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2007 in television
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The year 2007 in television involves some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.
le class="wikitable"> | This Life returns for a ten-year reunion special. | January 7 | The top prize of £250,000 is won on the United Kingdom version of the game show Deal or No Deal. | | January 17 | Protests in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara are alleged to be racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty. | | January 23 | It is announced by Channel Nine that, after 31 years of airing The Young and the Restless, the network would drop the series, which was then picked up by Foxtel's W. Channel. | | January 28 | Final edition of the BBC's Grandstand after 49 years. | | February 4 | A Canadian edition of Deal or No Deal debuts, also hosted by Howie Mandel. | | February 9 | Paul Merton presents his last edition of Room 101. | | February 18 | BBC Two launches 14 new idents designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, with the "2" becoming a "Windows of the World" a portal through which the world is seen differently. | | February 18 | Richard and Judy is scrutinised when it is claimed that it already chosen its winners for its premium-rate phone-in quiz, "You Say, We Pay" before lines had closed.

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The year 2007 in television involves some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.
Events
January-March
April-June
Imus in the Morning was being canceled immediately after public outcry against the host's remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. | April 13 | Have I Got News for You starts to produce a video podcast featuring unbroadcast material. | | May 2 | The New Zealand free-to-air digital television platform Freeview begins broadcasting over DVB-S, breaking the digital television monopoly held by pay network SKY Television. | | May 3 | Queen Elizabeth II visits America (fifth time in 50 years) for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia and also meets with families from the Virginia Tech Massacre. It becomes U.S. national & local TV news. | | May 8 | HolbyBlue debuts on BBC One as a spin off from Casualty and Holby City | | May 14 | BBC One broadcasts "Scientology and Me" a Panorama investigation into Scientology by journalist John Sweeney. A clip from the programme of Sweeney losing his temper and shouting at a disruptive scientologist representative is widely released on the internet and on DVD by scientologists prior to airing. | | May 20 | The Simpsons reaches its landmark 400th episode. | | May 23 | Jordin Sparks wins the 6th season of the popular singing competition American Idol, with Blake Lewis as the runner up. | | June 15 | Bob Barker retires from The Price Is Right after 35 years as host and after 50 years on television. Barker's final episode aired both in its regular daytime slot and in prime time leading into the Daytime Emmy Awards. | | June 26 | Mika Brzezinski attempted to set fire to a script, screwed up another, and shredded a third, in a protest about having to lead her news broadcast with a story about Paris Hilton's release from prison, rather than about the Iraq War. |
July-September
Drew Carey is announced as Bob Barker's successor on The Price Is Right. | August 17 | The Disney Channel premiere showing of High School Musical 2 becomes the most-watched made-for-cable movie ever, receiving 17.24 million viewers. | | August 22 | The BBC celebrates their 75-year service in television. | | August 30 | Big Ten Network launches, causing controversy among sports fans for failing to reach carriage agreements with large cable providers Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Cable | | August 31 | Finland switches off its analogue television signal. | | September 5 | The BBC scraps plans for Planet Relief, a programme similar to Comic Relief and Sport Relief for fear of bias against critics of climate change and that viewers would prefer more factual programmes on the subject. | | September 9 | In an advertising first, eBay begin showing live auction adverts between programmes in the UK, showing an auction with picture, current bid, time auction ends, and postage and packaging charges. | | September 16 | The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out. The Sopranos wins Outstanding Drama Series, while 30 Rock wins Outstading Comedy Series | | September 20 | Survivor opens its 15th season in the nation of China. Survivor: China became the first major American TV program to film entirely in China. | | September 21 | ITV postpone broadcasting the 2007 British Comedy Awards due to the phone-in scandals. | | September 26 | ABC1, a British television channel broadcasting American sitcoms, closes. | | September 27 | Record News, a Brazilian television channel, starts its transmissions. |
