The year 1967 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1967.
For the American TV schedule, see: 1967-68 American network television schedule.
Events
- January 15 - The inaugural Super Bowl is simulcast on CBS and NBC. Also on CBS later that evening, The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. At Sullivan's request, the band changes their lyrics from "Let's spend the night together" to "Let's spend some time together".
- February 23 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on American Bandstand. The band premieres their new music videos for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever".
- March - The long-running western Gunsmoke is renewed for the fall 1967 season, after widespread viewer protest. After CBS planned to cancel the aging Saturday-night series, outcry as far up as the United States Congress led the network to move Gunsmoke to the early evening on Mondays. To make room, Gilligan's Island, which had been renewed for next season, is canceled.
- May - David Dortort appoints himself executive producer of Bonanza, a move which took him out of the day-to-day running of the show. He chose to do this so he could spend all of his time on the series The High Chaparral.
- May 1 - "The United Network", formerly the Overmyer Network, finally starts broadcasts in the United States, and quickly fails after only a month on the air.
- June 25 - The Our World program airs to over 30 countries featuring performers from the represented countries the segment for the United Kingdom, features The Beatles performing "All You Need Is Love", with guests Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Graham Nash, Hunter Davies and others.
- July 1 - BBC2 becomes Europe's first colour TV broadcaster, though still experimental at this stage. The colour service is launched with live coverage from the Wimbledon Championships.
- July 10 - The Peanuts springtime special "You're in Love, Charlie Brown" airs for the first time on CBS.
- July 28 - In the VPRO television show Hoepla, model Phil Bloom flashes nude in front of the cameras. Several angry viewers complain by sending letters of protests.
- August 6 - First Formula One Grand Prix colour TV broadcast in West Germany, the 1967 German Grand Prix raced at Nürburgring.
- August 21 - ABC's Dark Shadows and CBS's As the World Turns are the first daytime soaps on their respective networks to go color.
- September 10 - The Who destroys their instruments during a performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
- September 17 - The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and perform "Light My Fire". Sullivan had requested that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show. Jim Morrison performed it the way it was written and The Doors were banned from the show.
- October 1 - First colour television was introduced in France using SECAM system.
- October 1 - In the VPRO TV show Hoepla, model Phil Bloom is seen reading a newspaper claiming that she will not appear naked again since the previous scandal on July the 28th. When she folds the newspaper however; she is completely nude. The emission creates a big scandal with even questions in the Dutch parliament about her nude appearance. It's the first time a nude woman appears in a television program.
- December 2 - Colour television is officially launched on BBC2.
- December 26 - The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour airs on BBC1 in the UK.
- All CBS soap operas transition from live to tape broadcasts.
- PAL and SECAM video standards introduced.
- A taped appearance by The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. The band premieres their new music video for the song "Hello Goodbye".
- The FCC orders that cigarette ads on television, radio and in print must include a warning about the health risks of smoking.
- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is established.
- Cissy King replaces Barbara Boylan as Bobby Burgess's dance partner on The Lawrence Welk Show.
- March 11 - This was the last day that French-language TV stations in Canada were required to run "personals" (classified advertising) between 6-7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
- January 29 - The first CBS Playhouse presentation, The Final War of Olly Winter, is televised.
Debuts
Television shows
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1960s
- Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
- My Three Sons (1960-1972).
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968).
- Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
- It's Academic (1961-present)
- The Avengers (UK) (1961-1969).
- The Fulton Sheen Program (1961-1968).
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961-1981).
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-1969).
- Match Game (1962-1969, 1973-1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999).
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971).
- The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
- The Lucy Show (1962-1968).
- The Saint (UK) (1962-1969).
- Z-Cars (UK) (1962-1978).
- Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present).
- General Hospital (1963-present).
- Petticoat Junction (1963-1970).
- The Doctors (1963-1982).
- Another World (1964-1999).
- Bewitched (1964-1972).
- Crossroads (UK) (1964-1988, 2001-2003).
- Daniel Boone (1964-1970).
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964-1970).
- Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
- Peyton Place (1964-1969).
- The Mavis Bramston Show (Australia) (1964-1968).
- The Wednesday Play (UK) (1964-1970).
- Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-2006).
- Days of our Lives (1965-present).
- Get Smart (1965-1970).
- Green Acres (1965-1971).
- Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971).
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970).
- Lost in Space (1965-1968).
- The Dean Martin Show (1965-1974).
- Tom and Jerry (1965-1972, 1975-1977, 1980-1982).
- World of Sport (1965-1985).
- Batman (1966-1968).
- Dark Shadows (1966-1971).
- Family Affair (1966-1971).
- Play School (1966-present).
- Star Trek (1966-1969).
- That Girl (1966-1971).
- The Money Programme (UK) (1966-present).
- The Monkees (1966-1968).
- Mission: Impossible (1966-1973).
- The Newlywed Game (1966-1974).
Ending this year
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