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In [[American television]] in 2001, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and re-brandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.


==Events==
==Events==
*[[February 25]] - [[*NSYNC]] is featured on an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' entitled "New Kids On The Blecch".
*[[June 18]] - [[Luke and Laura Spencer]], widely regarded as the [[soap opera]] pairing that helped coin the term "[[supercouple]]", signed divorce papers on ''[[General Hospital]]'', dissolving their fictional two-decade union.
*[[August 11]] - [[ITV]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] changes its name to [[ITV1]], due to the growing number of other ITV services, including [[ITV2]] and [[ITV Digital]].
*[[September 1]] - All four commercial television stations in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] change network affiliations, the largest such change in a single market in television history.
*[[September 11]] - Viewers around the world are horrified as they witness a [[September 11, 2001 attacks|terrorist attack]] on the [[United States]], and the collapse of the [[Twin Towers]] in [[New York City]], live on television. Additionally, the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[NBC]] affiliates' broadcast towers are knocked out by the attacks, but New Yorkers can still view them on cable. Most broadcasters abandon regular programming - American networks for more than a week - and numerous major daily [[talk show]]s go off the air for several weeks until their hosts feel comfortable in returning to the airwaves.
**The start of the 2001-[[2002]] fall season in the US is delayed as a result of the attacks, with some shows such as ''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]'' substituting special episodes dealing with the event in lieu of their originally scheduled season premieres. Some series, such as the military-themed ''[[JAG]]'' and New York-based ''[[Third Watch]]'' have to be retooled to encompass the aftermath of the attacks.
**In addition, several planned series and events were cancelled; most notably, a mini-series planned for spring 2002, which would have united the cast of ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', dealing with a terrorist attack on New York City.
**''[[Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes]]'' airs on [[VH1]], with performances by [[Paul McCartney]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Who]], [[Billy Joel]] and others. It raises funds for the families of those killed in the attacks.
**Continually scrolling news headlines along the bottom of the screen become a standard feature on [[CNN]] and other news broadcasters after they are used to great affect during coverage of the attacks.
*[[November 5]] - [[BBC 2W]], a new [[digital television|digital]] channel for [[Wales]], is launched.
*[[Canada]] rolls out hundreds of new [[digital cable]] channels (see [[List of Canadian television channels#Digital cable television channels|List of Canadian digital television channels]] for complete list).
*[[Canada|Canadian]] sports network [[TSN]] changes its logo to match with [[ESPN]]'s though the '''N''' is not slashed.


==Debuts==
===January===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[January]] - ''[[Grounded for Life]]'' premieres on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] (2001-2005)
|-
*[[January 12]] - ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'' premieres on [[Disney Channel]] (2001-[[2004]]).
! Date
*[[February]] - ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'' premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (2001-2004).
! Event
*[[March 30]] - ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' (2001-present) and ''[[Invader ZIM]]'' (2001-[[2003]]) premiere on [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]].
|-
*[[March]] - ''[[My Wife and Kids]]'' premieres on ABC (2001-present).
!rowspan="2"|1
*[[April]] - ''[[That's My Bush!]]'' premieres on [[Comedy Central]]. The show was cancelled in [[May]].
| After being acquired by [[MTV Networks]], [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]], a request video music channel shuts down, replaced by [[MTV2]] on terrestrial stations.
*[[June 3]] - ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' premieres on [[HBO]] (2001-2005).
|-
*[[June]] - ''[[JR Digs]]'' premieres on [[CHCH]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]] as a paid advertisement (2001-present).
| In [[Hartford, Connecticut]], [[UPN]] affiliate WTXX (now [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WCCT-TV]]) and [[The WB|WB]] affiliate WBNE (now [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[WCTX]]) swap affiliations due to WTXX's impending purchase by [[Tribune Broadcasting]], owners of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WTIC-TV]] (which at the time operated WTXX under a [[Local marketing agreement|LMA]]) and a minority owner of The WB. WBNE, meanwhile, changes its call letters to the current [[WCTX]] and adopts new branding as "The X".
*[[August]] - ''Grim and Evil'' premires on [[Cartoon Network]] (2001-present).
|-
*[[September 5]] - ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' debuts on [[CBS]] (2001-present).
!4
*[[September 30]] - ''[[Alias (television)|Alias]]'' debuts on ABC and [[CTV]] (2001-present).
| [[HBO]]'s children's programs are transferred to its multiplex channel [[HBO#List of HBO channels|HBO Family]].
*[[September]] - ''[[The Guardian (TV show)|The Guardian]]'' premieres on CBS (2001-2004).
|-
*[[October 5]] - ''[[Pop Idol]]'' premieres in the UK on [[ITV1]]; the talent contest becomes an international phenomenon as dozens of countries crown [[Idol series|their own Idols]] (2001-2003).
!7
*[[October]] - ''[[According to Jim]]'', starring [[James Belushi]] and [[Courtney Thorne-Smith]], premieres on ABC (2001-present).
| [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]]'s final nationally and globally televised event, [[Guilty as Charged (2001)|Guilty as Charged]] airs on [[pay-per-view]]. It would see [[The Sandman (wrestler)|The Sandman]] defeating [[Steve Corino]] and [[Justin Credible]] for the [[ECW World Heavyweight Championship|world title]], only for [[Rhyno|Rhino]] to defeat The Sandman to win the title. [[Rob Van Dam]] initially challenged Rhino for the title, but was attacked by [[Jerry Lynn]]. Despite interference and with help from [[Joel Gertner]], he won the main event.
*October - ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' premieres on the [[WB Television Network|WB]] (2001-present).
|-
*[[November 14]] - ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'' premieres on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] (2001-present).
!9
*''[[24 (television)|24]]'' premieres on FOX (2001-present).
| [[KXVA]] in [[Abilene, Texas]], signs-on the air under Program Test Authority. The new station (which will not be licensed for another 13 months) takes the market's [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliation from sister station [[KIDZ-LD|KIDZ-LP]], which in turn becomes a full-time [[UPN]] affiliate.
*''[[Adult Swim]]'', a line-up on [[Cartoon Network]], premieres (2001-present).
|-
*''[[Braceface]]'' premieres (2001-present).
!28
*''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' premieres on [[UPN]]. The show was run under this name for the first two seasons; then it was renamed ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' (2001-[[2005]]).
| [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] broadcasts [[Super Bowl XXXV]], their first since [[Super Bowl XXVI]] at the end of the [[1991 NFL season|1991 season]]. [[Greg Gumbel]], becomes the first [[African Americans|African-American]] sportscaster to do network televised play-by-play on a major professional sports championship. The [[2000 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]] would beat the [[2000 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] 34–7.
*''[[Fear Factor]]'' premieres (2001-present).
|}
*''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' premieres on NBC (2001-present).
*''[[Mutant X (television)|Mutant X]]'' premieres (2001-2004).
*''[[Scrubs]]'' debuts on NBC (2001-present).
*''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' debuts on [[The WB Television Network|WB]] (2001-2006).


===February===
==Television shows==
{| class="wikitable"
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' ([[1947]]-present).
|-
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' ([[1948]]-present).
! Date
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' ([[1951]]-present).
! Event
*''[[Guiding Light]]'' ([[1952]]-present).
|-
*''[[The Today Show]]'' (1952-present).
!5
*''[[Panorama (television)|Panorama]]'' ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) ([[1953]]-present).
| [[Kelly Ripa]] joins ''[[Live! with Kelly|Live!]]'' as a permanent co-host with [[Regis Philbin]].
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' ([[1954]]-present).
|-
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954-present).
!18
*''[[This Is Your Life]]'' (UK) ([[1955]]-[[2003]]).
| [[NASCAR on Fox|Fox]] broadcasts its inaugural [[NASCAR]] telecast, the [[2001 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]. In the final lap, [[Dale Earnhardt]] is [[Death of Dale Earnhardt|killed]] after getting into a head-on collision.
*''[[As the World Turns]]'' ([[1956]]-present).
|}
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956-present).
*''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) ([[1957]]-present).
*''[[Blue Peter]]'' (UK) ([[1958]]-present).
*''[[Grandstand]]'' (UK) (1958-present).
*''[[Coronation Street]]'' (UK) ([[1960]]-present).
*''[[Four Corners (TV series)|Four Corners]]'' ([[Australia]]) ([[1961]]-present).
*''[[It's Academic]]'' (1961-present).
*''[[The Late Late Show]]'' ([[Ireland]]) ([[1962]]-present).
*''General Hospital'' ([[1963]]-present).
*''[[Top of the Pops]]'' (UK) ([[1964]]-present).
*''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' ([[1965]]-present).
*''[[Play School]]'' ([[1966]]-present).
*''[[The Money Programme]]'' (UK) (1966-present).
*''[[60 Minutes]]'' ([[1968]]-present).
*''[[One Life to Live]]'' (1968-present).
*''[[Sesame Street]]'' ([[1969]]-present).
*''[[All My Children]]'' ([[1970]]-present).
*''[[Monday Night Football]]'' (1970-present).
*''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' ([[1971]]-present).
*''[[Soul Train]]'' (1971-present).
*''[[Emmerdale]]'' (UK) ([[1972]]-present).
*''[[Newsround]]'' (UK) (1972-present).
*''[[The Price Is Right]]'' (1972-present).
*''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (UK) ([[1973]]-present).
*''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' (1973-present).
*''[[Wish You Were Here...?]]'' (UK) ([[1974]]-present).
*''[[Arena (television)|Arena]]'' (UK) ([[1975]]&ndash;present).
*''[[Good Morning America]]'' (1975-present).
*''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (1975-present).
*''[[the fifth estate]]'' (Canada) (1975-present).
*''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' (1975-present).
*''[[20/20]]'' ([[1978]]-present).
*''[[Grange Hill]]'' (UK) (1978-present).
*''[[Antiques Road Show]]'' (UK) ([[1979]]-present).
*''[[Nightline]]'' (1979-present).
*''[[This Old House]]'' (1979-present).
*''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' ([[1981]]-present).
*''[[What Now]]'' (1982-present)
*''[[Timewatch]]'' ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) (1982-present)
*''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (1964-1975, '''[[1984]]-present''').
*''[[The Bill]]'' (UK) (1984-present).
*''[[EastEnders]]'' (UK) ([[1985]]-present).
*''[[Neighbours]]'' (Australia) (1985-present).
*''[[Sally Jessy Raphaël|Sally]]'' (1985-2002).
*''[[Oprah|The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' ([[1986]]-present).
*''[[Comic Relief]]'' (UK) (1986-present).
*''[[Casualty (television)|Casualty]]'' ([[United Kingdom|UK]]) (1986-present).
*''[[Chucklevision]]'' (UK) (1987-present).
*''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' ([[1987]]-present).
*''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' (1988-present).
*''[[The American Experience]]'' (1988-present).
*''[[Fair City]]'' (1988-present).
*''[[Home and Away]]'' (1988-present).
*''[[This Morning]]'' (1988-present).
*''[[Cops (TV series)|Cops]]'' ([[1989]]-present).
*''The Simpsons'' (1989-present).
*''Law & Order'' ([[1990]]-present).
*''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' (1990-present).
*''[[Rugrats]]'' ([[1991]]-2004).
*''[[The Jerry Springer Show]]'' (1991-present).
*''[[The Red Green Show]]'' (1991-present).
*''[[Barney & Friends]]'' ([[1992]]-2002).
*''[[Dateline NBC]]'' (1992-present).
*''[[The Real World]]'' (1992-present).
*''[[Frasier]]'' ([[1993]]-2004).
*''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' (1993-present).
*''[[NYPD Blue]]'' (1993-present).
*''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]'' (1993-present).
*''[[The X-Files]]'' (1993-2002).
*''[[WWE RAW|WWF RAW]]'' (1993-present).
*''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' ([[1994]]-present).
*''[[Friends]]'' (1994-2004).
*''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' (1994-2003).
*''JAG'' ([[1995]]-present).
*''[[Sesame Park]]'' (Canada) (1995-2002).
*''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' (1995-2004).
*''[[7th Heaven]]'' ([[1996]]-present).
*''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' (1996-present).
*''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' (1996-2005).
*''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' (1996-2004).
*''[[Judge Judy]]'' (1996-present).
*''[[Spin City]]'' (1996-2002).
*''[[The Daily Show]]'' (1996-present).
*''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' ([[1997]]-2003).
*''[[Dharma & Greg]]'' (1997-2002).
*''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' (1997-present).
*''[[Just Shoot Me]]'' (1997-2003).
*''[[King of the Hill]]'' (1997-present).
*''[[South Park]]'' (1997-present).
*''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' (1997-present).
*''[[The Practice]]'' (1997-2004).
*''[[Walt Disney anthology series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' (1997-present).
*''[[Becker]]'' ([[1998]]-2004).
*''[[Call For Help]]'' (1998-2004).
*''[[Charmed]]'' (1998-present).
*''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' (1998-2003).
*''[[Sex and the City]]'' (1998-2004).
*''[[That '70s Show]]'' (1998-present).
*''[[The King of Queens]]'' (1998-present).
*''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' (1998-2004).
*''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' (UK) (1998-present).
*''[[Will & Grace]]'' (1998-present).
*''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'' ([[1999]]-2004).
*''[[Family Feud]]'' ([[1976]]-1985, [[1988]]-1995, '''1999-present''').
*''[[Family Guy]]'' (1999-2002, 2005-present).
*''[[Farscape]]'' (1999-2003).
*''[[Futurama (TV series)|Futurama]]'' (1999-2003).
*''[[Greg Mathis|Judge Mathis]]'' (1999-present).
*''[[Judging Amy]]'' (1999-present).
*''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1999-present).
*''[[Passions]]'' (1999-present).
*''[[Rocket Power]]'' (1999-present).
*''[[Shocking Behavior: Caught on Tape]]'' (1999-present).
*''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' (1999-present).
*''[[Tenacious D]]'' (1999-present).
*''[[The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn]]'' (1999-2004).
*''[[The Sopranos]]'' (1999-present).
*''The West Wing'' (1999-present).
*''Third Watch'' (1999-present).
*''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (US) (1999-present).
*''[[As Told by Ginger]]'' ([[2000]]-present).
*''[[Boston Public]]'' (2000-2004).
*''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' (2000-present).
*''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' (2000-present).
*''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' (2000-present).
*''[[Ed (television program)|Ed]]'' (2000-2004).
*''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' (2000-present).
*''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'' (2000-present).
*''[[The District]]'' (2000-2004).
*''[[The Gavin Crawford Show]]'' (2000-2002).
*''[[The Weakest Link]]'' (UK) (2000-present).
*''[[Yes, Dear]]'' (2000-present).
*''[[Clocking Off]]'' (UK) (2000-2003).
*''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' (UK) (1992-1996, '''2001-2003''').
*''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]'' (UK) (1964-1988, '''2001-2003''').
*''[[Home Movies]]'' (1999, '''2001-present''').
*''[[Let's Bowl]]'' (1998, '''2001-2002''').
*''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' (UK) (1981-[[1983]], 1985-1993, 1996-1997, '''2001-2003''') (the only episode aired this year was the Christmas special ''If They Could See Us Now'').


