View source for 2000 in American television

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In [[American television]] in 2000, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

==Events==

===January===
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! Event
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! 5
|''[[All My Children]]'' celebrates its 30th anniversary on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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! 8
|The [[series finale]] of ''[[Saved by the Bell: The New Class]]'' airs on [[TNBC|NBC]], ending a consecutive run for the ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' franchise that began on July 11, 1987, when [[NBC]] broadcast the [[Television pilot|pilot]] for ''[[Good Morning, Miss Bliss]]''. The franchise would remain dormant [[Saved by the Bell (2020 TV series)|until 2020]].
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! 9
|The [[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes|pilot episode]] for [[Malcolm in the Middle|''Malcolm in the Middle'']] is broadcast on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].
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! 15
|[[David Letterman]] undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery in [[New York-Presbyterian Hospital]], following an [[angiogram]] that revealed that one of his arteries was constricted seriously.
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! 17
|[[Robin Givens]] replaces [[Mother Love (entertainer)|Mother Love]] as host of the talk show series ''[[Forgive or Forget]]''.
|}

===February===
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! Event
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! 8
|[[Chris-Craft Industries|Chris-Craft Broadcasting]] (the 50% owner of [[UPN]]) filed a lawsuit against [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] in the New York Supreme Court to block it's partner's merger with [[CBS]], claiming that a pact signed between the two partners in 1997 had prevented either from owning "any interest, financial or otherwise" in "any competing network," including CBS, for a four-year period through January 2001. The following month, New York Supreme Court ruled against Chris-Craft's move for a permanent injunction to curtail the Viacom-CBS merger and the enforcement of Viacom's ultimatum.
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! rowspan=2|15
|[[Rick Rockwell]] marries stranger [[Darva Conger]] watched by 22&nbsp;million viewers on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[reality show]] ''[[Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?]]'' While he and Darva are honeymooning, it becomes apparent that Rockwell—who is sometimes a [[comedian]]—had a restraining order against a former girlfriend, and he was not really a multi-millionaire. As a result, Fox cancels a rerun scheduled the next week, and does not broadcast any new installments. In addition the couple end their relationship soon after the show's taping.
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|David Legler wins a combined $1,765,000 from the six episodes he appeared on the [[NBC]] game show, ''[[Twenty One (game show)|Twenty One]]'', surpassing Curtis Warren's total of $1,546,988, and becoming, at the time, the [[American game show winnings records|largest winner in game show winnings totals]]. (Warren had set the record 4 days earlier on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[Greed (game show)|Greed]]'', winning $1,000,000 by correctly answering a special Million Dollar Moment question.)
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! 21
|[[David Letterman]] resumes hosting ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' on [[CBS]] following his quintuple heart bypass surgery in January. On the show, Letterman (whose father died of heart failure in his 50s) brings all of the doctors that had performed the operation out on stage with him, including Dr. O. Wayne Isom and physician [[Louis Aronne]], who makes frequent appearances on the show. In an unusual show of emotion, Letterman is nearly in tears as he thanks the doctors. The episode will earn an [[Emmy]] Award nomination.
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! 18
|Just as [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]'s [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] rules relaxed, [[Fox Television Stations]] buy out [[KDFI]] from Dallas Media Inventors, creating the first television duopoly to be owned by Fox (the same strategy was used when Fox bought the [[Chris-Craft Industries|Chris-Craft company]] and [[WPWR-TV]] the following year).
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! 22
|[[Paramount Stations Group]] and [[ACME Communications]] sign an agreement to broadcast shared [[The WB|WB]] and [[UPN]] affiliations in markets without competition. This results in UPN affiliates [[WWHO]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]], [[WTVX]] in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]] and [[WLWC]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] taking secondary WB affiliations, and WB affiliates [[WBUI|WBUI-TV]] in [[Champaign, Illinois]], [[WBXX-TV|WBXX]] in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], and [[KPLR-TV]] in [[St. Louis]], Missouri taking secondary UPN affiliations.
|}

===March===
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! Date
! Event
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! 20
| [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] acquired [[Chris-Craft Industries|Chris-Craft Broadcasting]]'s 50% share of [[UPN]] for $5 million, making Chris-Craft's UPN stations (including [[WWOR-TV|New York]] and [[KCOP-TV|Los Angeles]]) the network's ''[[de facto]]'' owned-and-operated flagship stations.
|}

===April===
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! Event
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! 1
|[[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]], a Saturday-morning block from [[Cartoon Network]], is launched as a cable television channel. The channel's visual identity (made by Primal Screen) would become well-known for its bumpers involving vintage [[Hanna-Barbera]] toys from the 1960s to 1980s. The bumpers have remained the same for almost fifteen years until the channel relaunched with a new logo in January 2015.
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! 3
|[[WWHO]] in Columbus, Ohio and [[WLWC]] in Providence, Rhode Island became primary UPN affiliates, and eventually becoming secondary WB affiliates.
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! 12
|The [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] series ''[[Get Real (American TV series)|Get Real]]'' airs its 20th and final aired episode (leaving 2 more unaired). Both [[Annie Hathaway]] and [[Jesse Eisenberg]] subsequently appeared in successful movie roles.
|}

