This is a list of years in television. It lists important events in the history of television, as well as the first broadcasts of many television shows, and launches of some television channels and networks.

• 1922: Charles Francis Jenkins' first public demonstration of television principles. A set of static photographic pictures is transmitted from Washington, D.C. to the Navy station NOF in Anacostia by telephone wire, and then wirelessly back to Washington; Philo Farnsworth first describes an image dissector tube, which uses cesium to produce images electronically. Farnsworth will not produce a working model until 1927.
• 1923: Charles Jenkins first demonstrates "true" television with moving images. This time 48-line moving silhouette images are transmitted at 16 frames per second from Washington to Anacostia Navy station; Vladimir Zworykin applies for a patent for an all-electronic television system, the first ancestor of the electric scanning television camera. The patent is not granted until 1938 after significant revisions and patent interference actions.
• 1924: John Logie Baird demonstrates a semi-mechanical television system with the transmission of moving silhouette images in England; Vladimir Zworykin files a patent application for the kinescope, a television picture receiver tube.
• 1925: John Logie Baird performs the first public demonstration of his "televisor" at the Selfridges department store on London's Oxford Street; Charles Francis Jenkins achieves the first synchronized transmission of a moving silhouette (shadowgraphs) and sound, using 48 lines, and a mechanical system; Vladimir Zworykin applies for a patent for color television; Zworykin first demonstrates his electric camera tube and receiver for Westinghouse corporation executives, transmitting the still image of an "X"; John Baird achieves the first live television image with tone graduations (not silhouette or duotone images) in his laboratory. Baird brings office boy William Edward Taynton in front of the camera to become the first face televised.

• 1926: John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television system to transmit live moving images with tone graduations, to 40 members of the Royal Institution.
• 1927: The BBC begins broadcasting as the British Broadcasting Corporation under the Royal Charter.
• 1928: John Logie Baird's Television Development Company demonstrates their model A, B, and C 'televisors' to the general public.
• 1929: John Logie Baird begins broadcasting 30-minute-long programmes for his mechanically scanned televisions.
• 1930: Baird installs a television at 10 Downing Street, London, the British Prime Minister's residence. On July 14, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his family use it to watch the first-ever British television drama, The Man with the Flower in His Mouth.
• 1931: Allen B. DuMont perfects long-lasting reliable cathode-ray tubes later used for television reception. TV reaches the Soviet Union and France.
• 1932: The BBC starts a regular public television broadcasting service in the UK.
• 1933: The first television revue, Looking In, is broadcast on the BBC. The musical revue featured the Paramount Astoria dancing girls. Broadcast live by the BBC using John Logie Baird's 30-line mechanical television system, part of this performance was recorded onto a 7" aluminum disc using a primitive home recording process called Silvatone. This footage, which runs to just under four minutes, is the oldest surviving recording of broadcast television.
• 1934: First broadcast of The Three Stooges; Philo Farnsworth demonstrates a non-mechanical television system. The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company comes to an end. First 30 Line Mechanical Television Test Transmissions commence in April in Brisbane Australia conducted by Thomas Elliott and Dr. Val McDowall.
• 1935: First regular scheduled TV broadcasts in Germany by the TV Station Paul Nipkow. The final transmissions of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system are broadcast by the BBC. First TV broadcasts in France on February 13 on Paris PTT Vision.
• 1936: The 1936 Summer Olympics becomes the first Olympic Games to be broadcast on television.
• 1937: The BBC Television Service broadcasts the world's first televised Shakespeare play, a thirty-minute version of Twelfth Night, and the first football match, Arsenal F.C. vs. Arsenal reserves.
• 1938: DuMont Laboratories manufactures and sells the first all-electronic television sets to the public. Baird gives the first public demonstration of color projection television. The BBC broadcasts the world's first-ever television science fiction (R.U.R.), and television crime series (Telecrime); in one of the lengthiest experimental television broadcasts, the BBC broadcasts a 90-minute version of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Leslie Banks, Constance Cummings, and James Mason.
• 1939: The BBC suspends its television service owing to the outbreak of the Second World War. The 1939 New York World's Fair was broadcast. Japan is the first Asian country to air television; NBC expands into television; An early televised broadcast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is experimented on NBC.
• 1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (FCC), holds public hearings about television Truth or Consequences and Short films; Tom and Jerry
• 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the CBS Evening News Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. The announcement was for Bulova watches. CBS expands into television.
• 1942: FCC terminates all American television broadcasting because of the war; DuMont petitions FCC to resume broadcasting and receives approval.
• 1943: Hänsel und Gretel is the first complete opera to be broadcast on television, but only in New York; first (experimental) telecast of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Many more telecasts of the story will follow in later years, but until film begins to be used on television, no two of the television versions short films: Droopy of the story will have the same casts. An advertisement campaign about forest fires introduces Smokey Bear
• 1944: First broadcast of At Home, The World in Your Home, and Will You Remember?; American Broadcasting Company, (ABC), is formed.
• 1945: National Broadcasting Company (NBC) begins the first regularly scheduled television network service in the United States.
• 1946: RCA demonstrates all-electronic color television system, Kaleidoscope short films: Rhapsody Rabbit BBC resumed broadcasting through free-to-air BBC Television Service; the DuMont Television Network begins broadcasting.
• 1947: First broadcast of Howdy Doody, Kraft Television Theatre, Missus Goes a Shopping, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, and Meet the Press; the World Series is broadcast live for the first time; the 1947 Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten Tournament of Roses Parade becomes the first televised parade.
• 1948: First broadcast of Foodini the Great, Hollywood Screen Test, The Original Amateur Hour, Court of Current Issues, Candid Camera, Author Meets the Critics, The Ed Sullivan Show and Texaco Star Theater; ABC expands to television; the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade moves from radio to television on CBS.
• 1949: First broadcast of The Lone Ranger, Time for Beany, and Mama; 1st Emmy Awards
• 1950: First broadcast of Come Dancing, Broadway Open House, Your Show of Shows and What's My Line?; Cuba is the first Caribbean country to receive TV; Brazil is the first South American country to receive TV; Nielsen Media Research begins to provide television ratings data; Jack Benny and Burns & Allen move from radio to TV; Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons begin airing on television after previously only being theatrical short films; Bob Hope appears in his first TV special.
• 1951: The first broadcast of live United States transcontinental Las Estrellas is launched. television takes place in San Francisco, California during the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. The first broadcast of I Love Lucy, The Lawrence Welk Show, See It Now, Dragnet, the Hallmark Hall of Fame, Watch Mr. Wizard, Search for Tomorrow, Sua vida me pertence, Love of Life and The Roy Rogers Show; the Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters is first issued.
