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Wizard Of Oz - Television Airdates
The following is a list of all of the U.S. television airdates - so far - for the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Commercial Network Television Airings

 * 1) 1956 - CBS - Saturday, November 3 - 9:00 p.m., E.S.T., 8:00 P.M., Central - the film was shown in color although the year was 1956 and very few people owned color TV sets. This marked the only time it was ever aired that late on a non-cable television network (Turner Network Television has been known to schedule two showings in a row on the same night, at 8:00 P.M. and 10:15 P.M.). It was not shown primarily as a family attraction in 1956, simply as a TV special. Future showings would begin earlier in order to allow children to see it. In addition, the prime time hour generally given to affiliates for local programming would be taken back in order to run the movie early. This practice continued until the film was sold to NBC.
 * 2) 1959 - CBS - Sunday, December 13 - 6:00 p.m.
 * 3) 1960 - CBS - Sunday, December 11 - 6:00 p.m.
 * 4) 1961 - CBS - Sunday, December 10 - 6:00 p.m.
 * 5) 1962 - CBS - Sunday, December 9 - 6:00 p.m.
 * 6) 1964 - CBS - Sunday, January 26 - 6:00 p.m. (the reason that the film did not air in December 1963 has never been stated as far as is known, but some say it may have been because of the mood of the country due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Others say that room needed to be made for more Christmas themed specials and that the movie would fit in better during January. On any note the movie continued to air early in the year rather than late in the year from 1964 until the 1990's.)
 * 7) 1965 - CBS - Sunday, January 17 - 6:00 p.m.
 * 8) 1966 - CBS - Sunday, January 9 - 6:00 p.m.
 * 9) 1967 - CBS - Sunday, February 12 - 6:00 p.m.(last airing on CBS until 1976. Would move to NBC in 1968, when the showings were moved from Mid Winter to late Winter/Early Spring)
 * 10) 1968 - NBC - Saturday, April 20 - 7:00 p.m.
 * 11) 1969 - NBC - Sunday, March 9 - 7:00 p.m.
 * 12) 1970 - NBC - Sunday, March 15 - 7:00 p.m.
 * 13) 1971 - NBC - Sunday, April 18 - 7:00 p.m.
 * 14) 1972 - NBC - Tuesday, March 7 - 7:00 p.m. (the first time that the film aired in the middle of the week)
 * 15) 1973 - NBC - Sunday, April 8 - 7:00 p.m.
 * 16) 1974 - NBC - Sunday, March 10 - 7:00 p.m.(delayed from February 24 due to a Watergate related breaking news story. NBC immediately announced that rather than start the movie late, that it would be easier to push the showing back a few weeks and run it early in the evening)
 * 17) 1975 - NBC - Easter Sunday, March 30 - 7:00 p.m.
 * 18) 1976 - CBS - Sunday, March 14 - 7 p.m. The year that The Wizard Of Oz would return to CBS. Initially the movie aired late winter/ early spring but beginning in 1991 the movie would move back and forth from Spring to late Fall. Another change was that CBS now would no longer begin the movie before normal prime time. Before 1976, when run on a day other than Sunday, NBC would take back the 7 p.m. Eastern/ 6 p.m. Central timeslots from affiliates to run the movie early enough so children can see it before bedtime. Also, prior to 1968, CBS always took the 6 p.m. hour to run the movie early. Logic was that times have changed and children now stay up a little later than they did in the past.
 * 19) 1977 - CBS - Sunday, March 20 - 7 p.m.
 * 20) 1978 - CBS - Easter Sunday, March 26 - 7 p.m.
 * 21) 1979 - CBS - Friday, March 23 - 8 p.m.
 * 22) 1980 - CBS - Friday, March 7 - 8 p.m.
 * 23) 1981 - CBS - Friday, February 27 - 8 p.m.
 * 24) 1982 - CBS - Saturday, March 27 - 8 p.m.
 * 25) 1983 - CBS - Friday, March 18 - 8 p.m.
 * 26) 1984 - CBS - Friday, March 30 - 8 p.m.
 * 27) 1985 - CBS - Friday, March 1 - 8 p.m.
 * 28) 1986 - CBS - Saturday, February 15 - 8 p.m.
 * 29) 1987 - CBS - Friday, March 6 - 8 p.m.
 * 30) 1988 - CBS - Wednesday, February 24 - 8:30 p.m.(delayed due to a CBS News Special report)
 * 31) 1989 - CBS - Sunday, March 18 - 7 p.m.
 * 32) 1990 - CBS - Tuesday, February 20 - 8 p.m.
 * 33) 1991 - CBS - Tuesday, March 19 - 8 p.m.
 * 34) 1991 - CBS - Wednesday, November 27 - 8 p.m. (this was the first time the film aired twice in the same year)
 * 35) 1993 - CBS - Friday, February 26 - 8 p.m.
 * 36) 1993 - CBS - Wednesday, November 11 - 8 p.m.
 * 37) 1994 - CBS - Thursday, November 23 - 8 p.m.
 * 38) 1996 - CBS - Friday, May 10 - 8 p.m.
 * 39) 1998 - CBS - Friday, May 8 - 8 p.m.
 * 40) 2002 - WB - Sunday, November 24 - 7 p.m.
 * 41) 2003 - WB - Sunday, December 7 - 7 p.m.
 * 42) 2004 - WB - Sunday, December 19 - 7 p.m.
 * 43) 2005 - WB - Sunday, December 18 - 7 p.m.

Cable Airings

 * 1) November 21, 1999, TBS
 * 2) July 3, 2000, TCM
 * 3) November 19 and 25, 2000, TNT
 * 4) July 4, 2001, TCM
 * 5) December 1 and 2, 2001, TNT
 * 6) July 4, 2002, TCM
 * 7) November 28, 2002, TBS
 * 8) December 8, 13, and 25, 2002, TNT
 * 9) July 5 and 6, 2003, TCM
 * 10) November 16 and 21, 2003, TBS
 * 11) December 13 and 14, 2003, TNT
 * 12) July 2 and 3, 2004, TCM
 * 13) December 8 and 12, 2004, TNT
 * 14) November 19, 20, and 24, 2004, TBS
 * 15) July 3 and 4, 2005, TCM
 * 16) November 11, 12, and 13, 2005, TBS
 * 17) December 3, 10, and 18, 2005, TNT
 * 18) June 3, 2007, TCM