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The year 2004 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
-related events in 2004.

For the American TV schedule, see: 2004-05 United States network television schedule
2004-05 United States network television schedule

This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2004. All times are Eastern and Pacific....
.



See also 2004-05 United States network television schedule
2004-05 United States network television schedule

This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2004. All times are Eastern and Pacific....






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The Surreal Life
The Surreal Life

The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks....
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VH1

VH1 is an United States cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in television, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slighter older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music....
Parkinson
Parkinson

Parkinson is a surname, and may refer to:* Amber Parkinson, Australian Fencer* Bob Parkinson, English footballer* Cecil Parkinson , Baron Parkinson of Carnforth, British politician...
 BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
 ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
FA Premier League
FA Premier League

The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition....
 terrestrial highlights		 ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
 (UK terrestrial rights)		 BBC Two
BBC Two

BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
 Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
King of the Hill
King of the Hill

King of the Hill is an Television in the United States List of animated television series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
 (UK Multi channel rights)		 Sky One
Sky One

Sky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched in 1982 as "Satellite Television", and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two ....
 FX
FX (UK)

FX is a TV channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by Fox Broadcasting Company, launched in 12 January 2004 and originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky Digital Electronic program guide number....
Family Guy
Family Guy

Family Guy is an animated cartoon Television in the United States Situation comedy created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox Broadcasting Company and regularly on other television networks in syndication....
 (UK Multi channel rights)		 Sky One
Sky One

Sky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched in 1982 as "Satellite Television", and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two ....
 FX
FX (UK)

FX is a TV channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by Fox Broadcasting Company, launched in 12 January 2004 and originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky Digital Electronic program guide number....
South Park
South Park

South Park is an United Statesn animation situation comedy, notorious for its toilet humour, surrealism, and often black comedy, which satirizes Subject matter in South Park including religion, politics, violence, abuse, sexuality, and mental disorder....
 (UK rights)		 Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
 and Sky One
Sky One

Sky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched in 1982 as "Satellite Television", and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two ....
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 and MTV

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The year 2004 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
-related events in 2004.

For the American TV schedule, see: 2004-05 United States network television schedule
2004-05 United States network television schedule

This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2004. All times are Eastern and Pacific....
.

Events

  • January 30 - ITV
    ITV

    ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
    's News at Ten
    News at Ten

    News at Ten is the flagship news programme on United Kingdom television network ITV, produced by ITN and founded by news editor Geoffrey Cox ....
     ends for a second time, with its replacement, the News at Ten Thirty, launching on Monday
    Monday

    Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday....
    .
  • February 1 - After the Janet Jackson
    Janet Jackson

    Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
    /Justin Timberlake
    Justin Timberlake

    Justin Randall Timberlake is an United Statesn pop music singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award....
     Super Bowl XXXVIII
    Super Bowl XXXVIII

    Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League champion following the 2003 NFL season....
     halftime show controversy
    Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy

    Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast Broadcasting#Recorded or live on February 1, 2004 from Houston, Texas on the CBS television network in the United States, was noted for a controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson's breast, which had the nipple completely uncovered, was exposed by Justin Timberlake for exactly 9/16 of a second, in...
    , American television gets heavily censored as the FCC
    Federal Communications Commission

    The Federal Communications Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by United States Congress statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President of the United States....
     tightens its rules on idecency.
  • February 2 - ITV plc
    ITV plc

    ITV plc is a United Kingdom media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom....
     is formed from the merger of Carlton
    Carlton Television

    Carlton Television is the United Kingdom ITV Broadcast license for Greater London and parts of Home counties from 9:25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday....
     and Granada
    Granada Television

    Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. It previously held the "North of England" weekday franchise, which also covered most of Yorkshire, from 1954 until 1968 when its broadcast area was divided into two franchises....
    . The News at Ten Thirty also debuts.
  • February 9 - Kerry McFadden wins the third series of ITV1
    ITV1

    ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
    's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. 14.99 million watch the final, the programme's highest rated episode to this day.
  • March 1 - The Price is Right
    The Price Is Right

    The Price Is Right is an United States television game show that is currently owned by the FremantleMedia subsidiary of the RTL Group. It was originally created by Bob Stewart for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions in the United States in 1956, and was significantly revamped by them in 1972....
     airs its 6,000th episode.
  • March 15 - Game Show Network
    Game Show Network

    GSN is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and casino game shows. The channel was launched on December 1, 1994....
     rebranded as "GSN"
  • March 20 - Christopher Eccleston
    Christopher Eccleston

    Christopher Eccleston is an award-winning English theatre, film and television actor. He is well-known for his roles in such high-profile films as Shallow Grave, Elizabeth , 28 Days Later and Gone in Sixty Seconds , and in 2005 became the Ninth Doctor of Doctor in Doctor Who....
     is announced as the ninth actor to play The Doctor in Doctor Who
    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
    .
  • March 28 - Maori Television
    Maori Television

    Maori Television is a List of New Zealand television channels broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of te reo and tikanga Maori....
     starts broadcasting in New Zealand.
  • April 2 to 8 - TV Tokyo
    TV Tokyo

    is a TV station with headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The network is also known as , a portmanteau of "terebi" and "Tokyo." It is the key station of TXN ....
     in Japan premières eight shows during the first week of the month.
  • April 16 - Cartoon Network's Toonami
    Toonami

    Toonami was a registered trademark of Cartoon Network , used initially for action-oriented programming blocks on Cartoon Network television channels worldwide, mostly showing American and Japanese cartoons, originating in the United States on March 17, 1997 and ended on September 20, 2008....
     ends its weekday run after 7 years.
  • April 17 - Cartoon Network's Toonami
    Toonami

    Toonami was a registered trademark of Cartoon Network , used initially for action-oriented programming blocks on Cartoon Network television channels worldwide, mostly showing American and Japanese cartoons, originating in the United States on March 17, 1997 and ended on September 20, 2008....
     moves from 5 p.m. Weekdays to 7 p.m. (prime time) Saturdays, and extends by four hours (from two to six).
  • April 21 - Blue Heelers
    Blue Heelers

    Blue Heelers is a long-running Australian Police procedural series which depicted the lives of the police officers stationed at the fictional Mt....
     screens a live episode.
  • May 6 - Friends
    Friends

    Friends is an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolves around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses....
     airs its final episode.
  • May 13 - Frasier
    Frasier

    Frasier is an American situation comedy broadcast on National Broadcasting Company for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004....
     airs its final episode, "Goodnight Seattle".
  • May 15 - Jimmy Fallon
    Jimmy Fallon

    James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr., is an American comedian, actor, musician, and talk show host known for his work on Saturday Night Live....
     makes his last appearance as a cast member
    Saturday Night Live cast

    The following is a list of Saturday Night Live cast members, past and present. The cast members of Saturday Night Live are often referred to as the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players"....
     of Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
     on its season finale
    Season finale

    A season finale is the final episode of a Television program#Seasons/Series of a television program. This is often the final episode to be produced for a few months or longer, and, as such, will try to attract viewers to continue watching when the series begins again....
    .
  • May 28 - TechTV
    TechTV

    TechTV was a 24-hour cable television and satellite television television station based in San Francisco, California featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet....
     merges with G4
    G4 (TV channel)

    G4 is an United States Cable television, Satellite television, and FiOS television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12–28, devoted to the world of video games and technology....
     to form G4techTV
    G4techTV

    G4techTV was a cable television and satellite television television station resulting from a merger between Comcast-owned G4 and TechTV. The headquarters is based in Los Angeles, California....
    , one of the most controversial mergers in television history as less than a year later
    2005

    2005 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.2005 was designated as:* The Year of the Volunteer by the Politics of the United Kingdom....
    , the merged network becomes G4 once again.
  • June 2 - A contestant on Jeopardy!
    Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy! is a game show featuring trivia in topics such as history, literature, pop culture and science. The show has a decades-long Jeopardy! broadcast history in the United States since its creation by Merv Griffin in the early 1960s....
    , Ken Jennings
    Ken Jennings

    Kenneth Wayne Jennings III holds the record for the longest winning streak on the United States Television syndication game show Jeopardy! and, as of October 10, 2008, once again became the all-time leading money winner on American game shows....
     of Salt Lake City, Utah
    Utah

    The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
    , begins a long run as champion.
  • June 4 - Kitten Pinder is evicted from the Big Brother UK
    Big Brother (UK)

    Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland on Channel 4 and E4 , and on S4C in Wales....
     house, shouting against the Queen
    Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

    Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
     and the aristocracy
    Aristocracy

    Aristocracy is a form of government, in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. This may be a hereditary elite, or it may be by a system of cooption where a council of prominent citizens add leading soldiers, merchants, land owners, priests, and lawyers to their number....
     on the way out.
  • June 14 - Quiz TV
    Quiz TV

    Quiz TV was a popular United Kingdom television interactive gameshow which screened on Digital satellite and cable TV from 14 June 2004 to 23 June 2006....
     launches in the UK, one of the country's first phone-in quiz channels. Many more launched over the next few years, though Quiz TV itself would close down in 2006
    2006 in television

    The year 2006 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2006.For the American TV schedule, see: 2006-07 United States network television schedule....
    .
  • June 17 - In the UK, the live feed of Big Brother is taken off air for a few hours as the housemates threaten to kill each other.
  • June 24 - The highest rated audience of the year is recorded in the UK as 20.66 million watch England's football match against Portugal in the quarter finals of Euro 2004. This was also the last programme to get over 20 million viewers as of 2007.
  • September - with the start of the 2004-2005 television season
    2004-05 United States network television schedule

