2007 in American television

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In American television in 2007, notable events included television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.

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Notable events

January

DateEvent
8 i: Independent Television debuts the national Qubo channel.
29 i: Independent Television was relaunched as ION Television.

February

DateEvent
1 NBC affiliate WNKY in Bowling Green, Kentucky signs-on WNKY-DT2 as a CBS affiliate, giving the Bowling Green market its first locally based CBS affiliate. [1]
13Singer Julie Roberts appeared in the game show Wheel of Fortune and along with contestant Peter Buccellato, raising $124,250 cash & prizes (including the standard $100,000 grand prize) to her charity for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. [2]
23After 8 years, Cartoon Network ends its Friday night block, Fridays. The block originally began as Cartoon Cartoon Fridays in June 1999, becoming Summer Fridays in May 2003 before being known simply as Fridays in late September of the same year.

March

DateEvent
1 NBC Universal launches Chiller, the first US cable/satellite channel devoted to horror programming.
17 Cartoon Network's Toonami commemorates its 10th anniversary.
31 Playhouse Disney rebrands with a new look; monkeys Ooh and Ahh become the official hosts of the block.

April

DateEvent
1 NBC Nightly News weekend anchor John Seigenthaler retires after 6 years.
11 MSNBC announces its simulcast of radio's Imus in the Morning would be canceled, effective immediately, after public outcry against host Don Imus' derogatory remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. Imus' relationship with his show's radio distributor, CBS Radio, would be terminated later in the spring over the same incident.

May

DateEvent
1A headend, owned by Comcast, accidentally replaces an episode of Handy Manny on the Disney Channel with footage of graphic pornography for viewers in Lincroft, New Jersey. The incident is reported to Comcast, which investigates, but no findings are announced to the public.
5For the first time in 5 years, WNBC, NBC's New York flagship station, revives the "We're 4 New York" campaign after they return for a brief time during 2002 Winter Olympics. The song promos was stopped after the 2008 Summer Olympics in 2008 in the wake of the "Lend America" incident.
20 Fox airs the 18th-season finale of The Simpsons , "You Kent Always Say What You Want". With this episode, The Simpsons reaches the landmark 400 episode milestone.
23On Fox, Jordin Sparks wins the 6th season of the popular singing competition American Idol ; Blake Lewis is the runner up.
27 ABC's New York flagship station, WABC-TV, is knocked off the air due to a newsroom studio fire that happened minutes before its scheduled 11:00 ;p.m. newscast. The station briefly returned to carry an ABC West Coast flagship feed and a rebroadcast of ABC World News .

June

DateEvent
14 Trace Gallagher resigns as anchorman of Fox Report Weekend on the Fox News Channel and is replaced by Laurie Dhue. Studio B Weekend , which was also anchored by Gallagher, has already been pulled from the schedule.
1583 year-old Bob Barker hosts The Price Is Right for the 6,727th and last time, ending his 34-year tenure on the show and a 50-year run on television. (His last ever Pricing Game was his first: Any Number.) CBS airs Barker's final episode in both its regular daytime slot and in prime time (the latter airing as a lead-in to the 34th Daytime Emmy Awards, at which two of the network's soap operas share honors for Outstanding Drama Series ( Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless )).
24Professional wrestler Chris Benoit murders his wife Nancy and son Daniel before taking his own life by hanging himself. WWE cancels Raw the following night and is replaced with a tribute to Benoit.
25WWE replaces that day's scheduled Raw episode with a 3-hour tribute to Chris Benoit who murdered his wife and son the night before and hung himself.
25 Four Points Media Group took over LMAs of mid-sized CBS and CW affiliates.
26In an on-air protest over trivial journalism (specifically MSNBC producers ranking Paris Hilton's release from jail ahead of developments in the Iraq War), newsreader Mika Brzezinski attempts to set fire to a news script, tears up a second, and shreds a third.
During installation of a new satellite receiver in Illinois, the Emergency Alert System is accidentally activated at 7:35 AM CDT. An Emergency Action Notification is issued for the United States, followed by dead air. This was played on almost every television and radio station in the Chicago area and throughout large portions of the state. The signal then switched to WGN radio. Garry Meier, then the announcer for WCKG, comes on the air, not knowing what has happened.

July

DateEvent
6 Cartoon Network announces its new Friday night block, Fried Dynamite.
23 Drew Carey is announced as the new host of The Price Is Right ; his first episode as host aired on October 15.

August

DateEvent
7On the premiere episode of the CBS game show Power of 10 , contestant Jamie Sadler wins $1,000,000. This was the first time that a contestant won $1,000,000 or more on the first episode of an American game show.
17The Disney Channel's premiere showing of High School Musical 2 becomes the most-watched made-for-cable movie ever, drawing in 17.24 million viewers. A preview episode of Phineas and Ferb premieres afterwards.
30The Big Ten Network formally launches, but its debut is marred by its failure to reach carriage agreements with Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Cable, and several other smaller providers serving the conference's geographical footprint. The dispute goes unsolved for nearly a year, causing millions of fans to miss several games seen in previous years via local syndication, public broadcasting stations connected to universities, and ESPN's family of networks.

