"Gypsy"
Jan 4 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC. after 120 performances, and a Tony Award for Angela Lansbury
- Jan 6 "AM America" premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
- Jan 6 "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV
Diller's Hollywood Star
Jan 15 Pioneering American female comedian Phyllis Diller gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
32nd Golden Globes
Jan 25 32nd Golden Globes: "Chinatown", Jack Nicholson, and Gena Rowlands win
- Jan 29 First American Annual Comedy Awards, hosted by Alan King