Editing Live television (section)

===Entertainment & sport===
* August 1–16, 1936&nbsp;– The [[1936 Summer Olympics]], held in Berlin, Germany, were the first Olympic Games (and sporting event) to have live television coverage. <sup>[http://www.olympic.org/berlin-1936-summer-olympics <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]</sup> 
* May 17, 1939&nbsp;– The first live televised sporting event in the U.S. takes place: a college baseball game between the Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers, was broadcast by NBC from Columbia's Baker Field in New York City. Princeton won that game 8–6.<ref>Koppett, Leonard.[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/spr99/34a.html "Baker Field: Birthplace of Sports Television"], "Columbia University", 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=3738874 "Columbia vs. Princeton:  First Televised Sporting Event Marks 70th Anniversary"], "Columbia University Athletics", 17 May 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2014.</ref>
* March 19, 1953&nbsp;– First live broadcast of [[25th Academy Awards|The Academy Awards]].<ref>Bacon, James. "TV Will Carry Film Awards Show Tonight", The Fresno Bee,  Associated Press, 19 March 1953. Retrieved on 25 October 2014.</ref>
* March 7, 1955&nbsp; – First nationwide live broadcast of [[7th Primetime Emmy Awards|The Emmy Awards]].<ref>[http://www.emmys.com/content/1950s-%E2%80%93-history-emmy "The 1950s - A History of Emmy"], "Emmy.com", Retrieved 20 November 2014.</ref>
* November 30, 1958&nbsp;– Midway through transmission of the ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' play ''[[Underground (1958 TV play)|Underground]]'' on the British [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network, actor [[Gareth Jones (actor)|Gareth Jones]] died off-camera, forcing the cast to improvise the remainder of the broadcast.
* December 7, 1963&nbsp;– [[Instant replay]] is used for the first time during the live transmission of the [[Army–Navy Game]] by its inventor, director [[Tony Verna]].
* February 9, 1964&nbsp;– [[The Beatles]] make their first appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''. This live broadcast on [[CBS]] drew an estimated 73 million viewers (40% of the American population), the largest audience in the history of American television up to that time.
* April 18, 1966&nbsp;– [[38th Academy Awards|The Academy Awards]] broadcast in color for the first time.<ref>[http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/academytrivia_2.htm "The Oscars - Academy Awards Trivia & Fun Facts"], "About Education". Retrieved 27 October 2014.</ref> 
* June 25, 1967&nbsp;– ''[[Our World (TV special)|Our World]]'', the first live international [[satellite television]] production aired, seen by 400 million people in 25 countries worldwide. It closed with [[The Beatles]] performing a new song: "[[All You Need Is Love]]", composed by John Lennon for the occasion.<ref>[http://mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/our-world-the-worlds-first-ever-live-satellite-tv-broadcast-1967-included-the-beatles-marshall-mcluhan/ "Our World - The World's First Ever Live Satellite TV Broadcast (1967) Included The Beatles & Marshall McLuhan"], 30 August 2014. Retrieved on 25 October 2014.</ref>
* September 17, 1967&nbsp;– While [[The Doors]] performed "[[Light My Fire]]" on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', [[Lead vocalist|frontman]] [[Jim Morrison]] used the word "higher" instead of the previously agreed-upon change "better". This resulted in the band being banned from the program.
* November 17, 1968&nbsp;– A football game (known subsequently as the [[Heidi Game|''Heidi'' Game]]) between the [[New York Jets]] and the [[Oakland Raiders]] ran over its allotted time. At the time, NBC was contractually bound to air the children's movie ''Heidi'' at 7{{nbsp}}pm Eastern Time. NBC broke away from the game on the East Coast, after which Oakland scored 2 touchdowns in the final minute to win the game 43–32. This prompted outrage from sports fans, resulting in a change of policy where all televised sports events are now broadcast to its conclusion.
