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2004–05 United States network television schedule |
2005–06 United States network television schedule |
List of American television programs currently in production |
In American television in 2005, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.
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1 | The U.S. channel package PT East, originally created by the New York, New York, company PrimeTime 24, and used by satellite TV viewers where over-the-air TV is unavailable, changes its ABC affiliate from WKRN-TV (Nashville, Tennessee) to flagship station WABC-TV (New York City). |
DirecTV removed Trio from its EPG lineup. The network loses two-thirds of its 20 million viewers, putting in doubt the future of the NBCUniversal-owned channel. | |
2 | Fox cancels the reality show Who's Your Daddy? after only one episode. |
3 | Craig Ferguson replaces Craig Kilborn as the host of The Late Late Show on CBS, becoming the first foreign-born host to have his own late-night talk show. |
5 | The 35th anniversary episode of the series All My Children is broadcast by ABC. The special episode, which used former characters Mark Dalton (Mark LaMura) and Nick Davis (Larry Keith), was also unique in that it was the last appearance of ailing actress Ruth Warrick. She died less than two weeks after the episode was broadcast. |
7 | Tamala Edwards resigns as co-anchor of ABC's World News Now and heads to the network's O&O WPVI/Philadelphia. |
8 | CBS airs the first episode of the reality series The Will . Ratings for the show are so low, it is canceled after only one episode, following Fox's Who's Your Daddy? which was cancelled six days ago. |
Cartoon Network airs Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers: Ignition, the first of four computer-animated films of Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers, as part of the channel's Toonami block. | |
17 | After over 6 years, Big Tigger hosts Rap City: Tha Bassment for the last time on BET. He reveals that his mother has sold the basement and forced him out to live with his father. The following day, the show is retitled as Rap City with Mad Linx taking over as the new host. |
Heather Cabot becomes the new co-anchor of ABC's World News Now . | |
22 | FoxBox, Fox's Saturday morning programming block owned by 4Kids Entertainment, is rebranded as 4Kids TV. |
29 | Nickelodeon's successful Saturday night block, SNICK, is discontinued after 12 years. It would then be revamped as a Saturday night edition of TEENick for the 2004-05 television season and onward until the TEENick name was dropped in February 2009 and shifted into a 24-hour channel (rebranding The N) months later. |
Date | Event |
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2 | Paramount Television and UPN announce the cancellation of the series Star Trek: Enterprise . Soon afterward, fan efforts begin to save the show, climaxing in a campaign that raises more than $3 million (US) towards funding further production, an offer Paramount ultimately rejects. |
6 | Super Bowl XXXIX is telecast by Fox. Following the game, Fox airs The Simpsons episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", followed by the pilot of American Dad! . |
7 | MTV2 revamps the two-headed dog symbol. |
9 | Jeopardy! held its Ultimate Tournament of Champions and concluded on May 25; Brad Rutter emerged as the champion of the tournament and won the grand prize of $2,000,000; with his career winnings of $3,270,102 (which include another $15,000 for winning a match), Rutter surpassed Ken Jennings's $3,022,700 as the new largest winner in the show's program, as well as the all-time biggest game show winner in the history of American and international television, a title which Rutter held on until October 10, 2008, where Jennings regained the status (Rutter would later top Jennings' record on May 16, 2014, after winning another Jeopardy! tournament, Battle of the Decades ; Rutter would later lose the record to Jennings on January 14, 2020, after losing to another Jeopardy! tournament, The Greatest of All Time ). |
21 | Avatar: The Last Airbender airs its hour-long series premiere on Nickelodeon. |
Date | Event |
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9 | On the 24th anniversary of his debut, Dan Rather retires as main anchorman of the CBS Evening News and is succeeded by Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer on an interim basis. |
18 | G4 broadcasts the final episode of the former TechTV series The Screen Savers ; the series was replaced by a new show known as Attack of the Show! the following week. |
