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March 30 – Soap opera Somerset on NBC (–1976), while fellow soaps A World Apart (1970–1971) and The Best of Everything (1970) debut on ABC (It marks the last time multiple soaps premiere on the same day in the US) September 12 – Josie and the Pussycats, on CBS Saturday morning (–1974) September 16 – UFO on ITV (–1971)
The decade of the 1970s saw significant changes in television programming in both the United Kingdom and the United States.The trends included the decline of the "family sitcoms" and rural-oriented programs to more socially contemporary shows and "young, hip and urban" sitcoms in the United States and the permanent establishment of colour television in the United Kingdom.
1970 Ended June 14 Spider-Man: ABC 1967 Ended June 19 The Tim Conway Show: CBS 1970 Ended July 31 The Huntley–Brinkley Report: NBC 1956 Ended September 5 The Banana Splits: CBS 1970 Ended September 5 The New Adventures of Superman: CBS 1966 Ended September 27 The Original Amateur Hour: CBS 1970 Ended October 31 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! CBS ...
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.
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, was in operation by October 1970; however, schedules were set by each affiliated station. In April 1970, Congress passed a law banning the advertising of cigarettes on television and radio, effective January 2, 1971. This season would be the last one for the traditional 3½-hour prime time schedule.
Here's what 40 celebrities who have been household names for 50+ years look like today versus in the 1970s—from iconic performers, like Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross, to acting legends, like ...
The 1970–71 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1970 to August 1971.
Pages in category "1970s American television news shows" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .