1978 in American television

Television related events in the USA during 1978

List of years in American television:

* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981

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1977–78 United States network television schedule
1978–79 United States network television schedule
List of American television programs currently in production

This is a list of American television-related events in 1978.

## Events

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Date | Event

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January 15  | Super Bowl XII airs on CBS, the first time the NFL's championship event is played and telecast at night. The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Denver Broncos 27-10.
January 23  | Roots One Year Later, a special examining the impact and influence of the miniseries, airs on ABC.
January 28  | The Doobie Brothers make a guest appearance on ABC's What's Happening!!
February 5  | ABC celebrates its silver anniversary with a retrospective special.
February 28  | Robin Williams makes his first appearance as Mork from Ork on an episode of Happy Days on ABC. The episode proved to be such a success, that it would soon give way to a spin-off starring Williams entitled Mork & Mindy.
March 7  | Showtime goes nationwide on the air.
March 22  | The Beatles spoof The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash airs on NBC.
March 26 – April 1  | CBS commemorates its golden anniversary in radio and TV broadcasting with CBS: On the Air, a 9½-hour retrospective special airing over 7 nights.
April 16–19  | Holocaust, starring James Woods and Meryl Streep first airs on NBC.
April 22  | The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on NBC's Saturday Night Live; the duo of Jake & Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) are introduced in a skit by Paul Shaffer (as Don Kirshner) and performs "Hey Bartender".
April 26  | Ringo Starr's, Ringo, a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper, airs on NBC, with Starr's fellow former Beatle, George Harrison, providing the narration.
May 1  | KDOG-TV, Houston's independent station, changes its call sign to KRIV-TV following its purchase by Metromedia.
June 12  | WHNB-TV, NBC affiliate in New Britain/Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut, changes its name to its current WVIT-TV, shortly after Viacom purchased the station.
June 26  | WTOP-TV changes its call sign to WDVM-TV. In return the NBC affiliate, WWJ-TV changes its call sign to WDIV-TV.
July 1  | In Charlotte, North Carolina, NBC affiliate WSOC-TV leaves the network and joins ABC, citing a stronger affiliation (at the time, NBC is in last place among the three major networks, while ABC is in first place). NBC eventually aligns with Ted Turner-owned independent station WRET-TV (now WCNC-TV), tempted by promises Turner made to NBC to make $2.5 million worth of upgrades, including a stronger transmitter and the launch of a news department; former ABC affiliate WCCB becomes an independent station, and eventually a charter affiliate of Fox in 1986.[1]
July 10  | On ABC, the ABC Evening News is revamped to become ABC World News Tonight, employing a unique three-anchor setup (Frank Reynolds serving as lead anchor from Washington, Max Robinson presenting national news from Chicago, and Peter Jennings with international news from London).
August 1  | Taking advantage of an oral escape-clause in his contract with ABC, Harry Reasoner returns to CBS, eventually rejoining 60 Minutes, the program he anchored with Mike Wallace from its 1968 premiere until he joined ABC News in 1970.
September 17  | The ceremony formalizing the success of the peace talks between Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat—the Camp David accords—is televised live from the White House East Room.
September 19  | The chairs on which Archie and Edith Bunker sat through 8 seasons of the CBS comedy All in the Family are presented to the Smithsonian Institution.
September 27  | Replacing Zara Cully and Damon Evans, Jay Hammer joins the cast of the CBS comedy The Jeffersons, for a short period of time.
October 7  | On NBC's Saturday Night Live, The Rolling Stones become the first and to date, only band to serve as both hosts and musical guests in the same episode.
October 31  | On NBC, Norma Brown wins $28,800 playing the Money Cards on Card Sharks, the first and only time a contestant has won the maximum amount.
November 9  | Jack Soo makes his final appearance as Nick Yemana on the ABC sitcom Barney Miller prior to his death from cancer on January 11, 1979. The Season 5 finale of Barney Miller (airing later that May) would subsequently, feature the cast stepping out of character to pay tribute to Soo.
November 12  | In Fort Smith, Arkansas, KLMN-TV (now Fox affiliate KFTA-TV) signs-on the air and takes CBS programming from KFPW-TV/KTVP. Both KFPW-TV and KTVP subsequently become full-time ABC affiliates, giving Fort Smith in-market affiliates of all three major networks.
November 17  | The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS. The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming Star Wars sequel.