• 1952: First broadcast of Today (NBC), Garfield Goose and Friends, Adventures of Superman, I've Got a Secret, American Bandstand, This Is Your Life, Ding Dong School, Omnibus, and Flower Pot Men; Canada begins its television broadcasts; Hockey Night in Canada and The Guiding Light move from radio to TV.
• 1953: The first broadcast of Panorama, Private Secretary, Make Room for Daddy, Life with Elizabeth, Gumby, Romper Room, Kōhaku Uta Gassen; ABS-CBN launches in the Philippines; the coronation of Elizabeth II is the first ceremony of its kind to be broadcast on television. The Academy Awards ceremony (the Oscars) is televised for the first time after previously being broadcast by radio, beginning in 1930. NBC begins broadcasting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. TV Guide is founded. The first "TV dinner" is made by C.A. Swanson & Sons. The first color television introduced in the United States of America. The first television introduced in Belgium, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Switzerland, and Northern Ireland.
• 1954: First broadcast of The Tonight Show, Father Knows Best, Disneyland and Lassie; NTSC video standard for color television is introduced, and National Educational Television (NET) is launched.
• 1955: First broadcast of Sam and Friends, The Phil Silvers Show, The Honeymooners, The Mickey Mouse Club, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Sooty Show, Aubrey and Gus, Sunday Night at the London Palladium, The Benny Hill Show, The Legend of Rockabye Point, Gunsmoke and Captain Kangaroo, ITV Television Playhouse and Strange Experiences; ITV launches in the UK; millions of viewers watch the grand opening of Disneyland in California. The first television introduced in Thailand.
• 1956: First broadcast of The Edge of Night, As the World Turns, The Price Is Right, Playhouse 90, the Eurovision Song Contest and Hancock's Half Hour. The first television introduced in Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, El Salvador, Finland, Georgia, Guam, Iraq, Nicaragua, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Uruguay and Uzbekistan.
• 1957: First broadcast of Perry Mason, Have Gun — Will Travel, The Ruff and Reddy Show, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, Leave It to Beaver, Maverick, Front Page Challenge, Senda prohibida, The Woody Woodpecker Show, and Carosello; TV Asahi is launched. Steve Allen steps down as the host of The Tonight Show and I Love Lucy goes off the air.
• 1958: First broadcast of Blue Peter, The Donna Reed Show, 77 Sunset Strip, Moonlight Mask, The Ann Sothern Show, Naked City, The Huckleberry Hound Show and The Diary of Samuel Pepys; Canada completes its transcontinental television network; the quiz show scandals wipe out The $64,000 Question and Twenty-One. The first color television introduced in Cuba.
• 1959: First broadcast of The Twilight Zone, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Dennis the Menace, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Telejornal, The Untouchables, Rawhide, Bonanza and World Theatre; The second Grammy Awards ceremony is the first Grammy Awards to be televised and Nigeria is the first African country to receive TV.
• 1960: First broadcast of The Andy Griffith Show, The Shari Lewis Show, My Three Sons, The Flintstones, Coronation Street, Route 66,;Popeye the Sailor, and The Bugs Bunny Show, BBC Sunday-Night Play; American presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debate live on television.
• 1961: First broadcast of The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Alvin Show, The Yogi Bear Show, Mister Ed, The Avengers, The Defenders, Top Cat, The Morecambe and Wise Show, Car 54, Where Are You? and Jango; CTV network launches in Canada.
• 1962: First broadcast of The Beverly Hillbillies, The Virginian, McHale's Navy, Steptoe and Son, The Jetsons, The Saint, University Challenge, The Lucy Show, That Was The Week That Was, Match Game, The Late Late Show (Ireland) and Sábado Gigante; Johnny Carson succeeds Jack Paar as host of The Tonight Show; first satellite television KATU is launched relayed by Telstar. The first colour television introduced in the Indonesia.
• 1963: First broadcast of Doctor Who, General Hospital, The Fugitive, Let's Make a Deal, Petticoat Junction, A Boy Named Charlie Brown, The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, The Patty Duke Show, Astro Boy, The Outer Limits and The Human Jungle; Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato; American Cable Systems is founded; Martin Luther King Jr. addresses his famous I Have a Dream speech to the world; the world watches in horror over the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. The first color television introduced in Malaysia and Mexico.
• 1964: First broadcast of Gilligan's Island, The Munsters, Bewitched, Underdog, Peyton Place, Play School, The Peter Potamus Show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, The Addams Family, Top of the Pops, Flipper, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Match of the Day, Jeopardy!, Jonny Quest and the Up series; the controversial political advertisement "Daisy" airs only once, but is later considered to be an important factor in Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory over Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election, and BBC Two is launched an important turning point in political and advertising history; Broadcast of U.S. president Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act Of 1964; The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
• 1965: First broadcast of I Dream of Jeannie, Days of Our Lives, Get Smart, Thunderbirds, F Troop, The Dean Martin Show, The Smothers Brothers Show, Honey West, Green Acres, Hogan's Heroes, I Spy, My Mother the Car, Camp Runamuck, Lost in Space, Till Death Us Do Part, The Dating Game, Peanuts animated specials, Des chiffres et des lettres, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Tomorrow's World, The Magic Roundabout, The War Game and Knock on Any Door; ABC, CBS, and NBC all transition their prime-time programs to color.
• 1966: First broadcast of Star Trek (original series), Batman (the live-action TV series), Hollywood Squares, The Monkees, Batfink, Dark Shadows, Ultra Series, Family Affair, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, That Girl, Cathy Come Home, The Newlywed Game, Mission: Impossible, W5, Softly, Softly and The Frost Report; England wins the World Cup Final, seen by tens of millions; NBC becomes the first network to air their entire schedule in color. The first color television broadcasts introduced in Canada and the Philippines.
• 1967: First broadcast of The Carol Burnett Show, George of the Jungle, Spider-Man, Dragnet, Mannix, The Prisoner, News at Ten and The Phil Donahue Show; first Super Bowl is broadcast by both CBS and NBC; PAL and SECAM colour standards introduced in Europe, with BBC2 making their first colour broadcasts. The first colour television introduced in France, Germany, Russia, Thailand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• 1968: First broadcast of 60 Minutes, One Life to Live, The Banana Splits, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Dick Cavett Show, Here's Lucy, Dad's Army, Julia, Columbo, Elvis, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Hawaii Five-O, Adam-12 and Gazette. The first color television introduced in Bermuda, Georgia, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania and Switzerland.