===March===
==Ending this year==
{| class="wikitable"
*''[[Baywatch]]'' (1989-2001).
|-
*''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' (1995-2001).
! Date
*''[[The Wheezer Bros.]]'' (1995-2001). The last four episodes were not shown until 2004.
! Event
*''[[Daria]]'' (1997-2001).
|-
*''[[Disney's One Saturday Morning]]'' (1997-2001).
!6
*''[[Teletubbies]]'' (UK) (1997-2001).
| [[TEENick]] first airs as a Sunday night block on [[Nickelodeon]].
*''[[CatDog]]'' (1998-2001).
|-
*''[[Oh Yeah! Cartoons]]'' (1998-2001). Returns 2006.
!18
*''[[Bette]]'' (2000-2001).
| [[World Championship Wrestling]] produces their final pay-per-view, [[WCW Greed|Greed]].
|-
!26
| On [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]'' broadcasts its final show from [[Panama City Beach, Florida]], with a simulcast with the [[WWE|WWF]]'s (now [[WWE]]'s) ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night RAW]]'' television series (then airing on [[Spike (TV network)|TNN]]), officially ending a six-year ratings struggle in [[professional wrestling]] known as the [[Monday Night Wars|Monday Night War]]. Live professional wrestling events wouldn't be broadcast on TNT again until the launch of ''[[AEW Dynamite]]'' in 2019.
|}


===April===
==Changes of network affiliation==
{| class="wikitable"
*''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', from [[The WB]] to [[UPN]].
|-
*''[[Roswell_(TV series)|Roswell]]'', from [[The WB]] to [[UPN]].
! Date
*''[[Home Movies]]'', from [[UPN]] to [[Cartoon Network]].
! Event
|-
! 1
|[[WrestleMania X-Seven]] from the [[Reliant Astrodome]] in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], is broadcast on [[pay-per-view]]. The event would receive acclaim from critics and fans.
|-
! 2
| [[CBS]] affiliate [[WWJ-TV]] started airing newscasts, produced by [[UPN]] affiliate [[WKBD-TV]]. This experiment was proven to be a disaster, and it was ceased in November 2002.
|-
!10
| Kevin Olmstead wins a $2.18 million jackpot on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] game show ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'', making him the biggest winner in American game show history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.triviahalloffame.com/olmstead.aspx|title=Interview: Kevin Olmstead, mega-Millionaire|publisher=Trivia Hall of Fame|accessdate=2010-04-18}}</ref>
|}


===May===
==Notable TV movies and events==
{| class="wikitable"
*[[April 30]] - ''[[On Golden Pond]]'', an adaptation of the play, starring [[Julie Andrews]] and [[Christopher Plummer]], working together for the first time since the film ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', is aired live on CBS.
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
! rowspan="2" |17
| [[NBC]] airs the hour-long season seven finale of ''[[Friends]]'' titled "[[The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding]]".
|-
| On [[The WB]], [[Shannen Doherty]] makes her [[All Hell Breaks Loose (Charmed)|final appearance]] as [[Prue Halliwell]] on ''[[Charmed]]''.
|-
!18
| The [[28th Daytime Emmy Awards]] are presented on [[NBC]].
|-
!22
| On [[The WB]], ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' airs its 100th episode. It also served as The WB series finale after UPN announced that the series and ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' will move to the network for the fall 2001 season.
|-
!23
| On [[UPN]], ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' airs its series finale with a two-part episode "[[Endgame (Star Trek: Voyager)|Endgame]]".
|}

===June===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
!12
| [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] is refocused as a drama-based cable channel with a new slogan, ''We Know Drama''.
|-
!18
| [[Luke and Laura]], widely regarded as the [[soap opera]] pairing that helped generate the term "[[supercouple]]", sign divorce papers on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s soap opera ''[[General Hospital]]'', dissolving their fictional two-decade union.
|-
!19
| The [[BET Awards 2001|inaugural BET Awards]] is broadcast.
|}

===July===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
!21
| [[Nickelodeon]]'s hit TV series ''[[Rugrats]]'' celebrates its 10th anniversary with a one-hour special, ''[[All Growed Up]]'' (which will eventually lead to a [[All Grown Up!|spin-off series]]), and a documentary, ''Still Babies After All These Years'', narrated by [[Amanda Bynes]].
|-
!31
| [[Fox Television Stations]] finalizes purchase of [[Chris-Craft Industries]] and its subsidiary [[BHC Communications]]. Soon afterwards, ABC affiliate [[KTVX]] in Salt Lake City and NBC affiliate [[WOAI-TV|KMOL-TV]] in San Antonio was traded to Clear Channel in exchange for Fox station [[WFTC]] in Minneapolis/St. Paul, then-UPN station [[KPTV]] in Portland was traded to Meredith Corporation in exchange for Fox station [[WOFL]] in Orlando and UPN station [[KPYX|KBHK-TV]] in San Francisco was traded to Viacom in exchange for the two Viacom-owned UPN stations [[KTXH]] in Houston and [[WDCA]] in Washington, D.C.
|}

===August===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
| 10
| ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' [[List_of_Samurai_Jack_episodes#Season_1_(2001)|premieres]] on [[Cartoon Network]].
|-
| 31
| ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' airs its [[Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood_(season_31)#Episode_5_(Celebrate_the_Arts)|final episode]] on [[PBS Kids]]. [[Fred Rogers]] would die two years later of [[stomach cancer]] at the age of 74.
|}

===September===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
!2
| [[Adult Swim]], an adult-oriented programming block, debuts on its [[Turner Broadcasting System|Turner]] sister cable channel [[Cartoon Network]].
|-
!3
| [[Thuy Trang]], the actress best known for her role as the yellow ranger, [[Trini Kwan]] from ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' unexpectedly dies at the age of 27 in a car accident in [[San Francisco]].
|-
!5
| [[CBS]]'s travel-based reality-competition, ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'', which would later become one of the most successful franchises in television, premieres its [[The Amazing Race 1|first episode]].
|-
!7
| Ed Toutant wins $1,860,000 on ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]''.<ref name="Toutant">{{cite web|url=https://www.aol.com/article/2010/09/29/million-dollar-game-show-winners-what-happens-after-the-money-c/19644881/|title=Million Dollar Game Show Winners: What Happens After the Money Comes In|work=Aol.com|publisher=Daily Finance|last=Berr|first=Jonathan|date=September 29, 2010|accessdate=July 30, 2014}}</ref> He had previously appeared on the episode aired January 31, 2001, when the jackpot was $1,860,000, where he was ruled to have answered his $16,000 question incorrectly, but when it was discovered that there was a mistake in that question, Toutant was invited back<ref>{{cite episode|series=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |season=3|number=1|date=September 7, 2001|network=ABC}}</ref> and wins the jackpot.<ref name="Toutant"/>
|-
!8
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] broadcasts the final episode of ''[[Murder in Small Town X]]'', in which [[New York City]] firefighter [[Ángel Juarbe, Jr.]] wins. Juarbe is killed three days later during the [[collapse of the World Trade Center]].
|-
! rowspan="2" |11
| Viewers around the world witness a [[September 11 attacks|terrorist attack]] on the [[United States]], and the [[Collapse of the World Trade Center|collapse]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] in [[New York City]] live on television. Additionally, the broadcast towers of [[WABC-TV]] and [[WNBC]], the respective flagship stations of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[NBC]], are destroyed by the attacks, but those signals could be viewed cable and satellite. The broadcast tower of [[WCBS-TV]] is destroyed in the attacks, but its full-power backup transmitter at the [[Empire State Building]] is not. Most American over-the-air broadcasters (except for Fox, UPN, PBS and The WB) and cable networks suspend regular programming for four days, and numerous major daily [[talk show]]s are not exhibited for several weeks until their hosts feel comfortable resuming programming.
|-
| Although they were first seen during 1952 and used by some television news programs ever since, [[news ticker|continually scrolling news headlines]] along the bottom of the screen become commonplace after the [[Fox News Channel]] uses it to allow viewers to keep track of the latest developments during the attacks.
|-
!13
| [[UPN]] resumes normal programming with a live episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''. The show was originally scheduled to be taped on September 11, but the taping was postponed by two days due to the attacks.
|-
!16
| [[Dick Schaap]] makes his final appearance as host of [[ESPN]]'s ''[[The Sports Reporters]]''. The show is expanded to an hour to cover the sports perspective from the [[September 11th attacks]]. Schaap soon undergoes [[hip replacement]] surgery and later dies from complications. In fact, he delayed the surgery in order to be on that show.
|-
!17
| All of the Big Three television networks resume their normal daytime programming schedules after four days of extensive news coverage of the attacks.
|-
!20
| On [[CBS]], Dr. [[Will Kirby]] is declared the winner of ''[[Big Brother 2 (American season)|Big Brother 2]]'', which was delayed by the attacks. Runner-up Nicole Nilson-Schafrich wins $50,000.
|-
!21
| All four major US networks – [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], and [[NBC]] – broadcast ''[[America: A Tribute to Heroes]]'', a two-hour telethon to raise money for the families of those killed by the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/09/22/MN112627.DTL&type=printable|title=Musicians, actors honor heroes, raise money for attack victims|date=September 22, 2001|first=John|last=Carman|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|page=A1}}</ref>
|-
!24
| The start of [[2001–02 United States network television schedule|the 2001–2002 autumn season]] in the US is delayed as a result of the attacks, with some series such as [[NBC]]'s ''[[The West Wing]]'' substituting special episodes dealing with the event in lieu of their originally scheduled season premieres. Some series, such as [[CBS]]'s military-themed series ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' and [[NBC]]'s New York-based ''[[Third Watch]]'', have to be reformatted in consideration of the attacks.
|-
!26
| [[UPN]] airs the [[Broken Bow (Star Trek: Enterprise)|two-hour series premiere]] of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. ''Enterprise'' is UPN's replacement for ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' (as well as the last iteration of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise).
|-
!29
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate WVSX (now [[WVNS-TV]]) in [[Lewisburg, West Virginia]], changes its affiliation to [[CBS]], giving the [[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]]-[[Bluefield, West Virginia|Bluefield]]-[[Oak Hill, West Virginia|Oak Hill]] market its first full-time CBS affiliate. Fox does not return to the Bluefield area until 2006, when the combination of a dispute involving [[WVAH-TV]] in [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]] and the end of the [[Foxnet]] cable service prompts WVNS-TV to establish a Fox-affiliated DT2 subchannel.
|}

===October===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
!2
| The two-hour [[Bargaining (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|season 6 premiere]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' first aired on [[UPN]] (attracting 7.7 million viewers) (making it the first episode of ''Buffy'' to not air on [[The WB]] after the [[The Gift (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|season 5 finale]]). The 3rd season premiere of ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' (also from The WB) first aired on UPN a week later on October 9.
|-
!3
| In the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]], several planned series and events are canceled; most notably, [[NBC]] drops a mini-series planned for spring 2002 which would have united the cast of ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', dealing with a terrorist attack on New York City.
|-
! 4
| [[Rose McGowan]] makes her [[Charmed Again|first appearance]] as [[Paige Matthews]], the long-lost younger half-sister of [[Piper Halliwell|Piper]] and [[Phoebe Halliwell]], on [[The WB]]'s ''[[Charmed]]''.
|-
!15
| In ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'', a compilation week of five taped sixth-episodes (which would later be called ''America's Game'' as of Season 26 in 2008) were shown for the first time. A new bonus round premiered a week later, in which a contestant can win as much as $100,000. This was not won until the December 19 episode by Douglas Ross.
|-
!20
| ''[[The Concert for New York City|Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes]]'' is broadcast by [[VH1]], with performances by [[Paul McCartney]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Who]], [[Billy Joel]] and others. It raises funds for the families of those killed by the attacks.
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|24
| [[The Walt Disney Company]] completes its purchase of [[History of Freeform (TV channel)#Fox Family|Fox Family]] for $2.9 billion.
|-
| ''[[Wolf Lake]]'' aired its final episode on [[CBS]] due to weak [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]]. Four more episodes were burned and aired on [[UPN]]. This would mark [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]]'s final appearance as a regular cast member on a television series, until ''[[BrainDead]]'', nearly 15 years later.
|-
!25
| [[Sony Pictures|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] merged the television units of [[Columbia TriStar Television]] and [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Television Distribution]] into one unified division, [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Domestic Television]], partly because of Japanese ownership, all of Sony's television employees lost various amount of jobs in favor of Sony's new broadcasting/cable/syndication unit. Columbia TriStar Domestic Television would produce the Columbia TriStar programs for the [[2001–02 United States network television schedule|2001-2002 TV season]].
|}

