1964 in television

This is a list of television-related events in 1964.

Years in television:	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Years in film:	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967

[edit] Events

January 1 - Nearly all of NBC's programs are now broadcast in color.
January 1 - The first Top of the Pops airs on BBC Television.
January 3 - Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show.
January 4 - TV Tokyo launched in Japan.
February 9, 16 and 23 - The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, breaking television ratings records.
April 20 - BBC2 starts broadcasting in the UK; the existing BBC channel is renamed BBC1. A power failure prevents the planned opening night's schedule from happening, meaning the first programme shown is Play School the following morning.
April 30 - Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive UHF channels.
May 5 - The documentary film Seven Up! is broadcast on ITV in the UK, showing the lives of fourteen schoolchildren. Subsequent films in the series have seen them interviewed every seven years since.
August 1 - The official launch of Melbourne's third commercial television station ATV-0, signalling the beginning of what is now Network Ten.
November 26 - PTV airs the first television broadcasts in Pakistan.
December 6 NBC debuts the Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, the special will eventually become a holiday tradition

January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television (1964-2006).
March 30 - The game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC daytime TV (1964-1975, 1984-present).
May 4 - The American soap opera Another World debuts on NBC at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time, as a half-hour show (1964-1999).
September 1 - Shindig! premieres on ABC (1964-1966).
September 15 - Peyton Place premieres on ABC (1964-1969).
September 17 - Bewitched premieres on ABC (1964-1972).
September 18 - The Addams Family premieres on ABC (1964-1966).
September 24 - Daniel Boone premieres (1964-1970).
September 24 - The Munsters premieres on CBS (1964-1966).
September 25 - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. premieres on CBS (1964-1970).
September 26 - Gilligan's Island premieres on CBS (1964-1967).
October 4 - This Hour Has Seven Days premieres on CBC in Canada (1964-1966).
October 13 - Danger Man returns to ITV after being cancelled in 1961. It would later air on CBS as Secret Agent (1960-1961, 1964-1966).
October 28 - The Wednesday Play premieres on BBC1 (1964-1970).
November 2 - Crossroads premieres on ITV (1964-1988, 2001-2003).
The Mavis Bramston Show premieres on ATN-7 in Australia (1964-1968).

March 29 - The Judy Garland Show (1963-1964).
June 19 - The Twilight Zone (1959-1964). The show was revived in 1985-1988, and then for one season in 2002.
Zoo Quest (UK) (1954-1964).