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2003 in American television

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In American television during 2003, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.

NCIS (originally referred to as Navy NCIS), a spin-off of JAG, premiered on September 23, 2003 on CBS, becoming the third-longest-running scripted, nonanimated U.S. prime-time TV series currently airing, and has later spawned multiple spin-offs and was voted America's favorite television series in 2011.[1] Other notable shows that premiered that year included Arrested Development,[2] Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Two and a Half Men,[3] The Venture Bros.,[4] One Tree Hill,[5] The O.C.,[6] Nip/Tuck,[7] and Teen Titans.[8]

Later 2010s/2020s TV shows like Better Call Saul (2015-2022) and the television adaptation of The Last of Us (2023–present) are set in 2003.[9][10]

Events

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January

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Date Event
2 ABC affiliate WBKP in Calumet, Michigan greatly improves its coverage area in the Upper Peninsula when it signs-on satellite station WBUP in Ishpeming.
20 KMAY-LP (now KAGS-LD) in Bryan, Texas signs-on as a satellite of Temple-based NBC affiliate KCEN-TV.
26 The 37th edition of the Super Bowl is broadcast on ABC, making the last ever Super Bowl to be scheduled on January. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win their first championship, defeating the Oakland Raiders by score of 48–21. John Madden, who provided color commentary alongside Al Michaels, becomes the first person to announce Super Bowls on different networks in consecutive years, having called Super Bowl XXXVI on Fox.

February

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Date Event
16 The 300th episode of the series The Simpsons is broadcast on Fox the same night as the Married... with Children reunion special.
21 Late Show host David Letterman begins a few weeks' leave from the CBS talk show due to a bout of shingles (during this time, guest hosts will include Bruce Willis, Regis Philbin, Will Ferrell and Elvis Costello).
24 CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather interviews Saddam Hussein on national television, shortly before the Iraq invasion began.
The miniseries Giant Robot Week is broadcast by Cartoon Network, which includes 2 edited episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion. This is the first attempt to broadcast the series by network TV.
26 On CBS, The Young and the Restless celebrates its 30th anniversary.
27 Fred Rogers, host of the television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood dies of stomach cancer at the age of 74.

March

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Date Event
27 C-SPAN airs a press conference being held in the White House in which President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke about the 2003 Invasion of Iraq which had begun roughly one week prior. The event was one of the most-watched C-SPAN broadcasts of the year according to Nielsen ratings and was simultaneously broadcast on CNN and Fox News. A similar broadcast in April of the following year was similarly widely viewed.[11]
29 K13VC ends operations.

April

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Date Event
1 On ABC, General Hospital celebrates its 40th anniversary.
1 WRBU was disaffiliated from the Home Shopping Network to become a UPN station.
5 Everyday Italian debuts on Food Network hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. The show, which De Laurentiis focuses for her viewers on traditional Italian cuisine with an American flair, would result in becoming one of Food Network's most popular daytime cooking shows.
7 Noggin revises its branding and lineup, introducing new hosts Moose and Zee, and a new slogan, "It's Like Preschool on TV."
12 All Grown Up!, a spin-off of Rugrats, premieres right after the 2003 Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon.
22 Bianca Montgomery (Eden Riegel) kisses Lena Kundera (Olga Sosnovska) on the ABC soap opera All My Children; this is the first lesbian kiss on American daytime television.

May

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Date Event
8 Nancy Christy becomes the first woman to win $1,000,000 on the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
On a special episode of Primetime entitled Major Fraud (which originally aired as an episode of Tonight on ITV on April 21), segments of an unaired 2001 episode of the British version of Millionaire featuring Charles Ingram were broadcast. The program featured additional interviews with witnesses of the criminal trial that happened after Ingram was stripped of the £1,000,000 prize; Ingram had been found guilty of deception at Southwark Crown Court on April 7.
16 The 30th Daytime Emmy Awards are given, in a ceremony telecast by ABC.
19 ABC broadcasts a four-hour 50th anniversary special.
20 America's Next Top Model premieres on UPN. UPN also aired the final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer after 2 additional seasons and 44 episodes after being picked up by The WB (after being the smash hit on the network in the series's beginnings).
21 On Fox, Ruben Studdard becomes the winner of American Idolseason two. His debut single "Flying Without Wings" reaches number two in the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2003.

