2007 in American television

Television-related events in the US during 2007

List of years in American television:

* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010

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2006–07 United States network television schedule
2007–08 United States network television schedule
List of American television programs currently in production

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

## Notable events

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### January

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Date  | Event

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2  | Major American networks cover the state funeral of Gerald Ford.[1]
8  | i: Independent Television debuts the national Qubo channel.
29  | i: Independent Television was relaunched as ION Television.

### February

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Date  | Event

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1  | NBC affiliate WNKY in Bowling Green, Kentucky signs-on WNKY-DT2 as a CBS affiliate, giving the Bowling Green market its first locally based CBS affiliate.[2]
13  | Singer Julie Roberts appeared in the game show Wheel of Fortune and along with contestant Peter Buccellato, raising $124,250 cash and prizes (including the standard $100,000 grand prize) to her charity for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.[3]
23  | After 8 years, Cartoon Network ends its Friday night block, Fridays. The block originally began as Cartoon Cartoon Fridays in June 1999, becoming Summer Fridays in May 2003 before being known simply as Fridays in late September of the same year.

### March

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Date  | Event

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

### April

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Date  | Event

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

### May

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Date  | Event

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

### June

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Date  | Event

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14  | Trace Gallagher resigns as anchorman of Fox Report Weekend on the Fox News Channel and is replaced by Laurie Dhue. Studio B Weekend, which was also anchored by Gallagher, has already been pulled from the schedule.
15  | 83 year-old Bob Barker hosts The Price Is Right for the 6,727th and last time, ending his 35-year tenure on the show and a 50-year run on television. (His last ever Pricing Game was his first: Any Number.) CBS airs Barker's final episode in both its regular daytime slot and in prime time (the latter airing as a lead-in to the 34th Daytime Emmy Awards, at which two of the network's soap operas, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless, share honors for Outstanding Drama Series).
24  | Professional wrestler Chris Benoit murders his wife Nancy and son Daniel before hanging himself to death. WWE cancels Raw the following night and is replaced with a tribute to Benoit.
25  | WWE replaces that day's scheduled Raw episode with a 3-hour tribute to Chris Benoit who murdered his wife and son and killed himself the night before.
25  | Four Points Media Group took over LMAs of mid-sized CBS and CW affiliates.
26  | In an on-air protest over trivial journalism (specifically MSNBC producers ranking Paris Hilton's release from jail ahead of developments in the Iraq War), newsreader Mika Brzezinski attempts to set fire to a news script, tears up a second, and shreds a third.
During installation of a new satellite receiver in Illinois, the Emergency Alert System is accidentally activated at 7:35 AM CDT. An Emergency Action Notification is issued for the United States, followed by dead air. This was played on almost every television and radio station in the Chicago area and throughout large portions of the state. The signal then switched to WGN radio. Garry Meier, then the announcer for WCKG, comes on the air, not knowing what has happened.

### July

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Date  | Event

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

### August

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Date  | Event

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

### September

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Date  | Event

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1  | In one of the first football games to air on the Big Ten Network, Appalachian State University upsets the University of Michigan, 34–32, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, the first time an NCAA Division I FCS school defeats an AP-ranked school from the Bowl subdivision.
7  | The soap opera Passions airs for the final time on NBC, only to resurface on September 17 as an exclusive presentation of DirecTV's 101 Network. The cancellation leaves Days of Our Lives as the last remaining soap opera on NBC.
8  | The original Live at Five aired its final news broadcast on WNBC after 25 years it was renamed.
10  | Noggin, which was initially co-founded by Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon, ends its relationship with Sesame Workshop. Play With Me Sesame, its last remaining co-produced original preschool series, already left the channel on September 2 as Nickelodeon lost the rights to air it.
Nick Jr. received yet another rebrand. The block's bumpers encouraged preschoolers to "Play With Us" and featured the Nick Jr. logo in the form of two stuffed animals animated in stop-motion.
The 1999 incarnation of Family Feud surpasses the original incarnation of the show, making it the longest running incarnation of the franchise itself.
15  | CBS' Saturday morning cartoon block, KOL Secret Slumber Party, is renamed KEWLopolis.
16  | The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony airs on Fox.
21  | Former CBS Evening News anchor, Dan Rather, files for bankruptcy.

