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''For the American TV schedule, see: 1975-76 United States network television schedule.'' The year 1975 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of television-related events which happened that year. ==Events== *January 3, 1975 – The original ''Jeopardy!'' ends its run after almost 11 years and 2,753 episodes on NBC * *Also on NBC, the biggest prize in American daytime television game shows at the time is won on ''Jackpot'', $38,750, split between two contestants *January 6 – ''Another World'' becomes the first American soap opera to start airing hour-long telecasts * *''Wheel of Fortune'' airs its first episode on NBC's daytime schedule with host Chuck Woolery and assistant Susan Stafford * *The ORTF is dislocked into 7 societies: TF1, Antenne 2, FR3, INA, SFP, Radio France & TDF *January 11 – On ''All in the Family'', a tearful Edith says goodbye to her neighbor, Louise Jefferson as ''The Jeffersons'' moved on up to their own sitcom *March 1 – "C-Day" in Australia; full-time colour broadcasting takes effect *March 4 – The first ''People's Choice Awards'' presentation on CBS *March 18 – McLean Stevenson's character dies in the ''M *A *S *H'' episode "Abyssinia, Henry", its third season finale *April 3 – Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon) marries Hugh Mortimer (John Bentley) on the soap opera ''Crossroads'' *April 12 – On The Jeffersons, Mike Evans makes his last appearance (until 1979), with Damon Evans (no relation to Michael) joining the cast *April 21 – ''Days of Our Lives'' becomes the second American soap opera to expand from thirty minutes to an hour in length *April 25 – "Alice Cooper: The Nightmare" airs on ABC *April 28 – Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on ''The Tomorrow Show'' *June 5 – Fred Silverman becomes the head of ABC Entertainment, whose programming choices resulted in ABC achieving ratings dominance (and initiating an era of what was disparagingly called "T&A" or "Jiggle television") *September 5 – A bomb explodes in the wine bar/delicatessen on ''Number 96'', in an attempt to shake up the cast and earn back lost viewers *September 8 – ''The Price is Right'' is expanded to an hour in length, with six games and two Showcase Showdowns, for one week as an experiment; the format is made permanent two months later * *''Match Game'' starts airing weekly episodes in syndicated primetime as ''Match Game PM''. *September 29 – WGPR-TV, channel 62 in Detroit, becomes the first television station in the U.S. to be owned and operated by blacks (It is now CBS-owned WWJ-TV) *September 30 – The Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier title fight from the Philippines (the "Thrilla in Manila") is sent via satellite to the U. S. and shown on HBO *October 16 – The "Balibo Five" Australian television journalists are killed at Balibo by Indonesian Army special forces in the buildup to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor *October 25 – The classic "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' airs on CBS *October 28 – A James Bond film is shown on British television for the first time, ''Dr. No'' on ITV * November – Sony introduces the Betamax video recorder in the US, which comes in a teakwood console with a 19" color TV set and retails for $2,495 *November 7 – ''The New Original Wonder Woman'' TV movie airs as a pilot for the series, ''Wonder Woman'' (which premiered in 1976) *November 10 – ''The Guiding Light'' changes its name to ''Guiding Light'', in an attempt to modernize the show's image (The show's announcer, however, continues to call the series ''The Guiding Light'' in his announcements until the early 1980s) *November 23 – Memories of the "Heidi Game" return to haunt NBC as that network is forced to join ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' in progress at the conclusion of an overtime NFL game *December 1 – Top-rated ''As the World Turns'', bowing to competition from NBC, expands to one hour in length; ''The Edge of Night'' moves to ABC 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「1975 in television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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