• 1969: First broadcast of Sesame Street, Love, American Style, H.R. Pufnstuf, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz, Room 222, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Brady Bunch, Hadleigh and Softly, Softly: Task Force MBC TV of launched. completion of Fernsehturm Berlin; the Apollo 11 Moon landing is broadcast live worldwide. The first colour television introduced in American Samoa, Dominican Republic, Finland, Martinique and Taiwan.
• 1970: First broadcast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple, The Bugaloos, The Flip Wilson Show, Cannon, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp, Adventures in Rainbow Country, TopPop, All My Children, Monday Night Football, Mystery and Imagination, Parkin's Patch and Kate; PBS is launched. The first color television introduced in Guam, Vietnam, Guatemala and Sweden.
• 1971: First broadcast of All in the Family, The Old Grey Whistle Test, The Electric Company, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, Lidsville, Hey Hey It's Saturday, The Two Ronnies, McDonaldland, Upstairs, Downstairs, La Linea, "Hilltop (I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke)" (Coca-Cola), The Generation Game, Parkinson, The Ten Commandments and Bel Ami; First World Series night game televised by NBC. The first colour television introduced in Belgium and Poland.
• 1972: First broadcast of M*A*S*H, Zoom, Sanford and Son, New Zoo Revue, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Crystal Tipps and Alistair, Emmerdale, Mastermind, The Brady Kids, Kamiondžije Zoom, The Midnight Special, The Bob Newhart Show, The Adventures of Black Beauty, In Concert, The Price Is Right, Rainbow, Great Performances, Maude, His Lordship Entertains, The Moonstone and Crown Court; the Asama-Sansō incident is the first marathon live television broadcast in Japan; Canada starts domestic satellite broadcasts; HBO is launched; the first colour television introduced in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Estonia, Guadeloupe, Norway, Panama, Réunion, Spain and Venezuela
• 1973: First broadcast of Boy on the Bike (Hovis), The Ascent of Man, Moonbase 3, The Young and the Restless, El Chavo del Ocho, An American Family, The Tomorrow People, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, The Six Million Dollar Man, Ein Herz und eine Seele, Schoolhouse Rock!, El Chapulín Colorado, Kojak, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Seventeen Moments of Spring, Tetley Tea Folk, Doraemon, Last of the Summer Wine and The World at War. The Movie Channel is launched. The first color television introduced in China, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Honduras, Monaco, New Zealand, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
• 1974: First broadcast of Happy Days, Little House on the Prairie, Chico and the Man, Derrick, Land of the Lost, Hong Kong Phooey, American Music Awards, Porridge, Rhoda, Countdown, Good Times, The Rockford Files, and Tiswas; 1st Daytime Emmy Awards; Richard M. Nixon announces his resignation on live television; Global Television Network launches in Canada
• 1975: First broadcast of Starsky & Hutch, Barney Miller, The Jeffersons, Fawlty Towers, Cher, Good Morning America, One Day at a Time, Saturday Night Live, Maya the Honey Bee, Vegetable Soup, Far Out Space Nuts, Sneak Previews, Space: 1999, The Naked Civil Servant, Phyllis, Welcome Back Kotter, The Lost Saucer, The Tom & Jerry Show, Wonder Woman, Wheel of Fortune and Prometheus: The Life of Balzac; Sony introduces the Betamax home video tape recorder.

• 1976: First broadcast of The Muppet Show, Alice, Donny & Marie, Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown, The Bionic Woman, Laverne & Shirley, I, Claudius, Grlom u jagode, The Krofft Supershow, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, SCTV, Austin City Limits, The Brady Bunch Hour, Charlie's Angels, What's Happening!!, Family Feud, Science International, The Gong Show, Nuts in May, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Yanks Go Home; the first VHSs and videocassette recorders (VCRs) go on sale.
• 1977: First broadcast of Abigail's Party, CHiPs, Eight Is Enough, The Love Boat, Pinwheel, ¿Qué Pasa, USA?, Roots, Studio See, Soap, It'll Be Alright on the Night, Three's Company, The Betty White Show, The Return of the Spirit, Fantasy Island, Fernwood 2 Night, Hungarian Folktales, America Goes Bananaz, Top Gear and Live from the Met; Launch of Freeform and USA Network.
• 1978: First broadcast of 20/20, An Ordinary Miracle, Abarembo Shogun, America 2-Night, The White Shadow, Taxi, The Adventures of the Little Prince, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Kenny Everett Video Show, Battlestar Galactica, Dallas, Diff'rent Strokes, The Incredible Hulk, Ski Sunday, Grange Hill, Matador, Mork & Mindy, Pennies from Heaven, Catspaw, Deeply Regretted By... The All New Popeye Hour, Card Sharks, Leave it to Charlie and The Clifton House Mystery. Tic-Tac-Dough returns on CBS, then moves to syndication.
• 1979: First broadcast of Archie Bunker's Place, Benson, Blue Remembered Hills, Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Bad News Bears, Nightly Business Report, Nickel Flicks, Hart to Hart, Knots Landing, Matt and Jenny, Life on Earth, Antiques Roadshow, Doctor Snuggles, Eat Bulaga!, Real People, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Facts of Life, You Can't Do That on Television, Doraemon, The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed, The Very Same Munchhausen and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; ESPN and Nickelodeon are launched.
• 1980: First broadcast of Berlin Alexanderplatz, First Row Features, Bosom Buddies, The Littl' Bits, PopClips, Special Delivery, 3-2-1 Contact, Magnum PI, Too Close For Comfort, It's a Living, Nightline, BBC Children in Need, Vruć vetar, Livewire, The Kids of Degrassi Street, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, An Audience with..., Strumpet City and Yes Minister; Cable News Network (CNN) and The Learning Channel (TLC) are launched. The first color television introduced in Bangladesh, Burma, Gibraltar and South Korea. The television are launched in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
• 1981: First broadcast of The Smurfs, Hangin' In, The Big Stuffed Dog, Dynasty, Hill Street Blues, Wetten, dass..?, MTV New Year's Eve specials, The People's Court, Entertainment Tonight, The Kenny Everett Television Show, Belle and Sebastian, Danger Mouse, Gimme a Break, Kids' Writes, Postman Pat, The Brady Girls Get Married, Space Stars, Elvira's Movie Macabre, Today's Special, Falcon Crest, Only Fools and Horses and Brideshead Revisited; MTV launched; hundreds of millions watch the Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer; a writers' strike disrupts U.S. television for three months.
