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    2004 in American television

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    In American television during 2004 notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.

    Events

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    January

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    Date Event
    7 The Apprentice, a reality show franchise produced by Mark Burnett involving a test of skill to be 'hired' into a company, which was hosted by businessman Donald Trump (who would later become the nation's president in 2016), premieres its first episode. David Gould would be the first person fired.
    19 British children's television series Boohbah (made by Ragdoll Productions who also made Teletubbies) premieres in the US on PBS Kids.[1]
    22 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire aired a spin-off of Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire which offered its biggest cash prize in a game show history of $10,000,000. Only one contestant, Robert Essig, won at least $1,000,000 during the run, and no contestants won the top prize of $10,000,000.

    February

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    Date Event
    1 Super Bowl XXXVIII airs on CBS, featuring the halftime show controversy occurring during a performance "Rock Your Body" by Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake over indecency. The incident went viral and gave way to the rise of the term, "wardrobe malfunction"; in the wake of the incident, the Federal Communications Commission strengthened its rules concerning certain types of indecency, while Jackson was temporarily blacklisted from Viacom, CBS' parent company, along with other music websites, as well as having her invitation revoked for the then-upcoming Grammy Awards ceremony.
    After 23 years, TBS quits using the superstation moniker.
    11 The True Hollywood Stories sketch featuring Rick James and Charlie Murphy first airs on Chappelle's Show.
    14 Jetix was introduced on Toon Disney and ABC Family, making it the first trade-name to be introduced as an anime-based block.
    22 Sex and the City broadcasts its last episode on HBO, "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux."

    March

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    Date Event
    1 On CBS, The Price Is Right broadcasts its 6,000th episode.
    PBS launched the HD network for the purpose of offering high definition and widescreen content 24 hours per day, seven days per week onto most PBS stations.[2]
    4 Rich Fields debuts as the new announcer for The Price is Right, a role he would hold until the end of Season 38.
    8 Tiffany is named the new host of BET's The Center. Young Sir, who has been filling in since Amerie left last fall, takes over as the new host of BET.com Countdown.
    In Casper, Wyoming, independent station/Pax TV affiliate KTWO-TV (having lost NBC to KCWY in September of last year) finally becomes an ABC affiliate after ABC's outgoing affiliate KFNB reaches an agreement with KTWO-TV ending its affiliation three months earlier than scheduled. KFNB then becomes a Fox affiliate, while sister station K26ES (now KWYF-LD) elevates its secondary UPN affiliation to full-time status.
    15 Game Show Network began making the switch to their new rebranding, GSN.
    18 The 57th episode of The Powerpuff Girls "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" airs in Canada on YTV, having been banned in the United States due to religious controversy.

    April

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    Date Event
    1 Nickelodeon celebrates its 25th anniversary.
    4 The Sesame Street primetime special "The Street We Live On" premieres on PBS.
    5 The Australian soap Neighbours returns to U.S. television for the first time since 1991, on Oxygen.
    12 KLSB-TV in Nacogdoches, Texas, a satellite station of NBC affiliate KETK-TV, separates from its parent station to become a CBS affiliate, returning CBS to the Tyler-Longview market for the first time since KLMG-TV became Fox affiliate KFXK-TV in April 1991. The next day, the Federal Communications Commission approves KLSB-TV's call letter change to the current KYTX.
    16 C-SPAN aired a press conference being held in the White House Rose Garden in which President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke about the war in Iraq and other issues. The event was far more watched than almost any other C-SPAN broadcast of the year, getting "shockingly high" Nielsen ratings. A similar broadcast on March 27 of the previous year was similarly widely viewed.[3]

    May

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    Date Event
    6 Friends ends its run after 10 years, broadcasting the last episode, "The Last One", on NBC. A spinoff, Joey, debuts on NBC the following season.
    9 In CBS, season two contestant Amber Brkish proposed to season four contestant Rob Mariano before naming the former the "Sole Survivor" in the inaugural All-Stars season. Four days later, season seven contestant Rupert Boneham was also awarded the $1 million prize after voted for the most popular contestant in the America's Tribal Council special aired four days later.
    11 NBCUniversal is founded by General Electric and Vivendi Universal.
    13 Frasier broadcasts its last episode on NBC, "Goodnight, Seattle".
    15 Jimmy Fallon makes his last appearance as a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live, for its season finale. The episode was hosted by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen with a musical performance of J-Kwon.
    26 Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of Fox's American Idol. This series also marked the first time it topped viewerships in the television ratings of this season.
    27 Fox announced the cancellation of television special Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay, which was intended to air on June 7, 2004. The cancellation followed intense media backlash, such as from GLAAD, over the special's portrayal of gay men; the network attributed the cancellation to "creative reasons".[4]
    28 TechTV merges with G4 to form G4techTV, one of the most controversial mergers of television history as less than a year later, the merged network becomes G4 once again.