September

DateEvent
1In one of the first football games to air on the Big Ten Network, Appalachian State University upsets the University of Michigan, 34–32, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, the first time an NCAA Division I FCS school defeats an AP-ranked school from the Bowl subdivision.
7The soap opera Passions airs for the final time on NBC, only to resurface on September 17 as an exclusive presentation of DirecTV's 101 Network. The cancellation leaves Days of Our Lives as the last remaining soap opera on NBC.
8The original Live at Five aired its final news broadcast on WNBC after 25 years it was renamed.
10 Noggin, which was initially co-founded by Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon, ends its relationship with Sesame Workshop. Play With Me Sesame, its last remaining co-produced original preschool series, already left the channel on September 2 as Nickelodeon lost the rights to air it.
Nick Jr. received yet another rebrand. The block's bumpers encouraged preschoolers to "Play With Us" and featured the Nick Jr. logo in the form of two stuffed animals animated in stop-motion.
15 CBS' Saturday morning cartoon block, KOL Secret Slumber Party, is renamed KEWLopolis.
16The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony airs on Fox.
21Former CBS Evening News anchor, Dan Rather, files for bankruptcy.

October

DateEvent
1 TBS becomes exclusively a national cable network after WTBS, the Atlanta, Georgia "superstation" from which it was born, becomes an Atlanta-only TV station as WPCH-TV (Peachtree TV).
Trinity Broadcasting Network begins airing the long-awaited God Rocks state of the art cartoon series.
The Tube Music Network officially ceases broadcasting.
KQET/Watsonville (the satellite of KTEH) switched programming sources from KTEH to KQED.
Cartoon Network celebrates its 15th anniversary.
12 Wizards of Waverly Place debuts on Disney Channel.
15 Fox Business Network launches.
Drew Carey replaces Bob Barker as the new host on The Price Is Right and airs his first show.
22The new studio and new format of NBC Nightly News and joined MSNBC.
28Game 4 of the World Series is broadcast on Fox. The Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies, winning their second title since the historic 2004 series and seventh in franchise history.
29 Hulu subscription video on demand service launches.

November

DateEvent
5The Writers Guild of America commences a strike against television and movie production studios; the strike lasts until February 2008, but not before production on TV shows are halted and networks' schedules are severely disrupted.
Kathleen Herles leaves as the voice of Dora the Explorer for 7 years since 2000.
12 Nickelodeon airs its very first SpongeBob SquarePants TV movie, Atlantis SquarePantis, attracting 8.8 million viewers.
15 Jorja Fox appears for the last time as a regular cast member as investigator Sara Sidle on the CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation .
19Firebrand, a nightly television program broadcast television advertising from around the world, debuts on Ion Television.

December

DateEvent
3 ESPN's Monday Night Football telecast of the unbeaten New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens draws 17.52 million viewers, breaking the basic cable viewership record set earlier in the year by sister network Disney Channel's High School Musical 2.
4The 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS. 7.4 million people tune in. [3] [4] [5] [6]
23Ashlee Register wins the $1,720,000 jackpot, along with a banked total of $75,000, for a grand total of $1,795,000 on the ABC game show Duel . She becomes the second female contestant to win $1,000,000 or more on a game show and sets the record for the highest amount of money won on a game show by a woman.
29After weeks of political pressure (and, to a lesser extent, acknowledging the limited reach of the NFL Network), the National Football League allows that network's broadcast of the game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants to be simulcast nationally on league broadcast partners CBS and NBC. The Patriots would win the game to become the first team in NFL history to go undefeated in a 16-game regular season. (The teams would meet again later in Super Bowl XLII, where the Giants won the NFL title and prevented the Pats from going 19–0.)
31 Nick GAS leaves the air (although it stays on Dish Network until April 23, 2009, when it is replaced by the west coast feed of Cartoon Network) and is replaced by a 24-hour version of Noggin's teen-targeted block, "The N."

