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2007 in television

The year 2007 in television involves some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.

Events

January-March

January 2

This Life returns for a ten-year reunion special.
January 7	The top prize of £250,000 is won on the United Kingdom version of the game show Deal or No Deal.
January 17	Protests in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara are alleged to be racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
January 23	It is announced by Channel Nine that, after 31 years of airing The Young and the Restless, the network would drop the series, which was then picked up by Foxtel's W. Channel.
January 28	Final edition of the BBC's Grandstand after 49 years.
February 4	A Canadian edition of Deal or No Deal debuts, also hosted by Howie Mandel.
February 9	Paul Merton presents his last edition of Room 101.
February 18	BBC Two launches 14 new idents designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, with the "2" becoming a "Windows of the World" a portal through which the world is seen differently.
February 18	Richard and Judy is scrutinised when it is claimed that it already chosen its winners for its premium-rate phone-in quiz, "You Say, We Pay" before lines had closed. This results in the start of the 2007 British television phone-in scandal.
February 22	The O.C. airs its final episode.
March 17	Cartoon Network's Toonami celebrates its 10th Anniversary.
March 31	2007 Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon.
March 31	Series 3 of Doctor Who begins on BBC One.

April-June

April 11

MSNBC announced that its simulcast of Imus in the Morning was being canceled immediately after public outcry against the host's remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
April 13	Have I Got News for You starts to produce a video podcast featuring unbroadcast material.
May 2	The New Zealand free-to-air digital television platform Freeview begins broadcasting over DVB-S, breaking the digital television monopoly held by pay network SKY Television.
May 3	Queen Elizabeth II visits America (fifth time in 50 years) for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia and also meets with families from the Virginia Tech Massacre. It becomes U.S. national & local TV news.
May 8	HolbyBlue debuts on BBC One as a spin off from Casualty and Holby City
May 14	BBC One broadcasts "Scientology and Me" a Panorama investigation into Scientology by journalist John Sweeney. A clip from the programme of Sweeney losing his temper and shouting at a disruptive scientologist representative is widely released on the internet and on DVD by scientologists prior to airing.
May 20	The Simpsons reaches its landmark 400th episode.
May 23	Jordin Sparks wins the 6th season of the popular singing competition American Idol, with Blake Lewis as the runner up.
June 15	Bob Barker retires from The Price Is Right after 35 years as host and after 50 years on television. Barker's final episode aired both in its regular daytime slot and in prime time leading into the Daytime Emmy Awards.
June 26	Mika Brzezinski attempted to set fire to a script, screwed up another, and shredded a third, in a protest about having to lead her news broadcast with a story about Paris Hilton's release from prison, rather than about the Iraq War.

July-September

July 23

Drew Carey is announced as Bob Barker's successor on The Price Is Right.
August 17	The Disney Channel premiere showing of High School Musical 2 becomes the most-watched made-for-cable movie ever, receiving 17.24 million viewers.
August 22	The BBC celebrates their 75-year service in television.
August 30	Big Ten Network launches, causing controversy among sports fans for failing to reach carriage agreements with large cable providers Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Cable
August 31	Finland switches off its analogue television signal.
September 5	The BBC scraps plans for Planet Relief, a programme similar to Comic Relief and Sport Relief for fear of bias against critics of climate change and that viewers would prefer more factual programmes on the subject.
September 9	In an advertising first, eBay begin showing live auction adverts between programmes in the UK, showing an auction with picture, current bid, time auction ends, and postage and packaging charges.
September 16	The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out. The Sopranos wins Outstanding Drama Series, while 30 Rock wins Outstading Comedy Series
September 20	Survivor opens its 15th season in the nation of China. Survivor: China became the first major American TV program to film entirely in China.
September 21	ITV postpone broadcasting the 2007 British Comedy Awards due to the phone-in scandals.
September 26	ABC1, a British television channel broadcasting American sitcoms, closes.
September 27	Record News, a Brazilian television channel, starts its transmissions.

October-December

October 1

Ftn closes and Virgin 1 launches at 9pm the same night.
October 14	Dave (formerly UKTV G2) launches on Freeview, after the closure of UKTV Bright Ideas.
October 15	Drew Carey's first episode as the new host of The Price is Right airs.
October 17	The town of Whitehaven in Cumbria becomes the first place in the UK to officially lose their analogue television signals and start the digital switchover, starting with BBC Two. The other four channels were switched off on November 14.
November 2	Channel 4 marks the 25th anniversary of its launch by resurrecting its original Lambie-Nairn-designed idents for the day. The anniversary is also marked by the rebroadcast of the November 2 1982 debut edition of Countdown (the channel's first programme) and a special Big Fat Anniversary Quiz.
November 5	The 2007 Writers Guild of America strike begins causing many shows to halt production.
November 7	Sky Travel relaunches as Sky Real Lives and Sky Travel Shop rebranded as Sky Travel.
November 14	The remaining four Analogue channels are switched to Digital in Whitehaven in Cumbria.
December 1	BBC HD is officially launched in the UK, after a one and a half year trial.
December 3	ESPN's Monday Night Football telecast of the unbeaten New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens breaks the basic cable viewership record set earlier this year by Disney Channel's High School Musical 2 with 17.52 million cable viewers.
December 25	BBC One gets its highest rated Christmas Day schedule in years, with Voyage of the Damned, the Christmas special of Doctor Who getting the shows' biggest audience since 1979 (13.31 million) and a special episode of EastEnders getting 14.38 million, that shows' biggest rating in three years and the highest rated show of 2007. Another success was a one-off special of To the Manor Born, returning after 26 years, with an audience of 10.25 million.
Late December	Nickeloden Games and Sports leaves the cable lineup and is replaced by The N which currently airs 24/7 after splitting from its sister channel, Noggin.