• 1982: First broadcast of Cheers, Family Ties, Brookside, Remington Steele, Joanie Loves Chachi, Knight Rider, The Snowman, Boys from the Blackstuff, Against the Odds, Newhart, Standby...Lights! Camera! Action!, Curious George, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Countdown, Silver Spoons, Channel 4 News, Powerhouse, St. Elsewhere and The Kids International Show; Channel 4 (UK) and The Weather Channel are launched. The first color television introduced in Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Tajikistan. The television are launched in Greenland, Macau and Mauritania.
• 1983: First broadcast of The A-Team, The Day After, The Third Eye, I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge, Frontline, V (original miniseries), 1984 (Apple Computers), Bananaman, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Fraggle Rock, Mr. Wizard's World, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Reading Rainbow, Serious Moonlight Tour, The Adventures of Portland Bill, Inspector Gadget, Press Your Luck, Eddie Murphy Delirious, Going Great, The Joy of Painting, An Englishman Abroad, J. R. Hartley (Yellow Pages), Blackadder and Terrahawks; first broadcast of Wheel of Fortune and short films: Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video) in syndication; Disney Channel is launched. The first color television introduced in Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Grenada and Romania. The television are launched in Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Laos, Mali, Somalia, Seychelles, Tonga and Vatican City.
• 1984: First broadcast of Airwolf, Blue Thunder, The Elephant Show, Night Court, Adventures of the Little Koala, Charles in Charge, Murder, She Wrote, Thomas & Friends, Nick Rocks, Miami Vice, Punky Brewster, Muppet Babies, Who's the Boss?, Out of Control, The Cosby Show, Kate & Allie, The Transformers, Voltron, MTV Video Music Awards, Tales from the Darkside, Noozles, La piovra, Heathcliff, Santa Barbara, Spitting Image, Al TV, Heimat, The Jewel in the Crown, Strangers and Brothers, The Wind in the Willows and The Kit Curran Radio Show ; first broadcast of Jeopardy! and short films: Jazzin' for Blue Jean in syndication; A&E and Canal+ launched. The first color television introduced in Belize, Greenland, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe. The television are launched in Nepal, Cabo Verde and Åland.
• 1985: First broadcast of MacGyver, Berrenger's, The World of David the Gnome, Growing Pains, Fred Penner's Place, ThunderCats, National Geographic Explorer, Neighbours, Moonlighting, Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, 227, Turkey Television, Larry King Live, Teen Wolf, The Raccoons, Edge of Darkness, It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown, Zoo Family, Little Muppet Monsters, The Max Headroom Show, Pob's Programme, EastEnders and The Golden Girls; the Discovery Channel and VH1 is established; the first WrestleMania event is broadcast; millions watch the Live Aid concert from Wembley Stadium. The first color television introduced in Ghana and Seychelles.
• 1986: First broadcast of L.A. Law, Maple Town, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Perfect Strangers, Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen TV, ALF, Double Dare, Dennis the Menace, Dial MTV, Designing Women, MTV Spring Break, Head of the Class, Matlock, Janoschs Traumstunde, 120 Minutes, The Real Ghostbusters, Casualty, Life with Lucy, London's Burning, Dragon Ball, Rated K: For Kids by Kids, Alternatywy 4, Pee-wee's Playhouse and The Singing Detective; the Fox Broadcasting Company is launched; television is introduced in Mayotte and Niue. The first color television is introduced in Cambodia.
• 1987: First broadcast of Full House, Married... with Children, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Degrassi Junior High, Hey Dad..!, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, Thirtysomething, Ramayan, Headbangers Ball, Square One Television, A Different World, Fireman Sam, Popeye and Son, Remote Control, DuckTales, Inspector Morse, The Bold and the Beautiful, Ridgey Didge, Finders Keepers, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Square One TV, The Tracey Ullman Show, Storytime, Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, 21 Jump Street and The New Statesman; The first WWF Survivor Series PPV is held.
• 1988: First broadcast of Roseanne, Snoopy! The Musical, The Wonder Years, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Red Dwarf, Euro Top 20, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, In the Heat of the Night, Don't Just Sit There!, You Bet!, "Just Do It" (Nike), Murphy Brown, Swap Shop, Yo! MTV Raps, Garfield and Friends, Kids' Court, Count Duckula, Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted, Mahabharat, First of the Summer Wine and Wyatt's Watchdogs; TNT (Turner Network Television) is launched; Nick Jr. the first LCD televisions go on sale; a writers' strike disrupts U.S. television for five months; television in introduced in Lesotho. The first color television in Lesotho and Papua New Guinea.
• 1989: First broadcast of The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Baywatch, Shining Time Station, Coach, Doogie Howser, M.D., House of Style, Eureeka's Castle, Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration, Saved by the Bell, Cappelli & Company, Family Matters, Think Fast, Total Panic, Make the Grade, American Gladiators, Wallace & Gromit, Beetlejuice, Camp MTV, MTV Unplugged, Hey Dude, Face (British Airways), America's Funniest Home Videos, Just Say Julie, Dragon Ball Z, Quantum Leap, COPS, Rap City, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Degrassi High, and Inside Edition; the trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu is televised.
• 1990: First broadcast of The Baby-Sitters Club, Twin Peaks, Chibi Maruko Chan, MTV Rock N' Jock, You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown, The Crystal Maze, Yo compro esa mujer, Días sin luna, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Tiny Toon Adventures, Wings, Turn It Up!, Alcanzar una estrella, Fort Boyard (France), Mi pequeña Soledad, Law & Order, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Wild & Crazy Kids, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, SK8-TV, Outta Here!, Beverly Hills, 90210, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Mr. Bean, In Living Color, Johnson and Friends, Tom & Jerry Kids, Northern Exposure, Rosie and Jim, and Pingu; The Gulf War and 1990 FIFA World Cup are among the year's most televised events.
• 1991: First broadcast of Home Improvement, Step by Step, Welcome Freshmen, Fifteen, Nickelodeon Launch Box, Get the Picture, Love, Lies and Murder, What Would You Do?, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Adventures of Tintin, Snoopy's Reunion, Nummer 28, Liquid Television, Darkwing Duck, Hi Honey, I'm Home!, Rupert, Where's Wally?, The Julekalender, Æon Flux, the first three Nicktoons (Doug, Rugrats, and The Ren & Stimpy Show), Land of the Lost, Roc, The Jenny Jones Show, Brooklyn Bridge, Brum, the second two Nickelodeon (Clarissa Explains It All and Salute Your Shorts), Maury, and The Jerry Springer Show; Launch of Court TV and Comedy Central.