Programs

Debuts

DateShowNetwork
January 1 Engaged and Underage MTV
High Maintenance 90210 E!
January 2 Dirt FX
January 3 In Case of Emergency ABC
The Knights of Prosperity
January 7 Grease: You're the One That I Want! NBC
I'm from Rolling Stone MTV
Just Jordan Nickelodeon
January 8 Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show VH1
I Love New York
The Surreal Life: Fame Games
January 10 Armed & Famous CBS
January 12 Cory in the House Disney Channel
January 17 The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show Comedy Central
Maui Fever MTV
January 20 Bam's Unholy Union
January 21 The Dresden Files Sci Fi
January 22 E-Vet Interns Animal Planet
The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet Syndication
January 23 Disney's Really Short Report Disney Channel
January 24 Dinner: Impossible Food Network
January 30 Wrestling Society X MTV
February 1 Juvies
The Sarah Silverman Program Comedy Central
February 3 The Naked Brothers Band Nickelodeon
February 5 Rules of Engagement CBS
February 6 New Family NBC
February 11 Saul of the Mole Men Adult Swim
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
February 12 America's Newsroom Fox News Channel
February 19 El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera Nickelodeon
February 20 100 Winners GSN
February 23 quiznation
February 26 Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern Travel Channel
The Black Donnellys NBC
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Jetix (Toon Disney)
February 27 Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Fox
March 2 The Wedding Bells
Cities of the Underworld History
March 4 Dice: Undisputed VH1
The Winner Fox
March 5 The Land Before Time Cartoon Network
March 6 Pussycat Dolls Present The CW
March 7IFL BattlegroundMyNetworkTV
March 12 The Riches FX
March 13 Bullrun Spike
March 13 American Heiress MyNetworkTV
March 14 Saints & Sinners MyNetworkTV
March 14 Halfway Home Comedy Central
March 15 October Road ABC
Raines NBC
Andy Barker, P.I.
March 22 This American Life Showtime
March 23 Acceptable.TV VH1
March 27 The Great American Dream Vote ABC
March 29 1,000 Places to See Before You Die Travel Channel
April 1 Sons of Hollywood A&E
The Tudors Showtime
April 3 Hilary Duff: This Is Now MTV
April 5 Adventures in Hollyhood
April 6Friday Night Premiere Thunder Cartoon Network
April 7 Human Giant MTV
Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz
April 9Culture ShockTravel Channel
Thank God You're Here NBC
April 10 Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno 3 MTV
Scarred
April 12 Notes from the Underbelly ABC
April 13 Painkiller Jane Sci Fi
Drive Fox
April 15 Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School VH1
April 16 Kate Plus 8 TLC
April 21 The States History
April 23 The Real Wedding Crashers NBC
April 25 The Nutshack Myx TV
May 7 Roary the Racing Car PBS Kids Sprout
May 10 Traveler ABC
May 12 My Friends Tigger & Pooh Playhouse Disney
May 13 The Drinky Crow Show Adult Swim
Fat Guy Stuck in Internet
Superjail!
May 18 National Bingo Night ABC
May 21 Sprout Sharing Show PBS Kids Sprout
May 22 On the Lot Fox
May 25 Storm Hawks Cartoon Network
May 28 The Ex-Wives Club ABC
May 30 Hidden Palms The CW
The Next Best Thing ABC
May 31 Pirate Master CBS
June 1 Demons
June 3 Army Wives Lifetime
June 4 Creature Comforts CBS
The 5ive BET
June 6 The X Effect MTV
Passport to Latin America Travel Channel
Tyler Perry's House of Payne TBS
June 7 Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race ABC
June 8 Bet the House Nick at Nite
June 9 Bindi the Jungle Girl Discovery Kids
June 10 John from Cincinnati HBO
June 13 Spike Guys' Choice Awards Spike
Lil' Bush Comedy Central
June 17 Flight of the Conchords HBO
Ice Road Truckers History
Man Caves DIY Network
Meadowlands Showtime
June 18 Age of Love NBC
Heartland TNT
June 22 George of the Jungle Cartoon Network
June 24 Friday: The Animated Series MTV2
