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2000 in American television

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In American television in 2000, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

Events

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January

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Date Event
5 All My Children celebrates its 30th anniversary on ABC.
8 The series finale of Saved by the Bell: The New Class airs on NBC, ending a consecutive run for the Saved by the Bell franchise that began on July 11, 1987, when NBC broadcast the pilot for Good Morning, Miss Bliss. The franchise would remain dormant until 2020.
15 David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery in New York-Presbyterian Hospital, following an angiogram that revealed that one of his arteries was constricted seriously.
17 Robin Givens replaces Mother Love as host of the talk show series Forgive or Forget.

February

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Date Event
8 Chris-Craft Broadcasting (the 50% owner of UPN) filed a lawsuit against Viacom in the New York Supreme Court to block it's partner's merger with CBS, claiming that a pact signed between the two partners in 1997 had prevented either from owning "any interest, financial or otherwise" in "any competing network," including CBS, for a four-year period through January 2001. The following month, New York Supreme Court ruled against Chris-Craft's move for a permanent injunction to curtail the Viacom-CBS merger and the enforcement of Viacom's ultimatum.
15 Rick Rockwell marries stranger Darva Conger watched by 22 million viewers on the Fox reality show Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? While he and Darva are honeymooning, it becomes apparent that Rockwell—who is sometimes a comedian—had a restraining order against a former girlfriend, and he was not really a multi-millionaire. As a result, Fox cancels a rerun scheduled the next week, and does not broadcast any new installments. In addition the couple end their relationship soon after the show's taping.
David Legler wins a combined $1,765,000 from the six episodes he appeared on the NBC game show, Twenty One, surpassing Curtis Warren's total of $1,546,988, and becoming, at the time, the largest winner in game show winnings totals. (Warren had set the record 4 days earlier on Fox's Greed, winning $1,000,000 by correctly answering a special Million Dollar Moment question.)
21 David Letterman resumes hosting Late Show with David Letterman on CBS following his quintuple heart bypass surgery in January. On the show, Letterman (whose father died of heart failure in his 50s) brings all of the doctors that had performed the operation out on stage with him, including Dr. O. Wayne Isom and physician Louis Aronne, who makes frequent appearances on the show. In an unusual show of emotion, Letterman is nearly in tears as he thanks the doctors. The episode will earn an Emmy Award nomination.
18 Just as FCC's duopoly rules relaxed, Fox Television Stations buy out KDFI from Dallas Media Inventors, creating the first television duopoly to be owned by Fox (the same strategy was used when Fox bought the Chris-Craft company and WPWR-TV the following year).
22 Paramount Stations Group and ACME Communications sign an agreement to broadcast shared WB and UPN affiliations in markets without competition. This results in UPN affiliates WWHO in Columbus, Ohio, WTVX in West Palm Beach, Florida and WLWC in Providence, Rhode Island taking secondary WB affiliations, and WB affiliates WBUI-TV in Champaign, Illinois, WBXX in Knoxville, Tennessee, and KPLR-TV in St. Louis, Missouri taking secondary UPN affiliations.

March

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Date Event
20 Viacom acquired Chris-Craft Broadcasting's 50% share of UPN for $5 million, making Chris-Craft's UPN stations (including New York and Los Angeles) the network's de facto owned-and-operated flagship stations.

April

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Date Event
1 Boomerang, a satuday-morning block from Cartoon Network, is launched as a cable television channel. The channel's visual identity (made by Primal Screen) would become well-known for its bumpers involving vintage Hanna-Barbera toys from the 1960s to 1980s. The bumpers have remained the same for almost fifteen years until the channel relaunched with a new logo in January 2015.
3 WWHO in Columbus, Ohio and WLWC in Providence, Rhode Island became primary UPN affiliates, and eventually becoming secondary WB affiliates.
12 The Fox series Get Real airs its 20th and final aired episode (leaving 2 more unaired). Both Annie Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg subsequently appeared in successful movie roles.

