2005 in American television

List of years in American television:

* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008

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2004–05 United States network television schedule
2005–06 United States network television schedule
List of American television programs currently in production

In American television in 2005, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.

## Events

[edit]

### January

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Date  | Event

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1  | The American channel package PT East, originally created by the New York, New York, company PrimeTime 24, and used by satellite TV viewers where over-the-air TV is unavailable, changes its ABC affiliate from WKRN-TV (Nashville, Tennessee) to flagship station WABC-TV (New York City).
DirecTV removed Trio from its EPG lineup. The network loses two-thirds of its 20 million viewers, putting in doubt the future of the NBCUniversal-owned channel.
2  | Fox cancels the reality show Who's Your Daddy? after only one episode.
3  | Craig Ferguson replaces Craig Kilborn as the host of The Late Late Show on CBS, becoming the first foreign-born host to have his own late-night talk show.
5  | The 35th anniversary episode of the series All My Children is broadcast by ABC. The special episode, which used former characters Mark Dalton (Mark LaMura) and Nick Davis (Larry Keith), was also unique in that it was the last appearance of ailing actress Ruth Warrick. She died less than two weeks after the episode was broadcast.
7  | Tamala Edwards resigns as co-anchor of ABC's World News Now and heads to the network's O&O WPVI/Philadelphia.
8  | CBS airs the first episode of the reality series The Will. Ratings for the show are so low, it is canceled after only one episode, following Fox's Who's Your Daddy? which was cancelled six days ago.
Cartoon Network airs Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers: Ignition, the first of four computer-animated films of Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers, as part of the channel's Toonami block.
17  | After over 6 years, Big Tigger hosts Rap City: Tha Bassment for the last time on BET. He reveals that his mother has sold the basement and forced him out to live with his father. The following day, the show is retitled as Rap City with Mad Linx taking over as the new host.
Heather Cabot becomes the new co-anchor of ABC's World News Now.
22  | FoxBox, Fox's Saturday morning programming block owned by 4Kids Entertainment, is rebranded as 4Kids TV.
29  | Nickelodeon's successful Saturday night block, SNICK, is discontinued after 12 years. It would then be revamped as a Saturday night edition of TEENick for the 2004–05 television season and onward until the TEENick name was dropped in February 2009 and shifted into a 24-hour channel (rebranding The N) months later.

### February

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Date  | Event

|

2  | Paramount Television and UPN announce the cancellation of the series Star Trek: Enterprise. Soon afterward, fan efforts begin to save the show, climaxing in a campaign that raises more than $3 million (US) towards funding further production, an offer Paramount ultimately rejects.
6  | Super Bowl XXXIX is telecast by Fox. Following the game, Fox airs The Simpsons episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", followed by the pilot of American Dad!.
7  | MTV2's logo revamps the two-headed dog design.
9  | Jeopardy! held its Ultimate Tournament of Champions and concluded on May 25; Brad Rutter emerged as the champion of the tournament and won the grand prize of $2,000,000; with his career winnings of $3,270,102 (which include another $15,000 for winning a match), Rutter surpassed Ken Jennings's $3,022,700 as the new largest winner in the show's program, as well as the all-time biggest game show winner in the history of American and international television, a title which Rutter held on until October 10, 2008, where Jennings regained the status (Rutter would later top Jennings' record on May 16, 2014, after winning another Jeopardy! tournament, Battle of the Decades; Rutter would later lose the record to Jennings on January 14, 2020, after losing to another Jeopardy! tournament, The Greatest of All Time).
21  | Avatar: The Last Airbender airs its hour-long series premiere on Nickelodeon.

### March

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Date  | Event

|

9  | On the 24th anniversary of his debut, Dan Rather retires as main anchorman of the CBS Evening News and is succeeded by Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer on an interim basis.
18  | G4 broadcasts the final episode of the former TechTV series The Screen Savers; the series was replaced by a new show known as Attack of the Show! the following week.
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody premieres on Disney Channel.
26  | After a 16-year hiatus, Doctor Who returns to BBC television in the UK. Around this time efforts are under way to get the cult program a berth on an American network, however Sci-Fi Channel rejects it for the entire first two seasons on its revival run. The following Doctor Who episodes were returned to the air on BBC America in December 2009.

### April

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Date  | Event

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1  | ABC news anchorman Peter Jennings anchors what will turn out to be his final World News Tonight telecast. Four days later, Jennings informs viewers of World News Tonight, via a taped segment, that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer and beginning of chemotherapy. He dies four months later at the age of 67.
15  | PBS Kids Go! celebrates Tax Day with the first two-hour Cyberchase special "Know Your Dough".

