| List of years in American television: |
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| 2024–25 United States network television schedule |
| 2025–26 United States network television schedule |
| List of American television programs currently in production |
Certain American television events in 2025 have been scheduled. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSG Network and its sister networks are removed from Optimum cable systems due to an unresolved carriage dispute between the networks and Optimum owner Altice USA. It is the first carriage dispute between the two parties since Altice purchased Optimum from MSG's parent company Cablevision in 2016. | [1] |
| Family Guy reruns air on Adult Swim for the first time since 2021 after striking a non-exclusive deal for the rights to older episodes. Adult Swim parent Warner Bros. Discovery previously lost those rights to The Walt Disney Company (which acquired the series' production company, 20th Television, as part of its 2019 purchase of most 21st Century Fox assets) after its license expired, with FXX and Freeform holding exclusive cable rights. The Cartoon Network programming block first aired reruns of the Fox animated series in 2003 (consisting initially of the original 1999–2002 run), and played a role in its revival, which has aired since 2005. (Adult Swim previously aired new episodes of Family Guy on a next-day basis in a TV-MA recut including crude material cut or censored from the Fox airings to comply with broadcast standards.) Reruns returned to Adult Swim with a three-day marathon, before airing in a regular weekday primetime slot on January 4. | [2] | |
| 5 | The 82nd Golden Globe Awards airs on CBS and streams on Paramount+. Nikki Glaser hosts the ceremony, with notable winners including Best Motion Pictures Emilia Pérez (Musical or Comedy and Foreign Language}, among its four wins out of ten nominations overall) and The Brutalist (Drama, among its three wins) and TV series Shōgun (Best Drama Series, among its four wins), Hacks (Best Musical or Comedy Series, among two wins), and Baby Reindeer (Best Limited Series, Anthology, or Film, among its two wins). | [3] [4] [5] |
| 6 | FuboTV agrees to sell a 70% majority stake in its vMVPD business to The Walt Disney Company and merge with Disney's Hulu + Live TV business. The merged company will be led by Fubo's executive team and remain publicly traded, but with Disney holding majority control of its board. Both the Fubo and Hulu + Live TV services will continue to operate under their respective brands, with Fubo being responsible for carriage negotiations. The deal excludes the Hulu video on-demand service, which will continue to be exclusively held by Disney. As part of the agreement, Fubo settles its antitrust lawsuit with Venu Sports, the proposed sports-focused streaming service joint venture between Disney, Fox Corporation, and Warner Bros. Discovery, with the consortium planning to make a one-time payment of $220 million. (The Venu consortium later announced on January 10 that the service would not launch; DirecTV and Dish Network asked the New York district court to reconsider the case's dismissal on grounds that the antitrust issues remained unanswered and they could still be harmed by Venu's competition.) Fubo also reaches a carriage agreement for Disney's suite of channels. The merger is expected to be completed between 12 to 18 months, pending regulatory approval. | [6] [7] [8] [9] |
| 8 | In the wake of the Southern California wildfires that began on January 7, CBS pulls a scheduled repeat of Fire Country for January 10 and replaces it with a repeat of NCIS: Sydney , while NBC still airs Chicago Fire as planned for January 8 alongside Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med . | [10] |
| In Part 1 of a two-part crossover event, characters from FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia volunteer at the titular school of ABC's Abbott Elementary . The second part will air premiere later in the year as part of Sunny's 17th season. | [11] | |
| 9 | Major American networks cover the state funeral of Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29, 2024, at age 100. | [12] |
| 10 | Nexstar Media Group removes its local stations and national networks, including NewsNation and multiple CW stations, from Optimum systems due to a carriage dispute. | [13] |
| 13 | MSNBC announces it would temporarily expand The Rachel Maddow Show (which has regularly aired in the 9 p.m. ET slot on Monday nights only since 2022) to a five-night-a-week schedule through April 27 to cover the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency, while Alex Wagner, who regularly hosts Alex Wagner Tonight in the slot Tuesday-Friday, will be placed on special assignments to report on the effects of Trump's policy decisions across the country and internationally. Both Maddow's and Wagner's primetime shows will return to their regular schedules starting on April 30. | [14] |
| 16 | In one of her last acts as FCC chair before the second Trump administration, Jessica Rosenworcel orders the rejection of three complaints and one petition against local TV stations. The affected complaints, filed by a conservative-leaning group, targeted network-owned stations in Philadelphia and New York City over perceived coverage and equal-time presentations of Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign; the petition, from a pro-democracy centrist group, sought to revoke the license of WTXF/Philadelphia in the wake of station parent Fox Corporation's defamation lawsuit regarding statements made on Fox News about 2020 presidential election. Rosenworcel's successor as FCC chair, Brendan Carr, would reinstate the complaints, though not the challenge against WTXF (which the second group would later appeal), on January 22. | [15] [16] [17] |
| LIV Golf announces a new deal with Fox Sports to air tournament coverage on Fox, FS1, FS2, and Fox Business; the broadcasts, which the league will continue to produce in-house, had aired on The CW since 2023. | [18] | |
