| 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 rebrandings; 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.
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| 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's license to broadcast the program expired after The Walt Disney Company acquired the series' production company, 20th Television, as part of its 2019 purchase of most 21st Century Fox assets, 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 and 18 months, pending regulatory approval. | [6] [7] [8] [9] |
| 8 | Following 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 premieres on July 9, 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, would 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 returns 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. The TWC hub concept would quietly be implemented at a few other stations (such as WSIL/Harrisburg, Illinois and WTHI/Terre Haute) by late March. | [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] |
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| 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 carriage dispute, 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; the halftime show featuring Kendrick Lamar subsequently became the most-watched halftime show as well, surpassing Michael Jackson's 1993 halftime show. | [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] |
| 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). | [58] [59] [60] |
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| 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. | [61] [62] [63] |
| 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. | [64] |
| 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. | [65] | |
| 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. | [66] [67] |
| 12 | The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) announces a television deal with CBS Sports and The CW beginning in May that would 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. | [68] |
| 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. | [69] | |
| 17 | The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards airs on Fox at the Dolby Theatre. | [70] |
| 26 | ESPN announces it would 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 airing in May, after which the L.A. hub would continue to house NBA studio coverage and other content. | [71] |
| 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 succeed Danielson as primary game analyst in 2026. | [72] |
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| 2 | In a exclusive mega-deal with producing studio 20th Television Animation, Fox announces a four-season, 15-episode renewal for The Simpsons , Bob's Burgers , and Family Guy , along with American Dad! , marking its return to the network after an 11-year run on TBS, when it moved from Fox in 2014. In addition the renewals and their broadcast run, The Simpsons and Family Guy will also continue to produce exclusive episodes for Disney+ and Hulu, respectively. | [73] |
| 19–20 | WrestleMania 41 is held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada and is streamed on Peacock and airs on pay-per-view. | [74] |
| 22 | Saying he has lost his ability to make independent journalistic decisions for the show, Bill Owens announces he will resign as executive producer of CBS News' 60 Minutes . Owens had been with CBS for 37 years, and was only the third EP in 60 Minutes' 57-year history (after Don Hewitt and Jeff Fager). His departure comes at a time when CBS parent Paramount Global faces a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over the show's October 2024 interview with Kamala Harris, and as it seeks FCC approval to complete its merger with Skydance Media. | [75] |
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| 8 | The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards streams live on Prime Video from Ford Center at The Star, with Reba McEntire as host. | [76] |
| 14 | The National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning announce a rights deal with Scripps Sports that will see non-national Lightning telecasts, beginning with the 2025–26 NHL season, air on Scripps-owned WXPX-TV/Bradenton-Tampa and through a direct-to-consumer streaming option. The deal ends a 33-year relationship between the Lightning and regional channel FanDuel Sports Network Sun, and it makes the Lightning the seventh U.S.-based NHL team to eschew the local cable model in favor of a broadcast or DTC streaming approach (the fourth involving Scripps Sports). | [77] |
| 16 | Cable television companies Charter Communications and Cox Communications announce an agreement to merge in a $34.5 billion deal. Should the deal close and gain regulatory approval, the combined company would retain the Cox Communications corporate name as well as the Spectrum brand for its customer-facing cable/internet operations. | [78] |
| 19 | Indicating tensions with corporate leadership similar to those Bill Owens expressed when he resigned from 60 Minutes (see 4/22 entry), Wendy McMahon announces she will resign as president/CEO of CBS News and Stations. | [79] |
| Sesame Workshop announces a deal with Netflix to stream new episodes of Sesame Street , starting with its 56th season. The move comes after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew its contract with Sesame Workshop after Sesame Street's 55th season; the show had aired exclusively on PBS until 2016, when WBD-owned HBO gained rights to episode premieres, which moved to HBO Max in 2020. Under the WBD agreement, PBS could only air Sesame Street episodes several months after HBO or Max premiered them first; under the Netflix deal, however, the streamer will release each episode the same day it premieres on PBS or PBS Kids, which the public broadcaster and predecessor NET has carried Sesame Street in some form since the program's 1969 premiere. Under a separate agreement, reruns of archival Sesame Street episodes will be available through YouTube. | [80] [81] | |
| 21 | Deborah Norville makes her final appearance as anchor of Inside Edition , having hosted the syndicated tabloid television program since March 1995; she is set to host the game show The Perfect Line in the fall. | [82] [83] |
| 26 | The 51st American Music Awards, hosted by Jennifer Lopez, take place in Las Vegas, the first AMA ceremony to air on CBS after having aired on ABC since its inception in 1974. | [84] [85] |
| 28 | President Donald Trump signs pardons for reality television stars Julie and Todd Chrisley. The Chrisleys, who with their family are known for the USA Network series Chrisley Knows Best , were convicted and sentenced in 2022 for bank fraud and tax evasion; their pardons came after their daughter Savannah Chrisley, a vocal Trump supporter, lobbied the president for their release. | [86] |
| 30 | Lester Holt signs off as anchor of NBC Nightly News . Holt, who announced his departure from the role on February 24, but will remain with NBC News as host of Dateline , joined the weekend edition of Nightly in 2008, and moved to the weeknight edition in 2015, after predecessor Brian Williams resigned. Tom Llamas, anchor of NBC News Now's Top Story, succeeds Holt as Nightly anchor on June 2. | [87] [88] [89] [90] |
| 31 | Game 6 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals (a 125–108 win by the Indiana Pacers over the New York Knicks) airs on TNT. It is the last NBA game to air on the network, ending a 41-year relationship between the league and TNT Sports that dates back to the original NBA on TBS in 1984 (the games would move to TNT in 1989). TNT Sports' league broadcast rights were not renewed and these games will move to NBC and Amazon starting in the 2025–26 season. Despite this, TNT will continue to produce the studio show Inside the NBA for incumbent rightsholders ESPN and ABC. | [91] |
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| 7 | The next-to-last staging of Good Night and Good Luck (featuring George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow) at New York's Winter Garden Theatre airs on CNN, becoming the first live television simulcast of a Broadway show. | [92] |
| 8 | The 78th Tony Awards air on CBS from New York's Radio City Music Hall, with Cynthia Erivo as host and notable winners including Maybe Happy Ending (6 wins including Best Musical) and Purpose (Best Play). | [93] |
| The studios of KTXS/Abilene, Texas are significantly damaged after severe thunderstorm winds producing gusts up to 80 mph (130 km/h) collapsed a section of the building, an on-site garage (which fell onto an ENG vehicle) and its studio transmitter link tower; peeled off a section of the studio roof; and damaged several windows. Flooding also occurred inside the Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate's studio from heavy rains that poured into the damaged areas. No station employees on-site during the storm were injured. | [94] [95] | |
| 8–9 | Two incidents involving television journalists occur at scenes of Los Angeles protests over illegal immigration raids: On June 8, Lauren Tomasi, a correspondent for Australia's Nine News, is hit at close range by a rubber bullet from an LAPD officer's gun while wrapping a live stand-up report (Nine News notes that while Tomasi was "left sore" by the bullet, she and her camera operator were "otherwise unharmed"). On June 9, CNN reporter Jason Carroll is briefly detained on-the-air by LAPD officers, with the network later stating that two camera operators were arrested outright. | [96] [97] [98] |
| 9 | Warner Bros. Discovery announces plans to split into two separate, publicly traded companies: The tentatively-named "WBD Global Networks" will take cable channels including CNN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and Discovery, while "WBD Streaming & Studios" will take the HBO premium channels, streaming service HBO Max, and the Warner Bros. film and television studios. The split is projected to be completed by mid-2026. | [99] |
| The 25th BET Awards air on BET from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater. | [100] | |
| 10 | Two days after ABC News suspends White House correspondent Terry Moran after his overnight post (which was later deleted) on X that called Trump administration adviser Stephen Mlller a "world-class hater," the network announces it will not renew Moran's contract. | [101] [102] |
| 12 | The series finale of After Midnight airs on CBS, with the network discontinuing producing original programming in the 12:30 a.m (ET) time slot that follows The Late Show . After Midnight had aired since January 2024 and was initially renewed for a third season, but after host Taylor Tomlinson announced plans in March to leave the program to focus on her stand-up comedy work and other projects, CBS chose to cancel the show rather than to find a new host to replace her (Tomlinson said she wanted CBS to do the latter). CBS has aired content in the 12:30 a.m slot since The CBS Late Movie in the 1970s, most prominently carrying The Late Late Show between 1995 and 2023. Starting in September, the timeslot will carry reruns of Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed , as it did between the end of the Late Late Show and the launch of After Midnight. | [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] |
| 13 | McDonald's announces a settlement in a $10 billion lawsuit that Allen Media Group-owned Entertainment Studios filed against them and was set to go to trial in federal court in July. Entertainment Studios alleged in the suit (which was originally filed in 2021) that the fast-food giant discriminated against Black-owned media companies in its television advertising (AMG is headed by comedian Byron Allen). Settlement terms are not disclosed outside the restaurant continuing to purchase advertising on AMG networks and stations at fair market value. | [108] |
