- Sep 2 38th Venice Film Festival: "Die bleierne Zeit" directed by Margarethe von Trotta wins Golden Lion
Film & TV History
Sep 4 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
- Sep 6 Albert Innaurato's stage comedy "Gemini" closes at the Little Theatre, NYC, after1,819 performances
They're Playing Our Song
Sep 6 Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager, and Neil Simon's musical "They're Playing Our Song", starring Robert Klein and Lucie Arnaz, closes at Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 1082 performances
Telethon
Sep 7 Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
- Sep 8 British TV comedy "Only Fools and Horses" created by John Sullivan, starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Lennard Pearce premieres on BBC One
The Smurfs TV Debut
Sep 12 "The Smurfs" animated cartoon series by Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts in North America
- Sep 12 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982
Emmy Awards
Sep 13 33rd Emmy Awards: "Taxi", "Hill Street Blues"; Judd Hirsch and Isabel Sanford win
- Sep 14 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
- Sep 19 6th Toronto International Film Festival: "Chariots of Fire" directed by Hugh Hudson wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 27 Frank Lazarus and Dick Vosburgh's musical double feature "A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine" closes at Royale Theatre, NYC, after 588 performances and 2 Tony Awards
Physical
Sep 28 Olivia Newton-John releases single "Physical" (Billboard Song of the Year 1982)
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