes one of the most watched wedding in television history, second only to the wedding of
Prince Charles
and
Princess Diana
.
Other Popular Television Shows
Dynasty
premieres
Hill Street Blues
premieres (1981-1987)
MTV
premieres (1981-present)
Alice[?]
(1976-1985)
All My Children
(1970-present)
Charlie's Angels
(1976-1981)
Dallas
(1978-1991)
Dr Who
(1963-1989)
Happy Days
(1974-1984)
Laverne & Shirley[?]
(1976-1983)
Lawrence Welk
Show
(1955-1982)
Little House on the Prairie
(1974-1983)
M*A*S*H
(1972-1983)
Mork & Mindy
(1978-1982)
The Muppet Show
(1976-1981)
Saturday Night Live
(1975-present)
Sesame Street
(1969-present)
Taxi
(1978-1983)
That's Incredible[?]
(1980-1984)
Three's Company[?]
(1977-1984)
The Tonight Show
(1954-present)
WKRP in Cincinnati[?]
(1978-1982)
The Waltons
(1972-1981)
Wheel of Fortune
(1975-present)
Births
? -
Jamil Walker Smith[?]
,
voice actor
("Gerald Martin Johanseen" and "Peapod Kid" from
Hey Arnold!
)
Deaths
wikipedia.org
dumped 2003-03-17 with
terodump