- Mar 7 TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV
People's Choice Awards
Mar 11 9th People's Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds, Jane Fonda and Katharine Hepburn win (Motion Picture) and Tom Selleck, Linda Evans and Loretta Swit win (TV)
Music History
Mar 25 Motown 25, a concert celebrating the anniversary of Motown records is taped for broadcast at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California; performers include: The Miracles; The Temptations; The Four Tops; Diana Ross and the Supremes; The Jackson 5; and Michael Jackson, who unveils his "moonwalk" dance move
Film & TV History
Mar 27 Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" premieres in NYC
Film & TV History
Mar 31 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," is released in the US