* March 16, 1971&nbsp;– First live broadcast of [[13th Grammy Awards|The Grammy Awards]].<ref>Ehrlich, Ken (2007). "At The Grammys: Behind the Scenes at Music's Biggest Night", Hal Leonard Books. {{ISBN|978-1-4234-3073-5}}.</ref>
* March 5, 1975&nbsp;– [[Graham Kennedy]] mimicked a crow call ("faaaaaaark") reminiscent of the word [[fuck]] during a hairspray ad on ''[[The Graham Kennedy Show]]'' on the [[Nine Network]] in [[Australia]]. He was banned from live TV indefinitely for the stunt. He later parted ways with the network on April 17 after the network took advantage of the pre-taping to delete a speech critical of Senator [[Doug McClelland]] (the then Minister for the Media), though Kennedy returned years later.
*October 11, 1975&nbsp;– First episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' broadcast in the United States.
* December 1, 1976&nbsp;– Appearing in a live interview on the [[Thames Television]] pre-[[Watershed (television)|watershed]] programme ''Today'' as last-minute replacements for fellow EMI artists [[Queen (band)|Queen]], the [[Sex Pistols]] were interviewed by [[Bill Grundy]] to promote their recently released "[[Anarchy in the U.K.]]" single. During the interview, Steve Jones said the band had "fucking spent" its label advance money and [[John Lydon|Johnny Rotten]] used the word "shit." Pistols [[guitarist]] [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]] called Grundy a "dirty sod" and a "dirty old man", leading Grundy to goad the band into swearing on live TV, and Jones ended the interview with "you dirty bastard," "you dirty fucker," and "what a fucking rotter".<ref>[http://www.bubblegun.com/features/sexpis.html Sex Pistols vs Bill Grundy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The incident quickly became the subject of media attention, Grundy was fired by ITV and ''Today'' was cancelled.
* February 20, 1981&nbsp;– Appearing on the live [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] comedy show ''[[Fridays (TV series)|Fridays]]'' as guest host, comedian [[Andy Kaufman]] refused to read his lines during the last sketch, to the annoyance of the cast and crew. The situation escalated into a minor brawl, and the network cut off the broadcast. Kaufman later admitted that the fight was planned by him and some of the cast and crew.
* April 15, 1984&nbsp;– English comedian [[Tommy Cooper]] collapsed and subsequently died of a heart attack in front of millions of viewers on ''[[Live From Her Majesty's]]''. The audience carried on laughing thinking it was part of his act, before the programme took a commercial break.
* July 13, 1985&nbsp;– [[Live Aid]], the first live global concert aired to 1.9 billion viewers in 150 countries worldwide.<ref>Jones, Graham. [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/01/liveaid.memories/index.html "Live Aid 1985: a day of magic"], "CNN.com", London, 06 July 2005. Retrieved on 25 October 2014.</ref>
* January 4, 1987&nbsp;– A massive bench-clearing brawl (the so-called [[Punch-up in Piestany]]) occurred during the final game of the World Junior Hockey Championships between Canada and the Soviet Union in [[Piešťany]], [[Czechoslovakia]] (now located in [[Slovakia]]). After Pavel Kostichkin took a two handed slash at Canada's [[Theoren Fleury]], the Soviet Union's [[Evgeny Davydov]] came off the bench, eventually leading to both benches clearing. The officials walked off the ice and tried shutting off the arena lights, but the brawl lasted for 20 minutes until the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] declared the game null and void. Both teams were ejected from the tournament, and the Soviet team were barred from attending the end-of-tournament dinner.
* October 17, 1989&nbsp;– Right before Game 3 of The [[1989 World Series]] between the [[San Francisco Giants]] and the [[Oakland Athletics]], the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Loma Prieta earthquake]] occurred.
* February 18, 2001&nbsp;- during the final lap of the [[2001 Daytona 500]], seven-time champion and fan favorite [[Dale Earnhardt]] was involved in a crash that resulted in [[Death of Dale Earnhardt|his death]].
* February 1, 2004&nbsp;– During a performance by singers [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Janet Jackson]] at the [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|Super Bowl XXXVIII half time show]], Timberlake pulled off a part of Jackson's leather corset, revealing her right breast covered by a piece of jewelry attached to her nipple. He later described the incident as a "[[wardrobe malfunction]]". The incident caused outrage among religious groups and demands for the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] to crack down on in [[decency]] on television and radio. It resulted in broadcast television networks imposing a [[seven-second delay]] on all future live programming.