### October

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Date  | Event

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

### November

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Date  | Event

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

### December

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Date  | Event

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3  | ESPN's Monday Night Football telecast of the unbeaten New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens draws 17.52 million viewers, breaking the basic cable viewership record set earlier in the year by sister network Disney Channel's High School Musical 2.
4  | The 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS. 7.4 million people tune in.[4][5][6][7]
23  | Ashlee Register wins the $1,720,000 jackpot, along with a banked total of $75,000, for a grand total of $1,795,000 on the ABC game show Duel. She becomes the second female contestant to win $1,000,000 or more on a game show and sets the record for the highest amount of money won on a game show by a woman.
29  | After weeks of political pressure (and, to a lesser extent, acknowledging the limited reach of the NFL Network), the National Football League allows that network's broadcast of the game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants to be simulcast nationally on league broadcast partners CBS and NBC. The Patriots would win the game to become the first team in NFL history to go undefeated in a 16-game regular season. (The teams would meet again later in Super Bowl XLII, where the Giants won the NFL title and prevented the Pats from going 19–0.)
31  | Nick GAS shuts down (although it stays on Dish Network until April 23, 2009, when it is replaced by the west coast feed of Cartoon Network) and is replaced by a 24-hour version of Noggin's teen-targeted block, The N.