June 25 Wayside Nickelodeon
June 26 Shaq's Big Challenge ABC
June 28 Burn Notice USA Network
June 29 Iggy Arbuckle Cartoon Network
The Best Years TeenNick
July 2 Camouflage GSN
July 8 American Body Shop Comedy Central
July 9 Greek ABC Family
Take the Cake BET
July 10 Baldwin Hills BET
The Singing Bee NBC
July 12 General Hospital: Night Shift Soapnet
July 15 Rock of Love with Bret Michaels VH1
July 16 Victoria Beckham: Coming to America NBC
July 17 The Bill Engvall Show TBS
July 17 Just for Laughs Gags ABC
July 19 Mad Men AMC
July 20 Set for Life ABC
July 22 The Kill Point Spike TV
July 23 Saving Grace TNT
July 24 Damages FX
July 25 Diagnosis X TLC
July 26 I Hate My 30's VH1
Welcome to the Parker Bravo
August 4 Grand Slam GSN
Masters of Science Fiction ABC
August 5 The Company TNT
August 6 Fat March ABC
August 7 LA Ink TLC
I-Caught ABC
Power of 10 CBS
August 8 The Real World: Sydney MTV
August 10 Flash Gordon Sci Fi
August 13 Californication Showtime
Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County MTV
Slacker Cats ABC Family
August 17 Phineas and Ferb Disney Channel
August 20 Star Jones TruTV
Yo Gabba Gabba! Nick Jr.
August 22 Anchorwoman Fox
August 26 As the Bell Rings Disney Channel
August 27 Life of Ryan MTV
August 30 Celebrity Rap Superstar
August 31Fried Dynamite Cartoon Network
Tak and the Power of Juju Nickelodeon
September 3 Super Why! PBS Kids
WordWorld
WordGirl PBS Kids Go!
September 6 Tim Gunn's Guide to Style Bravo
September 8 iCarly Nickelodeon
Torchwood BBC America
September 9 Tell Me You Love Me HBO
September 10 Judge David Young Syndication
Merv Griffin's Crosswords
The Steve Wilkos Show
Temptation
TMZ
September 12Decision House MyNetworkTV
Most Daring TruTV
September 14 Nashville Fox
Out of Jimmy's Head Cartoon Network
September 15 Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot KEWLopolis
Sabrina's Secret Life
September 17 K-Ville Fox
September 19 Back to You
Kitchen Nightmares
Gossip Girl The CW
Kid Nation CBS
Manswers Spike
September 22 Eon Kid Kids' WB
Skunk Fu!
September 23 CW Now The CW
Online Nation
September 24 Chuck NBC
Journeyman
The Big Bang Theory CBS
September 25 Cane
Reaper The CW
September 26 Bionic Woman NBC
Life
Dirty Sexy Money ABC
Private Practice
September 27 Big Shots
September 28 Moonlight CBS
September 29 Back at the Barnyard Nickelodeon
October 1 Aliens in America The CW
Celebrity ExposéMyNetworkTV
Control Room Presents
Happy Monster Band Playhouse Disney
God Rocks: BibleToons Trinity Broadcasting Network
Dr. Steve-O USA Network
October 2 Sunday Best BET
Carpoolers ABC
Cavemen
October 3 Pushing Daisies
October 4 Last One Standing Discovery Channel
October 5 About a Girl TeenNick
October 6 Cash Explosion Syndication
October 7 America's Most Smartest Model VH1
Edgar & Ellen Nicktoons
Life Is Wild The CW
October 9 A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila MTV
October 12 Say Yes to the Dress TLC
Wizards of Waverly Place Disney Channel
Women's Murder Club ABC
October 13 The Future Is Wild Discovery Family
The Search for the Next Elvira Fox Reality Channel
October 14 Keeping Up with the Kardashians E!
October 15 Fox Business Morning Fox Business Network
Money for Breakfast
The Salt-N-Pepa Show VH1
Samantha Who? ABC
October 17 Storm Chasers Discovery Channel
October 18 Viva Laughlin CBS
October 19 The Next Great American Band Fox
October 22 Kaya MTV
October 24 Phenomenon NBC
October 31 MonsterQuest History
November 2 Chowder Cartoon Network
Orangutan Island Animal Planet
Biz Kid$ PBS Kids Go!
November 3 DinoSquad KEWLopolis
Sushi Pack
November 4 Xavier: Renegade Angel Adult Swim
November 5America's Pulse with E.D. Hill Fox News Channel
Happening Now
November 10 Bunnytown Playhouse Disney
December 12 Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants The CW
December 17 Duel ABC
Clash of the Choirs NBC
December 26 Transformers: Animated Cartoon Network

