1985 in television

1985 in television

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

Sabado Gigante moves from Chile to Univision studios in Miami, Florida
February 8 - After 6-1/2 years, the television series The Dukes of Hazzard goes off the air.
August 19 - David Letterman interrupts the Today Show with a megaphone while both shows are on the air. Letterman leaned out the window of his building and announced "My name is Larry Grossman (then president of NBC News) and I'm not wearing any pants!". The Today Show was taping an interview several stories below.
NBC becomes the first commercial television network to use satellite interconnection for its stations.