    This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2004. All times are Eastern and Pacific....
     in the United States, most of the major networks were now no longer producing original content for broadcast on Saturday nights, citing years of declining ratings. Beginning this season, Saturday becomes primarily a night for rebroadcasts of episodes from earlier in the week or movies. FOX Network is an exception, as it maintains its block of inexpensive, reality-based shows on Saturday.
  • September 21 - Drew Daniel is crowned the winner of the American version of Big Brother 5. Runner-Up Michael "Cowboy" Ellis wins $50,000.
  • September 28 - Longtime veteran Marcy Walker
    Marcy Walker

    Marcy Walker is an United States actor....
     makes what has been termed by soap sources as her final appearance on All My Children
    All My Children

    All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
     after two decades of being affiliated with the program.
  • October 2 - Amy Poehler
    Amy Poehler

    Amy Meredith Poehler is an United States comedian and actress. She was a cast member and parody news anchor on the NBC television program Saturday Night Live from 2001 until shortly after the birth of her child in 2008....
     succeeds Jimmy Fallon
    Jimmy Fallon

    James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr., is an American comedian, actor, musician, and talk show host known for his work on Saturday Night Live....
     as Tina Fey
    Tina Fey

    Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an United States writer, comedian, actor, and Television producer. She has won six Emmys, three Golden Globes, and three SAG Awards....
    's co-anchor on NBC's Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
    's Weekend Update
    Weekend Update

    Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch comedy which comments on and Parody Portal:Current events. It is Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches, having been on since the show's first broadcast, and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance....
     skit, making the first Weekend Update
    Weekend Update

    Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch comedy which comments on and Parody Portal:Current events. It is Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches, having been on since the show's first broadcast, and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance....
     female duos.
  • November - Toon Disney
    Toon Disney

    Toon Disney was a 24-hour United States cable television television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly aired children's animated television series....
     removes a great number of the programs it was originally intended to show in order to make room for Jetix.
  • November 1 - The Young and the Restless
    The Young and the Restless

    The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1973. It was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, who set their show in a Genoa City of Genoa City, Wisconsin, a town near their annual vacation home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin....
     airs its milestone 8,000th episode.
  • November 7 - Dallas
    Dallas (TV series)

    Dallas is a long-running United States prime-time television program soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991. It revolved around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries....
     airs a special nondescript series entitled: Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork.
  • November 18 - The video for the new charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?
    Do They Know It's Christmas?

    "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 specifically to raise money for relief of 1984?1985 famine in Ethiopia....
     by Band Aid 20
    Band Aid (band)

    For the bandage company, see Band-Aid.Band Aid was a Great Britain and Ireland Charitable organization supergroup , founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year....
     airs simultaneously on all five main UK television networks, as well as over twenty satellite and cable stations. This unprecedented broadcast attracts over fourteen million viewers between 5:50 and 6 p.m..
  • November 30 - After seventy-four consecutive wins, Ken Jennings finally loses on Jeopardy!, to competitor Nancy Zerg.
  • November - All My Children rises to #2 in the daytime Nielsen ratings
    Nielsen Ratings

    Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement developed by the AC Nielsen Company, to determine the audience size and composition of broadcast programming....
     for the first time since the mid-1990s, rivaling ABC's soap General Hospital for the second slot.
  • December 1 - Tom Brokaw
    Tom Brokaw

    Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. Brokaw is best known as the former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News....
     steps down as anchorman of NBC Nightly News
    NBC Nightly News

    NBC Nightly News is the daily evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. It has been known by this name since August 3, 1970....
     and is replaced by Brian Williams
    Brian Williams

    Brian Douglas Williams is the anchorman and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network. Williams replaced Tom Brokaw on December 2, 2004....
    .
  • December 6 - Joe Pasquale
    Joe Pasquale

    'Joe Pasquale' is an England comedian from Grays, Essex, arguably most famous for his high-pitched voice, use of visual gags and more recently being crowned "King of the Jungle", on the reality TV show I'm a Celebrity......
     wins the fourth series of ITV1
    ITV1

    ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
    's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
    I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

    I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! is a reality television show produced by Granada Productions for the ITV network in Britain. In it, celebrities live in jungle conditions with few comforts and have to earn human essentials....
  • December 15 - CNN
    CNN

    Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
    's financial news channel, CNNfn
    CNNfn

    CNNfn was a United States cable television news network operated by Time Warner from December 29, 1995 to December 15, 2004. The network was dedicated to covering financial markets and business news....
    , signs off.
  • December 16 - All My Children
    All My Children

    All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
     airs its milestone 9,000th episode.
  • December 29 - Rogers Media
    Rogers Communications

    Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications and cable television, with additional telecommunications and mass media assets....
     buys remaining 20% ownership of Rogers Sportsnet
    Rogers Sportsnet

    Rogers Sportsnet is a Canada English language cable television sports specialty channel, operating four regional feeds and one national high-definition television feed....
     from FOX
    Fox Broadcasting Company

    The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
    's Los Angeles affiliate KTTV.
  • General Electric
    General Electric

    The General Electric Company, or GE is a multinational corporation United States technology and Service s conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York....
    , owner of NBC, purchases Universal Studios
    Universal Studios

    Universal Studios , a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the six Worldwide major American film studios. Its production studios are located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California....
     from Vivendi
    Vivendi

    Vivendi SA is an international, France media Conglomerate with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, and video games....
    , leaving all six U.S. broadcast networks part of a company which also owns a film studio.


Debuts

  • January 7 - The Apprentice
    The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)

    The Apprentice is an Television in the United States reality television hosted by Donald Trump, created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on NBC....
     premieres on NBC (2004–present)
  • January 11 - Drake & Josh
    Drake & Josh

    Drake & Josh was an United States Situation comedy that premiered on the Nickelodeon on January 11, 2004, that follows the lives of two step brothers Drake Parker and Josh Nichols ....
     premieres on TEENick (2004-present)
  • January 12 - Rick Mercer's Monday Report
    Rick Mercer Report

    Rick Mercer Report is a Canada television comedy series which airs on CBC Television. Launched in 2004 and hosted by comedian Rick Mercer, the weekly half-hour show combines news parody, sketch comedy, visits to interesting places across Canada, and satire editorials, often involving Canadian politics....
     premieres on CBC (2004–present; Rick Mercer Report since 2006)
  • January 13 - Shameless premieres on Channel 4
    Channel 4

    Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
     in the UK (2004-present).
  • January 17 - Astro Boy
    Astro Boy (2003)

    is a remake of the 1960s anime series of the Astro Boy created by Osamu Tezuka, which was produced by his company, Tezuka Productions, and the anime television network, Animax, who have broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including Japan, Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and other regions....
     premieres on Kids' WB! (2004-present).
  • January 18 - The L Word
    The L Word

    The L Word was an American television drama series on Showtime that portrays the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles Area city of West Hollywood, California....
     premieres on Showtime
    Showtime

    Showtime is a Pay TV brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States....
     (2004–2009)
  • January 22 - Corner Gas
    Corner Gas

    Corner Gas is a Television in Canada television sitcom created by Brent Butt. It airs on CTV Television Network in Canada, WGN America in the United States, and Special Broadcasting Service in Australia....
     debuts on CTV
    CTV television network

    CTV is a Canadian English language television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network, the main television asset of CTVglobemedia, one of the country's largest media conglomerates....
     (2004-present).
  • February 2 - Sea of Souls
    Sea of Souls

    Sea of Souls is a BBC Television drama series, based around the fictional activities of a group of investigators into psychic events. Produced in-house by BBC Scotland, initially in association with Sony Pictures, the series debuted on BBC One in the UK in February 2004....
     debuts on BBC One
    BBC One

    BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
     in the UK (2004-present).
  • February 15 - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition , is an Emmy Award winning reality television series providing home renovations for deserving families, hosted by Ty Pennington....
    , which had debuted as a one-off special late in 2003, makes its debut as a weekly series on ABC (2004–present).
  • March 4 - Pimp My Ride
    Pimp My Ride

    Pimp My Ride is a Television show produced by MTV. Each episode consists of taking one automobile in poor condition and restoring it, as well as custom car it....
     premieres on MTV
    MTV

    MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
  • March 21 - Deadwood
    Deadwood (TV series)

    Deadwood is an United States Western –drama television series created, produced and almost entirely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium television cable television HBO from 21 March 2004 to 27 August 2006, spanning List of Deadwood episodes....
     premieres on HBO (2004-present).
  • April 3 - Danny Phantom
    Danny Phantom

    Danny Phantom is an American animated television show created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon , produced by Billionfold Studios. The show is about a teenage half-ghost boy, who frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret....
     premieres on Nickelodeon
    Nickelodeon (TV channel)

    Nickelodeon is an United States cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel. The Pinwheel name was used until 1981....
     (2003-2007). Premieres on Nickelodeon
    Nickelodeon Australia

    Nickelodeon Australia is the Australian counterpart of the Nickelodeon Television network in the United States. However unlike other Viacom-branded stations in Australia , Nickelodeon Australia is owned by XYZnetworks, under license from Viacom....
     in Australia in April 5, 2003.
  • April 19 - Miguzi introduces and premieres on Cartoon Network during the old Toonami time slot (2004-present).
  • June 4 - TNA iMPACT!
    TNA iMPACT!