| 18 | Allen Media Group announces plans to phase in centralized weather forecasting, originating from the company's Atlanta-based The Weather Channel, for its local station group. AMG trumpets the move (which would ostensibly eliminate all local meteorologist positions, though some affected would be offered positions at TWC) as a way to efficiently improve the stations' weather coverage capabilities. The plan, however, comes amidst cost-cutting measures at AMG (which has included eliminations in employees and consolidations and cuts to local newscasts), and also receives criticism over the perceived loss of community engagement that local weather reports provide. Although development of the Atlanta-based regional production hub would continue, AMG notified at least six of the group's stations on January 23 that their locally based meteorologists would be retained. | [19] [20] [21] [22] |
| 20 | Major American networks cover the second inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. The inauguration was watched by 26.05 million viewers across all major broadcast and cable news networks, down from the two previous inauguration ceremonies: Joe Biden's 2021 ceremony received 39.87 million viewers and Trump's first inauguration in 2017 was viewed by 38.3 million. Fox News (which had the highest inauguration ratings among all networks, averaging 10.3 million viewers) was the only major news network to see an increase in viewership over Biden's 2021 inauguration. | [23] [24] |
| 21 | WDJT/Milwaukee fires weekend meteorologist Sam Kuffel, after she criticized Elon Musk for a controversial arm gesture made during his speech at Donald Trump's inauguration the day prior on her personal and private Instagram account with profanity denouncing the gesture. Kuffel's dismissal by the Weigel Broadcasting-owned CBS affiliate came after her posts were pointed out to and publicized by local conservative talk show host Dan O'Donnell of WISN radio to pressure Weigel to terminate Kuffel for offering a political opinion as a station employee. | [25] |
| 28 | Rather than reportedly take a late-night slot as part of a reshuffling of CNN's daytime lineup, Jim Acosta announces he would instead be departing the network, where he has spent 18 years as a reporter (in particular chief White House correspondent) and as one of the hosts of CNN Newsroom . The proposal to move Acosta to a lower-rated timeslot was seen by critics as attempt to appease President Donald Trump, who had repeatedly sparred with CNN and Acosta over their reporting of him dating to his first administration (including White House press staff briefly suspending Acosta's press pass in 2018, which a federal judge ruled had violated the then-correspondent's due-process rights). | [26] |
| 30 | The FCC launches an investigation into PBS and NPR concerning whether corporate underwriting spots during their programs "cross the line" into traditional advertising. Federal guidelines, which both broadcasters' CEOs state they are in compliance, require that the spots cannot advocate a "call to action" directly promoting for-profit goods and services. The inquiry was seen as a step toward eliminating federal funding for public broadcasting, long supported by conservatives and endorsed by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, and, coupled with Carr's earlier revival of complaints regarding coverage of the 2024 election, as a broader attempt to use federal authority to coerce media coverage more favorable to the Trump administration. | [27] [28] [note 1] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | The 67th Annual Grammy Awards airs on CBS and streams on Paramount+ from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Notable winners include Kendrick Lamar (whose single, "Not Like Us", swept its five categories, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year, making it the most awarded song in Grammy history), Beyoncé (with three awards, tied with Charli XCX, St. Vincent and Gabriela Ortiz, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album—the latter being the first win by a Black artist—for Cowboy Carter ), and Chappell Roan (who won Best New Artist). | [29] [30] [31] [32] |
| 4 | Ending a six-year-long blackout, Comcast and regional sports network Altitude announce a carriage agreement that adds the Denver-based Altitude, the TV home of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and NBA's Denver Nuggets, to a higher-priced "sports and entertainment" tier on Comcast's Xfinity cable systems in the Rocky Mountain region. | [33] |
| 7 | Netflix announces its cancellation of a planned six-part documentary about the life and career of Prince, and will instead work with Prince's estate on a new documentary. The terminated project, which was produced by Ezra Edelman, had been in limbo due to disapproval from the estate for use of Prince's material, reportedly over the film's depiction of his personal life that included, according to a September 2024 New York Times report, accusations that he committed physical and emotional abuse. | [34] [35] |
| The 30th Critics' Choice Awards airs on E! from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Chelsea Handler hosts the ceremony, which was originally scheduled for January 12 but was postponed twice due to the wildfires in Southern California. Notable winners include films Anora (the first ever to win Best Picture without winning in any other categories), Emilia Pérez , The Substance and Wicked (with all three films respectively getting three wins each) and TV programs Shōgun (with four wins, including Best Drama Series) and Hacks (with two wins, Best Comedy Series and Jean Smart for Best Actress in a Comedy Series). | [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] | |
