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The year 1973 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in that year.

Events

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Programs/programmes

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Debuts

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Ending this year

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Date Show Debut
January 16 Bonanza 1959
February 23 About Safety 1972
March 3 Bridget Loves Bernie
March 12 The Doris Day Show 1968
March 23 Love is a Many Splendored Thing 1967
Where the Heart Is 1969
March 30 Ghost Story 1972
Ultraman Ace (Japan)
Mission: Impossible 1966
May 20 Laugh-In 1968
August 24 The Mod Squad
September 1 Runaround 1972
October 27 The New Scooby-Doo Movies
December 28 Needles and Pins 1973

Births

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Date Name Notability
January 4 Damon Gupton American actor (Criminal Minds)
January 11 Rockmond Dunbar American actor (Soul Food, Prison Break)
January 16 Josie Davis American actress (Charles in Charge, The Young and the Restless)
January 23 Lanei Chapman American actress
January 25 Geoff Johns Comic book writer
January 27 Terri Seymour English entertainment reporter and actress
January 29 Miranda Krestovnikoff English archaeologist and television host
January 31 Portia de Rossi Australian actress (Ally McBeal, Arrested Development, Scandal)
February 7 Kate Thornton British television presenter
February 12 Tara Strong Canadian voice actress (Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater, Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents, Kim Possible, Fillmore!, Teen Titans, Danny Phantom, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Drawn Together, Ben 10, Chowder, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Unikitty!)
February 14 Alec Sulkin Actor
Jason Douglas Actor
February 15 Sarah Wynter Australian actress (24)
February 17 Lucy Davis Actress
February 18 Tom Wisdom Actor
February 19 Eric Lange American actor (The Bridge, Narcos)
February 20 Andrea Savage American actress
February 21 Tyrus Political commentator and pro wrestler (Fox News, NWA, Impact Wrestling, WWE)
March 1 Jack Davenport British actor
Chris Webber NBA basketball player
March 4 Len Wiseman Producer
March 6 Paul Farrer British composer
March 7 Jay Duplass Actor
March 8 Boris Kodjoe Austrian-German actor (Soul Food, The Last Man on Earth)
March 14 Betsy Brandt American actress
March 16 Tim Kang American actor
March 17 Amelia Heinle American soap opera actress
Michelle Nolden Canadian actress (Numb3rs, Saving Hope)
March 20 Cedric Yarbrough American actor, comedian (Reno 911!, The Boondocks, Speechless)
March 21 Jerry Supiran American actor (Small Wonder)
March 23 Jason Kidd NBA basketball player
March 24 Jim Parsons American actor (Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory)
Lauren Bowles American actress
March 26 T. R. Knight American actor (Grey's Anatomy)
April 1 Rachel Maddow American television news program host
April 2 Roselyn Sánchez Puerto Rican singer, model and actress (Without a Trace, Devious Maids)
April 3 Adam Scott American actor (Parks and Recreation)
Jamie Bamber British actor
April 5 Élodie Bouchez Actress
Pharrell Williams Musician (The Voice)[1]
April 8 Emma Caulfield American actress (Beverly Hills, 90210, General Hospital, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
April 11 Jennifer Esposito American actress (Spin City, Related, Samantha Who?, Blue Bloods, Taxi Brooklyn, Mistresses, NCIS)
April 12 Christina Moore American actress (Hyperion Bay, Mad TV, That '70s Show, Hawthorne)
April 23 John Lutz American actor, comedian (30 Rock)
April 24 Damon Lindelof American screenwriter
Dean Armstrong Actor
April 27 Jillian Bach American actress (Two Guys and a Girl)
April 28 Elisabeth Röhm German-American actress (Bull, Angel, Law & Order, The Client List, Stalker)
Melissa Fahn American voice actress (Cowboy Bepop, Digimon, FLCL, Invader Zim, Eureka Seven) and singer
