History InMemoriam / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': The fourth season episode "The One with the Cat" was dedicated to series co-creator Martha Kauffman's mother, who passed away shortly before the episode aired.

* ''Series/Friends'': Following the passing of Creator/MatthewPerry in fall 2023, Creator/Max dedicated every episode of the series to him, as well as the reunion special.

** The first episode of [[Series/Frasier2023 the revival series]] ended with a dedication to Creator/JohnMahoney (Martin Crane), who died in 2018.

** At the end of a February 2003 show, Horatio Sanz came out in a sweater, sang "You're Special", and said "Thank you, [[Creator/FredRogers Mr. Rogers]]", as a trolley passed him by.

** After the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary massacre, the cold open for that night's episode featured the New York City Children's Choir singing "Silent Night" with candles in the background.

** On November 14, 2020, the Saturday after Creator/AlexTrebek died, they reaired the first "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketch (which also featured Creator/SeanConnery, who, coincidentally, died shortly before Trebek) along with a clip from the last "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketch (from Creator/WillFerrell's last episode as a cast member) featuring the real Alex Trebek, ending with a tribute calling Alex the greatest game show host of all time, in the form of a Jeopardy answer-and-question.
* The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Cake", [[spoiler:which deals with the death of J.D.'s father]], is dedicated to the late John Ritter, who played J.D.'s father on the show.

* Many major awards ceremonies, such as the Academy Awards and the Emmy Awards, take a few minutes to present an "In Memoriam" montage acknowledging major film/TV/what-have-you personalities who died in the period between ceremonies. However, the Academy Awards have been accused of limiting the number of acknowledged personalities in their use of this trope by omitting lesser-known but much-loved figures in favor of big names who have less-popular film resumes. In spite of this, the Academy Awards have tried to include tributes to other people in the entertainment industry or acknowledge more recent passings -- for example, at the 2014 Academy Awards, after camera assistant Sarah Jones was hit by a train on set in February, her name flashed onscreen after the proper segment had finished, and when Creator/BillPaxton passed away the day before the 2016 ceremony, presenter Creator/JenniferAniston mentioned him before the proper segment played.
* Music/WhitneyHouston passed away the day before the 2012 Grammys. Despite not having enough time to prepare any proper tribute, many of the presenters, award winners, and host Music/LLCoolJ paid tribute to her throughout the night, and Music/JenniferHudson did a last minute performance of “I Will Always Love You”.
** The 2020 Grammys contained a similar example- just hours before the ceremony, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna passed away in a helicopter crash. Although he wasn't a musician, the ceremony was unofficially dedicated to Kobe and Gianna, and many performers and award winners took care to express their condolences or include a last minute tribute to the pair (i.e. Music/LilNasX placing one of Bryant's jerseys in the background of his set).

** The Season 8 episode "Think like an Office Chair" featured a similar dedication to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

* On ''Series/BarneyMiller'', after Jack Soo (Yamana) died, they had a fourth-wall breaking episode ("[[Recap/BarneyMillerS5E22 Jack Soo: A Retrospective]]") where the cast showed their favorite Jack Soo moments.

* During Season 5 of ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'', a contestant's brother-in-law was killed by a careless driver. The contestant was allowed to leave (though not graduate), and the episode ended with video clips of the other contestants talking about their own "failures to yield"[[note]]the specific charge filed against the driver who caused the death, and something ''everyone'' on that season was guilty of[[/note]] , a memorial card, and SilentCredits.

* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "Punked", which aired 10 days after the death of recurring guest star Creator/StephenJCannell, closed with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W64Ulmc0cqs a tribute]] LogoJoke of the Stephen J. Cannell Productions VanityPlate featuring the following message: "Stephen J. Cannell. Colleague, mentor, friend. We'll miss you, pal." (Also, the falling paper drifts off the screen instead of forming into the logo as usual.) Additionally within the show itself, Cannell's poker chair has become an EmptyChairMemorial.

** The first part of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]] ended with a tribute to Creator/TerranceDicks. This was all the more poignant due to the fact that minutes before [[spoiler:the audience was introduced to a new incarnation of the Master, a character Dicks had co-created and defined in his time as script editor.]]

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': The season 9 premiere, "Don Juan in Hell" is dedicated to executive producer David Angell and his wife Lynn who were killed in the 9/11 attacks shortly before the episode premiered.