May

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Date Event
1 The WWF receives the 2nd highest rated episode of Raw is War with a 7.4 rating, where The Rock defeated Shane McMahon.[1]
14 After four years (since KEVN-TV left the network to join Fox in 1996), NBC returns to the Black Hills area of South Dakota when KNBN signs-on from Rapid City.
17 16.8 million American viewers watch the 2-hour final episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 on FOX.
19 The 27th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation is broadcast by ABC.
24 The WB broadcasts the third-season finale of Dawson's Creek, entitled "True Love". The episode features the first male gay kiss on U.S. primetime television, which has been called "a milestone in the timeline of gay representation in pop culture".[2]
31 The first season of CBS's long-running reality competition of Survivor, titled Survivor: Borneo, based on Sweden's game show Expedition Robinson, premieres its first episode. Sonja Christopher was the first contestant to be eliminated.

July

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Date Event
3 KNTV (channel 11) in San Jose, California drops its ABC affiliation for the Monterey Bay area and begins carrying minimal programming from The WB. (At that time, The WB affiliate for the Bay Area was KBWB channel 20).
5 The first season of CBS's long-running reality competition of Big Brother, based on the Dutch series of the same name, premieres its first episode. It was the only televised U.S. season to use the traditional format to eliminate contestants via televoting, however, as the season received negative reception.
11 The Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Atlanta's Turner Field is broadcast on NBC. This ultimately proved to be NBC's final telecast of the "Midsummer Classic" to date. All subsequent Major League Baseball All-Star Games would air on Fox.
14 After over a year of rotating guest critics, Buena Vista Television announces that Richard Roeper, columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, will become permanent co-host alongside Roger Ebert on the newly renamed program Ebert & Roeper and the Movies (renamed to Ebert & Roeper the following year) as Gene Siskel's (who died from complications following his May 1998 brain surgery in early 1999) successor.
15 CBS broadcasts its final NASCAR event, the Chevy Silverado 200. Dennis Setzer would win the race.
20 Will & Grace moves permanently to Thursday nights, ending two years of airing the series on different nights. On July 25, Frasier moves back to Tuesday nights after two years on Thursday nights due to competition from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, confirming the swap NBC had discussed their schedule in May.
28 Kathie Lee Gifford made her final appearance as co-host on Live!, after 17 years (eleven and a half years for national syndication). Regis Philbin will continue to serve the only host until Kelly Ripa introduced as new co-host the following year.

August

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Date Event
3 KBEJ Channel 2, (now KCWX) commences programming in Fredericksburg, Texas, taking the Austin market's UPN affiliation from low-powered station KVC 13 and returning full-time UPN service to San Antonio (between KRRT (now KMYS)'s switch to The WB in 1998 and KBEJ's sign-on, NBC affiliate KMOL-TV aired UPN programming on a secondary basis).
23 In CBS, corporate trainer Richard Hatch was declared the inaugural "Sole Survivor" in Survivor and won the $1,000,000 grand prize; Kelly Wiglesworth was named the runner-up.

September

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Date Event
10 The 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards presentation is broadcast on ABC.
15 The 2000 Summer Olympics are televised by NBC. Opening ceremonies are watched by 27 and a half million viewers.
16 After the completion of Viacom's $37 billion merger with the CBS Corporation, the CBS Kidshow block is replaced with Nick Jr. on CBS, programmed by new corporate sister Nickelodeon.
21 ABC Sports celebrates the 30th anniversary of Monday Night Football on this night.
26 NBC declines to renew its broadcast agreement with Major League Baseball. After 50 seasons — 1947–1989 and 1994–2000 — Game 6 of the 2000 American League Championship Series is the last Major League Baseball game that NBC would televise for the next 22 years. The New York Yankees would defeat the Seattle Mariners 9–7 to advance to the World Series (which they would beat the New York Mets in five games). In Houston, due to the coverage of the 2000 Presidential Debate, KPRC-TV elected to carry NBC News' coverage of the debate while KNWS-TV carried NBC's final baseball game.
29 Eddie McGee wins the first U.S. season of Big Brother and won the $500,000 grand prize. It is the only season at the time the final vote was determined by public viewers instead of a Jury vote.
30 PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch debuts. The block is programmed for PBS by Canada-based Nelvana, which had programmed the CBS Kidshow until the block was cancelled by CBS on September 16.[3]

