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The year 1968 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1968.
Date | Show | Debut |
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January 15 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1964 |
January 20 | Birdman and the Galaxy Trio | 1967 |
February 4 | The Prisoner (UK) | |
February 7 | Cliff Dexter (West Germany) | 1966 |
March 6 | Lost in Space | 1965 |
March 11 | The Lucy Show | 1962 |
March 14 | Batman | 1966 |
March 15 | Speed Racer (Japan) | 1967 |
March 25 | The Monkees | 1966 |
Armchair Theatre (UK) | 1956 | |
The Bell Telephone Hour | 1959 | |
The Fulton Sheen Program | 1961 | |
The Stairlit Starways | ||
March 27 | Run for Your Life | 1965 |
April 1 | The Andy Griffith Show | 1960 |
April 15 | I Spy | 1965 |
September 8 | Ultra Seven (Japan) | 1967 |
Unknown | The Mavis Bramston Show (Australia) | 1964 |
The Gumby Show | 1957 | |
The Road Runner Show (returned in 1971) | 1966 |
Date | Name | Notability |
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January 2 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | American actor |
January 5 | Carrie Ann Inaba | American dancer and actress ( In Living Color, Dancing with the Stars) |
January 6 | John Singleton | American director (died 2019) |
January 12 | Farrah Forke | American actress ( Wings, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) (died 2022) |
January 14 | LL Cool J | American actor and rapper ( In the House, NCIS: Los Angeles) |
January 16 | David Chokachi | American actor ( Baywatch, Beyond the Break) |
January 19 | Matt Hill | Canadian voice actor (Ed on Ed, Edd n Eddy) |
January 21 | Charlotte Ross | American actress ( Days of Our Lives, NYPD Blue) |
January 22 | Brian Jones | American host |
February 1 | Pauly Shore | American actor and comedian |
February 3 | Vlade Divac | NBA basketball player |
February 8 | Gary Coleman | American actor ( Diff'rent Strokes) (died 2010) |
February 12 | Josh Brolin | American actor ( The Young Riders) and son of James Brolin |
Chynna Phillips | American actress | |
February 13 | Kelly Hu | American actress ( Phineas and Ferb) |
February 14 | Phill Lewis | American actor ( The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) |
February 18 | Molly Ringwald | American actress ( The Facts of Life, The Secret Life of the American Teenager) |
February 22 | Jeri Ryan | American actress ( Star Trek: Voyager, Boston Public, Body of Proof) |
February 24 | Andy Berman | American actor ( Invader Zim) |
February 26 | Ed Quinn | American actor |
February 29 | Frank Woodley | Australian comedian |
Wendi Peters | English actress | |
Dana Schweiger | Model | |
Naoko Iijima | Actress | |
Suanne Braun | Actress | |
March 1 | Kat Cressida | American voice actress ( Dexter's Laboratory, Archer) |
March 2 | Daniel Craig | Actor |
March 4 | Patsy Kensit | Actress |
March 6 | Moira Kelly | American actress ( One Tree Hill) |
March 20 | Liza Snyder | American actress ( Yes, Dear, Man with a Plan) |
March 27 | Ben Koldyke | American actor |
March 29 | Lucy Lawless | Australian actress ( Xena: Warrior Princess) |
April 8 | Patricia Arquette | American actress ( Medium) |
April 10 | Orlando Jones | American comedian and actor ( Mad TV) |
April 12 | Tracy Vilar | American actress ( The Steve Harvey Show) |
April 14 | Anthony Michael Hall | American actor ( Saturday Night Live, The Dead Zone, Psych) |
April 20 | Jo Vannicola | Actor |
April 24 | Stacy Haiduk | American actress ( The Young and the Restless) |
Aidan Gillen | American actor | |
April 26 | Angela Santomero | American television executive producer |
April 29 | Steve Holland | American writer |
May 7 | Traci Lords | American actress |
May 10 | Erik Palladino | American actor ( ER) |
May 11 | Jeffrey Donovan | American actor ( Burn Notice) |
May 12 | Catherine Tate | English actress ( The Office) |
May 14 | Johnny A. Sanchez | American comedian and actor ( Mad TV) |
May 16 | Ralph Tresvant | Singer |
David Hollander | Writer | |
Stephen Mangan | Actor | |
May 20 | Timothy Olyphant | Actor |
May 27 | Spencer Kayden | Actress |
May 31 | Damian Kindler | Writer |
June 4 | Scott Wolf | American actor ( Party of Five, Everwood) |
June 7 | Mike Barker | American producer |
June 11 | Jacqueline Mazarella | American actress ( Everybody Hates Chris) |