## Programs

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### Debuting this year

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Date  | Show  | Network

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January 28  | Fantasy Island | ABC
February 12  | How the West Was Won | CBS
February 19  | Project U.F.O. | NBC
March 10  | The Incredible Hulk | CBS
April 2  | Dallas
April 3  | Pass the Buck | CBS
Ever Increasing Faith | Syndication
April 5  | The Amazing Spider-Man | CBS
April 8  | The Ted Knight Show | CBS
Another Day
April 24  | Card Sharks | NBC
April 25  | Vega$ | ABC
June 6  | 20/20
July 3  | Tic Tac Dough | CBS
July 10  | World News Tonight | ABC
September 7  | Grandpa Goes to Washington | NBC
September 8  | The Eddie Capra Mysteries
September 9  | Fabulous Funnies
Fantastic Four
Godzilla
Yogi's Space Race
Fangface | ABC
The All New Popeye Hour | CBS
The Paper Chase
Tarzan and the Super 7
September 10  | Kaz
Sword of Justice | NBC
September 12  | Taxi | ABC
Battle of the Planets |  Syndication
September 13  | W.E.B. | NBC
September 14  | Mork & Mindy | ABC
September 17  | Battlestar Galactica
Lifeline | NBC
September 18  | WKRP in Cincinnati | CBS
September 22  | The Waverly Wonders | NBC
Who's Watching the Kids
September 23  | Apple Pie | ABC
The American Girls | CBS
September 24  | Mary
October 1  | Centennial | NBC
October 30  | A.M. Weather | PBS
November 2  | David Cassidy: Man Undercover | NBC
November 3  | Diff'rent Strokes
November 27  | The White Shadow | CBS

### Resuming this year

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Show | Last aired | Previous network | Retitled as/Same | Returning

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High Rollers | 1976  | NBC | Same  | April 24
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! | 1970  | CBS | September 9
Jeopardy! | 1975  | NBC | The All-New Jeopardy! | October 2

### Ending this year

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Date  | Show  | Debut

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March 6  | The Six Million Dollar Man | 1973
March 18  | Kojak | 1973
March 29  | The Carol Burnett Show | 1967
March 30  | Police Woman | 1974
March 31  | Tattletales
April 1  | The Bob Newhart Show | 1972
April 7  | Quark | 1977
April 28  | C.P.O. Sharkey | 1976
April 29  | Maude | 1972
Another Day | 1978
May 13  | The Ted Knight Show
The Bionic Woman | 1976
Columbo | 1971
May 18  | Baretta | 1975
July 21  | Chico and the Man | 1974
September 1  | Fred Flintstone and Friends | 1977
October 28  | Laff-A-Lympics
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
November 10  | The American Girls | 1978
December 2  | Yogi's Space Race
December 4  | Lucan | 1977
December 9  | Rhoda | 1974
December 16  | The New Fantastic Four | 1978
December 23  | The Scooby-Doo Show | 1976
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! | 1969

### Made-for-TV movies and miniseries

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Title  | Network  | Date of airing

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The Dain Curse | CBS  | May 22–24
King | NBC  | February 12–14
Holocaust | April 16–19
Zuma Beach | September 27
Centennial | October 1–February 4
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival | October 24
The Time Machine | November 5
Someone's Watching Me! | November 29

## Networks and services

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### Launches

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Network  | Type  | Launch date  | Notes  | Source

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Home Theater Network | Cable television  | September 1  |  |
INSP | Cable television  | Unknown  |  |
WGN-TV | Cable television  | November 9  |  |
Operation Prime Time | Cable television  | Unknown  |  |

### Network conversions and rebrandings

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Network  | Type  | Conversion date  | Source

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Hughes Television Network | Paramount Television Service | April  |  |
Paramount Television Service | Hughes Television Network | Unknown  |  |

### Closures

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There are no closures for Cable and satellite television channels in this year.