• 1992: First broadcast of The Larry Sanders Show, Nick Arcade, Nickelodeon Guts, Alternative Nation, Mad About You, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Lip Service, Wild Side Show, MTV Sports, Ghostwriter, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, The Grind, Nick News, ToonHeads, MTV Movie & TV Awards, Batman: The Animated Series (first series in the DC Animated Universe), Roundhouse, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Barney & Friends, Martin, The Real World, Sailor Moon, Bananas in Pyjamas, Cha Cha Cha, California Dreams, Lamb Chop's Play-Along, Crayon Shin-chan, Bob, New Faces, YuYu Hakusho, Melrose Place, X-Men: The Animated Series and Absolutely Fabulous; Cartoon Network and SNICK are launched. The first color television introduced in Fiji, Nauru and Tuvalu. Television is launched in Solomon Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Ossetia and Transnistria.
• 1993: First broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman, Animaniacs, The Animals of Farthing Wood, Wanna Bet?, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Lipstick on Your Collar, Beavis and Butt-Head, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Papa Beaver's Storytime, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, "Aaron Burr" (first Got Milk? commercial), WWF Monday Night Raw, Walker, Texas Ranger, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Big Comfy Couch, Weinerville, Boy Meets World, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, The Nanny, seaQuest DSV, Ricki Lake, Family Dog, Cro, Bay City, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Frasier, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Ship to Shore, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Tots TV, and Rocko's Modern Life; Major League Soccer (MLS) and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) are founded; the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show becomes one of the most-watched performances in American television history.
• 1994: First broadcast of Friends, The Moxy Show, Party of Five, The Secret World of Alex Mack, Trashed, My Brother and Me, Marimar, The Big Help, MTV Europe Music Awards, U to U, Ellen, All That, Heartbreak High, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Kingdom, Babylon 5, The National Lottery Draws, My So-Called Life, Inside the Actors Studio, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Spider-Man, The Tick, Chicago Hope, VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, ER, The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Gargoyles, Allegra's Window, and Gullah Gullah Island; Turner Classic Movies is launched; Several TV stations in the US switch their affiliates until 1996; Irish dance company Riverdance is introduced to the world for the first time at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest and 1994 FIFA World Cup to a thunderous ovation.
• 1995: First broadcast of Father Ted, NileCity 105,6, Road Rules, Little Bear, The Wayans Bros., Singled Out, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid!, NewsRadio, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, The Late Late Show, WCW Monday Nitro, The Drew Carey Show, Star Trek: Voyager, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Budweiser Frogs, Saksi, Caroline in the City, JAG, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Él y ella and Sevcec; The programme Action League Now!, Rox makes a move to the Internet, becoming the first-ever web series; The History Channel is launched; The communications satellite EchoStar I is (literally) launched; ad campaign; The O. J. Simpson murder trial is televised.
• 1996: First broadcast of 3rd Rock from the Sun, 7th Heaven, Moesha, MTV Asia Hitlist, Space Cases, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Spin City, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Crocodile Hunter, Everybody Loves Raymond, Hey Arnold!, Blue's Clues, Clueless, Amp, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, The Daily Show, KaBlam!, E! True Hollywood Story, Judge Judy, Arthur, Muppets Tonight, Dexter's Laboratory, Kenan & Kel, Superman: The Animated Series, El Grand Prix del verano, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Bailey Kipper's P.O.V., Our Friends in the North, Pop-Up Video, Jumanji, Stickin' Around, The Steve Harvey Show and Local Heroes; Fox News is launched; the first high-definition television broadcasts; the first DVDs and DVD players go on sale; Animal Planet is launched
• 1997: First broadcast of South Park, Pokémon, Mach GoGoGo, Figure It Out, Franklin, 12 Angry Viewers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate SG-1, Kipper, Recess, Cow and Chicken, Behind the Music, Teletubbies, MTV Live, True Women, Alles Kan Beter, Extreme Ghostbusters, Dharma & Greg, Emeril Live, Bear in the Big Blue House, The Journey of Allen Strange, King of the Hill, Doom Runners, Johnny Bravo, Men in Black: The Series, The Angry Beavers, Daria, and I'm Alan Partridge; the TV Parental Guidelines television content rating system is introduced; Netflix 5 and Milkshake! is launched. founded, starting life as a mail-based rental service; the first plasma televisions go on sale; 685 children across Japan are taken to hospitals from seizures caused by a Pokémon episode; millions watch the funeral of Princess Diana.
• 1998: First broadcast of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, The Panel, Fort Boyard (UK), The Challenge, Say What?, Say What? Karaoke, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Celebrity Deathmatch, Animorphs, You're On!, Two of a Kind, Wanna Be a VJ, The Wild Thornberrys, True Life, Dawson's Creek, FANatic, Gotita de amor, The Cut, Will & Grace, Cousin Skeeter, Charmed, Godzilla: The Series, Muñeca Brava, Nickel-O-Zone, Nanalan', Total Request, Total Request Live, The Powerpuff Girls, Cowboy Bebop, That '70s Show, Sex and the City, The Blame Game, WCW Thunder, The Royle Family, SMTV Live, Kids Say the Darndest Things, CD:UK, The Rugrats Movie, The King of Queens, CatDog and Rex the Runt; Kingston Communications launches the first major video-on-demand service.
• 1999: First broadcast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Days Like These, Zoom, The Brothers Flub, Hi-5, The Sopranos, Rosalinda, Family Guy, Hunting Venus, Maisy, SpongeBob SquarePants, Phred on Your Head Show, Tweenies, Futurama, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Making the Video, Emma, Popstars, Little Bill, Blaster's Universe, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dragon Tales, Rocket Power, The West Wing, Whassup? (Budweiser), A Walk in Your Shoes, WWF Smackdown, One Piece, Global Anthem (Ford), Bob the Builder, The Amanda Show, House Hunters, Big Brother (Netherlands), Freaks and Geeks, Walking with Prehistoric Life, Yo soy Betty, la fea, Angela Anaconda, 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd, Surfer (Guinness), Freaks and Geeks, 64 Zoo Lane, Trick, Farscape, Rove, Friends Like These, The Early Show, webRIOT, The New Woody Woodpecker Show, and Angel; the first digital video recorders (DVRs) go on sale, one of them being TiVo; Bhutan becomes the last country Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids is launced. to introduce television by the celebration of the fourth king's Silver Jubilee after years of self-imposed prohibition of media technology.