    June

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    Date Event
    2 Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah, begins a long run as Jeopardy! champion.
    7 ABC broadcasts its final NHL game for 17 years, which also turns out to be the last one before the lockout that canceled the league's 2004–05 season. Through ESPN, the network resumes airing NHL games in the 2021-22 season.
    10 TBS reintroduces its Very Funny campaign.
    11 Major networks cover the state funeral of Ronald Reagan.[5]
    The Wild Thornberrys ends with the episode "Eliza Unplugged".
    14 Cartoon Network unveils a new logo for the first time in 11 years and a new branding that involve various animated characters living around a realistic CGI-themed city. The new branding known as "CN City", replaced the previous Powerhouse branding which had been in use for the past 7 years.
    18 Rodney Dangerfield (who appeared more than seventy times as a guest on The Tonight Show) makes his final appearance as a talk show guest on CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. He died on October 5.

    July

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    Date Event
    22 Documentary miniseries The Staircase is premiered in an abbreviated version as a special two-hour presentation of ABC's Primetime Thursday.[6]
    24 The infamous fight between Jason Varitek and Alex Rodriguez occurs during a Red Sox-Yankees game on Fox. That same night, the Red Sox came back with a two-run walk-off homer by Bill Mueller against closer Mariano Rivera.
    27 During the Democratic National Convention, Illinois Senate candidate (and future president) Barack Obama delivers the keynote address. The speech is widely praised and is credited for his victory four years later.[7][8]
    30 Rocket Power ends with its two-part finale "The Big Day"

    August

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    Date Event
    1 Rugrats aired its last episode titled "Hurricane Alice".
    9 David Muir resigns as co-anchor of World News Now on ABC and is replaced by Ron Corning.
    13 The animated comedy series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends premieres on Cartoon Network starring Grey DeLisle as the voice of Frankie Foster, Keith Ferguson as the voice of Bloo and others.
    15 In Charlottesville, Virginia, NBC affiliate WVIR-TV, long the only commercial station in its market, receives competition for the first time ever when WCAV signs-on as a CBS affiliate. Shortly thereafter, WCAV adds WVAW-LP as an ABC affiliate.
    27 Craig Kilborn ends his five-year run as host of The Late Late Show.
    28 PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch ended.
    30 ABC affiliate WDTN in Dayton, Ohio swaps affiliations with NBC affiliate WKEF, reversing a swap that took place in 1980.

    September

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    Date Event
    4 A series premiere promo for the Canadian animated series Atomic Betty, which is set to premiere on sister cable network Cartoon Network on September 17, accidentally airs on Kids' WB during the split screen credits of the Pokémon: Advanced episode "A Poké-Block Party".
    5 British preschooler's program Thomas & Friends comes to PBS Kids as a stand-alone program with Michael Brandon taking over as the narrator.
    11 Higglytown Heroes, created by George Evelyn, Holly Huckins, Denis Morella, Kent Redeker, and Jeff Ulin, airs on Playhouse Disney.
    12 In Chicago, independent station WCIU drops Kids' WB. The city's WB affiliate WGN-TV, which had previously declined the block in favor of newscasts and sitcoms, picks up the block, and thus clears the entire WB schedule for the first time.
    19 The 56th Primetime Emmy Awards are given out on ABC.
    21 Drew Daniel is the winner of the U.S. version of Big Brother 5 on CBS. Runner-Up Michael "Cowboy" Ellis wins $50,000.
    22 The pilot episode of Lost airs on ABC.
    24 Kathleen Herles announces her retirement as voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer. Her final episode, "Dora Saves the Mermaids", would not air until November 2007.
    28 Longtime veteran Marcy Walker makes her final appearance on the ABC soap opera All My Children after two decades of being affiliated with the program.
    30 President Bush and Senator John Kerry participate in the first of the 2004 presidential debates moderated by Jim Lehrer.[9]