## Television stations

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### Station launches

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Date  | City of License/Market | Station | Channel  | Affiliation  | Notes/Ref.

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January 3  | Rock Hill, South Carolina
(Charlotte, North Carolina) | WNSC-TV | 30  | PBS | Part of South Carolina ETV
February 9  | Martin, South Dakota | KZSD-TV | 8  | Part of South Dakota Public Broadcasting
March 23  | Washington, D.C. | WPXW-TV | 66  | Religious independent |
March 26  | Manassas, Virginia/Washington, D.C. | WTKK | 66  |
May 1  | Mason City, Iowa | KYIN | 24  | PBS  | Part of Iowa Public Television
August 6  | Cheyenne, Oklahoma | KWET | 12  | Part of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
August 9  | Shreveport, Louisiana | KLTS-TV | 24  | Part of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
August 18  | El Paso, Texas | KCOS | 13  |
August 21  | Cookeville, Tennessee | WCTE | 22  |
September 2  | Phoenix, Arizona | KTVW | 23  | Spanish International Network | Now a Univision affiliate
September 9  | KNXV-TV | 15  | Independent  |
September 26  | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WPTT-TV | 22  |
September 27  | Montpelier, Vermont | WNNE | 31  | NBC  | Signed on as a satellite of WPTZ-TV/Plattsburgh, New York
October 1  | Juneau, Alaska | KTOO-TV | 3  | PBS | Satellite of KAKM/Anchorage
October 24  | Salt Lake City, Utah | KSTU | 20 (now 13)  | Independent  |
November 12  | Fort Smith, Arkansas | KLMN-TV | 24  | CBS  |
November 27  | Rockford, Illinois | WQRF-TV | 39  | Independent  |
December 17  | Kansas City, Missouri | KYFC | 50  | Was previously on air as KCIT-TV from 1969 to 1971.

### Network affiliation changes

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Date  | City of license/Market  | Station  | Channel  | Old affiliation  | New affiliation  | Notes/Ref.

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July 1  | Charlotte, North Carolina | WCCB | 18  | ABC  | Independent  |
WRET-TV | 36  | Independent  | NBC  |
WSOC-TV | 9  | NBC  | ABC  |

### Station closures

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Date  | City of license/Market  | Station  | Channel  | Affiliation  | Sign-on date  | Notes/Ref.

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April 9  | Greenfield, Massachusetts | WRLP | 32  | NBC  | June 29, 1957  |
August 15  | Warrensburg/Sedalia, Missouri
(Columbia/Jefferson City) | KMOS-TV | 6  | CBS  | July 8, 1954
(as an independent station) | Returned to the air December 22, 1979 as a PBS member station