Debuts (including scheduled)

Date	Show
January 1	Engaged and Underage on MTV
January 1	High Maintenance 90210 on E!
January 1	Poker After Dark on NBC
January 1	The Sarah Jane Adventures on BBC One
January 2	Dirt on FX Network
January 3	The Knights of Prosperity on ABC
January 3	In Case of Emergency on ABC
January 7	Grease: You're The One That I Want on NBC
January 7	I'm From Rolling Stone on MTV
January 7	Just Jordan on Nickelodeon
January 8	I Love New York on VH1
January 8	The (White) Rapper Show on VH1
January 8	The Surreal Life: Fame Games on VH1
January 10	Armed and Famous on CBS
January 12	Cory in the House on Disney Channel
January 17	The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show on Comedy Central
January 21	The Dresden Files on the SciFi Channel
January 22	E-Vet Interns on Animal Planet
January 23	Disney's Really Short Report on Disney Channel
January 25	Skins on E4
January 20	Bam's Unholy Union on MTV
January 30	Wrestling Society X on MTV
February 1	Juvies on MTV
February 1	The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central
February 3	The Naked Brothers Band on Nickelodeon
February 5	Rules of Engagement on CBS
February 8	Survivor: Fiji on CBS
February 10	Primeval on ITV
February 11	Saul of the Mole People on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
February 11	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
February 20	100 Winners on GSN
February 23	quiznation on GSN
February 26	Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on Travel Channel
February 26	The Black Donnelys on NBC
February 26	Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive on Toon Disney
February 27	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on FOX
March 3	El Tigre:The adventures of Manny Rivera on Nickelodeon
March 4	Dice: Undisputed on VH1
March 5	The Land Before Time on Cartoon Network
March 6	The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll on The CW
March 7	The Wedding Bells on Fox
March 10	Blood+ on adult swim
March 12	The Riches on FX
March 13	Bullrun on Spike TV
March 14	Halfway Home on Comedy Central
March 15	Raines on NBC
March 15	October Road on ABC
March 22	This American Life on Showtime
March 23	Acceptable.TV on VH1
March 28	The Apprentice on BBC One, previously on BBC Two from 2005-2006
March 27	The Great American Dream Vote on ABC
March 29	1,000 Places to See Before You Die on Travel Channel
April 1	Sons of Hollywood on A&E
April 1	The Tudors on Showtime
April 5	Adventures in Hollyhood on MTV
April 7	Human Giant on MTV
April 7	Short Circuitz on MTV
April 9	Culture Shock on Travel Channel
April 10	Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno III on MTV
April 10	Scarred on MTV
April 12	Notes from the Underbelly on ABC
April 12	Roman's Empire on BBC One
April 13	Painkiller Jane on Sci Fi
April 15	Drive on Fox
April 15	Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School on VH1
April 16	Jon & Kate Plus 8 on Discovery Health Channel
May 8	Holby Blue on BBC One
May 10	Traveler on BBC One
May 12	My Friends Tigger & Pooh on Disney Channel
May 13	Fat Guy Stuck in Internet on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
May 13	Superjail on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
May 18	National Bingo Night on ABC
May 25	Storm Hawks on Cartoon Network
May 30	Hidden Palms on The CW
May 30	The Next Best Thing on ABC
May 30	Traveler on ABC
May 31	Pirate Master on CBS
June 1	Demons on CBS
June 4	Creature Comforts on CBS
June 4	Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl on Cartoon Network (US Premiere)
June 6	Passport to Latin America on Travel Channel
June 6	Tyler Perry's House of Payne on TBS
June 10	John From Cincinnati on HBO
June 13	First Annual Guys' Choice Awards on Spike TV
June 13	Lil' Bush on Comedy Central
June 17	Flight of the Conchords on HBO
June 17	Ice Road Truckers on The History Channel
June 17	Meadowlands on Showtime
June 18	Age of Love on NBC
June 18	Heartland on TNT
June 25	Tak and the Power of Juju on Nickelodeon
June 25	Wayside on Nickelodeon
June 26	Shaq's Big Challenge on ABC
June 28	Burn Notice on USA
June 29	The Best Years on The N
July 2	Camouflage on GSN
July 5	Sea Patrol on Seven Network (Australia)
July 8	American Body Shop on Comedy Central
July 9	Greek on ABC Family
July 10	Baldwin Hills on BET
July 15	Rock of Love with Bret Michaels on VH1
July 16	Victoria Beckham: Coming to America on NBC
July 17	The Bill Engvall Show on TBS
July 19	Mad Men on AMC
July 23	Saving Grace on TNT
July 24	Damages on FX
July 25	Diagnosis X on TLC
August 4	Grand Slam on GSN
August 5	The Company on TNT
August 7	LA Ink on TLC
August 8	The Real World: Sydney on MTV
August 10	Flash Gordon on Sci Fi
August 13	Californication on Showtime
August 13	Slacker Cats on ABC Family
August 20	Yo Gabba Gabba! on Nickelodeon
August 22	Anchorwoman on Fox
August 27	The Life of Ryan on MTV
August 27	City Homicide on Seven Network (Australia)
August 28	Outnumbered on BBC One
August 30	Celebrity Rap Superstar on MTV
August 31	Back at the Barnyard on[Nickelodeon
September 1	Eurovision Dance Contest on EBU
September 3	Super Why! on PBS
September 3	Word World on PBS
September 6	Tim Gunn's Guide to Style on Bravo
September 8	iCarly on Nickelodeon
September 8	Torchwood on BBC America
September 10	Tell Me You Love Me on HBO
September 10	Steve Wilkos, a talk show hosted by Jerry Springer's former security head, debuts in syndication in the United States and Canada
September 14	Nashville on Fox
September 14	Out of Jimmy's Head on Cartoon Network
September 17	K-Ville on Fox
September 19	Gossip Girl on The CW
September 19	MANswers on Spike TV
September 19	Back to You on Fox
September 19	Kid Nation on CBS
September 19	Kitchen Nightmares on Fox
September 20	Survivor: China on CBS
September 23	CW Now on CW
September 23	Online Nation on CW
September 24	Journeyman on NBC
September 24	The Big Bang Theory on CBS
September 24	Chuck on NBC
September 25	Reaper on CW
September 25	Cane on CBS
September 26	Bionic Woman on NBC
September 26	Life on NBC
September 26	Private Practice on ABC
September 26	Dirty Sexy Money on ABC
September 27	Big Shots on ABC
September 28	Moonlight on CBS
October 1	Aliens in America on CW
October 1	Dr. Steve-O on USA
October 1	Digimon Data Squad on Jetix
October 2	Cavemen on ABC
October 2	Carpoolers on ABC
October 3	Pushing Daisies on ABC
October 4	Last One Standing on Discovery Channel
October 5	About A Girl on The N
October 7	Life Is Wild on The CW
October 12	Women's Murder Club on ABC
October 12	Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel
October 13	The Search for the Next Elvira on Fox Reality
October 14	Keeping Up with the Kardashians on E!
October 15	Samantha Who? on ABC
October 15	The Salt-N-Pepa Show on VH1
October 17	Storm Chasers on Discovery Channel
October 18	Viva Laughlin on CBS
October 19	The Next Great American Band on Fox
October 21	Death Note on Adult Swim
October 24	Phenomenon on NBC
October 30	The History Of The World Backwards on BBC Four
November 3	Bunnytown on Disney Channel (UK); USA premiere a week later.
November 7	Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation on ITV
November 8	Nearly Famous on E4

