1965 in Television - Noted Debuts

Noted Debuts

• January 2 – World of Sport premieres on ITV in the UK with Eamonn Andrews as its first host (1965–1985).
• June 28 – Dick Clark's Where the Action Is premieres on ABC daytime (1965–1967).
• September 13 – Run for Your Life premieres on NBC (see above).
• September 14 – My Mother, the Car premieres on NBC (1965–1966) ... and sets a standard that comics and critics will joke about for years.
• September 14 – Please Don't Eat the Daisies premieres on NBC (1965–1967).
• September 15 – CBS debuts Lost in Space (1965–1968) and Green Acres (1965–1971). Meanwhile, on ABC, The Big Valley premieres (1965–1969), and NBC launches I Spy (1965–1968).
• September 16 – The Dean Martin Show premieres on NBC (1965–1974).
• September 17 – The Wild Wild West (1965–1969) and Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971) premiere on CBS.
• September 18 – I Dream of Jeannie premieres on NBC, and so does Get Smart (both 1965–1970).
• September 19 – The F.B.I. premieres on ABC (1965–1974).
• September 30 – Thunderbirds premieres on the ITV network (1965–1966).
• November 8 – The soap opera Days of our Lives debuts on NBC (1965–present).
• December 20 – 2 new game shows premiere on ABC's daytime schedule: the original Supermarket Sweep (1965–1967) and The Dating Game (1965–1973).
• Quentin Durgens, M.P. premieres (1965–1969).
• United! premieres on BBC1 in the UK (1965–1967).