    October

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    Date Event
    2 Amy Poehler succeeds Jimmy Fallon as Tina Fey's co-anchor of NBC's Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update skit, making the first Weekend Update female duos.
    Nickelodeon and its affiliated channels begin debuting special educational programming, Worldwide Day of Play, after the Let's Just Play campaign.
    5 Gwen Ifill moderates the 2004 Vice Presidential debate between Vice President Cheney and Senator John Edwards at Case Western Reserve University.[10]
    8 Charles Gibson moderates the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis.[11]
    11 PBS Kids debuts a programming block targeted at children aged 6–10 entitled PBS Kids Go!, with new shows Maya & Miguel and an Arthur spinoff, Postcards from Buster premiering.
    13 Bob Schieffer of CBS News moderates the final presidential debate at Arizona State University.[12]
    15 Comedian Jon Stewart makes an appearance on Crossfire with Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala and calls the show out for "partisan hackery".
    20 Game 7 of the ALCS is broadcast on Fox. The Boston Red Sox reverse-sweep the New York Yankees and become the first and (to date) only team in MLB history to come back from being down 3-0 in a playoff series.
    27 The Boston Red Sox win the World Series title for the first time since 1918, with a total of 86 years. They swept the 105-win St. Louis Cardinals in four games. Sox closer Keith Foulke made the final out for underhanding the ball to Doug Mientkiewicz at first base after a grounder by Edgar Rentería (who coincidentally wore Babe Ruth's number 3). This officially marked the end of the Curse of the Bambino.
    29 The fifth and final aired episode of Dr. Vegas aired on CBS. This marked the last time that Amy Adams appeared as a regular cast member on a television series, before returning many years later with Sharp Objects.

    November

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    Date Event
    1 The Young and the Restless broadcasts its 8,000th episode on CBS.
    7 Dallas airs a third TV movie, Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork, on CBS.
    8 Young Sir resigns as host of BET.com Countdown and is replaced by recording artist Ray J.
    9 Tiffany resigns as host of BET's The Center and is replaced by Julissa.
    10 Sesame Street celebrates its 35th anniversary.
    19 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi premieres on Cartoon Network with Janice Kawaye starring as Ami Onuki and Grey DeLisle, previously voicing Frankie Foster in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends as Yumi Yoshimura.
    23 Longtime CBS News anchor and manager editor Dan Rather announces he will step down in March.
    30 After seventy-four consecutive wins, Ken Jennings finally loses on Jeopardy!, to competitor Nancy Zerg. Jennings' final cash winnings total is $2,522,700 making him the richest winner of American television history.

    December

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    Date Event
    2 Tom Brokaw resigns as anchorman of NBC Nightly News and is replaced by Brian Williams.
    15 CNN's financial news channel, CNNfn, is ended.
    16 All My Children broadcasts its 9,000th episode.
    29 Rogers Media buys remaining 20% ownership of Rogers Sportsnet from Fox.
    General Electric, owner of NBC, purchases Universal Studios from Vivendi, leaving all six U.S. broadcast networks part of a company which also owns a movie studio.
    For the first time in its history, Nielsen Media Research, the official American television ratings service, began counting original shows on pay television premium channels in its prime-time ratings.[13] At the time, most of these were broadcast by competitors HBO and Showtime, but Starz has since begun producing original shows.