Television shows

1940s

Meet the Press (1947-present)
Candid Camera (1948-present).

1950s

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present).
CBS Evening News (1952-present).
Guiding Light (1952-present).
The Today Show (1952-present).
Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
Face the Nation (1954-present).
The Early Show (1954-present).
The Tonight Show (1954-present).
As the World Turns (1956-present).
NFL on CBS (1956-1994, 1998-present).
What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
Grandstand (UK) (1958-2007).

1960s

Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
It's Academic (1961-present).
Biography (1962-present).
The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
The World Tonight (1962-present).
Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present).
General Hospital (1963-present).
Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
Play School (1966-present).
The Money Programme (UK) (1966-present).
Shoten (Japan) (1966-present).
Washington Week (1967-present).
60 Minutes (1968-present).
One Life to Live (1968-present).
Sesame Street (1969-present).

1970s

All My Children (1970-present).
Monday Night Football (1970-present).
NBC Nightly News (1970-present).
Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present).
Soul Train (1971-2007).
Emmerdale (UK) (1972-present).
Newsround (UK) (1972-present).
The Price Is Right (1972-present).
John En Marsha (1973-1990).
Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present).
The Young and the Restless (1973-present).
Nova (1974-present).
Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present).
Arena (UK) (1975-present).
Braves TBS Baseball (1975-2007).
Good Morning America (1975-present).
Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present).
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (1975-present).
The Victory Garden (1975-present).
Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
Austin City Limits (1976-present).
Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
Live from Lincoln Center (1976-present).
Inside the NFL (1977-present).
20/20 (1978-present).
Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
Antiques Roadshow (UK) (1979-present).
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979-present).
Eat Bulaga! (1979-present).
Nightline (1979-present).
Nightly Business Report (1979-present).
This Old House (1979-present).