    TNA Impact! is a professional wrestling television program produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as its main television program. TNA Impact is filmed at the TNA Impact! Zone ....
     premieres on Fox Sports Net
    Fox Sports Net

    The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of Cable television regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation....
     (2004–2005; on Spike 2005–present)
  • June 16 - Quintuplets
    Quintuplets

    The story is set in Nutley, New Jersey, and is on the face of it a typical family sitcom. Much of the storyline focuses on the difficulty of supporting a large family of teens, both financially and emotionally, as they grapple with the reality that, grown up, they simply aren't as cute and interesting as they were when they were born....
     premieres on the Fox Network (2004-2005).
  • June 19 - Winx Club
    Winx Club

    Winx Club is a 2004 Italian animated fantasy/adventure series created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.p.A.. The series is aimed toward children between the ages of six and fourteen and has spawned an international franchise of toys, books, clothing, DVDs and a Computer Animation feature film....
     premieres on 4KidsTV (2004-Present). Premieres in Italy in January 28, 2004.
  • July 6 - Big Brother 5 premieres on CBS (2000-present).
  • July 16 - Stargate Atlantis
    Stargate Atlantis

    Stargate Atlantis is an United States-Canada science fiction television program, part of the Stargate owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Developed by producers Brad Wright and Robert C....
    , a spin-off of Stargate SG-1
    Stargate SG-1

    Stargate SG-1 is an United States-Canadian science fiction television series, part of the Stargate. Its story begins one year after the events of the 1994 science fiction film Stargate ....
     premieres on Sci Fi channel
    Sci Fi Channel (United States)

    Sci Fi Channel, often stylized SCI FI Channel, is an American cable television channel, launched on September 24, 1992, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror film, and paranormal programming....
     (2004–2009).
  • July 18 - Entourage
    Entourage (TV series)

    Entourage is an HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase ? a young A-list movie star ? and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, California....
     premieres on HBO (2004-present).
  • July 21-Rescue Me
    Rescue Me (TV series)

    Rescue Me is an United States television drama series created by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan. It premiered on the FX Networks in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle , DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television....
     premieres on FX (2004-present)
  • July 29 - Blue Collar TV
    Blue Collar TV

    Blue Collar TV was a television program on the WB Television Network with lead actors Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. The show's humor dealt principally with contemporary American society, and especially hillbilly, Redneck , and Southern United States stereotypes....
     airs on WB
    The WB Television Network

    The WB Television Network or simply The WB, was a television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture of Tribune Broadcasting and Warner Bros....
     and Comedy Central
    Comedy Central

    Comedy Central is an United States cable television and satellite television channel that carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and broadcast syndication....
     (2004-2006).
  • August 2 - Blue's Room
    Blue's Room

    Blue's Room is a television series aimed at preschoolers and is a spin-off of the popular Blue's Clues series. It originally started as a short segment that came near the end of the original Blue's Clues show, but was eventually commissioned as a full-fledged television series in its own right....
     premieres on Nickelodeon Jr.
    Nickelodeon (TV channel)

    Nickelodeon is an United States cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel. The Pinwheel name was used until 1981....
     (2004-2007).
  • August 13 - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
    Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

    Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an Emmy Award winning American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls....
     premieres on Cartoon Network (2004-2009)
  • August 16 - Call for Help 2.0
    Call for Help (TV series)

    Call for Help was a computer-themed television program that first aired exclusively on TechTV , a Cable television and Satellite television television network focused on technology, and then aired on G4techTV Canada and the HOW TO Channel in Australia....
     premieres in Canada (2004-present).
  • September 3 - Green Wing
    Green Wing

    Green Wing is an award-winning British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital Trust. It was created by the same team behind the Sketch comedy show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
     premieres on Channel 4 in the UK (2004-present).
  • September 4 - The X Factor
    The X Factor (UK)

    The X Factor is a British television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It is broadcast on Saturday evenings on the ITV Network in the UK and on TV3 Ireland in the Republic of Ireland, with spin-off "behind-the-scenes" shows #The Xtra Factor and The X Factor 24/7 screened on ITV2 and T...
     premieres on ITV1
    ITV1

    ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
     in the UK (2004-present).
  • September 9 - Joey premieres on NBC (2004-2006).
  • September 11 - The Batman
    The Batman (TV series)

    The Batman is an Emmy Award-winning United States animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation based on the DC Comics superhero Batman....
     (2004-present) and Da Boom Crew
    Da Boom Crew

    Da Boom Crew was a kids' television series. The show premiered on Kids' WB. It garnered the network?s worst ever 11:30 am debut for boys 6-11, females 9-14 and males 9-14....
     (2004) premiere on Kids' WB!.
  • September 12 - Jack & Bobby
    Jack & Bobby

    Jack & Bobby was a short-lived United States television series that aired on WB Network network. It featured two brothers, one of whom was destined to become President of the United States, serving from 2041 to 2049....
     premieres on The WB (2004-2005).
  • September 15 - Instant Star
    Instant Star

    Instant Star is a Gemini Award-winning Canada television program starring Alexz Johnson as adolescence music competition winner Jude Harrison....
     premieres on CTV
    CTV television network

    CTV is a Canadian English language television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network, the main television asset of CTVglobemedia, one of the country's largest media conglomerates....
  • September 18 - The English-language versions of One Piece
    One Piece

    is a Japanese shonen manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, that has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since August 4, 1997....
     (2004-present) and F-Zero: GP Legend (2004-2005) debut on 4Kids TV
    4Kids TV

    4Kids.tv is a children's website owned by 4Kids Entertainment. It was formerly a Saturday Morning Television programming block on the Fox Broadcasting Company known as 4Kids TV....
    .
  • September 20 - Second Time Around premieres on UPN
    UPN

    United Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven years....
     (2004-2005).
  • September 22 - CSI: NY
    CSI: NY

    CSI: NY is an United States police procedural television series, which premiered on September 22, 2004. The series was the second Spinoff , indirectly, from the popular CBS show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and directly from CSI: Miami, during an episode of which several of the CSI: NY characters made their first appearan...
     premieres CBS
    CBS

    CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
     (2004-present).
  • September 22 - Lost
    Lost (TV series)

    Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
     premieres on ABC (2004-present).
  • September 22 - Veronica Mars
    Veronica Mars

    Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas . The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network....
     premieres on UPN
    UPN

    United Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven years....
     (2004-2007)
  • October 3 - Desperate Housewives
    Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
     premieres on ABC (2004-present).
  • October 3 - Boston Legal
    Boston Legal

    Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008....
     premieres on ABC (2004-present).
  • October 8 - Krystala
    Krystala

    Krystala was a daily fantasy/sci-fi/adventure/soap opera serial from the Philippines, where it was produced by and aired on ABS-CBN from October 8, 2004 to April 15, 2005....
    , a sci-fi/fantasy serial, debuts globally on ABS-CBN
    ABS-CBN

    ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation , a Philippines multi-media conglomerate, is the largest integrated media and entertainment company in the Philippines with an asset base of more than Philippine peso32.5 billion as of June 2008....
     (Philippines), International Channel (United States) and The Filipino Channel
    The Filipino Channel

    The Filipino Channel is an international Filipino broadcasting service owned by the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. The network is currently available in North America, Australia, Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Europe....
     (Worldwide).
  • October 10-The Backyardigans
    The Backyardigans

    The Backyardigans is a 3D computer graphics computer-generated imagery-animated children's television series, created by Janice Burgess. It is a co production of Nick Jr....
     premieres on Nickelodeon Jr.
    Nickelodeon (TV channel)

    Nickelodeon is an United States cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel. The Pinwheel name was used until 1981....
     (2004-present).
  • October 17 - Hex
    Hex (TV series)

    Hex is a United Kingdom television programme developed by Shine Limited and aired on the Sky One satellite channel. The story is about a remote English country school that becomes the battleground between a demon#In Christian mythology and the witches who oppose it....
     premieres on Sky One
    Sky One

    Sky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched in 1982 as "Satellite Television", and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two ....
     in the UK (2004-2006).
  • October 27 - Drawn Together
    Drawn Together

    Drawn Together is an United States animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November 14, 2007. The series was created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, and uses a Situation comedy format with a TV reality show setting....
     premieres on Comedy Central
    Comedy Central

    Comedy Central is an United States cable television and satellite television channel that carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and broadcast syndication....
  • November 5 - Cartoon Alley
    Cartoon Alley

    Cartoon Alley was an United States television program that aired on Turner Classic Movies every Saturday Morning at 11:30 AM North American Eastern Time Zone....
     premieres on Turner Classic Movies (2004-present).
  • November 6 - Fullmetal Alchemist
    Fullmetal Alchemist

    Fullmetal Alchemist, known in Japan as , is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after European Industrial Revolution....
     and Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

    is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell . It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes....
     premiere on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim
    Adult Swim

    Adult Swim is an adult-oriented cable television network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network in the United States and broadcasting in countries such as Australia and Japan....
     block (2004-2006).
  • November 16 - House
    House (TV series)

    House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama that debuted on the Fox Broadcasting Company network on November 16, 2004....
     premieres on FOX
    Fox Broadcasting Company

    The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
     (2004-present).


Television shows

See also 2004-05 United States network television schedule
2004-05 United States network television schedule

This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all six commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 2004. All times are Eastern and Pacific....

1940s

  • Meet the Press
    Meet the Press

    Meet the Press is a weekly Television in the United States news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the List of longest running U.S. television series television show in worldwide broadcasting history, having made its television debut on November 6, 1947....
     (1947-present).
  • Candid Camera
    Candid Camera

    Candid Camera was a hidden camera television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947....
     (1948-present).