===May===
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! Event
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! 1
|The [[WWE|WWF]] receives the 2nd highest rated episode of ''[[WWE RAW|Raw is War]]'' with a 7.4 rating, where [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Shane McMahon]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Ian |date=May 1, 2000 |title=Monday Night Ratings Breakdown |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/02/monday-night-ratings-breakdown |website=IGN}}</ref>
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! 14
|After four years (since [[KOTA-TV|KEVN-TV]] left the network to join [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in 1996), [[NBC]] returns to the [[Black Hills]] area of [[South Dakota]] when [[KNBN]] signs-on from [[Rapid City, South Dakota|Rapid City]].
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! 17
|16.8 million American viewers watch the 2-hour final episode of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]].
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! 19
|The [[27th Daytime Emmy Awards]] presentation is broadcast by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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! 24
|[[The WB]] broadcasts the third-season finale of ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', entitled "[[True Love (Dawson's Creek)|True Love]]". The episode features the first male [[gay]] kiss on American primetime television, which has been called "a milestone in the timeline of gay representation in pop culture".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Duca|first1=Lauren|title=Fifteen Years Ago, 'Dawson's Creek' Gave Us TV's First 'Passionate' Gay Kiss. How Far Have We Come?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/09/dawsons-creek-true-love_n_6971230.html|accessdate=July 16, 2017|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=April 9, 2015}}</ref>
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!31
|The first season of [[CBS]]'s long-running reality competition of ''[[Survivor (American TV series)|Survivor]]'', titled ''[[Survivor: Borneo]]'', based on Sweden's game show ''[[Expedition Robinson]]'', premieres its first episode. Sonja Christopher was the first contestant to be eliminated.
|}

===July===
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! Date
! Event
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! 3
|[[KNTV]] (channel 11) in [[San Jose, California]] drops its ABC affiliation for the [[Monterey Bay]] area and begins carrying minimal programming from [[The WB]]. (At that time, The WB affiliate for the Bay Area was [[KOFY-TV|KBWB]] channel 20).
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! 5
|The first season of [[CBS]]'s long-running reality competition of ''[[Big Brother (American TV series)|Big Brother]]'', based on the [[Big Brother (Dutch TV series)|Dutch series of the same name]], premieres its first episode. It was the only televised American season to use the traditional format to eliminate contestants via [[televoting]], however, as the season received negative reception.
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! 11
| The [[2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] from [[Atlanta]]'s [[Turner Field]] is broadcast on [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]]. This ultimately proved to be NBC's final [[List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game broadcasters|telecast]] of the "Midsummer Classic" to date. All subsequent Major League Baseball All-Star Games would air on [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]].
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! 14
| After over a year of rotating guest critics, [[Buena Vista Television]] announces that [[Richard Roeper]], columnist for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', will become permanent co-host alongside [[Roger Ebert]] on the newly renamed program ''[[Ebert & Roeper and the Movies]]'' (renamed to ''[[Ebert & Roeper]]'' the following year) as [[Gene Siskel]]'s (who died from complications following his May 1998 brain surgery in early 1999) successor.
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! 15
|[[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]] broadcasts its final [[2000 in NASCAR|NASCAR]] event, the [[2000 Chevy Silverado 200|Chevy Silverado 200]]. Dennis Setzer would win the race.
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! 20
|''[[Will & Grace]]'' moves permanently to [[Must See TV|Thursday nights]], ending two years of airing the series on different nights. On July 25, ''[[Frasier]]'' moves back to Tuesday nights after two years on Thursday nights due to competition from ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'', confirming the swap [[NBC]] had discussed their schedule in May.
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! 28
|[[Kathie Lee Gifford]] made her final appearance as co-host on ''[[Live with Kelly and Mark|Live!]]'', after 17 years (eleven and a half years for national syndication). [[Regis Philbin]] will continue to serve the only host until [[Kelly Ripa]] introduced as new co-host the following year.
|}

