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The year 1960 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1960. ''For the American TV schedule, see: 1960-61 American network television schedule.'' ==Events== *February 10 – Jack Paar temporarily quits his television program because his monologue had been edited the night before, in favor of a three-minute news update. Parr walks out to the audience at the beginning of the show, announces that he is quitting, says "There's got to be a better way to make a living," and then walks off the stage. After network executives apologize personally, Parr resumed hosting the program a month later. His first show back starts with the words "As I was saying before I was interrupted...". *February and Late August through September - In a first for US Audiences, CBS broadcasts the 1960 Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics, on an exclusive basis, for $60,000. From Squaw Valley, American viewers were treated to 31 hours of coverage, which included a healthy mix of alpine skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, speed skating, and ski jumping. The Winter Olympic broadcast was hosted by Walter Cronkite while a young Jim McKay, who would go on to host ABC's Olympic coverage, did the Rome Games. *March 2 - Lucille Ball files for divorce from Desi Arnaz, ending their 20-year marriage and the ''I Love Lucy'' franchise on CBS. *June 20 – Nan Winton becomes the first national female newsreader on BBC television. *June 29 – The BBC Television Centre is opened in London. *September 24 – After thirteen seasons of entertaining American children, NBC children's show ''Howdy Doody'' ends with Clarabell the Clown saying the final two words of the show ("Goodbye Kids") after being assumed to only be mute. *September 25 – First Japanese colour television broadcast. *September 26 – American presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debate live by television. The candidates behavior and/or appearance during the debate may have altered the outcome of the election. In addition to being the first presidential debates to be televised, the debates also marked the first time "split screen" images were used by a network. *October 12 – Inejiro Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, is assassinated by Otoya Yamaguchi using a ''wakizashi'' (samurai sword) during a political debate in Tokyo being taped by Japanese television broadcaster NHK. *December 31 – Norma Zimmer officially becomes Lawrence Welk's "Champagne Lady" on ''The Lawrence Welk Show''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1960 in television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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