- April 4
- The NET TV network airs the last The Forsyte Saga TV show in the USA. [179.339]
- April 21
- Sportscaster Curt Gowdy receives the George Foster Peabody Award for achievement in radio and television, the first sports broadcaster to receive the honor. [457]
- May 26
- The final episode of US TV show I Dream of Jeannie airs. [457]
- June 7
- In Los Angeles, California, and New York, New York, the 22nd Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by David Frost (Los Angeles) and Danny Thomas (New York).
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Robert Young for Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Peter Ustinov for A Storm in Summer
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: William Windom for My World and Welcome to It
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Susan Hampshire for The Forsyte Saga
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Hope Lange for The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Patty Duke for My Sweet Charlie
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Michael Constantine for Room 222
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama: James Brolin for Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Karen Valentine for Room 222
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama: Gail Fisher for Mannix
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program: Peter Matz for episode "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" of The Kraft Music Hall
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety, Comedy or Music: Dwight Hemion for episode "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" of The Kraft Music Hall
- Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction: Leard Davis, Ed S. Hill, Richard Scovel, and Clive Bassett for "Appalachian Autumn" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Peter Bellwood, Gary Belkin, Herbert Sargent, Thomas Meehan, and Judith Viorst for Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Richard Levinson and William Link for My Sweet Charlie
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Walter Strenge, for episode "Hello, Goodbye, Hello" of Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for News and Documentary Programming - Regularly Scheduled News Programs and Coverage of Special Events: Edward Winkle for the segment "Model Hippie" of The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program: Jan Scott and Earl Carlson for "Shadow Game" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Bill Mosher for episode "Sweet Smell of Failure" of Bracken's World
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for News and Documentary Programming - Regularly Scheduled News Programs and Coverage of Special Events: Michael C. Shugrue for the segment "High School Profile" of The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- Outstanding Variety or Musical Program - Variety and Popular Music: Joseph Cates, Martin Charnin, and Anne Bancroft for Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man
- Outstanding Variety or Musical Series: The David Frost Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program: Pete Rugolo for The Challengers
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (In Its First Year Only): Morton Stevens for episode "A Thousand Pardons -- You're Dead!" of Hawaii Five-O
- Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material: Arnold Margolin and Charles Fox for Love, American Style
- Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Individuals: Frederick Wiseman for Hospital
- Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Programs: Hospital
- Outstanding Dramatic Series: Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Programs: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
- Outstanding Dramatic Program: A Storm in Summer
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Programs: Sesame Street
- Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs: Today
- Outstanding Comedy Series: My World and Welcome to It
- Outstanding New Series: Room 222
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Norman Maen for This Is Tom Jones
- Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming: Roone Arledge for ABC's Wide World of Sports
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Individuals: Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss for music and lyrics for "This Way To Sesame Street" of Sesame Street, and Jon Stone, Jeff Moss, Ray Sipherd, Jerry Juhl, Dan Wilcox, Dave Connell, Bruce Hart, Carole Hart, and Virginia Schone for episode "Sally Sees Sesame Street" of Sesame Street
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television: Edward M. Abroms for My Sweet Charlie.
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- June 15
- NBC airs the last The General Electric College Bowl TV show. [179.362]
- June
- CBS airs the last The Red Skelton Show TV show. (The show continues on the NBC network in the fall of 1971.) [179.825]
- June 20
- NBC-TV debuts The Ray Stevens Show. [457]
- June 23
- CBS-TV airs The Red Skelton Show for the last time. (The show moves to NBC-TV in half-hour format.) [457]
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- July 8
- ABC-TV debuts The Everly Brothers Show. [457]
- July 15
