''For the American network television schedule, please see 1995-96 American Network Television Schedule .''
- January 1 - French Canadian Cable Television network Réseau De L'information is launched.
- January 11 - The WB Television Network is launched.
- January 16 - The United Paramount Network ( UPN ) is launched.
- January 24 - The O. J. Simpson trial begins live broadcasts on American daytime television; as a result, many of the network Soap Opera s are partially pre-empted, more or less, for nine months. The trial also causes the ratings of all soaps to steadily decline.
- February 3 - In the UK , an edition of the live morning ITV discussion programme '' The Time The Place '' is abruptly ended ten minutes early. After an item about men's fashion featured a black male model wearing a skirt, another black man in the audience starts complaining that the show is racist, eventually making his way onto the stage.
- February 19 - Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries '' Baywatch '' Actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún . The bride wore a white bikini.
- April 12 - Drew Barrymore appears on '' The Late Show With David Letterman ''. In honor of Letterman's birthday, guest Barrymore dances on his desk and flashes him on-air.
- May 12 - '' As The World Turns '' airs its milestone 10,000th episode.
- May - ABC announces that an episode of the soap opera '' All My Children '' will be pulled from airing due to the recent Oklahoma City Bombing ; in the story, villainess Janet Green ( Robin Mattson ) was supposed to blow up the church in which her ex Trevor Dillon ( James Kiberd ) was to marry her rival Laurel Banning ( Felicity LaFortune ).
- July - The Walt Disney Company announces that it will purchase ABC; the deal is finalized in January 1996 .
- October 1 - Disney Channel A British version of the ( Disney Channel ) launched in the United Kingdom .
- November - Stone Cates dies of AIDS on '' General Hospital '' shortly after his lover, Robin Scorpio, confesses that he infected her with the HIV virus.
- Larry Hagman , former star of '' Dallas '' and '' I Dream Of Jeannie '', undergoes a liver transplant.
- Television programs '' ROX '' and '' Computer Chronicles '' are broadcast via the Internet —these are the first Internet broadcasts in the history of television.
- Zee TV ( Hindi television channel) launched in the UK .
- Will Ferrel joins Saturday Night Live
- February 5 - Doug McClure , actor.
- April 4 - Kenny Everett , Comedian , actor.
- April 23 - Howard Cosell , journalist.
- April 25 - Art Fleming , host of the original '' Jeopardy! ''
- May 18 - Elizabeth Montgomery , actress (Samantha Stephens on '' Bewitched '').
- June 30 - Gale Gordon , actor (Mr. Mooney on '' The Lucy Show '').
- July 4 - Eva Gabor , actress (Lisa Douglas on '' Green Acres '').
- August 3 - Ida Lupino , actress, director.
- September 12 - Jeremy Brett , actor ( Sherlock Holmes in '' The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes '').
- November 4 - Paul Eddington , actor.
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