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1 Events

• Mid- February - John Lennon and Yoko Ono cohost an entire week on The Mike Douglas Show.
• Sammy Davis Jr. makes a guest appearance on All in the Family.
• The Edge of Night moves timeslots from 4PM to 2PM, and subsequently loses nearly half of its viewing audience.
• The children's special Free to Be... You and Me first airs on American television, produced by comedic actress Marlo Thomas.

2 Debuts

• January 14 - Sanford and Son premieres (1972- 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar) on NBCSteff Geissbuhler. The feathers are said to represent the network's six divisions. NBC Universal Television is an American television network based in New York's Rockefeller Center. As of May 2004, it became part of NBC Universal. NBC supplies programming
• September 4September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). There are 118 days remaining. Events 476 Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy. 1781 Los Angeles is founded - The Price Is Right premieres on CBSCBS Columbia Broadcasting System is a major radio and television network in the United States. CBS was one of the three commercial television networks that dominated broadcasting in the United States before the rise of cable television. In the days of rad (1972-present)
• September 12September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). There are 110 days remaining. Events 490 BC Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon 1213 Peter II of Aragon, the king of Aragon, died at the Battle of Muret. 1609 Henry Hudson discov - MaudeBeatrice Arthur. Maude was a half-hour, weekly American television sitcom on the CBS network that ran from 1972 until 1978. The program was a spin-off of All in the Family and, like that show, it was a topical sitcom created by producer Norman Lear. Maude, a spinoff of All in the Family premieres on CBS (1972- 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet.)
• September - Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space premieres. The cartoon is cancelled in December
• September - Runaround premieres on NBC (1972- 1973)
• October 16 - Emmerdale Farm starts transmissions in the daytime on ITV (1972-present)
• Are You Being Served? premieres (1972- 1985) on BBC1
• Bridget Loves Bernie premieres on CBS (1972-1973)
• Kung Fu premieres (1972- 1975)
• John Craven's Newsround premieres (1972-present, now titled Newsround) on BBC1
• M*A*S*H premieres (1972- 1983)
• The Bob Newhart Show premieres (1972-1978) on CBS
• The Waltons premieres (1972- 1981)