    Programs

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    Debuts

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    Date Debut Network
    January 7 The Apprentice NBC
    January 11 Drake & Josh Nickelodeon
    January 14 Seven Little Monsters PBS Kids
    January 18 Whoopi's Littleburg Nick Jr.
    The L Word Showtime
    January 19 Boohbah PBS Kids
    My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance Fox
    January 21 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave MTV
    January 23 Dave the Barbarian Disney Channel
    January 26 The Koala Brothers Playhouse Disney
    January 28 College Hill BET
    February 14 Power Rangers Dino Thunder ABC Family
    March 1 Forever Eden Fox
    March 3 Kingdom Hospital ABC
    March 4 Pimp My Ride MTV
    March 5 The Help The WB
    March 7 Nickelodeon Splat! Nickelodeon
    March 9 Cracking Up Fox
    March 10 Game Over UPN
    March 12 Touching Evil USA
    Playing It Straight Fox
    Wonderfalls
    March 16 Century City CBS
    March 17 The Stones
    March 19 The D.A. ABC
    March 21 Deadwood HBO
    Animal Face-Off Discovery Channel
    April 2 The Big House ABC
    April 3 Danny Phantom Nickelodeon
    April 7 The Swan Fox
    April 12 Peep and the Big Wide World Discovery Kids
    April 13 Showbiz Moms & Dads Bravo
    April 28 Shorties Watchin' Shorties Comedy Central
    May 1 Megas XLR Cartoon Network
    May 17 Superstar USA The WB
    On the Cover PAX TV
    Colonial House PBS
    May 27 Pepsi Smash The WB
    June 1 Summerland The WB
    Wanna Come In? MTV
    June 2 BBQ with Bobby Flay Food Network
    June 3 Come to Papa NBC
    June 4 TNA iMPACT! Fox Sports Net
    June 8 The Jury Fox
    Blow Out Bravo
    June 14 North Shore Fox
    The Casino
    Next Action Star NBC
    June 16 Quintuplets Fox
    Method & Red
    The Ashlee Simpson Show MTV
    June 18 Phil of the Future Disney Channel
    June 20 Fatherhood Nick at Nite
    July 1 Trading Spouses Fox
    July 6 Seconds From Disaster National Geographic Channel
    July 12 I Love the '90s VH1
    July 16 Stargate Atlantis Sci Fi
    July 18 Entourage HBO
    July 21 Rescue Me FX
    July 22 Studio 7 The WB
    July 28 Amish in the City UPN
    July 29 Blue Collar TV The WB
    July 30 O'Grady The N
    July 31 Justice League Unlimited Cartoon Network
    August 1 Stroker and Hoop Adult Swim
    August 2 Balderdash PAX TV
    August 4 The Player UPN
    August 10 Blue's Room Nick Jr.
    August 13 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Cartoon Network
    August 21 Brandy & Mr. Whiskers Disney Channel
    August 30 The Jane Pauley Show Syndication
    August 31 Curious Buddies Nick Jr.
    Father of the Pride NBC
    September 1 Hawaii
    September 7 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends Nick Jr.
    September 9 Joey NBC
    Medical Investigation
    September 11 The Batman Kids' WB
    Da Boom Crew
    September 12 Jack & Bobby The WB
    Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Nickelodeon
    Unfabulous
    September 13 A Place of Our Own PBS
    Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan National Geographic Channel
    The Insider Syndication
    The Tony Danza Show
    The Benefactor ABC
    LAX NBC
    Higglytown Heroes Playhouse Disney
    September 16 Video Mods MTV
    September 17 Atomic Betty Cartoon Network
    September 18 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Jetix
    September 20 Listen Up CBS
    Second Time Around UPN
    September 21 Rodney ABC
    September 22 CSI: NY CBS
    The Mountain The WB
    Veronica Mars UPN
    Lost ABC
    September 24 Complete Savages
    Dr. Vegas CBS
    September 26 Clubhouse
    Wife Swap ABC
    September 28 Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County MTV
    September 29 Kevin Hill UPN
    October 2 Darcy's Wild Life Discovery Kids
    Austin Stevens: Snakemaster Animal Planet
    Faith Under Fire PAX TV
    October 3 Boston Legal ABC
    Desperate Housewives
    Cold Turkey PAX TV
    October 4 Model Citizens
    October 5 BET Style BET
    Wanda Does It Comedy Central
    Second Verdict PAX TV
    October 6 Ghost Hunters Sci Fi
    Proof Positive
    World Cup Comedy PAX TV
    October 7 Drew Carey's Green Screen Show The WB
    Life as We Know It ABC
    October 11 The Backyardigans Nick Jr.
    Maya & Miguel PBS Kids Go!
    Postcards From Buster
    October 18 Battlestar Galactica Sci Fi
    October 19 The Biggest Loser NBC
    He's a Lady TBS
    October 24 You've Got a Friend MTV
    October 25 Battle for Ozzfest
    October 27 Center of the Universe CBS
    Drawn Together Comedy Central
    November 3 Nanny 911 Fox
    November 5 Cartoon Alley TCM
    November 7 Perfect Hair Forever Adult Swim
    Huff Showtime
    My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss Fox
    November 8 ToddWorld Ready Set Learn! on TLC and Discovery Kids
    November 8 $25 Million Dollar Hoax NBC
    November 9 The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best Fox
    November 14 Tom Goes to the Mayor Adult Swim
    November 15 Date My Mom MTV
    November 16 House Fox
    November 19 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Cartoon Network
    November 29 Family Face Off: Hollywood Nick at Nite
    December 1 Project Runway Bravo
    December 15 Big Man on Campus The WB
    December 18 W.I.T.C.H. Jetix