October

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Date Event
3 Jim Lehrer moderates the first 2000 presidential debate between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush at the University of Massachusetts Boston.[4]
5 CNN's Bernard Shaw moderates the 2000 Vice Presidential debate with Senator Joe Lieberman and former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney.[5]
11 The second presidential debate is held at Wake Forest University.[6]
17 NBC broadcasts Game 6 of the American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners. With Bob Costas and Joe Morgan at the call, the Yankees would defeat the Mariners 9–7, to advance to the World Series against their cross–town rivals, the Mets. As previously mentioned, this proved to be NBC's final Major League Baseball telecast until the 2022 season.
26 The Game 5 of the World Series airs on Fox. The New York Yankees win their third consecutive title (and first since the Oakland Athletics from 1972 to 1974) and 26th in franchise history, defeating their crosstown opponent the New York Mets 4–2.
30 Lancaster, Pennsylvania's college student Brad Rutter made his historical first appearance in the Jeopardy! game show, and he would go on set a record for its largest J! career winnings as of 2005 ($4,788,440), and as of 2020, becoming one of the largest winners in American game show history with winnings accumulating over $5,000,000, including $100,000 he won from Million Dollar Mind Game in 2014.
31 Charles Barkley makes his debut as an analyst on TBS/TNT's Inside the NBA.

November

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Date Event
4 The final episode of All That's first-run airs on Nickelodeon. After 13 episodes the show was put on hiatus. To keep the show running, the producers compiled a series called Best of All That. Eventually, Nickelodeon canceled All That, due to crew disputes and a general desire to move on. However, All That still had a strong following and was one of the most popular shows on the network. Nickelodeon planned to revive the show, starting from scratch.

December

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Date Event
14 Barker's Beauties Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley both quit CBS' series The Price Is Right. (On her broadcast run, Pennington has been on the series since its premiere during 1972.) Starting the following day, auditions to find new Barker's Beauties are held for several months. In the end, Claudia Jordan and Heather Kozar are selected as permanent models.
22 Bianca Montgomery, played by Eden Riegel for the soap opera All My Children, reveals herself as a lesbian to her mother, Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci).
31 ABC broadcasts "Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve" at 10 p.m. ET for the first time, followed by local news or programming and then the main "New Year's Rockin' Eve".

