1996 in television

See also: 1995 in television, other events of 1996, 1997 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Table of contents

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

Events

• January 28 - Christopher Isaak makes a guest appearance on the television show Friends.
• May 14 - Doctor Who, an American TV Movie continuation of the famous British series of the same name, airs on the Fox Network in the Tuesday Night Movie slot.
• The O. J. Simpson civil trial begins
• Zenith introduces the first HDTV-compatible front projection TV in the U.S.. Broadcasters, TV & PC manufacturers set industry standards for digital HDTV.
• Over a billion households worldwide now own television sets.
• News Corporation gets into the cable news fray with the launch of Fox News Channel.

Debuts

• February 7 - Dragon Ball GT premieres as being the third of its Dragon Ball series aired on Fuji TV, almost after 10 years.
• Dexter's Laboratory premieres (1996-present)
• September 13 - Everybody Loves Raymond premieres (1996-present)
• Hey Arnold premieres (1996-present)

Popular Television Shows

• All My Children (1970-present)
• Beavis and Butthead (1993-1997)
• Cops (1989-present)
• Friends (1994-2003)
• Home Improvement (1991-1999)
• Inspector Morse (1987-2000)
• Jeopardy (1984-present)
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
• Law & Order; (1990-present)
• Married with Children (1987-1997)
• The MouseWorks Cartoon Show (1991-2001)
• The Nanny (1993-1999)
• One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000)
• Our Friends in the North (1996)
• The Real World (1992-present)
• Roseanne (1988-1997)
• Rugrats (1991-present)
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
• Seinfeld (1989-1998)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• The Simpsons (1989-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)

Ending this year

• Dragon Ball Z (main version)(April 18 1989-January 31, 1996)
• ''Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996)
• ''Road to Avonlea (1990-1996)
• Tales from the Crypt (June 10, 1989 - July 1996)

Births

Deaths

• September 13 - Tupac Shakur, 25, actor/songwriter