1980s

Chain Reaction (1980, 1986-1991, 2006-present).
Mystery! (1980-present).
Entertainment Tonight (1981-present).
This Week (1981-present).
America This Morning (1982-present).
CCTV New Year's Gala (China) (1982-present).
Nature (1982-present).
Timewatch (UK) (1982-present).
Waratte Iitomo (Japan) (1982-present).
What Now (New Zealand) (1982-present).
American Masters (1983-present).
America Undercover (1983-present).
Frontline (1983-present).
The George Michael Sports Machine (1983-2007).
Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-present).
The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
EastEnders (UK) (1985-present).
Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present).
The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present).
Casualty (UK) (1986-present).
CBS Morning News (1987-present).
ChuckleVision (UK) (1987-present).
Headbangers Ball (1987-1995, 2003-present).
The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present).
TV Patrol World (1987-present).
48 Hours (1988-present).
American Experience (1988-present).
America's Most Wanted (1988-present).
Fair City (Ireland) (1988-present).
Home and Away (1988-present).
This Morning (1988-present).
COPS (1989-present).
Domingão do Faustão (Brazil) (1989-present).
Inside Edition (1989-present).
Primetime (1989-present).
The New Yankee Workshop (1989-present).
The Simpsons (1989-present).
Family Fortunes (UK) (1980-2002, 2005 special, 2007-present).
Beadle's About (UK) (1986-1996).

1990s

1990-1993

America's Funniest Home Videos (1990-present).
Law & Order (1990-present).
Sunday Night Baseball (1990-present).
Breakfast with the Arts (1991-2007).
Charlie Rose (1991-present).
The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present).
American Justice (1992-present).
Barney & Friends (1992-present).
Dateline NBC (1992-present).
Def Comedy Jam (1992-1997, 2006-present).
Real Sex (1992-present).
Shortland Street (NZ) (1992-present).
The Real World (1992-present).
Up to the Minute (1992-present).
World News Now (1992-present).
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present).
Power Rangers (1993-present).
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present).
WWE Monday Night RAW (1993-present).

1994-1996

Autopsy (1994-present).
ER (1994-present).
Globe Trekker (1994-present).
NFL on FOX (1994-present).
Room 101 (UK) (1994-2007).
Time Team (UK) (1994-present).
ASAP '06 (1995-present).
Dinner and a Movie (1995-present).
Goosebumps (1995-1998, 2007-present).
MADtv (1995-present).
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995-present).
Road Rules (1995-2004, 2007-present).
The Late Late Show (1995-present).
7th Heaven (1996-2007).
Access Hollywood (1996-present).
Arthur (1996-present).
A Wedding Story (1996-present).
Boxing After Dark (1996-present).
Fox News Sunday (1996-present).
Judge Judy (1996-present).
Major League Baseball on FOX (1996-present).
Silent Witness (UK) (1996-present).
The Daily Show (1996-present).
All That (1994-2005) (December 31,2007)

1997-1999

Bear in the Big Blue House (1997-2007).
King of the Hill (1997-present).
Little Bill (1997-2007).
Midsomer Murders (UK) (1997-present).
One Piece (1997-present).
South Park (1997-present).
Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007).
The View (1997-present).
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997-present).
Celebrity Deathmatch (1998-2002, 2006-present).
City Confidential (1998-present).
Cold Case Files (1998-present).
Comedy Central Presents (1998-present).
Movie Surfers (1998-present).
The Correspondents (1998-present).
The King of Queens (1998-2007).
Total Request Live (1998-present).
True Life (1998-present).
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK) (1998-present).
Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999-2002, 2007).
Dragon Tales (1999-present).
Early Today (1999-present).
Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999-present).
Judge Mathis (1999-present).
Holby City (1999-present).
Making the Video (1999-present).
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-present).
Passions (1999-present).
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present).
The Sopranos (1999-2007).
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US) (1999-present).
SmackDown! (1999-present).

2000s

2000

Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000-present).
Between the Lions (2000-present).
Big Brother (2000-present).
Caillou (2000-present).
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-present).
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-present).
Dora the Explorer (2000-2007).
Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).
Girlfriends (2000-present).
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2000-2007).
Making the Band (2000-2002, 2007-present)
MTV Cribs (2000-present).
Survivor (2000-present).
The Weakest Link (UK) (2000-present).
Trading Spaces (2000-present).

2001

24 (2001-present).
According to Jim (2001-present).
Adult Swim (2001-present).
Crossing Jordan (2001-2007).
Great Hotels (2001-present).
How It's Made (2001-present).
JR Digs (Canada) (2001-present).
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001-present).
NASCAR on TNT (2001-present).
Pop Idol (UK) (2001-present).
Reba (2001-2007).
Scrubs (2001-present).
Secrets of the Dead (2001-present).
Smallville (2001-present).
The Amazing Race (2001-present).
The Fairly OddParents (2001-present).
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (2001-present).
The Saturday Show (UK) (2001-present).

2002

American Idol (2002-present).
Angelina Ballerina (2002-present).
Baby Looney Tunes (2002-2005, series finale TV movie airs Summer 2007).
Biker Build-Off (2002-present).
Codename: Kids Next Door (2002-2007).
Crank Yankers (2002-2005, 2007-present).
CyberChase (2002-present).
CSI: Miami (2002-present).
Def Poetry (2002-present).
Degrassi: The Next Generation (2002-present).
DragonflyTV (2002-present).
Extreme Makeover (2002-2007).
George Lopez (2002-2007).
Harry Hill's TV Burp (UK) (2002-present).
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (UK) (2002-present).
Kim Possible (2002-2007).
Last Call with Carson Daly (2002-present).
Lingo (2002-present).
Max and Ruby (2002-present).
Monk (2002-present).
Most Haunted (2002-present).
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963-1988, 2002-present).
NBA on ABC (2002-present).
NBA on TNT (2002-present).
NOW (2002-present).
Spooks (UK) (2002-present).
That's So Raven (2002-2007).
The Bachelor (2002-present).
The Dead Zone (2002-2007).
The George Lopez Show (2002-2007).
The Shield (2002-present).
The Wire (2002-present).
Without a Trace (2002-present).