Programs

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Debuts

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Date Show Network
January 3 Your Weather Today The Weather Channel
January 8 Rainbow Fish HBO
Winning Lines CBS
January 9 Malcolm in the Middle Fox
January 10 The Ainsley Harriott Show Syndication
January 12 18 Wheels of Justice TNN
Higher Ground Fox Family
January 13 EGG, the Arts Show PBS
January 16 City of Angels CBS
January 17 I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge UPN
Cleopatra 2525 Syndication
January 22 Jack of All Trades
January 24 Brutally Normal The WB
Hollywood Showdown PAX TV
Slime Time Live Nickelodeon
February 5 The Others NBC
February 11 Miracle Pets PAX TV
February 12 Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Fox Kids
February 16 Diary MTV
February 25 Max Steel Kids' WB
February 26 The Weekenders ABC
March 5 Cover Me USA Network
March 7 Secret Agent Man UPN
March 9 God, the Devil and Bob NBC
March 11 Caitlin's Way Nickelodeon
March 14 Son of the Beach FX
March 20 First Outlook The Weather Channel
March 20 Titus Fox
March 21 The Beat UPN
March 22 Then Came You ABC
March 23 Battery Park NBC
Daddio
March 24 Making the Band ABC
March 27 Crush USA Network
March 30 Wonderland ABC
March 31 Call of the Wild Animal Planet
April 1 MasterChef USA PBS
April 2 D.C. The WB
April 3 Between the Lions PBS Kids
The Dooley and Pals Show Syndication
April 4 Falcone CBS
April 11 Talk to Me ABC
April 13 Food 911 Food Network
April 23 Genesis PAX TV
April 30 A Walk In Your Shoes Nick Jr. Channel
May 15 Secrets of the Dead PBS
May 31 Clerks: The Animated Series ABC
Survivor CBS
June 5 Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Nickelodeon
June 6 M.Y.O.B. NBC
June 16 Strip Mall Comedy Central
Totally Circus Disney Channel
June 17 Even Stevens Disney Channel
June 20 Shooting Gallery Outdoor Channel
June 26 Spy Groove MTV
Resurrection Blvd. Showtime
June 28 Soul Food
July 3 Masters of Illusion PAX TV
July 5 Big Brother CBS
July 10 Crossing Over with John Edward Sci-Fi Channel
July 12 Young Americans The WB
July 17 Opposite Sex Fox
July 23 The Brothers García Nickelodeon
Strong Medicine Lifetime
The War Next Door USA Network
July 24 Mysterious Ways PAX TV
July 28 Baby Blues The WB
August 8 Sammy NBC
August 9 Live Through This MTV
August 12 BattleBots Comedy Central
August 14 Dora the Explorer Nickelodeon
Summer Oobi Noggin
August 25 Encounters With the Unexplained PAX TV
August 26 In a Heartbeat Disney Channel
Generation O! Kids' WB
September 4 Clifford the Big Red Dog PBS Kids
Caillou
Judge Hatchett Syndication
September 9 Jackie Chan Adventures Kids' WB
Teacher's Pet ABC
September 11 106 & Park BET
2 Minute Drill ESPN
Dr. Laura Syndication
Girlfriends UPN
September 12 MTV Cribs MTV
September 22 Grosse Pointe The WB
Fear MTV
September 23 Static Shock Kids' WB
Just Deal NBC
September 30 Corduroy PBS Kids
Elliot Moose
George Shrinks
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
Seven Little Monsters
Timothy Goes to School
October 1 That's Life CBS
Jackass MTV
October 2 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command UPN and ABC
Yes, Dear CBS
Deadline NBC
Tucker
History IQ The History Channel
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda Syndication
Moral Court
Street Smarts
October 3 Dark Angel Fox
October 4 Titans NBC
October 5 Gilmore Girls The WB
Pelswick Nickelodeon
October 6 FreakyLinks Fox
Madigan Men ABC
The Trouble with Normal
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS
The Fugitive
October 7 The District
Noah Knows Best Nickelodeon
Maximum Exposure Syndication
Queen of Swords
Sheena
October 8 Ed NBC
Hype The WB
October 9 Nikki
October 10 The Geena Davis Show ABC
Gideon's Crossing
October 11 Bette CBS
Welcome to New York
A Makeover Story TLC
October 13 Trading Spaces
October 15 Curb Your Enthusiasm HBO
October 21 Cheaters Syndication
The Fearing Mind Fox Family
October 23 Scariest Places on Earth
Boston Public Fox
October 24 The Michael Richards Show NBC
October 25 As Told By Ginger Nickelodeon
October 26 Cursed NBC
October 27 Freedom UPN
Level 9
November 1 Normal, Ohio Fox
The Street
November 4 X-Men: Evolution Kids' WB
November 14 DAG NBC
November 17 Sheep in the Big City Cartoon Network
December 3 The Living Century PBS
Queer as Folk Showtime
December 6 TV Funhouse Comedy Central
December 7 The Jeff Corwin Experience Animal Planet
December 8 Dot Comedy ABC
December 21 The Brak Show Cartoon Network
Sealab 2021
December 30 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Returning this year

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Show Last aired Previous network New title New network Returning
Twenty One 1958 NBC Same NBC January 9
Ripley's Believe It or Not! 1986 ABC TBS January 12
Double Dare 1993 Nickelodeon, Fox Double Dare 2000 Same January 24
Grapevine 1992 CBS Same February 28
Supermarket Sweep 1995 Lifetime PAX TV April 3
Shop 'til You Drop 1998 The Family Channel
Cartoon Cartoon Weekend 1999 Cartoon Network The Cartoon Cartoon Show (Cartoon Cartoons or The Big Pick) Same June 9
This Week in Baseball 1998 Syndication Same Fox July 12
To Tell the Truth 1991 NBC Syndication September 18
The Critic 1995 Fox Comedy Central November

