1987 in television

See also: 1986 in television, other events of 1987, 1988 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Made for television movies 5 Ending this year 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

• January 22 - R. Budd Dwyer shoots himself at a press conference.
• April 19 - Matt Groening's The Simpsons debuts as a series of short animated segments on the Tracey Ullman show.
• November 13 - Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on Late Night with David Letterman.
• Televangelist Jim Bakker is involved in a sex scandal, which causes him to step down as the host of The PTL Club.

Debuts

• The Bold and the Beautiful premieres (1987-present)
• Full House premieres (1987-1995)
• Inspector Morse premieres on ITV (1987-2000)
• Married with Children premieres (1987-1997)
• premieres (1987-1994)

Popular Television Shows

• ALF (1986-1990)
• The Cosby Show (1984-1992)
• Cheers (1982-1993)
• Dallas (1978-1991)
• The Disney Sunday Movie (1986-1990)
• Dr Who (1963-1989)
• Family Ties (1982-1989)
• The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
• Jeopardy (1984-present)
• Late Night with David Letterman (1982-present)
• Miami Vice (1984-1989)
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)

Made for television movies

Ending this year

• The A-Team (1983-1987)
• Gimme a Break (1981-1987)
• Hill Street Blues (1981-1987)
• Remington Steele (1982-1987)
• Scarecrow & Mrs. King; (1983-1987)
• Silver Spoons (1982-1987)

Births

• March 9 - Lil' Bow Wow, rapper

Deaths

• February 22 - David Susskind, commentator and producer
• May 4 - Cathryn Damon, actress on Soap and Webster
• June 24 - Jackie Gleason, comedian
• August 6 - Quinn Martin, producer
• September 22 - Dan Rowan, comedian, co-host of Laugh-In