• 2000: First broadcast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Malcolm in the Middle, Slime Time Live, Good Grief, Charlie Brown: A Tribute to Charles Schulz, Is It Fall Yet?, Daddio, Big Brother (U.S.), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Flashback, Caitlin's Way, As Told by Ginger, Making the Band, Fear, Diary, Oobi, Amigos x siempre, The Brothers García, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Cubeez, MTV Cribs, Survivor, Carita de ángel, La Baby Sister, Static Shock, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, Jackass, 106 & Park, Weakest Link, Just for Laughs: Gags, The Weekenders, Dora the Explorer, Big Kids (UK), Clifford the Big Red Dog, Noah Knows Best, Just Deal, Yes, Dear, Blue's Big Musical Movie, Pelswick, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Gilmore Girls; Billy Mays shoots an infomercial for OxiClean
• 2001: First broadcast of The Bernie Mac Show, Taina, On the Team, Undergrads, 24, MTV Icon, Popstars, WWE Tough Enough, My Wife and Kids, Oswald, So Little Time, Scrubs, Smallville, Power Rangers Time Force, Digimon Tamers, The Office (UK), Band of Brothers, Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon, Alias, Love Is a Four Letter Word, Tiny Planets, The Desert Forges, The Amazing Race, The Secret Life of Us, Fear Factor, Trailer Park Boys, Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Proud Family, Justice League, Connie the Cow, Samurai Jack, Sponk!, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One on One, Star Trek: Enterprise, Lizzie McGuire, Totally Spies!, The URL with Phred Show, Butt-Ugly Martians, How It's Made, Pop Idol, Being Eve, 24Seven, Six Feet Under, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The world witnesses the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington which sees regular programming suspended to bring up-to-date coverage of events relating to the attacks.
• 2002: First broadcast of American Idol, That '80s Show, The Bachelor, The Nick Cannon Show, ChalkZone, The Shield, Undeclared, Becoming, Rubbadubbers, Play with Me Sesame, City of Men, I Bet You Will, The Osbournes, Super Duper Sumos, Kim Possible, Extreme Makeover, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Sorority Life, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, What I Like About You, Baby Looney Tunes, Popstars: The Rivals, 8 Simple Rules, Monk, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Garden Gurus, Codename: Kids Next Door, Max & Ruby, Madventures, Firefly, 100 Greatest Britons, The Most Extreme, Nickelodeon Robot Wars, Winter Sonata, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Clone High, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, George Lopez, The Wire, Yakkity Yak, Naruto, U-Pick Live, Scaredy Camp, Wish Ko Lang!, Girlstuff/Boystuff, Without a Trace, Top Gear and Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions; CBeebies is launched. The WWF ends its "Attitude Era" and is forced to change its name to WWE due to a dispute with the World Wide Fund for Nature; Millions watch the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and the 2002 FIFA World Cup hosted by Japan and South Korea.
• 2003: First broadcast of Two and a Half Men, That's So Raven, Chappelle's Show, Miffy and Friends, Watch My Chops!, One Tree Hill, All Grown Up!, Punk'd, Fraternity Life, Teen Titans, Radio Free Roscoe, Made, The O.C., Rich Girls, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Room Raiders, Surf Girls, Princess Natasha, Girls v. Boys, Out There, Wildboyz, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, Xiaolin Showdown, Strawberry Shortcake, Cog (Honda), Sonic X, Reno 911!, The Panel, Romeo!, Viva La Bam, Rugrats Go Wild, Hi-5, The Bachelorette, The Simple Life, MythBusters, NCIS, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Monkey Dust, All In, Little Britain, Welcher & Welcher, Real Access, Peep Show, Arrested Development, Los Serrano, Boohbah, Martin Mystery, My Dad the Rock Star, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Venture Bros.; The controversial Iraq War becomes the year's most covered story on news channels around the world.
• 2004: First broadcast of Bleach, Entourage, Whoopi's Littleburg, High School Stories, 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave, Boston Legal, I Want a Famous Face, Boiling Points, Miss Spiders Sunny Patch Friends, House, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Unfabulous, Pimp My Ride, Rescue Me, Summerland, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Veronica Mars, Danny Phantom, Instant Star, Drawn Together, Battlestar Galactica (2004), Ghost Hunters, Justice League Unlimited, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, O'Grady, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, Hassan and Habibah, Battle for Ozzfest, Full House, Peppa Pig, Cooking for Kids with Luis, Blue's Room, Drake & Josh, Worldwide Day of Play, LazyTown, the GEICO Cavemen, Fatherhood, W.I.T.C.H., Super Girl, The Backyardigans, Nicktoons Film Festival, Winx Club, 6teen, The Ashlee Simpson Show, Hell's Kitchen (UK), The Apprentice (U.S.), Miracle's Boys, Best Friend's Date, Fergus McPhail, The Biggest Loser, and The X Factor; Euro1080 Animax launches the first high-definition television broadcast.
• 2005: First broadcast of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Zoey 101, Go, Diego, Go!, The Search for the Funniest Mom in America, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Meet the Barkers, Trick It Out, Homewrecker, Pimp My Ride UK, Grey's Anatomy, Spiral, Noghtechin, PoweR Girls, Dancing with the Stars, Blips, The Closer, BB3B, My Name Is Earl, Weeds, Rome, Bratz, Everybody Hates Chris, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Ben 10, Camp Lazlo, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Doraemon, So You Think You Can Dance, Miss Seventeen, Little Einsteins, Trippin', My Super Sweet 16, Bones, Run's House, The Colbert Report, American Dad!, Catscratch, Sensitive Skin, The Office (U.S.), How I Met Your Mother, The Girls Next Door, Ebb and Flo, Criminal Minds, Deal or No Deal, South of Nowhere, The X's, Jack's Big Music Show, Carlton Draught: Big Ad, Balitanghali, Mr. Meaty, Supernatural and Prison Break; The Trials of Michael Jackson and Saddam Hussein, the Funeral of Pope John Paul II, and the Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla each get significant news coverage.
• 2006: First broadcast of 8th & Ocean, Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge, Holly Hobbie & Friends, Kappa Mikey, Tom and Jerry Tales, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Wonder Pets!, Just for Kicks, Pinky Dinky Doo, The Hills, Bondi Rescue, Sucker Free, Shuriken School, Call to Greatness, Rob & Big, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Whistler, Twentyfourseven, Two-A-Days, Lunar Jim, My Own, Türkisch für Anfänger, Planet Earth, Jumong, Heroes, Beyond the Break, Dexter, PokerFace, Psych, Class of 3000, Ellen's Acres, Friday Night Lights, Ugly Betty, Hannah Montana, Death Note, Top Chef, There & Back, The Real Housewives of Orange County, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Code Geass, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, The Upside Down Show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Curious George, and 30 Rock; the Netherlands is the first country to move to digital television; HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc launched; Luxembourg becomes the first country to complete a wholesale switch from analog television to digital over-the-air (terrestrial television) broadcasting.