===November===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
! rowspan="2" |4
| The [[53rd Primetime Emmy Awards]] are presented on [[CBS]]. The original date was postponed 2 months ago when the [[September 11 attacks]] occurred.<ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117916283?refcatid=32&printerfriendly=true The 53rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards] from ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' (November 6, 2001)</ref>
|-
| Game 7 of the [[2001 World Series|World Series]] is broadcast on [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]]. The [[2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona Diamondbacks]] win their first title, defeating the three-time champion [[2001 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] which marked the end of their dynasty. The game ended with a base hit walk-off by [[Luis Gonzalez (outfielder, born 1967)|Luis Gonzalez]] against closer [[Mariano Rivera]] as he notoriously blew the save. This series was claimed as one of the greatest of all time.
|-
!15
| The [[Victoria's Secret Fashion Show]] is broadcast on television for the first time. The [[Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2001|2001]] edition of the show is broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] with 12.4 million viewers tuning in.<ref name="VUFO">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:NYPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F26D19721B8C940&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Victoria's Undies Fall Off|accessdate=March 6, 2009|date=November 17, 2001|work=[[New York Post]]|author=Kaplan, Don}}</ref><ref name="IMDB01">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300611/|title=The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2001) |accessdate=March 7, 2009|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref>
|}

===December===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
!13
| On [[CBS]], lawyers and best friends team, Rob Frisbee and Brennan Swain, won the [[The Amazing Race 1|inaugural season]] of ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'' and the US$1,000,000 grand prize.
|-
!31
| ''[[New Year's Eve Live (CNN program)|New Year's Eve Live]]'' airs its first edition on [[CNN]].
|}

==Programs==

===Debuts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Show
! Channel
|-
|January 1
|''[[Great Hotels]]''
|[[Travel Channel]]
|-
|January 3
|''Top 20 Countdown''
|[[Country Music Television|CMT]]
|-
|January 6
|''[[How It's Made]]''
|[[Science (TV channel)|Discovery Science]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|January 7
|''[[The Division]]''
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
| ''[[Lifestyle Magazine (TV series)|Lifestyle Magazine]]''
|[[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]]
|-
| ''[[Totally Hoops]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 9
| ''[[The Mole (American TV series)|The Mole]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Three Sisters (American TV series)|Three Sisters]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 10
| ''[[Grounded for Life]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Temptation Island (TV series)|Temptation Island]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|January 12
| ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
| ''[[Popstars]]''
|[[The WB]]
|-
| ''[[Gary & Mike]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 13
| ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[House of Mouse]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|January 14
| ''[[Taina (TV series)|Taina]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|January 15
| ''[[100 Centre Street]]''
|[[A&E Network|A&E]]
|-
|January 22
| ''[[The Book of Pooh]]''
|[[Playhouse Disney]]
|-
|January 27
| ''[[The Zeta Project]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
|January 30
| ''[[On the Team]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-29-ca-18377-story.html|title=New on Noggin: ''Team'', Yes, ''Big Kids'', No|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 29, 2001|last=Heffley|first=Lynne}}</ref>
|[[Noggin (brand)|Noggin]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 3
| ''[[Lloyd in Space]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
|February 3
|''[[XFL (2001)|XFL]]''
|[[NBC]]/UPN
|-
|February 4
|''[[Kathy's So-Called Reality]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|February 24
|''[[Kate Brasher]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|February 27
| ''[[The Andy Dick Show]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|February 28
| ''[[Some of My Best Friends]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|March 1
| ''[[Big Apple (TV series)|Big Apple]]''
|CBS
|-
|March 4
| ''[[The Lone Gunmen (TV series)|The Lone Gunmen]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|March 5
|''BET.com Countdown''
|[[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]
|-
|March 6
| ''[[The Fighting Fitzgeralds]]''
|NBC
|-
|March 11
| ''[[Doc (2001 TV series)|Doc]]''
|[[PAX TV]]
|-
|March 12
| ''[[The Chris Isaak Show]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|March 14
| ''[[The Job (2001 TV series)|The Job]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|March 19
| ''[[First Years]]''
|NBC
|-
|March 26
| ''[[Texas Justice]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|March 27
| ''[[What About Joan?]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 28
| ''[[My Wife and Kids]]''
|-
| ''[[Boot Camp (TV series)|Boot Camp]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 30
|''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|''[[Invader Zim]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 1
|''[[The Oblongs]]''
|[[The WB]]
|-
|''[[Undergrads]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|April 4
|''[[That's My Bush!]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|April 6
|''Jerkbeast Show''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.staticvideo.com/jerkbeast/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021051746/http://www.staticvideo.com/jerkbeast/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-10-21|title=Jerkbeast - Seattle Public Access Show episodes|date=2008-10-21|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref>
|[[Seattle Community Access Network|SCAN-TV]]
|-
|April 10
|''[[Robotica (TV Show)|Robotica]]''
|[[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 11
| ''The Quarters''
|[[TVG Network]]
|-
| ''[[Special Unit 2]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
|April 16
| ''[[The Weakest Link (American game show)|The Weakest Link]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 17
| ''[[All Souls (TV series)|All Souls]]''
|UPN
|-
| ''[[Chains of Love (TV series)|Chains of Love]]''
|UPN
|-
|April 21
| ''[[Weekend Now]]''
|[[The Weather Channel]]
|-
|April 22
| ''[[Nero Wolfe]]''
|[[A&E Network|A&E]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 5
|''[[The Cost of Freedom]]''
|[[Fox News Channel]]
|-
|''[[Dismissed (American TV series)|Dismissed]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|June 1
|''[[Unwrapped]]''
|[[Food Network]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 2
|''[[Braceface]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Freeform (TV channel)|Fox Family]]
|-
|''[[So Little Time]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |June 3
|''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
|June 5
|''[[Kristin (TV series)|Kristin]]''
|NBC
|-
|June 8
|''[[Time Squad]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|June 10
|''[[Tiny Planets]]''
|[[Nick Jr. Channel|Noggin]]
|-
|June 11
| ''[[Fear Factor]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|June 12
| ''[[Witchblade (2001 TV series)|Witchblade]]''
|[[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]
|-
|June 13
| ''[[The Beast (2001 TV series)|The Beast]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|June 18
| ''[[Spyder Games]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|June 19
| ''[[Go Fish (TV series)|Go Fish]]''
|NBC
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 20
| ''[[Primetime Glick]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
| ''[[You Don't Know Jack (game show)|You Don't Know Jack]]''
|ABC
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 21
| ''[[WWE Tough Enough]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| ''[[Spy TV]]''
|NBC
|-
|June 25
|''[[State of Grace (TV series)|State of Grace]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|Fox Family]]
|-
|June 26
|''[[Animal Precinct]]''
|[[Animal Planet]]
|-
|June 30
| ''[[The Ripping Friends]]''
|Fox Kids
|-
|July 10
| ''[[Cinema Insomnia]]''
|[[KXTV]]
|-
|July 12
| ''[[Night Visions (TV series)|Night Visions]]''
|Fox
|-
|July 18
| ''[[Access Granted]]''
|[[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 24
| ''[[Murder in Small Town X]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[The Downer Channel]]''
|NBC
|-
|July 23
| ''[[The Best Damn Sports Show Period]]''
|ESPN
|-
|July 29
| ''[[Leap Years]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|August 1
| ''[[Hard Knocks (documentary series)|Hard Knocks]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
| ''[[MythQuest]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
| ''[[Out There TV]]''
|[[America One]]
|-
|August 3
| ''[[Manhunt (2001 TV series)|Manhunt]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 4
| ''[[All About Us (TV series)|All About Us]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[America's Test Kitchen]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
|August 5
| ''[[Insomniac with Dave Attell]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|August 8
| ''[[The Wayne Brady Show]]''
|ABC
|-
|August 9
| ''[[Going to California (TV series)|Going to California]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|August 10
|''[[Samurai Jack]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|August 11
|''[[Cubix|Cubix: Robots for Everyone]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
|August 14
|''[[Dead Last]]''
|[[The WB]]
|-
|August 19
|''[[Let's Bowl]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|August 20
|''[[Oswald (TV series)|Oswald]]''
|[[Nick Jr. (block)|Nick Jr.]]
|-
|August 24
|''[[Grim & Evil]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|August 27
| ''[[Shipmates (TV series)|Shipmates]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|August 31
| ''[[The Nightmare Room]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
|September 1
| ''[[The Legend of Tarzan (TV series)|The Legend of Tarzan]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
|September 2
| ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series]]''
|[[PBS Kids]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 3
| ''[[One on One (American TV series)|One on One]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
| ''[[Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat]]''
|[[PBS Kids]]
|-
|September 4
| ''[[Lost (game show)|Lost]]''
|NBC
|-
|September 5
| ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|September 8
| ''[[Moolah Beach]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |September 9
| ''[[Ponderosa (TV series)|Ponderosa]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Ion Television|PAX TV]]
|-
| ''Ed McMahon's Next Big Star''
|-
|''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]''
|HBO
|-
|rowspan="4"|September 10
| ''[[The Ananda Lewis Show]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Iyanla Vanzant|Iyanla]]''
|-
| ''[[The Other Half (talk show)|The Other Half]]''
|-
| ''[[The URL With Phred Show]]''
|[[Nick Jr. Channel|Noggin]]
|-
|September 12
| ''[[American Morning]]''
|[[CNN]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 15
| ''[[Alienators: Evolution Continues]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
|''[[The Proud Family]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|''[[Stanley (2001 TV series)|Stanley]]''
|[[Playhouse Disney]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 17
| ''[[ElimiDate]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Rendez-View]]''
|-
| ''[[Michael Baisden|Talk or Walk]]''
|-
|September 19
| ''[[Wolf Lake]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|September 22
| ''[[What's with Andy?]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|Fox Family]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 23
| ''[[The Education of Max Bickford]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Mind of the Married Man]]''
|HBO
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 24
| ''[[Crossing Jordan]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[The Ellen Show]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="5"|September 25
| ''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]''
|-
| ''[[Philly (TV series)|Philly]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Undeclared]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Emeril (TV series)|Emeril]]''
|NBC
|-
| ''[[Love Cruise]]''
|Fox
|-
|September 26
| ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 27
| ''[[The Agency (2001 TV series)|The Agency]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Inside Schwartz]]''
|NBC
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 28
| ''[[Thieves (TV series)|Thieves]]''
|ABC
|-
| ''[[Pasadena (TV series)|Pasadena]]''
|Fox
|-
| rowspan="2" |September 29
| ''[[The Mummy (TV series)|The Mummy: The Animated Series]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
| ''[[Citizen Baines]]''
|CBS
|-
|rowspan="4"|September 30
| ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[UC: Undercover]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[War Stories with Oliver North]]''
|[[Fox News Channel]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 1
| ''[[The 5th Wheel]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Neverending Story]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 2
|''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|October 3
|''[[According to Jim]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 5
|''[[Maybe It's Me (TV series)|Maybe It's Me]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[The WB]]
|-
|''[[Raising Dad]]''
|-
|''[[Reba (TV series)|Reba]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 6
|''[[Mutant X (TV series)|Mutant X]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Sk8 (TV series)|Sk8]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 14
|''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|''[[Men, Women & Dogs]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[The WB]]
|-
| ''[[Off Centre]]''
|-
|October 16
| ''[[Smallville]]''
|-
|October 20
| ''[[Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 22
| ''[[Pardon the Interruption]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[ESPN]]
|-
| ''Unscripted with Chris Connelly''
|-
|October 25
| ''[[Truth or Scare]]''
|[[Discovery Kids]]
|-
|November 3
| ''[[Totally Spies!]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]]
|-
|November 5
| ''[[NewsNight with Aaron Brown]]''
|[[CNN]]
|-
|November 6
| ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|November 7
| ''[[Beat the Geeks]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|November 8
|''[[The Tick (2001 TV series)|The Tick]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|November 14
|''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 17
|''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|''[[30 Minute Meals]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Food Network]]
|-
|''Sara's Secrets''
|-
|November 19
|''[[The Popeye Show]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|November 25
|''[[Action League Now!]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|December 2
| ''[[Project Greenlight]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|December 16
| ''Iron Chef USA''
|UPN
|-
|December 31
| ''[[New Year's Eve Live (CNN program)|CNN New Year's Eve Live]]''
|[[CNN]]
|}