- The ABC TV network begins airing The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 60-minute comedy TV show in the USA. [179.901]
- July 17
- Ralph Baer demonstrates his television video game system to Magnavox. Despite a lack of interest from most Magnavox engineers, Bill Enders negotiates an exclusive license to manufacture and distribute the system, and sublicense Sanders Associates' patents on the technology. [9]
- July 31
- Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends Huntley-Brinkley Report TV show. [1] [457]
- September 1
- NBC-TV airs the last episode of I Dream of Jeannie, after a 5-year run. [457]
- September 7
- The NBC TV network airs the last My World... And Welcome To It TV show in the USA. [179.695]
- September 10
- NBC airs the last Dragnet TV show. [179.274]
- September 11
- CBS airs the last Get Smart TV show. A total of 138 episodes aired. [179.372]
- September 12
- CBS airs the last The Jackie Gleason Show TV show. [179.485]
- September 16
- The ABC TV network airs the last The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour TV show in the USA. (NBC will resume airing the show in 1975.) [179.901]
- September 17
- The NBC TV network airs the first The Flip Wilson Show 60-minute comedy TV show in the USA. [179.333]
- September 18
- The ABC TV network aires the last The Ghost and Mrs. Muir TV show in the USA. [179.373]
- September 19
- The CBS TV network airs the first The Mary Tyler Moore 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA. [1] [179.626]
- September 21
- ABC-TV debuts Monday Night Football, with Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Keith Jackson. The Cleveland Browns beat the New York Jets 31-21. [457]
- September 24
- The ABC TV network airs the first The Odd Couple 30-minute comedy TV show in the USA. [179.732] [457]
- September 25
- ABC airs the first episode of The Partridge Family TV show, featuring Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, and Danny Bonaduce. [457]
- September 27
- CBS TV airs The Original Amateur Hour for the final time, after 15 years on radio and 22 years on television. [457]
- October 1
- ABC airs the 200th episode of the Bewitched TV show. [457]
- October 5
- NET (National Education Television) in the US changes name to the Public Broadcast System (PBS) TV network. [5] [457]
- November 9
- The PBS TV network begins airing the Sesame Street TV show in the USA. [179.879]
- November 13
- US Vice President Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs". [1]
1971
- January 1
- The NBC TV Network airs the last Bracken's World TV show in the USA. [179.136]
- Tobacco advertisements are banned on radio and TV in the USA. [1] [457]
- January 5
- ABC debuts 60-minute TV series Alias Smith and Jones. (It runs for three seasons and 48 shows.) [457]
- January 10
- PBS airs Masterpiece Theatre for the first time, hosted by Alistair Cooke. [457]
- January 12
- CBS debuts comedy TV show All In the Family, with Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, Rob Reiner as Meathead, Sally Struthers as Gloria, and Jean Stapleton as Edith. [1] [179.45] [457]
- January 21
- Alias Smith and Jones premieres on ABC TV. [1]
- February 9
- Probably first gay theme TV episode - All in the Family. [1]
- February 11
- The 100th episode of US TV show Ironside airs. [457]
- February 20
- National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio and TV stations to go off the air; the mistake isn't resolved for 30 minutes. [1]
- March 15
- CBS TV announces it is dropping The Ed Sullivan Show. [1]
- March 16
- NBC, for the first time, live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 13th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Simon And Garfunkel for "Bridge Over Troubled Water";
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female: Dionne Warwick for "I'll Never Fall In Love Again";
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male: Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful";
- Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: The Carpenters for "Close To You";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Don't Play That Song";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: B.B. King for "The Thrill Is Gone";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental: The Delfonics for "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Lynn Anderson for "Rose Garden";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Ray Price for "For The Good Times";
- Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group: Johnny Cash And June Carter for "If I Were A Carpenter".
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- March 26
- CBS-TV airs TV movie Cannon as a pilot for the TV series, starring William Conrad. [1] [457]
- April 2
- ABC TV airs the last episode of the sci-fi soap opera Dark Shadows after an almost five-year run. [1] [457]
- April 4
- CBS airs the final episode of the WWII prison camp sitcom Hogan's Heroes after running six seasons. [457]
- April 7
- WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting three-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals. [1]
- April 27
- CBS airs the final episode of Green Acres. [457]
- May 9
- In Los Angeles, California, the 23rd Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Johnny Carson.