** The season 3 finale "Have A Summer" was dedicated to Creator/PattonOswalt's wife Michelle [=McNamara=], who died unexpectantly during production.

* Played with at the end of every episode of the sketch comedy ''Human Giant'', in which a faux-memoriam to a random, allegedly dead member of the show's real crew and staff (featuring the real face and name of a crew member) is interrupted by advertisements for non-existent ''Human Giant'' products.

* ''Series/InLivingColor'' did this twice; the second episode of the series was dedicated to comedian Robin Harris and actor Jesse Aragon. A season three episode was also dedicated to comedian Creator/SamKinison (who had guest-starred on two episodes that season prior to his untimely death) and the show's hairstylist Troy White.

* When the actor playing Compo on ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' died, a full three episodes were devoted to the character's death, funeral and memorial. He was replaced by Compo's previously unknown son, played by the actor's son.

* ''Series/LivAndMaddie'': "Grandma-A-Rooney" featured guest star Creator/PattyDuke's final roles [[ActorAllusion as Grandma Janice and Grand-Aunt Hillary]] before she passed away in March 2016. The Disney Channel would reair the episode in April, and a framed photo of Duke as Janice seen very visibly on a table in Aunt Dena's living room during the season 3 finale "Californi-A-Rooney".

** [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E19AllTheMadamesMen The 19th and]] [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E22WorldsEnd final episodes of]] ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 4 were dedicated to Creator/BillPaxton and Creator/PowersBoothe, respectively. Paxton, who died two months prior to his memorial episode from heart surgery complications, played Agent John Garrett in Season 1. Boothe, who died in the week prior to the season finale, portrayed World Security Councilman Gideon Malick in ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]]'' and ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'''s third season. [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS7E02KnowYourOnions The second and]] [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS7E04OutOfThePast fourth episodes of the show's last season]] were respectively dedicated to Barbara Gutman and Joseph Teague. Gutman was a longtime Hollywood production accountant whose work included the first six seasons of ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' before she died about eight months prior to her episode from a "major health trauma". Teague began as a rigging grip in the early seasons before he was promoted to rigging best boy grip and passed away in a car crash about a month prior to his episode's broadcast.

* ''Series/{{Mom}}'': On the day Creator/EdAsner died, Creator/NickAtNite aired the episode "Kimchi and a Monkey Playing Harmonica" in rememberance of him. Peachtree TV did the same thing the next day.
* The ''Series/{{Monk}}'' season 7 debut was dedicated to Creator/StanleyKamel, who played Monk's first shrink Dr. Charles Kroger. Kamel had died of a heart attack on April 8, 2008 during the season hiatus, and as such, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim the producers decided to have his character die offscreen of the same]] before the events of the season premiere "Mr. Monk Buys a House".

* The December 19, 2011 episode of ''Next Great Baker'' was dedicated to contestant Wesley Durden. He had been eliminated in that episode, and died in October 2011 after filming was completed.
* The season 11 finale of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' was dedicated in memory to Ralph Waite, who played Gibbs' father. Waite died in February 2014 and as such, the producers decided ultimately to have Jackson Gibbs pass away in show in the season finale "Honor Thy Father".

* On ''Series/PardonTheInterruption'', if someone important to the sports world has died prior to the airing of the episode, the "Happy Trails" segment at the end of the show will be replaced with a "Melancholy Happy Trails" segment where the hosts deliver a short eulogy for the deceased.
* The series finale of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' is dedicated to writer, actor and executive producer Harris Wittels, who tragically died on February 19, 2015, a few days before it aired, with a message at the end saying "We Love You, Harris. -The Parks Crew"

** The ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' 30th anniversary ReunionShow ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersOnceAndAlways'' was dedicated to Trang (the special's prologue is about the original Yellow Ranger, portayed by a FakeShemp, [[BackForTheDead getting]] [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim killed in action 22 years after Trang's death]]) and Creator/JasonDavidFrank, actor of the original Green Ranger (who also appears in the special as a FakeShemp), who commited suicide on November 2022 between the special's filming and its release.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' often pays tribute to deceased cast members, guest hosts and musical guests. In general, when a celebrity who either hosted the show or was the musical guest passes on, that episode will most likely be reran along with any new episode that week, or a photograph of said person will be shown after a sketch. Sometimes, they'll have a photo and a moment of silence (like they did with Creator/CharlesRocket[[note]]though the fact that he was recognized at all, given that he was part of a season that most people despised, counted for something[[/note]] and Creator/DonPardo), but other times, they'll take time off from the laughs to say goodbye and do a memorial piece:

** Creator/GildaRadner had died the same day of the 1988-89 season finale, so instead of his planned monologue, host Creator/SteveMartin replayed a 1978 sketch featuring himself and Radner.