===August===
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! 3
|KBEJ Channel 2, (now [[KCWX]]) commences programming in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]], taking the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] market's [[UPN]] affiliation from low-powered station [[KTBC (TV)#KVC 13|KVC 13]] and returning full-time [[UPN]] service to [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]] (between [[KMYS|KRRT]] (now [[KMYS]])'s switch to [[The WB]] in 1998 and KBEJ's sign-on, [[NBC]] affiliate [[WOAI-TV|KMOL-TV]] aired UPN programming on a secondary basis).
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!23
|In [[CBS]], corporate trainer [[Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant)|Richard Hatch]] was declared the [[Survivor: Borneo|inaugural "Sole Survivor"]] in ''Survivor'' and won the $1,000,000 grand prize; Kelly Wiglesworth was named the runner-up.
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===September===
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! Event
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! 10
|The ''[[52nd Primetime Emmy Awards]]'' presentation is broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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! 15
|The [[2000 Summer Olympics]] are televised by [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|NBC]]. Opening ceremonies are watched by 27 and a half million viewers.
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! 16
|After the completion of [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]'s $37 billion merger with the CBS Corporation, the [[CBS Kidshow]] block is replaced with [[Nick Jr. on CBS]], programmed by new corporate sister [[Nickelodeon]].
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! 21
|[[ESPN on ABC|ABC Sports]] celebrates the 30th anniversary of ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' on this night.
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! 26
|[[NBC Sports|NBC]] declines to renew its broadcast agreement with [[Major League Baseball]]. After 50 seasons — 1947–1989 and 1994–2000 — Game 6 of the [[2000 American League Championship Series]] is the last Major League Baseball game that [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]] would televise for the next 22 years. The [[2000 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] would defeat the [[2000 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] 9–7 to advance to the [[2000 World Series|World Series]] (which they would beat the [[2000 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in five games). In [[Houston]], due to the coverage of the [[2000 United States presidential debates|2000 Presidential Debate]], [[KPRC-TV]] elected to carry [[NBC News]]' coverage of the debate while [[KYAZ|KNWS-TV]] carried NBC's final baseball game.
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! 29
|Eddie McGee wins the first American season of ''[[Big Brother 1 (American season)|Big Brother]]'' and won the $500,000 grand prize. It is the only season at the time the final vote was determined by public viewers instead of a Jury vote.
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! 30
|[[PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch]] debuts. The block is programmed for [[PBS]] by Canada-based [[Nelvana]], which had programmed the [[CBS Kidshow]] until the block was cancelled by [[CBS]] on September 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://current.org/wp-content/uploads/archive-site/ch/ch014bkworm.html|title=Current.org &#124; PBS debuts 'Bookworm Bunch,' 2000|website=current.org}}</ref>
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===October===
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!3
|[[Jim Lehrer]] moderates the first [[2000 United States presidential debates|2000 presidential debate]] between Vice President [[Al Gore]] and Texas Governor [[George W. Bush]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Boston]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berke |first=Richard L. |date=2000-10-04 |title=THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE OVERVIEW; Bush and Gore Stake Out Differences in First Debate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/04/us/2000-campaign-overview-bush-gore-stake-differences-first-debate.html |access-date=2024-06-27 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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!5
|[[CNN]]'s [[Bernard Shaw (journalist)|Bernard Shaw]] moderates the 2000 [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] debate with Senator [[Joe Lieberman]] and former Secretary of Defense [[Dick Cheney]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=2000-10-06 |title=Inside Move: Cheney hits Lieberman |url=https://variety.com/2000/biz/news/inside-move-cheney-hits-lieberman-1117787416/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
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!11
|The second presidential debate is held at [[Wake Forest University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reaves |first=Jessica |title=CNN.com - For Bush and Gore, it's the last-chance corral - October 17, 2000 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/17/al.tm/index.html |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref>
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! rowspan="2" | 17
| [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]] broadcasts Game 6 of the [[2000 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]] between the [[2000 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] and [[2000 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]. With [[Bob Costas]] and [[Joe Morgan]] at the call, the Yankees would defeat the Mariners 9–7, to advance to the [[2000 World Series|World Series]] against their [[Subway Series|cross–town]] [[Mets–Yankees rivalry|rivals]], the [[2000 New York Mets season|Mets]]. As previously mentioned, this proved to be NBC's final Major League Baseball telecast until the [[2022 Major League Baseball season|2022 season]]. 
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|Lehrer moderates the third and final presidential debate between Gore and Bush at [[Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CPD: October 17, 2000 Debate Transcript |url=https://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/october-17-2000-debate-transcript/ |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=www.debates.org}}</ref>
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! 20
| On [[NBC]], [[Ice-T]] and [[Stephanie March]] make their [[Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_season_2#Episodes|first appearances]] on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' as Junior Detective [[Fin Tutuola|Odafin "Fin" Tutuola]] and Assistant District Attorney [[Alexandra Cabot]] respectively. 
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! 26
|The Game 5 of the [[2000 World Series|World Series]] airs on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. The [[2000 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] win their third consecutive title (and first three-peat since the [[Oakland Athletics]] from [[1972 Oakland Athletics season|1972]] to [[1974 Oakland Athletics season|1974]]) and 26th in franchise history, defeating their crosstown opponent the [[2000 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] 4–2.
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! 30
|[[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]'s college student [[Brad Rutter]] made his historical first appearance in the ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' game show, and he would go on set a record for its largest J! career winnings as of 2005 ($4,788,440), and as of 2020, becoming one of the [[American game show winnings records|largest winners in American game show history]] with winnings accumulating over $5,000,000, including $100,000 he won from ''[[Million Dollar Mind Game]]'' in 2014.
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! 31
|[[Charles Barkley]] makes his debut as an [[List of NBA on TNT commentators|analyst]] on [[NBA on TBS|TBS]]/[[NBA on TNT|TNT]]'s ''[[Inside the NBA]]''. 
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===November===
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! 4
| The [[All That season 6|final episode]] of ''[[All That]]''{{'}}s first-run airs on [[Nickelodeon]]. After 13 episodes the show was put on hiatus. To keep the show running, the producers compiled a series called ''[[List of All That episodes#Best of All That (2001)|Best of All That]]''. Eventually, Nickelodeon canceled ''All That'', due to crew disputes and a general desire to move on. However, ''All That'' still had a strong following and was one of the most popular shows on the network. Nickelodeon planned to [[All That season 7|revive the show]], starting from scratch.
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===December===
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! Event
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! 14
|[[Barker's Beauties]] [[Janice Pennington]] and [[Kathleen Bradley]] both quit [[CBS]]' series ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]''. (On her broadcast run, Pennington has been on the series since its premiere during 1972.) Starting the following day, auditions to find new Barker's Beauties are held for several months. In the end, [[Claudia Jordan]] and [[Heather Kozar]] are selected as permanent models.
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! 22
|[[Bianca Montgomery]], played by [[Eden Riegel]] for the [[soap opera]] ''[[All My Children]]'', reveals herself as a [[lesbian]] to her mother, [[Erica Kane]] (played by [[Susan Lucci]]).
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! 31
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] broadcasts "[[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve#ABC 2000 Today and 2001 primetime expansion|Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve]]" at 10 p.m. ET for the first time, followed by local news or programming and then the main "New Year's Rockin' Eve".
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==Programs==