June

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Date Event
13 Liz Cho co-anchors her last World News Now newscast on ABC before heading to the network's flagship station WABC-TV in New York City. She is replaced by Andrea Stassou.

July

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Date Event
14 David Muir is named the new co-anchor of ABC's World News Now, replacing Derek McGinty, who left for WUSA in Washington, D.C.

August

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Date Event

September

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Date Event
1 In Casper, Wyoming, Pax TV affiliate KCWY switches its affiliation to NBC, taking that affiliation from KTWO-TV which will join ABC in March 2004. In the interim, KTWO-TV becomes an independent station with select programming from Pax.
8 Amerie, host of BET's The Center, leaves the show so she could work on her new music.
10 UPN's series Enterprise begins a season-long story sequence – the first time a full season of a Star Trek series has been devoted to one storyline. (Three episodes into the new season, the series title is changed to Star Trek: Enterprise.)
11 John Ritter dies from an undiagnosed aortic dissection at the age of 54 hours after falling ill on the set of his sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.
Wheel of Fortune incorporates "Prize Puzzle" in one of the first three rounds and awards a trip to the contestant who solve the themed puzzle for this round. The initial incarnation occurs weekly during the first two seasons of appearance, but has changed to a daily format beginning on Season 23 and has used since.
21 The CBS comedy Everybody Loves Raymond wins its first Outstanding Comedy award and the NBC drama The West Wing wins its fourth straight Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series at the 55th Primetime Emmy Awards. The ceremonies are telecast by Fox.

October

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Date Event
1 James Marsters joins the cast of Angel on The WB, carrying his Buffy the Vampire Slayer character of Spike over from the former series.
4 Kenan Thompson makes his first appearance as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Thompson would eventually become the longest serving cast member in SNL history.
16 The New York Yankees win Game 7 of the ALCS over the Boston Red Sox with a walk-off home run by Aaron Boone from pitcher Tim Wakefield.
20 Rod Roddy makes his final appearance as announcer of The Price Is Right on CBS. Roddy died from colon cancer exactly a week later, on October 27.
25 Game 6 of the World Series airs on Fox. The Florida Marlins win their second world championship over the New York Yankees. Marlins starter Josh Beckett made the final out by tagging Jorge Posada through first base, making this one of the biggest upsets in baseball history. This was the very last World Series played at the original Yankee Stadium before its demolition in 2008.

November

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Date Event
2 CBS at 75, the special celebrating the network's 75th anniversary, is broadcast by CBS.
10 The 4,000th episode of Wheel of Fortune (since the 1982 pairing of host and hostess Pat Sajak and Vanna White) is broadcast in syndication, featuring a clip show of Wheel's most memorable moments over the years. The milestone episode would air in syndication on January 23, 2004.
19 The 2003 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS. 9.4 million people tune in.[12][13][14][15][16]

December

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Date Event
2 Tamala Edwards is named the new co-anchor of ABC's World News Now, replacing Andrea Stassou.
20 During a National Football League game between the New England Patriots at New York Jets, former Jets quarterback Joe Namath in a sideline interview with ESPN's Suzy Kolber twice stated that he wanted to kiss her, and "couldn't care less about the team strugg-a-ling." Namath later apologized and blamed the incident on his obvious intoxication. Soon after, Namath entered an outpatient alcoholism treatment program. Namath chronicled the episode, including his battle with alcoholism in his book, Namath (ISBN 0-67003-329-4).

