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2008 in television

The year 2008 in television involves some significant plans. Below is a list of television-related events in 2008.

Events

Date	Event
January 1	CourtTV turns into TruTV
January 2	An interim agreement between Worldwide Pants Incorporated and the Writers Guild of America allows The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to return with their full writing staffs, in spite of the ongoing WGA strike. By contrast, NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Last Call with Carson Daly and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, which are all produced by their respective networks, went back on the air without writers (except for Jay Leno, who writes his own material).
January 7	Due to the writers strike, plans to hold the 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony were scrapped. A press conference which announced the winners was substituted for the program.
January 23	Konnie Huq presents her last episode of Blue Peter after over ten years, having become the longest-running female presenter and third longest-running overall in the shows' 50 year history.
January 31	A unique episode of the UK soap opera EastEnders is broadcast, consisting of just one character (Dot Branning) with a single monologue in the form of a taped message to her husband. This 'one-hander' is a first in UK soap history.
February 2	VH1 Uno is discontinued by MTV Networks to expand distribution of mtvU beyond college campuses and onto regular cable systems.
February 3	FOX's telecast of Super Bowl XLII surpasses Super Bowl XXX as the most watched Super Bowl game on television. It also becomes the second most watched television program trailing the 1983 MAS*H series finale and the highest rated telecast in Nielsen ratings since Super Bowl XXXIV.
February 8	The CW Television Network and the WWE announced that WWE Friday Night SmackDown will leave the CW prime time schedule at the end of the 2007-2008 season. The news comes after negotiations between the CW and WWE failed to reach a deal to keep the show on the CW lineup. Three weeks later on February 26, MyNetwork TV announced that they are picking up the program and will add it to its lineup in September.
February 9	Both the Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reach a tentative deal resolving the strike. Members vote three days later to end the strike.
February 12	The BBC Three "Blobs" are played out for the last time in the early hours of the morning. A new set of idents debuted the same day, this is the channels first ever rebrand since launching in early 2003.
February 17	The conversion of NTSC analog channels to DT channels using the ATSC system begins in the United States, with TV stations making last minute filings and their intentions about when they will start their switchover ahead of the February 17, 2009 mandatory date. Also, the US government starts mailing out (USD)$40.00 coupons/rebates to consumers to use in buying DTV converters before the switchover.
February 18	Nick celebrates the revival of its hit show The Fairly OddParents with the TV movie Fairly Odd Baby. This has been the first new episode since 2006.
February 19	BBC One drama Hotel Babylon returns for its third series.
February 24	ABC's telecast of the 80th Academy Awards draws record low ratings in the history of the ceremony's telecast surpassing the ratings from the ceremony that took place in 2003. 31.76 million on average watched the show over its entire run with a Nielsen rating of 18.66 households watching.
April 3	Kate Ritchie's final episode of Home and away is broadcast in Australia on Channel 7. She has played the role of Sally Fletcher for 20 years and 3 months, making her role the record for a woman in Australian Television. She has played the role since she was 8 years of age. The only remaining member of the cast now who has been in the show since its start in 1988, is Ray Meagher who plays Alf Stewart
April 5	Doctor Who returns on BBC One. David Tennant returns as the Doctor and Catherine Tate plays Donna Noble, as the Doctor's companion.
April 20	The 2008 BAFTA Television Awards are held at the London Palladium. Winners included Dame Eileen Atkins (Best Television Actress), Bruce Forsyth (Academy Fellowship), Harry Hill (Best Entertainment Performance), James Corden (Best Comedy Performance) and the BBC Three Sitcom Gavin & Stacey