Ending this year

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Date Show Network Debut Status
January 1 Random Acts of Comedy Fox Family 1999 Cancelled
January 5 It's Like, You Know... ABC
January 7 Odd Man Out
January 8 The Brothers Flub Nickelodeon
Saved by the Bell: The New Class NBC 1993 Ended
January 22 Science Court ABC 1997 Cancelled
Flying Rhino Junior High CBS 1998
KaBlam! Nickelodeon 1996
January 30 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective CBS 1995
February 4 Sliders Sci Fi Channel
February 12 Superman: The Animated Series Kids' WB 1996
The New Batman/Superman Adventures 1997
February 13 Linc's Showtime 1998
February 14 Brutally Normal The WB 2000
February 16 Noddy PBS Kids 1998
February 18 Winning Lines CBS 2000
February 22 Pulp Comics Comedy Central 1996
Archie's Weird Mysteries PAX TV 1999
February 26 The Avengers: United They Stand Fox Kids
February 27 Animorphs Nickelodeon 1998
March 2 I Am Weasel Cartoon Network 1997
March 4 Oh Baby Lifetime 1998
March 7 Gullah Gullah Island Nickelodeon 1994
March 15 Tenacious D HBO 1997
March 25 Detention Kids' WB 1999
March 28 God, the Devil and Bob (returned in 2011) NBC 2000
March 31 Histeria! Kids' WB 1998
April 1 Crashbox HBO Family 1999
April 3 Hope Island PAX TV
April 6 Wonderland ABC 2000
April 9 Pacific Blue USA Network 1996
April 12 Get Real Fox 1999
Falcone CBS 2000
April 13 Battery Park NBC
April 22 Godzilla: The Series Fox Kids 1998
April 23 The Journey of Allen Strange Nickelodeon 1997
The Beat UPN 2000
April 25 D.C. The WB
Talk to Me ABC
April 26 Then Came You
April 28 Cosby CBS 1996
May 1 George and Martha HBO Family 1999
May 3 Party of Five (returned in 2020) Fox 1994 Ended
May 4 Chicago Hope CBS Cancelled
May 5 Now and Again ABC 1999
Boy Meets World (returned in 2014) 1993 Ended
A Little Curious HBO 1998 Cancelled
May 11 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Cartoon Network 2000
May 12 G vs E Sci Fi Channel 1999
May 13 The Pretender NBC 1996
Martial Law CBS 1998
May 16 Sports Night ABC
May 17 Beverly Hills, 90210 (returned in 2008) Fox 1990
May 19 Harsh Realm FX 1999
Donny & Marie Syndication 1998
May 20 Malibu, CA
Pensacola: Wings of Gold 1997
May 22 Grown Ups UPN 1999
Malcolm & Eddie 1996
May 25 The Dooley and Pals Show Syndication 2000
Jesse NBC 1998
May 26 Forgive or Forget Syndication
Storytime with Thomas Fox Family 1999
May 27 Early Edition CBS 1996
May 30 I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge UPN 2000
June 9 The Dating Game Syndication 1965
June 10 The Others NBC 2000
June 11 Are You Afraid of the Dark? (returned in 2019) Nickelodeon 1992
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane The WB 1999
June 16 Higher Ground Fox Family 2000
June 21 Time of Your Life Fox 1999
June 23 Kids Say the Darndest Things (returned in 2019) CBS 1998
June 26 Call of the Wild Animal Planet 2000
June 27 M.Y.O.B. NBC
Veronica's Closet 1997
July 1 Profiler 1996
July 3 The Magnificent Seven CBS 1998
July 7 The Strip UPN 1999
July 8 Freaks and Geeks Fox Family
July 13 Stark Raving Mad NBC
July 15 Kenan & Kel Nickelodeon 1996
July 16 Mission Hill (returned in 2002) The WB 1999
July 18 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child HBO 1995
Love & Money CBS 1999
July 25 Dilbert UPN
July 28 Secret Agent Man 2000
August 1 Shasta McNasty 1999
August 18 WCW Saturday Night TBS 1971
August 24 Baby Blues (returned in 2002) The WB 2000
August 30 Young Americans
September 1 Jep! GSN 1998
September 2 The Bugs Bunny Show ABC 1960
September 4 Opposite Sex Fox 2000
September 24 Totally Circus Disney Channel
The War Next Door USA Network
October 2 Strangers with Candy Comedy Central 1999
October 6 ECW on TNN The Nashville Network
October 17 Major League Baseball on NBC (returned in 2022) NBC 1947
October 23 PB&J Otter Playhouse Disney 1998
Daddio NBC 2000
Tucker
November 10 The Trouble with Normal ABC
Double Dare 2000 (returned in 2018) Nickelodeon 1986
November 18 Pepper Ann UPN 1997
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Fox Kids 2000
Beast Machines 1999
November 24 The Roseanne Show Syndication 1998
November 25 The Chris Rock Show HBO 1997
December 2 The Fearing Mind Fox Family 2000
Jack of All Trades Syndication
December 8 Dot Comedy ABC
December 13 Normal, Ohio Fox 2000
The Street
December 15 Madigan Men ABC
December 16 Hang Time NBC 1995
Mickey Mouse Works ABC 1999
December 17 Adventures from the Book of Virtues PBS 1996
December 18 Titans NBC 2000
December 19 The Michael Richards Show
December 21 City of Angels CBS
December 26 Suddenly Susan NBC 1996
December 31 ECW Hardcore TV Syndication 1993