2003

All of Us (2003-2007).
American Chopper (2003-present).
America's Next Top Model (2003-present)
Battlestar Galactica (2003-present).
Cold Case (2003-present).
Dirty Jobs (2003-present).
DVD on TV (2003-present).
History Detectives (2003-present).
Hope and Faith (2003-present).
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003-present).
JoJo's Circus (2003-2007).
Last Comic Standing (2003-present).
Las Vegas (2003-present).
Made (2003-present).
MXC (2003-present).
MythBusters (2003-present).
Nanalan' (2003-present).
Nashville Star (2003-present).
NCIS (2003-present).
Nip/Tuck (2003-present).
One Tree Hill (2003-present).
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003-present).
Punk'd (2003-2007).
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-2007).
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003-present).
Reno 911! (2003-present).
Sell This House (2003-present).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003-present).
That's So Raven (2003-2007).
The Fabulous Life of... (2003-present).
The O.C. (2003-2007).
The Simple Life (2003-2007).
The Surreal Life (2003-present).
The Venture Bros. (2003-present).
Two and a Half Men (2003-present).
VH1: All Access (2003-present).
What Not to Wear (2003-present).
World Poker Tour (2003-present).

2004

American Hot Rod (2004-present).
Astro Boy (2004-present).
Best Week Ever (2004-present).
Boston Legal (2004-present).
Call for Help 2.0 (Canada) (2004-present).
Cartoon Alley (2004-present).
Casino Cinema (2004-present).
Cathouse: The Series (2004-present).
Corner Gas (Canada) (2004-present).
CSI: New York (2004-present).
Danny Phantom (2004-2007).
Desperate Housewives (2004-present).
Deadwood (2004-present).
Dog the Bounty Hunter (2004-2007).
Drake & Josh (2004-2007).
Drawn Together (2004-present).
Entourage (2004-present).
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2004-present).
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004-present).
Ghost Hunters (2004-present).
Green Wing (UK) (2004-2007).
Higglytown Heroes (2004-present).
House (2004-present).
Instant Star (2004-present).
LazyTown (2004-present).
Lost (2004-present).
Maya & Miguel (2004-present).
Miguzi (2004-present).
Nanny 911 (2004-present).
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004-2007).
Overhaulin' (2004-present).
Passport to Europe (2004-present).
Pimp My Ride (2004-present).
Postcards from Buster (2004-present).
Postman Pat (UK) (1981, 1996, 2004-present).
Rescue Me (2004-present).
Sea of Souls (UK) (2004-present}.
Shameless (UK) (2004-present).
Stargate Atlantis (2004-present).
Survivorman (2004-present).
The 4400 (2004-2007).
The Apprentice (2004-present).
The Backyardigans (2004-present).
The Batman (2004-present).
The Biggest Loser (2004-present).
The First 48 (2004-present).
The L Word (2004-present).
The X Factor (UK) (2004-present).
TNA iMPACT! (2004-present).
Trading Spouses (2004-present).
Veronica Mars (2004-2007).
Wife Swap (2004-present).
World Series of Blackjack (2004-present).

2005

30 Days (2005-present).
5 Takes (2005-present).
Afterlife (UK) (2005-present).
A Haunting (2005-present).
American Dragon: Jake Long (2005-2007).
American Dad! (2005-present).
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005-present).
A.T.O.M. (2005-present).
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-present).
Battlestar Galactica (2005-present).
Beauty and the Geek (2005-present).
Ben 10 (2005-present).
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2005-2007).
Bones (2005-present).
Breaking Bonaduce (2005-present).
BSTV (2005-present).
Camp Lazlo (2005-present).
Cash Cab (2005-present).
Catscratch (2005-present).
Celebrity Eye Candy (2005-present).
Celebrity Fit Club (2005-present).
Charlie and Lola (2005-present).
Class of the Titans (2005-present).
Criminal Minds (2005-present).
Criss Angel Mindfreak (2005-present).
Da Vinci's City Hall (Canada) (2005-present).
Dancing With the Stars (US) (2005-present).
Deadliest Catch (2005-present).
Deal or No Deal (2005-present).
Doodlebops (2005-present).
Everybody Hates Chris (2005-present).
Extras (2005-present).
Family Guy (1999-2002, 2005-present).
Flip This House (2005-present).
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 (2005-present).
Game Head (2005-present).
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005-present).
Ghost Whisperer (2005-present).
Go, Diego, Go! (2005-present).
Grey's Anatomy (2005-present).
Hell's Kitchen (2005-present).
Hogan Knows Best (2005-present).
How I Met Your Mother (2005-present).
IGPX (2005-present).
Inked (2005-present).
Intervention (2005-present).
Iron Chef America (2005-present).
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-present).
Johnny and the Sprites (2005-present).
Kept (2005-present)
Kudlow & Company (2005-present).
Little Einsteins (2005-present).
Masters of Horror (2005-present).
Mad Money (2005-present).
Medium (2005-present).
Miami Ink (2005-present).
Mind of Mencia (2005-present).
Moral Orel (2005-present).
Move This House (2005-present).
My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005-present).
My Name Is Earl (2005-present).
My Super Sweet 16 (2005-present).
Naruto (2005-present).
Next (2005-present).
Nip/Tuck (2005-present).
NUMB3RS (2005-present).
Parental Control (2005-present).
Prison Break (2005-present).
Robot Chicken (2005-present).
Rome (2005-2007).
Roobarb and Custard Too (2005-present).
Run's House (2005-present).
South of Nowhere (2005-present).
So You Think You Can Dance (2005-present).
Supernanny (2005-present).
Supernatural (2005-present).
Squidbillies (2005-present).
The Andy Milonakis Show (2005-present).
The Boondocks (2005-present).
The Closer (2005-present).
The Colbert Report (2005-present).
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005-present).
The Office (2005-present).
The Showbiz Show with David Spade (2005-present).
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005-present).
The Ultimate Fighter (2005-present).
The War at Home (2005-present).
The X's (2005-present).
Untold Stories of the E.R. (2005-present).
Weeds (2005-present).
Wild 'N Out (2005-present).
Wonder Showzen (2005-present).
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (2005 - present).
Zoey 101 (2005-2008).