* April 21, 2004&nbsp;– After commenting on a [[UEFA Champions League]] match on [[ITV1]], [[Ron Atkinson]] thought that the broadcast had finished. However, although transmission in the UK had finished, he was still on air to various countries in the Middle East and proceeded to say that "...&nbsp;he is what is known in some schools as a fucking lazy thick nigger" towards [[Marcel Desailly]]. He resigned with immediate effect.
* May 9, 2004&nbsp;- on the finale of survivor all stars moments before the final votes were revealed survivor marquesas castaway Rob Maraiano proposed to survivor the Australian Outback castaway Amber Brkich and she accepted Brkich would win the jury vote 4-3 over Maraiano one year later there wedding in the Bahamas was televised on CBS in a primetime special titled Rob and Amber get married on May 24th 
* August 20, 2006&nbsp;– During a live dance performance of "Crazy Love Song" by the female pop trio [[SeeYa]] on the Korean television program [[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]] ''[[The Music Trend|Inkigayo]]'', a backup dancer who suffered from [[epilepsy]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}} had a seizure in the middle of the song. The performers ignored the interruption and completed the performance normally before and after the dancer was carried off the stage.
* April 14, 2007&nbsp;– At the conclusion of an AFL match between [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] and [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]] on [[Network 10]], Eagles player Michael Braun concluded his Ross Glenndenning Medal acceptance speech with "Let's have a fucking good year" in front of a TV audience of 550,000 and a crowd of 42,051. Braun was fined $5,500 ({{Inflation|US|5500|2007|fmt=eq}}) by the AFL for the incident.
* February 1, 2015&nbsp;– NBC aired a rare Sunday Super Bowl edition of ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'' live from the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. This marked the first time since 1971 that ''The Tonight Show'' had aired a live episode.
*December 20, 2015&nbsp;– [[Miss Universe]] host [[Steve Harvey]] crowned [[Colombia]]'s [[Ariadna Gutierrez|representative]] as the wrong winner by mistake then crowned the [[Philippines]]' [[Pia Wurtzbach|representative]] as the actual winner on live television.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss Universe Forgives Steve Harvey: 'Don't Beat Yourself Up for This Anymore'|date=15 January 2016 |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/180133_steve_harvey_breaks_silence_on_miss_universe_mishap_two_day_tv_event/}}</ref>
* January 8, 2016&nbsp;– ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' aired a live episode for the first time in the 23-year history of CBS's late-night franchise.<ref>Ramisetti, Kirthanna,[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/stephen-colbert-late-show-airs-live-episode-article-1.2490764 "Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' airs live episode in warm-up for post-Super Bowl telecast"], "New York Daily News", New York, 09 January 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.</ref>
* July 21, 2016&nbsp;– ''[[Late Night with Seth Meyers]]'' aired a live episode for the first time in the 30-year history of NBC's late-night franchise.<ref>Itzkoff, Dave [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/arts/television/seth-meyers-late-night-live-republican-national-convention-coverage.html?_r=0 "Seth Meyers Takes 'Late Night' Live as Convention Coverage Heats Up", New York Times, 08 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.]</ref>
* February 5, 2017&nbsp;– [[NFL on Fox|Fox]]'s live broadcast of [[Super Bowl LI]] became the first Super Bowl ever to be decided in [[overtime (sports)|overtime]] and drew the largest total audience for any television program in U.S. history, garnering 172 million viewers (more than 50% of the U.S. population). Its half-time show featuring [[Lady Gaga]] drew 117.5 million viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/superbowl/index.ssf/2017/02/super_bowl_2017_patriots_comeback_win_most-viewed_show_in_television_history.html |title=Super Bowl 2017: Patriots' comeback win most-viewed show in television history |first=Brent |last=Axe |date=February 7, 2017 |website=syracuse.com| access-date=February 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://programminginsider.com/fox-sports-reports-172-million-viewers-total-super-bowl-li/|title=Fox Sports: Super Bowl LI Most-Viewed U.S. Program Ever |first=Chris |last=Tribbey |date=February 6, 2017 |publisher=NewBay Media| access-date=February 7, 2018}}</ref>