| 23 | The Pac-12 Conference announces a 5-year media deal with CBS Sports, beginning with the 2026–27 academic year, that will see CBS and Paramount+ carry a minimum 3 regular season football and men's basketball games, along with the conference championship games in those sports, each year during the deal. The Pac-12, rebuilding after all of its member schools except Oregon State and Washington State went to other conferences after the 2023–24 season, has relied on stopgap television deals with other networks, most notably The CW, during 2024–25; it will add six new schools, and possibly other media partners, in 2026–27. | [109] |
| 25 | DirecTV announces it will, in some regions of the U.S., discontinue sales of satellite television subscriptions to new customers, offering a streaming package instead. | [110] |
| 26 | The Walt Disney Company and Charter Communications announce an agreement that will give subscribers to Charter's Spectrum Select package access to ad-supported versions of Disney's Hulu streaming service as well as the upcoming ESPN streamer. The deal also returns to Spectrum cable eight Disney-owned channels (most notably Freeform and FXX) that were removed after a 2023 retransmission agreement between the two companies. | [111] |
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| 1 | The FCC approves the planned sale of five stations by Sinclair Broadcast Group to Rincon Broadcasting Group: WVTV/Milwaukee (The CW/MyNetworkTV), KTVO/Kirksville-Ottumwa (ABC/CBS), KHQA/Hannibal-Quincy (CBS/ABC), and WICS/WICD/Springfield/Champaign (ABC simulcast). The FCC also rejects a petition put forward by a public interest group, Frequency Forward, that sought to block the sale; the petitioner cited Sinclair's history of using "sidecar" relationships with closely-related companies to skirt ownership caps. | [112] |
| 2 | Paramount Global, parent company of CBS News, announces it will agree to a $16 million settlement with Donald Trump over a lawsuit Trump filed regarding the editing of an October 2024 60 Minutes interview with Trump's then-opponent for the 2024 presidential election, Kamala Harris. Though legal and First Amendment experts have called as spurious Trump's claim that the interview's editing was election interference, the president's case was also seen as a potential roadblock in Paramount's proposed merger with Skydance Media, which was under review by the FCC at the time. Money in the settlement, which was reached after mediation (and does not include an apology from Paramount over the interview), will be allocated to Trump's legal fees and his future presidential library. Government officials (including Democratic lawmakers such as Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Ron Wyden as well as FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez) and other Trump administration critics condemned the settlement as harmful to media outlets' First Amendment rights, with some lawmakers accusing Paramount of committing bribery to facilitate the Skydance deal's approval. | [note 3] [113] [114] [16] [115] |
| Merit Street Media, owner of the Merit TV digital multicast network, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As part of the bankruptcy filing, the company founded by former talk show host Phil McGraw also files a breach-of-contract lawsuit against business partner Trinity Broadcasting Network, accusing TBN of failing to adhere to contractual commitments to provide national distribution and access to production resources. TBN would file a counterclaim against McGraw and his production company, Peteski, on August 19 claiming McGraw "fleeced" TBN and breached his contract with them. | [note 4] [116] [117] | |
| 7 | In a deal that E. W. Scripps CEO Adam Symson admits is a test of the FCC's new commitment to revise or repeal single-market ownership restrictions, Scripps and Gray Media announce a station swap that, pending FCC approval, would give both companies true or virtual duopolies in new markets. Gray will acquire Scripps Fox-affiliated WSYM-TV/Lansing (where Gray already owns NBC affiliate WILX-TV) and ABC station KATC/Lafayette (giving Gray a presence in each Louisiana market). Scripps, meanwhile, will expand its western footprint by acquiring Gray's CBS-affiliated KKTV/Colorado Springs (where they already own NBC outlet KOAA-TV), as well as KKCO (NBC) and KJCT-LP (ABC) in Grand Junction, and Fox station KSVT-LD/Twin Falls (where Scripps already owns ABC outlet KSAW-LD). | [118] [119] |
| 17 | CBS announces the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , which will air its final episode in May 2026, ending the franchise that David Letterman originated in 1993. (Colbert would acknowledge the news on-air during that night's episode.) CBS cited a sharp decline in advertising revenue for late-night shows in general for the cancellation (the show was estimated to have lost up to $100 million), which comes four months after After Midnight was cancelled and its post-Late Show time slot was subsequently leased to Allen Media Group (see 6/12 entry). The timing of the cancellation comes after Colbert, a longtime critic of Donald Trump and his presidential administration, criticized CBS parent Paramount Global's settlement on Trump's lawsuit against them for his 60 Minutes interview (see 7/2 entry) and comes as Paramount was seeking regulatory approval for Skydance Media's acquisition of the company. The timing of the cancellation prompts scrutiny from Trump administration critics (including Democratic lawmakers such as Adam Schiff, Elizabeth Warren and Pramila Jayapal), the Writers Guild of America (who sent a letter to New York State Attorney General Letitia James asking for an investigation into CBS' basis behind the decision) and Late Show executive producer Jon Stewart (in a July 21 monologue on sister network Comedy Central's The Daily Show ) over whether the cancellation was politically rather than financially motivated, citing Trump's scrutiny of late night comedians' jokes and criticism towards him before and during his first presidency. | [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [note 5] |
| The House of Representatives gives final approval to a rescission bill that, among other things, cuts $1.1 billion in federal funds to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the 2026 and 2027 fiscal years. The rescission, which President Donald Trump would sign into law on July 24, would only affect a small percentage of direct funding to PBS (as well as that toward radio counterpart NPR), but is expected to more deeply affect local member stations and their parent organizations who rely more heavily on federal funds to cover the costs of station operations and programs. While federal funding for public broadcasting had previously enjoyed bipartisan support, eliminating CPB funding had long been desired by some conservative politicians and activist groups who had cited public broadcasting as unnecessary and allege liberal-friendly tilts in its news coverage. | [125] [126] | |
| 22 | A power transformer fire prompts the evacuation of the studios of KARE/Minneapolis–Saint Paul. No injuries were reported, but the fire forces KARE to vacate its Golden Valley studios and originate its evening newscasts from its transmitter site in Shoreview, while a morning anchor and meteorologist are flown to Atlanta to anchor the next day's morning news from Tegna-owned sister station WXIA-TV. | [127] |
| 24 | In a 2-1 party-line vote, the FCC gives its approval to the merger of Skydance Media with CBS parent Paramount Global. The vote follows controversial months during which key CBS News figures resign, Paramount resolves a lawsuit from President Donald Trump, and CBS cancels its late night programming (see above) and much of its library of holiday special programming. It also comes after the agency receives assurances from Skydance that, once the merger is complete, the company would refrain from establishing DEI programs and would establish an ombudsman role to review any issues of unbalanced reporting at CBS News. | [128] |
| 30 | Matt Damon and Ken Jennings win $1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for the Damon-founded charity Water.org in an episode that continues Damon's "feud" with host Jimmy Kimmel (a long-recurring routine on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ). Damon and Jennings become the second team in the history of Millionaire's celebrity duo format to claim the show's top prize, following Ike and Alan Barinholtz in August 2024. | [129] |
| 31 | Less than a year into its first season airing IndyCar events, Fox Sports announces an extension of its media rights agreement with the open-wheel racing circuit, and also purchases a one-third stake in its parent company, Penske Entertainment. | [130] |
| Gray Media announces it will buy two stations from SagamoreHill Broadcasting, NBC affiliate WLTZ/Columbus, Georgia and Fox affiliate KJTV-TV/Lubbock, Texas. Gray already operates the stations for SagamoreHill, and will seek failing station waivers from the FCC to purchase them. | [131] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | One day after announcing it will acquire two SagamoreHill stations (see 7/31 entry), Gray Media announces another station purchase, an $80 million acquisition of Block Communications' remaining broadcast outlets. The deal includes WAND/Decatur, Illinois, WLIO/Lima, Ohio, both stations' related low-power outlets, and WDRB and WBKI/Louisville, Kentucky. It will be Gray's first foray into the Lima and Central Illinois television markets, while the Louisville stations (should the purchase receive regulatory approval) will create a triopoly with Gray-owned WAVE. | [132] |
| Having seen most of its federal funding rescinded (see 7/17 entry), and with lawmakers declining to restore the money earlier in the week, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announces it would shut down operations. A majority of CPB staff will be laid off on September 30, after which a skeleton crew will remain to care for any remaining fiscal compliance, copyright, and other issues and obligations until CPB fully shutters at the end of January 2026. Created by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, CPB distributed federal grant monies to public broadcasters in television and radio (including PBS and its local member stations) to help cover the costs of content and operations. | [133] | |
| 5 | The Walt Disney Company announces that its ESPN will acquire the National Football League's NFL Network and NFL RedZone, which after regulatory approval will become ESPN-owned properties and be part of its new streaming service. In exchange, the NFL will acquire a 10% equity stake in ESPN, and grant ESPN rights to games and other content on NFL Network and Red Zone as well as from NFL Films, the league's production company that, along with its NFL+ subscription service, will remain league-owned. | [134] [135] |
| 6 | ESPN indicates that its streaming service will be the exclusive U.S. home to World Wrestling Entertainment's premium live events (PLEs), most notably WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam, with an option to simulcast select events on ESPN's linear services. The 5-year deal, which will have an average annual fee of $325 million, supplants WWE's previous PPV deal with Peacock, which will remain home to the Friday night SmackDown (which also airs on USA Network). The ESPN/WWE relationship was initially announced to begin in 2026, but WWE would announce on August 20 that it would begin instead with the ESPN streamer's September 20 airing of Wrestlepalooza, making the August 31 Clash in Paris the last WWE PLE to air on Peacock. | [136] [137] |