1950s

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame
    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on United States television. It has had a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and still continuing today....
     (1951–present)
  • Guiding Light
    Guiding Light

    Guiding Light is an United States television program credited by the Guinness World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television and radio history....
     (1952–present)
  • Hockey Night in Canada
    Hockey Night in Canada

    Hockey Night in Canada is a Broadcasting of National Hockey League games in Canada, produced by CBC Sports. Hockey Night consistently remains one of the highest-Bureau of Broadcast Measurement programs on Canadian television....
     (1952–present)
  • The Today Show (1952–present)
  • Kohaku Uta Gassen
    Kohaku Uta Gassen

    , more commonly known as simply Kohaku, is an annual music show on New Year's Eve produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK and broadcast on both television and radio, nationally and internationally by NHK's networks and some overseas broadcasters which bought the program....
     (Japan) (1953–present)
  • NHK Nodojiman (Japan) (1953–present)
  • Panorama
    Panorama (TV series)

    Panorama is the longest-running current affairs documentary film series in the world. Launched on 11 November 1953 on BBC One, it focuses on investigative journalism....
     (UK) (1953–present)
  • Face the Nation
    Face the Nation

    Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer is an United States Sunday-morning interview shows which premiered on the CBS television network on November 7, 1954....
     (1954–present)
  • The Tonight Show
    The Tonight Show

    The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show and variety show airing on NBC whose The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has been hosted by Jay Leno since 1992....
     (1954–present)
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (1954–present under various titles)
  • As the World Turns
    As the World Turns

    As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm Eastern Time Zone....
     (1956–present)
  • What the Papers Say
    What the Papers Say

    What The Papers Say is the second longest-running programme on United Kingdom television after the sky at night,bbc_series)]]. It is a review programme of stories published in British newspapers....
     (UK) (1956–present)
  • The Sky at Night
    The Sky at Night

    The Sky at Night is a monthly television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show has had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first airing on 24 April 1957, making it the longest-running programmes with the same presenter in television history....
     (UK) (1957–present)
  • Blue Peter
    Blue Peter

    Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
     (UK) (1958–present)
  • Grandstand
    Grandstand (BBC)

    Grandstand was a United Kingdom television sport programme, and was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year....
     (UK) (1958–2007)


1960s

  • Coronation Street
    Coronation Street

    Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
     (UK) (1960-present).
  • Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
  • It's Academic
    It's Academic

    For the Australian version, see It's Academic .It's Academic is a Television academic Quizbowl for high school students, currently airing on three NBC affiliates in Washington, D.C....
     (1961-present).
  • The Late Late Show
    The Late Late Show

    The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running Talk show and officially the flagship television programme of Republic of Ireland broadcasting company Radio Telef?s ?ireann....
     (Ireland
    Republic of Ireland

    Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
    ) (1962-present).
  • General Hospital (1963-present).
  • Top of the Pops
    Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
     (UK) (1964-2006).
  • Days of our Lives
    Days of our Lives

    Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
     (1965-present).
  • Play School
    Play School

    Play School is an educational television programme for Preschool aged children that is produced in many countries.*Play School - the original BBC production...
     (1966-present).
  • The Money Programme
    The Money Programme

    The Money Programme is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC2.It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" William Davis , Erskine Childers and Joe Roeber....
     (UK) (1966-present).
  • Shoten
    Shoten

    Shoten is a Japan television comedy program, continuously broadcast on Sunday evenings on Nippon TV since 15 May 1966, the second-longest running TV show in Japan....
     (Japan) (1966-present).
  • 60 Minutes
    60 Minutes

    or 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an United States investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968....
     (1968-present).
  • One Life to Live
    One Life to Live

    One Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network since July 15, 1968....
     (1968-present).
  • Sesame Street
    Sesame Street

    Sesame Street is an Television in the United States educational children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both edutainment....
     (1969-present).


1970s

  • All My Children (1970-present).
  • Monday Night Football
    Monday Night Football

    Monday Night Football is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. Originally airing on the American Broadcasting Company network from 1970 NFL season to 2005 NFL season, Monday Night Football was the second longest running prime time show on United States of America broadcast network television and one of the hig...
     (1970-present).
  • Masterpiece Theatre
    Masterpiece Theatre

    Masterpiece is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH-TV. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service on January 10, 1971, making it America's longest-running weekly primetime drama series....
     (1971-present).
  • Soul Train
    Soul Train

    Soul Train was a syndicated, music-related television program. In its 35-year history, the show primarily featured performances by rhythm and blues, soul music, and Hip hop music artists, although jazz musicians and gospel music singers have also appeared....
     (1971–2008)
  • Emmerdale
    Emmerdale

    Emmerdale, known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989, is a United Kingdom soap opera that has aired on ITV since 1972. It is set in the fictional village of Emmerdale in West Yorkshire, England, and was created by Kevin Laffan, with Keith Richardson serving as Executive Producer since 1986 and Anita Turner as Series Producer from Janu...
     (UK) (1972-present).
  • Newsround
    Newsround

    Newsround is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children....
     (UK) (1972-present).
  • The Price Is Right (1972-present).
  • Last of the Summer Wine
    Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine is a United Kingdom situation comedy written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973....
     (UK) (1973-present).
  • The Young and the Restless (1973-present).
  • Wish You Were Here...?
    Wish You Were Here...?

    Wish You Were Here...? was a United Kingdom television show that was first broadcast in 1974 on ITV. It was a series of 30 minute shows about travel and holidays....
     (UK) (1974-present).
  • Arena
    Arena (TV series)

    Arena is a United Kingdom television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. It has run since 1 October 1975, and over five hundred episodes have been made....
     (UK) (1975-present).
  • Good Morning America
    Good Morning America

    Good Morning America is an Daytime Emmy Awards breakfast television talk show that is broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network, debuting on November 3, 1975....
     (1975-present).
  • Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
  • the fifth estate
    The fifth estate

    the fifth estate is a Canada television newsmagazine, which airs on the English language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
     (Canada) (1975-present).
  • Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
  • 20/20
    20/20

    20/20 is an United States television newsmagazine broadcast on American Broadcasting Company since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects....
     (1978-present).
  • Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
  • Antiques Roadshow
    Antiques Roadshow

    Antiques Roadshow is a United Kingdom human interest television show in which antiques appraisals travel to various regions of the United Kingdom and appraise antiques brought in by local residents....
     (UK) (1979-present).
  • Nightline (1979–present)
  • SportsCenter
    SportsCenter

    SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of United States cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979....
     (1979–present)
  • This Old House
    This Old House

    This Old House is an United States home improvement magazine and television series which is aired on the United States public broadcast network Public Broadcasting Service that follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks....
     (1979-present).


1980s

  • Lou Dobbs Tonight
    Lou Dobbs Tonight

    Lou Dobbs Tonight is an editorial commentary and discussion program on CNN, anchored by Lou Dobbs, who is also its Editor In Chief. The hour-long show is aired live on evenings every weekday, and repeated later at night on Headline News and in the very early morning hours on the mother network....
     (1981–present)
  • Entertainment Tonight
    Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is Television syndication by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world....
     (1981–present)
  • CCTV New Year's Gala
    CCTV New Year's Gala

    The China Central Television New Year's Gala is arguably the premier mainland Chinese television event of the year. It is an evening gala of the drama, dance, and song, which is broadcast on the eve of Chinese New Year, live on CCTV-1, by satellite on CCTV-4 and CCTV-9, and more recently on CCTV-HD ....
     (China) (1982-present).
  • Timewatch
    Timewatch

    Timewatch is a long-running United Kingdom television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. Produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on USA cable channels without the branding....
     (UK) (1982-present)
  • Waratte Iitomo
    Waratte Iitomo

    Waratte Iitomo is a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji Television. The show is hosted by Tamori and has run since 1982. The name of the show means "it's okay to laugh"....
     (Japan) (1982-present).
  • What Now
    What Now

    What Now is a long running New Zealand children's television program.It premiered in 1981 in television. It is filmed before two live audiences, one in a studio in Christchurch, New Zealand and another from a different location each week....
     (1982-present)
  • Jeopardy!
    Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy! is a game show featuring trivia in topics such as history, literature, pop culture and science. The show has a decades-long Jeopardy! broadcast history in the United States since its creation by Merv Griffin in the early 1960s....
     (1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-present).
  • SportsCentre
    SportsCentre

    SportsCentre is a sports news program airing on the Canada television network The Sports Network. TSN's flagship program, it airs several times daily and was known as SportsDesk until 2001 in television....
    , Canada (1984–present)
  • EastEnders
    EastEnders

    EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
     (UK) (1985-present).
  • Neighbours
    Neighbours

    Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
     (Australia) (1985-present).
  • The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present).
  • Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present).
  • Casualty
    Casualty (TV series)

    Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world, and the second-longest-running medical drama in the world behind America's General Hospital....
     (UK) (1986-present).
  • ChuckleVision
    ChuckleVision

    ChuckleVision is a popular United Kingdom children's television series, shown on CBBC, first shown in 1987. It follows the adventures of the two Chuckle Brothers, who find themselves in all sorts of situations that they must cope with....
     (UK) (1987-present).
  • The Bold and the Beautiful
    The Bold and the Beautiful

    The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their Haute couture business Forrester Creations....
     (1987-present).
  • America's Most Wanted
    America's Most Wanted

    America's Most Wanted is an United States television program produced by 20th Century Fox, and is the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Broadcasting Company....
     (1988-present).
  • The American Experience (1988-present).
  • Fair City
    Fair City