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody premieres on Disney Channel. | |
26 | After a 16-year hiatus, Doctor Who returns to BBC television in the UK. Around this time efforts are under way to get the cult program a berth on an American network, however Sci-Fi Channel rejects it for the entire first two seasons on its revival run. The following Doctor Who episodes were returned to the air on BBC America in December 2009. |
Date | Event |
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1 | ABC news anchorman Peter Jennings anchors what will turn out to be his final World News Tonight telecast. Four days later, Jennings informs viewers of World News Tonight, via a taped segment, that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer and beginning of chemotherapy. He dies four months later at the age of 67. |
15 | PBS Kids Go! celebrates Tax Day with the first two-hour Cyberchase special "Know Your Dough". |
Date | Event |
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1 | Family Guy begins airing new episodes on Fox with "North by North Quahog". Initially cancelled by Fox in 2002, the unexpected popularity of the show's reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block and DVD releases, as well as letters addressed to Fox, forces the network to renew the show. Fox's revival of Family Guy coincides with the launch of the network's Animation Domination block, which also debuts on this night and pairs Family Guy with King of the Hill , The Simpsons , and the official series premiere of American Dad! . |
2 | Hunter Tylo resumes her role as Dr. Taylor Forrester on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful , after the character was "killed off" three years ago. The revelation that she was alive surprises many viewers as it had not been hinted by any other sources, print or online. |
6 | SpongeBob SquarePants debuts its fourth season on Nickelodeon after a 7-month hiatus. Originally set to end in 2004, the success of the third season forces Nickelodeon to renew the series for a fourth season before the development of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie . |
13 | The controversial final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise is broadcast in the United States on UPN, ending an 18-year, uninterrupted run of four consecutive or concurrent Star Trek series dating back to 1987. |
23 | Tom Cruise appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show , which made several public pronouncements of his relationship with Katie Holmes, and most notably "the couch incident." |
24 | CBS aired a special, Rob and Amber Get Married , featuring the marriage of Survivor and The Amazing Race contestants Amber Brkich and Rob Mariano, in The Bahamas. They were earlier engaged on May 9 last year on the live finale of Survivor: All-Stars , in which Brkich won the season. |
25 | On Fox, Carrie Underwood wins season four of the popular singing competition, American Idol . |
Date | Event |
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30 | Viacom launches Logo TV, a TV channel intended for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults. The channel space of defunct sister network VH1 Mega Hits provides the bulk of the new channel's carriage. |
Date | Event |
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1 | The PAX network is renamed as i: Independent Television. |
8 | The first episode of Camp Lazlo airs on Cartoon Network. |
28 | After 5 years, AJ and Free retire as hosts of BET's 106 & Park and are succeeded by Big Tigger (co-host of BET Style ) and Julissa (host of The Center ) on an interim basis. |
Date | Event |
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1 | Current TV, a 24-hour youth-oriented news channel owned by the former U.S. vice president Al Gore, is initiated. The channel replaces Newsworld International. |
7 | ABC's acclaimed news anchor Peter Jennings dies of lung cancer. He is succeeded by Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas for World News Tonight in December. |
Oregon-based model Sara Jean Underwood makes her national television debut on the premiere night of The Girls Next Door . | |
13 | In response to Linda Vester's year-long maternity leave, Fox News Channel announces that she will not be hosting DaySide again. |
29 | Hurricane Katrina strikes the Greater New Orleans area, causing major disruption of the region's television broadcasts. Local television news programs relocate to other cities to cover the story, though most are interrupted by the storm; some continue to broadcast reports by the Internet. |
Date | Event |