| 9 | In a telecast that includes tributes from some of his current and former broadcast partners, Hubie Brown calls his final NBA game for ABC (a 135-127 win by the Milwaukee Bucks over the Philadelphia 76ers at Fiserv Forum), retiring after over a half-century as a pro basketball coach and TV analyst (he worked with ESPN/ABC, TNT, CBS, and USA Network in the latter role). | [41] [42] |
| Super Bowl LIX, from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, airs on Fox, Fox Deportes (Spanish language coverage), and Fox Corporation's free-streaming service Tubi. Despite its lopsided outcome (a 40-22 win by the Philadelphia Eagles over the Kansas City Chiefs), the game attracts an estimated 126 million viewers across Fox's platforms, a new viewership record that surpasses the 123.4 million viewers who watched Super Bowl LVIII one year earlier. | [43] [44] | |
| During the Super Bowl LIX telecast, Fox-owned stations in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Atlanta, as well as a Nexstar-owned Fox affiliate in St. Louis, air a commercial featuring Kanye West in a dentist's chair promoting the website for his fashion brand Yeezy. Hours after the ad aired, merchandise on Yeezy.com was swapped out to show just one item, a T-shirt with a Nazi Party swastika. The site and the ad receive widespread condemnation in light of West's history of antisemitic statements on social media. Yeezy.com was taken down by its host, Shopify, on February 11, and Fox Television Stations offered a statement of regret to its employees on February 12. | [note 2] [45] [46] [47] [48] | |
| 20 | ESPN announces that it would withdraw the final three years of its current national broadcast deal with the Major League Baseball at the end of the 2025 season. ESPN has been broadcasting MLB games since 1990, with its current coverage (previously consisting of multiple nights a week) consisting mostly of Sunday Night Baseball . ESPN had requested a corresponding reduction in rights fees (totaling $550 million annually under the existing deal) for the reduced package, which MLB rejected. The end of MLB's 36-season run on ESPN, if no new contract is renegotiated, will also end a brief period where the network owned rights to all four major leagues of professional sports in the United States. | [49] [50] |
| 22 | The 56th NAACP Image Awards airs on BET, CBS, and their sister networks from the Pasadena Convention Center. Notable winners include films The Six Triple Eight (with three wins, including Outstanding Motion Picture and Kerry Washington for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture) and The Piano Lesson (with two wins), and TV programs Abbott Elementary , Cross and Poppa's House (with two wins each). Special honors were given to Dave Chappelle (President's Award), former Vice President Kamala Harris (Chairman's Award), the Wayans family (Hall of Fame Award) and Keke Palmer (Entertainer of the Year). | [51] [52] [53] [54] |
| 23 | The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards streams live on Netflix; Kristen Bell hosted the ceremony. Notable winners include film nominees Timothée Chalamet (Outstanding Lead Male Actor for A Complete Unknown ) and Demi Moore (Outstanding Lead Female Actor for The Substance ), and TV nominees Shōgun (with four wins, including Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, respectively, for Outstanding Male and Female Actor in a Drama Series), Only Murders in the Building (Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series) and Colin Farrell (Outstanding Male Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series for The Penguin ). Jane Fonda was honored with a Life Achievement Award. | [55] [56] |
| 24 | MSNBC confirms it would reshuffle its weeknight lineup, expanding Jen Psaki's role to the Tuesday-Friday mid-evening timeslot that Alex Wagner left behind in January (with Wagner remaining with the network as a political analyst), and the cancellation of Joy Reid's TheReidOut in favor of a panel show hosted by weekend hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez. They are the first major scheduling moves made by MSNBC's new president, Rebecca Kutler, who was appointed to the role on February 12. | [57] |
| Lester Holt announces he will leave the anchor chair at NBC Nightly News sometime during the summer, though he will remain with NBC News as host of Dateline . Holt joined the weekend edition of Nightly in 2008, moving to the weeknight edition in 2015 following predecessor Brian Williams's departure from the broadcast. NBC News would announce on March 5 that Tom Llamas, anchor of NBC News Now's Top Story, would succeed Holt on Nightly. | [58] [59] | |
| Beyond the Gates premieres on CBS, becoming the first daytime soap opera to premiere on broadcast television since 1999 (NBC's Passions ), as well as the first soap to primarily feature an African American cast since 1989 ( Generations , also on NBC). | [60] [61] [62] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | The 97th Academy Awards airs on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Conan O'Brien hosting the ceremony and major winners including Anora with five Oscars (including Best Picture, Best Actress Mikey Madison, and Best Director, Film Editing, and Original Screenplay awards to Sean Baker). The ceremony is also streamed on Hulu for the first time; however, the streaming service's live feed encountered several technical glitches and crashed multiple times throughout the ceremony, cutting out before the Best Actress and Best Picture winners were revealed. | [63] [64] [65] |