Returning this year

ShowPrevious networkLast airedNew networkReturning
King of the Hill Fox 2006SameJanuary 28
Ed, Edd n Eddy Cartoon Network April 16
Unfabulous Nickelodeon August 10

Ending this year

DateShowChannelDebutStatus
January 5 The Megan Mullally Show Syndication2006Cancelled
January 8 Engineering an Empire History2005Cancelled
January 23 Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks PBS Kids2003Cancelled
January 24 Armed & Famous CBS2007Cancelled
January 25 The Center BET2003Cancelled
January 30 Big Day ABC2006Cancelled
February 2 Campus Ladies Oxygen2006Cancelled
February 2 Masters of Horror Showtime2005Cancelled
February 9 MXC TNN/Spike2003Cancelled
February 10 Catscratch Nickelodeon2005Cancelled
February 12 High Maintenance 90210 E!2007Cancelled
February 14 JoJo's Circus Playhouse Disney2003Cancelled
February 18 Reba The CW2001Cancelled
February 22 The O.C. Fox2003Ended
February 23 Nanny 911 (returned in 2009)Fox2004Cancelled
February 26 Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show VH12007Cancelled
February 28 The Greg Behrendt Show Syndication2006Cancelled
Justice FoxCancelled
March 1 Cartoon Alley Turner Classic Movies2004Cancelled
March 4 What's with Andy? Fox Kids2001Cancelled
March 5 The Class CBS2006Cancelled
March 6 Watch Over Me MyNetworkTVCancelled
Wicked Wicked Games MyNetworkTVCancelled
March 7 Maui Fever MTV2007Cancelled
March 14 Wrestling Society X MTVCancelled
March 18 I'm From Rolling Stone MTVCancelled
The Winner FoxCancelled
March 22 Juvies MTVCancelled
March 25 Grease: You're the One that I Want! NBCCancelled
The Surreal Life: Fame Games VH1Cancelled
The George Michael Sports Machine NBC1980Cancelled
Rome HBO2005Cancelled
March 26 What About Brian ABC2006Cancelled
March 27 Two-A-Days MTVCancelled
Austin Stevens: Snakemaster (returned in 2009)Discovery2004Cancelled
March 28 The Great American Dream Vote ABC2007Cancelled
March 29 Blue's Room Nick Jr.2004Cancelled
March 30 Celebrity Deathmatch MTV21998Cancelled
Crank Yankers (returned in 2019)MTV22002Cancelled
Falcon Beach ABC Family2006Cancelled
Six Degrees ABCCancelled
April 1 Connie the Cow NogginCancelled
Miffy and Friends Noggin2003
Perfect Hair Forever Adult Swim2004Cancelled
Dice: Undisputed VH12007Cancelled
April 2 The Black Donnellys NBCCancelled
April 3 Bam's Unholy Union MTVCancelled
April 6 The Wedding Bells FOXCancelled
CinematechG42002Cancelled
April 9 The Life and Times of Juniper Lee Cartoon Network2005Cancelled
Hilary Duff: This Is Now MTV2007Cancelled
April 11 In Case of Emergency ABCCancelled
April 13 It Takes a Thief Discovery Channel2005Cancelled
April 14 Andy Barker, P.I. NBC2007Cancelled
April 15 The Dresden Files Sci Fi ChannelCancelled
April 20 My GamesFever Fox-owned MyNetworkTV stations2006Cancelled
April 22 The War at Home Fox2005Cancelled
April 23 Drive Fox2007Cancelled
Adventures in Hollyhood MTV/MTV2Cancelled
April 27 Raines NBC2006Cancelled
Identity NBC2006Cancelled
April 29 Sons of Hollywood A&E Network2007Cancelled
May 1 The Andy Milonakis Show MTV22005Cancelled
May 3 Trading Spouses FOX2004Cancelled
May 4 Cold Pizza ESPN22003Cancelled
May 5 Loonatics Unleashed The CW2005Cancelled
May 8 George Lopez ABC2002Cancelled
May 9 Road Rules MTV1995Cancelled
May 11 Acceptable.TV VH12007Cancelled
Close to Home CBS2005Cancelled
May 13 7th Heaven The CW1996Cancelled
May 14 All of Us The CW2003Cancelled
The King of Queens CBS1998Ended
Thank God You're Here NBC2007Cancelled
May 15 Gilmore Girls The CW2000Ended
May 16 12 oz. Mouse (returned in 2020)Adult Swim2005Cancelled
Crossing Jordan NBC2001Cancelled
Halfway Home Comedy Central2007Cancelled
May 22 Veronica Mars (returned in 2019)CW2004Cancelled
May 24 Pimp My Ride MTVCancelled
May 25 Hotwyred BET2006Cancelled
Shorty McShorts' Shorts Disney ChannelCancelled
May 28 The Real Wedding Crashers NBC2007Cancelled
May 29 Punk'd (returned in 2012)MTV2003Cancelled
June 8 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Nickelodeon2004Cancelled
June 9 Chain Reaction (returned in 2015)GSN1980Cancelled
June 10 The Sopranos HBO1999Ended
June 13 100 Winners GSN2007Cancelled
June 16 Make Way for Noddy PBS Kids2002Cancelled
June 18 Creature Comforts CBS2007Cancelled
June 21 The Showbiz Show with David Spade Comedy Central2005Cancelled
June 22 Stargate SG-1 Sci Fi1997Cancelled
National Bingo Night ABC2007Cancelled
June 25 The Ex-Wives Club ABCCancelled
June 28 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip NBC2006Cancelled
June 29 Lingo (returned in 2011)GSN1987Cancelled
Free Stuff G42007Cancelled
July 1 The Loop FOX2006Cancelled
