1992 in television

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Debut
3 Popular Television Shows
4 Ending this year
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

April 30 - After an eight year run the last episode of The Cosby Show airs. One of the show's time-slot rivals, Fox's The Simpsons, pays tribute to it with a brief animated segment.
May 9 - The popular NBC sitcom The Golden Girls airs its final episode.
May 22 - After 30 years, 66 year old Johnny Carson hosts the Tonight Show for the last time.
June 3 - U.S. Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton appears on The Arsenio Hall Show. Clinton even plays the saxophone with the live band.
After 30 years on the air, Johnny Carson announces his retirement. David Letterman, who had been promised The Tonight Show by NBC upon Carson's retirement years earlier leaves moves to CBS when the network gives the show to frequent guest host Jay Leno.
December 31 - After 24 years, Thames Television ceases broadcasting. Carlton Television takes over its London weekday franchise.
In Belize, Channel 5 begins the nation's first daily news broadcast
In Latin America, Sabado Gigante turns 30 years old, with a new show every week. The Guinness Book of Records recognized it as the longest continuously running television show in history.
Texas billionaire Ross Perot buys blocks of U.S. television time for his Presidential campaign

Absolutely Fabulous premieres on BBC.
Barney & Friends;, a children's educational television show starring a giant purple dinosaur, premieres.
Dateline NBC premieres on NBC (1992-present)
Kalimera Ellada on ANT1 debuts as one of its first morning show in Greek language television history.
The Larry Sanders Show premieres on cable television (1992-1998)
Mad About You premieres on NBC (1992-1999)
The Real World premieres on MTV (1992-present). The show is one of the first popular "reality television" series.
Sailor Moon premieres on TV Asahi in Japan.

The Cosby Show (1984-1992)
The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
Growing Pains (1985-1992)
The Journal (1982-1992)
MacGyver (1985-1992)
Night Court (1984-1992)
Who's the Boss (1984-1992)