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Hal Holbrook for The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: George C. Scott for "The Price" of ITV Saturday Night Theatre
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Jack Klugman for The Odd Couple
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Susan Hampshire for The First Churchills
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Jean Stapleton for All in the Family
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Lee Grant for The Neon Ceiling
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Edward Asner for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama: David Burns for "The Price" of ITV Saturday Night Theatre
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy: Valerie Harper for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama: Margaret Leighton for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: Jay Sandrich for episode "Toulouse Lautrec Is One Of My Favorite Artists" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork: Gordon Baird, Tom Ancell, Rick Bennewitz, Larry Bentley, and Jack Reader for The Andersonville Trial
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program: Dominic Frontiere for Swing Out, Sweet Land
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music: Mark Warren for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program: Fielder Cook for "The Price" of ITV Saturday Night Theatre
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme: Daryl Duke for episode "The Day the Lion Died" of The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction: John Rook for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Sterling Johnson for Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay: Tracy Keenan Wynn and Marvin Schwartz for Tribes
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Bob Ellison and Marty Farrell for Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation: Saul Levitt for The Andersonville Trial
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: James L. Brooks and Allan Burns for episode "Support Your Local Mother" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music: Herbert Baker, Hal Goodman, Larry Klein, Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller, Norman Steinberg, and Flip Wilson for The Flip Wilson Show
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Joel Oliansky for episode "To Taste of Death But Once" of The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for News and Documentary Programming - Regularly Scheduled News Programs and Coverage of Special Events: Larry Travis for "Los Angeles Earthquake: Sylmar V.A. Hospital" of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program: Peter Roden for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design: Martin Baugh and David Walker for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing: Theodore Soderberg for Tribes
- Outstanding Achievement in Live or Tape Sound Mixing: Henry Bird for "Hamlet" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Michael Economou for episode "A Continual Roar of Musketry" of The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing: Marco Zappia for Hee Haw
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing: Don Hall, Jack Jackson, Bob Weatherford, and Dick Jensen for Tribes
- Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music: Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program: Walter Scharf for episode "The Tragedy of The Red Salmon" of The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
- Outstanding Variety Series - Musical: The Flip Wilson Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (First Year of Music's Use Only): David Rose for episode "The Love Child" of Bonanza
- Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Classicial Music: "Leopold Stokowski" of NET Festival
- Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Documentary Programming - Programs: Robert Hughes for Arthur Penn, 1922-: Themes and Variants and Ronald Priessman for Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Programs: Disneyland
- Outstanding Series - Comedy: All in the Family
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Programs: Sesame Street
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Individuals: Harvey Korman for The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs: Stuart Schulberg for Today
- Outstanding New Series: All in the Family
- Outstanding Series - Drama: The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Outstanding Variety Series - Talk: The David Frost Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Ernie Flatt for The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy: The Andersonville Trial
- Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Individuals: Burr Tillstrom for Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television: Robert E. Collins for Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley
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- June 1
- CBS airs the Ed Sullivan Show for the last time, after running 22 years. [1] [457]
- June 5
- Longevity guru Jerome Rodale dies during the taping of the Dick Cavett Show at age 72. [467]
- June 6
- CBS TV airs The Ed Sullivan Show for the last time, after a run of 23 years. [179.287] [457]
- July 4
- The CBS TV network airs the last Hogan's Heroes TV show in the USA. [179.432]
- July 6
- NBC-TV debuts Make Your Own Kind of Music TV show, with hosts Karen and Richard Carpenter. [457]
- July 13
- The CBS TV network airs the last Hee Haw TV show in the USA. [179.420]
- July 17
- NBC airs the last The Andy Williams Show TV show. [179.58]
- August 1
- The CBS TV network airs the first The Sonny and Cher Show 60-minute variety TV show in the USA. [179.906] [457]
- August 31
- The NBC TV network airs the last The Bill Cosby Show in the USA. [179.118]
- September 3
- ABC airs The Lawrence Welk Show for the last time on network TV. (The show continues in syndication until 1982.) [457]
- September 5
- ABC airs the last Discovery TV show. [179.253]
- The CBS TV network airs the last The Sonny and Cher Show 60-minute variety TV show in the USA. (The show resumes at the end of December.) [179.906]
- September 7
- CBS-TV airs the last episode of The Beverly Hillbillies, after nine years and 216 shows. [457]
- September 8
- The NBC TV network airs the last The Kraft Music Hall TV show in the USA. [179.535]
- September 12
- CBS airs the final episode of TV show Lassie, after running 17 years. [457]
- September 14
- The NBC TV network airs the first The Funny Side 60-minute satire TV show in the USA. [179.355]
- NBC resumes airing The Red Skelton Show 30-minute variety TV show. [179.825]
- September 15
- The NBC TV network airs the first NBC Mystery Movie 90-minute drime drama TV movie series in the USA. [179.707]
- NBC-TV debuts Columbo, starring Peter Falk. [457]
- September 29
- NBC-TV debuts TV show McMillan and Wife, starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James. [457]
- October 2
- TV show Soul Train premieres in syndication. [457]
- October 29
- The NBC TV network airs the TV special Grand Opening of Walt Disney World. Approximately 52 million people in the US view the 90-minute show. [6]
- December 19
- CBS airs Homecoming - A Christmas Story (introducing the Waltons). [1]
- December 27
- The CBS TV network resumes airing The Sonny and Cher Show TV show in the USA. [179.906] [457]
- December 28
- The NBC TV network airs the last The Funny Side TV show in the USA. [179.355]
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