Programs

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Debuts

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Date Show Network Ref.
January 5 High School Reunion The WB
January 6 The Berenstain Bears PBS Kids
Joe Millionaire Fox
Abby UPN
Dirty Rotten Cheater PAX TV
January 8 The Bachelorette ABC
Storm Stories The Weather Channel
January 9 The Surreal Life The WB
January 10 Mister Sterling NBC
Queens Supreme CBS
January 17 That's So Raven Disney Channel
January 22 Chappelle's Show Comedy Central
January 23 106 & Park: Prime BET
MythBusters Discovery Channel
January 24 Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Showtime
January 26 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ABC
January 27 Ask Rita Syndication
Miracles ABC
Veritas: The Quest ABC
February 2 Kingpin NBC
February 2 Dragnet ABC
February 4 A.U.S.A. NBC
February 8 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fox Box
February 13 Are You Hot? ABC
February 15 Power Rangers Ninja Storm ABC Kids
February 16 The Venture Bros. Adult Swim
February 19 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! ABC
February 21 Da Ali G Show HBO
Real Time with Bill Maher HBO
Family Business Showtime
February 24 My Big Fat Greek Life CBS
Animal Jam TLC/Discovery Kids
Hi-5 TLC/Discovery Kids
February 26 Fraternity Life MTV
March 1 Stuart Little HBO Family
March 2 The Michael Essany Show E!
March 3 Live Prayer WTOG
The Center BET
Married by America Fox
March 4 The Family ABC
March 9 Oliver Beene Fox
March 11 The Save-Ums! TLC/Discovery Kids
March 17 Punk'd MTV
March 20 On the Spot The WB
March 26 Wanda at Large Fox
March 28 America's Most Talented Kid NBC
March 30 Black Sash The WB
The Pitts Fox
March 31 American Chopper Discovery Channel
April 1 What Should You Do? Lifetime
Lost at Home ABC
April 5 Everyday Italian Food Network
April 7 Miffy and Friends Noggin
Tweenies
April 12 All Grown Up! Nickelodeon
April 13 MXC Spike
April 14 Boohbah PBS Kids
Platinum UPN
April 21 Mr. Personality Fox
May 6 Jim Rome Is Burning ESPN
May 12 Surf Girls MTV
May 12 Dinotopia ABC
May 15 DaySide with Linda Vester Fox News Channel
May 17 Adventure Camp Discovery Kids
Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls
May 20 America's Next Top Model UPN
May 22 The O'Keefes The WB
May 26 Unscrewed with Martin Sargent TechTV
May 28 Fame NBC
June 1 Monster House Discovery Channel
Last Comic Standing NBC
June 2 For Love or Money NBC
Totally Pets PAX TV
June 3 Hey Joel VH1
Keen Eddie Fox
American Juniors Fox
June 13 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Cartoon Network
June 15 Charlie Lawrence CBS
June 18 Paradise Hotel Fox
June 18 Boarding House: North Shore The WB
June 26 Stripperella Spike TV
Gary the Rat
June 27 Dead Like Me Showtime
July 11 Evil Con Carne Cartoon Network
Free for All Showtime
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series MTV
July 13 Dance Fever ABC Family
July 14 Who Wants to Marry My Dad? NBC
July 15 Queer Eye Bravo
July 19 Teen Titans Cartoon Network
July 20 The Restaurant NBC
July 22 Nip/Tuck FX
July 23 Reno 911! Comedy Central
July 30 Peacemakers USA Network
Race to the Altar NBC
August 1 My Life as a Teenage Robot Nickelodeon
August 5 The O.C. Fox
August 8 Girls v. Boys Noggin (during "The N" block)
August 18 I Love the '70s VH1
August 19 Wild West Tech History
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica MTV
August 23 Duck Dodgers Cartoon Network
August 26 Playmakers ESPN
August 29 Cowboy U CMT
September 1 Tactical to Practical History
September 2 The Joe Schmo Show Paramount Network
September 7 Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks PBS Kids
September 8 Anderson Cooper 360° CNN
Connie the Cow Noggin
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Syndication
Starting Over
September 9 Happy Family NBC
Whoopi
September 10 Jake 2.0 UPN
September 11 The Mullets
Run of the House The WB
Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge
September 12 All About the Andersons
September 13 Romeo! Nickelodeon
Eye for an Eye Syndication
September 14 Carnivàle HBO
K Street
September 15 Living It Up! with Ali & Jack Syndication
The Sharon Osbourne Show
Eve UPN
Rock Me Baby
September 16 All of Us
September 18 Threat Matrix ABC
September 19 Like Family The WB
Luis Fox
September 20 Lilo & Stitch: The Series Disney Channel
Clifford's Puppy Days PBS Kids
September 22 Las Vegas NBC
Two and a Half Men CBS
September 23 NCIS
I'm with Her ABC
One Tree Hill The WB
September 24 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire CBS
September 25 Coupling NBC
September 26 Miss Match
The Handler CBS
Joan of Arcadia
Hope & Faith ABC
September 27 Teen Kids News Syndication
September 28 10-8: Officers on Duty ABC
Cold Case CBS
JoJo's Circus Playhouse Disney
The Lyon's Den NBC
October 1 It's All Relative ABC
Karen Sisco
October 3 Married to the Kellys
October 4 Battlefield Detectives History Channel
October 5 Animal Tails PAX TV
Tarzan The WB
October 6 The Big Break Golf Channel
Knock First ABC Family
October 12 Shootout AMC
October 13 King of the Jungle Animal Planet
Room Raiders MTV
October 17 VH1 ILL-ustrated VH1
October 19 When Ruled the World
October 20 Cold Pizza ESPN2
Skin Fox
October 22 Kid Notorious Comedy Central
October 26 Viva La Bam MTV
Wildboyz
October 28 Rich Girls
October 29 A Minute with Stan Hooper Fox
October 30 Tru Calling
November 1 Kenny the Shark Discovery Kids
Tutenstein
Xiaolin Showdown Kids' WB
November 2 Arrested Development Fox
November 3 Average Joe NBC
November 7 Dirty Jobs Discovery Channel
Star Wars: Clone Wars Cartoon Network
November 10 Sabrina's Secret Life Syndication
December 1 Poko TLC
December 2 Celebrity Poker Showdown Bravo
The Simple Life Fox
The Tracy Morgan Show NBC
Line of Fire ABC
December 3 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
December 21 Ancient Discoveries History