### May

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Date  | Event

|

1  | Family Guy begins airing new episodes on Fox with "North by North Quahog". Initially cancelled by Fox in 2002, the unexpected popularity of the show's reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block and DVD releases, as well as letters addressed to Fox, forces the network to renew the show. Fox's revival of Family Guy coincides with the launch of the network's Animation Domination block, which also debuts on this night and pairs Family Guy with King of the Hill, The Simpsons, and the official series premiere of American Dad!.
2  | Hunter Tylo resumes her role as Dr. Taylor Forrester on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, after the character was "killed off" three years ago. The revelation that she was alive surprises many viewers as it had not been hinted by any other sources, print or online.
6  | SpongeBob SquarePants debuts its fourth season on Nickelodeon after a 7-month hiatus. Originally set to end in 2004, the success of the third season forces Nickelodeon to renew the series for a fourth season before the development of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
13  | The controversial final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise is broadcast in the United States on UPN, ending an 18-year, uninterrupted run of four consecutive or concurrent Star Trek series dating back to 1987.
23  | Tom Cruise appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which made several public pronouncements of his relationship with Katie Holmes, and most notably "the couch incident."
24  | CBS aired a special, Rob and Amber Get Married, featuring the marriage of Survivor and The Amazing Race contestants Amber Brkich and Rob Mariano, in The Bahamas. They were earlier engaged on May 9 last year on the live finale of Survivor: All-Stars, in which Brkich won the season.
25  | On Fox, Carrie Underwood wins season four of the popular singing competition, American Idol.

### June

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Date  | Event

|

30  | Viacom launches Logo TV, a TV channel intended for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults. The channel space of defunct sister network VH1 Mega Hits provides the bulk of the new channel's carriage.

### July

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Date  | Event

|

1  | The PAX network is renamed as i: Independent Television.
8  | The first episode of Camp Lazlo airs on Cartoon Network.
28  | After 5 years, AJ and Free retire as hosts of BET's 106 & Park and are succeeded by Big Tigger (co-host of BET Style) and Julissa (host of The Center) on an interim basis.

### August

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Date  | Event

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1  | Current TV, a 24-hour youth-oriented news channel owned by the former U.S. vice president Al Gore, is initiated. The channel replaces Newsworld International.
7  | ABC's acclaimed news anchor Peter Jennings dies of lung cancer. He is succeeded by Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas for World News Tonight in December.
Oregon-based model Sara Jean Underwood makes her national television debut on the premiere night of The Girls Next Door.
13  | In response to Linda Vester's year-long maternity leave, Fox News Channel announces that she will not be hosting DaySide again.
29  | Hurricane Katrina strikes the Greater New Orleans area, causing major disruption of the region's television broadcasts. Local television news programs relocate to other cities to cover the story, though most are interrupted by the storm; some continue to broadcast reports by the Internet.

### September

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Date  | Event

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2  | While presenting for the NBC telecast of A Concert for Hurricane Relief, music producer and rapper Kanye West ignores his script and addresses what he perceives as the racism of both the government and of the media, stating: George Bush doesn't care about black people, and calls for the media to stop labeling African-American families as "looters" while white families were depicted as "looking for food."
5  | In Champaign, Illinois, NBC affiliates WICS/WICD end their 46-year relationship with the network and swap affiliations with ABC affiliate WAND due to an affiliation deal between LIN Media, operators of WAND, and NBC.
10  | The Naruto franchise makes its North American television debut on Cartoon Network's Toonami block.
18  | The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are given at the Shrine Auditorium in a ceremony broadcast by CBS.
19  | Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy take over as new hosts of DaySide on Fox News Channel.
20  | Maggie Ausburn is the winner of the American version of Big Brother 6 on CBS, and wins the $500,000 prize. Runner-Up Ivette Corredero wins $50,000.
23  | Nicktoons is rebranded as Nicktoons Network (but will revert to the Nicktoons name in 2009).
26  | Sprout (now Universal Kids) is launched by a joint venture between PBS, Comcast, HIT Entertainment, and Sesame Workshop. The new network replaces PBS Kids, allowing for an initial reach of 16.5 million subscribers.

### October

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Date  | Event

|

1  | NBC's Saturday Night Live begins broadcasting in HDTV format.
3  | Rap City host Mad Linx temporarily leaves the show to host BET's The Road Show. For the next several months his place is taken by J-Nicks, until Mad Linx returns the following February.
5  | The Outdoor Life Network broadcast its first NHL game. The network eventually rebranded into Versus the following year and then to NBCSN in 2012.
9  | Little Einsteins premieres on Playhouse Disney.
20  | Neon Genesis Evangelion makes its U.S. television debut on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block.
22  | Tina Fey returns from maternity leave to resume her duties for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update skit.
The last episode of All That airs on Nickelodeon. First-run episodes of All That wouldn't be produced again for another nearly 15 years.
26  | Game 4 of the World Series airs on Fox. The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros, winning the title for the first time since 1917. This marked the end of the Curse of the Black Sox, a term given to the scandals that affected the team after the 1919 series.