| 3 | Major League Baseball announces an dissolution of a two-decade-old conflict between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles that saw the Orioles, through their MASN sports network, involuntarily control the television rights for the Nationals since their 2005 relocation from Montreal to the American capital, which had long been part of the home territory for the Orioles. Both teams share ownership in MASN, with Baltimore holding the controlling interest in the network. The deal, which resolves legal struggles between the two teams, will see Nationals games remain on MASN through the end of their 2025 season, after which they will, for the first time, be free to control their own destiny for their game rights, and comes two years after the death of Nationals owner Ted Lerner, allowing his son Mark to put his imprint on the franchise and guide the team forward. | [66] |
| Jimmy Johnson announces his retirement from Fox Sports. Johnson, previously a football coach at both the collegiate level (most notably with the Miami Hurricanes) and the NFL (with the Dallas Cowboys), joined Fox NFL Sunday as a studio analyst when the network launched its sports division in 1994 and outside a four-year hiatus in the late 1990s when he was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, remained with Fox through Super Bowl LIX in February, with a tribute to Johnson airing as part of pre-game coverage. | [67] | |
| 10 | A rain-wrapped EF2 tornado hits the Lake Mary studios of WOFL (Fox) and WRBW (MyNetworkTV) during the Fox-owned Orlando stations' morning coverage of the storm. The tornado—which was captured live by a WOFL tower camera as it crossed I-4 near the facility, and also destroyed at least one home and damaged several others in Lake Mary and Longwood—damaged an outdoor set used for weather segments and several employee vehicles in the building's parking lot, and snapped several trees and tree branches on the studio grounds. | [68] [69] |
| 12 | The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) announces a TV deal with CBS Sports and The CW beginning in May that will see the beach volleyball tour's matches airing Friday nights on CBS Sports Network and Saturday nights on The CW from Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day weekend, when the AVP's season-ending championship will have a Sunday afternoon airing on CBS. | [70] |
| The International Olympic Committee announces a $3 billion contract extension with NBC Sports to continue broadcasting the Olympics through the 2036 Summer games. NBC's previous contract was set to expire at the end of the 2032 Summer Olympics. Overall, NBC Sports has held the American broadcasting rights to the Summer Olympic Games since the 1988 games and the rights to the Winter Olympic Games since the 2002 games. | [71] | |
| 26 | ESPN announces it will shift production on its 1AM (ET) editions of SportsCenter from its Los Angeles studios back to its Bristol, Connecticut headquarters, a move that also affects the network's soccer studio coverage. ESPN began L.A. editions of SportsCenter in 2009, with the last set for May 16, after which the L.A. hub will continue to house NBA studio coverage and other content. | [72] |
| CBS Sports college football game analyst Gary Danielson announces he will retire following the conclusion of the 2025 season, with the network announcing that Charles Davis will be elevated to Danielson's role as primary game analyst in 2026. | [73] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 19–20 | WrestleMania 41 will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada and will be airing on Peacock and pay-per-view. | [74] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards will stream live on Amazon Prime Video from Ford Center at The Star with Reba McEntire as host. | [75] |
| 26 | The 51st Annual American Music Awards will air on CBS for the first time after airing on ABC for nearly 50 years. | [76] [77] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | The 78th Tony Awards will air on CBS from the Radio City Music Hall. | [78] |
| TBA | CBS will discontinue original programming in the 12:30 a.m. Eastern time slot following The Late Show when After Midnight ends its 18-month run. After Midnight was initially renewed for a third season, but was canceled in March 2025, due to host Taylor Tomlinson's decision to leave the program to focus on stand-up comedy. CBS had aired original programing in the slot in most weeknights since the 1970s, dating to The CBS Late Movie , most prominently with the 28-year run of The Late Late Show , which After Midnight replaced in January 2024. | [79] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on CBS from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. | [80] |
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Missing You | Netflix | [81] [82] |
| January 2 | Going Dutch | Fox | [83] [84] [85] |
| January 3 | Selling the City | Netflix | [86] |
| They Call It Late Night | ESPN | [87] | |
| January 7 | Doc | Fox | [88] [89] [85] |
| January 8 | Shifting Gears | ABC | [90] [91] |
| January 9 | American Primeval | Netflix | [92] |
| On Call | Amazon Prime Video | [93] | |
| The Pitt | Max | [94] [95] | |
| January 11 | StuGo | Disney Channel | [96] |
| January 13 | Baylen Out Loud | TLC | [97] |
| January 15 | Scam Goddess | Freeform | [98] |
| With Love, Meghan | Netflix | [99] | |
| January 16 | SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night | Peacock | [100] |
| January 17 | RoboGobo | Disney+/Disney Jr. | [101] [102] [103] |
| January 19 | The Hunting Party | NBC | [104] [105] |
| January 22 | Prime Target | Apple TV+ | [106] |
| The Thundermans: Undercover | Nickelodeon | [107] | |
| W.A.G.s to Riches | Netflix | [108] | |
| January 25 | Kobe: The Making of a Legend | CNN | [109] |
| January 26 | Watson | CBS | [110] [111] [112] |
| January 27 | The Fall of Diddy | Investigation Discovery | [113] [114] |
| January 28 | Great Migrations: A People on the Move | PBS | [115] |
| Paradise | Hulu | [116] | |
| January 29 | The Flip Off | HGTV | [117] |
| Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Disney+ | [118] [119] | |
| January 30 | Scamanda | ABC | [120] [91] |
| Mermicorno: Starfall | Max | [121] [122] | |
| February 2 | Common Side Effects | Adult Swim | [123] |
| February 6 | Clean Slate | Amazon Prime Video | [124] |
| The Z-Suite | Tubi | [125] | |