===Returning this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Last aired || Previous network || New network || Returning
|-
|''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''
|rowspan="3"|1999
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|[[Cartoon Network]]/[[Adult Swim]]
|May 7/September 2
|-
|''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]''
|[[CBS]]
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|July 11
|-
|''[[Home Movies (TV series)|Home Movies]]''
|[[UPN]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Adult Swim]]
|rowspan="5"|September 2
|-
|''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''
|rowspan="4"|2000
|rowspan="4"|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|''[[The Brak Show]]''
|-
|''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''
|-
|''[[Sealab 2021]]''
|-
|''[[Card Sharks]]''
|1989
|[[CBS]]
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|September 17
|-
|''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''
|1999
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|November 16
|-
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! Show
! Network
! Debut
! Status
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 6
|''[[Croc Files]]''
|Discovery Kids on NBC
|1999
|rowspan="26"|Cancelled
|-
|''[[One World (TV series)|One World]]''
|NBC
|1998
|-
|January 13
|''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''
|ABC
|2000
|-
|January 14
|''[[The Jamie Foxx Show]]''
|The WB
|1996
|-
|January 17
|''[[Welcome to New York (TV series)|Welcome to New York]]''
|CBS
|2000
|-
|January 18
|''[[Later (talk show)|Later]]''
|NBC
|1988
|-
|January 26
|''[[Level 9 (TV series)|Level 9]]''
|UPN
|2000
|-
|February 6
|''[[Beggars and Choosers (TV series)|Beggars and Choosers]]''
|Showtime
|1999
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 18
|''[[Grosse Pointe (TV series)|Grosse Pointe]]''
|rowspan="2"|The WB
|rowspan="3"|2000
|-
|''[[Hype (TV series)|Hype]]''
|-
|February 24
|''[[Corduroy (TV series)|Corduroy]]''
|PBS Kids
|-
|March 1
|''[[Madeline (TV series)|Madeline]]''
|Disney Channel
|1993
|-
|March 4
|''[[La Femme Nikita (TV series)|La Femme Nikita]]''
|USA Network
|1997
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 5
|''[[Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (TV series)|Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot]]''
|Fox Kids
|1999
|-
|''[[Cleopatra 2525]]''
|Syndication
|rowspan="4"|2000
|-
|March 7
|''[[Bette (TV series)|Bette]]''
|CBS
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 11
|''[[The Bob Clampett Show]]''
|Cartoon Network
|-
|''[[Strip Mall]]''
|Comedy Central
|-
|March 21
|''[[WCW Thunder]]''
|TBS
|1998
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 23
|''[[Generation O!]]''
|Kids' WB
|2000
|-
|''[[Oh Yeah! Cartoons]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1998
|-
|March 24
| ''[[Cover Me (American TV series)|Cover Me]]''
|USA
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|March 25
|''[[In a Heartbeat (TV series)|In a Heartbeat]]''
|Disney Channel
|-
|March 26
|''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]''
|TNT
|1995
|-
|March 30
|''[[Hollywood Showdown]]''
|GSN
|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 31
|''[[Spider-Man Unlimited]]''
|Fox Kids
|1999
|-
|''[[WCW Worldwide]]''
|Syndication
|1975
|Ended
|-
|April 1
|''[[Kathy's So-Called Reality]]''
|MTV
|2001
|rowspan="19"|Cancelled
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 6
|''[[The Norm Show]]''
|ABC
|1999
|-
|''[[Teletubbies]]''
|PBS Kids
|1998
|-
|April 9
|''[[Gideon's Crossing]]''
|ABC
|2000
|-
|April 11
|''[[Some of My Best Friends]]''
|CBS
|rowspan="4"|2001
|-
|April 13
|''[[Gary & Mike]]''
|UPN
|-
|April 14
|''[[Kate Brasher]]''
|CBS
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 15
|''[[Totally Hoops]]''
|Disney Channel
|-
|''[[Jack & Jill (TV series)|Jack & Jill]]''
|The WB
|rowspan="2"|1999
|-
|April 22
|''[[The Lot (TV series)|The Lot]]''
|AMC
|-
|May 4
|''[[Nash Bridges]]''
|CBS
|1996
|-
|May 11
|''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]''
|CBS
|1993
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 14
|''[[Baywatch]]''
|Syndication
|1989
|-
|''[[Moesha]]''
|UPN
|1996
|-
|May 15
|''[[The Fighting Fitzgeralds]]''
|NBC
|2001
|-
|May 16
|''[[Two Guys and a Girl]]''
|ABC
|1998
|-
|May 17
|''[[All That]]'' (returned in 2002)
|rowspan="2"|Nickelodeon
|1994
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 19
|''[[Cousin Skeeter]]''
|rowspan="2"|1998
|-
|''[[The Howard Stern Radio Show]]''
|Syndication
|-
|''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''
|CBS
|1993
|rowspan="2"|Ended
|-
|May 22
|''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''
|NBC
|1996
|-
|rowspan="4"|May 23
|''[[Boot Camp (TV series)|Boot Camp]]''
|Fox
|rowspan="2"|2001
|rowspan="25"|Cancelled
|-
|''[[That's My Bush!]]''
|Comedy Central
|-
|''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''
|UPN
|1995
|-
|''[[Moral Court]]''
|Syndication
|2000
|-
|May 27
|''[[Mike, Lu & Og]]''
|Cartoon Network
|1999
|-
|May 29
|''[[DAG (American TV series)|DAG]]''
|NBC
|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 1
|''[[Seven Days (TV series)|Seven Days]]''
|UPN
|1998
|-
|''[[The Lone Gunmen (TV series)|The Lone Gunmen]]''
|Fox
|2001
|-
|June 6
|''[[18 Wheels of Justice]]''
|TNN
|2000
|-
|June 7
|''[[Zoboomafoo]]''
|PBS
|1999
|-
|June 18
|''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''
|Syndication
|1995
|-
|rowspan="3"|June 22
|''[[FreakyLinks]]''
|Fox
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|''[[History IQ]]''
|The History Channel
|-
|''[[The Famous Jett Jackson]]''
|Disney Channel
|1998
|-
|June 27
|''[[Ladies Man (1999 TV series)|Ladies Man]]''
|CBS
|1999
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 30
|''[[Men in Black: The Series]]''
|Kids' WB
|1997
|-
|''[[MasterChef USA]]''
|PBS
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|July 10
|''[[The Geena Davis Show]]''
|ABC
|-
|July 17
|''The Big Garage''
|TLC
|1997
|-
|July 25
|''[[The Beast (2001 TV series)|The Beast]]''
|ABC
|rowspan="2"|2001
|-
|August 12
|''[[Undergrads]]''
|MTV
|-
|August 18
|''[[WWF LiveWire]]''
|TNN
|1996
|-
|August 19
|''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling]]''
|USA Network
|1986
|-
|August 28
|''[[Cursed (2000 TV series)|Cursed]]''
|NBC
|2000
|-
|rowspan="3"|August 31
|''[[The Big Help]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1994
|-
|''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]''
|PBS
|1968
|Ended
|-
|''[[The Queen Latifah Show]]'' (returned in 2013)
|Syndication
|1999
|rowspan="28"|Cancelled
|-
|September 1
|''[[Murder in Small Town X]]''
|Fox
|2001
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 7
|''[[Real TV]]''
|Syndication
|1996
|-
|''[[Judge Mills Lane]]''
|Syndication
|1998
|-
|September 9
|''[[Phred on Your Head Show]]''
|Noggin
|1999
|-
|September 20
|''[[Spyder Games]]''
|MTV
|rowspan="2"|2001
|-
|September 25
|''[[Dead Last]]''
|The WB
|-
|September 28
|''[[So Weird]]''
|Disney Channel
|1999
|-
|October 1
|''[[Internet Tonight]]''
|ZDTV/TechTV
|1998
|-
|October 7
|''[[Monster Rancher (TV series)|Monster Rancher]]''
|Syndication
|1999
|-
|October 9
|''[[What About Joan?]]''
|ABC
|2001
|-
|October 15
|''[[Bug Juice]]'' (returned in 2018)
|Disney Channel
|rowspan="2"|1998
|-
|October 19
|''[[Inquizition]]''
|GSN
|-
|November 1
|''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]''
|ABC
|rowspan="2"|2001
|-
|November 3
|''[[Citizen Baines]]''
|CBS
|-
|November 5
|''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]''
|ABC
|1997
|-
|November 10
|''[[All About Us (TV series)|All About Us]]''
|NBC
|2001
|-
|November 17
|''[[MythQuest]]''
|PBS
|2001
|-
|November 22
|''[[Maisy]]''
|Noggin
|1999
|-
|November 30
|''[[ReBoot]]''
|YTV
|1994
|-
|December 7
|''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' (returned in 2004)
|Cartoon Network
|1997
|-
|December 10
|''[[Angela Anaconda]]''
|Fox Family
|1999
|-
|December 15
|''[[City Guys]]''
|NBC
|1997
|-
|December 18
|''[[Batman Beyond]]''
|Kids' WB
|1999
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 28
|''[[2 Minute Drill (game show)|2 Minute Drill]]''
|ESPN
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|''[[Timothy Goes to School]]''
|PBS Kids
|-
|December 30
|''[[Men, Women & Dogs]]''
|The WB
|2001
|}

===Entering syndication this year===
{|class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Seasons || In Production || Source
|-
|''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''||5||rowspan="1"|Yes||
|-
|''[[City Guys]]''||4||rowspan="1"|No||
|-
|''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''||5||rowspan="1"|Yes||
|-
|''[[Just Shoot Me!]]''||5||rowspan="1"|Yes||
|-
|''[[King of the Hill]]''||5||rowspan="1"|Yes||
|-
|''[[The Practice]]''||5||rowspan="1"|Yes||
|-
|''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]''||5||rowspan="1"|Yes||
|-
|''[[Two Guys and a Girl]]''||4||rowspan="1"|No||
|}

===Changes of network affiliation===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Show
! Moved from
! Moved to
|-
| ''[[American High (TV series)|American High]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]
|-
|''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]
|-
|''[[Candid Camera]]''
| rowspan="3" |[[CBS]]
|[[Ion Television|PAX TV]]
|-
| ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]''
| [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
| ''[[Card Sharks]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[The Weekenders]]''
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|rowspan="3"| [[UPN]]
|-
| ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[The WB]]
|-
| ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]''
|-
| ''[[Jay Jay the Jet Plane]]''
| [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]]
| [[PBS Kids]]
|-
| ''[[National Geographic Explorer]]''
| [[CNBC]]
| [[MSNBC]]
|-
| ''[[Home Movies (TV series)|Home Movies]]''
| [[UPN]]
|rowspan="6"| [[Adult Swim]]
|-
| ''[[The Brak Show]]''
|rowspan="5"| [[Cartoon Network]]
|-
| ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''
|-
| ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''
|-
| ''[[Sealab 2021]]''
|-
| ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''
|}

===Notable TV movies===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Premiere date
! Title
! Channel
|-
!March 24
|''[[Wit (film)|Wit]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
!April 28
|''[[61*]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
!April 29
|''[[On Golden Pond (2001 film)|On Golden Pond]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!May 19
|''[[Conspiracy (2001 film)|Conspiracy]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
!July 21
|''[[All Growed Up]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
!July 30
|''[[The Retrievers]]''
|[[Animal Planet]]
|-
!September 14
|''[[The Poof Point]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
!October 12
|''[[Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
!November 3
|''[[The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
!November 18
|''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life Reunion]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!December 2
| ''[[The Lost Battalion (2001 film)|The Lost Battalion]]''
| [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |December 7
|''[[12 Tiny Christmas Tales]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|''[['Twas the Night (film)|'Twas the Night]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
!December 11
|''[[A Rugrats Kwanzaa]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|}

==Networks and services==
===Launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type
! Launch date
! Notes
! Source
|-
| [[Telefe Internacional]]
| Cable television
| Unknown
|
|
|-
| [[We TV|WE: Women's Entertainment]]
| Cable and satellite
| January 1
|
|
|-
| [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|National Geographic Channel]]
| Cable and satellite
| January 7
|
|
|-
| [[C-SPAN 3]]
| Cable television
| January 22
|
|
|-
| [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime Family Zone]]
| Cable television
| March
|
|
|-
| [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime Next]]
| Cable television
| March
|
|
|-
| [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime Women]]
| Cable television
| March
|
|
|-
| [[Cinemax|5StarMax]]
| Cable television
| May 17
|
|
|-
| [[Cinemax|OuterMax]]
| Cable television
| May 17
|
|
|-
| [[Cinemax|WMax]]
| Cable television
| May 17
|
|
|-
| [[Cinemax|@Max]]
| Cable television
| May 17
|
|
|-
| [[CNBC World]]
| Cable and satellite
| July 1
|
|
|-
| [[Lifetime Real Women]]
| Cable and satellite
| August 20
|
|
|-
| [[AXS TV|HDNet]]
| Cable and satellite
| September 6
|
|
|-
| [[New Tang Dynasty Television]]
| Cable television
| December 3
|
|
|}

===Conversions and rebrandings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Old network name
! New network name
! Type
! Conversion Date
! Notes
! Source
|-
|[[Starz!|BET Movies: Starz!]]
|Black Starz!
|Cable television
|Unknown
|
|
|-
|[[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids Channel]]
|Discovery Kids
|Cable television
|Unknown
|
|
|-
|[[The Movie Channel|The Movie Channel 2]]
|TMC Xtra
|Cable television
|March 5
|
|
|-
|Showtime 3
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showcase]]
|Cable television
|July 1
|
|
|-
|Odyssey Network
|[[Hallmark Channel]]
|Cable and satellite
|August 6
|Having acquired the [[Jim Henson Company]]'s interest in the Odyssey cable network the previous year, [[Crown Media Holdings]] rebrands Odyssey as the [[Hallmark Channel]], after Crown Media's corporate parent [[Hallmark Cards]]. The Hallmark Channel branding continues to this day.
|
|-
|[[MTV Tres|MTV S]]
|MTV en Espanol
|Cable television
|October 1
|
|
|-
|GEMS Television
|[[Mun2]]
|Cable and satellite
|November 1
|[[Telemundo]] relaunches GEMS Television as [[Mun2]], featuring English and Spanish language programming intended for a young Latino audience.
|
|-
|Fox Family
|ABC Family
|Cable and satellite
|November 10
|Fox Family is renamed [[History of Freeform (TV channel)#ABC Family|ABC Family]], as [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] sells the channel to [[The Walt Disney Company]].
|
|}

===Closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type
! Closure date
! Notes
! Source
|-
| [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]]
| Cable and satellite
| January 1
|
|
|}

