Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1987 in television, other events of 1988, 1989 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 October 4 - Following in Cher's footsteps , Actress Shirley MacLaine calls David Letterman an "A**hole", on the air during a taping of Late Night The song "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures. The California Raisins version of the song peaks at No. 84 on Billboard's Hot 100. Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is the focus of a sex scandal, and later admits to being with prostitutes and steps down from his television ministry. Debuts September 1 - YTV launches in Canada Roseanne premieres (1988-1997) Popular Television Shows All My Children (1970-present) The Cosby Show (1984-1992) Cheers (1982-1993) Dallas (1978-1991) Dr Who (1963-1989) Family Ties (1982-1989) Full House (1987-1995) General Hospital (1963-present) The Golden Girls (1985-1992) Inspector Morse (1987-2000) Jeopardy (1984-present) Late Night with David Letterman (1982-1993) The Magical World of Disney (1986-1990) Married with Children (1987-1997) Miami Vice (1984-1989) Saturday Night Live (1975-present) Sesame Street (1969-present) The Tonight Show (1954-present) Wheel of Fortune (1975-present) Ending this year ''The Facts of Life (1979-1988) ''Highway to Heaven (1984-1988) ''Magnum, P.I (1980-1988) Punky Brewster (1984-1986, 1987-1988) Simon and Simon (1981-1988) Solid Gold (1980-1988) St. Elsewhere (1982-1988) What's Happening Now (1985-1988) Births November 15 - Zena Grey, actress Deaths March 10 - Andy Gibb, 30, actor/songwriter of the Bee-Gees This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.