• 2007: First broadcast of The Big Bang Theory, Just Jordan, The Naked Brothers Band, I'm from Rolling Stone, Scarred, Pageant Place, Kitchen Nightmares, Juvies, DanceLife, In the Night Garden..., The Sideshow, Adventures in Hollyhood, Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas, Band in a Bubble, Living Lahaina, Taquita + Kaui, Wayside, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, MTV's Busted, Britain's Got Talent, Gorilla (Cadbury's Dairy Milk), Burn Notice, Room 401, Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, Life of Ryan, Engaged and Underage, Maui Fever, iCarly, Hilary Duff: This Is Now, The Golden Path, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Pushing Daisies, the John Lewis Christmas advert, Wizards of Waverly Place, Phineas and Ferb, Total Drama, Xavier: Renegade Angel, Gossip Girl, WordGirl, Super Why, About a Girl, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Best Years, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Golden Bride, The Killing, Tak and the Power of Juju, Chuck, Back at the Barnyard, Mad Men, Damages and Kingdom; 2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests in Venezuela; a writers' strike shuts down American scripted programming in November; CNN and YouTube sponsor U.S. presidential debates.
• 2008: First broadcast of Breaking Bad, The Mentalist, Sons of Anarchy, Skins, America's Best Dance Crew, Ni Hao Kai-Lan, The Penguins of Madagascar, Buzzin', The Mighty B!, Dance on Sunset, Queen Bees, The N's Student Body, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The City, True Jackson, VP, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Paper, The Suite Life on Deck, Paris Hilton's My New BFF, Wipeout, True Blood, Fringe, Underbelly, Domo TV, Brat Camp, Hi-5, My Family's Got Guts, The Inbetweeners, Making Fiends, Radio Arvyla, Random! Cartoons, 19 Kids and Counting; the launch of Discovery Channel's ad campaign; the first 3D TV broadcasts; Thai PBS are launched; the historical miniseries John Adams premieres on HBO and wins a record-breaking thirteen Emmys.
• 2009: First broadcast of Pointless, Olivia, Modern Family, Tronji, Pawn Stars, Boys Over Flowers, 16 and Pregnant, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, College Life, Cake Boss, Tosh.0, The Phone, Jersey Shore, Gone Too Far, The Electric Company, The Assistants, Castle, Horrible Histories, White Collar, Toot & Puddle, The Fresh Beat Band, The Vampire Diaries, Taking the Stage, The Good Wife, The Cleveland Show, Daddy's Girls, Cougar Town, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Troop, Ape Escape, BrainSurge, Archer, 16 and Pregnant, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, How's Your News?, The Middle, Glee, Teen Mom, Hi-5 series 11, Glenn Martin, DDS, Fanboy & Chum Chum, Parks and Recreation, Big Time Rush, Community and Misfits; millions watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as well as coverage of the death and funeral of Michael Jackson.
• 2010: First broadcast of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Team Umizoomi, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Victorious, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, Downton Abbey, Good Luck Charlie, Mike & Molly, Glass Home, Borgen, Sherlock, Solsidan, "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" (Old Spice), Pretty Little Liars, Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Generator Rex, Planet Sheen, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Shake It Up, Boardwalk Empire, Justified, The Great British Bake Off, Hi-5 series 12, Treme, Young Justice, The Walking Dead, The Voice (Holland) and Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention; Tonight Show conflict between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien.
• 2011: First broadcast of Supah Ninjas, Game of Thrones, Bubble Guppies, Skins, Black Mirror, Top Boy, Awkward, Franklin and Friends, Mike the Knight, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Ridiculousness, Person of Interest, Bob's Burgers, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Leyla ile Mecnun, American Horror Story, Suits, Shameless, Austin & Ally, The Amazing World of Gumball, The Looney Tunes Show, Power Rangers Samurai, Hi-5 series 13, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, New Girl, Hunter x Hunter, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, 2 Broke Girls, Jessie, Wild Kratts and Homeland; State Farm premieres its "State of..." advertising campaign, which includes the "State of Unrest" commercial (a.k.a. "Jake from State Farm"); millions watch Prince William marry Kate Middleton; IBM's Watson competes against former champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings on Jeopardy!; President Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden on live television.
• 2012: First broadcast of Gravity Falls, Littlest Pet Shop, How to Rock, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, The Legend of Korra, Tickety Toc, Duck Dynasty, Robot and Monster, Satyamev Jayate, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Girls, Key & Peele, Scandal, Nashville, Državni posao, Call the Midwife, You Gotta See This, Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, This Is How I Made It, House of Lies, Veep, Arrow, Omar, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Doc McStuffins, Peter Rabbit, Marvin Marvin, Sofia the First and Kitchen; the 2012 London Olympics becomes the most-watched event of the year.
• 2013: First broadcast of Steven Universe, Rick and Morty, Monsters vs. Aliens, Wendell & Vinnie, Lalaloopsy, Peaky Blinders, The Following, Epic Split (Volvo Trucks), Paw Patrol, Julius Jr., Mom, Sam & Cat, The Haunted Hathaways, Sanjay and Craig, House of Cards, The Americans, The Thundermans, Bates Motel, Broadchurch, Hannibal, Attack on Titan, PAW Patrol, Vikings, Orange Is the New Black and Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Television stations cover the Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of his successor while in the United States, American singer Miley Cyrus creates controversy during a performance at that year's VMAs.
