1964 in Television - Debuts

Debuts

• January 1 – Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television (1964–2006).
• January 4 - The Hollywood Palace premieres on ABC (1964–1970).
• January 10 - That Was The Week That Was (TW3) premieres on NBC-TV (9:30-10:00 ET) as a half-hour satirical revue broadcast live from New York after a successful hour-long special on November 10, 1963. The show, based on the BBC program of the same name, ran through May 4, 1965. It was revived as a one-time ABC special in 1985, and as a segment on ABC's Primetime Live ca. 2004-05.
• March 30 – The game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC daytime TV (1964–1975, 1978–1979 1984–present).
• May 4 – The American soap opera Another World debuts on NBC at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time, as a half-hour show (1964–1999).
• September 14 – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea premieres on ABC (1964–1968)
• September 15 – Peyton Place premieres on ABC (1964–1969).
• September 16 – Shindig! premieres on ABC (1964–1966).
• September 17 – Bewitched premieres on ABC (1964–1972).
• September 18 – The Addams Family premieres on ABC (1964–1966).
• September 18 – Jonny Quest premieres on ABC (1964–1965).
• September 19 – Flipper premieres on NBC (1964–1967).
• September 22 – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. premieres on NBC (1964–1968).
• September 24 – Daniel Boone premieres on NBC (1964–1970).
• September 24 – The Munsters premieres on CBS (1964–1966).
• September 25 – Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. premieres on CBS (1964–1970).
• September 26 – Gilligan's Island premieres on CBS (1964–1967).
• October 4 – This Hour Has Seven Days premieres on CBC in Canada (1964–1966).
• October 13 – Danger Man returns to ITV after being cancelled in 1961. It would later air on CBS as Secret Agent (1960–1961, 1964–1966).
• October 28 – The Wednesday Play premieres on BBC1 (1964–1970).
• November 2 – Crossroads premieres on ITV (1964–1988, 2001–2003).
• The Mavis Bramston Show premieres on ATN-7 in Australia (1964–1968).