1991 in television

Table of contents

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

Events

• Channel 5 begins broadcasting in Belize
• May 3 - After 13 years, one month, and one day and 357 episodes, the long-running prime-time soap opera Dallas airs its final original episode on CBS.
• The Museum of Broadcasting, now called the Museum of Television and Radio, moved into its new 17-story building, located a block from its previous location in New York City.
• First television sets with bulit-in closed-caption display are introduced in the U.S.
• In Los Angeles, California, Rodney King is severely beaten by Police Officers after leading them on a high speed chase and resisting arrest. The beating is captured on video by observers and portions of the tape are aired repeatedly on television in the US.
• Britney Spears appears on Star Search.

• Home Improvement premieres (1991-1999)
• Rugrats (1991-present)

• All My Children (1970-present)
• Cheers (1982-1993)
• Cops (1989-present)
• The Cosby Show (1984-1992)
• Full House (1987-1995)
• The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
• In Living Color (1990-1994)
• Inspector Morse (1987-2000)
• Jeopardy (1984-present)
• Late Night with David Letterman (1982-1993)
• Married with Children (1987-1997)
• One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000)
• Roseanne (1988-1997)
• 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)

• ''Amen (1986-1991)
• Dallas (1978-1991)
• ''thirtysomething (1987-1991)

Deaths

• February 3 - Nancy Kulp, actress on The Beverly Hillbillies
• February 24 - George Gobel, comedian
• July 1 - Michael Landon, actor, producer
• July 15 - Bert Convy, game show host
• August 6 - Harry Reasoner, news anchor
• August 22 - Colleen Dewhurst, actress
• October 11 - Redd Foxx, comedian, star of Sanford and Son
• October 24 - Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek
• November 5 - Fred MacMurray actor on My Three Sons