| 7 | The merger of Skydance and Paramount Global (parent to CBS and Paramount Media Networks) formally closes, establishing Paramount Skydance Corporation. | [138] [128] |
| 8 | Two months after indicating it would put its television stations up for sale, Allen Media Group announces it will sell eleven of them to Gray Media: WAAY-TV/Huntsville, Alabama, WSIL-TV-KPOB-TV/Harrisburg, Illinois-Poplar Bluff, Missouri, WEVV-TV/Evansville, Indiana, WFFT-TV/Fort Wayne, Indiana, WCOV-TV/Montgomery, Alabama, KADN-TV/Lafayette, Louisiana, WTVA/Tupelo, Mississippi, WREX/Rockford, Illinois, WTHI-TV/Terre Haute, Indiana, and WLFI-TV/Lafayette, Indiana. The deal, should it gain regulatory approval, would give Gray a first-time presence in Tupelo, Terre Haute, and Lafayette markets while creating multiple-station duopolies with existing Gray stations in the other affected markets, as well as a potential duopoly in Lafayette (where a Gray deal to acquire Scripps-owned KATC is pending). | [139] [140] |
| 11 | In its first major deal as a merged company, Paramount Skydance announces it had acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to Ultimate Fighting Championship events in a seven-year, $7.7-billion deal that will take effect in 2026. The deal, which will replace an expiring package UFC had with Disney-owned ESPN, will see UFC events stream on Paramount+ with select simulcasts on CBS; it also eliminates the pay-per-view model ESPN used for certain premium UFC events. | [141] |
| 19 | Nexstar Media Group announces a deal to acquire Tegna Inc. in a transaction valued at $6.2 billion. Should it meet regulatory approval and close as projected in the second half of 2026, the deal would expand Nexstar's broadcast stable to 265 owned-or-operated stations in 132 markets, including 41 of the top 50 markets, as well as potentially create multiple station duopolies (including combinations of Big Four-affiliated signals) in markets where both Nexstar and Tegna have a presence. | [142] |
| 27 | Hours before the expiration of a carriage agreement between the two sides, and with negotiations attracting the attention of FCC chair Brendan Carr, YouTube TV and Fox Corporation announce a short-term agreement to keep Fox's networks and local stations on the vMVPD streaming service and avert a blackout. The companies would announce a renewed deal on August 28. | [143] [144] |
| Separate from the Fox deal, YouTube TV also reaches an agreement with Herring Networks to carry far-right news/opinion channel One America News Network and upscale lifestyle network AWE on the service. The two networks were originally slated to be added in November, but would instead join the lineup on August 29. | [145] [146] [note 7] | |
| 30 | Wearing a tuxedo for the occasion, Lee Corso retires from the panel of ESPN's College GameDay . The former college football coach had been with GameDay since its launch in 1987, and was known for donning mascot headgears as part of the show-closing game prediction segment (he wears Ohio State's Brutus head to signify the Buckeyes as his final choice). | [147] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | The E. W. Scripps Company announces it will sell Fox affiliate WFTX/Cape Coral–Fort Myers, Florida to locally-based Sun Broadcasting for $40 million. The deal (which is projected to close in the fourth quarter of the year, with Scripps using the cash proceeds from the sale to pay down outstanding debt) will create a duopoly between WFTX and CW affiliate WXCW. It was not immediately disclosed whether the deal will result in Sun severing an existing SSA formed in 2007 between WXCW and CBS affiliate WINK (owned by the Fort Myers Broadcasting Company). | [148] |
| YouTube TV and Hulu announce agreements with C-SPAN parent National Cable Satellite Corporation to carry its three government and public affairs channels starting later in the fall. The deal, which will see both vMVPD services pay carriage fees (at 87¢/year per subscriber) equal to those that the network receives from cable and satellite providers, is a culmination of C-SPAN's efforts to obtain carriage on both vMVPD services dating to (at least) 2022, as the ongoing decline in cable and satellite subscriptions has accordingly reduced its operating revenue in recent years (C-SPAN's carriage revenue had declined by 29% between 2019 and 2023, from $64 million to $45.4 million). These efforts were further aided by U.S. Representative Mike Flood (R-NE) and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who sent a joint letter addressed to Hulu and YouTube TV's respective CEOs on January 22, advocating for them to add the channels. (Prior to the deal, DirecTV had been the channel's only major streaming distributor.) | [149] [150] | |
| 4 | Cliff Drysdale calls his last tennis match for ESPN (a US Open women's singles semifinal between Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula) and retires after 46 years with the network. A former tennis player himself (most notably a finalist at the 1965 U.S. National Championships and doubles champion with Roger Taylor at the 1972 US Open), Drysdale was among ESPN's very first hires in September 1979 (his first ESPN assignment was during its second week on the air). | [151] |
| Alphabet reaches an agreement with Great American Media that would see family-oriented entertainment networks Great American Family and Great American Living being carried on YouTube TV starting in September, in addition to faith-based streaming service Great American Pure Flix being added to the vMVPD streaming service and YouTube's Primetime Channels store as an add-on subscription. The deal follows pressure from FCC Chair Brendan Carr, who, on March 7, sent a inquiry letter to YouTube TV alleging that the provider "deliberately marginalizes faith-based and family-friendly content" (based on claims made by Great American Media representatives). | [note 8] [152] [153] | |
| 7 | The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards airs on MTV and CBS (being simulcast for the first time on the latter network) and streams on Paramount+ from the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York; LL Cool J hosted the ceremony. Notable winners included Lady Gaga (winning four awards among her twelve overall nominations, including Artist of the Year), Sabrina Carpenter (who won three awards, including Best Album for Short n' Sweet ), Ariana Grande (whose musical short film, Brighter Days Ahead , was named Video of the Year) and the Rosé–Bruno Mars collaboration "Apt." (which won Song of the Year). Special awards went to Mariah Carey (with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award), Busta Rhymes (the inaugural Rock the Bells Visionary Award) and Ricky Martin (the inaugural Latin Icon Award). The ceremony was watched by 5.5 million viewers, a 42% increase from the 2024 edition and its highest viewership since 2019. | [154] [155] [156] [157] |
| 10 | MSNBC fires analyst Matthew Dowd after comments he made during its coverage of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, opining that the Turning Point USA founder's history of divisive views (including controversial remarks about women, Muslims, LGBTQ+ communities and people of color) "lead to hateful actions" in the current political environment, and theorizing if a supporter at Kirk's Utah Valley University campus tour stop fired the shot "in celebration". Both Dowd and MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler apologized for the former's comments that the network characterized as "inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable" and were viewed by Kirk supporters as blaming him for the assassination, though MSNBC's dismissal of the former George W. Bush campaign strategist (who had been with the network since 2022) was criticized on social media by many Kirk critics and by Dowd himself (who opined in a September 12 Substack post that the network reacted to a "right wing media mob") as a capitulation to President Donald Trump and Kirk's other right-wing allies for highlighting his rhetoric. | [158] [159] [160] [161] [162] |
| During a Fox & Friends segment (aired hours before Charlie Kirk's assassination) discussing an event that occurred in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 22 in which resident Iryna Zarutska was killed, host Brian Kilmeade makes comments endorsing the involuntarily execution of homeless people dealing with mental illness, in response to guest co-host Lawrence B. Jones's suggestion that they be held in jail if they decline to accept offered rehabilitation services. (Decarlos Brown Jr., a homeless man who suffered from schizophrenia and had a history of arrests and criminal convictions, was charged with murder in Zarutska's death.) Kilmeade was condemned and faced calls for Fox News to fire him for the remarks (with some critics contrasting it to the remarks that prompted Matthew Dowd's MSNBC firing) after the clip circulated on social media the following weekend. He apologized for the remark on the program's September 14 broadcast, saying it was "extremely callous". | [163] [164] | |
| 11 | One day after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Comedy Central temporarily pulls the South Park episode "Got a Nut" (which originally aired on August 6 and remains available on Paramount+) from upcoming linear airings. The episode, which parodies the second Trump administration's immigration policy and far-right podcasters, satirized Kirk's "Prove Me Wrong" debate approach to controversial topics (including a fictional "Charlie Kirk Award for Young Masterdebaters" given to young podcasters). Despite Kirk having called the parody a "badge of honor" in an interview with Fox News on August 7 (later cited by Charlie Kirk Show executive producer Andrew Kolvet in advocating for the episode's return), and the identity and motive of the perpetrator (who was turned into authorities on September 12) not known at the time, many of Kirk's allies and supporters claimed that his satirization might have contributed to his death. | [165] [166] |
| 14 | The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards air on CBS from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater. Hosted by Nate Bargatze, the ceremony's notable winners include The Studio (13 total wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series), The Pitt (five wins, including Outstanding Drama Series), Adolesence (six wins, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series), and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (for Outstanding Talk Series, two months after its cancellation was announced). | [167] |