June 14 | Yasmine Bleeth | American actress ( Baywatch) |
Regan Burns | Actor | |
June 18 | Gina Fattore | American producer |
June 20 | Robert Rodriguez | American filmmaker |
June 26 | Travis Fine | American actor ( The Young Riders) |
Shannon Sharpe | American sports analyst | |
June 28 | Adam Woodyatt | English actor ( EastEnders) |
Chayanne | Actor | |
June 29 | Brian d'Arcy James | Actor |
July 5 | Jillian Armenante | American actress ( Judging Amy) |
Tom McCarthy | American sportscaster | |
July 6 | John Dickerson | American journalist ( Face the Nation) |
July 7 | Amy Carlson | American actress ( Another World, Third Watch, Blue Bloods) |
Jorja Fox | American actress ( ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) | |
July 8 | Michael Weatherly | American actor ( Dark Angel, NCIS) |
July 11 | Conrad Vernon | American actor |
July 15 | Eddie Griffin | American comedian and actor ( Malcolm & Eddie) |
July 17 | Beth Littleford | Actress |
Bitty Schram | American actress ( Monk) | |
July 18 | Grant Bowler | Australian-New Zealand actor ( Blue Heelers, Outrageous Fortune, Defiance) |
Alex Désert | American actor ( Becker) | |
Andre Royo | American actor ( The Wire) | |
July 19 | Jim Norton | American comedian and actor ( Lucky Louie) |
July 22 | Llŷr Ifans | Actor |
July 23 | Beth Ehlers | American actress ( Guiding Light) |
Gary Payton | NBA basketball player | |
Stephanie Seymour | Actress | |
July 24 | Kristin Chenoweth | American actress and singer |
Laura Leighton | American actress ( Melrose Place, Pretty Little Liars) | |
July 26 | Cress Williams | American Actor ( Black Lightning) |
Olivia Williams | Actress | |
July 27 | Julian McMahon | Australian actor ( Profiler, Nip/Tuck) |
Jorge Salinas | Actor | |
Cliff Curtis | Actor | |
July 30 | Terry Crews | American actor and NFL football player ( Everybody Hates Chris, Are We There Yet?, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) |
August 2 | Melanie Hutsell | American comic actress ( Saturday Night Live) |
Alice Evans | American actress | |
August 4 | Daniel Dae Kim | Korean-American actor ( Lost, Hawaii Five-0) |
Lee Mack | Actor | |
August 8 | Kimberly Brooks | American voice actress ( Steven Universe, DC Super Hero Girls, Voltron: Legendary Defender) |
August 9 | Gillian Anderson | American-British actress ( The X-Files) |
Eric Bana | Actor | |
McG | American director | |
August 11 | Anna Gunn | American actress ( Breaking Bad) |
Sophie Okonedo | English actress | |
August 14 | Ben Bass | American-Canadian actor ( Forever Knight, Rookie Blue) |
Adrian Lester | Actor | |
Catherine Bell | British-born Iranian-American actress ( JAG, Army Wives) | |
August 15 | Debra Messing | American actress ( Will & Grace) |
August 16 | Karine Le Marchand | French television host |
August 17 | Orlagh Cassidy | American actress ( Guiding Light, Another World) |
August 25 | Rachael Ray | American author, chef and television host |
August 30 | Michelle Franzen | New York-based midday anchor |
September 2 | Cynthia Watros | American actress ( Guiding Light, The Drew Carey Show, Lost) |
September 4 | John DiMaggio | American voice actor ( Futurama, Samurai Jack, Kim Possible, Teen Titans, American Dragon: Jake Long, Chowder, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, Sanjay and Craig, The Loud House) |
September 9 | Jocelyn Seagrave | American actress ( Guiding Light) |
September 12 | Ramón Franco | American actor ( Tour of Duty) |
Paul F. Tompkins | American actor | |
September 20 | Philippa Forrester | British television presenter |
Van Jones | American political commentator ( CNN) | |
September 21 | Ricki Lake | American actress, talk show host |
September 25 | Will Smith | American actor and rapper ( The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) |
September 26 | Jim Caviezel | American actor ( The Passion of the Christ, Person of Interest) |
September 28 | Naomi Watts | British actress |
October 4 | Jennifer Gatti | American actress ( Guiding Light, The Young and the Restless) |
October 8 | Emily Procter | American actress ( The West Wing, CSI: Miami) |
October 11 | Jane Krakowski | American actress ( Ally McBeal, 30 Rock) |
October 12 | Hugh Jackman | Australian actor |
Adam Rich | American actor ( Eight is Enough) (died 2023) | |
October 13 | Tisha Campbell | American actress and singer ( Martin, My Wife and Kids) |