May 11	Former model Parvati Shallow was announced the winner of Survivor: Micronesia. It was also announced that the next season will be filmed in high definition.
May 16	The Wilmington, North Carolina television market is selected by the FCC to be the first television market in the United States to sign off their analog channels for ATSC early, starting September 8.
May 21	David Cook is selected as the winner of seventh season of American Idol.
May 22	After over thirteen years, Kids' WB! ceases airing and becomes The CW4Kids.
May 29	Channel 4 broadcasts a rare live advertisement on British television. The 3 minute Honda advert is shown during the commercial break of the program Come Dine With Me.
June 1	A large fire damages portions of Universal Studios Hollywood near Los Angeles.
June 7	The Euro 2008 opens in Basel (Switzerland). About 200 broadcasting companies from all over the world showed it live.
June 17	Comedian Joan Rivers is asked to leave the ITV1 afternoon talk show Loose Women after swearing live on air. She was removed during the commercial break, and said that she didn't realise the show was going out live and thought her comments would be bleeped.
June 17	The third season premiere of NBC's America's Got Talent.
June 19	Big Ten Network and Comcast announced a carriage agreement deal. The channel was added to Comcast on August 15.
June 28	In Doctor Who episode The Stolen Earth, many previous characters return characters from Doctor Who spinoffs (Ianto Jones and Gwen Cooper from Torchwood and Luke Smith from The Sarah Jane Adventures. Harriet Jones returned for the last time. Also including Martha Jones, present companion Donna Noble and Rose Tyler. Sarah Jane Smith returned as well plus Mickey Smith. The Daleks returned as well as old enemy Davros who last appeared in 1988.
July 7	The Jewelry Channel, a US home shopping service that was shown mostly on DirecTV and Dish Network, shuts down operations and launches a going out-of-business sale for its remaining items that was shown on the channel that will last until July 20.
July 28	MGM Television and Weigel Broadcasting announces the launching of a new DT2 subchannel in the United States called This TV.
August 1	FOX affiliate XETV/Tijuana and CW affiliate KSWB-TV/San Diego switched network affiliations: KSWB to FOX, XETV to The CW.
August 7	The Florence/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina television market get their own NBC affiliate WMBF-TV.
August 8	After 50 years of being served by WTAE-TV/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CBS affiliate WTRF/Wheeling, West Virginia (covering the Wheeling-Stubenville TV market) and sister station WBOY-TV/Clarksburg, West Virginia (A NBC affiliate covering the Clarksburg-Fairmont TV market) adds ABC to their DT2 subchannels. Both stations had been ABC secondary affiliates in the past.
Late August	Big Ten Network reached carriage deal agreements with Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Brighthouse Networks, Mediacom and Cox Communications, ending the "cable carriage controversies" that the network had in its first year of existence. The network is now on all major cable TV systems in The Big Ten Region.
August 28	ESPNU launched its HD version to only 5 American cable television or satellite carriers.
September 1	Music: High Definition (MHD) is renamed Palladia.
September 5	Stand Up to Cancer, a event designed to raise cancer awareness, airs on ABC, CBS, NBC and E! in the United States, and on CTV, Citytv and Global in Canada.
September 8	The Wilmington, North Carolina television market officially becomes the first TV market in the United States to have all of its stations broadcast exclusively in digital, using the ATSC system.
September 15	WTMJ-TV/Milwaukee, Wisconsin drops all of its syndicated shows and will feature a lineup that will consist of local news (including a four hour afternoon news block from 3 to 7PM, a first in the United States Central Time Zone) and NBC programming.
September 20	After an 11 year run on the Cartoon Network, the action-adventure block, Toonami, has been cancelled, effective 11 PM EST.
September 21	60th Primetime Emmy Awards