==Television stations==

===Station launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[Television station|Station]]
! [[City of license]] / [[Designated market area|Market]]
! Channel
! Affiliation
! Source
|-
! January 1
| [[KUTF|KUTH]] || [[Logan, Utah|Logan, UT]] || 12 || [[Univision]] ||
|-
! rowspan="2" | January 2
| [[KBBJ]]{{efn-ua|name=KTVH|Satellite of [[KTVH]] in [[Helena, Montana|Helena]].}} || [[Havre, Montana|Havre]]–[[Great Falls, Montana|Great Falls, MT]] || 9 || [[NBC]] ||
|-
| [[KDTP]] || [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix, AZ]]{{efn|Now licensed to [[Holbrook, Arizona]].}} || 11 || [[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]]||
|-
! January 3
| [[KBAO]]{{efn-ua|name=KTVH}} || [[Lewistown, Montana|Lewistown, MT]] || 13 || NBC ||
|-
! January 5
| [[KUVE-DT|KXGR]]{{efn-ua|Semi-satellite of [[KTVW-DT|KTVW]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]].}} || [[Green Valley, Arizona|Green Valley, AZ]] || 46 || [[Ion Television|Pax TV]] ||
|-
! January 6
| [[KMTW|KSCC]] || [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]]–[[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita, KS]] || 36 || [[UPN]] ||
|-
! January 9
| [[KXVA]] || [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene, TX]] || 15 || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] ||
|-
! January 12
| [[KTAZ|KPHZ]] || [[Holbrook, Arizona|Holbrook]]–[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix, AZ]] || 39 || [[Jewelry Television|America's Collectibles Network]] ||
|-
! January 17
| [[WWSI]] || [[Mount Laurel, New Jersey|Mount Laurel, NJ]]–[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]|| 62 || [[Telemundo]] ||
|-
! January 20
| [[KCWI-TV|KPWB-TV]] || [[Ames, Iowa|Ames]]–[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines, IA]] || 23 || [[The WB]]/UPN ||
|-
! January 26
| [[KWBM]]
| [[Harrison, Arkansas|Harrison, AR]]–[[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield, MO]] || 31 || The WB ||
|-
! February 9
| [[KLCW-TV|KUPT]] || [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock, TX]] || 22 || UPN ||
|-
! February 21
| [[KCWY]] || [[Casper, Wyoming|Casper, WY]] || 13 || Pax TV ||
|-
! March 23
| [[KCWK|KBKI]] || [[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla, WA]] || 9 || Independent ||
|-
! March 30
| [[KBEO]] || [[Jackson, Wyoming|Jackson, WY]] || 11 || [[America One]] ||
|-
! March 31
| [[KTMW]] || [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, UT]]|| 20 || Religious independent ||
|-
! April
| [[KPTF-DT|KPTF-TV]] || [[Farwell, Texas|Farwell, TX]] || 18 || [[God's Learning Channel]] ||
|-
! April 1
| [[KPMR]] || [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara, CA]] || 38 || Telemundo ||
|-
! May
| [[KKAP]] || [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock, AR]] || 36 || Daystar ||
|-
! May 14
| [[KUPB]] || [[Midland, Texas|Midland]]–[[Odessa, Texas|Odessa, TX]]|| 18 || Univision ||
|-
! June 18
| [[WKDH]] || [[Houston, Mississippi|Houston]]–[[Tupelo, Mississippi|Tupelo]]–[[Columbus, Mississippi|Columbus, MS]] || 45 || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ||
|-
! June 20
| [[KFTU-DT|KBGF]] || [[Douglas, Arizona|Douglas, AZ]] || 3 || Independent ||
|-
! June 26
| [[KXPI-LD|KPID-LP]] || [[Pocatello, Idaho|Pocatello]]–[[Idaho Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls, ID]] || 34 || UPN ||
|-
! July 9
| [[KAZA-TV|KAZA]] || [[Avalon, California|Avalon]]–[[Los Angeles]], [[California|CA]] || 54 || [[Azteca America]] ||
|-
! September 2
| [[WFNA (TV)|WBPG-TV]] || [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile, AL]] || 55 || The WB ||
|-
! October 15
| [[KBLN]] || [[Grants Pass, Oregon|Grants Pass, OR]] || 30 || [[Three Angels Broadcasting Network|3ABN]] ||
|-
! October 17
| [[WMNS-LD|K22GA]] || [[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie, USVI]] || 22 || Daystar ||
|-
! October 19
| [[WSKY-TV]] || [[Manteo, North Carolina|Manteo, NC]]–[[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]–[[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News, VA]]
| 4 || Independent ||
|-
! November 19
| [[KTGM|K07XG]]{{efn-ua|Translator of [[KTGM]] in [[Tamuning, Guam]].}} || [[Garapan|Garapan, Saipan]], [[Northern Mariana Islands|MP]]|| 7 || ABC ||
|-
! December 3
| [[KUNP|KBPD]] || [[La Grande, Oregon|La Grande, OR]] || 16 || Univision ||
|-
! Unknown
| [[WBIF]] || [[Marianna, Florida|Marianna]]–[[Panama City, Florida|Panama City, FL]] || 51 || Pax TV ||
|-
! Unknown
| [[WBIH]] || [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery, AL]] || 29 || {{n/a}} ||
|-
! Unknown
| [[KWWT|KPXK]] || [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]]–[[Midland, Texas|Midland, TX]] || 30 || Pax TV ||
|-
! Unknown
| [[WNCR-LD|WACW-LP]] || [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh, NC]] || {{n/a}} || America One ||
|-
! Unknown
| [[WTPX-TV]] || [[Wausau, Wisconsin|Wausau]]–[[Rhinelander, Wisconsin|Rhinelander, WI]] || 46 || Pax TV ||
|}
{{notelist-ua}}
{{notelist}}

===Network affiliation changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[Television station|Station]]
! [[City of license]] / [[Designated market area|Market]]
! Channel
! Old affiliation
! New affiliation
! Source
|-
! rowspan="3" | January 1
| [[WVBG-LD|WVBG-LP]]
| [[Albany, New York|Albany, NY]]
| 25
| [[UPN]]
| [[Outside Television|Resort Sports Network]]
|
|-
| [[WCCT-TV]]
| [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford, CT]]
| 20
| [[UPN]]
| [[The WB]]
|
|-
| [[WCTX]]
|[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford, CT]]
| 59
| The WB
| UPN
|
|-
! January 9
| [[KIDZ-LD|KIDZ-LP]]
| [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene, TX]]
| 54
| Fox / UPN
| UPN / [[Ion Television|Pax TV]]
|
|-
! January 22
| [[KIIT-CD|K11TW]]
| [[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte, NE]]
| 11
| [[UPN]]
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|
|-
! March 21
| [[WNKY]]
| [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green, KY]]
| 40
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (as WKNT)
| [[NBC]]
| <ref name=b&c-wkntfoxtonbc>{{cite news|title=All stats, all the time|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/all-stats-all-time/96702|accessdate=December 19, 2015|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=March 18, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222172429/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/all-stats-all-time/96702|archive-date=2015-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! September 29
| [[WVNS-TV]]
| [[Lewisburg, West Virginia|Lewisburg]]–[[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]]–[[Oak Hill, West Virginia|Oak Hill, WV]]
| 59
| Fox
| CBS
|
|-
! October 20
| [[WSTQ-LP|WAWA-LP]]
| [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse, NY]]
| 14
| Independent
| UPN
|
|-
! Unknown
| [[W07CL]]
| [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne, IN]]
| 7
| [[Network One]]
| [[American Independent Network|AIN]]/[[Urban America Television|UATV]]
|
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date || Name || Notability
|-
!January 3
|Ellis Ann Jackson
|Actress (''[[Talia in the Kitchen]]'')
|-
!January 14
|Jayce Mroz
|Actor (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
!January 18
|[[Claire Engler]]
|Actress (''[[A.N.T. Farm]]'')
|-
!January 19
|Tyler Merna
|Voice actor (Prince James on ''[[Sofia the First]]'')
|-
!January 21
|[[Jackson Brundage]]
|Actor (''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[See Dad Run]]'', ''[[Harvey Beaks]]'')
|-
!February 5
|[[Connor Gibbs]]
|Actor (''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'')
|-
!February 15
|[[Haley Tju]]
|Actress (''[[Monsters vs. Aliens (TV series)|Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', ''[[Bella and the Bulldogs]]'', ''[[The Loud House]]'', ''[[Big Hero 6: The Series]]'', ''[[Where's Waldo? (TV series)|Where's Waldo?]]'', ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'')
|-
!February 16
|Katherine Forrester
|Canadian voice actress (Katie on ''[[PAW Patrol]]'')
|-
!February 19
|[[David Mazouz]]
|Actor (''[[Touch (American TV series)|Touch]]'', ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |February 21
|[[Isabella Acres]]
|Actress (''[[Better Off Ted]]'')
|-
|Amarr M. Wooten
|Actor (''[[Knight Squad]]'')
|-
!February 23
|Tommi Rose
|Actress (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
!March 6
|[[Milo Manheim]]
|Actor
|-
!March 26
|Ciara Riley Wilson
|Actress
|-
!March 30
|Uriel Baldesco
|Filipino actress (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
!April 5
|[[Robbie Tucker]]
|Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[See Dad Run]]'')
|-
!April 8
|Kyla Rae Kowalewski
|Voice actress (Anais on ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'')
|-
!April 20
|Ian Alexander
|Actor (''[[The OA]]'')
|-
!April 21
|Maria Quezada
|Actress (''[[Talia in the Kitchen]]'')
|-
!June 8
|Owen Mason
|Canadian voice actor (Ryder on ''[[PAW Patrol]]'' (2013–15))
|-
!June 9
|Xolo Mariduena
|Actor (''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'', ''[[Cobra Kai]]'')
|-
!June 13
|DeVore Ledridge
|Actress (''[[Bizaardvark]]'')
|-
!June 27
|Curtis Harris
|Actor (''[[The Haunted Hathaways]]'')
|-
!July 8
|[[Riele Downs]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Henry Danger]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Kid Danger]]'')
|-
!July 10
|[[Isabela Moner]]
|Actress (''[[Dora and Friends: Into the City!]]'', ''[[100 Things to Do Before High School]]'')
|-
!July 12
|[[Niles Fitch]]
|Actor (''[[This Is Us]]'')
|-
!July 31
|Sean Kyer
|Canadian actor (''[[Odd Squad (TV series)|Odd Squad]]'')
|-
!August 8
|[[Bebe Wood]]
|Actress (''[[The New Normal (TV series)|The New Normal]]'', ''[[The Real O'Neals]]'', ''[[Love, Victor]]'')
|-
!August 13
|Alyssa Jirrels
|Actress (''[[Mech-X4]]'')
|-
!August 14
|[[Ava (wrestler)|Ava Raine]]
|Pro wrestler and daughter of [[Dwayne Johnson]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gariano |first=Francesca |title=Dwayne Johnson's 3 Kids: All About Simone, Jasmine and Tiana |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-dwayne-johnson-children/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!August 16
|Cole Jensen
|Actor (''[[Crash & Bernstein]]'')
|-
!August 21
|[[Dallas Liu]]{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
|Actor (''[[Legendary Dudas]]'', ''[[PEN15]]'')
|-
!August 30
|Sean Ryan Fox
|Actor (''[[Henry Danger]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Kid Danger]]'')
|-
!September 4
|Tenzing Norgay Trainor
|Actor (''[[Liv and Maddie]]'')
|-
!September 18
|[[Luke Mullen]]
|Actor (''[[Andi Mack]]'')
|-
!October 5
|[[Dalila Bela]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Odd Squad (TV series)|Odd Squad]]'', ''[[Ready Jet Go!]]'', ''[[Anne with an E|Anne]]'')
|-
!October 12
|[[Raymond Ochoa]]
|Actor
|-
!October 13
|[[Caleb McLaughlin]]
|Actor (''[[Stranger Things]]'')
|-
!October 14
|[[Rowan Blanchard]]
|Actress (''[[Girl Meets World]]'', ''[[The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs]]'')
|-
!October 17
|[[Jake Beale]]
|Actor
|-
!October 27
|Teilor Grubbs
|Actress (''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'')
|-
!October 30
|Jaheem King Toombs
|Actor (''[[100 Things to Do Before High School]]'')
|-
!November 5
|Alex Hook
|Canadian actress (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
!November 7
|Sawyer Barth
|Actor (''[[The Kids Are Alright (TV series)|The Kids Are Alright]]'')
|-
!November 14
|[[Stephanie (LazyTown)|Chloe Lang]]
|Actress (Stephanie on ''[[LazyTown]]'' (2013–14))
|-
!November 15
|[[Sadie Stanley]]
|Actress (''[[Kim Possible (2019 film)|Kim Possible]]'')
|-
!November 23
|Parker Queenan
|Actor (''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019 miniseries)|Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'')
|-
!December 5
|Diego Velazquez
|Actor (''[[The Thundermans]]'', ''[[Zoe Valentine]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |December 8
|Kamran Lucas
|Actor (''[[Mech-X4]]'')
|-
|[[Tylen Jacob Williams]]
|Actor (''[[Instant Mom]]'')
|-
!December 14
|[[Joshua Rush]]
|Actor (''[[Clarence (American TV series)|Clarence]]'', ''[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil]]'', ''[[The Lion Guard]]'', ''[[Andi Mack]]'', ''[[Where's Waldo? (TV series)|Where's Waldo?]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |December 28
|[[Madison De La Garza]]
|Actress (''[[Desperate Housewives]]'') and sister of [[Demi Lovato]]
|-
|[[Maitreyi Ramakrishnan]]
|Actress ([[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|''Never Have I Ever'']])
|-
!December 31
|Alex Thorne
|Canadian voice actor (''[[PAW Patrol]]'', ''[[PJ Masks]]'')
|}