| 17 | ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after two of its major affiliate groups, Nexstar and Sinclair (the latter demanding his apology and a donation to Kirk's family and Turning Point USA), announce they would pre-empt the late-night talk show over comments during Kimmel's September 15 monologue accusing the Trump administration and other conservatives of politicizing Charlie Kirk's assassination to blame and seek retribution against the left (including the doxings and firings of those critical of Kirk's politics) and trying to distance themselves from any potential ideological ties with the alleged shooter. The network aired Celebrity Family Feud reruns in Kimmel's timeslot for the rest of that week. The suspension came hours after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened possible actions against ABC (including revoking the licenses of its owned and affiliated stations, the basis of which likely would violate the First Amendment) over the comments in an interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson. It also came in the wake of two of ABC's largest affiliate groups, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group, dropping the program from its lineups over Kimmel's remarks, with Nexstar executives denying it was related to Carr's comments (which they had not heard at the time) nor to Nexstar's seeking FCC approval to purchase Tegna. The move, viewed as an act of jawboning among various actions (including alleged efforts to restrict free speech) taken during Trump's presidency against critics and media outlets, sparked broad condemnation from political leaders (such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and former President Barack Obama), entertainers and performers (such as Damon Lindelof, Tatiana Maslany, Ben Stiller and late-night colleagues like Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Jimmy Fallon), and industry unions (like SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America), and boycotts of Disney properties (like Disney+ and Hulu). | [168] [169] [170] [171] [172] [173] [174] [note 9] [note 10] |
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Missing You | Netflix | [175] [176] |
| January 2 | Going Dutch | Fox | [177] [178] [179] |
| January 3 | Selling the City | Netflix | [180] |
| They Call It Late Night | ESPN | [181] | |
| January 7 | Doc | Fox | [182] [183] [179] |
| January 8 | Shifting Gears | ABC | [184] [185] |
| January 9 | American Primeval | Netflix | [186] |
| On Call | Amazon Prime Video | [187] | |
| The Pitt | Max | [188] [189] | |
| January 11 | StuGo | Disney Channel | [190] |
| January 13 | Baylen Out Loud | TLC | [191] |
| January 15 | Scam Goddess | Freeform | [192] |
| January 16 | SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night | Peacock | [193] |
| January 17 | RoboGobo | Disney+/Disney Jr. | [194] [195] [196] |
| January 19 | The Hunting Party | NBC | [197] [198] |
| January 22 | Prime Target | Apple TV+ | [199] |
| The Thundermans: Undercover | Nickelodeon | [200] | |
| W.A.G.s to Riches | Netflix | [201] | |
| January 25 | Kobe: The Making of a Legend | CNN | [202] |
| January 26 | Watson | CBS | [203] [204] [205] |
| January 27 | The Fall of Diddy | Investigation Discovery | [206] [207] |
| January 28 | Great Migrations: A People on the Move | PBS | [208] |
| Paradise | Hulu | [209] | |
| January 29 | The Flip Off | HGTV | [210] |
| Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Disney+ | [211] [212] | |
| January 30 | Scamanda | ABC | [213] [185] |
| Mermicorno: Starfall | Max | [214] [215] | |
| February 2 | Common Side Effects | Adult Swim | [216] |
| February 6 | Clean Slate | Amazon Prime Video | [217] |
| The Z-Suite | Tubi | [218] | |
| February 7 | Love After Lockup: Crime Story | We TV | [219] |
| February 10 | Extracted | Fox | [220] |
| February 11 | Muslim Matchmaker | Hulu | [221] |
| February 13 | Sweethearts | Amazon Prime Video | [222] |
| February 14 | Goldie | Apple TV+ | [223] |
| February 19 | Win or Lose | Disney+ | [224] [225] [226] [227] |
| Good Cop/Bad Cop | The CW | [228] [229] | |
| February 20 | Zero Day | Netflix | [230] |
| February 23 | The Americas | NBC | [231] [232] |
| Grosse Pointe Garden Society | [197] | ||
| Suits LA | [233] [234] | ||
| The Baldwins | TLC | [235] [236] [237] | |
| February 24 | Beyond the Gates | CBS | [58] [59] [60] |
| February 27 | Running Point | Netflix | [238] [239] |
| House of David | Amazon Prime Video | [240] | |
| March 2 | Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue | MGM+ | [241] |
| March 3 | Skillsville | PBS Kids | [242] [243] [244] [245] |
| Celtics City | HBO | [246] [247] | |
| March 4 | Daredevil: Born Again | Disney+ | [248] [249] |
| Denise Richards & Her Wild Things | E! | [250] [251] | |
| Jay & Pamela | TLC | [252] | |
| With Love, Meghan | Netflix | [253] [254] | |
| March 5 | WWE Evolve | Tubi | [255] |
| March 6 | Deli Boys | Hulu | [256] |
| Dylan's Playtime Adventures | Max | [257] | |
| March 9 | Oh My God... Yes! | Adult Swim | [258] |
| March 10 | Confessions of Octomom | Lifetime | [259] |
| March 13 | Long Bright River | Peacock | [260] |
| Adolescence | Netflix | [261] | |
| March 14 | Dope Thief | Apple TV+ | [262] |
| March 19 | Good American Family | Hulu | [263] |
| March 20 | The Residence | Netflix | [264] |
| Happy Face | Paramount+ | [265] [266] | |
| March 21 | Bearbrick | Apple TV+ | [267] |
| March 24 | Hollywood Demons | Investigation Discovery | [268] |
| March 26 | Side Quest | Apple TV+ | [269] |
| The Studio | [270] | ||
| Million Dollar Secret | Netflix | [271] | |
| March 27 | Paul American | Max | [272] |
| March 28 | Mid-Century Modern | Hulu | [273] [274] |
| March 30 | MobLand | Paramount+ | [275] |
| April 3 | Devil May Cry | Netflix | [276] [277] [278] |
| Pulse | [279] [280] | ||
| The Bondsman | Amazon Prime Video | [281] | |
| April 4 | Dying for Sex | FX on Hulu | [282] |
| April 5 | Iyanu | Cartoon Network/Max | [283] [284] [285] |
| April 6 | Lazarus | Adult Swim | [286] [287] |
| April 7 | Blippi's Job Show | Netflix | [288] |
| April 8 | Spy High | Amazon Prime Video | [289] [290] |
| April 11 | Your Friends and Neighbors | Apple TV+ | [291] |
| Got to Get Out | Hulu | [292] | |
| April 12 | RoboForce: The Animated Series | Tubi | [293] |
| April 16 | Government Cheese | Apple TV+ | [294] |
| Sherlock & Daughter | The CW | [295] [296] | |
| April 17 | #1 Happy Family USA | Amazon Prime Video | [297] |
| April 18 | Parlor Room | Dropout | [298] |
| April 21 | Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out | Lifetime | [299] |
| April 24 | Étoile | Amazon Prime Video | [300] |
| April 27 | Bravo's Love Hotel | Bravo | [301] [302] |
| April 29 | PolyFamily | TLC | [303] |
| Castle Impossible | HGTV | [304] | |
| Wear Whatever the F You Want | Amazon Prime Video | [305] | |
| April 30 | Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight | Netflix | [306] [307] [308] [309] |
| May 1 | The Four Seasons | [310] | |
| May 4 | Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld | Disney+ | [311] |
| May 5 | The Motherhood | Hallmark+ | [312] [313] |
| May 8 | Forever | Netflix | [314] |
| May 9 | Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams | PBS Kids | [315] |
| May 10 | The Judd Family: Truth Be Told | Lifetime | [316] |
| May 13 | Bad Thoughts | Netflix | [317] |
| May 15 | Overcompensating | Amazon Prime Video | [318] |
| Duster | Max | [319] | |
| May 16 | Murderbot | Apple TV+ | [320] |
| May 18 | Tucci in Italy | National Geographic | [321] |
| May 20 | Motorheads | Amazon Prime Video | [322] |
| May 22 | Sirens | Netflix | [323] |
| She the People | [324] | ||
| May 25 | The Librarians: The Next Chapter | TNT | [325] [326] [327] [328] [329] |
| May 27 | Destination X | NBC | [330] [331] |
| May 28 | Adults | FX | [332] |
| May 29 | The Better Sister | Amazon Prime Video | [333] |
| June 3 | Next Gen NYC | Bravo | [334] |
| June 4 | Stick | Apple TV+ | [335] |
| June 6 | Wylde Pak | Nickelodeon | [336] |
| June 9 | Virgins | TLC | [337] |
| June 10 | Call Her Alex | Hulu | [338] |
| June 12 | Revival | Syfy | [339] [340] |
| June 13 | Not a Box | Apple TV+ | [341] |
| June 18 | We Were Liars | Amazon Prime Video | [342] [343] [344] |
| June 19 | The Waterfront | Netflix | [345] |
| June 24 | Ironheart | Disney+ | [248] [212] |
| June 25 | Countdown | Amazon Prime Video | [346] |
| June 26 | Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together | Peacock | [347] |
| June 27 | Smoke | Apple TV+ | [348] |
| July 7 | Survival Mode | NBC | [349] |
| July 9 | Ballard | Amazon Prime Video | [350] |
| Building the Band | Netflix | [351] | |
| July 10 | Too Much | [352] | |
| Electric Bloom | Disney Channel | [353] | |
| Back to the Frontier | Magnolia Network/Max | [354] | |
| July 11 | Dexter: Resurrection | Paramount+ with Showtime | [355] |
| July 13 | The Institute | MGM+ | [356] |
| Love Island: Beyond the Villa | Peacock | [357] | |
| July 17 | Untamed | Netflix | [358] |
| July 21 | The Hunting Wives | [359] | |
| July 22 | Hip Hop Was Born Here | Paramount+ | [360] |
| July 23 | Washington Black | Hulu | [361] |
| July 24 | Hitmakers | Netflix | [362] |
| Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks | Peacock | [363] | |
| July 25 | Big Brother: Unlocked | CBS | [364] |
| Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross | The Roku Channel | [365] [366] | |
| July 29 | WWE: Unreal | Netflix | [367] |
| Adaptive | Peacock | [368] | |
| July 31 | Leanne | Netflix | [369] |
| August 1 | Chief of War | Apple TV+ | [370] |
| Eyes of Wakanda | Disney+ | [371] | |
| August 2 | Heart & Hustle: Houston | Oprah Winfrey Network | [372] |
| August 7 | Necaxa | FXX | [373] |
| Demascus | Tubi | [374] | |
| August 8 | Outlander: Blood of My Blood | Starz | [375] [376] |
| Standing By | Hulu | [377] | |
| August 11 | Iron Man and His Awesome Friends | Disney Jr./Disney+ | [378] [379] |
| A Sorority Mom’s Guide to Rush! | Lifetime | [380] | |
| August 12 | Alien: Earth | Hulu | [381] [382] |
| Chef Grudge Match | Food Network | [383] | |
| August 13 | Butterfly | Amazon Prime Video | [384] |
| August 15 | The Rainmaker | USA Network | [385] [386] |
| August 18 | Lego Masters Jr. | Fox | [387] |
| Are You My First? | Hulu | [388] | |
| August 19 | Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson | NBC | [389] |
| August 20 | The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox | Hulu | [390] |
| August 22 | Long Story Short | Netflix | [391] [392] |
| August 26 | Love Thy Nader | Freeform/Hulu | [393] [394] |
| August 27 | The Terminal List: Dark Wolf | Amazon Prime Video | [395] |
| September 1 | The Chrisleys: Back to Reality | Lifetime | [396] |
| September 4 | NCIS: Tony & Ziva | Paramount+ | [397] |
| The Paper | Peacock | [398] [399] | |
| September 7 | Magnolia Table: At the Farm | Food Network/Magnolia Network | [400] |
| Task | HBO/HBO Max | [401] [402] | |
| September 8 | Weather Hunters | PBS Kids | [403] [404] [405] [406] |
| Scrambled Up | Syndication | [407] | |
| Dr. Seuss's Red Fish, Blue Fish | Netflix | [408] | |
| Crowd Control | Dropout | [409] | |
| Secrets of Celebrity Sex Tapes | A&E | [410] | |
| September 12 | Vampirina: Teenage Vampire | Disney Channel/Disney+ | [411] |
| September 17 | Sin City Rehab | HGTV | [412] [413] |
| September 18 | Black Rabbit | Netflix | [414] |
| September 19 | Haunted Hotel | [415] | |
| September 23 | The Lowdown | FX | [382] |
| September 24 | 99 to Beat | Fox | [416] [417] |
| Marvel Zombies | Disney+ | [418] [419] [420] [212] [421] | |
| September 25 | Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel | Amazon Prime Video | [422] |
| September 26 | The Savant | Apple TV+ | [423] |
| September 30 | Chad Powers | Hulu | [424] [425] |
| On Brand with Jimmy Fallon | NBC | [426] [427] | |
| October 3 | The Sisters Grimm | Apple TV+ | [428] |
| October 6 | Dr. Seuss's Horton! | Netflix | [408] |
| October 9 | 9-1-1: Nashville | ABC | [429] [430] [431] |
| Boots | Netflix | [432] | |
| October 12 | The Chair Company | HBO/HBO Max | [433] |
| October 13 | DMV | CBS | [434] [435] |
| October 14 | Splinter Cell: Deathwatch | Netflix | [436] |
| October 15 | Murdaugh: Death in the Family | Disney+/Hulu | [437] |
| October 16 | Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy | Peacock | [438] |
| October 17 | Boston Blue | CBS | [434] [435] |
| Sheriff Country | [439] [434] [435] | ||
| October 19 | The Road | [440] [434] [435] | |
| Ha Ha You Clowns | Adult Swim | [441] | |
| October 22 | Dangerously Obese | TLC | [442] |