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2 | While presenting for the NBC telecast of A Concert for Hurricane Relief , music producer and rapper Kanye West ignores his script and addresses what he perceives as the racism of both the government and of the media, stating: George Bush doesn't care about black people, and calls for the media to stop labeling African-American families as "looters" while white families were depicted as "looking for food." |
5 | In Champaign, Illinois, NBC affiliates WICS/WICD end their 46-year relationship with the network and swap affiliations with ABC affiliate WAND due to an affiliation deal between LIN Media, operators of WAND, and NBC. |
10 | The Naruto franchise makes its North American television debut on Cartoon Network's Toonami block. |
18 | The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are given at the Shrine Auditorium in a ceremony broadcast by CBS. |
19 | Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy take over as new hosts of DaySide on Fox News Channel. |
20 | Maggie Ausburn is the winner of the American version of Big Brother 6 on CBS, and wins the $500,000 prize. Runner-Up Ivette Corredero wins $50,000. |
23 | Nicktoons is rebranded as Nicktoons Network (but will revert to the Nicktoons name in 2009). |
26 | Sprout (now Universal Kids) is launched by a joint venture between PBS, Comcast, HIT Entertainment, and Sesame Workshop. The new network replaces PBS Kids, allowing for an initial reach of 16.5 million subscribers. |
Date | Event |
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1 | NBC's Saturday Night Live begins broadcasting in HDTV format. |
3 | Rap City host Mad Linx temporarily leaves the show to host BET's The Road Show. For the next several months his place is taken by J-Nicks, until Mad Linx returns the following February. |
9 | Little Einsteins premieres on Playhouse Disney. |
20 | Neon Genesis Evangelion makes its U.S. television debut on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. |
22 | Tina Fey returns from maternity leave to resume her duties for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update skit. |
The last episode of All That airs on Nickelodeon. First-run episodes of All That wouldn't be produced again for another nearly 15 years causing Dan's sex abuse. | |
26 | Game 4 of the World Series airs on Fox. The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros, winning their first title since 1917. |
Date | Event |
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8 | Days of Our Lives celebrates its 40th anniversary on NBC. |
13 | Professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero dies at the age of 38 after being found unconscious in his hotel room. |
22 | Ted Koppel resigns as host of ABC's Nightline after 25 years. Six days later, Koppel is succeeded by a three-anchor team of Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden, and Terry Moran. |
Date | Event |
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1 | Oprah Winfrey appears on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman , making her first appearance on a David Letterman-hosted show in sixteen years. |
2 | A Knots Landing retrospective, Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again , is broadcast (appropriately) by CBS. |
ABC World News Now anchor Heather Cabot leaves the program due to her pregnancy. | |
5 | Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas unofficially begin anchoring duties for ABC News's World News Tonight , replacing Peter Jennings, who died of cancer almost four months ago. |
6 | The 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS. 8.9 million people tune in. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
24 | TBN's kid-aimed, faith-based channel Smile of a Child is launched. |
26 | The first episode of My Gym Partner's a Monkey airs as a sneak peek before officially premiering on February 24, 2006. |
ABC broadcasts its 555th and final telecast of Monday Night Football , a game between the New England Patriots and New York Jets. | |
31 | The original Viacom officially divides into two companies, with the CBS television network and Showtime Networks becoming part of CBS Corporation, and the MTV Networks group of channels (which includes MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central) and BET (Black Entertainment Television) becoming part of the new Viacom. Eventually, the greatest casualty of the division was that Paramount Television, which became part of CBS Corporation, would cease to exist after 38 years of television production, as it was rebranded as CBS Paramount Television in January 2006, using that name until it became CBS Television Studios three years later. |