*** The same short was showed in the 25th anniversary special in 2000, as a tribute after the tragic death of Phil Hartman. Creator/JonLovitz and Jan Hooks presented the skit (visibily grieved), together with the main cast of the Hartman's era (Nora Dunn, Victoria Jackson, Kevin Nealon, Creator/DennisMiller and Creator/MikeMyers; Creator/DanaCarvey wasn't present).
** The 40th anniversary special featured a lengthy tribute, presented by Creator/BillMurray with Leon Pendarvis at the piano, to all the deceased ''SNL'' cast and crew members in the show's history (from cast members like Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/JohnBelushi, Creator/PhilHartman, and Jan Hooks, to behind-the-scenes people like Tom Davis, Michael O'Donoghue[[note]]even though Davis and O'Donoghue are considered members of the original cast, just not ones most people would readily remember[[/note]], Dave Wilson, Bernie Brillstein, and Don Pardo). But to keep things from being too depressing, the final tribute was to cast member Jon Lovitz. The cameras then cut to a very alive and confused Lovitz sitting in the audience. A similar gag occurred during Steve Martin's opening monologue. At the end of the segment, Bill Murray give the audience one last death notice that came later to included it properly on the tribute.
---> '''Bill Murray:''' (in a respectful and solemn manner) [[BaitAndSwitch This just came in from Spain]]. [[RunningGag Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead]].
** When Music/DavidBowie died during Season 41, Fred Armisen returned to the show for a special tribute segment to the singer, in which Armisen recalled watching Bowie's musical performance in Season 5 in high school. A clip of Bowie singing "The Man Who Sold the World" during that appearance shown immediately afterwards.

** In season 45, in the At Home episode, the final segment is a giant eulogy for music director Hal Willner, with appearances from Mulaney, Sandler, Creator/TinaFey, Creator/AmyPoehler, Shannon, Rudolph, Armisen and Hader, among other alums.

* The ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'' Season 2 episode "Grand Prix" had one of comedian David Graf, who played the Frenchman racer in the episode.

** Also in the fourth season, the episode "Afterschool Special" was dedicated to Christopher F. Lima and Tim Loock, a rigging electrician and post-production editor, respectively. With Manners's after the fact full season dedication, this episode was dedicated to three separate, unrelated people whose deaths had nothing to do with each other.
** [[Recap/SupernaturalS10E18BookOfTheDamned "Book of the Damned"]] (season 10, ep 18) was dedicated to Jaap Broeker, who died on January 19, 2015 and was a stand-in for Creator/{{Jensen Ackles}}.

** Rudy Boesch passed away at the age of 91 in a retirement community on November 1, 2019 from complications associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He departed exactly 11 years after his wife Marge's passing. The Island of the Idols episode, "I Was Born at Night, but Not Last Night" was dedicated to Rudy a week after his passing.

* The [[Recap/UltramanZEp25WarriorsShiningBeyond finale]] of ''Series/UltramanZ'' pays tribute to the show's main screenwriter Kota Fukihara, who passed away on May 17, 2020 at the age of 37 due to brain hemorrhage a month before the series started its run.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' took their "In Memoriam" one step further. In February 2001, Leyla Harrison, a prominent X-Files fanfiction author, passed away from cancer. In her honor, Agent Leyla Harrison made her appearance in season eight's [[{{Recap/TheXFilesS08E19Alone}} "Alone"]]. The fictional Agent Harrison was quite a fan of Mulder and Scully's, spending much of her time at the FBI poring over their expense reports and during the entire episode, references previous cases the two had been on (while partnered with Agent Doggett) as possibilities for the creature they're hunting. In the end, she meets Mulder and Scully and is gifted with the keychain Mulder had given Scully for her birthday during season four. She also makes an appearance in season nine's [[{{Recap/TheXFilesS09E14ScaryMonsters}} "Scary Monsters"]].

