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See also: 1968 in television, other events of 1969, 1970 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Popular Television Shows 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• March 9 - The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is canceled by CBS
• July 20 - A live transmission from the moon is viewed by 720 million people around the world when Neil Armstrong walks in the moon.
• Tiny Tim gets married on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.
• After a long series of conflicts between CBS and the stars of the Smothers Brothers show over network censorship, CBS cancels the show.

Popular Television Shows

• October 5 - Monty Python's Flying Circus premieres on BBC1 (1969-1974)
• November 10 - Sesame Street premieres. (1969-present)
• The Brady Bunch premieres (1969-1974)
• Johnny Cash Show premieres (1969-1971)
• Marcus Welby, M.D.[?] premieres (1969-1976)

• The Carol Burnett Show[?] (1967-1978)
• Dr Who (1963-1989)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971)
• Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971)
• Here's Lucy[?] (1968-1974)
• I Dream of Jeannie[?] (1965-1970)
• Ironside (1967-1975)
• Lawrence Welk Show (1955-1982)
• Mayberry R.F.D.[?] Premieres (1968-1971)
• The Mod Squad[?] (1968-1973)
• The Newlywed Game[?] (1966-1974)
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-1973)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-1970)
• Star Trek (1966-1969)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)

Births

• January 14 - Jason Bateman[?], actor
• August 19 - Matthew Perry, actor, Friends

Deaths