### November

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Date  | Event

|

8  | Days of Our Lives celebrates its 40th anniversary on NBC.
13  | Professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero dies at the age of 38 after being found unconscious in his hotel room.
22  | Ted Koppel resigns as host of ABC's Nightline after 25 years. Six days later, Koppel is succeeded by a three-anchor team of Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden, and Terry Moran.

### December

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Date  | Event

|

1  | Oprah Winfrey appears on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman, making her first appearance on a David Letterman-hosted show in sixteen years.
2  | A Knots Landing retrospective, Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again, is broadcast (appropriately) by CBS.
ABC World News Now anchor Heather Cabot leaves the program due to her pregnancy.
5  | Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas unofficially begin anchoring duties for ABC News's World News Tonight, replacing Peter Jennings, who died of cancer almost four months ago.
6  | The 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS. 8.9 million people tune in.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
24  | TBN's kid-aimed, faith-based channel Smile of a Child is launched, but closed 20 years later.
26  | The first episode of My Gym Partner's a Monkey airs as a sneak peek before officially premiering on February 24, 2006.
ABC broadcasts its 555th and final telecast of Monday Night Football, a game between the New England Patriots and New York Jets.
31  | The original Viacom officially divides into two companies, with the CBS television network and pay-TV division Showtime Networks becoming part of CBS Corporation, and the MTV Networks group of channels (which includes MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central) and BET (Black Entertainment Television) becoming part of the new Viacom. Eventually, the greatest casualty of the division was that Paramount Television, which became part of CBS Corporation, would cease to exist after 38 years of television production, as it was rebranded as CBS Paramount Television in January 2006, using that name until it became CBS Television Studios three years later.

## Programs

[edit]

### Debuts

[edit]