Show | Channel | Last aired | Returning |
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A Current Affair | Syndication | 1996 | March 21 |
Family Guy | Fox | 2002 | May 1 |
The Dating Game | Syndication | 2000 | May 4 |
SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | 2004 | May 6 |
Dirty Jobs | Discovery Channel | 2003 | June 26 |
Zoboomafoo | PBS Kids | 2001 | July 16 |
Rugrats | Nickelodeon | 2004 | September 24 |
Date | Show | Channel | Debut | Status |
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January 1 | Fraternity Life | MTV | 2003 | Cancelled |
January 2 | The Mountain | The WB | 2004 | |
Who's Your Daddy? | Fox Reality Channel | 2005 | ||
January 9 | The Will | CBS | ||
January 10 | Battle for Ozzfest | MTV | 2004 | |
January 11 | Celebrity Blackjack | GSN | ||
January 15 | Megas XLR | Cartoon Network | ||
January 19 | Center of the Universe | CBS | ||
January 20 | Life as We Know It | ABC | ||
Century City | CBS | |||
January 22 | Dave the Barbarian | Disney Channel | ||
January 24 | Second Time Around | UPN | ||
January 26 | The Club | Spike TV | ||
January 28 | I Love the '90s: Part Deux | VH1 | 2005 | |
Grounded for Life | The WB | 2001 | ||
February 11 | Kudlow & Cramer | MSNBC | 2002 | |
Oobi | Noggin | 2000 | ||
February 19 | Kenny the Shark | Discovery Kids | 2003 | |
February 26 | ¡Mucha Lucha! | Kids' WB | 2002 | |
March 1 | NYPD Blue | ABC | 1993 | Ended |
March 11 | Bullseye | CNBC | 2003 | Cancelled |
Tru Calling | Fox | |||
Wanna Come In? | MTV | 2004 | ||
March 13 | Tilt | ESPN | 2005 | |
March 15 | Committed | NBC | ||
March 18 | The Screen Savers | G4 | 1998 | |
March 21 | The Osbournes | MTV | 2002 | |
March 25 | Medical Investigation | NBC | 2004 | |
The Powerpuff Girls (returned in 2016) | Cartoon Network | 1998 | ||
Star Wars: Clone Wars | 2003 | |||
March 27 | Carnivàle | HBO | ||
March 30 | Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica | MTV | ||
American Dreams | NBC | 2002 | ||
The Ashlee Simpson Show | MTV | 2004 | ||
April 8 | EGG, the Arts Show | PBS | 2000 | |
April 12 | Curious Buddies | Nick Jr. | 2004 | |
April 13 | Scientific American Frontiers | PBS | 1990 | |
April 15 | 8 Simple Rules | ABC | 2002 | |
April 16 | LAX | NBC | 2004 | |
April 18 | Fat Actress | Showtime | 2005 | |
April 20 | Baby Looney Tunes | Cartoon Network | 2002 | |
April 22 | Joan of Arcadia | CBS | 2003 | |
April 24 | Damage Control | MTV | 2005 | |
Strange Love | VH1 | |||
April 25 | Sealab 2021 | Adult Swim | 2000 | |
Listen Up | CBS | 2004 | ||
April 29 | JAG | 1995 | ||
May 1 | Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge | The WB | 2003 | |
May 3 | Judging Amy | CBS | 1999 | |
May 6 | Third Watch | NBC | ||
Zoom | PBS | |||
May 8 | Queer Eye for the Straight Girl | Bravo | 2005 | |
May 11 | Con | Comedy Central | ||
Jack & Bobby | The WB | 2004 | ||
May 12 | Project Greenlight (returned in 2015) | Bravo | 2001 | |
May 13 | Andromeda | Sci-Fi Channel | 2000 | |
Star Trek: Enterprise | UPN | 2001 | ||
May 15 | Page to Screen | Bravo | 2002 | |
May 16 | Everybody Loves Raymond | CBS | 1996 | Ended |
May 18 | Kevin Hill | UPN | 2004 | Cancelled |
Showdog Moms & Dads | Bravo | 2005 | ||
My Wife and Kids | ABC | 2001 | ||
May 20 | Texas Justice | Syndication | ||
May 22 | Kojak | USA | 2005 | |
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye | PAX TV | 2002 | ||
May 25 | Street Smarts | Syndication | 2000 | |
The Jane Pauley Show | 2004 | |||
May 26 | Pet Alien | Cartoon Network | 2005 | |
May 27 | Father of the Pride | NBC | 2004 | |
Shop 'til You Drop | PAX TV | 1991 | ||
U-Pick Live | Nickelodeon | 2002 | ||
June 15 | CatDog | 1998 | ||
June 17 | Complete Savages | ABC | 2004 | |
June 18 | Skin | Fox | 2003 | |
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | VH1 | 2005 | ||
June 21 | Blind Justice | ABC | ||
June 26 | The Eyes of Nye | KCTS-TV | ||
June 28 | Average Joe | NBC | 2003 | |
July 8 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Kids' WB | 2000 | |
July 15 | America's Castles | A&E | 1994 | |
July 16 | Wild Card | Lifetime | 2003 | |
July 18 | Summerland | The WB | 2004 | |
July 20 | Sports Kids Moms & Dads | Bravo | 2005 | |
July 22 | Video Mods | MTV2 | 2004 | |
August 4 | Kept | VH1 | 2005 | |
August 7 | Queer as Folk | Showtime | 2000 | |
August 14 | Viva La Bam | MTV | 2003 | |
August 19 | The Proud Family | Disney Channel | 2001 | |
August 21 | Six Feet Under | HBO | Ended | |
August 30 | Stella | Comedy Central | 2005 | Cancelled |
September 2 | 60 Minutes II | CBS | 1999 | |
September 3 | Midnight Love | BET | 1985 | |
September 30 | Inconceivable | NBC | 2005 | |
October 1 | Intimate Portrait | Lifetime | 1994 | |