Future events

Date	Event
October	Longest-running children's television program, Blue Peter celebrates its 50th birthday
November 23	The world's longest running science fiction series Doctor Who celebrates it's 45th anniversary.
November 23	Flint, Michigan PBS affiliate WFUM-TV will turn off its analog signal and broadcast exclusively in digital, 3 months before the federally mandated analog shut off date, becoming the first station in its market to broadcast in digital only.
December 8	HD versions of American cable channels The Style Network, E! Entertainment Television and G4 will launch. Also The Golf Channel and Versus will get their own separate HD versions (they currently share HD channel space, they can't broadcast 2 separate HD programs at the same time).

Debuts (including scheduled)

January 5

Transformers: Animated on Cartoon Network
January 9	Ghost Hunters International on Sci Fi Channel
January 9	Sophie on CBC Television
January 13	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on FOX
January 20	Breaking Bad on AMC
January 22	The Guard on Global
January 23	The Moment of Truth on FOX
January 28	In Treatment on HBO
January 31	Eli Stone on ABC
February 1	Phineas and Ferb on Disney Channel
February 4	The Mr. Men Show on Cartoon Network
February 4	Welcome to The Captain on CBS
February 7	Ashes to Ashes on BBC One
February 7	Lipstick Jungle on NBC
February 7	Ni Hao, Kai-Lan on Nickelodeon
February 7	Survivor: Micronesia on CBS
February 18	Power Rangers: Jungle Fury on Toon Disney/Jetix
February 18	Being Human on BBC Three
March 2	Unhitched on FOX
March 4	New Amsterdam on FOX
March 8	The Spectacular Spider-Man on The CW
March 10	Canterbury's Law on FOX, The Latest Buzz on Family
March 14	The Return of Jezebel James on FOX
March 16	John Adams on HBO
March 18	Miss/Guided on ABC
March 23	Celebrity Bainisteoir on RTÉ One
March 30	Tracey Ullman's State of the Union on Showtime
April 12	Groomer Has It on Animal Planet
April 18	Ben 10: Alien Force on Cartoon Network
April 22	A Shot at Love 2 with Tila Tequila on MTV
April 26	The Mighty B! on Nickelodeon
April 28	Out of the Blue on BBC One
April 30	Farmer Wants a Wife on The CW
May 24	Denise Richards: It's Complicated on E!
May 24	Living Lohan on E!
June 1	Million Dollar Password on CBS
June 5	Big Brother 9 on channel 4.
June 5	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack on Cartoon Network
June 5	Swingtown on CBS
July 11	Queen Bees on The N
July 11	Flashpoint on CBS
July 13	Generation Kill on HBO
July 29	Jurassic Fight Club on History Channel
August 3	Pam: Girl on the Loose! on E!
August 9	Calefare on Channel 5 (Singapore)
August 10	Spooks: Code 9 on BBC Three
August 15	Outsider's Inn on CMT
August 31	Hairspray: The School Musical on Sky1
September 1	Raising the Bar on TNT
September 2	90210 on The CW
September 3	Sons of Anarchy on FX
September 7	True Blood on HBO
September 8	The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC
September 8	Family Court With Judge Penny in syndication (US and Canada)
September 8	The Doctors in syndication (US and Canada)
September 9	Privileged on The CW
September 9	Fringe on FOX
September 10	Do Not Disturb on FOX
September 13	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's on The CW4Kids
September 15	My Family's Got GUTS on Nickelodeon
September 18	Survivor: Gabon on CBS
September 21	In Harm's Way on The CW
September 21	Valentine on The CW
September 21	Easy Money on The CW
September 22	Worst Week on CBS
September 23	Opportunity Knocks on ABC
September 23	The Mentalist on CBS
September 24	Gary Unmarried on CBS
September 24	Knight Rider on NBC
September 25	Life on Mars on ABC
September 26	The Suite Life on Deck on Disney Channel
September 28	Little Britain USA on HBO
September 29	My Own Worst Enemy on NBC
October 3	The Ex-List on CBS
October 3	The Secret Saturdays on Cartoon Network.
October 3	Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network
October 3	Sanctuary on SCI FI
October 4	Making Fiends on Nicktoons Network
October 7	The Real Housewives of Atlanta on Bravo
October 9	Kath & Kim on NBC
October 9	Eleventh Hour on CBS
October 9	SNL Thursday Night Live on NBC
October 9	Testees on FX
October 17	Crash on Starz
October 17	Crusoe on NBC
October 29	Stylista on The CW
November 2	Surviving Suburbia on The CW
November 14	Batman: The Brave and the Bold on Cartoon Network
November 16	Little Einsteins: From in Life Mission on Playhouse Disney

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).
Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Japan) (1953-present).
NHK Nodojiman (Japan) (1953-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).
What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).