Date | Show  | Network

|
|

January 3  | Who's Your Daddy? | Fox
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | CBS
Medium | NBC
January 4  | Committed
January 5  | The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott | UPN
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search | NBC
January 8  | The Will | CBS
January 9  | Strange Love | VH1
Zoey 101 | Nickelodeon
January 11  | Queer Eye for the Straight Girl | Bravo
January 13  | Tilt | ESPN
January 14  | Jonny Zero | Fox
January 17  | Supernanny | ABC
Auto-B-Good | Syndication
January 19  | Antiques Roadshow FYI | PBS
Point Pleasant | Fox
January 21  | American Dragon: Jake Long | Disney Channel
January 22  | D.I.C.E. | Cartoon Network
January 23  | Numbers | CBS
Pet Alien | Cartoon Network
Young Blades | PAX TV
January 24  | Digging for the Truth | History
February 2  | It Takes a Thief | Discovery Channel
February 5  | Power Rangers S.P.D. | ABC Family (Jetix)
February 6  | American Dad! | Fox
February 8  | Most Outrageous Moments | NBC
February 14  | Kudlow & Company | CNBC
Cuts | UPN
February 20  | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim
February 21  | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Nickelodeon
February 23  | Unique Whips | Speed
March 3  | Law & Order: Trial By Jury | NBC
The Contender
March 6  | Damage Control | MTV
Iron Chef America | Food Network
The Starlet | The WB
March 7  | Fat Actress | Showtime
March 8  | Blind Justice | ABC
Lie Detector | PAX TV
March 11  | Wonder Showzen | MTV2
March 13  | Jake in Progress | ABC
March 14  | Mad Money | CNBC
March 18  | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Disney Channel
March 24  | The Office | NBC
Life on a Stick | Fox
March 25  | Kojak | USA Network
Krypto the Superdog | Cartoon Network
March 27  | Grey's Anatomy | ABC
March 28  | Attack of the Show! | G4
March 30  | Eyes | ABC
April 3  | The Eyes of Nye | PBS
April 4  | Lost Worlds | History
Next | MTV
April 5  | Pinky Dinky Doo | Noggin
April 6  | Con | Comedy Central
Meet the Barkers | MTV
April 8  | Living with Fran | The WB
April 12  | Deadliest Catch | Discovery Channel
April 13  | Revelations | NBC
Stacked | Fox
April 24  | Strip Search | VH1
April 30  | Showdog Moms & Dads | Bravo
May 3  | The Search for the Funniest Mom in America | Nick at Nite
May 9  | Xtreme Fakeovers | PAX TV
May 14  | Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | VH1
May 17  | Britney and Kevin: Chaotic | UPN
May 24  | The Bad Girl's Guide
May 26  | Kept | VH1
May 30  | Hell's Kitchen | Fox
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Cartoon Network
June 1  | Dancing with the Stars | ABC
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time | NBC
Sports Kids Moms & Dads | Bravo
June 2  | Beauty and the Geek | The WB
June 6  | Fire Me...Please | CBS
June 7  | The Scholar | ABC
June 8  | The Inside | Fox
June 9  | The Cut | CBS
June 17  | The Buzz on Maggie | Disney Channel
June 19  | 12 oz. Mouse | Adult Swim
June 20  | Wildfire | ABC Family
June 21  | I Want To Be a Hilton | NBC
June 26  | The Andy Milonakis Show | MTV
June 29  | Stella | Comedy Central
June 30  | Being Bobby Brown | Bravo
July 6  | Mind of Mencia | Comedy Central
July 8  | Camp Lazlo | Cartoon Network
Stankervision | MTV2
July 9  | Catscratch | Nickelodeon
Time Warp Trio | Discovery Kids
July 10  | Hogan Knows Best | VH1
The Princes of Malibu | Fox
July 11  | Rock Star | CBS
July 15  | Ooh, Aah & You | Playhouse Disney
July 20  | Criss Angel Mindfreak | A&E
So You Think You Can Dance | Fox
July 27  | R U the Girl | UPN
July 28  | The Law Firm | NBC
August 2  | Hi-Jinks | Nick at Nite
August 3  | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Bravo
August 4  | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | FX
August 7  | American Princess | We TV
Carl² | Cartoon Network
The Girls Next Door | E!
Man, Moment, Machine | The History Channel
August 8  | Beautiful People | ABC Family
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer | CNN
Weeds | Showtime
August 14  | Barbershop | Showtime
Delilah and Julius | Cartoon Network
My Kind of Town | ABC
August 16  | Tommy Lee Goes to College | NBC
August 22  | Tickle-U | Cartoon Network
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!
Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
Peppa Pig
Firehouse Tales
Gerald McBoing-Boing
Little Robots
Gordon the Garden Gnome
August 27  | A.T.O.M. | Jetix
August 28  | Palmetto Pointe | PAX TV
August 29  | Prison Break | Fox
September 3  | Danger Rangers | Syndicated through PBS Kids
September 4  | The Zula Patrol
September 6  | Go, Diego, Go! | Nick Jr.
September 8  | Reunion | Fox
September 10  | Bratz | 4Kids TV
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
September 11  | Breaking Bonaduce | VH1
My Fair Brady
The War at Home | Fox
September 12  | Judge Alex | Syndication
Jack's Big Music Show | Noggin
Meerkat Manor | Animal Planet
The Tyra Banks Show | Syndication
The Martha Stewart Show
September 13  | Bones | Fox
Supernatural | The WB
Engineering an Empire | The History Channel
September 14  | Head Cases | Fox
September 16  | Twins | The WB
Threshold | CBS
September 17  | Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island | Kids' WB
Loonatics Unleashed
Johnny Test
The Showbiz Show with David Spade | Comedy Central
September 18  | Life with Derek | Disney Channel
September 19  | How I Met Your Mother | CBS
Out of Practice
Just Legal | The WB
Surface | NBC
Kitchen Confidential | Fox
September 20  | My Name Is Earl | NBC
September 21  | E-Ring
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
Invasion | ABC
September 22  | Everybody Hates Chris | UPN
Love, Inc.
Criminal Minds | CBS
September 23  | Ghost Whisperer
Inconceivable | NBC
Killer Instinct | Fox
Three Wishes | NBC
September 24  | Get Ed | Jetix
America's Heartland | Syndication
September 27  | Commander in Chief | ABC
Sex, Love & Secrets | UPN
September 29  | Night Stalker | ABC
October 1  | Flight 29 Down | Discovery Kids
October 2  | Sunday Pants | Cartoon Network
October 3  | The Road Show | BET
October 4  | Close to Home | CBS
October 5  | The Adam Carolla Project | TLC
Related | The WB
Freddie | ABC
October 7  | Hot Properties
October 9  | Little Einsteins | Playhouse Disney
Johnny and the Sprites
October 13  | Run's House | MTV
October 16  | Squidbillies | Adult Swim
October 17  | The Colbert Report | Comedy Central
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Miss Seventeen | MTV
October 28  | I Shouldn't Be Alive | Discovery Channel
Masters of Horror | Showtime
October 30  | But Can They Sing? | VH1
Homewrecker | MTV
Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil | Adult Swim
November 4  | South of Nowhere | Noggin (during "The N" block)
November 5  | IGPX | Toonami
November 6  | The Boondocks | Adult Swim
Minoriteam
November 7  | Charlie and Lola | Playhouse Disney
November 25  | The X's | Nickelodeon
December 4  | Sleeper Cell | Showtime
December 6  | Madden Nation | ESPN2
Party/Party | Bravo
December 15  | Celebrity Eye Candy | VH1
December 18  | Moral Orel | Adult Swim
December 19  | Deal or No Deal | NBC
December 26  | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | Cartoon Network
December 27  | Ben 10
December 30  | Mr. Meaty | Nickelodeon

### Returning this year

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Show | Channel | Last aired | Returning

|
|
|

A Current Affair | Syndication | 1996  | March 21
Family Guy | Fox | 2002  | May 1
The Dating Game | Syndication | 2000  | May 4
SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | 2004  | May 6
Dirty Jobs | Discovery Channel  | 2003  | June 26
Zoboomafoo | PBS Kids | 2001  | July 16
Rugrats | Nickelodeon | 2004  | September 24