* February 26, 2017&nbsp;– Towards the end of the [[89th Academy Awards]], the wrong winner for Best Picture was announced on live television before millions of people watching worldwide. A representative for Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC), while tweeting a picture of Emma Stone, handed the presenter the wrong envelope. This caused a major embarrassment for AMPAS, and two accountants from PwC were banned from participating in future Academy Awards shows over the incident.<ref>Superstein, Pat [https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/oscars-academy-apologizes-mistake-1201998411/ "Oscars Snafu: Academy Deeply Regrets Mistake"], "www.variety.com", Hollywood, 27 February 2017, Retrieved 02 March 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2017/03/01/pwc-accountants-booted-oscars/?adid=hero3 "The Oscars Fire The PWC Accountants: Behind Best Pic Fail"], "www.tmz.com", Los Angeles, 01 March 2017, Retrieved 03 March 2017.</ref>
* April 15, 2017&nbsp;– ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' airs the first coast to coast live episode in the U.S. for the first time in the show's 42-year history.<ref>Littleton, Cynthia [https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/saturday-night-live-jimmy-fallon-tv-ratings-1202031625/ "'Saturday Night Live' Gets Ratings Boost With Coast-to-Coast Live Airing"], www.variety.com, Hollywood, 16 April 2017, Retrieved 17 April 2017.</ref>
* April 29, 2018&nbsp;– ''[[American Idol]]'' became the first reality competition series in the history of American television to air live coast to coast, allowing for real time voting across all U.S. territories.<ref>Strause, Jackie [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/american-idol-air-nationwide-live-telecasts-first-time-1104877/ "American Idol to Air Nationwide Live Telecasts for First Time"], "www.hollywoodreporter.com", Hollywood, 23 April 2018, Retrieved 29 April 2018.</ref>
* March 27, 2022&nbsp;– During the ''[[94th Academy Awards]]'', [[Will Smith]] stormed on stage and slapped [[Chris Rock]] during his presentation of an award. Smith returned to his seat and shouted profanities at Rock, who had made a questionable joke about Smith's wife, [[Jada Pinkett Smith]]. While the incident was censored by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the United States by cutting out the sound due to the profanity, it aired uncensored elsewhere.<ref>Cilia, Johnathan [https://lovinmalta.com/news/watch-will-smith-slaps-chris-rock-after-oscars-host-jokes-about-wife-jada-pinkett-smith/ "Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock After Oscars Host Jokes About Wife Jada Pinkett Smith"], "www.lovinmalta.com", Malta, 28 March 2022, Retrieved 29 March 2022.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mathis-Lilley |first=Ben |date=2022-03-30 |title=Why American TV Censored the Awesome Stuff During the Oscars and Foreign TV Didn’t |url=https://slate.com/culture/2022/03/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-censorship-japan-australia.html |access-date=2025-03-02 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref>
* June 12, 2022&nbsp; - The [[Tony Awards]] airs its first live coast to coast edition in the U.S. in the awards show's history.<ref>{{cite web |first=Greg |last=Evans |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Ariana DeBose To Host 2022 Tony Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/ariana-debose-tony-awards-host-1235015974/ |access-date=May 4, 2022 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 9, 2022 |title=The 75th Tony Awards to Air Coast to Coast on CBS, Sunday, June 12 |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/news/75th-tony-awards-air-coast-coast-cbs-sunday-june-12 |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 9, 2022 |title=The Tony Awards to Return in June as a Live Coast-to-Coast, Two-Network Event |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Tony-Awards-to-Return-in-June-as-a-Live-Coast-to-Coast-Two-Network-Event-20220309 |publisher=[[BroadwayWorld]] |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}</ref>
* February 8, 2023&nbsp;– During an NBA match between the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and the [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] on [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], Lakers player [[LeBron James]] concluded his all-time NBA leading points scorer record-breaking speech with "Fuck, man".
* February 12, 2023&nbsp;– [[NFL on Fox|Fox]]'s live broadcast of [[Super Bowl LVII]] became the most watched television program in U.S. history, garnering an average of 115.1 million viewers. Its half-time show featuring [[Rihanna]] drew more than 121 million viewers.<ref name="Deadline LVII">{{cite web |last1=Campione |first1=Katie |title=Super Bowl LVII Now Most-Watched In History After Nielsen Adjusts Viewing Measurement |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/super-bowl-lvii-most-watched-ever-nielsen-adjusts-audience-1235353710/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=2 May 2023 |date=2 May 2023}}</ref>