| October 26 | Talamasca: The Secret Order | AMC/AMC+ | [443] [444] |
| It – Welcome to Derry | HBO | [445] [446] [447] | |
| October 27 | Baked With Love: Holiday | Hallmark Channel | [448] |
| October 29 | About Face | TLC | [442] |
| November 2 | I Love LA | HBO | [449] |
| Robin Hood | MGM+ | [450] | |
| November 3 | Crutch | Paramount+ | [451] |
| November 6 | All Her Fault | Peacock | [452] |
| Death by Lightning | Netflix | [453] | |
| November 7 | Pluribus | Apple TV+ | [454] |
| Stumble | NBC | [455] | |
| November 13 | The Beast in Me | Netflix | [456] |
| November 19 | The Mighty Nein | Amazon Prime Video | [457] |
| November | Bat-Fam | [458] | |
| Fall | Spartacus: House of Ashur | Starz | [459] |
| Phoebe & Jay | PBS Kids | [460] | |
| Tiffany Haddish Goes Off | Peacock | [363] | |
| December 5 | Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas | Hallmark Channel | [448] |
| December | Wonder Man | Disney+ | [212] |
| Late | Junk or Jackpot? | HGTV | [461] |
| TBA | The 'Burbs | Peacock | [462] |
| Widow's Bay | Apple TV+ | [463] | |
| The Undertow | Netflix | [261] | |
| The Choice | [464] [261] | ||
| The Witness | [261] [465] | ||
| Golf | [466] | ||
| The Undervale | [467] | ||
| Go-Go Mystery Machine | Cartoon Network | [468] | |
| Golden Axe | Comedy Central | [469] | |
| Tightrope! | The Roku Channel | [365] | |
| Debriefing the President | TNT | [470] | |
| The Artist | The Network | [471] |
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 10 | Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? | HBO | [481] [482] |
| January 14 | Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy | Peacock | [483] |
| January 17 | Henry Danger: The Movie | Nickelodeon/Paramount+ | [484] |
| Molly-Mae: Behind It All | Amazon Prime Video | [485] | |
| January 18 | Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story | Lifetime | [486] |
| January 24 | Star Trek: Section 31 | Paramount+ | [487] |
| January 25 | Family Affair | Lifetime | [488] [489] |
| January 27 | Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music | NBC | [490] |
| February 1 | Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story | Lifetime | [491] [489] |
| February 7 | The Lion King At The Hollywood Bowl | Disney+ | [492] |
| February 8 | I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story | Lifetime | [493] [489] |
| February 12 | The Simpsons: The Past and the Furious | Disney+ | [494] |
| February 14 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Peacock | [495] |
| February 16 | SNL50: The Anniversary Special | NBC | [496] |
| February 25 | Big Family, Big City | TLC | [497] |
| March 2 | Abducted in the Everglades | Lifetime | [498] |
| March 6 | Barbie & Teresa: Recipe for Friendship | Netflix | [499] |
| March 8 | I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story | Lifetime | [259] |
| March 21 | An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution | ABC | [500] |
| April 3 | Nature Cat – The Nature-tastic Four Movie! | PBS Kids | [501] |
| April 7 | Wild Kratts: Activate Kid Power | ||
| May 1 | Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band | [315] | |
| May 13 | Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute | NBC | [502] |
| May 17 | I Was Honey Boo Boo | Lifetime | [503] |
| May 30 | Lulu Is a Rhinoceros | Apple TV+ | [504] |
| May 31 | The Thirteenth Wife: Escaping Polygamy | Lifetime | [505] |
| Mountainhead | HBO | [506] | |
| June 29 | The Chrisleys: Life After Lockup | Disney+/Hulu | [507] |
| July 2 | Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado | Nickelodeon/Paramount+ | [508] |
| July 20 | The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special | Adult Swim | [509] [510] |
| August 15 | Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical | Apple TV+ | [511] [512] |
| August 20 | Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe | NBC | [513] |
| August 22 | Ariel: The Glow Crystals | Disney Jr./Disney+ | [514] |
| August 26 | Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special | ABC | [515] |
| August 30 | Iyanu: The Age of Wonders | Cartoon Network/HBO Max | [516] |
| September 10 | Downton Abbey Celebrates The Grand Finale | NBC | [517] |
| September 21 | A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire: The 21st Night of September | CBS | [435] |
| The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland | ABC | [518] | |
| October 3 | Valiente: A Tracker Story | Nickelodeon | [519] |
| October 5 | A Grammy Salute To Cyndi Lauper: Live From The Hollywood Bowl | CBS | [520] |
| October 6 | Family Guy: A Little Fright Music | Hulu | [521] |
| October 16 | Spidey and Iron Man: Avengers Team Up! | Disney Jr. | [514] |
| Carl the Collector: A Fuzzytown Halloween | PBS Kids | [522] | |
| October 18 | A Royal Montana Christmas | Hallmark Channel | [448] |
| October 19 | A Christmas Angel Match | [448] | |
| October 25 | Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! | [448] | |
| November 1 | Christmas on Duty | [448] | |
| November 2 | A Newport Christmas | [448] | |
| November 3 | Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches | Netflix | [408] |
| November 6 | Wicked concert special | NBC | [523] |
| November 8 | Christmas Above the Clouds | Hallmark Channel | [448] |
| November 9 | A Keller Christmas Vacation | [448] | |
| November 15 | Three Wisest Men | [448] | |
| November 16 | Tidings for the Season | [448] | |
| November 22 | Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story | [524] [525] | |
| November 23 | Melt My Heart This Christmas | [448] | |
| November 27 | We Met in December | [448] | |
| November 28 | The Snow Must Go On | [448] | |
| The More the Merrier | |||
| A PAW Patrol Christmas | CBS/Paramount+ | [519] | |
| November 29 | An Alpine Holiday | Hallmark Channel | [448] |
| A Grand Ole Opry Christmas | [526] [448] | ||
| November 30 | The Christmas Cup | [448] | |
| Christmas at the Catnip Café | [527] [448] | ||
| December 6 | She's Making a List | [448] | |
| December 7 | Single on the 25th | ||
| December 13 | A Suite Holiday Romance | ||
| December 14 | Oy to the World! | ||
| December 20 | A Make or Break Holiday | ||
| December 21 | The Christmas Baby | ||
| December | Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol | ABC | [528] |
| With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration | Netflix | [529] | |
| TBA | Family Guy: Disney's Hulu's Family Guy's Hallmark Channel's Lifetime's Unoriginal Holiday Movie | Hulu | [521] |
| Two untitled South Park films | Paramount+ | [530] [531] [532] | |
| Community: The Movie | Peacock | [533] [534] [535] | |
| The Thanksgiving Text | Netflix | [536] [537] [538] |
| Show | Network | Episode # | Episode title | Episode airdate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Pickers | History Channel | 400th episode | "Junkyard Jamboree" | January 1 | [ citation needed ] |
| Jersey Shore: Family Vacation | MTV | 200th episode | "The Reunion (Part 2)" | January 23 | |
| Saturday Night Live | NBC | 50th anniversary | SNL50: The Anniversary Special | February 16 | [496] |
| The Price Is Right | CBS | 10,000th episode | "10,000th Episode" | February 26 | [539] |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 100th episode | "100%" | March 11 | [540] | |
| Grand Ole Opry / Opry Live | NBC | 100th anniversary | Opry 100: A Live Celebration | March 19 | [541] |
| Gold Rush | Discovery Channel | 400th episode | "Parker Heats Up" | April 11 | [ citation needed ] |
| Big City Greens | Disney Channel | 100th episode | "One Hundred" | May 3 | [542] |
| Mama June: Family Crisis | We TV | "The D-Word" | June 13 | [ citation needed ] | |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | HBO | 700th episode | "Dave Barry, Paul Begala, Wesley Hunt" | June 20 | |
| AEW Dynamite | TBS | 300th episode | "Dynamite 300" | July 2 | |
| AEW Collision | TNT | 100th episode | "Collision 100" | July 5 | |
| Robot Chicken | Adult Swim | 20th anniversary | The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special | July 20 | [509] [510] |
| Beyond the Gates | CBS | 100th episode | — | July 29 | [543] |
| Phineas and Ferb | Disney Channel | 150th episode | "The Nightmare-Inator" | August 2 | [ citation needed ] |
| "Doof in Retrograde" | |||||
| Chicago Med | NBC | 10th anniversary | TBA | Fall | |
| 200th episode | |||||
| Bob's Burgers | Fox | 300th episode | TBA | [544] |
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 or basic cable runs.
| Show | Seasons | In Production | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribunal Justice | 2 | Yes | Broadcast syndication in local markets. | [687] |
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game Show Central | Exclusive over-the-air multicast feed | February 17 | On February 17, Sony Pictures Television Networks began distributing an over-the-air multicast feed of Game Show Central, a spin-off 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 such as Pluto TV, Samsung TV+ 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 ] [688] |
| 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 ). | [689] |
| Farm Journal TV and Farm Journal Now | Subscription video on demand and free ad-supported streaming | May 2 | Farm Journal , the agriculture publisher and broadcast syndicator that produces the programs AgDay , U.S. Farm Report and Machinery Pete , launched a two-pronged Internet service in the spring, first launching its paid on-demand service Farm Journal TV in March, then launching its free linear feed Farm Journal Now on May 2. As part of the transition, Farm Journal disaffiliated from its longtime cable partner RFD-TV on April 27. | [690] |
| Mississippi Live Weather | OTT streaming | July 2 | On July 2, Matt Laubhan (former chief meteorologist at NBC/ABC affiliate WTVA/Tupelo who departed on June 30 with little fanfare) launched Mississippi Live Weather, a 24-hour regional streaming network serving Northeast Mississippi, offering live forecast segments (airing up to five times per day), severe weather coverage, and continuous automated loops of current conditions and forecast maps. The launch of the service, initially presented by Laubhan and Gabe Mahner (who also left WTVA shortly after the network's launch), occurred five months after Allen Media Group scaled back plans to outsource weather coverage at its stations (including WTVA) to a production hub at The Weather Channel's Atlanta studios. Mississippi Live Weather (an affiliate of the Lawrenceburg, Tennessee-based National Weather Network, a digital weather service cooperative that launched on January 19 with six charter affiliates, including locally based flagship Tennessee Valley Weather) is available as a live feed on its website; iOS, Android and Smart TV apps; and YouTube channel, in addition to ancillary content on various social media platforms (such as YouTube, X, Facebook and TikTok). | [691] [692] |
| MovieSphere Gold | Over-the-air multicast | August 1 | On July 21, Lionsgate announced that it would launch MovieSphere Gold, an over-the-air digital multicast extension of its free ad-supported streaming movie channel MovieSphere featuring threatrical films from the studio's library. The network was initially available primarily on stations owned by TelevisaUnivision and HC2 Holdings, among other groups. | [693] |
