1989 in television

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Popular Television Shows in the United States
4 Ending this year
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

Talk show host, Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests.
Chris Farley, David Spade and Mike Myers join the cast of Saturday Night Live
December 6 - After 26 seasons, the original run of Doctor Who comes to an end on BBC ONE with the broadcasting of episode three of the final serial, Survival.

January 3 - The Arsenio Hall Show premieres on CBS.
April 18 or 19 - Dragon Ball Z premieres on Japanese television.
June 10 - Tales from the Crypt premieres on HBO. (1989-1996)
July 31 - Canadian cable television network CBC Newsworld is launched.
Cops premieres, which shows footage shot in real life situations with United States police officers (1989-present)
The Seinfeld Chronicles premieres on NBC. The show would later be retitled Seinfeld and become one of the most popular sitcoms in television history. (1989-1998)
The Simpsons premieres on FOX. The characters had first appeared two years earlier as a segment on the Tracey Ullman Show. (1989-present)
Press Gang, a massively popular comedy/drama aimed at teenagers, begins its four-year run on the ITV network in Britain.