### Ending this year

[edit]

Date  | Show  | Channel  | Debut  | Status

|
|
|
|

January 1  | Fraternity Life | MTV  | 2003  | Cancelled
January 2  | The Mountain | The WB  | 2004
Who's Your Daddy? | Fox Reality Channel  | 2005
January 9  | The Will | CBS
January 10  | Battle for Ozzfest | MTV  | 2004
January 11  | Celebrity Blackjack | GSN
January 15  | Megas XLR | Cartoon Network
January 19  | Center of the Universe | CBS
January 20  | Life as We Know It | ABC
Century City | CBS
January 22  | Dave the Barbarian | Disney Channel
January 24  | Second Time Around | UPN
January 26  | The Club | Spike TV
January 28  | I Love the '90s: Part Deux | VH1  | 2005
Grounded for Life | The WB  | 2001
February 11  | Kudlow & Cramer | MSNBC  | 2002
Oobi | Noggin  | 2000
February 19  | Kenny the Shark | Discovery Kids  | 2003
February 26  | ¡Mucha Lucha! | Kids' WB  | 2002
March 1  | NYPD Blue | ABC  | 1993  | Ended
March 11  | Bullseye | CNBC  | 2003  | Cancelled
Tru Calling | Fox
Wanna Come In? | MTV  | 2004
March 13  | Tilt | ESPN  | 2005
March 15  | Committed | NBC
March 18  | The Screen Savers | G4  | 1998
March 21  | The Osbournes | MTV  | 2002
March 25  | Medical Investigation | NBC  | 2004
The Powerpuff Girls (returned in 2016)  | Cartoon Network  | 1998
Star Wars: Clone Wars | 2003
March 27  | Carnivàle | HBO
March 30  | Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica | MTV
American Dreams | NBC  | 2002
The Ashlee Simpson Show | MTV  | 2004
April 8  | EGG, the Arts Show | PBS  | 2000
April 12  | Curious Buddies | Nick Jr.  | 2004
April 13  | Scientific American Frontiers | PBS  | 1990
April 15  | 8 Simple Rules | ABC  | 2002
April 16  | LAX | NBC  | 2004
April 18  | Fat Actress | Showtime  | 2005
April 20  | Baby Looney Tunes | Cartoon Network  | 2002
April 22  | Joan of Arcadia | CBS  | 2003
April 24  | Damage Control | MTV  | 2005
Strange Love | VH1
April 25  | Sealab 2021 | Adult Swim  | 2000
Listen Up | CBS  | 2004
April 29  | JAG | 1995
May 1  | Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge | The WB  | 2003
May 3  | Judging Amy | CBS  | 1999
May 6  | Third Watch | NBC
Zoom | PBS
May 8  | Queer Eye for the Straight Girl | Bravo  | 2005
May 11  | Con | Comedy Central
Jack & Bobby | The WB  | 2004
May 12  | Project Greenlight (returned in 2015)  | Bravo  | 2001
May 13  | Andromeda | Sci-Fi Channel  | 2000
Star Trek: Enterprise | UPN  | 2001
May 15  | Page to Screen | Bravo  | 2002
May 16  | Everybody Loves Raymond | CBS  | 1996  | Ended
May 18  | Kevin Hill | UPN  | 2004  | Cancelled
Showdog Moms & Dads | Bravo  | 2005
My Wife and Kids | ABC  | 2001
May 20  | Texas Justice | Syndication
May 22  | Kojak | USA  | 2005
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye | PAX TV  | 2002
May 25  | Street Smarts | Syndication  | 2000
The Jane Pauley Show | 2004
May 26  | Pet Alien | Cartoon Network  | 2005
May 27  | Father of the Pride | NBC  | 2004
Shop 'til You Drop | PAX TV  | 1991
U-Pick Live | Nickelodeon  | 2002
June 15  | CatDog | 1998
June 17  | Complete Savages | ABC  | 2004
June 18  | Skin | Fox  | 2003
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | VH1  | 2005
June 21  | Blind Justice | ABC
June 26  | The Eyes of Nye | KCTS-TV
June 28  | Average Joe | NBC  | 2003
July 8  | Jackie Chan Adventures | Kids' WB  | 2000
July 15  | America's Castles | A&E  | 1994
July 16  | Wild Card | Lifetime  | 2003
July 18  | Summerland | The WB  | 2004
July 20  | Sports Kids Moms & Dads | Bravo  | 2005
July 22  | Video Mods | MTV2  | 2004
August 4  | Kept | VH1  | 2005
August 7  | Queer as Folk | Showtime  | 2000
August 14  | Viva La Bam | MTV  | 2003
August 19  | The Proud Family | Disney Channel  | 2001
August 21  | Six Feet Under | HBO  | Ended
August 30  | Stella | Comedy Central  | 2005  | Cancelled
September 2  | 60 Minutes II | CBS  | 1999
September 3  | Midnight Love | BET  | 1985
September 7  | Antiques Roadshow FYI | PBS  | 2005
September 30  | Inconceivable | NBC  | 2005
October 1  | Intimate Portrait | Lifetime  | 1994
October 7  | Girls v. Boys | The N (Noggin)  | 2003
October 16  | Barbershop | Showtime  | 2005
October 18  | A Walk in Your Shoes | Noggin  | 1999
October 22  | All That (returned in 2019)  | Nickelodeon  | 1994
October 28  | A Current Affair | Syndication  | 1986
October 30  | Sunday Pants | Cartoon Network  | 2005
November 4  | NewsNight with Aaron Brown | CNN  | 2001
November 8  | Drew Carey's Green Screen Show | Comedy Central  | 2004
November 11  | Duck Dodgers | Boomerang  | 2003
November 14  | Power Rangers S.P.D. | Toon Disney  | 2005
November 25  | Dragon Tales | PBS Kids  | 1999
Jay Jay the Jet Plane | 1998
November 27  | Fatherhood | Nick at Nite  | 2004
December 2  | The Road Show | BET  | 2005
$40 a Day | Food Network  | 2002
December 3  | Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls | Discovery Kids  | 2003
December 4  | But Can They Sing? | VH1  | 2005
December 6  | Rubbadubbers | Noggin  | 2003
December 9  | Three Wishes | NBC  | 2005
December 10  | City Confidential (returned in 2021)  | A&E  | 1998
December 15  | Reunion | Fox  | 2005
December 18  | Homewrecker | MTV
December 19  | Miss Seventeen
December 20  | The Adam Carolla Project | TLC
December 21  | Being Bobby Brown | Bravo
December 25  | Stroker and Hoop | Adult Swim  | 2004
December 30  | Hot Properties | ABC  | 2005