    Returning this year

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    Show Last aired Previous network New/Same network Returning
    House of Mouse 2003 Toon Disney Disney Channel August 11
    Thomas & Friends 2000 Nick Jr PBS Kids September 5
    Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat 2002 PBS Kids Same September 26
    Teletubbies 2001 October 30
    Little Bear 2003 Nick Jr. Channel November 16

    Ending this year

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    Date Show Channel Debut Status
    January 16 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Cartoon Network 2002 Cancelled
    January 23 Fillmore! Toon Disney
    January 25 10-8: Officers on Duty ABC 2003
    January 28 Becker CBS 1998
    January 29 Threat Matrix ABC 2003
    January 30 Boston Public Fox 2000
    The Handler CBS 2003
    February 3 Sabrina's Secret Life DIC Kids Network 2003
    February 6 Jake 2.0 UPN
    Ed NBC 2000
    Little Bill Nickelodeon 1999
    February 7 Scout's Safari Discovery Kids 2002
    February 12 All About the Andersons The WB 2003
    February 14 Lizzie McGuire Disney Channel 2001
    February 22 Sex and the City (returned in 2021 as And Just Like That...) HBO 1998 Ended
    February 27 Lloyd in Space Toon Disney 2001 Cancelled
    February 29 The Weekenders 2000
    March 3 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave MTV 2004
    March 13 Hack CBS 2002
    March 17 The Mullets UPN 2003
    March 20 The Tracy Morgan Show NBC
    March 25 The Chris Isaak Show Showtime 2001
    April 1 Stripperella Spike 2003
    April 2 Game Over UPN 2004
    April 4 Home Movies Adult Swim 2001
    April 6 It's All Relative ABC 2003
    April 9 The D.A. 2004
    Life with Bonnie 2002
    April 12 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (returned in 2006) Cartoon Network 1994
    April 14 Karen Sisco ABC 2003
    April 16 The Help The WB 2004
    April 20 Happy Family NBC 2003
    Whoopi NBC
    April 22 Like Family The WB
    April 23 Married to the Kellys ABC
    April 24 WWE Confidential TNN/Spike TV 2002
    April 27 I'm with Her ABC 2003
    April 28 Rolie Polie Olie Playhouse Disney 1998
    April 29 The Jamie Kennedy Experiment The WB 2002
    April 30 Living It Up! with Ali & Jack Syndication 2003
    May 1 The District CBS 2000
    May 4 The Guardian 2001
    May 6 Friends (returned in 2021 as Friends: The Reunion) NBC 1994 Ended
    May 7 Run of the House The WB 2003 Cancelled
    May 10 The Parkers UPN 1999
    May 13 Frasier (returned in 2023) NBC 1993 Ended
    May 14 The News with Brian Williams CNBC 1996 Cancelled
    May 16 The Practice ABC 1997
    May 17 Mutant X Syndication 2001
    She Spies NBC 2002
    May 19 Angel The WB 1999
    Showbiz Moms & Dads Bravo 2004
    May 21 Ricki Lake Syndication 1993
    The 5th Wheel 2001
    The Wayne Brady Show
    May 22 Static Shock Kids' WB 2000
    May 25 Rock Me Baby UPN 2003
    Colonial House PBS 2004
    May 26 Soul Food Showtime 2000
    May 28 The Sharon Osbourne Show Syndication 2003
    May 29 Justice League Cartoon Network 2001
    May 30 Line of Fire Syndication 2003
    June 4 Hollywood Squares (returning in 2025) 1966 Ended
    June 5 The Restaurant NBC 2003 Cancelled
    June 7 Whoopi's Littleburg Nickelodeon 2004
    June 8 Hey Arnold! 1996
    June 11 The Wild Thornberrys 1998
    June 19 The Man Show Comedy Central 1999
    June 25 VH1 ILL-ustrated VH1 2003
    June 28 The Division Lifetime 2001
    July 2 Slime Time Live Nickelodeon 2000
    July 5 Ozzy & Drix Kids' WB 2002
    July 16 I Love the '90s VH1 2004
    July 27 King of the Jungle Animal Planet 2003
    July 29 106 & Park: Prime BET
    July 30 Rocket Power Nickelodeon 1999
    August 1 Rugrats 1991
    August 2 Who Wants to Marry My Dad? NBC 2003
    August 8 The Brothers García Nickelodeon 2000
    August 9 For Love or Money NBC 2003
    August 10 The Joe Schmo Show (returned in 2013) Spike
    August 17 Teamo Supremo Toon Disney 2002
    Nickelodeon Splat! Nickelodeon 2004
    August 27 Johnny Bravo Cartoon Network 1997
    September 1 It's a Miracle PAX TV 1998
    September 8 The Drew Carey Show ABC 1995 Ended
    September 10 Pyramid (returned in 2012) Syndication 1973 Cancelled
    The Berenstain Bears Treehouse TV 2003 Cancelled
    September 12 Oliver Beene Fox
    Animal Face-Off Animal Planet 2004
    September 24 Jeremiah Showtime 2002
    September 25 Samurai Jack (returned in 2017) Cartoon Network 2001
    September 27 Out of the Box Playhouse Disney 1998
    October 1 Knock First ABC Family
    October 6 Hawaii NBC 2004
    October 11 SpongeBob SquarePants (returned in 2005) Nickelodeon 1999
    October 22 Evil Con Carne Cartoon Network 2003
    October 25 The Benefactor ABC 2004
    October 29 Dr. Vegas CBS
    October 31 The New Detectives Discovery Channel 1996
    Dead Like Me Showtime 2003
    November 11 Unscrewed with Martin Sargent TechTV
    Insomniac with Dave Attell Comedy Central 2001
    November 14 He's a Lady TBS 2004
    November 16 Wanda Does It Comedy Central
    November 26 Stanley Playhouse Disney 2001
    November 28 Doc PAX TV
    December 8 Proof Positive Sci Fi Channel 2004
    December 10 Players G4 2002
    December 12 My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss Fox 2004
    You've Got a Friend
    December 15 Wonderfalls
    December 16 Shorties Watchin' Shorties Comedy Central