    Fair City is an award-winning television soap opera , first broadcast in Ireland on September 18, 1989. Storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the residents of Carrigstown, a fictional suburb on the north side of Dublin....
     (1988-present).
  • Les Guignols de l'info
    Les Guignols de l'info

    Les Guignols de l'info is a satire latex puppet show broadcast on Canal Plus, a France subscription-based television channel. Hosted by a puppet facsimile of TF1 news anchor Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Les Guignols is similar to the 1984?1996 British show Spitting Image....
    , France (1988–present)
  • Home and Away
    Home and Away

    Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
    , Australia (1988–present)
  • This Morning
    This Morning (TV series)

    This Morning is a United Kingdom daytime television programme created by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV1. It first aired from Granada's Albert Dock Studios in Liverpool on 3 October 1988....
     (1988-present).
  • COPS
    COPS (TV series)

    COPS is an United States documentary television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities....
     (1989-present).
  • The Simpsons
    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
     (1989-present).
  • Halloween
    Halloween

    Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic mythology of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a Secularity celebration, but some Christians and Paganism have expressed strong feelings about its religious overtones....
    (1987-present)


1990s


1990-1993
  • Law & Order
    Law & Order

    Law & Order is an United States police procedural and legal drama Television program created by Dick Wolf. It has been broadcast on NBC since its debut on September 13, 1990....
     (1990-present).
  • America's Funniest Home Videos
    America's Funniest Home Videos

    America's Funniest Home Videos , is an United States Reality show television program on American Broadcasting Company in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes....
     (1990-present).
  • The Jerry Springer Show
    The Jerry Springer Show

    The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries....
     (1991-present).
  • The Red Green Show
    The Red Green Show

    The Red Green Show was a Canadian television comedy that aired on CBC Television in Canada and on Public Broadcasting Service in the United States from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC....
     (Canada) (1991-present).
  • Dateline NBC (1992-present).
  • The Real World
    The Real World

    The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show is the longest-running program in MTV history....
     (1992-present).
  • Barney & Friends
    Barney & Friends

    Barney & Friends is a 1992 Children's television series show produced in the United States aimed at preschool children. The series features the title character Barney, a purple Anthropomorphism Tyrannosaurus who conveys learning through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude....
     (1992-present).
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien
    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien was an United States late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC from 1993 to 2009....
     (1993-present).
  • NYPD Blue
    NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue is an United States TV show police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan.....
     (1993-2005).
  • The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present).
  • WWE Monday Night RAW
    WWE RAW

    WWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States....
     (1993-present).


1994-1996
  • ER
    ER (TV series)

    ER is an Emmy Award-winning Television in the United States medical drama television series created by the late novelist Michael Crichton and airing on NBC....
     (1994–2009)
  • Time Team
    Time Team

    Time Team is a United Kingdom Television program that has aired on Channel 4 since 1994. Presented by the actor Tony Robinson, the series features a team of specialists doing an archaeology Excavation in three days, with Robinson explaining the process Wiktionary:in layman's terms....
    , UK (1994–present)
  • JAG
    JAG

    JAG is an United States Adventure /legal drama television show that was produced by Donald P. Bellisario, in association with Paramount Pictures CBS Paramount Television and, for the first season only, Universal Media Studios....
     (1995–2005)
  • Modern Marvels
    Modern Marvels

    Modern Marvels is a Documentary film television series that premiered on January 1, 1995 on History Channel. The program features how several things used in daily life in the modern world are made possible and their historical origins....
     (1995–present)
  • 7th Heaven
    7th Heaven

    7th Heaven is an Emmy Awards-nominated United States drama television program, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on Monday August 26, 1996, on the WB Television Network, the first time that the WB aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from 1996-2007....
     (1996–2007)
  • Après Match
    Après Match

    Apr?s Match is an Ireland comedy show normally screened after competitive Irish soccer matches on RT?. It is performed by Barry Murphy, Riste?rd Cooper and Gary Cooke....
    , Ireland (1996–present)
  • Everybody Loves Raymond
    Everybody Loves Raymond

    Everybody Loves Raymond is an Emmy Award-winning Television in the United States television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996 to May 16, 2005....
     (1996–2005)
  • Hannity & Colmes
    Hannity & Colmes

    Hannity & Colmes was an Television in the United States television show on Fox News Channel, hosted by Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, who respectively presented a Conservatism in the United States and Liberalism in the United States perspective....
     (1996–2009)
  • Judge Judy
    Judge Judy

    Judge Judy is an United States reality-based court show, featuring former family court judge, Judith Sheindlin, arbitration over small claims court cases....
     (1996-present).
  • The Daily Show
    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show is an United States news satire television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States....
     (1996-present).


1997-1999
  • Dream Team
    Dream Team (TV series)

    Dream Team was a United Kingdom television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007, that chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United F.C.....
     (UK) (1997-2007
    2007 in television

    The year 2007 in television involves some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2007....
    ).
  • Family Affairs
    Family Affairs

    Family Affairs was a United Kingdom soap opera broadcast on Five . It was the second programme to air on the channel on March 30, 1997, the channel's launch night....
     (UK) (1997-2005)
  • Johnny Bravo
    Johnny Bravo

    Johnny Bravo is an American List of animated television series created by Van Partible. It premiered on July 7, 1997 on Cartoon Network and ran for 65 episodes and 4 seasons....
     (1997-present)
  • King of the Hill
    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill is an Television in the United States List of animated television series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
     (1997-present)
  • South Park
    South Park

    South Park is an United Statesn animation situation comedy, notorious for its toilet humour, surrealism, and often black comedy, which satirizes Subject matter in South Park including religion, politics, violence, abuse, sexuality, and mental disorder....
     (1997–present)
  • Stargate SG-1
    Stargate SG-1

    Stargate SG-1 is an United States-Canadian science fiction television series, part of the Stargate. Its story begins one year after the events of the 1994 science fiction film Stargate ....
     (1997–2007)
  • Charmed
    Charmed

    Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
     (1998–2006)
  • That '70s Show
    That '70s Show

    That '70s Show is an American television program situation comedy that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979....
     (1998–2006)
  • The King of Queens
    The King of Queens

    The King of Queens is an United States sitcom that ran for nine seasons, from 1998 to 2007.The show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions CBS Paramount Television in association with Columbia Pictures Television , Columbia TriStar Television , Sony Pictures Television and filmed at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver Cit...
     (1998–2007)
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 15 consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
     (UK) (1998-present).
  • Will & Grace
    Will & Grace

    Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award-winning United States television situation comedy that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006....
     (1998-2006)
  • The Powerpuff Girls
    The Powerpuff Girls

    The Powerpuff Girls is an Emmy Award award-winning United States List of animated television series about three kindergarten-aged girls who have superpower ....
     (1998-2005)
  • Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999-present).
  • Family Feud
    Family Feud

    Family Feud is a U.S. television game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people....
     (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
  • Judge Mathis
    Greg Mathis

    Greg Mathis is a retired Michigan 36th District Court judge and syndicated television show judge. His show Judge Mathis is produced by Telepictures Productions, and distributed by Warner Brothers....
     (1999-present).
  • Judging Amy
    Judging Amy

    Judging Amy is an United States television program drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly ....
     (1999-2005).
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American drama television program about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department....
     (1999-present)
  • Passions
    Passions

    Passions is an American television soap opera created by veteran writer James E. Reilly. Produced by Universal Media Studios, the series debuted July 5, 1999, on NBC , and its last airdate on that network was September 7, 2007....
     (1999-present).
  • Pokémon
    Pokémon

    is a media franchise owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri around 1995. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy line Console role-playing game video games, Pok?mon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's own...
     (Japan, U.S.) (1997,1998-present).
  • Rocket Power
    Rocket Power

    Rocket Power is an United States animated television series that aired from August 16, 1999 until July 30, 2004 on Nickelodeon . ...
     (1999-present).
  • Shocking Behavior: Caught on Tape (1999-present).
  • SpongeBob SquarePants
    SpongeBob SquarePants

    SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated Television program and media franchise. It is currently one of Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network's most-watched show....
     (1999-present).
  • Tenacious D
    Tenacious D

    Tenacious D is a Satire rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of musicians and actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass .Tenacious D formed in 1994 when the members performed as an acoustic duo....
     (1999-present).
  • The Sopranos
    The Sopranos

    The Sopranos was an United States television drama series created and Executive producer#Television by David Chase. It was originally broadcast in the United States on the premium television cable television HBO from January 10, 1999 to June 10, 2007, spanning List of The Sopranos episodes....
     (1999-present).
  • The West Wing
    The West Wing (TV series)

    The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from 1999 to 2006. It was produced/written by Sorkin and also produced by Thomas Schlamme....
     (1999-2006)
  • Third Watch
    Third Watch

    Third Watch was an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005....
     (1999-2005).
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S.) (1999-2002).
  • WWE SmackDown (1999-present).