### Entering syndication this year

[edit]

Show | Seasons | In Production | Source

|
|
|

24 | 4 | Yes | [citation needed]
Alias | 4 | Yes | [citation needed]
The Bernie Mac Show | 4 | Yes | [citation needed]
My Wife and Kids | 4 | Yes | [citation needed]
Sex and the City | 6 | No | [citation needed]
Smallville | 4 | Yes | [citation needed]
Star Trek: Enterprise | 4 | No | [citation needed]
South Park | 8 | Yes | [citation needed]

### Changes of network affiliation

[edit]

Show  | Moved from  | Moved to

|
|

Journal Editorial Report | PBS | Fox News Channel
Project Greenlight | HBO | Bravo
TNA iMPACT! | Fox Sports Net | Spike TV
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show | The WB | Comedy Central
Whose Line is it Anyway? | ABC | ABC Family
Wildboyz | MTV | MTV2
WWE Raw | Spike TV | USA Network
6teen | Cartoon Network | Nickelodeon
Kipper | Nick Jr. | PBS Kids Sprout
Bob the Builder
Teletubbies | PBS Kids
Boohbah
Zoboomafoo
Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
Sesame Street | Noggin
Baby Looney Tunes | Cartoon Network | Boomerang
American Casino | Discovery Channel | Travel Channel

### Television films

[edit]

Title  | Channel  | Date of airing

|
|

Lackawanna Blues | HBO  | February 12
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama | Disney Channel  | April 8
Warm Springs | HBO  | April 30
The Proud Family Movie | Disney Channel  | August 19
The Flight That Fought Back | Discovery Channel  | September 11
Mrs. Harris | HBO  | September 16
Twitches | Disney Channel  | October 14
The Batman vs. Dracula | Cartoon Network  | October 22

### Miniseries

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Title  | Channel  | Premiere date

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Thief | FX  | March 28
Elvis | CBS  | May 8
Empire Falls | HBO  | May 28
Into the West | TNT  | June 10
Elizabeth I | HBO  | September 29
Sleeper Cell | Showtime  | December 4
The Triangle | Sci Fi Channel  | December 5
The Lost Prince | PBS  | December 18

## Networks and services

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### Launches

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Network name  | Type  | Launch Date  | Notes  | Source

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Military History Channel | Cable television  | January 5  |  |
Starz Comedy | Paid television  | Unknown  |  |
ESPNU | Cable television  | March 4  |  |
Crime & Investigation | Cable television  | April 1  |  |
Fox Soccer Plus | Cable and satellite  | April 26  |  |
The Tube Music Network | OTA television  | June  |  |
Logo TV | Cable television  | June 30  |  |
Retro TV | OTA television  | July  |  |
Current TV | Cable television  | August 1  |  |
Funimation Channel | Cable television  | September 29  |  |
KBS America | Cable television  | October 6  |  |
mHz Worldview | Cable television  | October 19  |  |
Latele Novela Network | Cable television  | November 1  |  |
MTV Chi | Cable television  | December 6  |  |
NRB TV | Cable television  | December 21  |  |
Smile of a Child (closed 20 years later)  | OTA television  | December 24  |  |

