1992 in television

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Events

April 30 - After a seven year run the last episode of The Cosby Show airs.
June 3 - U.S. Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton appears on The Arsenio Hall Show[?]. Clinton even plays the saxophone with the live band.
After 30 years on the air, Johnny Carson announces his retirement. David Letterman, who had been promised The Tonight Show by NBC upon Carson's retirement years earlier leaves moves to CBS when the network gives the show to frequent guest host Jay Leno.
May 22 - After 30 years, 66 year old Johnny Carson hosts the Tonight Show for the last time.
In Belize, Channel 5 begins the nation's first daily news broadcast
In Latin America, Sabado Gigante turns 30 years old, with a new show every week. The Guinness Book of Records recognized it as the longest continuously running television show in history.
Texas billionaire Ross Perot buys blocks of U.S. television time for his Presidential campaign

Barney & Friends, a children's educational television show starring a giant purple dinosaur, premieres
The Larry Sanders Show premieres on cable television (1992-1998)
The Real World premieres on MTV (1992-present). The show is one of the first popular "reality television" series.