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==Deaths==
==Deaths==
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*[[March 12]] - [[Morton Downey, Jr.]], [[television personality]].
|- "
*[[March 21]] - [[Norma Macmillan]], [[voice actor]].
! Date || Name || Age ||class="unsortable" |Notability
*[[March 22]] - [[William Hanna]], cofounder (with [[Joseph Barbera]]) of famous [[Hanna-Barbera]] [[animation]] studio.
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*[[April 15]] - [[Joey Ramone]], 49, [[actor]]/songwriter of [[Ramones|the Ramones]].
!January 1
*[[June 21]] - [[Carroll O'Connor]], 76, actor who played Archie Bunker on ''[[All in the Family]]''.
|[[Ray Walston]]
*[[August 4]] - [[Lorenzo Music]], 64, writer and actor who co-created ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'' and did the voices of Carlton the doorman on ''[[Rhoda]]'' and [[Garfield]] the cat in the [[animated cartoon]] ''[[Garfield and Friends]]''.
|align="center"|86
|American actor (''[[My Favorite Martian]]'')
|-
!January 6
|[[Scott Marlowe]]
|align="center"|68
|American film, stage and television actor
|-
!January 8
|[[Don Brodie]]
|align="center"|96
|American actor
|-
!January 18
|[[Al Waxman]]
|align="center"|65
|Canadian actor and director (Lt. Samuels on ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'')
|-
!January 21
|[[Sandy Baron]]
|align="center"|64
|American actor and comedian
|-
!January 22
|[[Roy Brown (clown)|Roy Brown]]
|align="center"|68
|Clown and puppeteer
|-
!January 24
|[[Dick Whittinghill]]
|align="center"|87
|American actor
|-
!January 25
|[[Sam Singer]]
|align="center"|88
|American animator and producer
|-
!January 28
|[[Sally Mansfield]]
|align="center"|77
|American actress
|-
!February 7
|[[Dale Evans]]
|align="center"|88
|Singer, actress (''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'') and wife of [[Roy Rogers]]
|-
!February 18
|[[Dale Earnhardt]]
|align="center"|49
|Race car driver
|-
!February 20
|[[Bob Weiskopf]]
|align="center"|86
|Writer (''[[I Love Lucy]]'')
|-
!February 27
|Stan Margulies
|align="center"|80
|Producer (''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'', ''[[The Thorn Birds (miniseries)|The Thorn Birds]]'')
|-
!March 8
|[[Edward Winter (actor)|Edward Winter]]
|align="center"|63
|Actor ([[List of M*A*S*H characters#Colonel Sam Flagg|Colonel Flagg]] on ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'')
|-
!March 12
|[[Morton Downey Jr.]]
|align="center"|68
|Host of (''[[The Morton Downey Jr. Show]]'')
|-
!March 15
|[[Ann Sothern]]
|align="center"|92
|Actress (''[[Private Secretary (TV series)|Private Secretary]]'', ''[[My Mother the Car]]'')
|-
!March 16
|[[Norma MacMillan]]
|align="center"|79
|[[Voice acting|Voice actor]] ([[Casper the Friendly Ghost]], [[Gumby]])
|-
!March 22
|[[William Hanna]]
|align="center"|90
|Co-founder (with [[Joseph Barbera]]) of famous [[Hanna-Barbera]] [[animation]] studio
|-
!April 15
|[[Joey Ramone]]
|align="center"|49
|Singer-songwriter ([[Ramones]])
|-
!May 12
|[[Perry Como]]
|align="center"|88
|Singer, TV host (''Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall'')
|-
!May 19
|[[Pat Falken Smith]]
|align="center"|75
|Soap opera writer (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|-
!May 22
|[[Whitman Mayo]]
|align="center"|70
|Actor (Grady Wilson on ''[[Sanford and Son]]'')
|-
!May 23
|[[Harry Townes]]
|align="center"|86
|Actor (''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'')
|-
!May 31
|[[Arlene Francis]]
|align="center"|93
|Actress and game show panelist (''[[What's My Line?]]'')
|-
!June 2
|[[Imogene Coca]]
|align="center"|92
|Actress and comedian (''[[Your Show of Shows]]'')
|-
!June 21
|[[Carroll O'Connor]]
|align="center"|76
|Actor ([[Archie Bunker]] on ''[[All in the Family]]'' and Chief Bill Gillespie on ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|''In the Heat of the Night'']]'')
|-
!August 3
|[[Christopher Hewett]]
|align="center"|80
|Actor (''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'')
|-
!August 4
|[[Lorenzo Music]]
|align="center"|64
|Writer and actor; co-creator of ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''; voice actor (Carlton the doorman on ''[[Rhoda]]'', [[Garfield]] the cat)
|-
!August 25
|[[Aaliyah]]
|align="center"|22
|Singer and actress
|-
!September 2
|[[Troy Donahue]]
|align="center"|65
|Actor (''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'', ''[[Surfside 6]]'')
|-
!September 3
|[[Thuy Trang]]
|align="center"|27
|Actress (''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |September 11
|[[David Angell]]
|align="center"|55
|Writer (''[[Cheers]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'')
|-
|[[Barbara Olson]]
|align="center"|45
|Commentator who worked for [[CNN]] and [[Fox News]]
|-
!October 15
|[[Ralph Levy]]
|align="center"|80
|Director (''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'', ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'')
|-
!October 17
|[[Jay Livingston]]
|align="center"|86
|Songwriter (themes to ''[[Bonanza]]'' and ''[[Mister Ed]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |November 29
|[[George Harrison]]
|align="center"|58
|Singer-songwriter ([[The Beatles]])
|-
|[[John Mitchum]]
|align="center"|82
|Actor
|-
!December 1
|[[Johnny Stearns]]
|align="center"|85
|Actor and producer (''[[Mary Kay and Johnny]]'', ''[[Tonight Starring Steve Allen]]'')
|-
!December 13
|[[Chuck Schuldiner]]
|align="center"|34
|Singer, songwriter, guitarist (guest on ''[[Headbangers Ball]]'')
|-
!December 20
|[[Foster Brooks]]
|align="center"|89
|Actor
|-
!December 22
|[[Lance Loud]]
|align="center"|50
|Member of the family documented in (''[[An American Family]]'')
|}

== See also ==
* [[2001 in the United States]]
* [[List of American films of 2001]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2001-01-01,2001-12-31&countries=us&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2001 American television series] at [[IMDb]]

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List of years in American television:
2000–01 United States network television schedule
2001–02 United States network television schedule
List of American television programs currently in production

In American television in 2001, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and re-brandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

Events

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January

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Date Event
1 After being acquired by MTV Networks, The Box, a request video music channel shuts down, replaced by MTV2 on terrestrial stations.
In Hartford, Connecticut, UPN affiliate WTXX (now CW affiliate WCCT-TV) and WB affiliate WBNE (now MyNetworkTV affiliate WCTX) swap affiliations due to WTXX's impending purchase by Tribune Broadcasting, owners of Fox affiliate WTIC-TV (which at the time operated WTXX under a LMA) and a minority owner of The WB. WBNE, meanwhile, changes its call letters to the current WCTX and adopts new branding as "The X".
4 HBO's children's programs are transferred to its multiplex channel HBO Family.
7 Extreme Championship Wrestling's final nationally and globally televised event, Guilty as Charged airs on pay-per-view. It would see The Sandman defeating Steve Corino and Justin Credible for the world title, only for Rhino to defeat The Sandman to win the title. Rob Van Dam initially challenged Rhino for the title, but was attacked by Jerry Lynn. Despite interference and with help from Joel Gertner, he won the main event.
9 KXVA in Abilene, Texas, signs-on the air under Program Test Authority. The new station (which will not be licensed for another 13 months) takes the market's Fox affiliation from sister station KIDZ-LP, which in turn becomes a full-time UPN affiliate.
28 CBS broadcasts Super Bowl XXXV, their first since Super Bowl XXVI at the end of the 1991 season. Greg Gumbel, becomes the first African-American sportscaster to do network televised play-by-play on a major professional sports championship. The Baltimore Ravens would beat the New York Giants 34–7.

February

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Date Event
5 Kelly Ripa joins Live! as a permanent co-host with Regis Philbin.
18 Fox broadcasts its inaugural NASCAR telecast, the Daytona 500. In the final lap, Dale Earnhardt is killed after getting into a head-on collision.

March

[edit]
Date Event
6 TEENick first airs as a Sunday night block on Nickelodeon.
18 World Championship Wrestling produces their final pay-per-view, Greed.
26 On TNT, WCW Monday Nitro broadcasts its final show from Panama City Beach, Florida, with a simulcast with the WWF's (now WWE's) Monday Night RAW television series (then airing on TNN), officially ending a six-year ratings struggle in professional wrestling known as the Monday Night War. Live professional wrestling events wouldn't be broadcast on TNT again until the launch of AEW Dynamite in 2019.

April

[edit]
Date Event
1 WrestleMania X-Seven from the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas, is broadcast on pay-per-view. The event would receive acclaim from critics and fans.
2 CBS affiliate WWJ-TV started airing newscasts, produced by UPN affiliate WKBD-TV. This experiment was proven to be a disaster, and it was ceased in November 2002.
10 Kevin Olmstead wins a $2.18 million jackpot on the ABC game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, making him the biggest winner in American game show history.[1]

May

[edit]
Date Event
17 NBC airs the hour-long season seven finale of Friends titled "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding".
On The WB, Shannen Doherty makes her final appearance as Prue Halliwell on Charmed.
18 The 28th Daytime Emmy Awards are presented on NBC.
22 On The WB, Buffy the Vampire Slayer airs its 100th episode. It also served as The WB series finale after UPN announced that the series and Roswell will move to the network for the fall 2001 season.
23 On UPN, Star Trek: Voyager airs its series finale with a two-part episode "Endgame".

June

[edit]
Date Event
12 TNT is refocused as a drama-based cable channel with a new slogan, We Know Drama.
18 Luke and Laura, widely regarded as the soap opera pairing that helped generate the term "supercouple", sign divorce papers on ABC's soap opera General Hospital, dissolving their fictional two-decade union.
19 The inaugural BET Awards is broadcast.

July

[edit]
Date Event
21 Nickelodeon's hit TV series Rugrats celebrates its 10th anniversary with a one-hour special, All Growed Up (which will eventually lead to a spin-off series), and a documentary, Still Babies After All These Years, narrated by Amanda Bynes.
31 Fox Television Stations finalizes purchase of Chris-Craft Industries and its subsidiary BHC Communications. Soon afterwards, ABC affiliate KTVX in Salt Lake City and NBC affiliate KMOL-TV in San Antonio was traded to Clear Channel in exchange for Fox station WFTC in Minneapolis/St. Paul, then-UPN station KPTV in Portland was traded to Meredith Corporation in exchange for Fox station WOFL in Orlando and UPN station KBHK-TV in San Francisco was traded to Viacom in exchange for the two Viacom-owned UPN stations KTXH in Houston and WDCA in Washington, D.C.

August

[edit]
Date Event
10 Samurai Jack premieres on Cartoon Network.
31 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood airs its final episode on PBS Kids. Fred Rogers would die two years later of stomach cancer at the age of 74.

September

[edit]
Date Event
2 Adult Swim, an adult-oriented programming block, debuts on its Turner sister cable channel Cartoon Network.
3 Thuy Trang, the actress best known for her role as the yellow ranger, Trini Kwan from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers unexpectedly dies at the age of 27 in a car accident in San Francisco.
5 CBS's travel-based reality-competition, The Amazing Race, which would later become one of the most successful franchises in television, premieres its first episode.
7 Ed Toutant wins $1,860,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.[2] He had previously appeared on the episode aired January 31, 2001, when the jackpot was $1,860,000, where he was ruled to have answered his $16,000 question incorrectly, but when it was discovered that there was a mistake in that question, Toutant was invited back[3] and wins the jackpot.[2]
8 Fox broadcasts the final episode of Murder in Small Town X, in which New York City firefighter Ángel Juarbe, Jr. wins. Juarbe is killed three days later during the collapse of the World Trade Center.
11 Viewers around the world witness a terrorist attack on the United States, and the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York City live on television. Additionally, the broadcast towers of WABC-TV and WNBC, the respective flagship stations of ABC and NBC, are destroyed by the attacks, but those signals could be viewed cable and satellite. The broadcast tower of WCBS-TV is destroyed in the attacks, but its full-power backup transmitter at the Empire State Building is not. Most American over-the-air broadcasters (except for Fox, UPN, PBS and The WB) and cable networks suspend regular programming for four days, and numerous major daily talk shows are not exhibited for several weeks until their hosts feel comfortable resuming programming.
Although they were first seen during 1952 and used by some television news programs ever since, continually scrolling news headlines along the bottom of the screen become commonplace after the Fox News Channel uses it to allow viewers to keep track of the latest developments during the attacks.
13 UPN resumes normal programming with a live episode of SmackDown. The show was originally scheduled to be taped on September 11, but the taping was postponed by two days due to the attacks.
16 Dick Schaap makes his final appearance as host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters. The show is expanded to an hour to cover the sports perspective from the September 11th attacks. Schaap soon undergoes hip replacement surgery and later dies from complications. In fact, he delayed the surgery in order to be on that show.
17 All of the Big Three television networks resume their normal daytime programming schedules after four days of extensive news coverage of the attacks.
20 On CBS, Dr. Will Kirby is declared the winner of Big Brother 2, which was delayed by the attacks. Runner-up Nicole Nilson-Schafrich wins $50,000.
21 All four major US networks – ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC – broadcast America: A Tribute to Heroes, a two-hour telethon to raise money for the families of those killed by the attacks.[4]
24 The start of the 2001–2002 autumn season in the US is delayed as a result of the attacks, with some series such as NBC's The West Wing substituting special episodes dealing with the event in lieu of their originally scheduled season premieres. Some series, such as CBS's military-themed series JAG and NBC's New York-based Third Watch, have to be reformatted in consideration of the attacks.
26 UPN airs the two-hour series premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise. Enterprise is UPN's replacement for Star Trek: Voyager (as well as the last iteration of the Star Trek franchise).
29 Fox affiliate WVSX (now WVNS-TV) in Lewisburg, West Virginia, changes its affiliation to CBS, giving the Beckley-Bluefield-Oak Hill market its first full-time CBS affiliate. Fox does not return to the Bluefield area until 2006, when the combination of a dispute involving WVAH-TV in Charleston and the end of the Foxnet cable service prompts WVNS-TV to establish a Fox-affiliated DT2 subchannel.