===Debuts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Date
! Show
! Network
|-
|January 3
| ''[[Your Weather Today]]''
|[[The Weather Channel]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 8
| ''[[Rainbow Fish (TV series)|Rainbow Fish]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
| ''[[Winning Lines (American game show)|Winning Lines]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|January 9
| ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|January 10
| ''[[Ainsley Harriott|The Ainsley Harriott Show]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 12
| ''[[18 Wheels of Justice]]''
|[[The Nashville Network|TNN]]
|-
| ''[[Higher Ground (TV series)|Higher Ground]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|Fox Family]]
|-
|January 13
| ''[[EGG, the Arts Show]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
|January 16
| ''[[City of Angels (2000 TV series)|City of Angels]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 17
| ''[[I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
| ''[[Cleopatra 2525]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|January 22
| ''[[Jack of All Trades (TV series)|Jack of All Trades]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|January 24
| ''[[Brutally Normal]]''
|[[The WB]]
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Showdown]]''
|[[Ion Television|PAX TV]]
|-
|''[[Slime Time Live]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|February 5
| ''[[The Others (American TV series)|The Others]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|February 11
|''Miracle Pets''
|PAX TV
|-
|February 12
| ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
|February 16
| ''[[Diary (American TV series)|Diary]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|February 25
|''[[Max Steel (2000 TV series)|Max Steel]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
|February 26
|''[[The Weekenders]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|March 5
| ''[[Cover Me (American TV series)|Cover Me]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
|March 7
| ''[[Secret Agent Man (TV series)|Secret Agent Man]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
|March 9
|''[[God, the Devil and Bob]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|March 11
| ''[[Caitlin's Way]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|March 14
| ''[[Son of the Beach]]''
|[[FX (TV channel)|FX]]
|-
|March 20
| ''[[First Outlook]]''
|[[The Weather Channel]]
|-
|March 20
| ''[[Titus (TV Series)|Titus]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|March 21
| ''[[The Beat (TV series)|The Beat]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
|March 22
| ''[[Then Came You (TV series)|Then Came You]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 23
| ''[[Battery Park (TV series)|Battery Park]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Daddio]]''
|-
|March 24
| ''[[Making the Band]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|March 27
| ''[[Crush (American game show)|Crush]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
|March 30
| ''[[Wonderland (American TV series)|Wonderland]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|March 31
| ''[[Call of the Wild (TV series)|Call of the Wild]]''
|[[Animal Planet]]
|-
|April 1
| ''[[MasterChef USA]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
|April 2
| ''[[D.C. (TV series)|D.C.]]''
|The WB
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 3
| ''[[Between the Lions]]''
|[[PBS Kids]]
|-
| ''[[The Dooley and Pals Show]]''
|Syndication
|-
|April 4
| ''[[Falcone (TV series)|Falcone]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|April 11
| ''[[Talk to Me (American TV series)|Talk to Me]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|April 13
| ''[[Food 911]]''
|[[Food Network]]
|-
|April 23
|''Genesis''
|PAX TV
|-
|April 30
| ''[[A Walk In Your Shoes]]''
|[[Nick Jr. Channel]]
|-
|May 15
| ''[[Secrets of the Dead]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 31
| ''[[Clerks: The Animated Series]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Survivor (American TV series)|Survivor]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|June 5
|''[[Maggie and the Ferocious Beast]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|June 6
| ''[[M.Y.O.B. (TV series)|M.Y.O.B.]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 16
| ''[[Strip Mall]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
| ''[[Totally Circus]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|June 17
| ''[[Even Stevens]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|June 20
| ''[[Shooting Gallery (TV series)|Shooting Gallery]]''
|[[Outdoor Channel]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 26
| ''[[Spy Groove]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| ''[[Resurrection Blvd.]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|June 28
| ''[[Soul Food (TV series)|Soul Food]]''
|-
|July 3
| ''[[Masters of Illusion (TV series)|Masters of Illusion]]''
|[[Ion Television|PAX TV]]
|-
|July 5
| ''[[Big Brother (American TV series)|Big Brother]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|July 10
| ''[[John Edward|Crossing Over with John Edward]]''
|[[Syfy (United States)|Sci-Fi Channel]]
|-
|July 12
| ''[[Young Americans (TV series)|Young Americans]]''
|The WB
|-
|July 17
| ''[[Opposite Sex (TV series)|Opposite Sex]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|July 23
| ''[[The Brothers García]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[Strong Medicine]]''
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
| ''[[The War Next Door]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
|July 24
| ''[[Mysterious Ways (TV series)|Mysterious Ways]]''
|[[Ion Television|PAX TV]]
|-
|July 28
|''[[Baby Blues (American TV series)|Baby Blues]]''
|The WB
|-
|August 8
| ''[[Sammy (TV series)|Sammy]]''
|NBC
|-
|August 9
| ''[[Live Through This (TV series)|Live Through This]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|August 23
| ''[[BattleBots]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|August 14
| ''[[Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Dora the Explorer]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|March 15