October 7 | Girls v. Boys | The N (Noggin) | 2003 | |
October 16 | Barbershop | Showtime | 2005 | |
October 18 | A Walk in Your Shoes | Noggin | 1999 | |
October 22 | All That (returned in 2019) | Nickelodeon | 1994 | |
October 28 | A Current Affair | Syndication | 1986 | |
October 30 | Sunday Pants | Cartoon Network | 2005 | |
November 4 | NewsNight with Aaron Brown | CNN | 2001 | |
November 8 | Drew Carey's Green Screen Show | Comedy Central | 2004 | |
November 11 | Duck Dodgers | Boomerang | 2003 | |
November 14 | Power Rangers S.P.D. | Toon Disney | 2005 | |
November 25 | Dragon Tales | PBS Kids | 1999 | |
Jay Jay the Jet Plane | 1998 | |||
November 27 | Fatherhood | Nick at Nite | 2004 | |
December 2 | The Road Show | BET | 2005 | |
$40 a Day | Food Network | 2002 | ||
December 3 | Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls | Discovery Kids | 2003 | |
December 4 | But Can They Sing? | VH1 | 2005 | |
December 6 | Rubbadubbers | Noggin | 2003 | |
December 9 | Three Wishes | NBC | 2005 | |
December 10 | City Confidential (returned in 2021) | A&E | 1998 | |
December 15 | Reunion | Fox | 2005 | |
December 18 | Homewrecker | MTV | ||
December 19 | Miss Seventeen | |||
December 20 | The Adam Carolla Project | TLC | ||
December 21 | Being Bobby Brown | Bravo | ||
December 25 | Stroker and Hoop | Adult Swim | 2004 | |
December 30 | Hot Properties | ABC | 2005 |
Show | Seasons | In Production | Source |
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24 | 4 | Yes | [ citation needed ] |
Alias | 4 | Yes | [ citation needed ] |
The Bernie Mac Show | 4 | Yes | [ citation needed ] |
My Wife and Kids | 4 | Yes | [ citation needed ] |
Sex and the City | 6 | No | [ citation needed ] |
Smallville | 4 | Yes | [ citation needed ] |
Star Trek: Enterprise | 4 | No | [ citation needed ] |
South Park | 8 | Yes | [ citation needed ] |
Title | Channel | Date of airing |
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Lackawanna Blues | HBO | February 12 |
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama | Disney Channel | April 8 |
Warm Springs | HBO | April 30 |
The Proud Family Movie | Disney Channel | August 19 |
The Flight That Fought Back | Discovery Channel | September 11 |
Mrs. Harris | HBO | September 16 |
Twitches | Disney Channel | October 14 |
The Batman vs. Dracula | Cartoon Network | October 22 |
Title | Channel | Premiere date |
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Thief | FX | March 28 |
Elvis | CBS | May 8 |
Empire Falls | HBO | May 28 |
Into the West | TNT | June 10 |
Elizabeth I | HBO | September 29 |
Sleeper Cell | Showtime | December 4 |
The Triangle | Sci Fi Channel | December 5 |
The Lost Prince | PBS | December 18 |
Network name | Type | Launch Date | Notes | Source |
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Military History Channel | Cable television | January 5 | ||
Starz Comedy | Cable television | Unknown | ||
ESPNU | Cable television | March 4 | ||
Crime & Investigation | Cable television | April 1 | ||
Fox Soccer Plus | Cable and satellite | April 26 | ||
The Tube Music Network | Cable television | June | ||
Logo TV | Cable television | June 30 | ||
Retro TV | Cable television | July | ||
Current TV | Cable television | August 1 | ||
KBS America | Cable television | October 6 | ||
mHz Worldview | Cable television | October 19 | ||
Latele Novela Network | Cable television | November 1 | ||
MTV Chi | Cable television | December 6 | ||
NRB TV | Cable television | December 21 | ||
Smile of a Child | Cable television | December 24 |
Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source |
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International Channel | AZN Television | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Black Starz! | Starz in Black | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Starz! Theater | Starz Edge | Cable television | March 25 | ||
Starz! Kids | Starz Kids & Family | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Starz! Family | Starz Kids & Family | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Action | Encore Action | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Love Stories | Encore Love | Cable television | March 25 | ||
True Stories | Encore Drama | Cable television | March 25 | ||
WAM! America's Kidz Network | Encore Wam | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Mystery | Encore Mystery | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Westerns | Encore Westerns | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Fox Sports World | Fox Soccer Channel | Cable television | March 28 | ||
Speed Channel | Speed | Cable television | Unknown | ||