| February 7 | Love After Lockup: Crime Story | We TV | [126] |
| February 10 | Extracted | Fox | [127] |
| February 11 | Muslim Matchmaker | Hulu | [128] |
| February 13 | Sweethearts | Amazon Prime Video | [129] |
| February 14 | Goldie | Apple TV+ | [130] |
| February 19 | Win or Lose | Disney+ | [131] [132] [133] [134] |
| Good Cop/Bad Cop | The CW | [135] [136] | |
| February 20 | Zero Day | Netflix | [137] |
| February 23 | The Americas | NBC | [138] [139] |
| Grosse Pointe Garden Society | [104] | ||
| Suits: L.A. | [140] [141] | ||
| The Baldwins | TLC | [142] [143] [144] | |
| February 24 | Beyond the Gates | CBS | [60] [61] [62] |
| February 27 | Running Point | Netflix | [145] [146] |
| March 2 | Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue | MGM+ | [147] |
| March 3 | Skillsville | PBS Kids | [148] [149] [150] [151] |
| March 4 | Daredevil: Born Again | Disney+ | [152] [153] |
| Denise Richards & Her Wild Things | E! | [154] [155] | |
| Jay & Pamela | TLC | [156] | |
| March 6 | Deli Boys | Hulu | [157] |
| Dylan's Playtime Adventures | Max | [158] | |
| March 9 | Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances | Adult Swim | [159] |
| March 10 | Confessions of Octomom | Lifetime | [160] |
| March 13 | Long Bright River | Peacock | [161] |
| Adolescence | Netflix | [162] | |
| March 14 | Dope Thief | Apple TV+ | [163] |
| March 19 | Good American Family | Hulu | [164] |
| March 20 | The Residence | Netflix | [165] |
| Happy Face | Paramount+ | [166] [167] | |
| March 21 | BE@RBRICK | Apple TV+ | [168] |
| March 24 | Hollywood Demons | Investigation Discovery | [169] |
| March 26 | Side Quest | Apple TV+ | [170] |
| The Studio | [171] | ||
| Million Dollar Secret | Netflix | [172] | |
| March 27 | Paul American | Max | [173] |
| March 28 | Mid-Century Modern | Hulu | [174] [175] |
| March 30 | MobLand | Paramount+ | [176] |
| March | The Artist | The Network | [177] |
| April 3 | Devil May Cry | Netflix | [178] [179] [180] |
| Pulse | [181] [182] | ||
| The Bondsman | Amazon Prime Video | [183] | |
| April 4 | Dying for Sex | FX on Hulu | [184] |
| April 5 | Iyanu: Child of Wonder | Cartoon Network/Max | [185] [186] [187] |
| April 11 | Your Friends and Neighbors | Apple TV+ | [188] |
| April 16 | Government Cheese | [189] | |
| Sherlock & Daughter | The CW | [190] [191] | |
| April 17 | #1 Happy Family USA | Amazon Prime Video | [192] |
| April 24 | Étoile | [193] | |
| April 27 | Bravo's Love Hotel | Bravo | [194] [195] |
| April 29 | PolyFamily | TLC | [196] |
| April 30 | Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight | Netflix | [197] [198] [199] [200] |
| April | Spy High | Amazon Prime Video | [201] |
| May 1 | The Four Seasons | Netflix | [202] |
| May 8 | Forever | [203] | |
| May 9 | Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams | PBS Kids | [204] |
| May 15 | Overcompensating | Amazon Prime Video | [205] |
| Duster | Max | [206] | |
| May 16 | Murderbot | Apple TV+ | [207] |
| May 22 | Sirens | Netflix | [208] |
| June 4 | Stick | Apple TV+ | [209] |
| June 15 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | HBO | [210] [211] |
| June 24 | Ironheart | Disney+ | [152] [119] |
| July 7 | Weather Hunters | PBS Kids | [212] [213] [214] [215] |
| August 6 | Eyes of Wakanda | Disney+ | [118] [119] |
| Summer | Dexter: Resurrection | Paramount+ with Showtime | [216] |
| Iron Man and His Awesome Friends | Disney Jr./Disney+ | [217] | |
| Outlander: Blood of My Blood | Starz | [218] | |
| October | Marvel Zombies | Disney+ | [219] [220] [221] [119] |
| Fall | Untitled Bosch spin-off series | Amazon Prime Video | [222] |
| The Road | CBS | [223] | |
| Chad Powers | Hulu | [224] [225] | |
| Spartacus: House of Ashur | Starz | [226] | |
| Phoebe & Jay | PBS Kids | [227] | |
| December | Wonder Man | Disney+ | [119] |
| Late | Sin City Rehab | HGTV | [228] |
| TBA | The 'Burbs | Peacock | [229] |
| Sheriff Country | CBS | [230] | |
| Pryce Cahill | Apple TV+ | [231] | |
| Widow's Bay | [232] | ||
| Untitled Vince Gilligan TV series | [233] [234] | ||
| The Rainmaker | USA Network | [235] | |
| Our Water World | Netflix | [236] | |
| The Undertow | [162] | ||
| The Choice | [237] [162] | ||
| The Witness | [162] | ||
| The Boroughs | [238] | ||
| Golf | [239] | ||
| Long Story Short | [240] | ||
| The Undervale | [241] | ||
| Celtics City | HBO | [242] | |
| Go-Go Mystery Machine | Cartoon Network | [243] | |
| Golden Axe | Comedy Central | [244] | |
| Avatar: Seven Havens | Nickelodeon | [245] [246] | |
| Alien: Earth | Hulu | [247] | |
| Destination X | NBC | [248] | |
| Snowflakes | FX | [249] | |
| Tracee Travels | The Roku Channel | [250] | |
| Tightrope! | [250] | ||
| Revival | Syfy | [251] | |
| Anne Rice's The Talamasca | AMC/AMC+ | [252] | |
| Debriefing the President | TNT | [253] | |
| The Librarians: The Next Chapter | [254] [255] [256] [257] | ||
| Lazarus | Adult Swim | [258] [259] | |
| The Motherhood | Hallmark+ | [260] | |
| Hey AJ | Disney Jr. | [101] [261] [262] | |
| We Were Liars | Amazon Prime Video | [263] [264] | |
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 10 | Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? | HBO | [271] [272] |
| January 14 | Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy | Peacock | [273] |
| January 17 | Henry Danger: The Movie | Nickelodeon/Paramount+ | [274] |
| Molly-Mae: Behind It All | Amazon Prime Video | [275] | |
| January 18 | Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story | Lifetime | [276] |
| January 24 | Star Trek: Section 31 | Paramount+ | [277] |
| January 25 | Family Affair | Lifetime | [278] [279] |
| January 27 | Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music | NBC | [280] |
| February 1 | Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story | Lifetime | [281] [279] |
| February 7 | The Lion King At The Hollywood Bowl | Disney+ | [282] |
| February 8 | I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story | Lifetime | [283] [279] |