| ''[[Oobi (TV series)|Oobi]]''
|[[Noggin (brand)|Noggin]]
|-
|August 25
|''Encounters With the Unexplained''
|PAX TV
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 26
| ''[[In a Heartbeat (TV series)|In a Heartbeat]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
| ''[[Generation O!]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 4
| ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series)|Clifford the Big Red Dog]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[PBS Kids]]
|-
| ''[[Caillou]]''
|-
| ''[[Judge Hatchett]]''
| [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 9
| ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
| ''[[Teacher's Pet (TV series)|Teacher's Pet]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="4"|September 11
| ''[[106 & Park]]''
|[[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]
|-
| ''2 Minute Drill''
|[[ESPN]]
|-
| ''[[Laura Schlessinger|Dr. Laura]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Girlfriends (2000 TV series)|Girlfriends]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
|September 12
| ''[[MTV Cribs]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 22
| ''[[Grosse Pointe (TV series)|Grosse Pointe]]''
|The WB
|-
| ''[[Fear (American TV series)|Fear]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 23
| ''[[Static Shock]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
| ''[[Just Deal]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="6"|September 30
| ''[[Corduroy (TV series)|Corduroy]]''
|rowspan="6"|[[PBS Kids]]
|-
| ''[[Elliot Moose (TV series)|Elliot Moose]]''
|-
| ''[[George Shrinks]]''
|-
| ''[[Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse]]''
|-
| ''[[Seven Little Monsters (TV series)|Seven Little Monsters]]''
|-
| ''[[Timothy Goes to School]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 1
| ''[[That's Life (2000 TV series)|That's Life]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|rowspan="8"|October 2
| ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''
|[[UPN]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Yes, Dear]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Deadline (2000 TV series)|Deadline]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Tucker (2000 TV series)|Tucker]]''
|-
| ''[[History IQ]]''
|[[The History Channel]]
|-
| ''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Moral Court]]''
|-
| ''[[Street Smarts]]''
|-
|October 3
|''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|October 4
|''[[Titans (2000 TV series)|Titans]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 5
| ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''
|The WB
|-
| ''[[Pelswick]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|rowspan="5"|October 6
| ''[[FreakyLinks]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Madigan Men]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[The Trouble with Normal (TV series)|The Trouble with Normal]]''
|-
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
| rowspan="3" |[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Fugitive (2000 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''
|-
|rowspan="5"|October 7
| ''[[The District]]''
|-
| ''[[Noah Knows Best]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[Maximum Exposure]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Queen of Swords (TV series)|Queen of Swords]]''
|-
| ''[[Sheena (TV series)|Sheena]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 8
| ''[[Ed (television program)|Ed]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Hype (TV series)|Hype]]''
|rowspan="2"|The WB
|-
|October 9
| ''[[Nikki (TV series)|Nikki]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 10
| ''[[The Geena Davis Show]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Gideon's Crossing]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 11
| ''[[Bette (TV series)|Bette]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Welcome to New York (TV series)|Welcome to New York]]''
|-
| ''[[A Makeover Story]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]]
|-
|October 13
| ''[[Trading Spaces]]''
|-
|October 15
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 21
| ''[[Cheaters (American TV series)|Cheaters]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|''[[The Fearing Mind]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Freeform (TV channel)|Fox Family]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 23
| ''[[Scariest Places on Earth]]''
|-
| ''[[Boston Public]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|October 24
| ''[[The Michael Richards Show]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|October 25
| ''[[As Told By Ginger]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|October 26
| ''[[Cursed (2000 TV series)|Cursed]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 27
| ''[[Freedom (TV series)|Freedom]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[UPN]]
|-
| ''[[Level 9 (TV series)|Level 9]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 1
| ''[[Normal, Ohio]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[The Street (2000 TV series)|The Street]]''
|-
|November 4
| ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
|November 14
| ''[[DAG (American TV series)|DAG]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|November 17
|''[[Sheep in the Big City]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 3
| ''[[The Living Century]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
| ''[[Queer as Folk (North American TV series)|Queer as Folk]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|December 6
|''[[TV Funhouse]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|December 7
| ''[[The Jeff Corwin Experience]]''
|[[Animal Planet]]
|-
|December 8
|''[[Dot Comedy]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 21
|''[[The Brak Show]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|''[[Sealab 2021]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 30
|''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''
|-
|''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''
|}