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).
General Hospital (1963-present).
Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
Play School (1966-present).
Shoten (Japan) (1966-present).
The Money Programme (UK) (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).
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).
Nova (1974-present).
Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present).
Arena (UK) (1975-present).
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).
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

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 (1982-present).
American Masters (1983-present).
America Undercover (1983-present).
Frontline (1983-present).
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).
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).
The American Experience (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).

1990s

1990-1993

America's Funniest Home Videos (1990-present).
Law & Order (1990-present).
Sunday Night Baseball (1990-present).
Charlie Rose (1991-present).
The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present).
American Justice (1992-present).
Barney & Friends (1992-present).
Dateline NBC (1992-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).
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).
The Late Late Show (1995-present).
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).

1997-1999

King of the Hill (1997-present).
Midsomer Murders (UK) (1997-present).
One Piece (1997-present).
South Park (1997-present).
The View (1997-present).
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997-present).
City Confidential (1998-present).
Cold Case Files (1998-present).
The Correspondents (1998-present).
Comedy Central Presents (1998-present).
Movie Surfers (1998-present).
NFL on CBS (1956-1994, 1998-present).
Pokémon (1998-present).
Total Request Live (1998-present).
True Life (1998-present).
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK) (1998-present).
Dragon Tales (1999-present).
Early Today (1999-2008).
Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999-prsent).
Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 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).
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).
Girlfriends (2000-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).
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).
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).

2002

American Idol (2002-present).
Angelina Ballerina (2002-present).
Biker Build-Off (2002-present).
Codename: Kids Next Door (2002-2008).
CyberChase (2002-present).
CSI: Miami (2002-present).
Def Poetry (2002-present).
Degrassi: The Next Generation (2002-present).
DragonflyTV (2002-present).
Harry Hill's TV Burp (UK) (2002-present).
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (UK) (2002-present).
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).
The Bachelor (2002-present).
The Shield (2002-present).
The Wire (2002-2008).
Without a Trace (2002-present).

2003

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).
Headbangers Ball (1987-1995, 2003-present).
History Detectives (2003-present).
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003-present).
Justice League(2003-2006)
Last Comic Standing (2003-present).
Las Vegas (2003-2008).
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).
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-present).
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003-present).
Reno 911! (2003-present).
Sell This House (2003-present).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003-present).
The Fabulous Life of... (2003-present).
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).
Desperate Housewives (2004-present).
Deadwood (2004-present).
Drawn Together (2004-2007).
Entourage (2004-present).
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2004-present).
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004-present).
Ghost Hunters (2004-present).
Higglytown Heroes (2004-2008).
House (2004-present).
Instant Star (2004-present).
LazyTown (2004-present).
Lost (2004-present).
Maya & Miguel (2004-present).
Miguzi (2004-present).
Nanny 911 (2004-present).
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-present).
The Apprentice (2004-present).
The Backyardigans (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).
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 Dad! (2005-present).
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005-present).
A.T.O.M. (2005-present).
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008).
Battlestar Galactica (2005-present).
Beauty and the Geek (2005-present).
Ben 10 (2005-2008).
Bones (2005-present).
Breaking Bonaduce (2005-present).
BSTV (2005-present).
Camp Lazlo (2005-2008).
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).
Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 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 (2005-2008).
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).
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 (2005-2008).
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).
Biker Mice From Mars (1993-1996. 2006-present)
Ben 10 (2006-2008).
Beyond the Break (2006-present).
Big Love (2006-present).
Big Spender (2006-present).
Brotherhood (2006-present).
Brothers & Sisters (2006-present).
Campus Ladies (2006-present).
Celebrity Deathmatch (1998-2002, 2006-present).
Chain Reaction (1980, 1986-1991, 2006-present).
Choo-Choo Soul (2006-present).
Class of 3000 (2006-present).
Curious George (2006-present).
Dallas SWAT (2006-present).
Def Comedy Jam (1992-1997, 2006-present).
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).
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).
Hotel Babylon (2006-present).
Jackanory (1965-1996, 2006-present).
Jericho (2006-2008).
Judge Maria Lopez (2006-present).
King of Cars (2006-present).
Legion of Super Heroes (2006-2008).
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).
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).
Pros vs Joes (2006-present).
Psych (2006-present).
Rachael Ray (2006-present).
Rob & Big (2006-present).
Robin Hood (2006-present).
Saved (2006-present).
Shalom in the Home (2006-present).
Shark (2006-2008).
Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2006-present).
Spider Riders (2006-present).
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 Emperor's New School (2006-present).
The Game (2006-present).
The Hills (2006-present).
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (2006-present)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006-present).
The Replacements (2006-present).
The Unit (2006-present).
The World Series of Pop Culture (2006-present).
Tom and Jerry Tales (2006-2008).
Torchwood (2006-present).
Two-A-Days (2006-present).
Ugly Betty (2006-present).
Waterloo Road (2006-present).
Web Junk 20 (2006-present).
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (2006-present).
Wonder Pets (2006-present).
Wowowee (Philippines) (2006-present).
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006-present).
Yo Momma (2006-present).