| February 12 | The Simpsons: The Past and the Furious | Disney+ | [284] |
| February 14 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Peacock | [285] |
| February 16 | SNL50: The Anniversary Special | NBC | [286] |
| February 25 | Big Family, Big City | TLC | [287] |
| March 2 | Abducted in the Everglades | Lifetime | [288] |
| March 6 | Barbie & Teresa: Recipe for Friendship | Netflix | [289] |
| March 8 | I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story | Lifetime | [160] |
| April 3 | Nature Cat – The Nature-tastic Four Movie! | PBS Kids | [290] |
| April 7 | Wild Kratts: Activate Kid Power | ||
| May 1 | Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band | [204] | |
| Summer | The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special | Adult Swim | [291] |
| December | Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol | ABC | [292] |
| Holiday Touchdown: A Buffalo Bills Love Story | Hallmark Channel | [293] | |
| TBA | Two untitled South Park films | Paramount+ | [294] [295] [296] |
| Community: The Movie | Peacock | [297] [298] [299] | |
| The Thanksgiving Text | Netflix | [300] [301] [302] |
| Show | Network | Episode # | Episode title | Episode airdate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Night Live | NBC | 50th anniversary | SNL50: The Anniversary Special | February 16 | [286] |
| The Price Is Right | CBS | 10,000th episode | "10,000th Episode" | February 26 | [303] |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 100th episode | "100%" | March 11 | [304] | |
| Robot Chicken | Adult Swim | 20th anniversary | The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special | Summer | [291] |
| Show | Last aired | Type of return | Previous channel | New/returning/same channel | Return date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 2020 | Revival | HGTV | ABC | January 2 | [305] |
| Hollywood Squares | 2004 | First-run syndication | CBS | January 16 | [306] [307] | |
| The Joe Schmo Show | 2013 | Spike | TBS | January 21 | [308] [309] | |
| Tic-Tac-Dough | 1990 | First-run syndication | Game Show Network | TBA | [310] | |
| NBA on NBC | 2002 | NBC | same | [311] [312] [313] [314] | ||
| Tennis on TNT | TNT | [315] | ||||
| NASCAR on TNT | 2014 | [316] [317] | ||||
| King of the Hill | 2010 | Fox | Hulu | [318] [319] | ||
| American Dad! | 2014 | TBS | [320] [321] | |||
| Duck Dynasty | 2017 | A&E | same | [322] | ||
| Phineas and Ferb | 2015 | Disney Channel/Disney XD | Disney Channel/Disney+ | [323] [324] | ||
| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ ) | 2016 | Reboot | Playhouse Disney/Disney Jr. | Disney Jr. | [325] | |
| The Night Manager | New season | AMC | Amazon Prime Video | [326] [327] | ||
| The Terror (as The Terror: Devil in Silver) | 2019 | same | [328] |
A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.
| Show | Seasons | In Production | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribunal Justice | 2 | Yes | Broadcast syndication in local markets. | [386] |
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game Show Central | Over-the-air multicast (standalone feed separate from existing AVOD streaming channel) | February 17 | On February 17, Sony Pictures Television Networks began distributing an over-the-air multicast feed of Game Show Central, a spinoff of Game Show Network carrying archived original programs from the cable channel's library (such as Catch 21 , Idiotest , Master Minds , Common Knowledge and Baggage ). The network maintains a separate schedule from its namesake ad-supported streaming channel (originally launched in March 2020 and available on AVOD live TV platforms like Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus and The Roku Channel), incorporating recent and older GSN originals not carried on the cable and streaming channels as well as some shared programs. Initially, Game Show Central's OTA feed was available primarily on stations owned by the E. W. Scripps Company and Inyo Broadcast Holdings (many of them Ion affiliates), replacing sister network Get, which served as a placeholder affiliation for subchannels that previously carried Scripps News prior to its conversion into a streaming-only channel in November 2024. | [ citation needed ] [387] |
| Busted | Over-the-air multicast | March 1 | On January 31, Free TV Networks announced the launch of Busted, a new digital multicast network focused around repeats of law enforcement-related programming from the A+E Global Media library (including series from its various Wars and Cam programs), and selected other distributors including Langley Productions and Fox Entertainment (including series such as World's Wildest Police Videos , Jail and Cops Reloaded ). | [388] |
| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The365 | 365BLK | Over-the-air multicast | January 1 | The Free TV Networks-owned multicast network aimed at Black Americans audiences rebrands from The365 to 365BLK on its first anniversary to clarify its target audience within its branding; outside some overnight programming being replaced by paid programming, no other changes to the network's schedule occur. | [388] |
| TBD | Roar | Over-the-air multicast | April 28 | On March 3, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced it would rebrand TBD, which originally launched in February 2017 with a format centered on original web content, as Roar (as in 'roaring laughter') to reflect the network's shift in focus since the start of 2024 from millennial-targeted reality programming to alternative comedy shows (encompassing unscripted and sketch series). | [389] |
| Network/ service | Type | End date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smile | Over-the-air multicast | January 12 | The free-to-air, faith-based children's network owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network wound down operations on this date. | [390] [391] [392] |
