1997 Event "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV 1997 Event "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV 1995 Event "Beatle Anthology" premieres on ABC-TV 1993 Event "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV 1991 Event "Commish," debuts on ABC-TV 1991 Event "Twin Peaks" airs on ABC-TV 1991 Event "Dinosaurs" premieres on ABC-TV 1991 Event "Davis Rules," with Jonathan Winters and Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Event Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Event "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Event "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Event "Martian Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV 1989 Event "Ryan's Hope" ends 13 year run on ABC-TV 1988 Event "Sledge Hammer!" last aires on ABC-TV 1987 Event "thirtysomething," debuts on ABC-TV 1987 Event ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series 1985 Event "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV 1983 Event 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1983 Event "Laverne and Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV 1981 Event 1st broadcast of "Cagney and Lacey" on ABC-TV 1981 Event "Dynasty" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV 1979 Event ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage 1977 Event 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV 1977 Event "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV 1977 Event "Eight is Enough" premiers on ABC-TV 1976 Event Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV 1975 Event "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host 1973 Event "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock 1971 Event TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV 1971 Event John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV) 1969 Event "Love American Style," premieres on ABC-TV 1969 Event 1st broadcast of "Marcus Welby MD" on ABC-TV 1969 Event "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV 1969 Event "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV 1969 Event Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV 1967 Event "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV 1966 Event "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV 1966 Event 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV 1965 Event Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV) 1965 Event "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV 1964 Event "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV 1963 Event "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV 1962 Event "Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show," debuts on ABC-TV 1962 Event "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV 1960 Event "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV 1960 Event "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV 1960 Event "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV 1959 Event "Philip Marlowe," debuts on ABC-TV 1959 Event "Sammy Kaye Show," last airs on ABC-TV 1958 Event "Make Me Laugh," TV Game Show; last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979 1957 Event "Paul Winchell Show," debuts on ABC-TV 1953 Event "Make Room for Daddy," starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV 1953 Birthday Kathleen Sullivan, born in Pasadena, California, newscaster, ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show 1951 Event Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV 1950 Event "Tin Pan Alley TV," last airs on ABC-TV 1949 Event "Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV 1948 Event ABC-TV network begins 1946 Birthday Bettina Gregory, correspondent/journalist, ABC-TV 1943 Birthday Cokie Roberts, newscaster, ABC-TV 1937 Birthday Richard Threlkeld, newscaster, ABC-TV 1931 Birthday Barbara Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, newscaster, Today, 20/20, ABC-TV 1929 Birthday Jules Verne Berman, space and science reporter, ABC-TV