2007

Back to You (2007-present).
Blood+ (2007-2008).
Cory in the House (2007-present).
Crank Yankers (2002-2005, 2007-present).
CW Now (2007-2008)
Dirt (2007-present).
Engaged and Underage (2007-present).
Family Fortunes (UK) (1980-2002, 2005 special, 2007-present).
Flash Gordon (2007 TV series) (2007-presnet).
Ice Road Truckers (2007-present).
Jon & Kate Plus 8 (2007-present).
Just Jordan (2007-present).
Keeping Up With The Kardashians (2007-present).
Making the Band (2000-2002, 2007-present)
M.I.High (2007-present).
Moonlight (2007-2008).
The Naked Brothers Band (2007-present).
Poker After Dark (2007-present).
Road Rules (1995-2004, 2007-present).
Rules of Engagement (2007-present).
Samantha Who? (2007-present).
The Sarah Silverman Program (2007-present).
Wizards of Waverly Place (2007-present).

Television movies (including scheduled)

January 25

Minutemen	Disney Channel	Lev L. Spiro	Jason Dolley, Chelsea Staub, J.P. Manoux
March 16	The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream	ABC Family	Stuart Gillard	Matt Lanter, Francia Raisa
April 20	Princess	ABC Family	Mark Rosman	Nora Zehetner, Kip Pardue
June 8	The Circuit	ABC Family	Bill Campbell and Michelle Trachtenberg
June 20	Camp Rock	Disney Channel	Matthew Diamond	The Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Meaghan Jette Martin
July 13	Picture This!	ABC Family	Stephen Herek	Ashley Tisdale and Robbie Amell
August 22	The Cheetah Girls: One World	Disney Channel	Paul Hoen	The Cheetah Girls
September	Samurai Girl	ABC Family
September 12	Gym Teacher: The Movie	Nickelodeon
October 10	Dadnapped	Disney Channel	Paul Hoen	Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Moises Arias, David Henrie, Phill Lewis, Jennifer Stone, Kirsten Storms and George Newbern
October 18	Living Proof	Lifetime	Dan Ireland	a.o. Harry Connick, Jr., Amanda Bynes, Bernadette Peters
Fall	Happy Campers	ABC Family	Gil Junger	Kay Panabaker, French Stewart
	Au Pair III	ABC Family	Mark Griffiths

Changes of Network Affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
The Contender	ESPN	Versus
Emeril Live	Food Network	Fine Living
Friday Night Lights	NBC	The 101 (later reair on NBC as of 1/2009)
Futurama	FOX	Comedy Central
High School Reunion	The WB	TV Land
Inside the NFL	HBO	Showtime
Jon & Kate Plus 8	Discovery Health	TLC
Nashville Star	USA	NBC
Paradise Hotel	FOX	MyNetworkTV
Project Runway	Bravo	Lifetime
''Scrubs	NBC	ABC
World Poker Tour	Travel Channel	GSN
World Poker Tour	GSN	Fox Sports Net
WWE Friday Night SmackDown	The CW	MyNetworkTV
The Weakest Link	BBC Two	BBC One
Out of the Blue	BBC One	BBC Two
Neighbours	BBC One	Five
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX	Cartoon Network	4Kids TV
Viva Piñata	4Kids TV	The CW4Kids
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)	4Kids TV	The CW4Kids
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX	4Kids TV	The CW4Kids
Dinosaur King	4Kids TV	The CW4Kids