2000s


2000
  • As Told by Ginger
    As Told by Ginger

    As Told by Ginger is an United States Emmy-nominated animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon in October 2000. The show focuses on Ginger Foutley and her adventures at Lucky Jr....
     (2000–2004)
  • Big Brother (2000–present)
  • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
    Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

    Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a The Walt Disney Company animated science fiction adventure film series. It aired in 2000 and features Buzz Lightyear, a character who first appeared in the feature film Toy Story....
     (2000–present)
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
     (2000–present)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David as himself, and produced and broadcast by Home Box Office....
     (2000–present)
  • Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
    Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

    Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is a United States animated television series comedy created by Williams Street that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block....
     (2000–2007)
  • Malcolm in the Middle
    Malcolm in the Middle

    Malcolm in the Middle is an United States sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series Premiere on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons....
     (2000–present)
  • Survivor (2000–present)
  • This Week in Baseball
    This Week in Baseball

    This Week in Baseball is a weekly television program, originally designed to show highlights of the previous week's Major League Baseball action....
     (1977–1998, 2000–present)
  • The Weakest Link
    The Weakest Link

    The Weakest Link is a popular television quiz show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. The original British version of the show airs around the world on BBC Entertainment and used to air on BBC America....
    , UK (2000–present)
  • Yes, Dear
    Yes, Dear

    Yes, Dear is a television sitcom which aired from 2000 to 2006 on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark , Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder....
     (2000–present)


2001
  • 24
    24 (TV series)

    24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
     (2001-present).
  • According to Jim
    According to Jim

    According to Jim is an United States situation comedy television series, starting actor and comedian Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of five children....
     (2001-present).
  • Adult Swim
    Adult Swim

    Adult Swim is an adult-oriented cable television network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network in the United States and broadcasting in countries such as Australia and Japan....
     (2001-present).
  • Alias
    Alias (TV series)

    Alias is an United States action movie Television program created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006....
     (2001-2006).
  • Braceface
    Braceface

    Braceface is a Canadian animated series currently broadcast on Teletoon in Canada, and was once on Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States....
     (2001-present).
  • Fear Factor
    Fear factor

    The fear factor in occupational terminology refers to the increased per-worker productivity resulting from the threat of impending downsizing. The resultant productivity boost is almost always temporary, since health-related reasons dictate that workers cannot maintain this level of increased output....
     (2001-present).
  • Home Movies
    Home Movies (TV series)

    Home Movies is a dialogue-driven Television in the United States list of animated television series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004....
     (1999, 2001-present).
  • JR Digs
    JR Digs

    JR Digs is a Gemini Award nominated Canada television personality that currently hosts "JR DIGS Man with a Van" that airs in Canada Saturday nights on Global TV and Sunday nights on E!....
     (Canada) (2001-present).
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an United States television program set in New York City. Criminal Intent premiered on September 30 2001....
     (2001-present).
  • Living with Lydia
    Living with Lydia

    Living With Lydia is a Singaporean sitcom that was produced by MediaCorp and aired on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 from 2001 to 2005....
     (2001-2005)
  • My Wife and Kids
    My Wife and Kids

    My Wife and Kids is an United States Situation comedy which ran on American Broadcasting Company from March 28, 2001, until May 17, 2005, starring Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, produced by Touchstone Television....
     (2001-present).
  • Pop Idol
    Pop Idol

    Pop Idol was a United Kingdom television series which debuted on ITV on October 5 2001; the show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop music singer, or 'pop idol', in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation....
     (UK) (2001-present).
  • Scrubs (2001-present).
  • Six Feet Under (2001-2005).
  • Smallville
    Smallville (TV series)

    Smallville is an Television in the United States series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics fictional character Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster....
     (2001-present).
  • Star Trek: Enterprise
    Star Trek: Enterprise

    Enterprise, retitled Star Trek: Enterprise at the start of its third season, was a science fiction television program created by Brannon Braga and Rick Berman and set in the Star Trek universe created by Gene Roddenberry....
     (2001-2005).
  • The Amazing Race
    The Amazing Race

    The Amazing Race, sometimes referred to as TAR, is a reality television game show in which teams of two people , who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, racing around the world in competition with other teams....
     (2001-present).
  • The Bernie Mac Show
    The Bernie Mac Show

    The Bernie Mac Show is a half-hour United States situation comedy featuring the antics of comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana and Vanessa....
     (2001-present).
  • The Fairly OddParents
    The Fairly OddParents

    The Fairly OddParents is an United States animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of Timmy, a 10-year-old boy with large buck-teeth who has two fairy godparents and, more recently, a fairy godbrother....
     (2001-present).
  • The Saturday Show
    The Saturday Show

    The Saturday Show can refer to:*The Saturday Show , an early-1980s ITV children's show*The Saturday Show , a BBC TV children's series broadcast from 2001-2005...
     (UK) (2001-present).


2002
  • 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
    8 Simple Rules

    8 Simple Rules is an United States television series sitcom that originally aired on American Broadcasting Company from September 17, 2002 to April 15, 2005....
     (2002-2005).
  • Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002-present).
  • American Dreams
    American Dreams

    American Dreams is an American television drama program broadcast on the NBC television network. It debuted on September 29, 2002. The show is set mostly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and partly at Lehigh University....
     (2002-present).
  • American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
    American Idol

    American Idol is an Television in the United States Singing airing on Fox network. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television....
     (2002-present).
  • Codename: Kids Next Door
    Codename: Kids Next Door

    Codename: Kids Next Door, also known as Kids Next Door or by its acronym and initialism KND, is an American List of animated television series created by Tom Warburton and produced by Curious Pictures....
     (2002-present).
  • CSI: Miami
    CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
     (2002-present).
  • Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
    Dick and Dom in da Bungalow

    Dick and Dom in da Bungalow was an British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning CBBC children's television series presented by Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood ....
     (UK) (2002-2006).
  • Harry Hill's TV Burp
    Harry Hill's TV Burp

    Harry Hill's TV Burp is a popular British Academy Television Awards-winning United Kingdom television comedy programme, produced by Avalon Television for ITV, and is hosted by the stand-up comedian Harry Hill....
     (UK) (2002-present).
  • I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (UK) (2002-present).
  • Kim Possible
    Kim Possible

    Kim Possible is an Emmy Award-winning United States animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day....
     (2002-present).
  • Less Than Perfect
    Less Than Perfect

    Less than Perfect is an United States sitcom that aired on American Broadcasting Company from October 1, 2002 to August 1, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee and her co-workers....
     (2002-present).
  • Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
    Wild Kingdom

    Wild Kingdom, sometimes known as Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, is an United States television show that features wildlife and nature....
     (1963–1988, 2002–present)
  • Spooks
    Spooks

    Spooks is a British Academy Television Awards award-winning British television drama series produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One....
     (UK) (2002-present).
  • The Bachelor (2002-present).
  • The George Lopez Show (2002-present).
  • The Osbournes
    The Osbournes

    The Osbournes was an Emmy Award-winning United States reality television program broadcast by MTV in the U.S., by CTV Television Network in Canada, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and MTV UK and Ireland in Ireland and the United Kingdom, RT? Two in Ireland, Network Ten, MTV Australia in Australia, Television New Zealand in New Zealand and...
     (2002-present).
  • Without a Trace
    Without a Trace

    Without a Trace is an United States television program set in New York City. The show is about a fictitious full-time Federal Bureau of Investigation missing persons unit....
     (2002-present).


2003
  • All Grown Up!
    All Grown Up!

    All Grown Up! is an United States animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and G?bor Csup?. After the success of All Growed Up, the Rugrats 10th anniversary special, Nickelodeon commissioned All Grown Up! as a spin-off series based on the episode....
     (2003-present).
  • America's Next Top Model
    America's Next Top Model

    America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the Model industry....
     (2003-present)
  • Arrested Development (2003-2005).
  • Battlestar Galactica (UK) (2003-present).
  • Carnivàle
    Carnivàle

    Carniv?le is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christianity theology with gnosticism and Freemasonry l...
     (2003-2005).
  • Chappelle's Show
    Chappelle's Show

    Chappelle's Show was an United States comedy television series starring comedian Dave Chappelle. Created by Chappelle and Neal Brennan, the series premiered on January 22, 2003 on the United States cable television network Comedy Central....
     (2003-present).
  • Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005).
  • Cold Case
    Cold Case

    Cold Case is an United States police procedural television series revolving around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division in Pennsylvania that specializes in investigating cold cases....
     (2003-present).
  • Dead Like Me
    Dead Like Me

    Dead Like Me is an United States television program comedy-drama starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as death who live and work in Seattle, Washington....
     (2003-2004).
  • Eve
    Eve (TV series)

    Eve is an United States sitcom television series that aired on the United Paramount Network network from September 15, 2003 to May 11, 2006....
     (2003-present).
  • Hope and Faith (2003-2006).
  • Joan of Arcadia
    Joan of Arcadia

    Joan of Arcadia is an Emmy-nominated American television fantasy/family drama, which originally aired on Fridays, 8-9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS from September 26, 2003 until April 22, 2005....
     (2003-2005).
  • Las Vegas
    Las Vegas (TV series)

    Las Vegas was an American television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working in the fictional Montecito Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada—dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and restaurant management to casino...
     (2003-present).
  • Lilo & Stitch: The Series
    Lilo & Stitch: The Series

    This article is about the television series. For the feature length film, see Lilo & StitchLilo & Stitch is the animated television series spinoff of the feature film, Lilo & Stitch and the follow-up to Stitch! The Movie....
     (2003-2006).
  • My Life as a Teenage Robot
    My Life as a Teenage Robot

    My Life as a Teenage Robot is an United States animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel....
     (2003-present).
  • NCIS
    NCIS (TV series)

    NCIS , aka Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the United Stat...
     (2003-present).
  • The Newsroom
    The Newsroom

    The Newsroom is an award winning Canada television comedy series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996-97, 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, Escape from the Newsroom, also aired in 2002....
     (Canada) (1996-1997, 2003-2005).
  • Nip/Tuck
    Nip/Tuck

    Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
     (2003-present).
  • One Tree Hill
    One Tree Hill (TV series)

    One Tree Hill is a Teen drama which takes place in a small fictional North Carolina town. It was created by Mark Schwahn and premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network....
     (2003-present).
  • QI
    Qi

    In traditional Chinese culture, qi is an active principle forming part of any living thing.It is frequently translated as "energy flow," and is often compared to Western notions of energeia or ?lan vital as well as the Yoga Pranayama of prana....
    (UK)(2003-present).
  • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-2007).
  • Reno 911!
    Reno 911!