October 15 | Vanessa Marcil | American actress ( General Hospital, Beverly Hills, 90210, Las Vegas) |
October 20 | Sunny Hostin | American journalist and TV host |
October 27 | Cristina Perez | American judge |
October 28 | Chris Broussard | American sports analyst |
November 2 | Samantha Ferris | Canadian actress ( The 4400) |
November 5 | Matt Kunitz | American television executive producer |
November 6 | Kelly Rutherford | American actress ( Generations, Melrose Place, Gossip Girl) |
November 7 | Tracy Smith | American journalist |
November 10 | Tracy Morgan | American actor and comedian ( Saturday Night Live, Scare Tactics, 30 Rock) |
Tom Papa | American actor and comedian | |
November 14 | Steve Callaghan | American voice actor |
Roland Martin | American journalist | |
November 18 | Owen Wilson | American actor |
November 22 | Khalil Kain | American actor ( Girlfriends) |
November 25 | Jill Hennessy | Canadian actress ( Law & Order, Crossing Jordan) |
November 27 | Michael Vartan | French-American actor ( Alias, Hawthorne) |
December 2 | Lucy Liu | American actress ( Ally McBeal, Elementary, Maya & Miguel, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) |
December 3 | Brendan Fraser | American actor |
Montell Jordan | American singer | |
December 14 | Noelle Beck | American actress ( Loving) |
December 15 | Garrett Wang | American actor ( Star Trek: Voyager) |
December 17 | Greg Kelly | American conservative television anchor |
December 18 | Rachel Griffiths | Australian actress ( Six Feet Under, Brothers & Sisters) |
December 21 | Khrystyne Haje | American actress ( Head of the Class) |
December 22 | Lauralee Bell | American soap opera actress ( The Young and the Restless) |
December 26 | Bill Lawrence | American producer |
Date | Name | Age | Notability |
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May 9 | Marion Lorne | 84 | Actress (Aunt Clara on Bewitched) |
June 7 | Dan Duryea | 61 | Actor ( Peyton Place) |
September 19 | Red Foley | 58 | Singer ( Ozark Jubilee) |
October 13 | Bea Benaderet | 62 | Actress (Kate on Petticoat Junction; original voice of Betty Rubble on The Flintstones) |
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The year 1968 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1968.
Date | Show | Debut |
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January 15 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1964 |
January 20 | Birdman and the Galaxy Trio | 1967 |
February 4 | The Prisoner (UK) | |
February 7 | Cliff Dexter (West Germany) | 1966 |
March 6 | Lost in Space | 1965 |
March 11 | The Lucy Show | 1962 |
March 14 | Batman | 1966 |
March 15 | Speed Racer (Japan) | 1967 |
March 25 | The Monkees | 1966 |
Armchair Theatre (UK) | 1956 | |
The Bell Telephone Hour | 1959 | |
The Fulton Sheen Program | 1961 | |
The Stairlit Starways | ||
March 27 | Run for Your Life | 1965 |
April 1 | The Andy Griffith Show | 1960 |
April 15 | I Spy | 1965 |
September 8 | Ultra Seven (Japan) | 1967 |
Unknown | The Mavis Bramston Show (Australia) | 1964 |
The Gumby Show | 1957 | |
The Road Runner Show (returned in 1971) | 1966 |
Date | Name | Notability |
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January 2 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | American actor |
January 5 | Carrie Ann Inaba | American dancer and actress ( In Living Color, Dancing with the Stars) |
January 6 | John Singleton | American director (died 2019) |
January 12 | Farrah Forke | American actress ( Wings, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) (died 2022) |
January 14 | LL Cool J | American actor and rapper ( In the House, NCIS: Los Angeles) |
January 16 | David Chokachi | American actor ( Baywatch, Beyond the Break) |
January 19 | Matt Hill | Canadian voice actor (Ed on Ed, Edd n Eddy) |
January 21 | Charlotte Ross | American actress ( Days of Our Lives, NYPD Blue) |
January 22 | Brian Jones | American host |
February 1 | Pauly Shore | American actor and comedian |
February 3 | Vlade Divac | NBA basketball player |
February 8 | Gary Coleman | American actor ( Diff'rent Strokes) (died 2010) |
February 12 | Josh Brolin | American actor ( The Young Riders) and son of James Brolin |
Chynna Phillips | American actress | |
February 13 | Kelly Hu | American actress ( Phineas and Ferb) |