Entering syndication this year

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Show Seasons In Production Source
7th Heaven 4 Yes [7][page needed][full citation needed]
Cosby 4 No [8][page needed][full citation needed]
Early Edition 4 No [9][page needed][full citation needed]
The Jamie Foxx Show 5 Yes
Moesha 5 Yes [10][page needed][full citation needed]
Nash Bridges 5 Yes [11][page needed][full citation needed]
The Pretender 4 No [12][page needed][full citation needed]
Sabrina the Teenage Witch 4 Yes [13][page needed][full citation needed]
Spin City 4 Yes [14][page needed][full citation needed]
Suddenly Susan 4 No [15][page needed][full citation needed]

Changes of network affiliation

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Show Moved from Moved to
Forensic Files TLC Court TV
Budgie the Little Helicopter Fox Kids Fox Family
The Hughleys ABC UPN
Ripley's Believe It or Not! TBS
Sabrina the Teenage Witch The WB
The PJs Fox The WB
This Week in Baseball Syndication Fox
Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular NBC
Twenty One NBC Pax TV
Supermarket Sweep Lifetime
Shop 'til You Drop Fox Family
WWF Raw Is War USA Network TNN
WWF LiveWire
WWF Superstars
WWF Sunday Night Heat MTV
To Tell the Truth NBC Syndication
The Critic Fox Comedy Central

Miniseries

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Title Channel Premiere
The 10th Kingdom NBC February 27
The Corner HBO April 16
Arabian Nights ABC April 30
Jesus CBS May 14

Networks and services

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Launches

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Network Type Launch date Notes Source
Hispanic Television Network Cable television Unknown
VH1 Uno Cable and satellite Unknown
BYU TV Cable and satellite January 1
PBS YOU Cable television January 15
Soapnet Cable and satellite January 20
Oxygen Cable and satellite February 2
V-Me Cable television March 5
Boomerang Cable and satellite April 1 Boomerang was originally a programming block on Cartoon Network, which continued until 2004.
New Urban Entertainment Television Cable television July 17
Azteca America Cable television July 28
Venevisión Continental Cable television August 28
HBO Latino Cable television November 1
RFD-TV Cable and satellite December 1

Conversions and rebrandings

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Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source
SportsChannel Florida Fox Sports Net Florida Cable television March 1
VH1 Classic Rock VH1 Classic Cable and satellite May 8
CBS Telenoticias Telemundo Internacional Cable television September
ZDTV TechTV Cable and satellite September 18
The Nashville Network The National Network Cable television September 25
ValueVision ShopNBC Cable television November

Closures

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Network name Type Closure Date Notes Source
Discovery People Cable television Unknown
Z Music Television Cable television Unknown
Boyz Channel Cable television August 18
Girlz Channel Cable television August 18
Romance Classics Cable and satellite December 31