VH1 MegaHits | Logo | Cable television | June 30 | ||
Pax TV | i: Independent Television | Cable television | July 1 | ||
PBS Kids Channel | PBS Kids Sprout | Cable television | September 26 | ||
Freeview | The 101 Network | Cable television | Unknown | ||
Goodlife TV Network | AmericanLife TV Network | Cable television | Unknown |
Network name | Type | Closure Date | Notes | Source |
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G4TechTV | Cable television | February 15 | ||
Newsworld International | Cable television | July 31 |
Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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January 1 | Columbia, South Carolina | WZRB | 47 | UPN | |
March 24 | Walsenburg, Colorado | K28HN | 28 | America One | |
June 1 | Alexandria, Louisiana | KBCA | 41 | The WB | |
June 15 | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | WHPM-LP | 23 | Fox | |
July | Boise, Idaho | KKJB | 39 | America One | |
July 1 | Great Falls, Montana | KTGF-LP | 50 | NBC | Translator of KTVH/Helena |
August | Lake Havasu City, Arizona | KBBA-LP | 10 | Independent | |
October | Holbrook, Arizona | KNJO-LP | 6 | America One | |
November 29 | Ames/Des Moines, Iowa | KEFB | 34 | TBN | |
Unknown date | Albany, Georgia | WALB-DT2 | 10.2 | NBC Weather Plus | |
Charlotte, North Carolina | WCEE-LP | 16 | TBN | ||
Chicago, Illinois | W55DF | 55 | MTV Tr3s | ||
Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands | WEON-LP | 60 | Fox | ||
Marquette, Michigan | WLUC-DT2 | 6.2 | The Tube Music Network | ||
Pittsburg, Kansas (Joplin, Missouri) | KPJO-LP | 49 | TBN | ||
Spokane, Washington | K09FZ | 11 | ABC | Translator of KXLY-TV/Spokane |
Date | Name | Notability |
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January 8 | Collin Dean | Voice actor ( Over the Garden Wall , The Loud House ) |
January 20 | Carter Thorne | Canadian voice actor ( PAW Patrol , PJ Masks ) |
January 31 | Mallory James Mahoney | Actress ( Bunk'd ) |
February 14 | Jailen Bates | Actor ( WITS Academy ) |
February 15 | Nicolas Bechtel | Actor ( Stuck in the Middle ) |
February 23 | Arica Himmel | Actress ( Mixed-ish ) |
March 14 | Aiden Lewandowski | Actor |
March 17 | Flynn Morrison | Actor ( Last Man Standing ) |
March 18 | Ryan Alessi | Actor ( All That ) |
March 26 | Ella Anderson | Actress ( Henry Danger , The Adventures of Kid Danger ) |
March 29 | Brooklyn Shuck | Actress ( Evil ) |
April 7 | Nathan Janak | Actor ( All That , Drama Club ) |
April 13 | Brandon Severs | Actor ( Walk the Prank ) |
April 19 | Olivia Presti | Canadian actress ( Odd Squad ) |
May 4 | Navia Robinson | Actress ( Raven's Home ) |
May 5 | Gabrielle Nevaeh Green | Actress ( All That , That Girl Lay Lay ) |
May 12 | Ava Acres | Actress ( Adventure Time , Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ) |
May 14 | Maxwell Acee Donovan | Actor ( Gabby Duran and the Unsittables ) |
May 19 | Jack Gore | Actor ( Billions , The Kids Are Alright ) |
June 2 | Jadah Marie | Actress |
June 14 | Tamara Smart | Actress ( Are You Afraid of the Dark? ) |
June 25 | Kylie Cantrall | Actress ( Gabby Duran & the Unsittables ) and singer |
June 27 | Isaiah Crews | Actor ( Side Hustle ) |
July 12 | Issac Ryan Brown | Actor ( Raven's Home , Puppy Dog Pals , The Owl House ) |
July 20 | Alison Fernandez | Actress |
July 22 | Israel Johnson | Actor ( Bunk'd ) |
August 3 | Ramon Reed | Actor ( Just Roll with It ) |
September 6 | Shay Rudolph | Actress ( The Baby-Sitters Club ) |
September 7 | Ruth Righi | Actress ( Sydney to the Max ) and singer |
Andrew Ortega | Actor ( WITS Academy ) | |
September 10 | Sophia Forest | Actress ( I Am Frankie ) |
September 30 | Nathan Arenas | Actor ( Bunk'd ) |
October 7 | Lulu Wilson | Actress |
October 16 | Ruby Rose Turner | Actress ( Coop & Cami Ask the World ) and dancer |
December 10 | Kyliegh Curran | Actress ( Secrets of Sulphur Springs ) |
December 14 | Mia Sinclair Jenness | Actress ( Fancy Nancy ) |
December 24 | Jaxon Mercey | Canadian voice actor (Ryder on PAW Patrol ) |
December 30 | Brady Noon | Actor ( The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers ) |
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Janice Doreen Dickinson is an American model, television personality, and businesswoman. Initially notable as a model, Dickinson has been disputably described by herself as the first supermodel. One of the most successful models of the 1970s and 1980s, she also served as a judge on four cycles of the reality series America's Next Top Model (2003–2006). Dickinson opened a modeling agency in 2005 which was documented on the reality series The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (2006–2008).