July 3 The Most Extreme Animal Planet2002Cancelled
July 4 Hidden Palms CW2007Cancelled
July 5 Short Circuitz MTVCancelled
July 8 Friday: The Animated Series MTV2Cancelled
July 15 Saul of the Mole Men Adult SwimCancelled
July 16 Extreme Makeover ABC2002Cancelled
July 17 Pirate Master CBS2007Cancelled
July 18 American Heiress MyNetworkTV2007Cancelled
Saints & Sinners MyNetworkTV2007Cancelled
Traveler ABC2007Cancelled
July 20 Standoff FOX2006Cancelled
July 22 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (returned in 2018)Adult Swim2000Cancelled
July 25 The Next Best Thing ABC2007Cancelled
July 26 Hey Paula BravoCancelled
July 27 Camouflage Game Show NetworkCancelled
July 31 Shaq's Big Challenge ABCCancelled
Blowin' Up MTV2006Cancelled
August 5 The Simple Life FOX2003Cancelled
August 6 Age of Love NBC2007Cancelled
August 7 Meadowlands ShowtimeCancelled
Morning Call CNBC2002Cancelled
August 11 Kidnapped NBC2006Cancelled
August 12 John from Cincinnati HBO2007Cancelled
August 19 The Company TNTCancelled
August 21 On the Lot FoxCancelled
August 22 Anchorwoman FoxCancelled
August 23 The Knights of Prosperity ABCCancelled
August 24Friday Night Premiere ThunderCartoon Network2007Cancelled
Danny Phantom Nick2004Cancelled
August 25 Flight 29 Down Discovery Kids2005Cancelled
Masters of Science Fiction ABC2007Cancelled
August 26 The Kill Point Spike TVCancelled
August 30 Welcome to the Parker BravoCancelled
August 31 Heartland TNTCancelled
September 1 American Dragon: Jake Long Disney Channel2005Cancelled
September 2 Play with Me Sesame Noggin2002Cancelled
September 4 The Crocodile Hunter Animal Planet1996Cancelled
September 7 Kim Possible Disney Channel2002Cancelled
September 8 Dance Revolution CBS2006Cancelled
Grand Slam GSN2007Cancelled
September 13 I Hate My 30's VH1Cancelled
September 16 The Dead Zone USA Network2002Cancelled
The 4400 USA Network2004Cancelled
Drake & Josh NickEnded
September 17 American Body Shop Comedy Central2007Cancelled
Slacker Cats ABC FamilyCancelled
September 18 Scarred MTVCancelled
September 20 Dallas SWAT A&E2006Cancelled
September 21 Nashville Fox2007Cancelled
Painkiller Jane Sci-Fi ChannelCancelled
September 23 The 1/2 Hour News Hour Fox News2007Cancelled
September 27 American Hot Rod The Learning Channel, Discovery Channel2004Cancelled
Squirrel Boy Cartoon Network2006Cancelled
September 29 Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich SyndicationCancelled
September 30 Braves TBS Baseball TBS1975Cancelled
October 7 American Princess WE tv2005Cancelled
October 9 I Wanna Be a Soap Star SOAPnet2004Cancelled
October 10 Maya & Miguel PBS Kids GO!Cancelled
October 14 Fox Online Fox News Channel2006Cancelled
Online Nation CW2007Cancelled
October 18 Celebrity Rap Superstar MTVCancelled
October 20 Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes Nicktoons2006Cancelled
October 21 Hogan Knows Best VH12005Cancelled
Viva Laughlin CBS2007Cancelled
October 29 BBQ with Bobby Flay Food Network2004Cancelled
October 30 Queer Eye Bravo2003Cancelled
October 31 Quiznation GSN2007Cancelled
PlayMania GSN2006Cancelled
November 1 Celebrity Paranormal Project VH12006Cancelled
November 2 Take the Cake BET2007Cancelled
November 9 A Haunting (returned in 2012)Discovery Channel2002Cancelled
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Cartoon Network2003Cancelled
November 10 Code Lyoko Cartoon NetworkCancelled
That's So Raven Disney ChannelEnded
November 11 Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil Adult Swim2005Cancelled
Tell Me You Love Me HBO2007Cancelled
November 12 Dr. Steve-O USA NetworkCancelled
November 13 Cavemen ABCCancelled
November 14 Drawn Together Comedy Central2004Cancelled
November 17 The Doodlebops Playhouse Disney2005Cancelled
November 21 Phenomenon NBC2007Cancelled
November 28 Bionic Woman NBCCancelled
Gerald McBoing-Boing Cartoon Network2005Cancelled
November 30 The 5ive BET2007Cancelled
December 12 Kid Nation CBSCancelled
December 14 Notorious The Biography Channel2004Cancelled
December 15 Kaya MTV2007Cancelled
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (returned in 2013)ABC Family1998Cancelled
December 16 Unfabulous Nickelodeon2004Cancelled
America's Most Smartest Model VH12007Cancelled
December 17 K-Ville FoxCancelled
December 18 Cane CBSCancelled
December 19 Journeyman NBCCancelled
December 20 Clash of the Choirs NBC2007Cancelled
December 21 The Next Great American Band FOXCancelled
December 23 A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila MTVCancelled
December 27 Yo Momma MTV2006Cancelled
December 30 Shorts in a Bunch Nicktoons2007Cancelled