| Universal Kids | Cable/satellite | March 6 | NBCUniversal confirmed the oncoming shutdown of Universal Kids on this date on January 13, 2025, after several pay-TV providers confirmed the service would end distribution on that date several days before in notices to customers. The network had already become a low priority with the sharp declines in ratings for children's television networks in the age of streaming, and comes months after Comcast announced its intent to spin off NBCUniversal's cable properties into a separately traded company and had made no mention of Universal Kids's fate before then. | [393] [394] |
| TV8 Vail | Over-the-air broadcast, streaming | March 28 | TV8 was the second and last of two independent over-the-air translators operated by Deerfield Media, which otherwise operates as a sidecar company with Sinclair Broadcast Group. (The other, Park City Television, shut down in 2022.) Deerfield had purchased TV8 from Vail Resorts in 2021 after that company had shut the station down in 2019. | [395] |
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Los Angeles, California | KWHY-TV → KSCN-TV | 22.1 | Independent Spanish language programming | Scientology Network | The station's then-owner, Meruelo Media, which has been struggling and selling off its assets in the last year, announced the sale of KWHY-TV to Sunset Boulevard Broadcasting, the broadcast arm of the Church of Scientology, on July 29, 2024, for $30 million. On December 16, 2024, Sunset Boulevard Broadcasting filed to change the station's call letters to KSCN-TV, and on January 1, 2025, KWHY-TV's 35-year service as a mainly Spanish-language station ended as the station began simulcasting the Scientology Network full-time, with the KWHY-TV callsign, which had been in use for 59 years, also being changed to KSCN-TV. All other subchannels were discontinued, though Merulo continues to maintain a channel sharing agreement for Garden Grove-licensed KBEH, which it retained. The sale was completed on January 6, 2025, with KBEH itself subsuming the former KWHY call letters (without a "-TV" suffix) as of February 2. | [396] [397] [398] [399] |
| February 14 | Anchorage, Alaska | KTVA | 11.1 | Rewind TV | PBS (as satellite of KAKM) | In October 2024, GCI filed to sell the station to Alaska Public Media, operator of Anchorage PBS station KAKM. Alaska Public Media plans to run KTVA as a straight repeater of KAKM. Management cited GCI's plans to shut down its cable television systems in 2025, potentially increasing dependence on broadcast TV in the area. KTVA's centrally located tower provides better coverage of Anchorage than the more distant and partially terrain shielded Knik TV Mast; Alaska Public Media estimated 86,000 households in Anchorage would see an improved signal. | [400] [401] [402] |
| March 1 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | KWPL-LD | 45.1 | Outdoor America | Busted | See Busted entry in launches | |
| Brazil–Terre Haute, Indiana | W24FB-D | 24.1 | Biz TV | ||||
| Huntsville, Alabama | W34EY-D | 38.1 | Outdoor America | ||||
| Madison, Wisconsin | W23BW-D | 23.1 | Infomercials | ||||
| Topeka, Kansas | K35KX-D | 35.1 | Salem News Channel | ||||
| March 23 | Sacramento, California | KAHC-LD | 43.1 | LATV | Timeless TV | ||
| August 4 | Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Florida | WPLG | 10.1 | ABC | Independent | On March 20, BH Media announced it would end WPLG’s affiliation with ABC after 69 years, after both parties were unable to agree on reverse compensation terms during contract renewal negotiations, with station management claiming the fee increase requested by ABC parent Disney would have forced WPLG to reduce staff in order to remain profitable. Locally based Sunbeam Television subsequently announced an agreement with Disney to move the ABC affiliation to WSVN-DT2 effective August 4. (Fox programming will continue to air on WSVN’s primary channel.) On that date, WPLG will become an independent station with an expanded local news schedule, similar to the model pioneered by WSVN after its 1989 switch from NBC to Fox (part of a broader three-station affiliation switch through which WPLG was the only major-network outlet in Miami not to change networks), and implemented by Jacksonville sister station WJXT (whose owner, Graham Media Group, operates WPLG under a time brokerage agreement and previously owned the station from 1969 to 2014) when it disaffiliated from CBS in a similar dispute in 2002. ABC’s move to WSVN will make Miami–Fort Lauderdale the largest American television market and the first top-30 market with a subchannel-only Big Four network affiliate. | [403] [404] [405] [note 3] |
| WSVN | 7.2 | 365BLK | ABC | ||||
| September 1 | Cleveland, Ohio | WUAB | 43.1 | The CW | MyNetworkTV | On October 28, 2024, Nexstar Media Group announced it would purchase WBNX-TV from Ernest Angley Ministries and form a duopoly with its Fox affiliate WJW. In its announcement, Nexstar indicated it would move The CW affiliation back to WBNX, which carried the network from 2006 to 2018 (Nexstar bought control of The CW in 2022). WUAB will replace The CW with MyNetworkTV (which it originally carried from 2006 to 2018 and has remained as a late night offering since then on sister station WOIO's MeTV subchannel) as well as an expanded sports programming slate. The deal closed on February 1, 2025, with Nexstar taking operational control soon after. | [407] [408] |
| WBNX-TV | 55.1 | Independent | The CW |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Wayne Osmond | 73 | Musician and member of The Osmonds. Voiced himself on the animated series of the same name. He also appeared alongside three of his brothers on episodes of shows like Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color , The Andy Williams Show , The Osmond Family Show and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters . | [410] |