## Births

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Date | Name | Notability

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January 2  | Patricia de Leon | Actress
January 3  | Kimberley Locke | TV Personality (American Idol, Little Talent Show)[2]
January 5  | January Jones | Actress (Mad Men, The Last Man on Earth)
January 7  | Ryan Star | Singer
January 8  | Ron Pederson | Canadian actor (Mad TV)
January 9  | AJ McLean | Actor and singer (Backstreet Boys)
January 10  | Jill Nicolini | Actress
January 14  | Sage Brocklebank | Actor
January 15  | Jamie Clayton | Actress (Sense8)
Eddie Cahill | Actor (CSI: NY)
January 24  | Kristen Schaal | Actress (Bob's Burgers, The Last Man on Earth, Gravity Falls)
January 26  | Kelly Stables | Actress (W.I.T.C.H., Two and a Half Men, The Exes)
February 2  | Rich Sommer | Actor (Mad Men)
February 3  | Kelly Sullivan | Actress (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger)
Eliza Schneider | Actress (Beakman's World, South Park, Squirrel Boy)
February 6  | Har Mar Superstar | Actor
February 7  | Ashton Kutcher | Actor (That '70s Show, Two and a Half Men)
February 14  | Joanna Canton  | Actress
Danai Gurira | Actor (The Walking Dead)
February 16  | John Tartaglia | Actor
February 20  | Lauren Ambrose | Actress (Six Feet Under)
Chelsea Peretti | Actress (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Jay Hernandez | Actor
February 21  | Nicole Parker | Comedian, actress and singer (Mad TV)
February 24  | Nicole Lyn | Actress
February 28  | Geoffrey Arend | Actor
March 1  | Donovan Patton | Actor (Blue's Clues, Team Umizoomi, Clarence)
Jensen Ackles | Actor (Days of Our Lives, Dark Angel, Smallville, Supernatural)
March 5  | Kimberly McCullough | Actress (Once and Again, General Hospital)
March 8  | Nick Zano | Actor (What I Like About You)
March 11  | Rob Simonsen | Composer
March 14  | Chris McCaleb | Director
March 16  | Matthew Montgomery | Actor
Brooke Burns | Actress
March 17  | Patrick Seitz | Actor
March 19  | Virginia Williams | Actress (One Life to Live, Monarch Cove, Fairly Legal)
March 23  | Anastasia Griffith | Actress (Damages, Trauma, Copper)
David Tom | Actor
Nicholle Tom | Actress (The Nanny)
Perez Hilton | Blogger
March 24  | Amanda Brugel | Actress
March 25  | Maribeth Monroe | Actress and comedian (Workaholics, The Brink)
April 1  | Jason Bell | American former professional football player
April 2  | Jaime Ray Newman | Actress (General Hospital, Eastwick)
Deon Richmond | Actor (The Cosby Show, Sister, Sister)
April 3  | Matthew Goode | Actor
April 6  | Lauren Ridloff | Actress
Tim Hasselbeck | American sports journalist
April 7  | Nelson Cragg | Director
Jimmy Akingbola | Actor
April 12  | Riley Smith | Actor
April 13  | Kyle Howard | Actor (My Boys)
April 15  | Chris Stapleton | Singer
April 17  | Lindsay Hartley | Actress and singer (Days of Our Lives, All My Children, Passions)
Adam Jamal Craig  | Actor (NCIS: Los Angeles)
April 19  | James Franco | Actor (Freaks and Geeks)
Sheinelle Jones | American journalist and news anchor
April 20  | Clayne Crawford | Actor (Lethal Weapon)
Matt Austin | Actor (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
Matthew Wilkas | Actor
April 22  | Manu Intiraymi  | Actor (Star Trek: Voyager)
April 23  | Ian Brennan | Actor and writer
April 26  | Stana Katic | Actress (Castle)
Pablo Schreiber | Canadian-American actor (The Wire, Orange Is the New Black)
Stephen Williams | Jamaican-Canadian director
April 28  | Nate Richert | Actor (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Robert Oliveri | Former actor
April 29  | Tyler Labine | Actor (New Amsterdam)
May 1  | James Badge Dale | Actor (24, The Pacific, Rubicon)