Returning this year

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Show Channel Last aired New title New network Returning
The Weekenders ABC, UPN 2001 Same Toon Disney March 21
The Ren and Stimpy Show Nickelodeon, MTV 1996 Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" Spike June 26

Ending this year

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Date Show Network Debut Status
January 1 Cooking Live Food Network 1997 Cancelled
Truth or Scare Discovery Kids 2001
January 3 Cita's World BET 1999
January 12 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Fox 2002
January 14 In-Laws NBC
January 21 Hidden Hills
January 24 Presidio Med CBS
January 30 Columbo ABC 1968
January 31 Win Ben Stein's Money Comedy Central 1997
February 2 Super Duper Sumos Nickelodeon 2002
February 5 The Legend of Tarzan UPN 2001
February 7 3 South MTV 2002
February 16 For the People Lifetime
February 17 Birds of Prey The WB
February 22 The Nick Cannon Show MTV
February 23 Oz HBO 1997 Ended
February 25 Clifford the Big Red Dog (returned in 2019) PBS Kids 2000 Cancelled
March 7 Talkback Live CNN 1994
March 10 Veritas: The Quest ABC 2003
March 13 Family Affair The WB 2002
March 21 Farscape Sci-Fi Channel 1999
April 1 Friend or Foe? GSN 2002
WinTuition
April 4 Liberty's Kids PBS Kids
April 13 Clone High MTV 2002
My Big Fat Greek Life CBS 2003
April 17 On the Spot The WB
April 21 Robbery Homicide Division CBS 2002
April 24 Sabrina the Teenage Witch ABC 1996
April 25 Fastlane Fox 2002
John Doe
April 26 Cubix: Robots for Everyone Kids' WB 2001
April 27 Touched by an Angel CBS 1994 Ended
May 4 120 Minutes (returned in 2011) MTV 1986 Cancelled
May 7 Stargate Infinity Fox 2002
May 9 Greetings from Tucson The WB
May 14 Dawson's Creek 1998 Ended
May 16 Cartoon Cartoon Fridays Cartoon Network 1999 Cancelled
May 17 The Agency CBS 2001
May 20 The Weakest Link (returned in 2020) NBC
Buffy the Vampire Slayer The WB 1997 Ended
Watching Ellie NBC 2002 Cancelled
May 21 Change of Heart Syndication 1998
The Jenny Jones Show 1991
The Other Half 2001
The Caroline Rhea Show 2002
The Twilight Zone
May 23 Supermarket Sweep (returned in 2020) PAX TV 1965
May 24 Stuart Little HBO Family 2003
June 1 Black Sash The WB 2003
June 5 Cedric the Entertainer Presents Fox 2002
June 7 The Mummy: The Animated Series Kids' WB 2001
June 13 Even Stevens Disney Channel 2000
Russian Roulette GSN 2002
June 17 Hey Joel VH1 2003
June 20 Baby Bob CBS 2002
June 26 30 Seconds to Fame Fox
July 1 Say What? Karaoke MTV 1998
July 3 Primetime Glick Comedy Central 2001
July 5 Sitting Ducks Cartoon Network
July 7 Surf Girls MTV 2003
July 20 The Popeye Show Cartoon Network 2001
July 24 Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" TNN/Spike TV 2003
July 25 The Living Century PBS 2000
August 3 Doggy Fizzle Televizzle MTV 2002
August 10 Futurama (returned in 2008) Fox 1999
August 16 Scaredy Camp Nickelodeon 2002
Dinotopia ABC
August 20 Beg, Borrow & Deal ESPN
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (returned in 2019) TBS 2000
August 22 I Love the '70s VH1 2003
August 24 Dance Fever Freeform
September 12 Free for All Showtime
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series MTV
September 19 Oswald Nickelodeon 2001
September 20 Star Dates E! 2002
September 29 Temptation Island (returned in 2019) Fox 2001
October 3 Port Charles ABC 1997
October 6 Seven Little Monsters PBS Kids 2000
October 8 Peacemakers USA 2003
October 12 Secret, Strange & True TechTV 2002
October 23 Coupling NBC 2003
October 24 Luis Fox
House of Mouse Toon Disney 2001
October 25 X-Men: Evolution Kids' WB 2000
October 29 Street Time Showtime 2002
November 7 Wanda at Large Fox 2003
November 9 Family Guy (returned in 2005) 1999
November 11 Playmakers ESPN 2003
November 14 Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? Cartoon Network 2002
November 16 K Street HBO 2003
November 19 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire CBS
November 20 Dexter's Laboratory Cartoon Network 1996
November 23 ToonHeads 1992
Tarzan The WB 2003
November 24 Joe Millionaire Fox
November 26 Just Shoot Me! Syndication 1997 Ended
Time Squad Cartoon Network 2001 Cancelled
November 30 The Lyon's Den NBC 2003
December 1 Conquest History Channel 2002
December 3 The Jeff Corwin Experience Animal Planet 2000
December 5 Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck GSN 2002
December 11 Gary the Rat Spike TV 2003
December 12 A Minute with Stan Hooper Fox
December 15 Miss Match NBC
December 17 Kid Notorious Comedy Central
December 18 Good Morning, Miami NBC 2002
December 28 Boomtown
December 30 Rich Girls MTV 2003
December 31 The Brak Show Adult Swim 2000