### Conversions and rebrandings

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Old network name  | New network name  | Type  | Conversion Date  | Notes  | Source

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International Channel  | AZN Television | Cable television  | Unknown  |  |
Black Starz! | Starz in Black  | Paid television  | Unknown  |  |
Starz! Theater | Starz Edge  | Paid television  | March 25  |  |
Starz! Kids | Starz Kids & Family  | Paid television  | Unknown  |  |
Starz! Family | Starz Kids & Family  | Paid television  | Unknown  |  |
Action | Encore Action  | Paid television  | Unknown  |  |
Love Stories | Encore Love  | Paid television  | March 25  |  |
True Stories | Encore Drama  | Paid television  | March 25  |  |
WAM! America's Kidz Network | Encore Wam  | Paid television  | Unknown  |  |
Mystery | Encore Mystery  | Paid television  | Unknown  |  |
Westerns | Encore Westerns  | Paid television  | Unknown  |  |
Fox Sports World  | Fox Soccer Channel | Cable television  | March 28  |  |
Speed Channel  | Speed | Cable television  | Unknown  |  |
VH1 MegaHits | Logo | Cable television  | June 30  |  |
Pax TV  | i: Independent Television | OTA television  | July 1  |  |
PBS Kids Channel | PBS Kids Sprout (then Universal Kids until 2025 closure)  | Cable television  | September 26  |  |  |  |  |
Freeview | The 101 Network  | Cable television  | Unknown  |  |
Goodlife TV Network  | AmericanLife TV Network | Cable television  | Unknown  |  |

### Closures

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Network name  | Type  | Closure Date  | Notes  | Source

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G4TechTV | Cable television  | February 15  |  |
Newsworld International | Cable television  | July 31  |  |

## Television stations

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### Station launches

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Date  | City of License/Market | Station | Channel  | Affiliation  | Notes/Ref.

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January 1  | Columbia, South Carolina | WZRB | 47  | UPN |
March 24  | Walsenburg, Colorado | K28HN | 28  | America One |
June 1  | Alexandria, Louisiana | KBCA | 41  | The WB |
June 15  | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | WHPM-LP | 23  | Fox |
July  | Boise, Idaho | KKJB | 39  | America One |
July 1  | Great Falls, Montana | KTGF-LP | 50  | NBC  | Translator of KTVH/Helena
August  | Lake Havasu City, Arizona | KBBA-LP | 10  | Independent  |
October  | Holbrook, Arizona | KNJO-LP  | 6  | America One |
November 29  | Ames/Des Moines, Iowa | KEFB | 34  | TBN |
Unknown date  | Albany, Georgia | WALB-DT2 | 10.2  | NBC Weather Plus |
Charlotte, North Carolina | WCEE-LP | 16  | TBN |
Chicago, Illinois | W55DF | 55  | MTV Tr3s |
Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands | WEON-LP | 60  | Fox |
Marquette, Michigan | WLUC-DT2 | 6.2  | The Tube Music Network |
Pittsburg, Kansas
(Joplin, Missouri) | KPJO-LP | 49  | TBN |
Spokane, Washington | K09FZ | 11  | ABC  | Translator of KXLY-TV/Spokane

## Births

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Date | Name | Notability

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|

January 8  | Collin Dean | Voice actor (Over the Garden Wall, The Loud House)
January 20  | Carter Thorne  | Canadian voice actor (PAW Patrol, PJ Masks)
January 31  | Mallory James Mahoney  | Actress (Bunk'd)
February 14  | Jailen Bates  | Actor (WITS Academy)
February 15  | Nicolas Bechtel  | Actor (Stuck in the Middle)
February 23  | Arica Himmel | Actress (Mixed-ish)
March 14  | Aiden Lewandowski  | Actor
March 17  | Flynn Morrison  | Actor (Last Man Standing)
March 18  | Ryan Alessi  | Actor (All That)
March 26  | Ella Anderson | Actress (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger)
March 29  | Brooklyn Shuck | Actress (Evil)
April 7  | Nathan Janak  | Actor (All That, Drama Club)
April 13  | Brandon Severs  | Actor (Walk the Prank)
April 19  | Olivia Presti  | Canadian actress (Odd Squad)
May 4  | Navia Robinson  | Actress (Raven's Home)
May 5  | Gabrielle Nevaeh Green  | Actress (All That, That Girl Lay Lay)
May 12  | Ava Acres | Actress (Adventure Time, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
May 14  | Maxwell Acee Donovan  | Actor (Gabby Duran and the Unsittables)
May 19  | Jack Gore  | Actor (Billions, The Kids Are Alright)
June 2  | Jadah Marie  | Actress
June 14  | Tamara Smart  | Actress (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
June 25  | Kylie Cantrall  | Actress (Gabby Duran & the Unsittables) and singer
June 27  | Isaiah Crews  | Actor (Side Hustle)
July 12  | Issac Ryan Brown | Actor (Raven's Home, Puppy Dog Pals, The Owl House)
July 20  | Alison Fernandez | Actress
July 22  | Israel Johnson  | Actor (Bunk'd)
August 3  | Ramon Reed  | Actor (Just Roll with It)
September 6  | Shay Rudolph | Actress (The Baby-Sitters Club)
September 7  | Ruth Righi  | Actress (Sydney to the Max) and singer
Andrew Ortega  | Actor (WITS Academy)
September 10  | Sophia Forest  | Actress (I Am Frankie)
September 30  | Nathan Arenas  | Actor (Bunk'd)
October 7  | Lulu Wilson | Actress
October 16  | Ruby Rose Turner  | Actress (Coop & Cami Ask the World) and dancer
December 10  | Kyliegh Curran | Actress (Secrets of Sulphur Springs)
December 14  | Mia Sinclair Jenness  | Actress (Fancy Nancy)
December 24  | Jaxon Mercey  | Canadian voice actor (Ryder on PAW Patrol)
December 30  | Brady Noon | Actor (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers)