===Returning this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Last aired || Previous network || New title || New network || Returning
|-
|''[[Twenty One (game show)|Twenty One]]''
|1958
|[[NBC]]
|rowspan="2"|Same
|[[NBC]]
|January 9
|-
|''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not! (TV series)|Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]''
|1986
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|[[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
|January 12
|-
| ''[[Double Dare (franchise)|Double Dare]]''
|1993
|[[Nickelodeon]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| ''[[Double Dare (franchise)|Double Dare 2000]]''
|rowspan="2"|Same
|January 24
|-
| ''[[Grapevine (TV series)|Grapevine]]''
|1992
|[[CBS]]
|rowspan="3"|Same
|February 28
|-
|''[[Supermarket Sweep]]''
|1995
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ion Television|PAX TV]]
|rowspan="2"|April 3
|-
|''[[Shop 'til You Drop]]''
|1998
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|The Family Channel]]
|-
|''[[What A Cartoon!|Cartoon Cartoon Weekend]]''
|1999
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|The Cartoon Cartoon Show (Cartoon Cartoons or The Big Pick)
|Same
|June 9
|-
|''[[This Week in Baseball]]''
|1998
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
| rowspan="3" |Same
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|July 12
|-
|''[[To Tell the Truth]]''
|1991
|[[NBC]]
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|September 18
|-
|''[[The Critic (TV series)|The Critic]]''
|1995
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|[[Comedy Central]]
|November
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Date
! Show
! Network
! Debut
! Status
|-
|January 1
|''[[Random Acts of Comedy]]''
|Fox Family
|rowspan="4"|1999
|rowspan="4"|Cancelled
|-
|January 5
|''[[It's Like, You Know...]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
|January 7
|''[[Odd Man Out (American TV series)|Odd Man Out]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 8
|''[[The Brothers Flub]]''
|Nickelodeon
|-
|''[[Saved by the Bell: The New Class]]''
|NBC
|1993
|Ended
|-
|rowspan="3"|January 22
|''[[Science Court]]''
|ABC
|1997
|rowspan="37"|Cancelled
|-
|''[[Flying Rhino Junior High]]''
|CBS
|1998
|-
|''[[KaBlam!]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1996
|-
|January 30
|''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series)|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]''
|CBS
|rowspan="2"|1995
|-
|February 4
|''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]''
|Sci Fi Channel
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 12
|''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''
|rowspan="2"|Kids' WB
|1996
|-
|''[[The New Batman/Superman Adventures]]''
|1997
|-
|February 13
|''[[Linc's]]''
|Showtime
|1998
|-
|February 14
|''[[Brutally Normal]]''
|The WB
|2000
|-
|February 16
|''[[Noddy (TV series)|Noddy]]''
|PBS Kids
|1998
|-
|February 18
|''[[Winning Lines (American game show)|Winning Lines]]''
|CBS
|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 22
|''[[Pulp Comics]]''
|Comedy Central
|1996
|-
|''[[Archie's Weird Mysteries]]''
|PAX TV
|rowspan="2"|1999
|-
|February 26
|''[[The Avengers: United They Stand]]''
|Fox Kids
|-
|February 27
|''[[Animorphs (TV series)|Animorphs]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1998
|-
|March 2
|''[[I Am Weasel]]''
|Cartoon Network
|1997
|-
|March 4
|''[[Oh Baby (TV series)|Oh Baby]]''
|Lifetime
|1998
|-
|March 7
|''[[Gullah Gullah Island]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1994
|-
|March 15
|''[[Tenacious D (TV series)|Tenacious D]]''
|HBO
|1997
|-
|March 25
|''[[Detention (American TV series)|Detention]]''
|Kids' WB
|1999
|-
|March 28
|''[[God, the Devil and Bob]]'' (returned in 2011)
|NBC
|2000
|-
|March 31
|''[[Histeria!]]''
|Kids' WB
|1998
|-
|April 1
|''[[Crashbox]]''
|HBO Family
|rowspan="2"|1999
|-
|April 3
|''[[Hope Island (TV series)|Hope Island]]''
|PAX TV
|-
|April 6
|''[[Wonderland (American TV series)|Wonderland]]''
|ABC
|2000
|-
|April 9
|''[[Pacific Blue (TV series)|Pacific Blue]]''
|USA Network
|1996
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 12
|''[[Get Real (American TV series)|Get Real]]''
|Fox
|1999
|-
|''[[Falcone (TV series)|Falcone]]''
|CBS
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|April 13
|''[[Battery Park (TV series)|Battery Park]]''
|NBC
|-
|April 22
|''[[Godzilla: The Series]]''
|Fox Kids
|1998
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 23
|''[[The Journey of Allen Strange]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1997
|-
|''[[The Beat (TV series)|The Beat]]''
|UPN
|rowspan="4"|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 25
|''[[D.C. (TV series)|D.C.]]''
|The WB
|-
|''[[Talk to Me (American TV series)|Talk to Me]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
|April 26
|''[[Then Came You (TV series)|Then Came You]]''
|-
|April 28
|''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]''
|CBS
|1996
|-
|May 1
|''[[George and Martha]]''
|HBO Family
|1999
|-
|May 3
|''[[Party of Five]]'' (returned in [[Party of Five (2020 TV series)|2020]])
|Fox
|rowspan="2"|1994
|Ended
|-
|May 4
|''[[Chicago Hope]]''
|CBS
|rowspan="2"|Cancelled
|-
|rowspan="3"|May 5
|''[[Now and Again]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|1999
|-
|''[[Boy Meets World]]'' (returned in [[Girl Meets World|2014]])
|1993
|Ended
|-
|''[[A Little Curious]]''
|HBO
|1998
|rowspan="78"|Cancelled
|-
|May 11
|''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]''
|Cartoon Network
|2000
|-
|May 12
|''[[G vs E]]''
|Sci Fi Channel
|1999
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 13