---> In Memory of Kim Manners (January 13, 1953-January 25, 2009): "Let's Kick It In The Ass"
---> For Jack Hardy (July 16, 1953-March 24, 2015): "Nothing says 'thank you' like cash."

* In 2016, after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaMia_Flight_2933 LaMia Flight 2933 air disaster]] that claimed the life of much of the Chapecoense soccer team and several sports journalists, FOX Sports Brazil aired a black screen with a scoreboard and the hashtag "#90MinutosDeSilencio" in place of what would've been the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana Final between Chapecoense and Atletico Nacional of Colombia. The broadcast included a tribute to the Fox Sports employees killed in the crash during halftime. The broadcast was bookended by the official World Feed opening to Copa Sudamericana television transmissions, which also ran in silence on both showings. The tribute was introduced by FOX Sports Brazil host João Guilherme, the only person to appear live on-camera during the show, as the "halftime" tribute was a pretaped montage.
* When ''Series/BattleBots'' competitor and judge Creator/GrantImahara, best known for ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'', died suddenly of a brain aneurysm in 2020, the "Best Design" Giant Bolt award was renamed the "Grant Imahara award for Best Design" in his honor.

** The 1991 Grand Ole Opry week was dedicated to the memory of Dottie West, who died in a car crash before she was scheduled to appear that week.
** A 2012 episode saw Steve Harvey giving out a moment of silence for original host Richard Dawson, who had died on June 2 (the same date that the above-mentioned Combs, who was also a former ''Feud'' host, committed suicide).

* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'': Host Creator/AlexTrebek died of pancreatic cancer in November 2020. Executive producer Mike Richards paid tribute to him on the first episode aired after his death, and every posthumous episode featured a tribute to him after the credits. The very last Trebek show, aired January 2021, ended with a montage of him through the years, set to Creator/HughJackman's rendition of "Once Before I Go" from ''The Boy From Oz''. In September 2021, Stage 10 at Sony Pictures Studio, the show's longtime home, was renamed the Alex Trebek Stage in his honor.
* ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'': Wayne Brady paid tribute to co-creator and original host Monty Hall on the October 6, 2017 episode, which featured clips of Monty's sporadic appearances on the Brady-hosted revival and ended with a montage of pictures and clips from classic ''Deal''.

* Twice has an actor from ''Series/TheWire'' died and had their character (a Baltimore Police officer) [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim killed off in the show off-camera]]. The episode then depicts a Detective's wake; the departed is laid out on the Pool table at the local cop bar, with a beer in one hand and a cigar in the other, while his fellow policemen recount his finest moments and play Body of an American by The Pogues.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' took their "In Memoriam" one step further. In February 2001, Leyla Harrison, a prominent X-Files fanfiction author, passed away from cancer. In her honor, Agent Leyla Harrison made her appearance in season eight's "Alone". The fictional Agent Harrison was quite a fan of Mulder and Scully's, spending much of her time at the FBI poring over their expense reports and during the entire episode, references previous cases the two had been on (while partnered with Agent Doggett) as possibilities for the creature they're hunting. In the end, she meets Mulder and Scully and is gifted with the keychain Mulder had given Scully for her birthday during season four. She also makes an appearance in season nine's "Scary Monsters".
** In a more traditional style, the 2008 movie "I Want to Believe" is dedicated to Randy Stone, who was the casting agent who cast the pilot episode of the show. He died in 2007.

* ''Series/{{Street Outlaws}}'': the episode of "10K Grudge Race" is dedicated to Ryan Fellows. Ryan Fellows died during the filming of Street Outlaws: Fastest in America in August 2022. Filming was postponed after he lost his life immediately after a race, which was one of nine happening at a racing event. The cast member died on the morning of Sunday, August 7, 2022, just outside Las Vegas. The 41-year-old was reportedly driving a gold Nissan 240z and lost control near the finish line before the vehicle rolled and caught fire. Onlookers were unable to get him out of the car in time. During the May 1 2023 episode of Street Outlaws: Fastest in America, the show paid tribute to Ryan who sadly died in a fatal car crash while filming the show. It comes months after his death was announced in 2022. A spokesperson for Discovery said last year: "The Street Outlaws family is heartbroken by the accident that led to the tragic death of Ryan Fellows. We extend our deepest sympathy to Ryan’s loved ones as they process this sudden and devastating loss."