| January 3 | Harvey Laidman | 82 | American director Eight Is Enough , The Waltons , Knots Landing , The Dukes of Hazzard , Airwolf , Knight Rider , Magnum, P.I. , Scarecrow and Mrs. King , Jake and the Fatman , Matlock , 7th Heaven | [411] |
| James Arthur Ray | 67 | Self-help businessman, motivational speaker, and author. He made appearances on Larry King Live , The Today Show , and The Oprah Winfrey Show . | [412] | |
| January 6 | Dale Wilson | 74 | Canadian voice actor ( G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero , Exosquad , Darkstalkers ) | [413] |
| January 7 | Peter Yarrow | 86 | Musician and member of Peter, Paul and Mary. He appeared alongside his groupmates as a "mystery guest" on What's My Line? . | [414] |
| January 8 | Neil Zurcher | 89 | Journalist (WJW-TV) and television host. | [415] |
| January 9 | Bill Byrge | 92 | Actor best known as Bobby on Hey Vern, It's Ernest! . He also played the character in a series of "Me and My Brother Bobby" commercials alongside Gailard Sartain, who played his twin brother Chuck. | [416] |
| January 10 | Sam Moore | 89 | Musician and member of Sam & Dave. He performed alongside his partner Dave Prater on episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show , The Tonight Show , American Bandstand , and The Mike Douglas Show . | [417] |
| Bill McCartney | 84 | American football coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football team and founder of the Promise Keepers; subject of the 30 for 30 documentary "The Gospel According to Mac" | [418] | |
| January 12 | Leslie Charleson | 79 | Actress best known as Monica Quartermaine on General Hospital . | [419] |
| Robert Machray | 79 | American actor | [420] | |
| January 14 | Jeannot Szwarc | 87 | French director known for his work in American film and television ( Night Gallery , ' Columbo , Kojak , Baretta , Ally McBeal , The Practice , JAG , Without a Trace , Heroes , Cold Case , Smallville , Fringe , Private Practice , Supernatural , Scandal , Castle , Bones , Grey's Anatomy ) | [421] |
| January 15 | David W. Duclon | 74 | Writer and producer ( Punky Brewster , Silver Spoons , Family Matters ) | [422] |
| David Lynch | 78 | Director best known for co-creating Twin Peaks . | [423] | |
| January 16 | Joan Plowright | 95 | English actress ( Stalin , A Place for Annie , Encore! Encore! ) | [424] |
| Bob Uecker | 90 | Baseball announcer ( Major League Baseball on NBC , Major League Baseball on ABC ), actor ( Mr. Belvedere ), emcee ( Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports , WrestleMania III, and WrestleMania IV) and commercial spokesman (Miller Lite). | [425] | |
| January 19 | Chuck Schodowski | 90 | Producer/engineer for WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio from 1961 until his death; co-host of the comedy/movie showcase Big Chuck and Lil' John | [426] |
| January 20 | Lynn Ban | 51 | Singaporean-born jewelry designer best known for appearing in Bling Empire: New York . | [427] |
| January 30 | Dick Button | 95 | Olympic champion figure skater, skating commentator (most notably for ABC Sports), and producer ( The Superstars ) | [428] |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1 | Angie Stone | 63 | Singer and rapper. She mostly appeared as herself on shows like Moesha , One on One , and R&B Divas: Atlanta . | [451] |
| March 2 | Felicia Minei Behr | 83 | Producer and network executive best known for being the executive producer of All My Children . | [452] |
| March 4 | Peter Engel | 88 | Television producer ( Saved by the Bell , City Guys , Hang Time , California Dreams , USA High , Malibu, CA ) | [453] |
| George Lowe | 67 | Voice actor and comedian, best known for voicing Space Ghost on the animated television series Space Ghost Coast to Coast and its spinoff Cartoon Planet | [454] | |
| March 5 | Pamela Bach | 61 | Actress ( Baywatch , The Young and the Restless , Sirens ) | [455] |
| March 7 | D'Wayne Wiggins | 64 | Singer and founding member of Tony! Toni! Toné!; television credits include Weekends at the D.L. | [456] |
| March 8 | L. J. Smith | 66 | American author | [457] [458] |
| March 11 | Dave Mallow | 76 | Voice actor ( Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , VR Troopers , Big Bad Beetleborgs ) | [459] |
| Clive Revill | 94 | New Zealand actor and voice actor (voice work includes Dr. Galeo Seaworthy on Snorks ) | [460] | |
| Bob Rivers | 68 | Radio host and musical parodist ( Star Trek: Enterprise ) | [461] | |
| March 12 | Bruce Glover | 92 | Characters actor | [462] |
| March 15 | Wings Hauser | 77 | Actor ( The Young and the Restless , Lightning Force , The Last Precinct ) | [463] |
| March 16 | Lenny Schultz | 91 | Comedian (appearances on The Tonight Show and other talk shows) and actor ( Ball Four , Laugh-In , Drawing Power) | [464] |
| March 20 | Bob Davis | 80 | Sportscaster (Kansas City Royals and Kansas Jayhawks) | [465] |
| March 21 | George Foreman | 76 | Boxer, Olympic Gold medalist, author, actor, sports commentator ( HBO World Championship Boxing ) and business entrepreneur (George Foreman Grill). Other television work includes George , Family Foreman , Better Late Than Never and Walt Disney World Inside Out . Longtime commercial spokesman for Meineke Car Care Centers. | [466] |
| March 22 | Bill Mercer | 99 | Professional wrestling play-by-play announcer for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) | [467] |
| March 28 | Richard Norton | 75 | Australian martial artist, actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, security consultant, and fight choreographer | [468] [469] [470] |
| March 29 | Richard Chamberlain | 90 | American actor ( Dr. Kildare , The Thorn Birds ) | [471] |
...while The Brutalist , which received the prize for Best Drama, was close behind with three victories.
In addition, the Lazarus original anime is scheduled for 2025.
At Spectrum, we try to alert you to changes before they happen. We were recently notified that affiliate WBNX-Movies! will be replaced on March 27, 2025, by WBNX-Rewind on channel 998.