Entering syndication this year

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Show Seasons In Production Source
Angel 4 Yes [citation needed]
Becker 5 No [17]
The King of Queens 5 Yes [18]
Judging Amy 4 Yes [19]
The Parkers 4 Yes [citation needed]

Changes of network affiliation

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Show Moved from Moved to
Da Ali G Show Channel 4 (UK) HBO
The Ren & Stimpy Show Nickelodeon Spike
Teamo Supremo ABC Toon Disney
Fillmore!
The Weekenders ABC/UPN
Grounded for Life Fox The WB
Totally Spies! ABC Family Cartoon Network

Made-for-TV movies

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Title Network Date of airing
You Wish! Disney Channel January 10
Maniac Magee Nickelodeon February 23
Right on Track Disney Channel March 21
The Even Stevens Movie Disney Channel June 13
Abra-Catastrophe! Nickelodeon July 12
The Cheetah Girls Disney Channel August 15
Red Water TBS August 17
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time Disney Channel November 28
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 NBC December 20

Networks and services

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Launches

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Network Type Launch date Notes Source
Starz! Kids Cable television Unknown
HRTV Cable and satellite January 1
HDNet Movies Cable and satellite January 13
GOL TV Cable and satellite February 1
¡Sorpresa! Cable television March 15
Sportsman Channel Cable and satellite April 1
Tennis Channel Cable and satellite May 15
Fuel TV Cable television July 1
Bravo HD+ Cable and satellite July 31
Arirang Radio Cable television September 1
NFL Network Cable and satellite November 4

Conversions and rebrandings

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Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source
Discovery Civilization Channel Discovery Times Cable television Unknown
nba.com TV NBA TV Cable television February 11
National College Sports Network College Sports Television Cable television February 23
MMUSA Fuse Cable and satellite May 19
The New TNN Spike TV Cable and satellite August 11

Closures

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Network Type Closure date Notes Source
American Christian Television System Cable and satellite Unknown