2006

1 vs. 100 (2006-present).
10 Items or Less (2006-present).
30 Rock (2006-present).
American Idol Rewind (2006-present).
American Inventor (2006-present).
America's Got Talent (2006-present).
Ben 10 (2006-present).
Beyond the Break (2006-present).
Big Day (2006-2007).
Big Love (2006-present).
Big Spender (2006-present).
Brotherhood (2006-present).
Brothers & Sisters (2006-present).
Campus Ladies (2006-present).
Choo-Choo Soul (2006-present).
Class of 3000 (2006-present).
Curious George (2006-present).
Dallas SWAT (2006-present).
''Biker Mice From Mars (1993-1996. 2006-present)
Day Break (2006-2007).
Dexter (2006-present).
Disney Channel Games (2006-present).
Disorderly Conduct (2006-present).
Driving Force (2006-present).
ESPN on ABC (2006-present).
Eureka (2006-present).
Extreme Championship Wrestling (2006-present).
Falcon Beach (2006-2007).
Fantastic Four (2006-present).
Friday Night Lights (2006-present).
Frisky Dingo (2006-present).
Future Weapons (2006-present).
Gene Simmons Family Jewels (2006-present).
Handy Manny (2006-present).
Hannah Montana (2006-present).
Heroes (2006-present).
High Stakes Poker (2006-present).
Honey, We're Killing the Kids (2006-present).
Identity (2006-2007).
Jackanory (1965-1996, 2006-present).
Jericho (2006-present).
Judge Maria Lopez (2006-present).
Kidnapped (2006-2007).
King of Cars (2006-present).
Legion of Super Heroes (2006-present).
Life on Mars (2006-2007).
Little People, Big World (2006-present).
Live at Gotham (2006-present).
Maggi and Me (2006-present).
Man vs. Wild (2006-present).
Men In Trees (2006-present).
Metalocalypse (2006-present).
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006-2007).
Mr. Meaty (2006-present).
My Boys (2006-present).
My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2006-present).
NBC Sunday Night Football (2006-present).
NHL on NBC (2006-present).
Not Your Average Travel Show (2006-present).
One Week to Save Your Marriage (2006-present).
PlayMania (2006-2007).
Pros vs Joes (2006-present).
Psych (2006-present).
Quizmania (2006-2007).
Rachael Ray (2006-present).
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel (2006-2007).
Rob & Big (2006-present).
Robin Hood (2006-present).
Saved (2006-present).
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006-present).
Shalom in the Home (2006-present).
Shark (2006-present).
Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2006-present).
Six Degrees (2006-2007).
Spider Riders (2006-present).
Standoff (2006-2007).
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007).
Suburban Shootout (2006-present).
Take Home Chef (2006-present).
Talkshow with Spike Feresten (2006-present).
TCM Underground (2006-present).
That's the Question (2006-present).
'Til Death (2006-present).
The Class (2006-2007).
The Emperor's New School (2006-present).
The Game (2006-present).
The Hills (2006-present).
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (2006-present)
The Loop (2006-2007).
The Megan Mullally Show (2006-2007).
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006-present).
The Nine (2006-2007).
The Real World: Denver (2006-2007).
The Replacements (2006-present).
The Unit (2006-present).
The World Series of Pop Culture (2006-present).
Tom and Jerry Tales (2006-present).
Torchwood (2006-present).
Two-A-Days (2006-present).
Ugly Betty (2006-present).
Watch Over Me (2006-2007).
Waterloo Road (2006-present).
Web Junk 20 (2006-present).
What About Brian (2006-2007).
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (2006-present).
Wicked Wicked Games (2006-2007).
Wonder Pets (2006-present).
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006-present).
Yo Momma (2006-present).