** Host Bob Barker announced the deaths of announcers Johnny Olson (in 1985, shortly after his death but before his last-aired episode) and Rod Roddy in October 2003. Both times, Barker remarked how much each announcer added to the show and that they would be missed.

** The ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' 30th anniversary ReunionShow ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersOnceAndAlways'' was dedicated to Trang (the special's instigating incident is the original Yellow Ranger, portayed by a FakeShemp, [[BackForTheDead getting]] [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim killed in action 22 years after Trang's death]]) and Creator/JasonDavidFrank, actor of the original Green Ranger (who also appears in the special as a FakeShemp), who commited suicide a few months before the special's release.

* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "Punked" closed with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W64Ulmc0cqs a tribute version]] of the Creator/StephenJCannell Productions VanityPlate with the following message: "Stephen J. Cannell. Colleague, mentor, friend. We'll miss you, pal." (Also, the falling paper drifts off the screen instead of forming into the logo as usual.) Additionally within the show itself, Cannell's poker chair has become an EmptyChairMemorial.

** The ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'' episode "The Fifth Crystal" was dedicated to Robert L. Manahan, the second voice actor of Zordon.
** The ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' episode "Circuit Unsure" was dedicated in memory of actress [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuy_Trang Thuy Trang]], who played Trini Kwan, [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers the original Yellow Ranger]].

* ''Series/Street Outlaws'': the episode of "10K Grudge Race" is dedicated to Ryan Fellows. Ryan Fellows died during the filming of Street Outlaws: Fastest in America in August 2022. Filming was postponed after he lost his life immediately after a race, which was one of nine happening at a racing event. The cast member died on the morning of Sunday, August 7, 2022, just outside Las Vegas. The 41-year-old was reportedly driving a gold Nissan 240z and lost control near the finish line before the vehicle rolled and caught fire. Onlookers were unable to get him out of the car in time.

* ''Series/Street Outlaws Fastest in America'' the episode of "10K Grudge Race" is dedicated to Ryan Fellows. Ryan Fellows died during the filming of Street Outlaws: Fastest in America in August 2022. Filming was postponed after he lost his life immediately after a race, which was one of nine happening at a racing event. The cast member died on the morning of Sunday, August 7, 2022, just outside Las Vegas. The 41-year-old was reportedly driving a gold Nissan 240z and lost control near the finish line before the vehicle rolled and caught fire. Onlookers were unable to get him out of the car in time.

* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' Rudy's wife of 53 years, Marge, died on November 1, 2008, after a long illness. CBS dedicated the Gabon episode, "The Brains Behind Everything", in her memory. Rudy Boesch passed away at the age of 91 in a retirement community on November 1, 2019 from complications associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He departed exactly 11 years after his wife Marge's passing. The Island of the Idols episode, "I Was Born at Night, but Not Last Night" was dedicated to Rudy a week after his passing. "I Can't Wait to See Jeff", the episode is dedicated to Survivor producer Keith Sayres, who passed away on February 1, 2023.

* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' Rudy's wife of 53 years, Marge, died on November 1, 2008, after a long illness. CBS dedicated the Gabon episode, "The Brains Behind Everything", in her memory. Rudy Boesch passed away at the age of 91 in a retirement community on November 1, 2019 from complications associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He departed exactly 11 years after his wife Marge's passing. The Island of the Idols episode, "I Was Born at Night, but Not Last Night" was dedicated to Rudy a week after his passing.

* ''Series/FamilyFeud'': A 2012 episode saw Steve Harvey giving out a moment of silence for original host Richard Dawson, who had died on June 2 (the same date that the above-mentioned Combs, who was also a former ''Feud'' host, committed suicide).

** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The season 3 premiere episode, "The Next Generation", was dedicated to Creator/AnnieWersching, who played the Borg Queen in season 2, as well as Liana in the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Oasis".

** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The season 3 premiere episode, "The Next Generation", opened with a title card dedicated to Creator/AnnieWersching, who played the Borg Queen in season 2, as well as Liana in the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Oasis".

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Unification_I_(episode)#Background_Information Unification I]]" included a memorial title card for creator Creator/GeneRoddenberry.