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It also takes WBOC-TV's secondary NBC affiliation, leaving WBOC-TV as a full-time CBS affiliate. April 19 Actor Strother Martin guest hosts an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live in what turns out to be his final television appearance prior to his death on August 1, 1980. April 29 The NFL draft is televised for the first time on ESPN. May 6
1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
1980 in television may refer to: 1980 in American television for television-related events in the United States . 1980 in Australian television for television-related events in Australia .
Rank Program Network Rating 1: Dallas: CBS: 34.5 2: The Dukes of Hazzard: 27.3 3: 60 Minutes: 27.0 4: M*A*S*H: 25.7 5: The Love Boat: ABC: 24.3 6: The Jeffersons: CBS ...
Television series which originated in the United States and began in the year 1980. Shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United States should be removed from this category.
It’s still one of the most-watched TV events in US history –– more than 100 million viewers tuned into its original broadcast, more half of the country’s adult population at the time.
Note: An actors' strike hindered the ability to start airing shows in a timely manner. The shows in the schedule were the first to air new episodes in their respective time periods as they bowed in between late August and December 31, 1980. Some of the new shows intended for a fall launch did not debut until 1982 or 1983, if at all.
Love of Life ended its run on the air on CBS on February 1, 1980. It was replaced by reruns of CBS comedy reruns, such as One Day at a Time. A CBS News Razzmatazz special would occasionally preempt CBS' 4:00PM show. FYI aired on ABC at 12:58PM, 2:58PM, and 3:58PM starting January 14.