Ending this year

Date	Show	Debut
January 1	Mission: Man Band	2007
January 6	I Love New York	2007
January 7	Higglytown Heroes	2004
January 18	Game Head	2005
January 21	Codename: Kids Next Door	2002
January 23	Power of 10	2007
January 24	Big Shots	2007
January 28	Madre Luna	2007
January 30	Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants	2007
February 1	Star Jones	2007
February 3	Life Is Wild	2007
February 11	Girlfriends	2000
February 11	Notes from the Underbelly	2007
February 15	Las Vegas	2003
February 20	Cashmere Mafia	2008
February 22	1 vs. 100	2006
February 24	CW Now	2007
February 29	About a Girl	2007
March 1	Eon Kid	2007
March 1	Johnny Test	2005
March 3	The Palace	2008
March 3	Welcome to The Captain	2008
March 4	Carpoolers	2007
March 8	The Batman	2004
March 9	Quarterlife	2008
March 9	The Wire	2002
March 10	October Road	2007
March 13	The NightCap	2008
March 15	Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!	2006
March 21	The Return of Jezebel James	2008
March 22	Tom and Jerry Tales	2006
March 23	Blood+	2007
March 25	Jericho	2006
March 27	Camp Lazlo	2005
March 28	In the Loop with iVillage	2006
March 29	The Mint	2007
March 30	Unhitched	2008
April 3	Miss Guided	2008
April 5	Legion of Super Heroes	2006
April 6	Here Come the Newlyweds	2008
April 7	My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad	2008
April 7	Power of 10	2008
April 8	Secret Talents of the Stars	2008
April 11	Amnesia	2008
April 13	Dirt	2007
April 14	New Amsterdam	2008
April 15	Ben 10	2005
April 18	Canterbury's Law	2008
April 20	Oprah's Big Give	2008
April 23	Pussycat Dolls Present:	2007
April 28	High School Confidential	2008
May 2	Magical DoReMi	2005
May 2	Zoey 101	2005
May 13	Beauty and the Geek	2005
May 13	Women's Murder Club	2007
May 14	Back to You	2007
May 16	The Montel Williams Show	1991
May 16	Moonlight	2007
May 18	Aliens in America	2007
May 20	Shark	2006
May 23	Tak and the Power of Juju	2007
May 25	Class of 3000	2006
May 26	Flavor of Love	2006
May 26	Wildfire	2005
May 29	Out of Jimmy's Head	2007
May 30	WWE Heat	1998
May 31	My Kid's a Star	2008
May 31	The Rich List	2007
June 11	Men in Trees	2006
June 13	Pecados Ajenos	2007
June 13	Temptation	2007
June 14	World of Quest	2008
June 27	La Traición	2008
June 27	Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune	2008
June 30	Robson Arms	2005
July 4	Death Note	2007
July 4	Just In	2008
July 11	Dance Machine	2008
July 11	Duel	2007
July 19	Avatar: The Last Airbender	2005
July 21	Big Brother Australia	2001
July 25	Nightline	1992
July 27	My Gym Partner's a Monkey	2005
July 29	Celebrity Family Feud	2008
August 1	Victoria	2007
August 2	Little Einsteins	2005
August 3	Sunday	1981
August 7	Passions	1999
August 17	All Grown Up!	2003
August 22	Richard & Judy	2001
August 23	ChalkZone	2002
September 1	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	2005
September 5	Judge Maria Lopez	2006
September 5	Northwest Afternoon	1984
September 13	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	2007
September 15	Grange Hill	1978
September 20	Kappa Mikey	2006
September 20	Toonami	1997
September 24	Do Not Disturb	2008
September 27	Magi-Nation	2007
October 25	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion	2008
October 29	Rap City	1989
November 1	Digimon Data Squad	2007
November 8	TRL	1998
November 30	TOTP2	1994
December 13	TMi	2006
December 25	Out of the Blue	2008
Unknown	Moral Orel	2005
Unknown	My Life as a Teenage Robot	2003
Unknown	The Emperor's New School	2006