    Made-for-TV movies

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    Title Channel Date of airing
    Pixel Perfect Disney Channel January 16
    12 Days of Terror Discovery Channel May 1
    Zenon: Z3 Disney Channel June 11
    Stuck in the Suburbs July 16
    Tiger Cruise Disney Channel August 6
    House of Bloo's Cartoon Network August 13
    Halloweentown High Disney Channel October 8

    Entering syndication this year

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    Show Seasons In Production Source
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 4 Yes [14]
    Fear Factor 4 Yes
    Gilmore Girls 4 Yes
    Girlfriends 4 Yes [citation needed]
    Malcolm in the Middle 4 Yes [15]
    Yes, Dear 4 Yes [citation needed]

    Shows changing networks

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    Show Moved from Moved to
    Arthur PBS Kids PBS Kids Go!
    Cyberchase
    As Told by Ginger Nickelodeon Nicktoons
    Fillmore! ABC Kids Toon Disney
    Timothy Goes To School PBS Kids TLC
    The Surreal Life The WB VH1
    National Geographic Explorer MSNBC National Geographic Channel
    Project Greenlight HBO Bravo
    America's Most Talented Kid NBC PAX TV

    Networks and services

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    Launches

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    Network Type Launch date Notes Source
    ESPN Deportes Cable television January 7
    TV One Cable television January 19
    Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Cable television January 20
    MTVU Cable television January 20
    Si TV Cable television February 25
    Cinema One Cable television May
    World Channel Cable television May 4
    The Pentagon Channel Cable television May 14
    Wealth TV Cable television June 1
    IndiePlex Cable television June 8
    History Channel en Espanol Cable television June 24
    ImaginAsian Cable television August 30
    TCM Cable television September 1
    Altitude Sports and Entertainment Cable and satellite September 4
    Hustler TV Cable television October 1
    Maverick Television Cable television October 1
    Gospel Music Channel Cable television October 30
    NBC Weather Plus Cable television November 15