Changes of Network Affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
American Chopper	Discovery Channel	TLC
Crank Yankers	Comedy Central	MTV 2
Kath & Kim	ABC TV	Channel Seven
Kenny vs. Spenny	GSN	Comedy Central
Law and Order: Criminal Intent	NBC	USA Network
Passions	NBC	The 101
Play with Me Sesame	Noggin	PBS Kids Sprout
Tim Russert	CNBC	MSNBC
TNA iMPACT! (UK rights)	TWC Fight	Bravo 2 ¹

It later moved to Bravo in early 2008

Ending this year

Date	Show	Debut
January 4	Green Wing	2004
January 5	The Megan Mullally Show	2006
January 13	Tutenstein	2003
January 15	Quizmania	2005
January 24	Armed & Famous	2007
January 25	On the Road Again	1987
January 28	Grandstand	1958
January 30	Big Day	2006
February 1	Afro Samurai	2007
February 9	Room 101	1994
February 10	Catscratch	2005
February 14	JoJo's Circus	2003
February 18	PlayMania	2006
February 18	Reba	2001
February 22	The O.C.	2003
February 23	Nanny 911	2004
February 24	Celebrity Dog School	2007
February 26	The (White) Rapper Show	2007
March 4	What's with Andy?	2001
March 5	The Class	2006
March 6	Watch Over Me	2006
March 6	Wicked Wicked Games	2006
March 7	Maui Fever	2007
March 13	Stargate SG-1	1997
March 14	Wrestling Society X	2007
March 16	The Vicar of Dibley	1994
March 17	Mr. Meaty	2006
March 18	I'm From Rolling Stone	2007
March 18	The Winner	2007
March 25	The George Michael Sports Machine	1980
March 25	Grease: You're the One that I Want!	2007
March 25	Rome	2005
March 26	What About Brian	2006
March 28	The Great American Dream Vote	2007
March 30	Falcon Beach	2006
March 30	Six Degrees	2006
March 31	Monster Allergy	2006
April 1	Miffy	2003
April 2	The Black Donnellys	2007
April 3	Bam's Unholy Union	2007
April 4	CBC News: Country Canada	1954
April 6	The Wedding Bells	2007
April 7	Bratz	2005
April 9	The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	2005
April 10	Life on Mars	2006
April 11	In Case of Emergency	2007
April 14	Andy Barker, P.I.	2007
April 15	The Dresden Files	2007
April 20	My GamesFever	2006
April 22	The War at Home	2005
April 23	Drive	2007
April 27	Identity	2006
April 27	Raines	2007
April 28	Eureka Seven	2006
April 29	Sons of Hollywood	2007
April 29	Spider Riders	2006
May 3	Trading Spouses	2004
May 5	Loonatics Unleashed	2005
May 6	Bear in the Big Blue House	1997
May 8	George Lopez	2002
May 11	Acceptable.TV	2007
May 11	Close to Home	2005
May 13	7th Heaven	1996
May 14	All of Us	2003
May 14	The King of Queens	1998
May 15	Gilmore Girls	2000
May 16	Crossing Jordan	2001
May 16	Halfway Home	2007
May 16	Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends	2004
May 16	Thank God You're Here	2007
May 17	Roman's Empire	2007
May 22	Veronica Mars	2004
May 24	Pimp My Ride	2004
May 28	The Real Wedding Crashers	2007
May 29	Punk'd	2003
May 30	The Gill Deacon Show	2006
June 1	Bert's Family Feud	2006
June 3	Dream Team	1997
June 8	Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide	2004
June 10	The Sopranos	1999
June 13	100 Winners	2007
June 15	The Catch-Up	2007
June 18	Creature Comforts	2007
June 21	The Showbiz Show with David Spade	2005
June 24	Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race	2007
June 24	Quizmania	2006
June 25	The Ex-Wives Club	2007
June 25	The Rich List	2007
June 28	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	2006
June 29	Marina	2006
July 1	The Loop	2006
July 4	Hidden Palms	2007
July 5	Short Circuitz	2007
July 8	Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School	2007
July 13	Art Attack	1989
July 16	Extreme Makeover	2002
July 16	Victoria Beckham: Coming to America	2007
July 17	Pirate Master	2007
July 18	American Heiress	2007
July 18	Saints & Sinners	2007
July 18	Traveler	2007
July 20	Standoff	2006
July 22	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	2000
July 23	Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa	2007
July 26	Hey Paula	2007
August 5	Meadowlands	2007
August 5	The Simple Life	2003
August 8	The Nine	2006
August 11	Kidnapped	2006
August 12	John from Cincinnati	2007
August 19	The Company	2007
August 21	On the Lot	2007
August 22	Anchorwoman	2007
August 23	The Knights of Prosperity	2007
August 24	Danny Phantom	2004
August 25	Masters of Science Fiction	2007
August 26	The Kill Point	2007
August 29	The Nation	2007
August 31	Heartland	2007
September 7	Kim Possible	2002
September 16	Drake & Josh	2004
September 16	The 4400	2004
September 16	The Dead Zone	2002
September 21	Nashville	2007
September 21	Painkiller Jane	2007
September 23	The 1/2 Hour News Hour	2007
September 27	Squirrel Boy	2006
September 30	Braves TBS Baseball	1975
October 1	1 vs. 100	2007
October 5	Dame Chocolate	2007
October 13	Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo	2005
October 14	Online Nation	2007
October 18	Celebrity Rap Superstar	2007
October 21	Viva Laughlin	2007
October 30	Queer Eye for the Straight Guy	2003
November 10	That's So Raven	2003
November 12	Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive	2007
November 13	Cavemen	2007
November 14	Drawn Together	2004
November 21	Phenomenon	2007
November 28	Bionic Woman	2007
December 1	The Sideshow	2007
December 4	Tin Man	2007
December 12	Kid Nation	2007
December 15	Kaya	2007
December 16	Unfabulous	2004
December 17	K-Ville	2007
December 18	Cane	2007
December 19	Journeyman	2007
December 19	Parkinson	1971
December 20	Clash of the Choirs	2007
December 21	The Next Great American Band	2007
December 27	Extras	2005
December 28	The Singing Bee	2007