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 6	Bob LeMond	94	US radio and TV announcer (Ozzie and Harriet, Leave it to Beaver)
January 16	Allan Melvin	84	US actor (Magilla Gorilla, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family)
January 18	Lois Nettleton	80	US actress (In the Heat of the Night)
January 19	Suzanne Pleshette	70	US actress (The Bob Newhart Show)
January 22	Heath Ledger	28	Australian actor (Roar, Brokeback Mountain, A Knight's Tale The Dark Knight (film))
January 25	Jahna Steele	49	Transgendered entertainer (Was "outed" on A Current Affair in 1992 and made a guest starring role on NYPD Blue in 1995)
January 30	Jeremy Beadle	59	British presenter (Beadle's About, You've Been Framed)
February 1	Shell Kepler	49	American actress and presenter (General Hospital, HSN host)
February 2	Barry Morse	89	British-born Canadian actor (The Fugitive, Space: 1999)
February 4	Augusta Dabney	89	American actress (Another World, A World Apart, Loving)
February 7	John McWethy	61	US news reporter/journalist (ABC News correspondent from 1979 to 2006; Was inside the Pentagon when it was struck by the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 during the September 11, 2001 attacks)
February 10	Ron Leavitt	60	US TV writer and producer (Happy Days, Married with Children)
February 10	Roy Scheider	75	US actor (seaQuest)
February 12	David Groh	68	US actor (Rhoda)
February 14	Bill Currie	85	TV sportscaster/commentator for KDKA-TV/Pittsburgh from 1970 to 1981
February 16	Steve Gerber	60	US illustrator/animator (Thundarr The Barbarian)
February 16	Perry Lopez	78	US character actor (Star Trek)
February 19	Claude "Grits" Gresham	85	US TV outdoor sportscaster (The American Sportsman)
February 19	Lydia Shum	62	Chinese TV/Film character actress/comedienne and presenter (Living with Lydia)
February 27	William F. Buckley, Jr.	82	US TV host and commentator (Firing Line)
February 27	Myron Cope	79	TV Sportscaster at WTAE/Pittsburgh and color commentator for the Pittsburgh Steelers broadcasts
February 28	Dick Fletcher	66	Weathercaster/meteorologist at WTSP/St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida
March 8	Carol Barnes	63	British newscaster (ITN)
March 16	Ivan Dixon	76	US TV/Film actor, producer and director (Hogan's Heroes)
March 20	Brian Wilde	80	British actor (Last of the Summer Wine)
April 5	Charlton Heston	84	US actor (The Colbys)
April 8	Stanley Kamel	65	US TV/Film actor (Monk)
unknown, circa April 13	Mark Speight	42	British presenter (SMart, Scratchy & Co)
May 1	Jim Hager	66	One half of the Hager Twins and a regular on Hee Haw
May 3	Beverlee McKinsey	67	US soap opera actress (Another World, Texas, Guiding Light)
May 10	Jessica Jacobs	17	Australian child actress (The Saddle Club)
May 11	Richard Towne "Dick" Sutcliffe	90	American christian children's' TV producer/animator (Davey and Goliath)
May 15	Alexander Courage	88	American composer (Star Trek theme song)
May 18	Joseph Pevney	96	American TV actor (Bonanza)
May 22	Hana Maria Pravda	92	Czech TV actress (Survivors)
May 24	Dick Martin	86	American comedian and director (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
May 25	Earle Hagen	88	US TV music composer/musician (The Andy Griffith Show)
May 25	Mitch Mullany	39	US actor (Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher)
May 27	Sydney Pollack	73	US Film producer/director and actor (The Fugitive, Will & Grace, The Sopranos and host of The Essentials on Turner Classic Movies)