• 2014: First broadcast of True Detective, Wallykazam!, Every Witch Way, How to Get Away with Murder, Black-ish, Gotham, Breadwinners, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Henry Danger, Fargo, BoJack Horseman, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, The Flash, Max & Shred, Breadwinners, 100 Things to Do Before High School, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Gomorrah, Outlander, The Tom and Jerry Show, Lucha Underground, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Broad City, Over the Garden Wall, The Leftovers, Jane the Virgin, Chrisley Knows Best, Girl Meets World, Odd Squad and LoliRock; Billions of people watch the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[1]
• 2015: First broadcast of Better Call Saul, Bella and the Bulldogs, Little Charmers, Empire, Master of None, Narcos, Make It Pop, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Daredevil, Harvey Beaks, Talia in the Kitchen, Life in Pieces, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Game Shakers, Hi-5 Philippines, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, Dragon Ball Super, WITS Academy, K.C. Undercover, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Supergirl, Love Island, Harvey Beaks, Fresh Beat Band of Spies, Mr. Robot, Shimmer and Shine, Schitt's Creek, Jessica Jones, The Man in the High Castle, Deutschland 83, Lip Sync Battle, Superstore and We Bare Bears; Super Bowl XLIX breaks the record for most-watched program in the history of American television; Mayweather–Pacquiao boxing match is history's biggest pay-per-view fight; Steve Harvey hosts the Miss Universe 2015 pageant in Las Vegas and mistakenly names the first runner-up, Miss Colombia (Ariadna Gutiérrez) as the winner, announcing shortly after that he had read the results incorrectly and that Miss Philippines (Pia Wurtzbach) was the new Miss Universe; ten are killed during a helicopter crash during filming of reality series Dropped.
• 2016: First broadcast of Stranger Things, The Night Of, Lucifer, Paradise Run, Fleabag, School of Rock, War & Peace, Roots, Mann Mayal, The Other Kingdom, Atlanta, This Is Us, Legendary Dudas, The Good Place, All in with Cam Newton, Rusty Rivets, My Hero Academia, Jagger Eaton's Mega Life, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Insecure, Westworld, Hey Duggee, The Loud House, Lip Sync Battle Shorties, Tales of Arcadia and The Crown; Death of David Bowie the last known company in the world to manufacture VHS equipment (VCR/DVD combos), Funai of Japan, ceases production, citing shrinking demand and difficulties procuring parts.^[2][3]
• 2017: First broadcast of Money Heist, Riverdale, Big Little Lies, Bunsen Is a Beast, Nella the Princess Knight, DuckTales (2017), Raven's Home, Andi Mack, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Sunny Day, Black Clover, Welcome to the Wayne, Top Wing, Big Mouth, Carpool Karaoke, The Handmaid's Tale, Young Sheldon, The Repair Shop, The Punisher, GLOW, S.W.A.T., and A Series of Unfortunate Events; At the 89th Academy Awards, the film Moonlight is announced the correct winner for Best Picture, after actors Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announce La La Land, another acclaimed film, the winner by mistake on national television.
• 2018: First broadcast of Bluey, Cobra Kai, The Adventures of Kid Danger, Knight Squad, Keep It Spotless, Hilda, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Star Falls, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, The Rookie, Barry, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Killing Eve, Bodyguard, Big City Greens, Pose, 44 Cats, Succession, Cousins for Life, The Neighborhood, and Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj; millions watch Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle.
• 2019: First broadcast of Chernobyl, The Mandalorian, Corn & Peg, The Boys, Infinity Train, Ryan's Mystery Playdate, Amphibia, Blue's Clues & You!, Watchmen, Molly of Denali, The Masked Singer, All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite, Russian Doll, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, The Substitute, His Dark Materials, Middle School Moguls, The Umbrella Academy, The Casagrandes, The Other Two, Ricky Zoom, Hanna, Euphoria, Ramy, What We Do in the Shadows, Sex Education, When They See Us, Good Omens, The Adventures of Paddington, Virgin River and The Morning Show; Apple Inc. and The Walt Disney Company launched their streaming services, Apple TV and Disney+.
• 2020: First broadcast of Ted Lasso, Little Fires Everywhere, It's Pony, Tiger King, Bridgerton, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan, I May Destroy You, A Teacher, Stargirl, Nickelodeon's Unfiltered, Mrs. America, Outer Banks, Jujutsu Kaisen, Deer Squad, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan, The Owl House, The Great, Solar Opposites, Dave, Santiago of the Seas, Side Hustle, The Astronauts, Baby Shark's Big Show!, Dash & Lily, and Love, Victor; the COVID-19 pandemic shuts down production on many television programs.
• 2021: First broadcast of Squid Game, Invincible, Gabby's Dollhouse, The Great North, Yellowjackets, Girls5eva, Tom and Jerry Special Shorts, Tooned In, Hacks, NFL Slimetime, Reservation Dogs, Ginny & Georgia, Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Only Murders in the Building, Superman & Lois, Schmigadoon!, Gabby's Dollhouse, The White Lotus, Abbott Elementary, Arcane, the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ shows and specials, It's a Sin and The Traitors (Dutch); Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants debuts spin-offs: The Patrick Star Show, and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, The globally watched Tokyo Summer Olympics are held a year later due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]
• 2022: First broadcast of Severance, Warped!, Tulsa King, Peacemaker, Wednesday, Interview with the Vampire, Smiling Friends, The Creature Cases, Spy x Family, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Face's Music Party, Batwheels, The Bear, Monster High, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, The Really Loud House, Blue's Big City Adventure, The Tiny Chef Show, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Tokyo Vice and Becoming a Popstar; millions watch in shock as actor Will Smith slaps comedian Chris Rock live during the 94th Academy Awards; billions watch the Russian invasion of Ukraine, speculated to be the most watched television war in history and state funeral of Elizabeth II, speculated to be the most watched television event in history.^[5]
• 2023: First broadcast of The Last of Us, Beef, Hailey's On It, Poker Face, XO, Kitty, Bossy Bear, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, School Spirits, Kiff, Tom and Jerry, Based on a True Story, Mrs. Davis, Krapopolis and Percy Jackson and the Olympians; in Hollywood, the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA begin a series of ongoing strikes of actors and writers for six months separately, affecting the film and television industries; billions watch the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla and Gaza war.
• 2024: First broadcast of Shōgun, Hazbin Hotel, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, X-Men '97, The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, Barney's World, Dragon Ball Daima, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Grimsburg, Nobody Wants This, Baby Reindeer, High Potential, The Penguin, Doctor Odyssey and Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV; Several national elections are held around the world including some of the world's most populated countries along with television coverage.^[6]
• 2025: First broadcast of StuGo, The Pitt, Shifting Gears, Étoile, Daredevil: Born Again, Sherlock & Daughter, Dexter: Resurrection, Eyes of Wakanda, Too Much, We Were Liars, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Pluribus, Pulse, Alien: Earth, Heated Rivalry and It: Welcome to Derry; Major network shakeups occur at MSNBC and CBS News; The public assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk results in the controversial suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!; Both Kirk's memorial and the preceding funeral of Pope Francis are watched by millions as well as the election of the latter's successor.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

• 2026: First broadcast of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, Lanterns, Elle, Spider-Noir, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, The Boroughs, Wonder Man, VisionQuest and Half Man

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