May 2  | Kumail Nanjiani | American-Pakistani actor (Silicon Valley, Franklin & Bash, Adventure Time)
May 4  | Erin Andrews | Actress
May 5  | Santiago Cabrera | Venezuelan-born Chilean-British actor (Heroes)
May 8  | Matthew Davis | Actor (The Vampire Diaries)
May 9  | Daniel Franzese | Actor
May 10  | Corri English | Actress
Kenan Thompson | Actor (All That, Kenan & Kel, Saturday Night Live)
May 12  | Jason Biggs | Actor (Orange Is the New Black, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Malin Akerman | Actress (Childrens Hospital, Trophy Wife, Billions)
May 13  | Brooke Anderson | Former co-host of The Insider
May 15  | David Krumholtz | Actor (Numb3rs)
Caroline Dhavernas | Actress (Off the Map, Hannibal, Mary Kills People)
May 16  | Jim Sturgess | Actor
May 17  | Kat Foster | Actress ('Til Death)
Carlos Peña | Broadcaster
May 22  | Ginnifer Goodwin | Actress (Ed, Big Love, Once Upon a Time)
May 24  | Bryan Greenberg | Actor (October Road), (How to Make It in America)
May 26  | Benji Gregory | Actor (ALF)
Adam Robitel | Director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
May 27  | Cindy Sampson | Canadian actress (Supernatural)
May 28  | Jake Johnson | Actor (New Girl)
June 1  | Link Neal | TV host
June 2  | Justin Long | Actor (Ed)
Nikki Cox | Actress (Unhappily Ever After, Las Vegas)
June 4  | Robin Taylor | Actor (Gotham)
June 5  | Nick Kroll | Actor, comedian and writer (The League, Kroll Show)
Rob Nelson | Afternoon anchor for Newsy, Scripps Television's all news channel
June 6  | Judith Barsi | Actress (d. 1988)
June 7  | Bill Hader | Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, South Park, Documentary Now!)
June 8  | Maria Menounos | Actress
June 9  | Michaela Conlin | Actress (Bones)
Brian Patrick Wade | Actor
June 10  | Shane West | Actor (Once and Again, ER, Nikita)
DJ Qualls | Actor (Legit)
June 11  | Joshua Jackson | Canadian actor (Dawson's Creek, Fringe)
June 12  | Shiloh Strong | Actor
Timothy Simons | Actor (Veep)
Jeremy Rowley | Actor
June 13  | Bianna Golodryga | Moldovan-born American journalist
June 15  | Ethan Embry | Actor (Brotherhood)
June 18  | Tara Platt | Voice actress (Naruto, Bleach, Ben 10: Omniverse)
June 19  | Dirk Nowitzki | NBA basketball player
Zoe Saldana | Actress
Mía Maestro | Actress and singer
June 20  | Mike Birbiglia | Actor
Quinton Jackson | Actor
June 21  | Erica Durance | Canadian actress (Smallville, Saving Hope)
June 24  | Geoff Keighley | Canadian gaming TV presenter (GT.TV, G4tv.com, Spike Video Game Awards)
June 26  | Tory Mussett | Actress
June 27  | Courtney Ford | Actress
June 29  | Lenard McKelvey | Media Personality (Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne, Hell of A Week)
Luke Kirby | Actor
Nicole Scherzinger | Singer
July 1  | Hillary Tuck | Actress (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show)
July 2  | Owain Yeoman | Actor
July 4  | Becki Newton | Actress (Ugly Betty, The Goodwin Games)
Andrea Gabriel  | Actress (Lost)
July 6  | Adam Busch | Actor (The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Men at Work)
Tamera Mowry | Actress (Sister, Sister, Strong Medicine, Tia & Tamera)
Tia Mowry | Actress (Sister, Sister, Bratz, The Game, Tia & Tamera, Instant Mom)
July 8  | Rachael Lillis | Actress
July 9  | Linda Park | South Korean actress (Star Trek: Enterprise)
Sundance Head | Singer (American Idol, The Voice)
Kyle Davis | Actor
July 11  | Jeremy Rowley | Actor (iCarly, Bunsen Is a Beast)
July 12  | Michelle Rodriguez | Actress (Lost)
Topher Grace | Actor (That '70s Show)
July 13  | Jessica Barth | Actress
July 15  | Greg Sestero | Actor
July 18  | Eddie Matos | Actor (Port Charles)
July 19  | Ginifer King  | Actress (The Haunted Hathaways)
Mark Proksch | Actor
Marcela Valladolid | American chef
July 21  | Josh Hartnett | Actor