October-December
Ftn closes and Virgin 1 launches at 9pm the same night. | October 14 | Dave (formerly UKTV G2) launches on Freeview, after the closure of UKTV Bright Ideas. | | October 15 | Drew Carey's first episode as the new host of The Price is Right airs. | | October 17 | The town of Whitehaven in Cumbria becomes the first place in the UK to officially lose their analogue television signals and start the digital switchover, starting with BBC Two. The other four channels were switched off on November 14. | | November 2 | Channel 4 marks the 25th anniversary of its launch by resurrecting its original Lambie-Nairn-designed idents for the day. The anniversary is also marked by the rebroadcast of the November 2, 1982 debut edition of Countdown (the channel's first programme) and a special Big Fat Anniversary Quiz. | | November 5 | The 2007 Writers Guild of America strike begins causing many shows to halt production. | | November 7 | Sky Travel relaunches as Sky Real Lives and Sky Travel Shop rebranded as Sky Travel. | | November 14 | The remaining four Analogue channels are switched to Digital in Whitehaven in Cumbria. | | December 1 | BBC HD is officially launched in the UK, after a one and a half year trial. | | December 3 | ESPN's Monday Night Football telecast of the unbeaten New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens breaks the basic cable viewership record set earlier this year by Disney Channel's High School Musical 2 with 17.52 million cable viewers. | | December 25 | BBC One gets its highest rated Christmas Day schedule in years, with Voyage of the Damned, the Christmas special of Doctor Who getting the shows' biggest audience since 1979 (13.31 million) and a special episode of EastEnders getting 14.38 million, that shows' biggest rating in three years and the highest rated show of 2007. Another success was a one-off special of To the Manor Born, returning after 26 years, with an audience of 10.25 million. | | Late December | Nickeloden Games and Sports leaves the cable lineup and is replaced by The N which currently airs 24/7 after splitting from its sister channel, Noggin. | |
Debuts (including scheduled)
Television shows
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
- Chain Reaction (1980, 1986-1991, 2006-present).
- Lou Dobbs Tonight (1980–present)
- Mystery! (1980–present)
- Entertainment Tonight (1981-present).
- This Week (1981-present).
- America This Morning (1982-present).
- CCTV New Year's Gala (China) (1982-present).
- Nature (1982-present).
- Timewatch (UK) (1982-present).
- Waratte Iitomo (Japan) (1982-present).
- What Now (New Zealand) (1982-present).
- American Masters (1983-present).
- America Undercover (1983-present).
- Frontline (1983-present).
- The George Michael Sports Machine (1983-2007).
- The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
- Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-present)
- SportsCentre, Canada (1984–present)
- EastEnders (UK) (1985-present).
- Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
- Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present).
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present).
- The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present).
- Casualty (UK) (1986-present).
- CBS Morning News (1987-present).
- ChuckleVision (UK) (1987-present).
- Headbangers Ball (1987-1995, 2003-present).
- TV Patrol World (1987-present).
- 48 Hours (1988-present).
- American Experience (1988-present).
- America's Most Wanted (1988–present)
- Fair City, Ireland (1988–present)
- Les Guignols de l'info, France (1988–present)
- Home and Away, Australia (1988–present)
- This Morning (1988-present).
- COPS (1989-present).
- Domingão do Faustão, Brazil (1989-present).
- Inside Edition (1989-present).
- The New Yankee Workshop (1989-present).
- Primetime (1989-present).
- The Simpsons (1989-present).
- Family Fortunes (UK) (1980-2002, 2005 special, 2007-present).
- Beadle's About (UK) (1986-1996).
1990s
1990-1993
1994-1996
1997-1999
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
''1 vs. 100'' (2006-present).
''10 Items or Less'' (2006-present).
''30 Rock'' (2006-present).
''American Idol Rewind'' (2006-present).
''American Inventor'' (2006-present).
''America's Got Talent'' (2006-present).
''Ben 10'' (2006-present).
''Beyond the Break'' (2006-present).
''Big Day'' (2006-2007).
''Big Love'' (2006-present).
''Big Spender'' (2006-present).
''Brotherhood'' (2006-present).
''Brothers & Sisters'' (2006-present).
''Campus Ladies'' (2006-present).
''Choo-Choo Soul'' (2006-present).