October

[edit]
Date Event
2 The two-hour season 6 premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer first aired on UPN (attracting 7.7 million viewers) (making it the first episode of Buffy to not air on The WB after the season 5 finale). The 3rd season premiere of Roswell (also from The WB) first aired on UPN a week later on October 9.
3 In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, several planned series and events are canceled; most notably, NBC drops a mini-series planned for spring 2002 which would have united the cast of Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, dealing with a terrorist attack on New York City.
4 Rose McGowan makes her first appearance as Paige Matthews, the long-lost younger half-sister of Piper and Phoebe Halliwell, on The WB's Charmed.
15 In Wheel of Fortune, a compilation week of five taped sixth-episodes (which would later be called America's Game as of Season 26 in 2008) were shown for the first time. A new bonus round premiered a week later, in which a contestant can win as much as $100,000. This was not won until the December 19 episode by Douglas Ross.
20 Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes is broadcast by VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others. It raises funds for the families of those killed by the attacks.
24 The Walt Disney Company completes its purchase of Fox Family for $2.9 billion.
Wolf Lake aired its final episode on CBS due to weak ratings. Four more episodes were burned and aired on UPN. This would mark Mary Elizabeth Winstead's final appearance as a regular cast member on a television series, until BrainDead, nearly 15 years later.
25 Sony Pictures Entertainment merged the television units of Columbia TriStar Television and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution into one unified division, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, partly because of Japanese ownership, all of Sony's television employees lost various amount of jobs in favor of Sony's new broadcasting/cable/syndication unit. Columbia TriStar Domestic Television would produce the Columbia TriStar programs for the 2001-2002 TV season.

November

[edit]
Date Event
4 The 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards are presented on CBS. The original date was postponed 2 months ago when the September 11 attacks occurred.[5]
Game 7 of the World Series is broadcast on Fox. The Arizona Diamondbacks win their first title, defeating the three-time champion New York Yankees which marked the end of their dynasty. The game ended with a base hit walk-off by Luis Gonzalez against closer Mariano Rivera as he notoriously blew the save. This series was claimed as one of the greatest of all time.
15 The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on television for the first time. The 2001 edition of the show is broadcast on ABC with 12.4 million viewers tuning in.[6][7]

December

[edit]
Date Event
13 On CBS, lawyers and best friends team, Rob Frisbee and Brennan Swain, won the inaugural season of The Amazing Race and the US$1,000,000 grand prize.
31 New Year's Eve Live airs its first edition on CNN.

Programs

[edit]

Debuts

[edit]
Date Show Channel
January 1 Great Hotels Travel Channel
January 3 Top 20 Countdown CMT
January 6 How It's Made Discovery Science
January 7 The Division Lifetime
Lifestyle Magazine TBN
Totally Hoops Disney Channel
January 9 The Mole ABC
Three Sisters NBC
January 10 Grounded for Life Fox
Temptation Island
January 12 Lizzie McGuire Disney Channel
Popstars The WB
Gary & Mike UPN
January 13 Bob the Builder Nickelodeon
House of Mouse ABC
January 14 Taina Nickelodeon
January 15 100 Centre Street A&E
January 22 The Book of Pooh Playhouse Disney
January 27 The Zeta Project Kids' WB
January 30 On the Team[8] Noggin
February 3 Lloyd in Space ABC
Power Rangers Time Force Fox Kids
February 3 XFL NBC/UPN
February 4 Kathy's So-Called Reality MTV
February 24 Kate Brasher CBS
February 27 The Andy Dick Show MTV
February 28 Some of My Best Friends CBS
March 1 Big Apple CBS
March 4 The Lone Gunmen Fox
March 5 BET.com Countdown BET
March 6 The Fighting Fitzgeralds NBC
March 11 Doc PAX TV
March 12 The Chris Isaak Show Showtime
March 14 The Job ABC
March 19 First Years NBC
March 26 Texas Justice Syndication
March 27 What About Joan? ABC
March 28 My Wife and Kids
Boot Camp Fox
March 30 The Fairly OddParents Nickelodeon
Invader Zim
April 1 The Oblongs The WB
Undergrads MTV
April 4 That's My Bush! Comedy Central
April 6 Jerkbeast Show[9] SCAN-TV
April 10 Robotica TLC
April 11 The Quarters TVG Network
Special Unit 2 UPN
April 16 The Weakest Link NBC
April 17 All Souls UPN
Chains of Love UPN
April 21 Weekend Now The Weather Channel
April 22 Nero Wolfe A&E
May 5 The Cost of Freedom Fox News Channel
Dismissed MTV
June 1 Unwrapped Food Network
June 2 Braceface Fox Family
So Little Time
June 3 Six Feet Under HBO
Baby Looney Tunes Kids' WB
June 5 Kristin NBC
June 8 Time Squad Cartoon Network
June 10 Tiny Planets Noggin
June 11 Fear Factor NBC
June 12 Witchblade TNT
June 13 The Beast ABC
June 18 Spyder Games MTV
June 19 Go Fish NBC
June 20 Primetime Glick Comedy Central
You Don't Know Jack ABC
June 21 WWE Tough Enough MTV
Spy TV NBC
June 25 State of Grace Fox Family
June 26 Animal Precinct Animal Planet
June 30 The Ripping Friends Fox Kids
July 10 Cinema Insomnia KXTV
July 12 Night Visions Fox
July 18 Access Granted BET
July 24 Murder in Small Town X Fox
The Downer Channel NBC
July 23 The Best Damn Sports Show Period ESPN
July 29 Leap Years Showtime
August 1 Hard Knocks HBO
MythQuest PBS
Out There TV America One
August 3 Manhunt UPN
August 4 All About Us NBC
America's Test Kitchen PBS
August 5 Insomniac with Dave Attell Comedy Central
August 8 The Wayne Brady Show ABC
August 9 Going to California Showtime
August 10 Samurai Jack Cartoon Network
August 11 Cubix: Robots for Everyone Kids' WB
August 14 Dead Last The WB
August 19 Let's Bowl Comedy Central
August 20 Oswald Nick Jr.
August 24 Grim & Evil Cartoon Network
August 27 Shipmates Syndication
August 31 The Nightmare Room Kids' WB
September 1 The Legend of Tarzan UPN
September 2 Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series PBS Kids
September 3 One on One UPN
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat PBS Kids
September 4 Lost NBC
September 5 The Amazing Race CBS
September 8 Moolah Beach Fox Kids
September 9 Ponderosa PAX TV
Ed McMahon's Next Big Star
Band of Brothers HBO
September 10 The Ananda Lewis Show Syndication
Iyanla
The Other Half
The URL With Phred Show Noggin
September 12 American Morning CNN
September 15 Alienators: Evolution Continues Fox Kids
The Proud Family Disney Channel
Stanley Playhouse Disney
September 17 ElimiDate Syndication
Rendez-View
Talk or Walk
September 19 Wolf Lake CBS
September 22 What's with Andy? Fox Family
September 23 The Education of Max Bickford CBS
The Mind of the Married Man HBO
September 24 Crossing Jordan NBC
The Ellen Show CBS
September 25 The Guardian
Philly ABC
Undeclared Fox
Emeril NBC
Love Cruise Fox
September 26 Star Trek: Enterprise UPN
September 27 The Agency CBS
Inside Schwartz NBC
September 28 Thieves ABC
Pasadena Fox
September 29 The Mummy: The Animated Series Kids' WB
Citizen Baines CBS
September 30 Alias ABC
Law & Order: Criminal Intent NBC
UC: Undercover NBC
War Stories with Oliver North Fox News Channel
October 1 The 5th Wheel Syndication
Tales from the Neverending Story HBO
October 2 Scrubs NBC
Bob Patterson ABC
October 3 According to Jim
October 5 Maybe It's Me The WB
Raising Dad
Reba
October 6 Mutant X Syndication
Sk8 NBC
October 14 Degrassi: The Next Generation Nickelodeon
Men, Women & Dogs The WB
Off Centre
October 16 Smallville
October 20 Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! ABC
October 22 Pardon the Interruption ESPN
Unscripted with Chris Connelly
October 25 Truth or Scare Discovery Kids
November 3 Totally Spies! ABC Family
November 5 NewsNight with Aaron Brown CNN
November 6 24 Fox
November 7 Beat the Geeks Comedy Central
November 8 The Tick Fox
November 14 The Bernie Mac Show
November 17 Justice League Cartoon Network
30 Minute Meals Food Network
Sara's Secrets
November 19 The Popeye Show Cartoon Network
November 25 Action League Now! Nickelodeon
December 2 Project Greenlight HBO
December 16 Iron Chef USA UPN
December 31 CNN New Year's Eve Live CNN

Returning this year

[edit]
Show Last aired Previous network New network Returning
Space Ghost Coast to Coast 1999 Cartoon Network Cartoon Network/Adult Swim May 7/September 2
Unsolved Mysteries CBS Lifetime July 11
Home Movies UPN Adult Swim September 2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force 2000 Cartoon Network
The Brak Show
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Sealab 2021
Card Sharks 1989 CBS Syndication September 17
Dexter's Laboratory 1999 Cartoon Network Cartoon Network November 16

Ending this year

[edit]
Date Show Network Debut Status
January 6 Croc Files Discovery Kids on NBC 1999 Cancelled
One World NBC 1998
January 13 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command ABC 2000
January 14 The Jamie Foxx Show The WB 1996
January 17 Welcome to New York CBS 2000
January 18 Later NBC 1988
January 26 Level 9 UPN 2000
February 6 Beggars and Choosers Showtime 1999
February 18 Grosse Pointe The WB 2000
Hype
February 24 Corduroy PBS Kids
March 1 Madeline Disney Channel 1993
March 4 La Femme Nikita USA Network 1997
March 5 Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot Fox Kids 1999
Cleopatra 2525 Syndication 2000
March 7 Bette CBS
March 11 The Bob Clampett Show Cartoon Network
Strip Mall Comedy Central
March 21 WCW Thunder TBS 1998
March 23 Generation O! Kids' WB 2000
Oh Yeah! Cartoons Nickelodeon 1998
March 24 Cover Me USA 2000
March 25 In a Heartbeat Disney Channel
March 26 WCW Monday Nitro TNT 1995
March 30 Hollywood Showdown GSN 2000
March 31 Spider-Man Unlimited Fox Kids 1999
WCW Worldwide Syndication 1975 Ended
April 1 Kathy's So-Called Reality MTV 2001 Cancelled
April 6 The Norm Show ABC 1999
Teletubbies PBS Kids 1998
April 9 Gideon's Crossing ABC 2000
April 11 Some of My Best Friends CBS 2001
April 13 Gary & Mike UPN
April 14 Kate Brasher CBS
April 15 Totally Hoops Disney Channel
Jack & Jill The WB 1999
April 22 The Lot AMC
May 4 Nash Bridges CBS 1996
May 11 Diagnosis: Murder CBS 1993
May 14 Baywatch Syndication 1989
Moesha UPN 1996
May 15 The Fighting Fitzgeralds NBC 2001
May 16 Two Guys and a Girl ABC 1998
May 17 All That (returned in 2002) Nickelodeon 1994
May 19 Cousin Skeeter 1998
The Howard Stern Radio Show Syndication
Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 1993 Ended
May 22 3rd Rock from the Sun NBC 1996
May 23 Boot Camp Fox 2001 Cancelled
That's My Bush! Comedy Central
Star Trek: Voyager UPN 1995
Moral Court Syndication 2000
May 27 Mike, Lu & Og Cartoon Network 1999
May 29 DAG NBC 2000
June 1 Seven Days UPN 1998
The Lone Gunmen Fox 2001
June 6 18 Wheels of Justice TNN 2000
June 7 Zoboomafoo PBS 1999
June 18 Xena: Warrior Princess Syndication 1995
June 22 FreakyLinks Fox 2000
History IQ The History Channel
The Famous Jett Jackson Disney Channel 1998
June 27 Ladies Man CBS 1999
June 30 Men in Black: The Series Kids' WB 1997
MasterChef USA PBS 2000
July 10 The Geena Davis Show ABC
July 17 The Big Garage TLC 1997
July 25 The Beast ABC 2001
August 12 Undergrads MTV
August 18 WWF LiveWire TNN 1996
August 19 WWF Superstars of Wrestling USA Network 1986
August 28 Cursed NBC 2000
August 31 The Big Help Nickelodeon 1994
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood PBS 1968 Ended
The Queen Latifah Show (returned in 2013) Syndication 1999 Cancelled
September 1 Murder in Small Town X Fox 2001
September 7 Real TV Syndication 1996
Judge Mills Lane Syndication 1998
September 9 Phred on Your Head Show Noggin 1999
September 20 Spyder Games MTV 2001
September 25 Dead Last The WB
September 28 So Weird Disney Channel 1999
October 1 Internet Tonight ZDTV/TechTV 1998
October 7 Monster Rancher Syndication 1999
October 9 What About Joan? ABC 2001
October 15 Bug Juice (returned in 2018) Disney Channel 1998
October 19 Inquizition GSN
November 1 Bob Patterson ABC 2001
November 3 Citizen Baines CBS
November 5 Recess ABC 1997
November 10 All About Us NBC 2001
November 17 MythQuest PBS 2001
November 22 Maisy Noggin 1999
November 30 ReBoot YTV 1994
December 7 Johnny Bravo (returned in 2004) Cartoon Network 1997
December 10 Angela Anaconda Fox Family 1999
December 15 City Guys NBC 1997
December 18 Batman Beyond Kids' WB 1999
December 28 2 Minute Drill ESPN 2000
Timothy Goes to School PBS Kids
December 30 Men, Women & Dogs The WB 2001

Entering syndication this year

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Show Seasons In Production Source
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5 Yes
City Guys 4 No
Everybody Loves Raymond 5 Yes
Just Shoot Me! 5 Yes
King of the Hill 5 Yes
The Practice 5 Yes
The Steve Harvey Show 5 Yes
Two Guys and a Girl 4 No

Changes of network affiliation

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Show Moved from Moved to
American High Fox PBS
The Outer Limits Showtime Sci-Fi Channel
Candid Camera CBS PAX TV
Unsolved Mysteries Lifetime
Card Sharks Syndication
The Weekenders ABC UPN
Buffy the Vampire Slayer The WB
Roswell
Jay Jay the Jet Plane TLC PBS Kids
National Geographic Explorer CNBC MSNBC
Home Movies UPN Adult Swim
The Brak Show Cartoon Network
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Sealab 2021
Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Notable TV movies