## Programs

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### Debuts

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Date  | Show  | Network

|
|

January 1  | Engaged and Underage | MTV
High Maintenance 90210 | E!
January 2  | Dirt | FX
January 3  | In Case of Emergency | ABC
The Knights of Prosperity
January 7  | Grease: You're the One That I Want! | NBC
I'm from Rolling Stone | MTV
Just Jordan | Nickelodeon
January 8  | Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show | VH1
I Love New York
The Surreal Life: Fame Games
January 10  | Armed & Famous | CBS
January 12  | Cory in the House | Disney Channel
January 17  | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Comedy Central
Maui Fever | MTV
January 20  | Bam's Unholy Union
January 21  | The Dresden Files | Sci Fi
January 22  | E-Vet Interns | Animal Planet
The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet | Syndication
January 23  | Disney's Really Short Report | Disney Channel
January 24  | Dinner: Impossible | Food Network
January 30  | Wrestling Society X | MTV
February 1  | Juvies
The Sarah Silverman Program | Comedy Central
February 3  | The Naked Brothers Band | Nickelodeon
February 5  | Rules of Engagement | CBS
February 6  | New Family | NBC
February 11  | Saul of the Mole Men | Adult Swim
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
February 12  | America's Newsroom | Fox News Channel
February 20  | 100 Winners | GSN
February 21  | Design Squad | PBS Kids Go!
February 23  | quiznation | GSN
February 26  | Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | Travel Channel
The Black Donnellys | NBC
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive | Jetix (Toon Disney)
February 27  | Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? | Fox
March 2  | The Wedding Bells
Cities of the Underworld | History
March 3  | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Nickelodeon
March 4  | Dice: Undisputed | VH1
The Winner | Fox
March 5  | The Land Before Time | Cartoon Network
March 6  | Pussycat Dolls Present | The CW
March 7  | IFL Battleground | MyNetworkTV
March 12  | The Riches | FX
March 13  | Bullrun | Spike
American Heiress | MyNetworkTV
March 14  | Saints & Sinners
Halfway Home | Comedy Central
March 15  | October Road | ABC
Raines | NBC
Andy Barker, P.I.
March 22  | This American Life | Showtime
March 23  | Acceptable.TV | VH1
March 27  | The Great American Dream Vote | ABC
March 29  | 1,000 Places to See Before You Die | Travel Channel
April 1  | Sons of Hollywood | A&E
The Tudors | Showtime
April 3  | Hilary Duff: This Is Now | MTV
April 5  | Adventures in Hollyhood
April 6  | Friday Night Premiere Thunder | Cartoon Network
April 7  | Human Giant | MTV
Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz
April 9  | Culture Shock | Travel Channel
Thank God You're Here | NBC
April 10  | Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno 3 | MTV
Scarred
April 12  | Notes from the Underbelly | ABC
April 13  | Painkiller Jane | Sci Fi
Drive | Fox
April 15  | Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School | VH1
April 16  | Kate Plus 8 | TLC
April 21  | The States | History
April 23  | The Real Wedding Crashers | NBC
April 25  | The Nutshack | Myx TV
May 7  | Roary the Racing Car | PBS Kids Sprout
May 10  | Traveler | ABC
May 12  | My Friends Tigger & Pooh | Playhouse Disney
May 13  | The Drinky Crow Show | Adult Swim
Fat Guy Stuck in Internet
Superjail!
May 18  | National Bingo Night | ABC
May 21  | Sprout Sharing Show | PBS Kids Sprout
May 22  | On the Lot | Fox
May 25  | Storm Hawks | Cartoon Network
May 28  | The Ex-Wives Club | ABC
May 30  | Hidden Palms | The CW
The Next Best Thing | ABC
May 31  | Pirate Master | CBS
June 1  | Demons
June 3  | Army Wives | Lifetime
June 4  | Creature Comforts | CBS
The 5ive | BET
June 6  | The X Effect | MTV
Passport to Latin America | Travel Channel
Tyler Perry's House of Payne | TBS
June 7  | Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race | ABC
June 8  | Bet the House | Nick at Nite
June 9  | Bindi the Jungle Girl | Discovery Kids
June 10  | John from Cincinnati | HBO
June 13  | Spike Guys' Choice Awards | Spike
Lil' Bush | Comedy Central
June 17  | Flight of the Conchords | HBO
Ice Road Truckers | History
Man Caves | DIY Network
Meadowlands | Showtime
June 18  | Age of Love | NBC
Heartland | TNT
June 22  | George of the Jungle | Cartoon Network