Television stations

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Station launches

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Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref.
January 2 Ishpeming/Marquette, Michigan WBUP 10 ABC
January 20 Bryan/College Station, Texas KMAY-LP 23 NBC Semi-satellite of KCEN/Temple
January 30 Rochelle/Chicago, Illinois WCHU-LP 33 Azteca America
February 2 Marquette, Michigan WMQF 19 Fox (primary)
UPN (secondary)
February 18 Roswell, New Mexico KRWB 21 The WB Satellite of KWBQ/Santa Fe
March 3 Salisbury, Maryland WBOC-DT2 21.2 UPN
April Provo, Utah KUTH 32 Independent
April 13 Bangor, Maine W22BU 22 Fox
April 23 Medford, Oregon K14LG 14 Telemundo
May 2 Butte, Montana KBTZ 24 Fox
May 7 Tallahassee, Florida WTLF 24 UPN Satellite of WFXU/Live Oak
June 11 Great Falls, Montana KLMN 26 Fox
July 27 Longview/Tyler, Texas KCEB 54 UPN
August 21 Laughlin, Nevada KMCC 34 NBC Satellite of KVBC/Las Vegas
September 22 Rockford, Illinois WTVO-DT2 17.2 UPN
September 29 Vicksburg/Jackson, Mississippi WLOO 35 Fox \
October 1 Waimanalo, Hawaii KMGT 14 Religious independent
October 7 Hanamaulu, Hawaii K06NC 6 Independent
October 11 El Dorado, Arkansas
(Monroe, Louisiana)
KEJB 43 America One
October 18 Pittsburg, Kansas
(Joplin, Missouri)
KFJX 14 Fox
October 24 Price, Utah KUTF 3 TeleFutura
November 4 Pago Pago, American Samoa K38HX 38 NBC
K34HI 34 Fox
Unknown date Beaumont, Texas KUIL-LP 64 Fox
Charleston, South Carolina WJEA-LP 12 Telemundo
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands WVIF 15 Pax TV Independent
Crookston, Minnesota KCGE-DT 16 PBS Part of the Prairie Public Television network
Denver, Colorado KCIN-LP 27 Independent
Grand Forks, North Dakota KCFM 27 UPN
Knoxville, Tennessee WVLT-DT2 8.2
(digital)
UPN
Norman/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma KOCM 46 Daystar
Pullman, Washington KQUP 24 UPN
Salt Lake City, Utah K23GP 23 Spanish independent
Sun Valley/Twin Falls, Idaho KIDA 5 UPN

Network affiliation changes

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Date City of License/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref.
April Waterville/Portland, Maine WPFO 23 Pax TV (as WMPX-TV) Fox
September 1 Casper, Wyoming KCWY 13 Pax TV NBC
October 1 Sioux Falls, South Dakota KWSD 36 Pax TV (as KAUN) The WB
Unknown date Louisville, Kentucky W24BW 24 MuchUSA America One

Station closures

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Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation Sign-on date Notes
October 27 Marquette, Michigan WUPT-CA 25 UPN January 8, 1980

