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''For the American TV schedule, see: 1968-69 American network television schedule.'' The year 1968 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1968. ==Events== *January 20 – Houston defeats UCLA 71-69 at the Houston Astrodome in what is billed as "The Game of the Century"; the first prime-time national broadcast of men's college basketball *January 27 – The Lennon Sisters make their final appearance on ''The Lawrence Welk Show''. *January 31 - Turkey's first national TV channel TRT 1 was opened. *February 6 - The Xth Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble, France are the first Olympics to be fully broadcast in color for the U.S. market by ABC. *April 2 – British singer Petula Clark appears on a US television special on NBC with Harry Belafonte as a guest. An innocent, affectionate gesture between the two during a song (Clark touched Belafonte on the arm) prompts concern from the show's sponsor (Chrysler Corporation) due to the difference in their races. *April 4 – James Brown appears on national television in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following the assassination of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. *April 6 – The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the first to be televised in colour. *May 2 – The Israel Broadcasting Authority commences television broadcasts. *May 4 – Mary Hopkin performs on the British TV show ''Opportunity Knocks''. Hopkin catches the attention of model Twiggy, who recommends her to Beatle Paul McCartney. McCartney soon signs Hopkin to Apple Records. *May 20 – Harlech (which will become HTV in 1970) starts its dual service for Wales and the West Country, replacing the interim ITSWW, which had replaced TWW. * June 2 – The first cricket match to be televised in colour by the BBC, Surrey v International Cavaliers held at Cheam Cricket Club Ground. The game attracted 8,000 people. *October 13 - Actress Bea Benaderet of the popular CBS-TV sitcom Petticoat Junction dies of lung cancer at the age of 62 shortly after the start of the popular program's sixth season. *October 14 – First live television broadcast from a spacecraft in orbit, during the Apollo 7 mission. There were six broadcasts during the eleven-day mission. *October 21 – 25 – Joan Crawford makes a guest appearance for five episodes on the soap opera ''The Secret Storm,'' filling in for her ailing daughter, Christina. However, Joan slurs her lines and is obviously intoxicated during the tapings. *November 17 – NBC breaks away from a pro football game to air a TV movie adaptation of ''Heidi'', sparking furious protest. After the break away, the Oakland Raiders scored two touchdowns to defeat the New York Jets, in the final minute of play. *November 22 – William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols share the first interracial kiss on US television in the ''Star Trek'' episode "Plato's Stepchildren". *December 3 – Elvis Presley's ''If I Can Dream'' airs on NBC. It was parodied 25 years later in Krusty Gets Kancelled, with Elvis Presley being replaced by Krusty the Clown. *December 24 – Apollo 8 broadcasts to the Earth, relaying a report that there is a Santa Claus and reading a passage from the Book of Genesis. ;Also in 1968 *Rosemary Prinz, one of the first big soap opera stars, leaves ''As the World Turns'' in a less-than-amicable departure. *Nearly 200 million households now own television sets, 78 million of which are in the US. * ''The Guiding Light'' and ''Search for Tomorrow'' expand to 30 minutes. * The last round screen color TV sets are produced by all American manufacturers. 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「1968 in television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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