See also: 1974 in television, other events of 1975, 1976 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 23 - Barney Miller debuts on ABC.
  • April 18 - Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome To My Nightmare: The Making Of A Record Album airs
  • April 28 - Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show.
  • November 3 - Good Morning America premieres with co-anchors David Hartman and Nancy Dussault.
  • Andy Kaufman makes his debut on Saturday Night Live, lip syncing portions of the theme to Mighty Mouse.
  • Fred Silverman becomes the head of ABC Entertainment. Initiating an era of what is disparagingly called "T&A" or "jiggle television", his programming choices result in ABC achieving ratings dominance.
  • Colour television transmissions begin in Sydney & Melbourne.(Australia)

Debuts

Popular Television Shows

Ending this year

Births

Deaths