| Alabama Weather Network | OTT streaming | August 11 | On July 14, WBMA/Birmingham chief meteorologist James Spann (who has been with the ABC affiliate since its September 1996 launch) announced the launch of the Alabama Weather Network, a 24-hour streaming weather network, owned in part by Spann and managing meteorologist Bill Murray (formerly of WBMG and WVTM), that features live forecasts, severe weather coverage and taped event and tourism segments, as well as routine and speciality forecasts and automated loops of current conditions. (The network's coverage area, which encompasses all 67 Alabama counties, overlaps with Tennessee Valley Weather, which includes most of the Huntsville–Decatur market in its coverage area.) Spann will continue at WBMA, in addition to the new venture, doing weather segments for its early weeknight newscasts and helming severe weather coverage. The Alabama Weather Network is available as a live feed through its website; iOS, Android and Smart TV apps; and YouTube channel, in addition to ancillary content on various social media platforms. | [694] |
| ESPN (streaming service) | August 21 | First reported as being developed in early 2023 (under the code name "Flagship"), ESPN parent company The Walt Disney Company confirmed in February 2024 its plans for its own direct-to-consumer streaming service, and in May 2025 indicated it would be known as simply "ESPN". The service, whose launch date was confirmed by Disney on August 6, grants its subscribers access to all programming seen on ESPN's U.S. linear cable channels, as well as all ESPN Select content, along with WWE's premium live events, with most existing pay television subscribers using TV Everywhere credentials able to access the broader service at no additional cost. | [695] [696] [697] [698] [699] | |
| Fox One | Fox One encompasses all of Fox Corporation's cable channels as a $19.99/month service (excluding Fox Soccer Plus), with access to Fox Nation for an additional fee; as with ESPN's new service, pay television subscribers are able to access the service with TV Everywhere credentials for no additional cost. | [700] | ||
| WEST | Over-the-air multicast | September 29 | On June 17, Weigel Broadcasting announced it will launch WEST (a backronym for "Western Entertainment Series Television"), the company's tenth multicast network, which will feature classic western television series from the 1950s to the 1970s, including shows that Weigel holds contractual rights to air on sister networks MeTV and Heroes & Icons, as well as those held by MeTV+ up until WEST's launch, as part of their dedicated western blocks (such as Gunsmoke , Bonanza , Rawhide , Have Gun, Will Travel , The Big Valley and Wild Wild West ). It was originally scheduled to launch on September 1, but was delayed to sometime later that month. On September 18, Weigel announced that the new day of launch will be on September 29. | [701] [702] [703] |
| 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 African American audiences rebrands from The365 to 365BLK on its first anniversary to clarify its target audience within its branding; outside a temporary removal of some overnight programming with paid programming (a change reverted on April 1), no other changes to the network's schedule occur. | [689] |
| MAVTV | Racer Network | Cable/satellite | March 27 | MAVTV, a network devoted to motorsports and other automotive content and formerly owned by Lucas Oil, is sold to Racer Media & Marketing, the publisher of Racer and is immediately rebranded the same day to take advantage of Racer's complementary branding, ending 20 years of existence under its original MAVTV monicker, which dated back to an era when the channel was focused on men's content rather than exclusively motorsports. The channel's companion FAST service is correspondingly renamed Racer Select. | [704] |
| 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 with laughter") to reflect the network's shift in focus since early 2024 from millennial-targeted reality programming and adapted online content to alternative comedy shows (encompassing unscripted and sketch series such as Saturday Night Live ). | [705] |
| Max | HBO Max | Over-the-top streaming service | July 9 | On May 14, Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to revert Max's name to its original from 2019 to 2023; on July 8, it indicated that the rebrand would occur the next day. | [706] [707] |
| HBO2 | HBO Hits | Cable/satellite | September 4 | Three weeks after shuttering four of the channels in its HBO/Cinemax multiplex suite (see "Closures" section), Warner Bros. Discovery rebrands six of the remaining networks—secondary channels HBO2 and MoreMax (both launched in 1991) as HBO Hits and Cinemax Hits, respectively; HBO Signature (originally launched as HBO3 in 1991, and relaunched as a female-targeted service in 1998) as HBO Drama; HBO Zone (originally launched as a young adult-targeted service in 2001) as the general film service HBO Movies; ActionMax (action/adventure movies; launched in 1998) as Cinemax Action; and 5StarMax (classic and critically acclaimed movies; launched in 2001) as Cinemax Classics—to either reflect their corresponding genre formats or, in the case of the "MAX" channels, better align with their parent network (and effectively further distinguish those channels from co-owned streaming service HBO Max). | [note 11] [note 12] [708] |
| HBO Signature | HBO Drama | ||||
| HBO Zone | HBO Movies | ||||
| MoreMAX | Cinemax Hits | ||||
| ActionMAX | Cinemax Action | ||||
| 5starMAX | Cinemax Classics | ||||
| MSNBC | MS NOW | Cable/satellite | TBD | On August 18, MSNBC announced that it would rebrand as MS NOW (an acronym for "My Source News Opinion World") following the completion of NBCUniversal's spinoff of its cable channels into the separate media firm Versant. The liberal-leaning news and opinion channel originally planned to keep the MSNBC banner (originally conceived by founding partners Microsoft and NBC Inc. as a portmanteau for MSN and NBC) post-split; however, NBCUniversal parent Comcast later decided to retain exclusive use of the peacock emblem and markings for its own properties. | [note 13] [709] [710] |
| 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 closes on this date; its shutdown coming after its cable and satellite carriage were discontinued in 2021. Most of Smile's programming was moved to Yippee TV and TBN's streaming service TBN+. | [711] [712] |
| Universal Kids | Cable/satellite | March 6 | NBCUniversal confirmed on January 13 the shutdown of Universal Kids on this date, after several pay television providers indicated in notices to customers several days before that the service would end distribution on that date. 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 separate company named Versant, which made no mention of Universal Kids's fate before then. | [713] [714] |
| TV8 Vail | Over-the-air broadcast, streaming | March 28 | TV8 Vail 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 the low-power television license from Vail Resorts in 2021, after that company had shut the station down in 2019, deeming it a non-critical service in its efforts to acquire resorts outside Colorado. | [715] |
| ShopHQ | Cable/satellite, streaming | April 17 | The Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based home shopping network abruptly went off the air at midday on this date; several days later, parent company IV Media, LLC filed a WARN notice alerting the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development that it would end Eden Prairie operations by the end of June. ShopHQ went through multiple owners (most recently Manoj Bhargava), identities, and struggles since launching in 1991; from January (when it laid off 128 workers), the channel began a purposeful discontinuation of cable and satellite carriage in an effort to move to mostly online platforms (such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram). ShopHQ's sudden closure came after Bhargava's other over-the-air networks, NewsNet and Sports News Highlights, suffered similar closures in August 2024. | [716] |
| HBO Family | Cable/satellite, streaming | August 15 | On June 13, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it would shut down four of HBO and Cinemax's multiplex channels: HBO Family (family-oriented movies, specials and, until 2024, original and library HBO children's programs; launched in 1996), MovieMax (general film service; replaced female-targeted wMax in 2013), OuterMax (sci-fi/fantasy movies; launched in 2001) and ThrillerMax (suspense/horror movies; launched in 1998) effective August 15. The announcement occurred four days after WBD revealed it would spin off most of its pay television networks (except for the Home Box Office, Inc. unit) into a separate company, and followed sister streaming service Max reducing its investment in children's series domestically earlier in the year. Max had also excluded HBO Family (along with the Spanish-language HBO Latino) from the linear HBO feeds offered on its "Channels" section that was introduced in December 2024. The four services are the first multiplex channels operated by the four main American premium cable network operators (HBO, Showtime Networks, Starz Entertainment and MGMPlus Entertainment) to fully shut down. | [717] |
| MovieMax | ||||
| OuterMax | ||||
| ThrillerMax | ||||
| Amazon Freevee | OTT streaming | September 3 | After previously denying it would do so, Amazon announced on November 12, 2024, that it would begin the discontinuation of their standalone Freevee service, which launched in 2019 as IMDb TV before rebranding as Freevee in 2022. On July 2, Amazon notified users that the Freevee app would be inaccessible starting in August. Freevee's content is already found on the ad-supported, free-to-access tier of Amazon's Prime Video. | [718] [719] |
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 25 | Syracuse, New York | WKOF | 15.1 | Roar |
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | 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 6, 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 nearly 60 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. | [720] [721] [722] [723] |
| 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. | [724] [725] [726] |
| April 17 | Cadillac–Traverse City, Michigan | WMNN-LD | 26.1 | ShopHQ | Binge TV | See ShopHQ entry in Closures | |
| June 30 | New Orleans, Louisiana | WTNO-CD | 22.1 | Infomercials | Fubo Sports Network | ||
| July 1 | Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida | WXPX-TV | 66.1 | Ion Television | Independent | Parent company E. W. Scripps announced on May 14 that WXPX-TV would become a companion independent station alongside ABC affiliate WFTS ahead of it becoming the new local home of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning (see 5/14 entry), including additional newscasts from WFTS. | [77] |
| July 31 | Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas | KAZD | 55.1 | Simulcast of Spectrum News 1 | MeTV+ | [727] [728] | |
| August 1 | Nashville, Tennessee | WNAB | 58.1 | Dabl | Roar | [729] | |
| Amarillo, Texas | KAUO-LD | 15.1 | Infomercials | MovieSphere Gold | |||
| KLKW-LD | 22.1 | Estrella TV | |||||
| Charleston, West Virginia | WOCW-LD | 21.1 | Salem News Channel | ||||
| Corpus Christi, Texas | KYDF-LD | 34.1 | ShopHQ | ||||
| Evansville, Indiana | WDLH-LD | 24.1 | Infomercials | ||||
| WELW-LD | 30.1 | Salem News Channel | |||||
| Greenville, North Carolina | W35DW-D | 45.1 | Infomercials | ||||
| Indianapolis, Indiana | WSDI-LD | 32.1 | Consumer Response Television | ||||
| WQDE-LD | 33.1 | Timeless TV | |||||
| Jacksonville, Florida | WRCZ-LD | 35.1 | Informercials | ||||
| Kansas City, Missouri | KAJF-LD | 21.1 | Law & Crime | ||||
| KCMN-LD | 41.1 | The First TV | |||||
| KQML-LD | 46.1 | Infomercials | |||||
| Las Vegas, Nevada | KHDF-CD | 19.1 | |||||
| KNBX-CD | 31.1 | ||||||
| Lubbock, Texas | KNKC-LD | 29.1 | Fubo Sports Network | ||||
| Macon, Georgia | WJDO-LD | 44.1 | The First TV | ||||
| Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota | KWJM-LD | 15.1 | Infomercials | ||||
| KMBD-LD | 43.1 | ||||||
| Montgomery, Alabama | WDSF-LD | 19.1 | |||||
| WQAP-LD | 36.1 | ||||||
| Nashville, Tennessee | WKUW-LD | 40.1 | Law & Crime | ||||
| Omaha, Nebraska | KQMK-LD | 25.1 | The First TV | ||||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WPTG-CD | 69.1 | Rewind TV | ||||
| Portland, Oregon | KOXI-CD | 20.1 | Salem News Channel | ||||
| St. Louis, Missouri | KPTN-LD | 7.1 | HSN | ||||
| San Diego, California | KSKT-CD | 43.1 | Infomercials | ||||
| San Luis Obispo, California | KDFS-CD | 30.1 | — | ||||
| Santa Barbara, California | KVMM-CD | 41.1 | Infomercials | ||||
| Tyler, Texas | KBJE-LD | 29.1 | Shop LC | ||||
| KKPD-LD | 30.1 | QVC2 | |||||
| August 2 | Dayton, Ohio | WRGT-TV | 45.1 | Dabl | Roar | [729] | |
| Port Arthur–Beaumont, Texas | KBTV-TV | 4.1 | |||||
| Sioux City, Iowa | KMEG | 14.1 | |||||
| August 4 | Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Florida | WPLG | 10.1 | ABC | Independent | On March 20, BH Media announced it WPLG would disaffiliate 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 continues to air on WSVN's primary channel.) On that date, WPLG became 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; WSVN-DT2, meanwhile, began simulcasting most of its parent station's newscasts (except those airing against ABC prime time and news programs). ABC's move to WSVN made Miami–Fort Lauderdale the largest American television market, and the first top 30 market, with a Big Four network affiliate on a subchannel or low-power station. Sunbeam also entered into a time brokerage agreement with WDFL-LD to relay WSVN-DT2's ABC programming over its main channel, mainly to exploit its over-the-air channel 18 as the designated channel position for the ABC feed (branded as "ABC Miami 18") on area pay TV systems, and chose to terminate WSVN's ATSC 1.0 hosting role for WPLG's stations on the same date (WPLG serves as a ATSC 3.0 lighthouse station) to accommodate full-bandwidth high definition channels for Fox and ABC programming in the ATSC 1.0 format. | [730] [731] [732] [733] [note 14] |
| WDFL-LD | 18.1 | Infomercials | ABC | [note 15] [735] | |||
| Florence, South Carolina | WWMB | 21.1 | Dabl | Roar | [729] | ||
| Kerrville–San Antonio, Texas | KMYS | 35.1 | |||||
| August 6 | Anderson, South Carolina | WMYA-TV | 40.1 | ||||
| August 8 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | KFXA | 28.1 | ||||
| August 11 | Yuma, Arizona | KBFY-LD | 41.1 | Blank | MoviesSphere Gold | ||
| August 13 | Wichita, Kansas | KMTW | 36.1 | Dabl | Roar | [729] | |
| August 16 | Atlanta, Georgia | WANF | 46.1 | CBS | Independent | CBS announced on June 2 that its Atlanta O&O WUPA would become the market's CBS affiliate effective August 16, ending both the network's affiliation with Gray Media-owned WANF-TV after 31 years and WUPA's two-year status as an independent station (it disaffiliated from The CW in 2023, with that network moving to WANF sister WPCH-TV). On that date, WANF reverted to independent status (which it had been previously from its 1971 founding until it joined CBS in December 1994, amid an affiliation switch that saw longtime affiliate WAGA-TV join Fox), and expanded its local news and sports content to fill timeslots previously filled by CBS programming after the disaffiliation. WUPA, meanwhile, began airing weather updates during CBS Mornings on August 18, ahead of the launch of a full in-house news department on September 15. | [736] [737] |
| WUPA | 69.1 | Independent | CBS | ||||
| 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. WUAB replaced 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. As part of the affiliation agreement, Nexstar also indicated that it would move The CW affiliation in the Charlotte market from WCCB to WMYT, which is part of a duopoly with Fox affiliate WJZY (which had aired The CW from 2006 until it became a Fox owned-and-operated station in 2013). | [738] [739] |
| WBNX-TV | 55.1 | Independent | The CW | ||||
| Charlotte, North Carolina | WCCB | 18.1 | The CW | Independent | [740] | ||
| WMYT-TV | 55.1 | MyNetworkTV | The CW | ||||
| September 29 | Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas | KAZD | 55.1 | MeTV+ | WEST | See WEST entry in Launches |
| 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 . | [744] |
| January 3 | Harvey Laidman | 82 | Director ( Eight Is Enough , The Waltons , Knots Landing ) | [745] |
| James Arthur Ray | 67 | Self-help businessman, motivational speaker, and author (appearances on Larry King Live , The Today Show , and The Oprah Winfrey Show ) | [746] | |
| January 6 | Dale Wilson | 74 | Canadian voice actor ( G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero , Exosquad , Darkstalkers ) | [747] |
| 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? . | [748] |
| January 8 | Neil Zurcher | 89 | Journalist (WJW-TV/Cleveland) and television host. | [749] |
| 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 and died five months later (see below) | [750] |
| 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 . | [751] |
| 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" | [752] | |
| January 11 | James McEachin | 94 | Actor best known as Harry Tenafly of The NBC Mystery Movie's Tenafly and Lt. Brock of the Perry Mason film series | [753] |
| January 12 | Leslie Charleson | 79 | Actress best known as Monica Quartermaine on General Hospital . | [754] |
| Robert Machray | 79 | Actor best known as Dobbins on Cheers | [755] | |
| 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 ) | [756] |
| January 15 | David W. Duclon | 74 | Writer and producer ( Punky Brewster , Silver Spoons , Family Matters ) | [757] |
| David Lynch | 78 | Director best known as co-creator/producer of Twin Peaks | [758] | |
| January 16 | Joan Plowright | 95 | English actress ( Stalin , A Place for Annie , Encore! Encore! ) | [759] |
| 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). | [760] | |
| January 19 | Chuck Schodowski | 90 | Producer/engineer for WJW-TV/Cleveland from 1961 until his death; co-host of the WJW comedy/movie showcase Big Chuck and Lil' John | [761] |
| January 20 | Lynn Ban | 51 | Singaporean-born jewelry designer best known for appearing on Bling Empire: New York . | [762] |
| January 25 | Bruce Seth Green | 83 | Director ( Knight Rider , Hercules: The Legendary Journeys , Babylon 5 ) | [763] |
| January 30 | Dick Button | 95 | Olympic champion figure skater, skating commentator (most notably for ABC Sports), and producer ( The Superstars ) | [764] |
| 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 . | [788] |
| March 2 | Felicia Minei Behr | 83 | Producer and network executive best known for being the executive producer of All My Children . | [789] |
| March 4 | Peter Engel | 88 | Television producer ( Saved by the Bell , City Guys , Hang Time , California Dreams , USA High , Malibu, CA ) | [790] |
| 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 | [791] | |
| March 5 | Pamela Bach | 61 | Actress ( Baywatch , The Young and the Restless , Sirens ) | [792] |
| March 7 | D'Wayne Wiggins | 64 | Singer and founding member of Tony! Toni! Toné!; television credits include Weekends at the D.L. | [793] |
| March 8 | L. J. Smith | 66 | Author. Her novel series, The Vampire Diaries , was adapted into a 2009 television series of the same name. | [794] |
| March 11 | Dave Mallow | 76 | Voice actor ( Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , VR Troopers , Big Bad Beetleborgs ) | [795] |
| Clive Revill | 94 | New Zealand actor and voice actor (voice work includes Dr. Galeo Seaworthy on Snorks ) | [796] | |
| Bob Rivers | 68 | Radio host and musical parodist ( Star Trek: Enterprise ) | [797] | |
| Robert Trebor | 71 | Character actor best known as Salmoneus on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess . | [798] [799] | |
| Mark Dobies | 65 | American stage and television actor ( Guiding Light , One Life to Live ) | [800] | |
| March 12 | Bruce Glover | 92 | Character actor | [801] |
| March 15 | Wings Hauser | 77 | Actor ( The Young and the Restless , Lightning Force , The Last Precinct ) | [802] |
| March 16 | Lenny Schultz | 91 | Comedian (appearances on The Tonight Show and other talk shows) and actor ( Ball Four , Laugh-In , Drawing Power) | [803] |
| March 17 | Marty Callner | 78 | American director | [804] |
| March 20 | Bob Davis | 80 | Sportscaster (Kansas City Royals and Kansas Jayhawks) | [805] |
| 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. | [806] |
| March 22 | Bill Mercer | 99 | Professional wrestling play-by-play announcer for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) | [807] |
| March 28 | Richard Norton | 75 | Australian martial artist, actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, security consultant, and fight choreographer | [808] [809] [810] |
| March 29 | Richard Chamberlain | 90 | Actor ( Dr. Kildare , The Thorn Birds ) | [811] |
| March 31 | Sian Barbara Allen | 78 | Actress ( The Waltons ; Bonanza ; Kojak ; Gunsmoke ; Adam-12 ) | [812] |
| Patty Maloney | 89 | Actress ( Welcome to Pooh Corner , Dumbo's Circus ) and voice actress ( The Little Rascals ) | [813] |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1 | Val Kilmer | 65 | Actor. His television roles include the voice of KITT in the 2008-09 remake of Knight Rider . | [814] [815] |
| April 6 | Jay North | 73 | Actor ( Dennis the Menace , Maya ) and voice actor ( Arabian Knights , Here Comes the Grump , The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show ) | [816] |
| April 7 | Joey D. Vieira | 80 | Actor ( The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , My Three Sons , Married...With Children ) | [817] [818] |
| April 8 | Nicky Katt | 54 | Actor ( Fantasy Island , Boston Public ) | [819] |
| April 9 | Mel Novak | 90 | Actor ( Mannix ) | [820] |
| April 10 | Ted Kotcheff | 94 | Canadian-born Bulgarian director ( Red Shoe Diaries , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Borrowed Hearts ) | [821] |
| April 11 | Don Mischer | 85 | American producer of live events including Super Bowl Halftime shows and the Oscars | [822] |
| April 13 | Jean Marsh | 90 | English actress ( 9 to 5 , The Tomorrow People ) | [823] |
| April 14 | Jed the Fish | 69 | Disc jockey | [824] |
| April 15 | Wink Martindale | 91 | Disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer ( Gambit , Tic-Tac-Dough , Headline Chasers , High Rollers , The Last Word , Trivial Pursuit , Debt ) | [825] |
| April 16 | Patrick Adiarte | 81 | Filipino-born American theater, film and television actor and dancer ( The Brady Bunch , Hawaii Five-0 , M*A*S*H ) | [826] |
| April 20 | Mike Patrick | 80 | Sportscaster, most prominently for ESPN | [827] |
| April 21 | Will Hutchins | 94 | Actor ( Sugarfoot ) | [828] |
| April 22 | Lar Park Lincoln | 63 | Actress ( Knots Landing ) | [829] |
| April 23 | Steve “Mongo” McMichael | 67 | Hall of Fame defensive tackle (Chicago Bears) and professional wrestler (World Championship Wrestling) | [830] |
| Lulu Roman | 78 | Comedian ( Hee Haw ) | [831] | |
| April 27 | Jiggly Caliente | 44 | Filipino-American drag performer and entertainer. She rose to prominence after competing on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2012) and the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2021). | [832] [833] |
| April 28 | Priscilla Pointer | 100 | Actress ( China Smith , Where the Heart Is , Dallas ) | [834] |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Ruth Buzzi | 88 | Comedian ( Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ), actress ( Sesame Street , The Lost Saucer ) and voice actress ( Pound Puppies , The Berenstain Bears ) | [835] |