Justin Bartha | Actor
July 22  | A. J. Cook | Actress (Higher Ground, Criminal Minds)
July 24  | Jeff Mauro | Co-host of the Food Network series The Kitchen
August 2  | Natashia Williams | Actress (Romeo!)
August 3  | Shanelle Workman | Actress
August 6  | Marisa Miller | Actress
August 8  | Countess Vaughn | Actress and singer (Moesha, The Parkers)
August 15  | Jennie Eisenhower | Actress
August 18  | Andy Samberg | Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
August 20  | Noah Bean | Actor (Damages, Nikita)
August 22  | James Corden | English comedian and host (The Late Late Show)
August 23  | Kobe Bryant | NBA basketball player (died 2020)
August 24  | Beth Riesgraf | Actress (Leverage, Caper)
August 25  | Kel Mitchell | Actor (All That, Kenan & Kel, Clifford the Big Red Dog, One on One, Pink Panther and Pals, Wild Grinders, Game Shakers)
August 26  | Amanda Schull | Actress (Pretty Little Liars, Suits, 12 Monkeys)
August 28  | Kelly Overton | Actress (All My Children, True Blood, Legends)
Rachel Kimsey | Actress (The Young and the Restless, Justice League Action)
August 29  | Danielle Hampton | Actress
September 4  | Wes Bentley | Actor (American Horror Story)
September 6  | Mathew Horne | Actor
September 7  | Devon Sawa | Actor
September 12  | Ben McKenzie | Actor (The O.C., Southland, Gotham)
Ruben Studdard | Singer and actor
September 13  | Megan Henning | Actress (7th Heaven)
September 16  | Michael Mosley | Actor (Scrubs, Pan Am, Sirens)
Matthew Rogers | American television host
September 17  | Nick Cordero | Actor (died 2020)
September 18  | Billy Eichner | Actor
September 20  | Charlie Weber | Actor (How to Get Away with Murder)
September 22  | Daniella Alonso | Actress (Revolution, The Night Shift)
September 23  | Keri Lynn Pratt | Actress (Jack & Bobby)
Josh Miller | Filmmaker
Anthony Mackie | Actor
September 25  | Rossif Sutherland | Actor
September 28  | Peter Cambor | Actor (NCIS: Los Angeles)
Nikki McKibbin | Singer (Popstars, American Idol) (died 2020)
October 1  | Katie Aselton | Actress
Nicole Atkins | Singer-songwriter
October 3  | Shannyn Sossamon | Actress
Jake Shears | Singer
Christian Coulson | Actor
October 4  | Dana Davis | Actress (Heroes, 10 Things I Hate About You, Franklin & Bash)
Phillip Glasser | Actor
Mark Day | Actor
October 5  | James Valentine | American musician
Morgan Webb | TV host
Jesse Palmer | TV host
October 7  | Omar Benson Miller | Actor (CSI: Miami, Ballers, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
October 10  | Jodi Lyn O'Keefe | Actress (Nash Bridges, Prison Break)
October 14  | Usher | Singer and Actor
October 15  | Devon Gummersall | Actor (My So-Called Life)
October 16  | Kala Savage | Actress
Novie Edwards  | Actress and singer (Cyberchase, Total Drama Island)
October 17  | Erin Karpluk | Canadian actress (Being Erica)
October 18  | Wesley Jonathan | Actor (City Guys, What I Like About You, The Soul Man)
Jake Farrow | American television writer and actor
October 20  | Dionne Quan | Voice actress (Rugrats, The Fairly OddParents, All Grown Up!, Bratz)
David Caspe | American film and television writer
October 21  | Will Estes | Actor (American Dreams, Blue Bloods)
Michael McMillian | Actor (What I Like About You, True Blood, Hot in Cleveland)
October 22  | Zuzanna Szadkowski | Polish-American actress (Gossip Girl)
October 25  | Zachary Knighton | Actor
October 26  | CM Punk | Actor
October 27  | David Walton | Actor (New Girl, About a Boy)
October 28  | Gwendoline Christie | English actress (Wizards vs Aliens, Game of Thrones) and singer
Justin Guarini | Singer
October 30  | Matthew Morrison | Actor (Glee)
October 31  | Brian Hallisay | Actor (Privileged, The Client List, Revenge)
November 1  | Mary Kate Schellhardt | Actress