May 29	Harvey Korman	81	US actor/comedian (The Carol Burnett Show, The Flintstones)
June 2	Mel Ferrer	90	US TV/Film actor, producer and director (Falcon Crest, Return of the Saint)
June 7	Jim McKay	87	US TV sportscaster, journalist, narrator, and commentator for ABC, CBS and NBC Sports
June 13	Tim Russert	58	US TV journalist for NBC News and host of Meet the Press from 1991 to 2008
June 13	Charlie Jones	77	US TV sportscaster for NBC and ABC Sports; Play-by-play TV announcer for AFL and NFL games
June 14	Neil MacNeil	85	US TV journalist (Washington Week in Review)
June 14	David Mitton	69	British TV animator/producer (Thomas the Tank Engine)
June 16	Tony Schwartz	85	US TV Sound archivist/ad executive and creator of Barry Goldwater's 1964 "Daisy" political ad
June 17	Cyd Charisse	86	US TV/Film actress, singer and dancer (The Love Boat, Frasier, Fantasy Island, Burke's Law)
June 21	Kermit Love	91	US puppeteer, costume designer, and TV actor (Sesame Street)
June 22	George Carlin	71	US TV/Film actor, writer, director and comedian (The George Carlin Show, Shining Time Station)
June 22	Dody Goodman	93	US TV/Film actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
June 29	Don S. Davis	65	US actor (Stargate SG-1, Twin Peaks)
July 3	Larry Harmon	83	US entertainer (Bozo the Clown)
July 3	Clive Hornby	63	British actor (Emmerdale)
July 4	Jesse Helms	86	US congressman, senator and former television anchor/reporter/commentator for WRAL-TV/Raleigh, North Carolina
July 12	Tony Snow	53	US commentator (Fox News Sunday) and former White House Press Secretary.
July 14	Bryan Cowgill	81	British executive.
July 17	Larry Haines	89	US actor (Search for Tomorrow)
July 21	Khia "K-Swift" Edgerton	29	US club radio DJ, Hip-Hop producer and remixer (The Wire, BET's Rap City)
July 22	Estelle Getty	84	US TV/Film actress (The Golden Girls)
August 7	Bernie Brillstein	77	US producer and agent (Buffalo Bill, ALF, The Larry Sanders Show, NewsRadio)
August 8	Ragan Henry	74	First African-american to own a network-affiliated TV station in the United States (WHEC/Rochester, New York) and radio station group owner
August 8	John K. Cooley	81	US TV/radio journalist and author (ABC News)
August 9	Bernie Mac	50	US TV/film actor and comedian (The Bernie Mac Show)
August 10	John Esmonde	71	British scriptwriter (The Good Life)
August 10	Isaac Hayes	65	US singer/songwriter and voiceover artist (South Park)
August 15	"Engineer Bill" Stulla	97	US Childrens' TV show host ("Cartoon Express" on KHJ-TV/Los Angeles, California from 1954 to 1966)
August 19	Julius Carry	56	American actor (Doctor, Doctor, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.)
September 1	Michael Pate	88	Australian actor/writer (Matlock Police)
September 1	Don LaFontaine	68	American TV, film, and radio voiceover announcer (Entertainment Tonight)
September 2	Ike Pappas	75	US TV/Radio news reporter (CBS News)
September 2	"Captain" Mike Ambrose	69	Weatherman at KGTV/San Diego, California
September 3	Jerry Reed	71	US TV/Film actor and singer (The New Scooby-Doo Movies, The Glenn Campbell Goodtime Hour, The Concrete Cowboys, Hee Haw)
September 3	Bill Meléndez	91	Mexican-born US TV/Film director and animator (Peanuts TV specials and The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show)
September 12	George Putnam	94	American TV and radio personality
September 18	Peter Kastner	64	Canadian TV/film/stage actor (The Ugliest Girl in Town)