Television stations

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Station launches

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Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref.
January 3 Palm Springs, California KPSE-LP 38 UPN
April 23 Orlando, Florida WRDQ 27 Independent
May 24 Scranton, Pennsylvania W26CD 26 TBN
May 25 Stuart/West Palm Beach, Florida WHDT 9 Deutsche Welle
June 17 Grand Junction, Colorado KFQX 4 Fox
June 19 Eureka Springs/Fort Smith, Arkansas KWBS-TV 34 Pax TV
Syracuse, New York WAWA-LP 14 Independent
August 3 San Antonio, Texas KBEJ 2 UPN
September 6 Tacoma/Seattle, Washington KWDK 56 Daystar
October 1 Duluth, Minnesota K60EZ 60 UPN (primary)
AIN (secondary)
October 18 Wichita Falls, Texas KUWF-LP 36 Univision
November Grand Forks, North Dakota KXJC-LP 35 CBS
November 24 Montgomery, Alabama WRJM-TV 67 UPN
December Flagstaff, Arizona KTFL 4 FamilyNet
Los Angeles, California KXLA 44 America One
December 12 Orlando, Florida WLCB-TV 45 Christian independent
December 20 Flagstaff, Arizona KCFG 9 America One
Unknown date Binghamton, New York W10CO 10 UPN
Calipatria, California KAJB 54 Independent
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands WVIF 15 Pax TV
Farmington, New Mexico KOBG-TV 6 NBC Satellite of KOB-TV/Albuquerque
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin WMMF-TV 68 FamilyNet
Madison, Wisconsin WISC-DT2 3.2
(digital)
The WB Over-the-air digital relaunch of the cable-only TVW; one of the first digital subchannels to launch in the United States
Naples/Fort Myers, Florida W43AY 43 Telemundo
Las Vegas, Nevada KNVV-LP 41 Univision
Sioux Falls, South Dakota KAUN 36 Pax TV

Births

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Date Name Notability
January 7 Marcus Scribner Actor (Black-ish, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
January 8 Noah Cyrus Actress (Hannah Montana) and daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus
January 20 Montse Hernandez Voice actress (Gwen Tennyson on Ben 10)
January 26 Anthony Turpel Actor (Love, Victor)
January 28 Julia Lester Actress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
February 1 Paris Smith Actress (Every Witch Way)
February 10 Yara Shahidi Actress (Black-ish, Grown-ish)
February 23 Christian Martyn Canadian actor (Anne With An E, Home Alone: The Holiday Heist)
February 25 Angelina Wahler Voice actress (Fee on Harvey Beaks)
Tucker Albrizzi Actor (Big Time Rush, Good Luck Charlie)
March 6 Jacob Bertrand Actor (Bubble Guppies, Marvin Marvin, Kirby Buckets, Cobra Kai)
March 21 Jace Norman Actor (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger, Danger Force)
March 27 Sophie Nélisse Canadian actress (Yellowjackets)
March 30 Regan Mizrahi Voice actor (Boots on Dora the Explorer (2008–12))
May 4 Amara Miller Actress
May 7 Maxwell Perry Cotton Actor (Brothers & Sisters)
May 18 Addison Holley Actress
May 30 Jared S. Gilmore Actor (Once Upon a Time)
June 2 Lilimar Hernandez Venezuelan actress (Bella and the Bulldogs, Knight Squad)[16]
June 13 Daniella Perkins Actress (Legendary Dudas, Knight Squad)
June 17 Odessa A'zion Actress (Fam, Grand Army)
June 22 Maliq Johnson Actor (Grand Army)
July 8 Benjamin Stockham Actor (Sons of Tucson, 1600 Penn, About a Boy)
July 19 Owen Joyner Actor (100 Things to Do Before High School, Knight Squad)
July 25 Mason Cook Actor (Speechless)
Meg Donnelly Actress (American Housewife) and singer
July 27 Savannah Lee Smith Actress (Gossip Girl)
August 3 Landry Bender Actress (Crash & Bernstein, Best Friends Whenever, The Lion Guard, Looking for Alaska)
Chandler Kinney Actress (Zombies 2, Pretty Little Liars)
August 5 Augie Isaac Actor (Mighty Med)
August 12 Savannah May Actress (Knight Squad)
August 19 Trenton Rogers Voice actor (Leo on Little Einsteins (2007–09))
August 20 Fátima Ptacek Voice actress (Dora the Explorer, Dora and Friends: Into the City!)
August 24 Griffin Gluck Actor (Private Practice, Red Band Society)
August 26 Brady Reiter Actress (100 Things to Do Before High School)
September 28 Frankie Jonas Actor (Jonas)
Brenna D'Amico Actress (Descendants: Wicked World)
September 12 Laine Hardy Singer (American Idol)[17]
September 30 Amina Alzouma Actress (I Am Frankie)
October 10 Aedin Mincks Actor (A.N.T. Farm)
October 11 Hayden Byerly Actor (The Fosters)
October 13 Gail Soltys Actress (Talia in the Kitchen)
October 14 Mekai Curtis Actor (Kirby Buckets, Milo Murphy's Law)
October 31 Willow Smith Actress, singer and daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
November 7 Dara Reneé Actress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
November 8 Jade Pettyjohn Actress (School of Rock)
November 10 Mackenzie Foy Actress
November 11 Kristi Beckett Actress (I Am Frankie)
November 13 Armani Barrett Actor (I Am Frankie)
November 22 Ariel Martin Actress and singer
Auliʻi Cravalho Actress and singer
December 16 Lance Lim Actor (School of Rock)
December 21 Lucas Jade Zumann Actor (Anne With An E, Sinister 2, 20th Century Women)
December 22 Joshua Bassett Actor (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)