Karolína Kurková is a Czech-American model and actress, known for her work as a former Victoria's Secret Angel and Vogue cover star. Mario Testino praised the "proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level", which he said "ma[de] her a model who could fit almost into any moment". Vogue editor Anna Wintour called her the "next supermodel".
Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2008 until 2014, making her the second Dutch "Angel" after Karen Mulder. She has been a brand ambassador for L'Oréal Paris since 2006. Kroes has been one of the highest-paid models, with an estimated income of more than $5 million per year, since 2008. In 2014, she came in second on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $8 million in one year. As of December 2015, she was ranked as one of the "New Supers" in the fashion industry and dubbed "Helen of Troy of advertising" by Models.com. In 2013, she became the first model to land four different solo international covers of Vogue's September issue in a single year.
Karen Mulder is a Dutch fashion model. She is known for her work with Versace, Dior, and Chanel during the 1980s and 1990s. Mulder was featured on the cover of Vogue and was also a Victoria's Secret model, making her one of the original "Angels" and the first from both the brand and from her country. In the early 2000s, she began to speak out about the dark side of the modeling industry and the dangers faced by underage girls and young women.
Antonia Garrn is a German model. She rose to prominence in the fashion industry after signing an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein in 2008.
Karlie Elizabeth Kloss is an American fashion model. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2013 until 2015, when she resigned to study at New York University. By 2019, Kloss had appeared on 40 international Vogue covers.
Make Me a Supermodel is a British reality television modeling competition hosted and judged by New Zealand model Rachel Hunter, airing on the television channel Five. A U.S. version began airing 2 January 2008 on the cable network Bravo.
Naomi Elaine Campbell is an English model, actress, and media personality. Beginning her career at the age of 8, Campbell was one of six models of her generation declared supermodels by the fashion industry and the international press. She was the first black woman to appear as a model on the covers of Time and Vogue France.
Abbey Lee Kershaw, is an Australian model, actress and musician. Following several years of success leading up to the 2011 fashion seasons, V magazine dubbed her a supermodel, and Models.com has listed her as an "Industry Icon". She dropped the use of her surname, Kershaw, in 2015.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual promotional event sponsored by and featuring Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie. From 1995 to 2018, Victoria's Secret used the show to market its goods in high-profile settings. Models under contract to the company, known as Victoria's Secret Angels, were key participants at the event. The fashion show was cancelled in 2019, the same year its organizer, Edward Razek, resigned under public pressure. It made a comeback and was rebranded in 2023 as a Prime Video special titled, “The Tour ‘23”.
Liu Wen is a mainland Chinese model. She is widely regarded as China's first supermodel. She was the first Chinese model to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the first East Asian spokesmodel for Estée Lauder cosmetics, and the first Asian model to ever make Forbes magazine's annual highest-paid models list. In 2017, Liu became the second Chinese model to ever appear on the cover of American Vogue, and the first to be featured on the front cover rather than foldout. She landed on the cover a second time in American Vogue's April 2020 issue and a third in May 2023, becoming the first person of Chinese descent to appear three times. In 2024, she became the first model of Asian descent to be featured solo on the cover of French Vogue. She is currently represented by The Society Management and is based in New York City.
Frida Aasen is a Norwegian model. She is best known for walking in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2017 and 2018.
Stella Maynes Maxwell is a model. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, and is also the face of the cosmetics brand Max Factor.