Jorge Garcia American actor (Becker, Lost)
April 30 Robyn Griggs American actress (died 2022)
May 3 Max Handelman American screenwriter
May 5 Tina Yothers American actress (Family Ties)
May 10 Lesli Margherita Actress
May 11 James Haven Actor
May 16 Tori Spelling American actress (Beverly Hills, 90210) and daughter of Aaron Spelling
May 17 Sasha Alexander American-Serbian actress (Dawson's Creek, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles)
May 21 Noel Fielding English actor
May 25 Molly Sims American model, actress (Las Vegas)
Demetri Martin American actor, comedian (The Daily Show, Important Things with Demetri Martin, We Bare Bears)
May 27 Jack McBrayer American actor, comedian (30 Rock, Wander Over Yonder)
May 28 Raza Jaffrey Actor
June 9 Keesha Sharp American actress (Girlfriends)
Grant Marshall Canadian former ice hockey right winger
June 12 Mel Rodriguez American actor (Getting On, The Last Man on Earth)
June 15 Neil Patrick Harris American actor (Doogie Howser, M.D., How I Met Your Mother, It's A Sin)
June 16 Eddie Cibrian American actor (Sunset Beach, CSI: Miami)
June 17 Nahnatchka Khan American writer
June 21 Juliette Lewis American actress (The Firm)
Frank Vogel American professional basketball coach
Carter Covington American writer
June 22 Carson Daly American television host
June 26 Rebecca Budig American actress (Guiding Light, All My Children, General Hospital)
Gretchen Wilson American country artist
Kyle Jacobs American country songwriter (died 2023)
June 29 Lance Barber American actor
July 3 Patrick Wilson American actor (A Gifted Man, Fargo)
July 6 William Lee Scott American actor (The Steve Harvey Show)
July 8 Kathleen Robertson Canadian actress (Maniac Mansion, Beverly Hills, 90210)
July 9 Enrique Murciano American actor (Without a Trace)
July 15 Brian Austin Green American actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)
July 20 Omar Epps American actor (House, Shooter) and rapper
Roberto Orci Television screenwriter
July 21 Ali Landry American actress (Eve)
July 23 Kathryn Hahn American actress (Crossing Jordan)
July 24 Jamie Denbo American actress
July 25 David Denman American actor (The Office)
July 26 Kate Beckinsale British actress
July 27 Tracy Shaw British actress and singer
August 1 Tempestt Bledsoe American actress (The Cosby Show)
August 2 Kia Goodwin American actress (227)
August 6 Vera Farmiga American actress (Touching Evil, Bates Motel)
Max Kellerman American sports television personality
August 9 Kevin McKidd Actor
August 11 Frank Caeti American actor, comedian (Mad TV)
August 12 Jonathan Coachman American sports personality (ESPN, NBC Sports, WWE, XFL)
August 16 Mauricio Islas Actor
August 18 Carmen Serano American actress
August 22 Kristen Wiig American actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live)
August 24 Dave Chappelle American actor, comedian (Chappelle's Show)
Carmine Giovinazzo American actor (CSI: NY)
Mike Kasem American actor
Grey DeLisle American voice actress (The Fairly OddParents, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Danny Phantom, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, The Replacements, The Loud House, Unikitty!, The Cuphead Show!, current voice of Daphne Blake in the Scooby-Doo franchise, and Martin Prince and Sherri and Terri in The Simpsons) and singer-songwriter
August 25 Ben Falcone Actor
August 28 Kirby Morrow Canadian actor (Inuyasha, Ninjago, X-Men: Evolution) (died 2020)
August 29 Jason Spisak Actor (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Young Justice, DC Super Hero Girls)
August 30 Kimberley Joseph Australian-Canadian actress (Paradise Beach, Gladiators, Tales of the South Seas)
Lisa Ling American journalist
September 3 Jennifer Paige American singer and actress
September 4 Jason David Frank American actor (Power Rangers), (died 2022)
September 5 Rose McGowan Italian-American actress (Charmed, Chosen)
September 7 Shannon Elizabeth American actress (Cuts)
Alex Kurtzman American writer
September 12 Paul Walker American actor (died 2013)