## Deaths

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Date | Name | Age | Notability

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|
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January 19  | Lamont Bentley | 31  | Actor (Moesha, The Parkers) and rapper
January 23  | Johnny Carson | 79  | Comedian, host of The Tonight Show
January 29  | Bill Shadel | 96  | News anchor (ABC News)
February 12  | Brian Kelly | 73  | Actor (Straightaway, Flipper)
March 25  | Paul Henning | 93  | Producer (The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres)
March 29  | Johnnie Cochran | 67  | Lawyer
April 5  | Debralee Scott | 52  | Actress, game show panelist (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Match Game)
April 26  | Mason Adams | 86  | Actor (Charlie Hume on Lou Grant)
May 17  | Frank Gorshin | 72  | Actor (The Riddler on Batman)
May 21  | Howard Morris | 85  | Actor, director (Your Show of Shows, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Andy Griffith Show, The Magilla Gorilla Show, The Archie Show, DuckTales, Garfield and Friends, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel)
May 22  | Thurl Ravenscroft | 91  | Actor (Tony the Tiger of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes commercials)
May 26  | Eddie Albert | 99  | Actor (Oliver Wendell Douglas on Green Acres, Frank MacBride on Switch)
June 24  | Paul Winchell | 82  | Ventriloquist, actor (Wacky Races, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Heathcliff, The Smurfs, Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)
June 25  | John Fiedler | 80  | Actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Buffalo Bill, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)
July 20  | James Doohan | 85  | Actor (Scotty on original Star Trek)
August 4  | Ileen Getz | 43  | Actress (3rd Rock from the Sun)
August 7  | Peter Jennings | 67  | ABC news anchor
August 8  | Barbara Bel Geddes | 82  | Actress ("Miss Ellie" on Dallas)
August 9  | Matthew McGrory | 32  | Actor
August 23  | Brock Peters | 78  | Actor
September 2  | Bob Denver | 70  | Actor (Gilligan on Gilligan's Island and Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis)
September 25  | Don Adams | 82  | Actor (Get Smart, Tennessee Tuxedo, Inspector Gadget, Gadget Boy & Heather, Pepper Ann)
October 2  | Nipsey Russell | 87  | Actor, comedian and game-show panelist
October 6  | Ray Bumatai | 52  | Actor (Tito Makani on Rocket Power)
October 7  | Charles Rocket | 56  | Actor (Saturday Night Live)
October 21  | Tara Correa-McMullen | 16  | Actress
November 13  | Eddie Guerrero | 38  | Professional wrestler and star of WWE SmackDown
November 24  | Pat Morita | 73  | Actor (Sanford and Son, Happy Days, Ohara)
November 29  | Wendie Jo Sperber | 47  | Actress (Babes, Bosom Buddies)
December 10  | Richard Pryor | 65  | Actor, comedian (The Richard Pryor Show)
December 16  | John Spencer | 58  | Actor (L.A. Law, The West Wing)
December 25  | Vernon Roberts  | 94  | Actor
December 26  | Vincent Schiavelli | 57  | Actor (Hey Arnold!)

## See also

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* 2005 in the United States
* List of American films of 2005

## References

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1. ^ Grossman, Ben (December 8, 2005). "UPN Shares Victoria's Secret". BroadcastingCable.com. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
2. ^ de Moraes, Lisa (December 8, 2005). "Viewers Are Scanty for 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show'". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
3. ^ Robertson, Campbell (November 11, 2005). "Boldface". The New York Times. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
4. ^ Critchell, Samantha (November 27, 2005). "Camp On The Catwalk – Victoria's Secret puts on a show – How to make a supermodel smile". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
5. ^ "The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2005)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
6. ^ Amodio, Joseph V. (December 5, 2005). "Prime-Time Catwalk Are supermodels a dying breed? Victoria's Secret may be the last launching pad for the next big name". Newsday. Retrieved March 7, 2009.

## External links

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