| Charley Scalies | 84 | Actor best known as Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa on The Wire . | [836] | |
| May 2 | Kirk Medas | 33 | Television personality best known for appearing on Floribama Shore . | [837] |
| Jim Smith | 70 | Animator ( Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures , The Ren & Stimpy Show , The Ripping Friends ) | [838] | |
| May 3 | Steve Pepoon | 68 | Writer/producer, best known for ALF , The Jackie Thomas Show , The Wild Thornberrys , and the Simpsons episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" | [839] |
| May 11 | Sabu | 61 | Professional wrestler (ECW, USWA, WWE, TNA) | [840] |
| May 15 | Taina Elg | 95 | Finnish-American actress ( Wagon Train , Guiding Light , One Life to Live ) | [841] |
| May 17 | Roger Nichols | 84 | Commercial jingle songwriter, famous jingles included those for Crocker Bank ("We've Only Just Begun") and Kodak ("Times of Your Life") | [842] |
| May 19 | Kathleen Hughes | 96 | Actress ( Alfred Hitchcock Presents , The Bob Cummings Show , The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ) | [843] |
| May 20 | George Wendt | 76 | Actor best known as Norm Peterson on Cheers . | [844] |
| May 22 | Pippa Scott | 90 | Actress ( Mr. Lucky , Have Gun - Will Travel , The Twilight Zone ) | [845] |
| May 23 | Sacha Jenkins | 53 | Television producer. He wrote for Season 1 of The Boondocks and created the reality show Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show . | [846] |
| Jeff Margolis | 78 | Television director and producer | [847] [848] | |
| May 25 | Phil Robertson | 79 | College football quarterback and businessman and founder of the Duck Commander brand. Television work included Duckmen, Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty . | [849] |
| Stan Atkinson | 92 | Television news reporter and anchor (KCRA, KOVR) | [850] | |
| May 27 | Ed Gale | 61 | Actor ( Land of the Lost , Weird Science ) | [851] |
| May 29 | Alf Clausen | 84 | Composer best known for scoring many episodes of The Simpsons between 1990 and 2017. | [852] |
| May 30 | Valerie Mahaffey | 71 | Actress best known for starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors . | [853] |
| Renée Victor | 86 | Actress best known as Lupita on Weeds . | [854] | |
| Loretta Swit | 87 | Actress best known as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H . | [855] | |
| May 31 | John Brenkus | 54 | Producer, director, and television personality | [856] [857] [858] |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1 | Jonathan Joss | 59 | Actor best known for being the voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill . | [859] |
| June 3 | Juliette Powell | 54 | American-Canadian media expert, tech ethicist, business advisor, author and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Canada 1989, the contest's first Black Canadian winner. | [860] |
| June 6 | Renee Ferguson | 75 | News reporter (WMAQ in Chicago) | [861] |
| June 9 | Chris Robinson | 86 | Actor ( 12 O'Clock High , General Hospital , Another World , The Bold and the Beautiful ) | [862] |
| Sylvester Stewart | 82 | Lead singer of Sly and The Family Stone. He and his groupmates performed on shows like The Mike Douglas Show , The Midnight Special and The Dick Cavett Show . | [863] | |
| June 10 | Gary England | 85 | Television meteorologist (served as chief meteorologist at KWTV/Oklahoma City from 1972 to 2013); was the first television meteorologist to detect a tornado using Doppler radar, and developed the First Warning on-screen alert software and Storm Tracker time-of-arrival radar application used in TV weather presentations | [864] |
| Harris Yulin | 87 | Actor ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Frasier , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Entourage ) | [865] | |
| Terry Louise Fisher | 79 | Television screenwriter and producer ( L.A. Law , Cagney & Lacey ) | [866] | |
| June 11 | Brian Wilson | 82 | Singer-songwriter and founding member of The Beach Boys (TV appearances included Duck Dodgers and The New Leave It to Beaver ) | [867] |
| Ananda Lewis | 52 | Television host (VJ at MTV, host of The Ananda Lewis Show in syndication) | [868] | |
| June 12 | Charlie Gaddy | 93 | News anchor (most notably as lead anchor at WRAL/Raleigh from 1974 to 1994) | [869] |
| June 13 | Betsy Gay | 96 | Actress | [870] |
| June 14 | Afa Ah Loo | 39 | Fashion designer best known for competing Project Runway | [871] |
| June 16 | Dave Scott | 52 | Choreographer ( Dancing with the Stars , So You Think You Can Dance ) | [872] |
| June 17 | Anne Burrell | 55 | Chef and television personality best known for hosting Worst Cooks in America . | [873] |
| Gailard Sartain | 78 | Actor, cast member of Hee Haw and Cher , played the lead in "Me and My Brother Bobby" commercials for Carden & Cherry and Hey Vern, It's Ernest! alongside Bill Byrge (who died five months prior, see above), created the cult favorite movie host "Mazeppa" for Tulsa television | [874] | |
| June 19 | Jack Betts | 96 | Actor ( Checkmate , Perry Mason , General Hospital , The F.B.I. , One Life to Live , Kojak , Guiding Light , Generations , In the Heat of the Night , Sinatra , Seinfeld , Frasier , Everybody Loves Raymond , Power Rangers Lost Galaxy , Friends ) | [875] |
| Lynn Hamilton | 95 | Actress best known as Verdie Foster on The Waltons and Donna Harris on Sanford and Son . | [876] | |
| June 22 | Joe Marinelli | 68 | Actor best known as Bunny Tagliatti on Santa Barbara and Donny Spagnoli on The Morning Show | [877] |
| June 24 | Bobby Sherman | 81 | Singer and actor (member of the house band on Shindig! , Jeremy Bolt on Here Come the Brides , Bobby Conway on Getting Together ) | [878] |
| June 26 | Rick Hurst | 79 | Actor best known as Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard | [879] |
| Bill Moyers | 91 | Press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson; analyst and correspondent for CBS News and NBC News, presidential debate moderator, hosted multiple shows for PBS ( Bill Moyers Journal , NOW with Bill Moyers , Moyers & Company , and 70 individual specials) | [880] | |
| Lalo Schifrin | 93 | Argentine composer best known for his television themes ( Eyewitness News , Mission: Impossible , Mannix) | [881] | |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Jimmy Swaggart | 90 | Televangelist and gospel musician | [882] |
| July 2 | Sophia Hutchins | 29 | Socialite, media personality, businesswoman, charity executive, and manager of Caitlyn Jenner who appeared on I Am Cait | [883] |
| Julian McMahon | 56 | Australian-American actor best known for roles on Charmed , Nip/Tuck , and FBI: Most Wanted . | [884] | |
| July 3 | Michael Madsen | 67 | Actor ( Our Family Honor , Vengeance Unlimited , Big Apple , Tilt , Powers ) | [885] |
| July 4 | Mark Snow | 78 | Composer best known for composing the theme music for The X-Files | [886] |
| July 8 | James Carter Cathcart | 71 | Voice actor ( Pokémon , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ) | [887] |
| David Flebotte | 65 | Writer and producer ( Desperate Housewives , Boardwalk Empire , Tulsa King ) | [888] | |
| July 10 | David Gergen | 83 | White House advisor, political analyst for CNN | [889] |
| July 11 | Rene Kirby | 70 | Actor best known as Hoppy on Carnivàle | [890] |
| July 14 | Eileen Fulton | 91 | Actress best known as Lisa Grimaldi on As the World Turns . | [891] |
| John MacArthur | 86 | Evangelist (Grace to You). | [892] | |
| July 16 | Connie Francis | 87 | Singer. She made several television appearances performing her music and appeared in an episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Sister Mary Clare. | [893] |
| July 17 | Alan Bergman | 99 | Songwriter, co-wrote theme songs to Maude ("And Then There's Maude"), Good Times , The Sandy Duncan Show and Alice along with his wife Marilyn. | [894] |
| July 18 | Kenneth Washington | 88 | Actor ( Hogan's Heroes , Adam-12 ) | [895] |
| July 20 | Frank Maffei | 85 | Musician and member of Danny & the Juniors. He performed alongside his groupmates on episodes of shows like American Bandstand , The Midnight Special and The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom . | [896] |
| Tom Troupe | 97 | Actor best known as Father Marconi on Who's the Boss? | [897] | |
| Malcolm-Jamal Warner | 54 | Actor ( The Cosby Show , Here and Now , Malcolm & Eddie , Listen Up , Reed Between the Lines ) | [898] | |
| July 21 | Dan Ziskie | 80 | Actor best known as CJ Liquori on Treme and Vice President Jim Mathews on House of Cards | [899] |
| July 22 | Chuck Mangione | 84 | Flugelhornist (recurring role as a fictionalized version of himself on King of the Hill ) | [900] |
| Ozzy Osbourne | 76 | English musician and member of Black Sabbath best known for appearing on The Osbournes alongside his wife Sharon and two of their children, Kelly and Jack. | [901] | |
| July 23 | Alfie Wise | 81 | Actor best known as Sidney "Hatter" Pacelli on Trauma Center and Rabbit Ears on Uncle Croc's Block | [902] |
| July 24 | Hulk Hogan | 71 | WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler; television credits include Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling , Thunder in Paradise , Hogan Knows Best , Brooke Knows Best , American Gladiators , Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling | [903] |
| July 26 | Tom Lehrer | 97 | Musician and satirist ( That Was the Week That Was , The Electric Company ) | [904] |
| July 29 | Alon Abutbul | 60 | Israeli actor ( NCIS , Fringe , The Mentalist , Castle ) | [905] |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Graham Greene | 73 | Canadian First Nations actor ( American Gods , 1883 , The Last of Us ) | [925] |
| September 4 | Baddiewinkle | 97 | Internet personality (TV appearances including Candidly Nicole and Ridiculousness ) | [926] |
| Ted Mann | 72 | Canadian writer/producer, notably on NYPD Blue and Deadwood | [927] | |
| September 5 | Ken Dryden | 78 | Canadian hockey player (goalie with the Montreal Canadiens) and Olympic hockey analyst for ABC Sports | [928] |
| September 9 | Polly Holliday | 88 | Actress best known as Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on Alice and its spinoff Flo | [929] |
| September 10 | Charlie Kirk | 31 | Right-wing commentator (Real America's Voice) (more info: Assassination of Charlie Kirk ) | [930] |
| Bobby Hart | 86 | Songwriter ( The Monkees ) | [931] | |
| Paula Shaw | 84 | Actress ( Ironside , The Bob Newhart Show , Starsky & Hutch , Barney Miller , Three's Company , Lou Grant ) | [932] | |
| September 11 | Bruce DuMont | 81 | Broadcaster ( Beyond the Beltway for WYCC), founder of the Museum of Broadcast Communications | [933] |
| September 13 | John Masius | 75 | Writer and producer ( St. Elsewhere , Touched by an Angel , Providence , The White Shadow ) | [934] |
| September 14 | Pat Crowley | 91 | Actress best known as Joan Nash on Please Don't Eat the Daisies | [935] |
| September 15 | Ron Friedman | 93 | Producer and writer ( G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero , The Transformers ) | [936] |
| September 16 | Robert Redford | 89 | Actor ( Alfred Hitchcock Presents , The Twilight Zone ) | [937] |
| September 17 | Riff Markowitz | 86 | Canadian-born producer and host ( The Hilarious House of Frightenstein , The Wolfman Jack Show , The Hitchhiker , several HBO comedy specials) | [938] |
| September 19 | Sonny Curtis | 88 | Singer-songwriter best known for composing the theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show . | [939] |
...while The Brutalist , which received the prize for Best Drama, was close behind with three victories.
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