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Premiere date Title Channel
March 24 Wit HBO
April 28 61* HBO
April 29 On Golden Pond CBS
May 19 Conspiracy HBO
July 21 All Growed Up Nickelodeon
July 30 The Retrievers Animal Planet
September 14 The Poof Point Disney Channel
October 12 Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge Disney Channel
November 3 The Flintstones: On the Rocks Cartoon Network
November 18 The Facts of Life Reunion ABC
December 2 The Lost Battalion A&E
December 7 12 Tiny Christmas Tales Cartoon Network
'Twas the Night Disney Channel
December 11 A Rugrats Kwanzaa Nickelodeon

Networks and services

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Launches

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Network Type Launch date Notes Source
Telefe Internacional Cable television Unknown
WE: Women's Entertainment Cable and satellite January 1
National Geographic Channel Cable and satellite January 7
C-SPAN 3 Cable television January 22
Showtime Family Zone Cable television March
Showtime Next Cable television March
Showtime Women Cable television March
5StarMax Cable television May 17
OuterMax Cable television May 17
WMax Cable television May 17
@Max Cable television May 17
CNBC World Cable and satellite July 1
Lifetime Real Women Cable and satellite August 20
HDNet Cable and satellite September 6
New Tang Dynasty Television Cable television December 3

Conversions and rebrandings

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Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source
BET Movies: Starz! Black Starz! Cable television Unknown
Discovery Kids Channel Discovery Kids Cable television Unknown
The Movie Channel 2 TMC Xtra Cable television March 5
Showtime 3 Showcase Cable television July 1
Odyssey Network Hallmark Channel Cable and satellite August 6 Having acquired the Jim Henson Company's interest in the Odyssey cable network the previous year, Crown Media Holdings rebrands Odyssey as the Hallmark Channel, after Crown Media's corporate parent Hallmark Cards. The Hallmark Channel branding continues to this day.
MTV S MTV en Espanol Cable television October 1
GEMS Television Mun2 Cable and satellite November 1 Telemundo relaunches GEMS Television as Mun2, featuring English and Spanish language programming intended for a young Latino audience.
Fox Family ABC Family Cable and satellite November 10 Fox Family is renamed ABC Family, as News Corporation sells the channel to The Walt Disney Company.

Closures

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Network Type Closure date Notes Source
The Box Cable and satellite January 1

Television stations

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Station launches

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Date Station City of license / Market Channel Affiliation Source
January 1 KUTH Logan, UT 12 Univision
January 2 KBBJ[A] Havre–Great Falls, MT 9 NBC
KDTP Phoenix, AZ[a] 11 Daystar
January 3 KBAO[A] Lewistown, MT 13 NBC
January 5 KXGR[B] Green Valley, AZ 46 Pax TV
January 6 KSCC Hutchinson–Wichita, KS 36 UPN
January 9 KXVA Abilene, TX 15 Fox
January 12 KPHZ Holbrook–Phoenix, AZ 39 America's Collectibles Network
January 17 WWSI Mount Laurel, NJ–Philadelphia, PA 62 Telemundo
January 20 KPWB-TV Ames–Des Moines, IA 23 The WB/UPN
January 26 KWBM Harrison, AR–Springfield, MO 31 The WB
February 9 KUPT Lubbock, TX 22 UPN
February 21 KCWY Casper, WY 13 Pax TV
March 23 KBKI Walla Walla, WA 9 Independent
March 30 KBEO Jackson, WY 11 America One
March 31 KTMW Salt Lake City, UT 20 Religious independent
April KPTF-TV Farwell, TX 18 God's Learning Channel
April 1 KPMR Santa Barbara, CA 38 Telemundo
May KKAP Little Rock, AR 36 Daystar
May 14 KUPB Midland–Odessa, TX 18 Univision
June 18 WKDH Houston–Tupelo–Columbus, MS 45 ABC
June 20 KBGF Douglas, AZ 3 Independent
June 26 KPID-LP Pocatello–Idaho Falls, ID 34 UPN
July 9 KAZA Avalon–Los Angeles, CA 54 Azteca America
September 2 WBPG-TV Mobile, AL 55 The WB
October 15 KBLN Grants Pass, OR 30 3ABN
October 17 K22GA Charlotte Amalie, USVI 22 Daystar
October 19 WSKY-TV Manteo, NC–Norfolk–Newport News, VA 4 Independent
November 19 K07XG[C] Garapan, Saipan, MP 7 ABC
December 3 KBPD La Grande, OR 16 Univision
Unknown WBIF Marianna–Panama City, FL 51 Pax TV
Unknown WBIH Montgomery, AL 29 —
Unknown KPXK Odessa–Midland, TX 30 Pax TV
Unknown WACW-LP Raleigh, NC — America One
Unknown WTPX-TV Wausau–Rhinelander, WI 46 Pax TV
  1. ^ a b Satellite of KTVH in Helena.
  2. ^ Semi-satellite of KTVW in Phoenix.
  3. ^ Translator of KTGM in Tamuning, Guam.
  1. ^ Now licensed to Holbrook, Arizona.

Network affiliation changes

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Date Station City of license / Market Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Source
January 1 WVBG-LP Albany, NY 25 UPN Resort Sports Network
WCCT-TV Hartford, CT 20 UPN The WB
WCTX Hartford, CT 59 The WB UPN
January 9 KIDZ-LP Abilene, TX 54 Fox / UPN UPN / Pax TV
January 22 K11TW North Platte, NE 11 UPN Fox
March 21 WNKY Bowling Green, KY 40 Fox (as WKNT) NBC [10]
September 29 WVNS-TV Lewisburg–Beckley–Oak Hill, WV 59 Fox CBS
October 20 WAWA-LP Syracuse, NY 14 Independent UPN
Unknown W07CL Fort Wayne, IN 7 Network One AIN/UATV

Births

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Date Name Notability
January 3 Ellis Ann Jackson Actress (Talia in the Kitchen)
January 14 Jayce Mroz Actor (I Am Frankie)
January 18 Claire Engler Actress (A.N.T. Farm)
January 19 Tyler Merna Voice actor (Prince James on Sofia the First)
January 21 Jackson Brundage Actor (One Tree Hill, See Dad Run, Harvey Beaks)
February 5 Connor Gibbs Actor (Ghost Whisperer)
February 15 Haley Tju Actress (Monsters vs. Aliens, Bella and the Bulldogs, The Loud House, Big Hero 6: The Series, Where's Waldo?, Amphibia)
February 16 Katherine Forrester Canadian voice actress (Katie on PAW Patrol)
February 19 David Mazouz Actor (Touch, Gotham)
February 21 Isabella Acres Actress (Better Off Ted)
Amarr M. Wooten Actor (Knight Squad)
February 23 Tommi Rose Actress (I Am Frankie)
March 6 Milo Manheim Actor
March 26 Ciara Riley Wilson Actress
March 30 Uriel Baldesco Filipino actress (I Am Frankie)
April 5 Robbie Tucker Actor (The Young and the Restless, See Dad Run)
April 8 Kyla Rae Kowalewski Voice actress (Anais on The Amazing World of Gumball)
April 20 Ian Alexander Actor (The OA)
April 21 Maria Quezada Actress (Talia in the Kitchen)
June 8 Owen Mason Canadian voice actor (Ryder on PAW Patrol (2013–15))
June 9 Xolo Mariduena Actor (Parenthood, Cobra Kai)
June 13 DeVore Ledridge Actress (Bizaardvark)
June 27 Curtis Harris Actor (The Haunted Hathaways)
July 8 Riele Downs Canadian actress (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger)
July 10 Isabela Moner Actress (Dora and Friends: Into the City!, 100 Things to Do Before High School)
July 12 Niles Fitch Actor (This Is Us)
July 31 Sean Kyer Canadian actor (Odd Squad)
August 8 Bebe Wood Actress (The New Normal, The Real O'Neals, Love, Victor)
August 13 Alyssa Jirrels Actress (Mech-X4)
August 14 Ava Raine Pro wrestler and daughter of Dwayne Johnson[11]
August 16 Cole Jensen Actor (Crash & Bernstein)
August 21 Dallas Liu[citation needed] Actor (Legendary Dudas, PEN15)
August 30 Sean Ryan Fox Actor (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger)
September 4 Tenzing Norgay Trainor Actor (Liv and Maddie)
September 18 Luke Mullen Actor (Andi Mack)
October 5 Dalila Bela Canadian actress (Odd Squad, Ready Jet Go!, Anne)
October 12 Raymond Ochoa Actor
October 13 Caleb McLaughlin Actor (Stranger Things)
October 14 Rowan Blanchard Actress (Girl Meets World, The Goldbergs)
October 17 Jake Beale Actor
October 27 Teilor Grubbs Actress (Hawaii Five-0)
October 30 Jaheem King Toombs Actor (100 Things to Do Before High School)
November 5 Alex Hook Canadian actress (I Am Frankie)
November 7 Sawyer Barth Actor (The Kids Are Alright)
November 14 Chloe Lang Actress (Stephanie on LazyTown (2013–14))
November 15 Sadie Stanley Actress (Kim Possible)
November 23 Parker Queenan Actor (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
December 5 Diego Velazquez Actor (The Thundermans, Zoe Valentine)
December 8 Kamran Lucas Actor (Mech-X4)
Tylen Jacob Williams Actor (Instant Mom)
December 14 Joshua Rush Actor (Clarence, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Lion Guard, Andi Mack, Where's Waldo?)
December 28 Madison De La Garza Actress (Desperate Housewives) and sister of Demi Lovato
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Actress (Never Have I Ever)
December 31 Alex Thorne Canadian voice actor (PAW Patrol, PJ Masks)

Deaths

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Date Name Age Notability
January 1 Ray Walston 86 American actor (My Favorite Martian)
January 6 Scott Marlowe 68 American film, stage and television actor
January 8 Don Brodie 96 American actor
January 18 Al Waxman 65 Canadian actor and director (Lt. Samuels on Cagney & Lacey)
January 21 Sandy Baron 64 American actor and comedian
January 22 Roy Brown 68 Clown and puppeteer
January 24 Dick Whittinghill 87 American actor
January 25 Sam Singer 88 American animator and producer
January 28 Sally Mansfield 77 American actress
February 7 Dale Evans 88 Singer, actress (The Roy Rogers Show) and wife of Roy Rogers
February 18 Dale Earnhardt 49 Race car driver
February 20 Bob Weiskopf 86 Writer (I Love Lucy)
February 27 Stan Margulies 80 Producer (Roots, The Thorn Birds)
March 8 Edward Winter 63 Actor (Colonel Flagg on M*A*S*H)
March 12 Morton Downey Jr. 68 Host of (The Morton Downey Jr. Show)
March 15 Ann Sothern 92 Actress (Private Secretary, My Mother the Car)
March 16 Norma MacMillan 79 Voice actor (Casper the Friendly Ghost, Gumby)
March 22 William Hanna 90 Co-founder (with Joseph Barbera) of famous Hanna-Barbera animation studio
April 15 Joey Ramone 49 Singer-songwriter (Ramones)
May 12 Perry Como 88 Singer, TV host (Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall)
May 19 Pat Falken Smith 75 Soap opera writer (Days of Our Lives)
May 22 Whitman Mayo 70 Actor (Grady Wilson on Sanford and Son)
May 23 Harry Townes 86 Actor (The Fugitive)
May 31 Arlene Francis 93 Actress and game show panelist (What's My Line?)
June 2 Imogene Coca 92 Actress and comedian (Your Show of Shows)
June 21 Carroll O'Connor 76 Actor (Archie Bunker on All in the Family and Chief Bill Gillespie on In the Heat of the Night)
August 3 Christopher Hewett 80 Actor (Mr. Belvedere)
August 4 Lorenzo Music 64 Writer and actor; co-creator of The Bob Newhart Show; voice actor (Carlton the doorman on Rhoda, Garfield the cat)
August 25 Aaliyah 22 Singer and actress
September 2 Troy Donahue 65 Actor (Hawaiian Eye, Surfside 6)
September 3 Thuy Trang 27 Actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
September 11 David Angell 55 Writer (Cheers, Frasier)
Barbara Olson 45 Commentator who worked for CNN and Fox News
October 15 Ralph Levy 80 Director (The Jack Benny Program, Petticoat Junction)
October 17 Jay Livingston 86 Songwriter (themes to Bonanza and Mister Ed)
November 29 George Harrison 58 Singer-songwriter (The Beatles)
John Mitchum 82 Actor
December 1 Johnny Stearns 85 Actor and producer (Mary Kay and Johnny, Tonight Starring Steve Allen)
December 13 Chuck Schuldiner 34 Singer, songwriter, guitarist (guest on Headbangers Ball)
December 20 Foster Brooks 89 Actor
December 22 Lance Loud 50 Member of the family documented in (An American Family)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Interview: Kevin Olmstead, mega-Millionaire". Trivia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  2. ^ a b Berr, Jonathan (September 29, 2010). "Million Dollar Game Show Winners: What Happens After the Money Comes In". Aol.com. Daily Finance. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Season 3. Episode 1. September 7, 2001. ABC.
  4. ^ Carman, John (September 22, 2001). "Musicians, actors honor heroes, raise money for attack victims". San Francisco Chronicle. p. A1.
  5. ^ The 53rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards from Variety (November 6, 2001)
  6. ^ Kaplan, Don (November 17, 2001). "Victoria's Undies Fall Off". New York Post. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
  7. ^ "The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2001)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
  8. ^ Heffley, Lynne (January 29, 2001). "New on Noggin: Team, Yes, Big Kids, No". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ "Jerkbeast - Seattle Public Access Show episodes". 2008-10-21. Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  10. ^ "All stats, all the time". Broadcasting & Cable. March 18, 2001. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  11. ^ Gariano, Francesca. "Dwayne Johnson's 3 Kids: All About Simone, Jasmine and Tiana". People.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
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