Deaths

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Date Name Age Notability
January 15 Fran Ryan 83 American character actress (Doris Ziffle #2 on Green Acres)
January 16 By Saam 85 American sportscaster
January 18 Nancy Coleman 87 American film, stage, television and radio actress
Jester Hairston 98 American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor (Amen)
February 10 Jim Varney 50 American actor; creator of the Ernest P. Worrell character (Hey Vern, It's Ernest!)
February 12 Charles M. Schulz 77 American cartoonist, creator of Peanuts
March 11 Alex Dreier 83 American news reporter
March 15 Durward Kirby 88 American television host and announcer
March 25 Helen Martin 90 American character actress (Pearl Shay on 227)
April 10 Larry Linville 60 American actor (Major Frank Burns on M*A*S*H)
April 12 Christopher Pettiet 24 American television and film actor (The Young Riders)
May 7 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 90 American actor and producer (Douglas Fairbanks Presents), son of Douglas Fairbanks
May 10 Craig Stevens 81 American film and television actor (Peter Gunn)
June 18 Nancy Marchand 71 American actress (Livia Soprano on The Sopranos, Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant)
July 1 Walter Matthau 79 American actor and comedian
July 14 Meredith MacRae 56 American actress and singer (Billie Jo Bradley #3 on Petticoat Junction)
July 28 Jaime Cardriche 32 American actor (Malcolm & Eddie)
August 12 Loretta Young 87 American actress (The Loretta Young Show)
September 14 Beah Richards 80 American stage, screen, and television actress
September 26 Richard Mulligan 67 American television and film actor (Burt Campbell on Soap, Dr. Harry Weston on Empty Nest)
October 6 Richard Farnsworth 80 American actor and stuntman
October 9 David Dukes 55 American actor
October 16 Rick Jason 77 American actor (Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat!)
October 18 Julie London 74 American singer and actress (Nurse Dixie McCall on Emergency!)
October 30 Steve Allen 78 American comedian, composer (original The Tonight Show host)
December 2 Gail Fisher 65 American actress (Peggy Fair on Mannix)
December 6 Werner Klemperer 80 German-American actor (Colonel Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes)
December 12 George Montgomery 84 American actor, director, producer, writer and stuntman
December 23 Victor Borge 91 Danish comedian and pianist
December 26 Jason Robards 78 American stage, film and television actor (The Day After)

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References

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