Births

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Date Name Notability
January 4 Jaeden Martell Actor (Masters of Sex)
January 9 Megan Richie Actress (Legendary Dudas, Jake and the Neverland Pirates)
January 21 Garren Stitt Actor (Andi Mack, General Hospital)
January 23 Ivan Mallon Actor (School of Rock)
January 24 Johnny Orlando Canadian actor
January 28 Anton Starkman Actor (Warped!)
Whitney Peak Actress (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Home Before Dark, Gossip Girl)
February 4 Kyla Kenedy Actress (The Walking Dead, Speechless)
February 7 Reed Horstmann Actor (The Villains of Valley View)
February 20 Olivia Rodrigo Actress (Bizaardvark, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
March 1 Yasmeen Fletcher Actress and musician (Ms. Marvel, Andi Mack)
March 3 Thomas Barbusca Actor (The Mick)
March 8 Montana Jordan Actor (Young Sheldon)
March 12 Malina Weissman Actress
April 13 Olivia Sanabia Actress (Coop and Cami Ask the World)
April 15 Julia Antonelli Actress (Every Witch Way, WITS Academy)
Sam Ashe Arnold Actor (Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever., Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
April 16 Alina Foley Actress (The League, Shimmer and Shine)
April 18 Benjamin Cole Royer Actor (Best Friends Whenever)
Matthew Lewis Royer
April 19 Caleel Harris Voice actor (Blaze and the Monster Machines, The Loud House)
April 30 Emily Carey Actress
May 1 Lizzy Greene Actress (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, A Million Little Things)
May 11 Dora Dolphin Actress
May 16 Ariana Molkara Actress (Warped!)
May 18 Lukas Rodriguez Actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
May 19 JoJo Siwa Actress (Dance Moms) and singer
June 2 Jeremy Ray Taylor Actor (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
June 11 Breanna Yde Actress (The Haunted Hathaways, School of Rock, The Loud House)
June 15 Galilea La Salvia Actress (Talia in the Kitchen)
June 16 Anna Cathcart Canadian actress (Odd Squad)
July 5 Terrell Ransom Jr. Actor (Days of Our Lives, The Amazing World of Gumball)
July 9 Marcel Ruiz Actor
July 11 Meg Crosbie Actress (WITS Academy)
July 30 Daniel DiMaggio Actor (Clarence, American Housewife)
August 11 Rachel Gage Actress (Walk the Prank)
August 18 Max Charles Actor (The Neighbors, Harvey Beaks, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, The Lion Guard, The Strain)
August 20 Christopher Paul Richards Actor (The Kids Are Alright)
August 28 Quvenzhané Wallis Actress
September 3 Jack Dylan Grazer Actor (Me, Myself & I)
September 8 Carmen Blanchard Actress
Nicolas Cantu Voice actor (The Amazing World of Gumball, Sofia the First)
September 18 Nina Lu Actress (Bunk'd)
Aidan Gallagher Actor (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
October 7 Kate Godfrey Actress (All That, Warped!)
October 10 Maggie Elizabeth Jones Actress (Ben and Kate)
October 24 Hudson Yang Actor (Fresh Off the Boat)
October 27 Gavin Lewis Actor
November 8 Meyrick Murphy Actress (Legendary Dudas, The Walking Dead)
November 12 Kamaia Fairburn Actress (Star Falls)
November 21 Elijha Hammill Canadian voice actor (Ryder on PAW Patrol)
November 23 Olivia Keville Actress (Splitting Up Together)
December 9 Jackson A. Dunn Actor (Legendary Dudas)
December 12 Lincoln Melcher Actor (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Bunk'd)

Deaths

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Date Name Age Notability
January 12 Maurice Gibb 53 Musician/songwriter (Bee Gees)
January 23 Nell Carter 54 Actress, singer (Gimme a Break)
February 21 Julie Mitchum 88 Actress
February 27 Fred Rogers 74 Mister Rogers of (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)
March 12 Lynne Thigpen 54 American television/film/stage actress (Bear in the Big Blue House, The District, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?)[20]
March 30 Michael Jeter 50 Voice actor/stage actor (Sesame Street, Evening Shade, and voice of Nate Horowitz (Eugene's Dad) on Hey Arnold!)
April 30 Lionel Wilson 79 Voice actor (The Aldrich Family, Tom Terrific, The Hector Heathcote Show and first voice of Eustace Bagge on Courage the Cowardly Dog)
May 14 Robert Stack 84 Actor (Eliot Ness on The Untouchables)
May 15 June Carter Cash 73 Singer and actress (The Johnny Cash Show)
June 19 Laura Sadler 22 English actress (Grange Hill, Holby City)
June 20 Raymond Serra 22 Actor
July 6 Buddy Ebsen 95 Actor (The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
July 27 Bob Hope 100 Comedian, host and actor
September 8 Jaclyn Linetsky 17 Canadian voice actress (Mega Babies, What's with Andy?, Caillou)
Vadim Schneider 17 French-Canadian actor
September 11 John Ritter 54 Actor (Three's Company, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, and voice of Clifford the Big Red Dog)
September 12 Johnny Cash 71 Singer and actor (The Johnny Cash Show)
September 30 Robert Kardashian 59 Lawyer
October 17 Janice Rule 72 Actress (The Fugitive)
October 21 Fred Berry 52 Actor (Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on What's Happening!!)
October 27 Rod Roddy 66 Announcer (Press Your Luck, Soap, and most famously, The Price Is Right)
November 9 Art Carney 85 Actor (Ed Norton on The Honeymooners)
November 12 Jonathan Brandis 27 Actor (Lucas Wolenczak on seaQuest DSV)
Penny Singleton 95 Voice actress (Jane Jetson on The Jetsons)
November 14 Gene Anthony Ray 41 Actor (Leroy Johnson on Fame)
December 14 Jeanne Crain 78 Actress
December 28 Helen Kleeb 96 Actress (Miss Mamie Baldwin on The Waltons)
December 29 Earl Hindman 61 Actor (Wilson J. Wilson Jr. on Home Improvement)

Television debuts

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See also

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References

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