June 24  | Friday: The Animated Series | MTV2
June 25  | Wayside | Nickelodeon
June 26  | Shaq's Big Challenge | ABC
June 28  | Burn Notice | USA Network
June 29  | Iggy Arbuckle | Cartoon Network
The Best Years | TeenNick
July 2  | Camouflage | GSN
July 8  | American Body Shop | Comedy Central
July 9  | Greek | ABC Family
Take the Cake | BET
July 10  | Baldwin Hills
The Singing Bee | NBC
July 11  | Code Monkeys | G4
July 12  | General Hospital: Night Shift | Soapnet
July 15  | Rock of Love with Bret Michaels | VH1
July 16  | Victoria Beckham: Coming to America | NBC
July 17  | The Bill Engvall Show | TBS
July 17  | Just for Laughs Gags | ABC
July 19  | Mad Men | AMC
July 20  | Set for Life | ABC
July 22  | The Kill Point | Spike TV
July 23  | Saving Grace | TNT
July 24  | Damages | FX
July 25  | Diagnosis X | TLC
July 26  | I Hate My 30's | VH1
Welcome to the Parker | Bravo
August 4  | Grand Slam | GSN
Masters of Science Fiction | ABC
August 5  | The Company | TNT
August 6  | Fat March | ABC
August 7  | LA Ink | TLC
I-Caught | ABC
Power of 10 | CBS
August 8  | The Real World: Sydney | MTV
August 10  | Flash Gordon | Sci Fi
August 13  | Californication | Showtime
Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County | MTV
Slacker Cats | ABC Family
August 17  | Phineas and Ferb | Disney Channel
August 20  | Star Jones | TruTV
Yo Gabba Gabba! | Nick Jr.
August 22  | Anchorwoman | Fox
August 26  | As the Bell Rings | Disney Channel
August 27  | Life of Ryan | MTV
August 30  | Celebrity Rap Superstar
August 31  | Fried Dynamite | Cartoon Network
Tak and the Power of Juju | Nickelodeon
September 3  | Super Why! | PBS Kids
WordWorld
WordGirl | PBS Kids Go!
September 6  | Tim Gunn's Guide to Style | Bravo
September 8  | iCarly | Nickelodeon
Torchwood | BBC America
September 9  | Tell Me You Love Me | HBO
September 10  | Judge David Young | Syndication
Merv Griffin's Crosswords
The Steve Wilkos Show
Temptation
TMZ
September 12  | Decision House | MyNetworkTV
Most Daring | TruTV
September 14  | Nashville | Fox
Out of Jimmy's Head | Cartoon Network
September 15  | Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot | KEWLopolis
Sabrina's Secret Life
September 17  | K-Ville | Fox
September 19  | Back to You
Kitchen Nightmares
Gossip Girl | The CW
Kid Nation | CBS
Manswers | Spike
September 22  | Eon Kid | Kids' WB
Skunk Fu!
September 23  | CW Now | The CW
Online Nation
September 24  | Chuck | NBC
Journeyman
The Big Bang Theory | CBS
September 25  | Cane
Reaper | The CW
September 26  | Bionic Woman | NBC
Life
Dirty Sexy Money | ABC
Private Practice
September 27  | Big Shots
September 28  | Moonlight | CBS
September 29  | Back at the Barnyard | Nickelodeon
October 1  | Aliens in America | The CW
Celebrity Exposé | MyNetworkTV
Control Room Presents
Happy Monster Band | Playhouse Disney
God Rocks: BibleToons | Trinity Broadcasting Network
Dr. Steve-O | USA Network
October 2  | Sunday Best | BET
Carpoolers | ABC
Cavemen
October 3  | Pushing Daisies
October 4  | Last One Standing | Discovery Channel
October 5  | About a Girl | TeenNick
October 6  | Cash Explosion | Syndication
October 7  | America's Most Smartest Model | VH1
Edgar & Ellen | Nicktoons
Life Is Wild | The CW
October 9  | A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila | MTV
October 12  | Say Yes to the Dress | TLC
Wizards of Waverly Place | Disney Channel
Women's Murder Club | ABC
October 13  | The Future Is Wild | Discovery Family
The Search for the Next Elvira | Fox Reality Channel
October 14  | Keeping Up with the Kardashians | E!
October 15  | Fox Business Morning | Fox Business Network
Money for Breakfast
The Salt-N-Pepa Show | VH1
Samantha Who? | ABC
October 17  | Storm Chasers | Discovery Channel
October 18  | Viva Laughlin | CBS
October 19  | The Next Great American Band | Fox
October 22  | Kaya | MTV
October 24  | Phenomenon | NBC
October 31  | MonsterQuest | History
November 2  | Chowder | Cartoon Network
Orangutan Island | Animal Planet
November 3  | DinoSquad | KEWLopolis
Sushi Pack
November 4  | Xavier: Renegade Angel | Adult Swim
November 5  | America's Pulse with E.D. Hill | Fox News Channel
Happening Now
November 10  | Bunnytown | Playhouse Disney
December 12  | Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants | The CW
December 17  | Duel | ABC
Clash of the Choirs | NBC
December 26  | Transformers: Animated | Cartoon Network

