1999 in television

Events

January 6 - Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
February 14 - Elton John appears as himself in a special Valentine's Day episode of the animated series The Simpsons
June 25 - The American soap opera Another World airs its final episode (#8891).
July 17 - SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon's most popular Nicktoon, releases its' first episode 'Bubblestand' / 'Ripped Pants'.
July 18 - Actor Hank Azaria marries actress Helen Hunt. The couple divorced on December 18, 2000.
Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy
December 7 - Channel 5 in the UK broadcasts the TV movie Winter Angel, a revival of the popular 1970s BBC science-fiction series Doomwatch.
The Simpsons' 10th anniversary

Big Brother (1999-present) premieres in the Netherlands, produced by Endemol.
Daria premieres on MTV (1997-2001)
Farscape premieres (1999-2003)
Family Guy premieres (1999-2002)
Home Movies premieres (1999, 2001-present))
Futurama (1999-2003)
Queer as Folk (1999-2000)
Rocket Power premieres (1999-present)
The Sopranos premieres on cable television
Spongebob Squarepants premieres (1999-present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? premieres in the U.S., hosted by Regis Philbin. The show is based on a British show of the same name.

January 4 - Iron Eyes Cody, actor known for a popular anti-littering commercial from the 1970s
March 22 - David Strickland, actor on Suddenly Susan, suicide
March 30 - Gary Morton, producer, second husband of Lucille Ball
April 10 - Jean Vander Pyl, voice actor who voiced Wilma Flintstone on The Flintstones and Rosie the Robot Maid on The Jetsons to name a few shows
May 8 - Dana Plato, actress on Diff'rent Strokes, age 34
June 11 - DeForest Kelley, actor on Star Trek
July 20 - Sandra Gould, actress on Bewitched
September 5 - Allen Funt, host of Candid Camera
December 29 - Gene Rayburn, television host


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