February 14 | Phill Lewis | American actor ( The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) |
February 18 | Molly Ringwald | American actress ( The Facts of Life, The Secret Life of the American Teenager) |
February 22 | Jeri Ryan | American actress ( Star Trek: Voyager, Boston Public, Body of Proof) |
February 24 | Andy Berman | American actor ( Invader Zim) |
February 26 | Ed Quinn | American actor |
February 29 | Frank Woodley | Australian comedian |
Wendi Peters | English actress | |
Dana Schweiger | Model | |
Naoko Iijima | Actress | |
Suanne Braun | Actress | |
March 1 | Kat Cressida | American voice actress ( Dexter's Laboratory, Archer) |
March 2 | Daniel Craig | Actor |
March 4 | Patsy Kensit | Actress |
March 6 | Moira Kelly | American actress ( One Tree Hill) |
March 20 | Liza Snyder | American actress ( Yes, Dear, Man with a Plan) |
March 27 | Ben Koldyke | American actor |
March 29 | Lucy Lawless | Australian actress ( Xena: Warrior Princess) |
April 8 | Patricia Arquette | American actress ( Medium) |
April 10 | Orlando Jones | American comedian and actor ( Mad TV) |
April 12 | Tracy Vilar | American actress ( The Steve Harvey Show) |
April 14 | Anthony Michael Hall | American actor ( Saturday Night Live, The Dead Zone, Psych) |
April 20 | Jo Vannicola | Actor |
April 24 | Stacy Haiduk | American actress ( The Young and the Restless) |
Aidan Gillen | American actor | |
April 26 | Angela Santomero | American television executive producer |
April 29 | Steve Holland | American writer |
May 7 | Traci Lords | American actress |
May 10 | Erik Palladino | American actor ( ER) |
May 11 | Jeffrey Donovan | American actor ( Burn Notice) |
May 12 | Catherine Tate | English actress ( The Office) |
May 14 | Johnny A. Sanchez | American comedian and actor ( Mad TV) |
May 16 | Ralph Tresvant | Singer |
David Hollander | Writer | |
Stephen Mangan | Actor | |
May 20 | Timothy Olyphant | Actor |
May 27 | Spencer Kayden | Actress |
May 31 | Damian Kindler | Writer |
June 4 | Scott Wolf | American actor ( Party of Five, Everwood) |
June 7 | Mike Barker | American producer |
June 11 | Jacqueline Mazarella | American actress ( Everybody Hates Chris) |
June 14 | Yasmine Bleeth | American actress ( Baywatch) |
Regan Burns | Actor | |
June 18 | Gina Fattore | American producer |
June 20 | Robert Rodriguez | American filmmaker |
June 26 | Travis Fine | American actor ( The Young Riders) |
Shannon Sharpe | American sports analyst | |
June 28 | Adam Woodyatt | English actor ( EastEnders) |
Chayanne | Actor | |
June 29 | Brian d'Arcy James | Actor |
July 5 | Jillian Armenante | American actress ( Judging Amy) |
Tom McCarthy | American sportscaster | |
July 6 | John Dickerson | American journalist ( Face the Nation) |
July 7 | Amy Carlson | American actress ( Another World, Third Watch, Blue Bloods) |
Jorja Fox | American actress ( ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) | |
July 8 | Michael Weatherly | American actor ( Dark Angel, NCIS) |
July 11 | Conrad Vernon | American actor |
July 15 | Eddie Griffin | American comedian and actor ( Malcolm & Eddie) |
July 17 | Beth Littleford | Actress |
Bitty Schram | American actress ( Monk) | |
July 18 | Grant Bowler | Australian-New Zealand actor ( Blue Heelers, Outrageous Fortune, Defiance) |
Alex Désert | American actor ( Becker) | |
Andre Royo | American actor ( The Wire) | |
July 19 | Jim Norton | American comedian and actor ( Lucky Louie) |
July 22 | Llŷr Ifans | Actor |
July 23 | Beth Ehlers | American actress ( Guiding Light) |
Gary Payton | NBA basketball player | |
Stephanie Seymour | Actress | |
July 24 | Kristin Chenoweth | American actress and singer |
Laura Leighton | American actress ( Melrose Place, Pretty Little Liars) | |
July 26 | Cress Williams | American Actor ( Black Lightning) |
Olivia Williams | Actress | |
July 27 | Julian McMahon | Australian actor ( Profiler, Nip/Tuck) |
Jorge Salinas | Actor | |
Cliff Curtis | Actor | |
July 30 | Terry Crews | American actor and NFL football player ( Everybody Hates Chris, Are We There Yet?, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) |
August 2 | Melanie Hutsell | American comic actress ( Saturday Night Live) |
Alice Evans | American actress | |
August 4 | Daniel Dae Kim | Korean-American actor ( Lost, Hawaii Five-0) |
Lee Mack | Actor | |