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Cinematic Credibility
January 7	Magnús Magnússon	77	Icelandic-born television presenter (Mastermind)
January 8	Iwao Takamoto	81	Japanese-American animator (Scooby Doo)
January 8	Yvonne De Carlo	84	Canadian-born US actress (The Munsters)
January 14	Darlene Conley	72	Irish-born US soap opera actress (The Bold and the Beautiful)
January 16	Ron Carey	71	US actor and comedian (Barney Miller)
January 19	Scott Charles Bigelow (Bam Bam Bigelow	45	Pro Wrestler
January 27	Bob Carroll	88	US sitcom writer (I Love Lucy, Alice)
January 30	Sidney Sheldon	89	US writer (creator of I Dream of Jeannie)
January 31	Lee Bergere	82	US actor (Dynasty)
February 8	Anna Nicole Smith	39	US model, actress (The Anna Nicole Show)
February 15	Ray Evans	92	US songwriter (theme songs to Bonanza and Mister Ed)
March 8	John Inman	71	UK actor, best known for playing Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?
March 19	Calvert DeForest	85	US actor (Late Night with David Letterman)
April 11	Roscoe Lee Browne	81	US actor (Soap)
April 30	Tom Poston	85	US actor (Newhart)
May 15	Jerry Falwell	73	US televangelist (The Old-Time Gospel Hour)
May 25	Charles Nelson Reilly	76	US actor, game show panelist (Match Game)
May 27	Gretchen Wyler	75	US actress (Dallas, several TV series guest appearances)
June 12	Don Herbert	89	US TV host (Mr. Wizard)
June 17	Ed Friendly	85	US producer (Laugh-In, Little House on the Prairie)
June 24	Chris Benoit	40	Canadian pro wrestler for WWE
June 29	Joel Siegel	63	US film reviewer on Good Morning America
July 9	Charles Lane	102	US character actor with decades of guest appearances ranging from I Love Lucy to Soap
July 20	Tammy Faye Messner	65	US televangelist (The PTL Club)
July 29	Marvin Zindler	85	Investigative reporter for KTRK-TV Houston; helped closed the Chicken Ranch brothel
July 29	Tom Snyder	71	Hosted NBC's The Tomorrow Show and CBS's The Late Late Show
July 29	Mike Reid	67	British comedian and actor, best known for playing Frank Butcher in British soap opera EastEnders
July 29	Phil Drabble	93	British television presenter, author and countryman, best known as the presenter of sheepdog trial show One Man and His Dog.
August 3	James T. Callahan	76	US actor (Charles in Charge)
August 7	Hal Fishman	75	US news anchor on KTLA in Los Angeles (1965-2007)
August 12	Merv Griffin	82	US entertainer/producer (The Merv Griffin Show, Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune)
August 28	Miyoshi Umeki	78	Japanese-born actress (The Courtship of Eddie's Father)
September 6	Ronald Magill	87	UK Actor, best known for playing Amos Brearly in Emmerdale
September 10	Jane Wyman	90	US actress (Falcon Crest)
September 15	Brett Somers	83	US game show panelist (Match Game)
September 21	Alice Ghostley	81	US actress (Bewitched, Designing Women)
October 1	Ronnie Hazlehurst	79	UK theme tune composer. (Only Fools and Horses, Yes Minister, Are You Being Served? and The Two Ronnies etc.)
October 9	Carol Bruce	87	US actress (WKRP in Cincinnati)
October 16	Deborah Kerr	86	UK actress (A Woman of Substance)
October 17	Joey Bishop	89	US actor and comedian
October 30	Robert Goulet	73	US entertainer
November 2	Charmaine Dragun	29	Australian newsreader
November 2	Lilian Ellison	84	US professional wrestler (The Fabulous Moolah)
November 6	Hilda Braid	78	UK actress (Nana Moon of EastEnders)
November 20	Dick Wilson	91	UK actor
November 22	Verity Lambert	71	UK TV producer (Doctor Who)
November 24	David Sheldon	44	US professional wrestler (Angel of Death)
November 25	John Drury	80	US journalist
November 26	Mel Tolkin	94	US writer (Your Show of Shows)
November 28	Jeanne Bates	89	US actress
November 28	Ashley Titus	36	South African presenter
November 29	James Barber	84	Canadian cooking host (Urban Peasant)
December 1	Anton Rodgers	74	UK actor
December 13	Floyd Red Crow Westerman	94	Actor
December 15	John Berg	58	US actor
December 18	Jack Linkletter	70	US television presenter
December 26	Stu Nahan	81	Sportscaster