November 2  | Erika Flores | Actress (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
November 6  | Nicole Dubuc | Actress (Major Dad, Young Justice)
Taryn Manning | Actress
Erik Cole | Former professional ice hockey left winger
November 9  | Sisqó | Actor
November 10  | Eve | Rapper and actress (Eve)
Diplo | DJ
David Paetkau | Canadian actor (Flashpoint)
November 12  | Ashley Williams | Actress (As the World Turns, Good Morning, Miami, The Jim Gaffigan Show)
November 15  | Samantha Shelton | Actress (Monarch Cove)
November 17  | Zoë Bell | New Zealand actress
Tom Ellis | Actor
Rachel McAdams | Actress (True Detective)
November 18  | Daniel Chong | Animator
November 19  | Eric Nenninger | Actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
Chad Doreck | Voice actor (Brad Carbunkle on My Life as a Teenage Robot)
November 20  | Nadine Velazquez | Actress (My Name is Earl, The League, Major Crimes) and model
November 24  | Katherine Heigl | Actress (Roswell, Grey's Anatomy, State of Affairs)
November 28  | Aimee Garcia | Actress (Greetings from Tucson, All About the Andersons, George Lopez, Dexter)
November 29  | Lauren German | Actress (Chicago Fire)
November 30  | Clay Aiken | Singer (American Idol, Celebrity Apprentice)
December 1  | Jen Psaki | MSNBC political analyst and former press secretary
December 2  | Nelly Furtado | Singer
December 7  | Shiri Appleby | Actress (Roswell, Life UneXpected, UnREAL)
December 8  | Ian Somerhalder | Actor (Smallville, Lost, The Vampire Diaries)
December 9  | Jesse Metcalfe | Actor (Passions, Desperate Housewives)
December 10  | Summer Phoenix | Actress
December 11  | Minty Lewis  | Voice actress (Eileen on Regular Show)
December 12  | Gbenga Akinnagbe | Actor (The Wire)
December 13  | B.J. Penn | Mixed martial artist[3]
December 18  | Josh Dallas | Actor (Once Upon a Time)
Ravi Patel | Actor
Katie Holmes | Actress (Dawson's Creek, The Kennedys)
December 19  | Patrick Casey | Actor
December 20  | Amanda Swisten | Actress
December 22  | Joanne Kelly | Actress
Anthony Jeselnik | Comedian
December 23  | Estella Warren | Canadian actress
December 28  | John Legend | Actor
December 30  | Michael Grimm | Singer
Tyrese Gibson | Singer

## Deaths

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Date | Name | Age | Notability

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January 13  | Hubert Humphrey | 66  | American politician[4]
February 28  | Zara Cully | 86  | Actress (Mother Olivia Jefferson on The Jeffersons)
March 18  | Peggy Wood | 86  | Actress (One Life to Live)
April 22  | Will Geer | 76  | Actor (Grandpa Walton on The Waltons)
May 21  | Bruce Geller | 47  | Screenwriter, producer (Mannix)
June 29  | Bob Crane | 49  | Actor (Col. Hogan on Hogan's Heroes)
July 3  | James Daly | 59  | Actor (Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center)
September 7  | Keith Moon | 32  | English drummer (The Who)

## See also

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* 1978 in the United States
* List of American films of 1978

## References

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1. ^ The Charlotte Observer, Apr. 25 and 29, 1978.
2. ^ "Kimberley Locke". Genius. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
3. ^ Willis, Dorothy. "The New Improved Version of BJ Penn, UFC MMA Warrior". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
4. ^ "HUBERT H. HUMPHREY IS DEAD AT 66 AFTER 32 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE". 1978-01-14. Archived from the original on 2024-12-30. Retrieved 2025-01-06.

## External links

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* List of 1978 American television series at IMDb

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