    Conversions and rebrandings

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    Old network name New network name Type Conversion date Notes Source
    Discovery Home & Leisure Channel Discovery Home Channel Cable television March 29
    TechTV G4TechTV Cable television May 28

    Closures

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    Network Type Closure date Notes Source
    CNNfn Cable television December 15

    Television stations

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    Station launches

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    Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref.
    March 1 Idaho Falls, Idaho KPIF 15 America One
    The WB
    May 5 Rehoboth Beach/Dover, Delaware
    (Salisbury, Maryland)     		W59DZ 59 UATV
    July 31 Knoxville, Tennessee WMAK 7 Independent
    August 5 Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands WZVI 43 ABC
    August 15 Charlottesville, Virginia WCAV 19 CBS
    West Palm Beach, Florida WBWP-LP 57 Independent
    August 25 Juneau, Alaska K17HC 17 UPN
    November Cheyenne, Wyoming KWYP-TV 6
    (now on 8)     		PBS Part of Wyoming PBS
    November 1 Youngstown, Ohio WFMJ-DT2 21.2 The WB
    November 15 Peoria/Bloomington, Illinois WEEK-DT2 25.2 NBC Weather Plus
    San Juan, Puerto Rico W25DN 25 Independent
    December 3 Durango, Colorado KRMU 20 PBS Part of Rocky Mountain PBS
    December 17 Dededo/Hagåtña, Guam (Agana) KEQI-LP 22 Independent
    Unknown date Albuquerque, New Mexico KNMD-TV 9 PBS
    Borger/Amarillo, Texas KEYU 31 Univision
    Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands WVGN-LP 19 NBC
    Columbia, Missouri KZOU-LP 22 UPN
    Flint, Michigan WBSF 46 The WB
    Kailua/Honolulu, Hawaii KKAI-TV 50 Faith TV
    Lafayette, Indiana W65EH 65 Independent
    Nacogdoches, Texas KLSB-LP 53 NBC Translator of KETK-TV/Jacksonville, Texas
    Victoria, Texas K17FS 17 NBC

    Network affiliation changes

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    Date City of License/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref.
    Unknown date Bellingham, Washington
    (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)     		KBCB 34 Jewelry Television ImaginAsian
    Sun Valley/Twin Falls, Idaho KIDA 5 UPN Independent

    Births

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    Date Name Notability
    January 4 Peyton Kennedy Canadian actress (Odd Squad, Everything Sucks!)
    January 7 Sofia Wylie Actress (Andi Mack, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
    January 8 Berkley Silverman Canadian voice actress (PAW Patrol)
    January 9 Tyree Brown Actor (Parenthood)
    January 24 Brandon Rossel Actor (Fast Layne, Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion)
    January 26 Addison Riecke Actress (The Thundermans)
    February 19 Millie Bobby Brown English actress (Stranger Things) and model
    March 4 Donielle T. Hansley Jr. Voice actor (Darwin on The Amazing World of Gumball (2017–18))
    March 1 Izabella Alvarez Actress (Walk the Prank, The Loud House, The Casagrandes)
    March 10 Mace Coronel Actor (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
    March 21 Forrest Wheeler Actor (Fresh Off the Boat)
    April 5 Christopher Martinez Actor (Warped!)
    April 6 Casey Simpson
    April 17 Kyla Drew Simmons
    April 19 Caleel Harris Voice actor (Blaze and the Monster Machines, The Loud House)
    May 22 Peyton Elizabeth Lee Actress (Andi Mack)
    June 4 Mackenzie Ziegler Actress (Dance Moms)
    June 7 Saara Chaudry Canadian actress (Max & Shred)
    June 8 Francesca Capaldi Actress (Dog with a Blog)
    June 15 Sissy Sheridan Actress
    June 16 Charlie Bushnell Actor (Diary of a Future President)
    June 22 Laya DeLeon Hayes Actress
    July 4 Dylan Kingwell Actor
    July 28 Lauren Lindsey Donzis Actress (Liv and Maddie)
    August 5 Albert Tsai Actor (Trophy Wife, Dr. Ken, Coop and Cami Ask the World)
    August 14 Marsai Martin Actress (Black-ish)
    August 19 Siena Agudong Actress (Star Falls)
    August 26 Hannah Nordberg Actress (Fancy Nancy)
    September 1 Iam Tongi Singer (American Idol)[16]
    September 10 Emmy Perry Actress
    October 3 Noah Schnapp Actor (Stranger Things)
    October 9 Tomaso Sanelli Actor (Star Falls)
    October 30 Elisha Henig Actor
    November 1 Jayden Bartels Actress (Side Hustle)
    November 11 Oakes Fegley Actor
    November 17 Andre Robinson Voice actor (Clyde McBride on The Loud House (Episode 101 onwards))
    November 27 Jet Jurgensmeyer Actor
    December 3 Ruby Jay Actress (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Fancy Nancy)
    December 4 Sophie Pollono Actress (Fast Layne)
    December 5 Jules LeBlanc Actress (Side Hustle)
    December 12 Sky Katz Actress (Raven's Home)
    December 14 Timothy Colombos Actor (WITS Academy)
    December 17 Dakota Lotus Actor (Coop and Cami Ask the World)
    December 18 Isabella Cramp Actress (Shimmer and Shine, Colony, Vampirina)
    December 22 Bryce Gheisar Actor (Walk the Prank, The Astronauts, Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
    December 28 Miles Brown Actor (Black-ish)
    December 30 Lyliana Wray Actress (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)

