1999 in television
\See also: 1998 in television, other events of 1999, 2000 in television and the list of 'years in television'.
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2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths |
Events
- January 6 - Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- February 14 - Elton John appears as himself in a special Valentine's Day episode of the animated series The Simpsons
- July 18 - Actor Hank Azaria marries actress Helen Hunt. The couple divorced on December 18, 2000.
- Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy
- The Simpsons' 10th anniversary
Debuts
- Farscape premieres (1999-2003)
- Family Guy premieres (1999-2002)
- Rocket Power premieres (1999-present)
- The Sopranos premieres on cable television
- Spongebob Squarepants premieres (1999-present)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire premieres in the U.S., hosted by Regis Philbin. The show is based on a British show of the same name.
Popular Television Shows
- All My Children (1970-present)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
- Cops (1989-present)
- Daria premieres on MTV (1997-2001)
- Dharma & Greg (1997-2002)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present)
- Friends (1994-2003)
- General Hospital (1963-present)
- Hey Arnold (1996-present)
- Inspector Morse (1987-2000)
- Jeopardy (1984-present)
- King of the Hill (1997-present)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
- The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
- Law & Order (1990-present)
- MTV (1981-present)
- One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000)
- The Real World (1992-present)
- Rugrats (1991-2004)
- Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
- Sesame Street (1969-present)
- Sex and the City (1998-2004)
- Shocking Behavior: Caught On Tape (1999-present); premiered for the first time
- The Sifl & Olly Show (1998-present)
- The Simpsons (1989-present)
- South Park premieres (1997-present)
- The Tonight Show (1954-present)
- VH-1 (1985-present)
- Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)
Ending this year
- Another World (1964-1999)
- Home Improvement (1991-1999)
- Mad About You (1992-1999)
- The Nanny (1993-1999)
Births
Deaths
- January 4 - Iron Eyes Cody, actor known for a popular anti-littering commercial from the 1970s
- March 22 - David Strickland, actor on Suddenly Susan, suicide
- March 30 - Gary Morton, producer, second husband of Lucille Ball
- April 10 - Jean Vander Pyl, voice actor who voiced Wilma Flintstone on The Flintstones and Rosie the Robot Maid on The Jetsons to name a few shows
- May 8 - Dana Plato, actress on Diff'rent Strokes, age 34
- June 11 - DeForest Kelley, actor on Star Trek
- July 20 - Sandra Gould, actress on Bewitched
- September 5 - Allen Funt, host of Candid Camera
- December 29 - Gene Rayburn, television host