Shows changing networks

ShowMoved fromMoved to
American Chopper Discovery Channel TLC
Batman: The Animated Series Cartoon Network Jetix
Pinky and the Brain Nickelodeon
Superman: The Animated Series Kids' WB
Crank Yankers Comedy Central MTV2
Kenny vs. Spenny GSN Comedy Central
Gerald McBoing Boing Cartoon Network Boomerang
Marvin The Tap Dancing Horse PBS Kids Qubo
Elliot Moose
Law & Order: Criminal Intent NBC USA Network
Passions The 101
Tim Russert CNBC MSNBC
Imus in the Morning MSNBC RFD-TV
Little Bill Nick Jr. Noggin
Strawberry Shortcake Syndication CBS
Play with Me Sesame Noggin PBS Kids Sprout
NFL Films Game of the Week NFL NetworkPAX TV

Made-for-TV movies and television specials

Date of airingTitleChannel
January 12 Jump In! Disney Channel
January 14 The Big Field Trip Cartoon Network
February 18 Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?
March 20 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt Playhouse Disney
March 30 Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
June 8 Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board Disney Channel
June 9 Shredderman Rules Nickelodeon
July 20 The Last Day of Summer Nickelodeon
August 3 Really Big Shrimp
August 17 High School Musical 2 Disney Channel
October 6 Battle of the Bands Nickelodeon
October 12 Twitches Too Disney Channel
October 30 Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost Nickelodeon
November 21 Ben 10: Race Against Time Cartoon Network

Entering syndication this year

ShowSeasonsIn ProductionSource
Cold Case 4Yes
Family Guy 7Yes
George Lopez 5No
Half & Half 4No
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 6Yes
Reno 911! 4Yes
Two and a Half Men 4Yes

Networks and services

Network launches

NetworkTypeLaunch dateNotesSource
CaribeVision Cable televisionUnknown
qubo Cable televisionJanuary 8
Ion Life Cable televisionFebruary 19
myxTV Cable and satelliteFebruary 28
Chiller Cable televisionMarch 1
LATV Cable televisionApril 23
German Kino Plus Cable televisionMay 4
TuVision Cable televisionJuly 1
KET ED: The Education Channel Over-the-air multicast and local cable (Kentucky)AugustCreated as a merger of KET3 and KET4, KET ED provides instructional television programming tailor-made for schools and libraries, operating with the same duties as the service's predecessors KET Star Channels 703 and 704.
Discovery Familia Cable televisionAugust 9
Big Ten Network Cable televisionAugust 30
Minnesota Channel Cable televisionSeptember 16
Smithsonian Channel Cable televisionSeptember 26
Fox Business Cable televisionOctober 15
Penthouse TV Cable televisionDecember
Retro Jams Cable televisionDecember

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network nameNew network nameConversion dateTypeNotesSource
i: Independent Television ION Television Cable televisionJanuary 29

Closures

NetworkTypeClosure dateNotesSource
MTV Chi Cable televisionApril 30
The Tube Music Network Cable televisionOctober 1
Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids Cable televisionDecember 31

Television stations

Station launches

Date City of License/Market Station ChannelAffiliationNotes/Ref.
January Alexandria, Louisiana KALB-DT2 5.2 CBS
Alexandria/Nashville, Tennessee WKRP-LP 6White Springs Television
January 12 Crockett, Texas KTWC-LD 12 TBN
February 1 Bowling Green, Kentucky WNKY-DT2 40.2 CBS [7]
March Casper, Wyoming KPTW 6 PBS Part of the Wyoming PBS network
March 5 Harrisonburg, Virginia WHSV-DT3 3.3 ABC
March 16 Lubbock, Texas KMYL-LP 14 MyNetworkTV
March 24 Columbus, Ohio WCSN-LD Independent
June 5 Hammond/New Orleans, Louisiana WHMM-DT 42 Telemundo
June 13 Redding, California K58IF 58 Azteca America
July 31 Knoxville, Tennessee W45DF-D 45 HSN
August 21 Los Angeles, California KBBC-TV 20Spanish independent
September 11 Saranac Lake/Plattsburgh, New York WCWF 40 Ion Television
September 13 Charlottesville, Virginia WVIR-DT3 29.3 The CW Plus
September 27 Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York WFFF-DT2 44.2 The CW
September 30 Hannibal, Missouri
(Quincy, Illinois/Keokuk, Iowa)
KHQA-DT2 7.2 ABC
October El Centro, California KVFA-LP6Independent
October 1 Marquette, Michigan WLUC-DT2 6.2 The Tube Music Network NBC Weather Plus
Unknown date Cheyenne, Wyoming KKTU-LP 40ABC
Ogden, Utah KULX-LP 10 Telemundo
Springfield, Massachusetts WWLP-DT2 22.2 Independent 24-hour local weather channel until 2015
Terre Haute, Indiana WTHI-DT2 10.2
Wheeling, West Virginia
(Steubenville, Ohio)
WTRF-DT2 7.2 Fox