    Reno 911! is an United States comedy television program on Comedy Central that debuted in 2003 in television. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary television series shows, specifically COPS , with comic actors playing the police officers....
     (2003-present).
  • Romeo!
    Romeo!

    Romeo! was an United States of America television series that aired on Nickelodeon from 2003 to 2006, totaling 53 episodes. The filming was done in Vancouver, British Columbia, while the show takes place in Seattle, Washington....
     (2003-present).
  • Superstars (UK) (1973-1985, 2003-2005).
  • The O.C.
    The O.C.

    The O.C. is an United States teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons....
     (2003-2007).
  • Two and a Half Men
    Two and a Half Men

    Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated United States television Situation comedy, which premiered on CBS on Monday, September 22, 2003 at 9:30 p.m., North American Eastern Time Zone/Pacific Time Zone....
     (2003-present).
  • Xiaolin Showdown
    Xiaolin Showdown

    Xiaolin Showdown was an United States animated television series that aired on Kids WB and was created by Christy Hui. Set in a world where martial arts battles and Eastern magic are common place, the series follows four young warriors in training that battle the forces of evil....
     (2003-present).


Returning in 2004
  • Postman Pat
    Postman Pat

    Postman Pat is a United Kingdom stop-motion animated television series children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. It is aimed at pre-school children, and concerns the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman in the fictional village of Greendale ....
     (UK) (1981, 1996, 2004-present).


Original Air Dates

Ending this year

  • January 25 - 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003-2004).
  • January 28 - Becker
    Becker (TV series)

    Becker is an television in the United States television sitcom that ran from 1998 in television to 2004 in television on CBS. Set in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the show starred Ted Danson as the title character, Dr....
     (1998-2004).
  • January 29 - Threat Matrix
    Threat Matrix

    Threat Matrix is a 2003 United States drama television series. It lasted 16 episodes. The plot consisted of the events in a United States United States Department of Homeland Security anti-terrorism unit, led by Special agent John Kilmer....
     (2003-2004).
  • January 30 - Boston Public
    Boston Public

    Boston Public is an United States of America television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox Broadcasting Company from October 2000 to January 2004....
     (2000-2004).
  • January 30 - The Handler
    The Handler

    This article concerns the Har Mar Superstar album. For the CBS TV series, see The Handler The Handler is the third CD from United States singer Har Mar Superstar....
     (2003-2004).
  • February 6 - Ed
    Ed (TV series)

    Ed is an NBC television program produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated that aired from 2000 to 2004.The hour-long comedy-drama starred Tom Cavanagh as Edward Jeremy Stevens, the protagonist, Julie Bowen as his love interest Carol Phyllis Vessey, Josh Randall as his friend Dr....
     (2000-2004).
  • February 14 - Lizzie McGuire
    Lizzie McGuire

    Lizzie McGuire is a List of Disney Channel series that aired on the Disney Channel from 2001 to 2004. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescence....
     (2001-2004).
  • February 22 - Sex and the City
    Sex and the City

    Sex and the City is an United States cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....
     (1998-2004).
  • February 27 - Lloyd in Space
    Lloyd in Space

    Lloyd in Space is an animated television series, created by Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain , and released in 2001. The pilot was written by Ansolabehere, Germain and Mark Drop....
     (2001-2004).
  • March 13 - Hack
    Hack (TV series)

    Hack is a television series that aired on the CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The show also aired in the UK on ITV3 and in Australia on Network Ten....
     (2002-2004).
  • March 25 - The Chris Isaak Show
    The Chris Isaak Show

    The Chris Isaak Show is a television program situation comedy which follows a fictionalized version of the life of United States rock music musician Chris Isaak....
     (2001-2004).
  • April 6 - It's All Relative
    It's All Relative

    It's All Relative was an American Broadcasting Company Situation comedy about a man who dates the adoptive daughter of a gay couple, which forces their very different families to learn to coexist....
     (2003-2004).
  • April 9 - Life with Bonnie
    Life With Bonnie

    Life with Bonnie is an American Broadcasting Company television comedy that originally aired from 2002 to 2004. The show outlined the life of character Bonnie Malloy, who juggled her personal life and a TV talk show position....
     (2002-2004).
  • April 20 - Happy Family
    Happy Family

    Happy Family is an National Broadcasting Corporation sitcom that debuted in fall of 2003. John Larroquette and Christine Baranski star as Peter and Annie Brennan, soon-to-be empty nesters who couldn't be happier about it....
     (2003-2004).
  • April 20 - Whoopi
    Whoopi

    Whoopi is a short-lived television situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg as "Mavis Rae", a member of the former one-hit wonder group "The Ebony Blackbirds." The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City....
     (2003-2004).
  • April 23 - Married to the Kellys
    Married to the Kellys

    Married to the Kellys is a short-lived American Broadcasting Company sitcom, which was set in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri and featured Breckin Meyer and Kiele Sanchez....
     (2003-2004).
  • April 27 - I'm with Her
    I'm with Her

    I'm with Her is an United States situation comedy which aired for one season on American Broadcasting Company....
     (2003-2004).
  • April 29 - The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
    The Jamie Kennedy Experiment

    The Jamie Kennedy Experiment is a half-hour-long United States television show that was broadcast on the The WB. The host and star of the show is Jamie Kennedy, a comedian who presents a reality format which combines a hidden camera with sketch comedy....
     (2002-2004).
  • May 1 - The District
    The District

    The District is a television police procedural which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ....
     (2000-2004).
  • May 4 - The Guardian
    The Guardian (TV series)

    The Guardian is a CBS television program drama series, which aired from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. The Guardian has also aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel and more recently on ABC1 and in Australia on Network Ten with re-runs airing on Arena ....
     (2001-2004).
  • May 10 - The Parkers
    The Parkers

    The Parkers is an United States Situation comedy that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. It featured the outrageous mother-daughter team of Nikki and Kim Parker ....
     (1999-2004)
  • May 6 - Friends
    Friends

    Friends is an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolves around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses....
     (1994-2004).
  • May 13 - Frasier
    Frasier

    Frasier is an American situation comedy broadcast on National Broadcasting Company for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004....
     (1993-2004).
  • May 16 - The Practice
    The Practice

    The Practice is an United States legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. The show won the Emmy Award in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the Spinoff series Boston Legal, which began airing in the fall of 2004 and deals with similar subject matter, though o...
     (1997-2004).
  • May 17 - Mutant X
    Mutant X (TV series)

    Mutant X was a television series that first aired October 6, 2001. Created by Marvel Studios , the story centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering....
     (2001-2004).
  • May 19 - Angel
    Angel (TV series)

    Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999....
     (1999-2004).
  • May 26 - Soul Food (TV series) (2000-2004)
  • May 28 - Supermarket Sweep
    Supermarket Sweep

    Supermarket Sweep is an American television game show. Part of the format was similar to other team-based quiz shows; the other part was a live-action race through a supermarket, a novel concept at the time....
     (1965-1967; 1990-1995; 2000-2003; reran until 2004).
  • June 8 - Rugrats
    Rugrats

    Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, G?bor Csup?, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon . The series aired from August 11, 1991 to June 8, 2004....
     (1991-2004)
  • June 8 - Hey Arnold!
    Hey Arnold!

    Hey Arnold! was an United States animated television series that aired from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004 on Nickelodeon ....
     (1996-2004).
  • June 19 - The Man Show
    The Man Show

    The Man Show was a half hour United States comedy television show on Comedy Central. It was created in 1999 in television by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison....
     (1999-2004).
  • July 24 - CatDog
    CatDog

    CatDog was an United States animated television series on Nickelodeon created by Peter Hannan....
     (1998-2004).
  • August 27 - Ricki Lake
    Ricki Lake (talk show)

    Ricki Lake was a daytime tabloid talk show hosted by United States actor Ricki Lake. The show specialized in sensationalist topics involving invited guests and incorporated questions and comments from a studio audience....
     (1993-2004).
  • September 8 - The Drew Carey Show
    The Drew Carey Show

    The Drew Carey Show is an United States sitcom that aired on American Broadcasting Company from 1995 to 2004 and was known for its "everyman" characters and themes....
     (1995-2004).
  • September 13 - InuYasha
    InuYasha

    , full title , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shonen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008....
     (Japan) (2000-2004)
  • September 25 - Samurai Jack
    Samurai Jack

    Samurai Jack is a 4-time Emmy award-winning American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired on Cartoon Network from 2001 until 2004....
     (2001-2004)
  • September 29 - Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Japan) (2000-2004)
  • October 16 - Winning Lines
    Winning Lines

    Winning Lines was a National Lottery game show produced by Celador that ran on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 12 June, 1999 to 16 October, 2004....
     (UK) (1999-2004).
  • October 29 - All About Me
    All About Me

    All About Me is a United Kingdom British sitcom starring Jasper Carrott about a Multiculturalism family living in Birmingham. It was broadcast on BBC One from 2002 to 2004....
     (2002-2004)
  • October 31 - Dead Like Me
    Dead Like Me

    Dead Like Me is an United States television program comedy-drama starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as death who live and work in Seattle, Washington....
     (2003-2004)
  • November 11 - Unscrewed with Martin Sargent
    Unscrewed with Martin Sargent

    Unscrewed with Martin Sargent was a late night United States television program focusing on the comedy of technology. It was produced at TechTV and aired from May 26, 2003 to December 2004....
     (2003-2004).
  • November 22 - The Crocodile Hunter
    The Crocodile Hunter

    The Crocodile Hunter is a nature documentary television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife Terri Irwin. The show became a popular franchise due to its unconventional approach and Irwin's outrageous antics....
     (1997–2004)
  • December 15 - Wonderfalls
    Wonderfalls

    Wonderfalls is a television program that was featured on the Fox Broadcasting Company television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop....
     (2004).
  • December 31 - Fox Kids
    Fox Kids

    Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's United States children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002....
     (1990-2004) and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
    The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)

    The Late Late Show is an United States late-night television talk and variety show currently hosted by Craig Ferguson on CBS. It immediately follows Late Show with David Letterman and is produced by Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated in CBS Television City....
    .