    Deaths

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    Date Name Age Notability
    January 17 Noble Willingham 72 Actor (C.D. Parker on Walker, Texas Ranger)
    January 19 Jerry Nachman 57 MSNBC editor-in-chief
    January 23 Bob Keeshan 76 Children's show host (Captain Kangaroo)
    January 27 Jack Paar 85 Host of (The Tonight Show)
    January 29 Mary-Ellis Bunim 57 Producer and co-creator of The Real World
    February 15 Jan Miner 86 Actress (Madge the Manicurist)
    February 23 Carl Anderson 58 Actor (Another World)
    February 24 John Randolph 88 Actor (Grand)
    March 7 Paul Winfield 64 Actor (King, 227)
    March 8 Robert Pastorelli 49 Actor (Murphy Brown)
    March 17 J. J. Jackson 64 MTV VJ
    March 26 Jan Sterling 82 Actress
    March 27 Art James 74 Game show host and announcer
    April 1 Carrie Snodgress 58 Actress
    April 13 Caron Keating 41 British TV presenter
    May 9 Alan King 76 Comedian and actor
    May 14 Anna Lee 91 Actor (Lila Morgan Quartermaine on General Hospital from 1978 to 2003)
    May 17 Tony Randall 84 Actor (Felix on The Odd Couple)
    May 21 Gene Wood 78 Announcer of (Family Feud and other game shows)
    May 22 Richard Biggs 44 Actor
    June 5 Ronald Reagan 93 Actor and U.S. president; host of General Electric Theater and Death Valley Days
    July 6 Eric Douglas 46 Actor
    July 9 Isabel Sanford 86 Actress (Louise "Weezie" Mills Jefferson on The Jeffersons)
    July 28 Eugene Roche 75 Actor (Soap, Webster, more)
    August 13 Julia Child 91 Host of The French Chef on PBS
    September 4 Michael Louden 40 Actor (As the World Turns)
    September 15 Johnny Ramone 55 Singer-songwriter (Ramones)
    October 5 Rodney Dangerfield 82 Actor and comedian (The Dean Martin Show, frequent Tonight Show guest)
    October 10 Christopher Reeve 52 Actor
    November 7 Howard Keel 85 Actor, singer (Clayton Farlow on Dallas)
    December 28 Jerry Orbach 69 Actor (Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order)

    See also

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    • 2004 in the United States
    • List of American films of 2004

    References

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    10. ^ Archibold, David Stoutand Randal C. (October 5, 2004). "From the Start, Forceful Arguments From Both Sides". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
    11. ^ "Bush, Kerry go toe-to-toe in quarrelsome debate". NBC News. October 8, 2004. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
    12. ^ Nagourney, Adam; Toner, Robin (October 14, 2004). "In Last Debate, Bush and Kerry Clash on Taxes and Health". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
    13. ^ Reynolds, Mike. "Multichannel News 12/16/2008: Dexter's Third Season Finale's A Killer – Series Delivers Best Original Series Viewership Since 2004". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
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    16. ^ "Iam Tongi | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
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