### Returning this year

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Show | Previous network | Last aired | New network | Returning

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|
|
|

King of the Hill | Fox | 2006  | Same  | January 28
Ed, Edd n Eddy | Cartoon Network | April 16
Unfabulous | Nickelodeon | August 10
Cash Explosion | Syndicated Throughout Ohio | October 6

### Ending this year

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Date  | Show  | Channel  | Debut  | Status

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|
|

January 5  | The Megan Mullally Show | Syndication  | 2006  | Cancelled
January 8  | Engineering an Empire | History  | 2005
January 23  | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | PBS Kids  | 2003
January 24  | Armed & Famous | CBS  | 2007
January 25  | The Center | BET  | 2003
January 30  | Big Day | ABC  | 2006
February 2  | Campus Ladies | Oxygen  | 2006
February 2  | Masters of Horror | Showtime  | 2005
February 9  | MXC | TNN/Spike  | 2003
February 10  | Catscratch | Nickelodeon  | 2005
February 12  | High Maintenance 90210 | E!  | 2007
February 14  | JoJo's Circus | Playhouse Disney  | 2003
February 18  | Reba | The CW  | 2001
February 22  | The O.C. | Fox  | 2003  | Ended
February 23  | Nanny 911 (returned in 2009)  | 2004  | Cancelled
February 26  | Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show | VH1  | 2007
February 28  | The Greg Behrendt Show | Syndication  | 2006
Justice | Fox
March 1  | Cartoon Alley | Turner Classic Movies  | 2004
March 4  | What's with Andy? | Fox Kids  | 2001
March 5  | The Class | CBS  | 2006
March 6  | Watch Over Me | MyNetworkTV
Wicked Wicked Games
March 7  | Maui Fever | MTV  | 2007
March 14  | Wrestling Society X
March 18  | I'm From Rolling Stone
The Winner | Fox
March 22  | Juvies | MTV
March 25  | Grease: You're the One that I Want! | NBC
The Surreal Life: Fame Games | VH1
The George Michael Sports Machine | NBC  | 1980
Rome | HBO  | 2005
March 26  | What About Brian | ABC  | 2006
March 27  | Two-A-Days | MTV
Austin Stevens: Snakemaster (returned in 2009)  | Discovery  | 2004
March 28  | The Great American Dream Vote | ABC  | 2007
March 29  | Blue's Room | Nick Jr.  | 2004
March 30  | Celebrity Deathmatch | MTV2  | 1998
Crank Yankers (returned in 2019)  | 2002
Falcon Beach | ABC Family  | 2006
Six Degrees | ABC
April 1  | Connie the Cow | Noggin
Miffy and Friends | 2003
Perfect Hair Forever | Adult Swim  | 2004
Dice: Undisputed | VH1  | 2007
April 2  | The Black Donnellys | NBC
April 3  | Bam's Unholy Union | MTV
April 6  | The Wedding Bells | Fox
Cinematech | G4  | 2002
April 9  | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Cartoon Network  | 2005
Hilary Duff: This Is Now | MTV  | 2007
April 11  | In Case of Emergency | ABC
April 13  | It Takes a Thief | Discovery Channel  | 2005
April 14  | Andy Barker, P.I. | NBC  | 2007
April 15  | The Dresden Files | Sci Fi Channel
April 20  | My GamesFever | Fox-owned MyNetworkTV stations  | 2006
April 22  | The War at Home | Fox  | 2005
April 23  | Drive | 2007
Adventures in Hollyhood | MTV/MTV2
April 27  | Raines | NBC  | 2006
Identity | 2006
April 29  | Sons of Hollywood | A&E  | 2007
May 1  | The Andy Milonakis Show | MTV2  | 2005
May 3  | Trading Spouses | Fox  | 2004
May 4  | Cold Pizza | ESPN2  | 2003
May 5  | Loonatics Unleashed | The CW  | 2005
May 8  | George Lopez | ABC  | 2002
May 9  | Road Rules | MTV  | 1995
May 11  | Acceptable.TV | VH1  | 2007
Close to Home | CBS  | 2005
May 13  | 7th Heaven | The CW  | 1996
May 14  | All of Us | 2003
The King of Queens | CBS  | 1998  | Ended
Thank God You're Here | NBC  | 2007  | Cancelled
May 15  | Gilmore Girls | The CW  | 2000  | Ended
May 16  | 12 oz. Mouse (returned in 2020)  | Adult Swim  | 2005  | Cancelled
Crossing Jordan | NBC  | 2001
Halfway Home | Comedy Central  | 2007
May 22  | Veronica Mars (returned in 2019)  | The CW  | 2004
May 24  | Pimp My Ride | MTV
May 25  | Hotwyred | BET  | 2006
Shorty McShorts' Shorts | Disney Channel
May 28  | The Real Wedding Crashers | NBC  | 2007
May 29  | Punk'd (returned in 2012)  | MTV  | 2003
June 8  | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Nickelodeon  | 2004
June 9  | Chain Reaction (returned in 2015)  | GSN  | 1980
June 10  | The Sopranos | HBO  | 1999  | Ended
June 13  | 100 Winners | GSN  | 2007  | Cancelled
June 16  | Make Way for Noddy | PBS Kids  | 2002
June 18  | Creature Comforts | CBS  | 2007
June 21  | The Showbiz Show with David Spade | Comedy Central  | 2005
June 22  | Stargate SG-1 | Sci Fi  | 1997
National Bingo Night | ABC  | 2007
