- Mar 7 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time
People's Choice Awards
Mar 10 8th People's Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field & Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda & Barbara Mandrell win (TV)
- Mar 12 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
T.J. Hooker
Mar 13 ABC TV crime drama "T.J. Hooker" premieres, starring William Shatner
- Mar 15 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
- Mar 15 KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP)
Annie
Mar 21 Movie "Annie" directed by John Huston, starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnett premieres
Academy Awards
Mar 29 54th Academy Awards: "Chariots of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn win
- Mar 29 TV soap opera "Capitol" premieres on CBS
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