|''[[The Pretender (TV series)|The Pretender]]''
|NBC
|1996
|-
|''[[Martial Law (TV series)|Martial Law]]''
|CBS
|rowspan="2"|1998
|-
|May 16
|''[[Sports Night]]''
|ABC
|-
|May 17
|''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' (returned in [[90210 (TV series)|2008]])
|Fox
|1990
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 19
|''[[Harsh Realm]]''
|FX
|1999
|-
|''[[Donny & Marie (1998 TV series)|Donny & Marie]]''
|rowspan="3"|Syndication
|rowspan="2"|1998
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 20
|''[[Malibu, CA (TV series)|Malibu, CA]]''
|-
|''[[Pensacola: Wings of Gold]]''
|1997
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 22
|''[[Grown Ups (1999 TV series)|Grown Ups]]''
|rowspan="2"|UPN
|1999
|-
|''[[Malcolm & Eddie]]''
|1996
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 25
|''[[The Dooley and Pals Show]]''
|Syndication
|2000
|-
|''[[Jesse (TV series)|Jesse]]''
|NBC
|rowspan="2"|1998
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 26
|''[[Forgive or Forget]]''
|Syndication
|-
|''Storytime with Thomas''
|Fox Family
|1999
|-
|May 27
|''[[Early Edition]]''
|CBS
|1996
|-
|May 28
|''[[Twenty-One (game show)|Twenty-One]]''
|PAX
|2000
|-
|May 30
|''[[I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge]]''
|UPN
|2000
|-
|June 9
|''[[The Dating Game]]''
|Syndication
|1965
|-
|June 10
|''[[The Others (American TV series)|The Others]]''
|NBC
|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 11
|''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'' (returned in 2019)
|Nickelodeon
|1992
|-
|''[[Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane]]''
|The WB
|1999
|-
|June 16
|''[[Higher Ground (TV series)|Higher Ground]]''
|Fox Family
|2000
|-
|June 21
|''[[Time of Your Life (American TV series)|Time of Your Life]]''
|Fox
|1999
|-
|June 23
|''[[Kids Say the Darndest Things]]'' (returned in 2019)
|CBS
|1998
|-
|June 26
|''[[Call of the Wild (TV series)|Call of the Wild]]''
|Animal Planet
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 27
|''[[M.Y.O.B. (TV series)|M.Y.O.B.]]''
|rowspan="3"|NBC
|-
|''[[Veronica's Closet]]''
|1997
|-
|July 1
|''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]''
|1996
|-
|July 3
|''[[The Magnificent Seven (TV series)|The Magnificent Seven]]''
|CBS
|1998
|-
|July 7
|''[[The Strip (American TV series)|The Strip]]''
|UPN
|rowspan="3"|1999
|-
|July 8
|''[[Freaks and Geeks]]''
|Fox Family
|-
|July 13
|''[[Stark Raving Mad (TV series)|Stark Raving Mad]]''
|NBC
|-
|July 15
|''[[Kenan & Kel]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1996
|-
|July 16
|''[[Mission Hill (TV series)|Mission Hill]]'' (returned in 2002)
|The WB
|1999
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 18
|''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]''
|HBO
|1995
|-
|''[[Love & Money]]''
|CBS
|rowspan="2"|1999
|-
|July 25
|''[[Dilbert (TV series)|Dilbert]]''
|rowspan="3"|UPN
|-
|July 28
|''[[Secret Agent Man (TV series)|Secret Agent Man]]''
|2000
|-
|August 1
|''[[Shasta McNasty]]''
|1999
|-
|August 18
|''[[WCW Saturday Night]]''
|TBS
|1971
|-
|August 24
|''[[Baby Blues (American TV series)|Baby Blues]]'' (returned in 2002)
|rowspan="2"|The WB
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|August 30
|''[[Young Americans (TV series)|Young Americans]]''
|-
|September 1
|''[[Jep!]]''
|GSN
|1998
|-
|September 2
|''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]''
|ABC
|1960
|-
|September 4
|''[[Opposite Sex (TV series)|Opposite Sex]]'' 
|Fox
|rowspan="3"|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 24
|''[[Totally Circus]]''
|Disney Channel
|-
|''[[The War Next Door]]''
|USA Network
|-
|October 2
|''[[Strangers with Candy]]''
|Comedy Central
|rowspan="2"|1999
|-
|October 6
|''[[ECW on TNN]]''
|The Nashville Network
|-
|October 17
|''[[Major League Baseball on NBC]]'' (returned in [[MLB Sunday Leadoff|2022]])
|NBC
|1947
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 23
|''[[PB&J Otter]]''
|Playhouse Disney
|1998
|-
|''[[Daddio]]''
|rowspan="2"|NBC
|rowspan="3"|2000
|-
|''[[Tucker (2000 TV series)|Tucker]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 10
|''[[The Trouble with Normal (TV series)|The Trouble with Normal]]''
|ABC
|-
|''[[Double Dare (franchise)|Double Dare 2000]]'' (returned in 2018)
|Nickelodeon
|1986
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 18
|''[[Pepper Ann]]''
|UPN
|1997
|-
|''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]''
|rowspan="2"|Fox Kids
|2000
|-
|''[[Beast Machines]]''
|1999
|-
|November 24
|''[[The Roseanne Show]]''
|Syndication
|1998
|-
|November 25
|''[[The Chris Rock Show]]''
|HBO
|1997
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 2
|''[[The Fearing Mind]]''
|Fox Family
|rowspan="3"|2000
|-
|''[[Jack of All Trades (TV series)|Jack of All Trades]]''
|Syndication
|-
|December 8
| ''[[Dot Comedy]]''
|ABC
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 13
| ''[[Normal, Ohio]]''
|rowspan="2"|Fox
|rowspan="3"|2000
|-
| ''[[The Street (2000 TV series)|The Street]]''
|-
|December 15
|''[[Madigan Men]]''
|ABC
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 16
|''[[Hang Time (TV series)|Hang Time]]''
|NBC
|1995
|-
|''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]''
|ABC
|1999
|-
|December 17
|''[[Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]''
|PBS
|1996
|-
|December 18
|''[[Titans (2000 TV series)|Titans]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|NBC
|rowspan="3"|2000
|-
|December 19
|''[[The Michael Richards Show]]''
|-
|December 21
|''[[City of Angels (2000 TV series)|City of Angels]]''
|CBS
|-
|December 26
|''[[Suddenly Susan]]''
|NBC
|1996
|-
|December 31
|''[[ECW Hardcore TV]]''
|Syndication
|1993
|}