June 25  | The Ex-Wives Club
June 28  | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | NBC  | 2006
June 29  | Lingo (returned in 2011)  | GSN  | 1987
Free Stuff | G4  | 2007
July 1  | The Loop | Fox  | 2006
July 3  | The Most Extreme | Animal Planet  | 2002
July 4  | Hidden Palms | The CW  | 2007
July 5  | Short Circuitz | MTV
July 8  | Friday: The Animated Series | MTV2
July 15  | Saul of the Mole Men | Adult Swim
July 16  | Extreme Makeover | ABC  | 2002
July 17  | Pirate Master | CBS  | 2007
July 18  | American Heiress | MyNetworkTV  | 2007
Saints & Sinners | 2007
Traveler | ABC  | 2007
July 20  | Standoff | Fox  | 2006
July 22  | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (returned in 2018)  | Adult Swim  | 2000
July 25  | The Next Best Thing | ABC  | 2007
July 26  | Hey Paula | Bravo
July 27  | Camouflage | GSN
July 31  | Shaq's Big Challenge | ABC
Blowin' Up | MTV  | 2006
August 5  | The Simple Life | Fox  | 2003
August 6  | Age of Love | NBC  | 2007
August 7  | Meadowlands | Showtime
Morning Call | CNBC  | 2002
August 11  | Kidnapped | NBC  | 2006
August 12  | John from Cincinnati | HBO  | 2007
August 19  | The Company | TNT
August 21  | On the Lot | Fox
August 22  | Anchorwoman
August 23  | The Knights of Prosperity | ABC
August 24  | Friday Night Premiere Thunder | Cartoon Network  | 2007
Danny Phantom | Nickelodeon  | 2004
August 25  | Flight 29 Down | Discovery Kids  | 2005
Masters of Science Fiction | ABC  | 2007
August 26  | The Kill Point | Spike TV
August 30  | Welcome to the Parker | Bravo
August 31  | Heartland | TNT
September 1  | American Dragon: Jake Long | Disney Channel  | 2005
September 2  | Play with Me Sesame | Noggin  | 2002
September 4  | The Crocodile Hunter | Animal Planet  | 1996
September 7  | Kim Possible | Disney Channel  | 2002
September 8  | Dance Revolution | CBS  | 2006
Grand Slam | GSN  | 2007
September 13  | I Hate My 30's | VH1
September 16  | The Dead Zone | USA Network  | 2002
The 4400 | 2004
Drake & Josh | Nickelodeon  | Ended
September 17  | American Body Shop | Comedy Central  | 2007  | Cancelled
Slacker Cats | ABC Family
September 18  | Scarred | MTV
September 20  | Dallas SWAT | A&E  | 2006
September 21  | Nashville | Fox  | 2007
Painkiller Jane | Sci-Fi Channel
September 23  | The 1/2 Hour News Hour | Fox News Channel  | 2007
September 27  | American Hot Rod | TLC/Discovery Channel  | 2004
Squirrel Boy | Cartoon Network  | 2006
September 29  | Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich | Syndication
September 30  | Braves TBS Baseball | TBS  | 1975
October 7  | American Princess | We TV  | 2005
October 9  | I Wanna Be a Soap Star | SOAPnet  | 2004
October 10  | Maya & Miguel | PBS Kids GO!
October 14  | Fox Online | Fox News Channel  | 2006
Online Nation | The CW  | 2007
Mystery! | PBS  | 1980
October 18  | Celebrity Rap Superstar | MTV  | 2007
October 20  | Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes | Nicktoons  | 2006
October 21  | Hogan Knows Best | VH1  | 2005
Viva Laughlin | CBS  | 2007
October 29  | BBQ with Bobby Flay | Food Network  | 2004
October 30  | Queer Eye | Bravo  | 2003
October 31  | Quiznation | GSN  | 2007
PlayMania | 2006
November 1  | Celebrity Paranormal Project | VH1  | 2006
November 2  | Take the Cake | BET  | 2007
November 9  | A Haunting (returned in 2012)  | Discovery Channel  | 2002
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Cartoon Network  | 2003
November 10  | Code Lyoko
That's So Raven | Disney Channel  | Ended
November 11  | Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil | Adult Swim  | 2005  | Cancelled
Tell Me You Love Me | HBO  | 2007
November 12  | Dr. Steve-O | USA Network
November 13  | Cavemen | ABC
November 14  | Drawn Together | Comedy Central  | 2004
November 17  | The Doodlebops | Playhouse Disney  | 2005
November 21  | Phenomenon | NBC  | 2007
November 28  | Bionic Woman
Gerald McBoing-Boing | Cartoon Network  | 2005
November 30  | The 5ive | BET  | 2007
December 12  | Kid Nation | CBS
December 14  | Notorious | The Biography Channel  | 2004
December 15  | Kaya | MTV  | 2007
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (returned in 2013)  | ABC Family  | 1998
December 16  | Unfabulous | Nickelodeon  | 2004
America's Most Smartest Model | VH1  | 2007
December 17  | K-Ville | Fox
December 18  | Cane | CBS
December 19  | Journeyman | NBC
December 20  | Clash of the Choirs | 2007
December 21  | The Next Great American Band | Fox
December 23  | A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila | MTV
December 27  | Yo Momma | 2006
December 30  | Shorts in a Bunch | Nicktoons  | 2007