Changes of Network Affiliation

Show Moved from Moved to
The Surreal Life
The Surreal Life

The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks....
 The WB VH1
VH1

VH1 is an United States cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in television, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slighter older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music....
Parkinson
Parkinson

Parkinson is a surname, and may refer to:* Amber Parkinson, Australian Fencer* Bob Parkinson, English footballer* Cecil Parkinson , Baron Parkinson of Carnforth, British politician...
 BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
 ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
FA Premier League
FA Premier League

The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition....
 terrestrial highlights		 ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
 (UK terrestrial rights)		 BBC Two
BBC Two

BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
 Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
King of the Hill
King of the Hill

King of the Hill is an Television in the United States List of animated television series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
 (UK Multi channel rights)		 Sky One
Sky One

Sky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched in 1982 as "Satellite Television", and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two ....
 FX
FX (UK)

FX is a TV channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by Fox Broadcasting Company, launched in 12 January 2004 and originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky Digital Electronic program guide number....
Family Guy
Family Guy

Family Guy is an animated cartoon Television in the United States Situation comedy created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox Broadcasting Company and regularly on other television networks in syndication....
 (UK Multi channel rights)		 Sky One
Sky One

Sky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched in 1982 as "Satellite Television", and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two ....
 FX
FX (UK)

FX is a TV channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by Fox Broadcasting Company, launched in 12 January 2004 and originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky Digital Electronic program guide number....
South Park
South Park

South Park is an United Statesn animation situation comedy, notorious for its toilet humour, surrealism, and often black comedy, which satirizes Subject matter in South Park including religion, politics, violence, abuse, sexuality, and mental disorder....
 (UK rights)		 Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
 and Sky One
Sky One

Sky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched in 1982 as "Satellite Television", and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two ....
 Paramount Comedy 1
Paramount Comedy 1

Paramount Comedy is a television channel shown in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, available through digital satellite , IPTV and cable ....
 and MTV

Deaths

Date Name Age Cinematic Credibility
January 2Lynn Cartwright
Lynn Cartwright

Lynn Cartwright was an United States character actor probably best known for her performance as the older version of Geena Davis' character, Dottie Hinson, in the 1992 film A League of Their Own....
76U.S. actor.
January 17Noble Willingham
Noble Willingham

Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. was an United States television and film actor....
72U.S. film and T.V. actor
January 19Jerry Nachman
Jerry Nachman

Jerome A. "Jerry" Nachman born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. He was the editor-in-chief of MSNBC until his death from congestive heart failure....
57MSNBC editor-in-chief.
January 23Bob Keeshan
Bob Keeshan

Robert James Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He is most famous as the title character of the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which became an icon for millions of baby boomers during its 30-year run from 1955-1984....
76U.S. actor (Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo

Captain Kangaroo was a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the United States television network CBS from 1955 until 1984....
).
January 27Jack Paar
Jack Paar

Jack Harold Paar was an United States radio and television talk show host most noted for his stint as host of The Tonight Show....
85The Tonight Show host.
January 29Mary-Ellis Bunim
Mary-Ellis Bunim

Mary-Ellis Bunim was an United States television producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World and Road Rules....
57producer and co-creator of The Real World.
February 23Carl Anderson
Carl Anderson (singer)

Carl Anderson was an United States singer, film and theatre actor best known for his Golden Globe Award nominated portrayal of Judas Iscariot in the Broadway theatre and film versions of the rock opera by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar....
58U.S. actor.
February 24John Randolph
John Randolph (actor)

John Randolph was an American Tony Award-winning film, television and stage actor....
88U.S. actor.
March 7Paul Winfield
Paul Winfield

Paul Edward Winfield was an American television and film actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder and as Dr....
62Emmy-winning actor.
March 8Robert Pastorelli
Robert Pastorelli

Robert Joseph Pastorelli was an United States actor. He had many roles on TV, in film, and on the stage, but is probably best known for the seven years he played the portly painter Eldin Bernecky on the television series Murphy Brown....
50actor (Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown is an United States situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown , an investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine....
).
March 17J. J. Jackson
J. J. Jackson

John J. "J. J." Jackson, Jr. was an US radio and television personality. He was one of MTV's five original VJ s . In his appearances on MTV, Jackson often went by and introduced himself as "Triple J"....
62former MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 VJ.
March 26Jan Sterling
Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling was an American actress.Most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for her performance in The High and the Mighty , and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance....
82U.S. actor.
March 27Art James
Art James

Art James was an United States game show host, best known for shows such as The Who, What, Or Where Game and Pay Cards!. He was also the announcer on the game show Concentration ....
74game show host and announcer.
March 28Sir Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov

Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE or ;, born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinow, was a British actor, writer and dramatist.Ustinov was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre director and opera director, film director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, humorist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television pres...
82British actor.
March 30Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke Order of the British Empire was a United Kingdom/ United States journalist and Presenter.Born in North West England and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, he became a naturalized United States citizen in later life, and lived in New York City with his family, reporting mainly for the BBC....
95BBC broadcaster and transatlantic commentator.
March 30Hubert Gregg
Hubert Gregg

Hubert Gregg was a British Broadcasting Corporation Presenter, writer and theatre actor, in recent times probably best known for the BBC Radio 2 "oldies" shows A Square Deal and Thanks For The Memory....
89BBC broadcaster.
April 1Carrie Snodgress
Carrie Snodgress

Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress was a Golden Globe Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated United States actress....
57character actress.
May 9Alan King
Alan King (comedian)

Alan King was an United States comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well-known as a Jewish comedian and satirist....
76comedian.
May 14Shaun Sutton
Shaun Sutton

Shaun Alfred Graham Sutton Order of the British Empire was an England television writer, director, producer and executive, who worked in the medium for nearly forty years from the 1950s to the 1990s....
85writer, director, producer and longest-serving Head of Drama
BBC television drama

BBC television dramas have been produced and broadcast since even before the public service company had an officially established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom....
 at BBC Television
BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC which began in 1932. The British Broadcasting Corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927....
.
May 17Tony Randall
Tony Randall

Tony Randall was an American comic and actor....
84actor and star of television version of The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple (TV series)

The Odd Couple is a television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970 to July 4, 1975 on American Broadcasting Company. It starred Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison....
.
May 21Gene Wood
Gene Wood

Eugene Edward Wood was an United States television personality, known primarily for his work as an announcer on various game shows. From the 1960s to the 1990s, he announced many game shows, primarily Mark Goodson?Bill Todman productions such as Family Feud, Card Sharks, Password , and Beat the Clock....
78announcer of Family Feud and other U.S. game shows.
May 22Richard Biggs
Richard Biggs

Richard T. Biggs was an United States television and theater actor, best known for his roles on the television series Days of our Lives and Babylon 5....
44U.S. actor
July 9Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford was an Emmy Award-winning United States actress most known for her role as Louise Jefferson on the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family and The Jeffersons ....
86actress, (Louise "Weezie" Mills Jefferson on The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons is an United States situation comedy that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of List of The Jeffersons episodes produced by Tandem Productions from 1975-1982 and Embassy Television from 1982-1985....
), from natural causes.
July 28Eugene Roche
Eugene Roche

Eugene Harrison Roche was an United States actor. He was the original "Ajax cleanser Man" in 1970s television commercials....
75actor (Soap, Webster
Webster (TV series)

Webster is an United States situation comedy that premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 16, 1983, and ran on that network until September 11, 1987, but continued in first-run Television syndication until 1989....
, and many other series).
November 6Howard Keel
Howard Keel

Howard Keel, born Harold Clifford Keel was an United States actor and singer. He starred in many of the classic Musical film of the 1950s....
85actor/singer, (Clayton Farlow on Dallas
Dallas (TV series)

Dallas is a long-running United States prime-time television program soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991. It revolved around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries....
).
December 28Jerry Orbach
Jerry Orbach

'Jerome Bernard Orbach' was an United States Tony Award-winning actor, perhaps best known for his starring role as Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and for being a noted musical theater star; most notably El Gallo in The Fantasticks, Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, and Billy Flynn in the original production of Chi...
69actor (Law & Order)


Movies

  • Scary Godmother Halloween Spooktacular
  • Zenon Z3
  • Going to the Mat
    Going to the Mat

    Going to the Mat is a 2004 in film Disney Channel Original Movie. It debuted on Disney Channel on March 24, 2004 at 8:00 and had 1.15 million viewers placing 9th in its cable slot....
  • Halloweentown High
    Halloweentown High

    Halloweentown High is a Disney Channel Original Movie released in October 2004 in film for the holiday of Halloween. This is the third in the Halloweentown series....