August 8 | Kimberly Brooks | American voice actress ( Steven Universe, DC Super Hero Girls, Voltron: Legendary Defender) |
August 9 | Gillian Anderson | American-British actress ( The X-Files) |
Eric Bana | Actor | |
McG | American director | |
August 11 | Anna Gunn | American actress ( Breaking Bad) |
Sophie Okonedo | English actress | |
August 14 | Ben Bass | American-Canadian actor ( Forever Knight, Rookie Blue) |
Adrian Lester | Actor | |
Catherine Bell | British-born Iranian-American actress ( JAG, Army Wives) | |
August 15 | Debra Messing | American actress ( Will & Grace) |
August 16 | Karine Le Marchand | French television host |
August 17 | Orlagh Cassidy | American actress ( Guiding Light, Another World) |
August 25 | Rachael Ray | American author, chef and television host |
August 30 | Michelle Franzen | New York-based midday anchor |
September 2 | Cynthia Watros | American actress ( Guiding Light, The Drew Carey Show, Lost) |
September 4 | John DiMaggio | American voice actor ( Futurama, Samurai Jack, Kim Possible, Teen Titans, American Dragon: Jake Long, Chowder, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, Sanjay and Craig, The Loud House) |
September 9 | Jocelyn Seagrave | American actress ( Guiding Light) |
September 12 | Ramón Franco | American actor ( Tour of Duty) |
Paul F. Tompkins | American actor | |
September 20 | Philippa Forrester | British television presenter |
Van Jones | American political commentator ( CNN) | |
September 21 | Ricki Lake | American actress, talk show host |
September 25 | Will Smith | American actor and rapper ( The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) |
September 26 | Jim Caviezel | American actor ( The Passion of the Christ, Person of Interest) |
September 28 | Naomi Watts | British actress |
October 4 | Jennifer Gatti | American actress ( Guiding Light, The Young and the Restless) |
October 8 | Emily Procter | American actress ( The West Wing, CSI: Miami) |
October 11 | Jane Krakowski | American actress ( Ally McBeal, 30 Rock) |
October 12 | Hugh Jackman | Australian actor |
Adam Rich | American actor ( Eight is Enough) (died 2023) | |
October 13 | Tisha Campbell | American actress and singer ( Martin, My Wife and Kids) |
October 15 | Vanessa Marcil | American actress ( General Hospital, Beverly Hills, 90210, Las Vegas) |
October 20 | Sunny Hostin | American journalist and TV host |
October 27 | Cristina Perez | American judge |
October 28 | Chris Broussard | American sports analyst |
November 2 | Samantha Ferris | Canadian actress ( The 4400) |
November 5 | Matt Kunitz | American television executive producer |
November 6 | Kelly Rutherford | American actress ( Generations, Melrose Place, Gossip Girl) |
November 7 | Tracy Smith | American journalist |
November 10 | Tracy Morgan | American actor and comedian ( Saturday Night Live, Scare Tactics, 30 Rock) |
Tom Papa | American actor and comedian | |
November 14 | Steve Callaghan | American voice actor |
Roland Martin | American journalist | |
November 18 | Owen Wilson | American actor |
November 22 | Khalil Kain | American actor ( Girlfriends) |
November 25 | Jill Hennessy | Canadian actress ( Law & Order, Crossing Jordan) |
November 27 | Michael Vartan | French-American actor ( Alias, Hawthorne) |
December 2 | Lucy Liu | American actress ( Ally McBeal, Elementary, Maya & Miguel, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) |
December 3 | Brendan Fraser | American actor |
Montell Jordan | American singer | |
December 14 | Noelle Beck | American actress ( Loving) |
December 15 | Garrett Wang | American actor ( Star Trek: Voyager) |
December 17 | Greg Kelly | American conservative television anchor |
December 18 | Rachel Griffiths | Australian actress ( Six Feet Under, Brothers & Sisters) |
December 21 | Khrystyne Haje | American actress ( Head of the Class) |
December 22 | Lauralee Bell | American soap opera actress ( The Young and the Restless) |
December 26 | Bill Lawrence | American producer |
Date | Name | Age | Notability |
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May 9 | Marion Lorne | 84 | Actress (Aunt Clara on Bewitched) |
June 7 | Dan Duryea | 61 | Actor ( Peyton Place) |
September 19 | Red Foley | 58 | Singer ( Ozark Jubilee) |
October 13 | Bea Benaderet | 62 | Actress (Kate on Petticoat Junction; original voice of Betty Rubble on The Flintstones) |