### Shows changing networks

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Show  | Moved from  | Moved to

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

### Made-for-TV movies and television specials

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Date of airing | Title | Channel

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

### Entering syndication this year

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Show | Seasons | In Production | Source

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

## Networks and services

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### Network launches

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Network  | Type  | Launch date  | Notes  | Source

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CaribeVision | Cable television  | Unknown  |  |
qubo | Cable television  | January 8  |  |
Ion Life | Cable television  | February 19  |  |
myxTV | Cable and satellite  | February 28  |  |
Chiller | Cable television  | March 1  |  |
LATV | Cable television  | April 23  |  |
German Kino Plus | Cable television  | May 4  |  |
TuVision | Cable television  | July 1  |  |
KET ED: The Education Channel | Over-the-air multicast and local cable (Kentucky)  | August  | Created as a merger of KET3 and KET4, KET ED provides instructional television programming tailor-made for schools and libraries, operating with the same duties as the service's predecessors KET Star Channels 703 and 704.  |
Discovery Familia | Cable television  | August 9  |  |
Big Ten Network | Cable television  | August 30  |  |
Minnesota Channel | Cable television  | September 16  |  |
Smithsonian Channel | Cable television  | September 26  |  |
NHL Network | Cable television  | October 1  |  |
Fox Business | Cable television  | October 15  |  |
Penthouse TV | Cable television  | December  |  |
Retro Jams | Cable television  | December  |  |

### Conversions and rebrandings

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

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i: Independent Television  | ION Television | Cable television  | January 29  |  |

### Closures

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Network  | Type  | Closure date  | Notes  | Source

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MTV Chi | Cable television  | April 30  |  |
The Tube Music Network | Cable television  | October 1  |  |
Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids | Cable television  | December 31  |  |

## Television stations

[edit]

### Station launches

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

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January  | Alexandria, Louisiana | KALB-DT2 | 5.2  | CBS |
Alexandria/Nashville, Tennessee | WKRP-LP | 6  | White Springs Television  |
January 12  | Crockett, Texas | KTWC-LD | 12  | TBN |
February 1  | Bowling Green, Kentucky | WNKY-DT2 | 40.2  | CBS | [8]
March  | Casper, Wyoming | KPTW | 6  | PBS | Part of the Wyoming PBS network
March 5  | Harrisonburg, Virginia | WHSV-DT3 | 3.3  | ABC |
March 16  | Lubbock, Texas | KMYL-LP | 14  | MyNetworkTV |
March 24  | Columbus, Ohio | WCSN-LD |  | Independent |
June 5  | Hammond/New Orleans, Louisiana | WHMM-DT | 42  | Telemundo |
June 13  | Redding, California | K58IF | 58  | Azteca America |
July 31  | Knoxville, Tennessee | W45DF-D | 45  | HSN |
August 21  | Los Angeles, California | KBBC-TV | 20  | Spanish independent  |
September 11  | Saranac Lake/Plattsburgh, New York | WCWF | 40  | Ion Television |
September 13  | Charlottesville, Virginia | WVIR-DT3 | 29.3  | The CW Plus |
September 27  | Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York | WFFF-DT2 | 44.2  | The CW |
September 30  | Hannibal, Missouri
(Quincy, Illinois/Keokuk, Iowa) | KHQA-DT2 | 7.2  | ABC |
October  | El Centro, California | KVFA-LP  | 6  | Independent  |
October 1  | Marquette, Michigan | WLUC-DT2 | 6.2  | The Tube Music Network | NBC Weather Plus
Unknown date  | Cheyenne, Wyoming | KKTU-LP | 40  | ABC  |
Ogden, Utah | KULX-LP | 10  | Telemundo |
Springfield, Massachusetts | WWLP-DT2 | 22.2  | Independent | 24-hour local weather channel until 2015
Terre Haute, Indiana | WTHI-DT2 | 10.2
Wheeling, West Virginia
(Steubenville, Ohio) | WTRF-DT2 | 7.2  | Fox |

