1976 in television

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This is a list of television-related events in 1976.

Years in film:	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Years in home video:	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Years in television:	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

[edit] Global television events

• The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, Canada, draw an estimated one billion viewers worldwide.
• Matsushita introduces the VHS home video cassette recorder to compete with Sony's Betamax system.

[edit] Births

Date	Name	Occupation/Accolades
February 11	Jenni Falconer	British television presenter
April 6	Candace Cameron	Actress on Full House
July 8	Alexandra Fletcher	British actress
July 12	Anna Friel	British actress
August 6	Soleil Moon Frye	Actress who would go on to play the character Punky Brewster
August 27	Sarah Chalke	Actress on Roseanne
September 19	Alison Sweeney	Actress
October 12	Sarah Lane	US television presenter
October 23	Cat Deeley	British television presenter

[edit] Deaths

Date	Name	Occupation/Accolades
August 28	Anissa Jones	Former child actress; died from a drug overdose

Years in television: 1976
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