Network affiliation changes

Date City of License/Market Station ChannelOld affiliationNew affiliationNotes/Ref.
September 13 Charlottesville, Virginia WVIR-DT2 29.2 The CW Plus NBC Weather Plus CW+ moves to DT3 subchannel
July Marquette, Michigan WBKP ABC The CW
October 1 Marquette, Michigan WLUC-DT2 6.2 The Tube Music Network NBC Weather Plus
November 9 Hagåtña, Guam (Agana) K28HS 28 TBN NBC Became an LPTV translator of KUAM-TV
K30HB 30
K32GB 32
K36GJ 36
Unknown date Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
(Dover, Delaware/Salisbury, Maryland)
WRDE-LP 59 America One Retro Television Network (primary)
MyNetworkTV (secondary)

Station closures

DateCity of license/MarketStationChannelAffiliationSign-on dateNotes
February 8 Florence, Alabama WYLE 26 Jewelry Television
Shop at Home Network
April 19, 1986

Births

DateNameNotability
January 19Jackson DollingerActor ( Sydney to the Max )
Lidya JewettActress ( WITS Academy )
January 24Peyton Z. BasnightActress (Saturdays)
January 28 That Girl Lay Lay Actress ( That Girl Lay Lay )
January 31Tex HammondActor (Lincoln Loud on The Loud House (Episode 114 onwards))
February 23Leah Mei GoldActress ( The Casagrandes , Pretty Freekin Scary )
February 28Scarlet SpencerActress ( Cousins for Life )
March 4 Miya Cech Actress ( Are You Afraid of the Dark? , The Astronauts )
March 6Lili BrennanActress ( Drama Club )
March 10Malachi BartonActor ( Stuck in the Middle , Fancy Nancy )
March 25Will Buie JrActor ( Bunk'd )
March 28Luke RoesslerActor
April 20Terrence Little GardenhighActor ( Danger Force )
April 21Bryan BlancoActor ( Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion )
May 1Artyon CelestineActor ( Drama Club )
May 21Keith L. WilliamsActor ( The Astronauts )
June 6 Aubrey Anderson-Emmons Actress ( Modern Family )
July 17Callan FarrisActor ( Gabby Duran and the Unsittables )
July 24Elie SamouhiActor ( Bizaardvark )
July 28Danielle JaladeActress ( Saturdays )
July 31 Angelica Hale Singer ( America's Got Talent )
August 16Seth CarrActor ( Knight Squad )
August 22Raphael AlejandroActor ( Bunk'd )
August 25 Noah Cottrell Actor (Punky Brewster)
August 27 Ariana Greenblatt Actress ( Stuck in the Middle )
August 28August MaturoActor ( Girl Meets World )
August 31Jason MaybaumActor ( Raven's Home , Blue Bloods )
September 9Mitchell BergActor ( Side Hustle )
September 25Zelia AnkrumActress ( Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion )
October 16Kaylin HaymanActress ( The Mick , Just Roll with It )
November 8Micah AbbeyActor ( Cousins for Life )
November 20Havan FloresActress ( Danger Force )
November 30Kayden Grace SwanActress ( The Astronauts )
December 4 Scarlett Estevez Actress ( Bunk'd , Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion )
December 21Daria JohnsActress ( The Upshaws , Saturdays )
December 26Christian J. SimonVoice actor (Darwin on The Amazing World of Gumball (2018–present), Sydney to the Max )

Deaths

DateNameAgeNotability
January 8 Yvonne De Carlo 84Actress (Lily Munster on The Munsters )
January 14 Darlene Conley 72Actress ( The Bold and the Beautiful )
January 16 Benny Parsons 65Race car driver, TV announcer / analyst
January 22 Doug Blasdell 44Personal trainer ( Work Out )
January 30 Sidney Sheldon 89Writer, creator ( I Dream of Jeannie )
January 31 Lee Bergere 88Actor ( Dynasty )
February 8 Anna Nicole Smith 39Model and actress ( The Anna Nicole Show )
April 5 Mark St. John 51Singer ( Kiss )
April 7 Barry Nelson 89Actor (James Bond on Climax! )
April 11 Roscoe Lee Browne 81Actor (voice of Kingpin on Spider-Man )
May 7 Nicholas Worth 69Actor
May 15 Jerry Falwell 73Pastor, televangelist
May 25 Charles Nelson Reilly 76Actor and game show panelist ( The Match Game )
May 27 Gretchen Wyler 75Actress
June 12 Don Herbert 89Creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard
June 21 Carlos Romero 80Actor
June 24 Chris Benoit 40Professional wrestler and star of ECW (WWE)
July 11 Lady Bird Johnson 94 First Lady of the United States and spouse of President Lyndon B. Johnson
July 29 Tom Snyder 71Talk show host ( Tomorrow Show)
August 28 Miyoshi Umeki 78Japanese actress ( The Courtship of Eddie's Father )
August 29 Richard Jewell 44Man falsely accused of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing by the press
September 10 Jane Wyman 90Actress ( Falcon Crest )
September 21 Alice Ghostley 84Actress, singer ( Bewitched , Mayberry R.F.D. , Designing Women )
November 14 Ronnie Burns 72Actor ( The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show )

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