''Class of 3000'' (2006-present).
''Curious George'' (2006-present).
''Dallas SWAT'' (2006-present).
''Biker Mice From Mars (1993-1996. 2006-present)
''Day Break'' (2006-2007).
''Dexter'' (2006-present).
''Disney Channel Games'' (2006-present).
''Disorderly Conduct'' (2006-present).
''Driving Force'' (2006-present).
''ESPN on ABC'' (2006-present).
''Eureka'' (2006-present).
''Extreme Championship Wrestling'' (2006-present).
''Falcon Beach'' (2006-2007).
''Fantastic Four'' (2006-present).
''Friday Night Lights'' (2006-present).
''Frisky Dingo'' (2006-present).
''Future Weapons'' (2006-present).
''Gene Simmons Family Jewels'' (2006-present).
''Handy Manny'' (2006-present).
''Hannah Montana'' (2006-present).
''Heroes'' (2006-present).
''High Stakes Poker'' (2006-present).
''Honey, We're Killing the Kids'' (2006-present).
''Identity'' (2006-2007).
''Jackanory'' (1965-1996, 2006-present).
''Jericho'' (2006-present).
''Judge Maria Lopez'' (2006-present).
''Kidnapped'' (2006-2007).
''King of Cars'' (2006-present).
''Legion of Super Heroes'' (2006-present).
''Life on Mars'', UK version (2006–2007)
''Little People, Big World'' (2006-present).
''Live at Gotham'' (2006-present).
''Maggi and Me'' (2006-present).
''Man vs. Wild'' (2006-present).
''Men In Trees'' (2006-present).
''Metalocalypse'' (2006-present).
''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'' (2006-2007).
''Mr. Meaty'' (2006-present).
''My Boys'' (2006-present).
''My Gym Partner's a Monkey'' (2006-present).
''NBC Sunday Night Football'' (2006-present).
''NHL on NBC'' (2006-present).
''Not Your Average Travel Show'' (2006-present).
''One Week to Save Your Marriage'' (2006-present).
''PlayMania'' (2006-2007).
''Pros vs Joes'' (2006-present).
''Psych'' (2006-present).
''Quizmania'' (2006-2007).
''Rachael Ray'' (2006-present).
''Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel'' (2006-2007).
''Rob & Big'' (2006-present).
''Robin Hood'' (2006-present).
''Saved'' (2006-present).
''Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!'' (2006-present).
''Shalom in the Home'' (2006-present).
''Shark'' (2006-present).
''Shorty McShorts' Shorts'' (2006-present).
''Six Degrees'' (2006-2007).
''Spider Riders'' (2006-present).
''Standoff'' (2006-2007).
''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' (2006-2007).
''Suburban Shootout'' (2006-present).
''Take Home Chef'' (2006-present).
''Talkshow with Spike Feresten'' (2006-present).
''TCM Underground'' (2006-present).
''That's the Question'' (2006-present).
'''Til Death'' (2006-present).
''The Class'' (2006-2007).
''The Emperor's New School'' (2006-present).
''The Game'' (2006-present).
''The Hills'' (2006-present).
''The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency'' (2006-present)
''The Loop'' (2006-2007).
''The Megan Mullally Show'' (2006-2007).
''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' (2006-present).
''The Nine'' (2006-2007).
''The Real World: Denver'' (2006-2007).
''The Replacements'' (2006-present).
''The Unit'' (2006-present).
''The World Series of Pop Culture'' (2006-present).
''Tom and Jerry Tales'' (2006-present).
''Torchwood'' (2006-present).
''Two-A-Days'' (2006-present).
''Ugly Betty'' (2006-present).
''Watch Over Me'' (2006-2007).
''Waterloo Road'' (2006-present).
''Web Junk 20'' (2006-present).
''What About Brian'' (2006-2007).
''Who Wants to Be a Superhero?'' (2006-present).
''Wicked Wicked Games'' (2006-2007).
''Wonder Pets'' (2006-present).
''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'' (2006-present).
''Yo Momma'' (2006-present).
Changes of Network Affiliation
Ending this year
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