Maximiliano Hernández American actor
September 14 Andrew Lincoln English actor (The Walking Dead)
September 16 Richard Engel American journalist
September 18 James Marsden American actor (Westworld)
September 19 Nicholas Bishop Actor
September 20 Tom Root American voice actor
September 25 Julie Banderas American journalist
Bridgette Wilson American actress (Santa Barbara)
September 30 David Ury American actor
October 2 Susana González Actress
Melissa Harris-Perry American writer
October 3 Neve Campbell Canadian actress (Party of Five, House of Cards)
Keiko Agena American actress (Gilmore Girls)
October 7 Jeff Davis American actor and comedian
Ioan Gruffudd Actor
October 9 Jennifer Aspen American actress (Party of Five, Rodney, GCB)
Steve Burns American actor and entertainer (Blue's Clues)
October 10 Mario Lopez American actor and host (Saved by the Bell, Extra)
October 21 Sasha Roiz Canadian-Israel actor (Grimm)
October 22 Eric Guggenheim American writer
October 24 Korie Robertson American television star
October 25 Michael Weston American actor
October 26 Seth MacFarlane American actor, comedian and director (Family Guy, American Dad!)
October 30 Edge Canadian actor and WWE wrestler
November 1 David Berman American actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
November 2 Marisol Nichols American actress (24, Riverdale)
November 4 Steven Ogg Actor
November 5 Danniella Westbrook British actress (EastEnders)
November 7 Yunjin Kim American-South Korean actress (Lost, Mistresses)
November 8 David Muir American journalist (20/20, World News Tonight)
November 9 Alyson Court Canadian actress
November 11 Chris McKay American film and television director
November 14 Dana Snyder American actor (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies)
November 15 Sydney Tamiia Poitier American actress
November 25 Eddie Steeples American actor (My Name is Earl)
November 26 Peter Facinelli American actor
November 27 Samantha Harris American actress
November 28 Gina Tognoni American actress (Guiding Light, Venice: The Series, One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless)
December 1 Lombardo Boyar Actor (Rocket Power, The Bernie Mac Show, Murder in the First)
December 3 Holly Marie Combs American actress (Picket Fences, Charmed, Pretty Little Liars)
December 4 Tyra Banks American actress, model and host (The Tyra Banks Show, America's Next Top Model)
December 9 Nicole Randall Johnson American comic actress (Mad TV)
December 10 Arden Myrin American actress, comedian (Mad TV, Shameless)
December 14 Thuy Trang Vietnamese-born American actress, (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers) (died 2001)
December 17 Rian Johnson American film director
December 27 Wilson Cruz American actor (My So-Called Life, Noah's Arc)
December 28 Seth Meyers American comedian, host (Saturday Night Live, Late Night)
Shawn Harrison American actor (Family Matters, Legion of Super Heroes)
December 30 Jason Behr American actor (Roswell)
Maureen Flannigan American actress (Out of This World)

Deaths

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Date Name Age Notability
January 22 Lyndon B. Johnson 64 U.S. president[2]
January 24 J. Carrol Naish 77 Character actor (Life With Luigi)
January 28 John Banner 63 Actor (Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes)
March 13 Stacy Harris 54 U.S. actor (Dragnet, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp)
April 26 Irene Ryan 70 Actress (Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies)
September 21 Diana Sands 39 Actress (The Fugitive)
October 2 Paul Hartman 69 Actor (Emmett Clark on The Andy Griffith Show)
December 23 Irna Phillips 72 Soap opera writer and creator (The Guiding Light, As the World Turns)

Television debuts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pharrell Williams - Age, Wife & "Happy"". Biography. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  2. ^ "NBC Flashback: Reporting the death of Lyndon Baines Johnson". NBC News. 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2024-05-23.