### Network affiliation changes

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Date  | City of License/Market | Station | Channel  | Old affiliation  | New affiliation  | Notes/Ref.

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

### Station closures

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Date  | City of license/Market  | Station  | Channel  | Affiliation  | Sign-on date  | Notes

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February 8  | Florence, Alabama | WYLE | 26  | Jewelry Television
Shop at Home Network | April 19, 1986  |

## Births

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Date | Name | Notability

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|

January 19  | Jackson Dollinger  | Actor (Sydney to the Max)
Lidya Jewett  | Actress (WITS Academy)
January 24  | Peyton Z. Basnight  | Actress (Saturdays)
January 28  | That Girl Lay Lay | Actress (That Girl Lay Lay)
January 31  | Tex Hammond  | Actor (Lincoln Loud on The Loud House (Episode 114 onwards))
February 23  | Leah Mei Gold  | Actress (The Casagrandes, Pretty Freekin Scary)
February 28  | Scarlet Spencer  | Actress (Cousins for Life)
March 4  | Miya Cech | Actress (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Astronauts)
March 6  | Lili Brennan  | Actress (Drama Club)
March 10  | Malachi Barton  | Actor (Stuck in the Middle, Fancy Nancy)
March 25  | Will Buie Jr  | Actor (Bunk'd)
March 28  | Luke Roessler  | Actor
April 20  | Terrence Little Gardenhigh  | Actor (Danger Force)
April 21  | Bryan Blanco  | Actor (Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion)
May 1  | Artyon Celestine  | Actor (Drama Club)
May 21  | Keith L. Williams | Actor (The Astronauts)
June 6  | Aubrey Anderson-Emmons | Actress (Modern Family)
June 14  | Lyon Daniels | Actor (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
July 17  | Callan Farris  | Actor (Gabby Duran and the Unsittables)
July 24  | Elie Samouhi  | Actor (Bizaardvark)
July 28  | Danielle Jalade  | Actress (Saturdays)
July 31  | Angelica Hale | Singer (America's Got Talent)
August 16  | Seth Carr  | Actor (Knight Squad)
August 22  | Raphael Alejandro  | Actor (Bunk'd)
August 24  | Noah Cottrell | Actor (Punky Brewster)
August 27  | Ariana Greenblatt | Actress (Stuck in the Middle)
August 28  | August Maturo  | Actor (Girl Meets World)
August 31  | Jason Maybaum  | Actor (Raven's Home, Blue Bloods)
September 9  | Mitchell Berg  | Actor (Side Hustle)
September 25  | Zelia Ankrum  | Actress (Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion)
October 16  | Kaylin Hayman  | Actress (The Mick, Just Roll with It)
November 8  | Micah Abbey  | Actor (Cousins for Life)
November 20  | Havan Flores  | Actress (Danger Force)
November 30  | Kayden Grace Swan  | Actress (The Astronauts)
December 4  | Scarlett Estevez | Actress (Bunk'd, Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion)
December 21  | Daria Johns  | Actress (The Upshaws, Saturdays)
December 26  | Christian J. Simon  | Voice actor (Darwin on The Amazing World of Gumball (2018–present), Sydney to the Max)

## Deaths

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Date | Name | Age | Notability

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

## References

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