See also: 1988 in television, other events of 1989, 1990 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

Debuts

  • January 3 - The Arsenio Hall Show premieres on CBS.
  • April 18 or 19 - Dragonball Z premieres on Japanese television.
  • 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)

Popular Television Shows

Ending this year

Births

Deaths