===Entering syndication this year===
{|class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Seasons || In Production || Source
|-
|''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''
|4
||Yes
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', February 16, 1998</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|-
|''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]''
|4
||No
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', August 7, 2000</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|-
|''[[Early Edition]]''
|4
||No
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', November 1, 1999</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|-
|''[[The Jamie Foxx Show]]''
|5
||Yes
|-
|''[[Moesha]]''
|5
||Yes
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', May 19, 1997</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|-
|''[[Nash Bridges]]''
|5
||Yes
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', January 11, 1999</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|-
|''[[The Pretender (TV series)|The Pretender]]''
|4
||No
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', March 29, 1999</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|-
|''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''
|4
||Yes
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', December 7, 1998</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|-
|''[[Spin City]]''
|4
||Yes
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', September 14, 1998</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|-
|''[[Suddenly Susan]]''
|4
||No
|<ref>''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', May 11, 1998</ref>{{pn|date=May 2023}}{{fcn|date=May 2023}}
|}

===Changes of network affiliation===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Show
! Moved from
! Moved to
|-
|''[[Forensic Files]]''
|[[TLC (TV network)|TLC]]
|[[TruTV|Court TV]]
|-
|''[[Budgie the Little Helicopter]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|Fox Family]]
|-
| ''[[The Hughleys]]''
|rowspan="3"| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| [[UPN]]
|-
| ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]''
| [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
|-
| ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''
| [[The WB]]
|-
| ''[[The PJs]]''
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| [[The WB]]
|-
| ''[[This Week in Baseball]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|''Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Twenty One (game show)|Twenty One]]''
|[[NBC]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Ion Television|Pax TV]]
|-
| ''[[Supermarket Sweep]]''
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
| ''[[Shop 'til You Drop]]''
|[[Fox Family Channel|Fox Family]]
|-
| ''[[WWE Raw|WWF Raw Is War]]''
| rowspan="4" | [[USA Network]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Spike TV|TNN]]
|-
|''[[WWF LiveWire]]''
|-
|''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling|WWF Superstars]]''
|-
|''[[WWE Sunday Night Heat|WWF Sunday Night Heat]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|''[[To Tell the Truth]]''
|[[NBC]]
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|''[[The Critic (TV series)|The Critic]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|[[Comedy Central]]
|}

===Miniseries===
<!-- Please italicize and Wikilink all programs and movies-->
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Title
! Channel
! Premiere
|-
|''[[The 10th Kingdom]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|NBC
|February 27
|-
|''[[The Corner]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|HBO
|April 16
|-
|''[[Arabian Nights (miniseries)|Arabian Nights]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|ABC
|April 30
|-
|''[[Jesus (1999 film)|Jesus]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|CBS
|May 14
|}

==Networks and services==
===Launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Launch date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[Hispanic Television Network]]
| Cable television
| Unknown
|
|
|-
| [[VH1 Uno]]
| Cable and satellite
| Unknown
| 
| 
|-
| [[BYU TV]]
| Cable and satellite
| January 1
| 
| 
|-
| PBS YOU
| Cable television
| January 15
| 
| 
|-
| [[Soapnet]]
| Cable and satellite
| January 20
| 
| 
|-
| [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]]
| Cable and satellite
| February 2
| 
| 
|-
| [[V-Me]]
| Cable television
| March 5
|
|
|-
| [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]]
| Cable and satellite
| April 1
| Boomerang was originally a programming block on [[Cartoon Network]], which continued until 2004.
|
|-
| [[New Urban Entertainment Television]]
| Cable television
| July 17
|
|
|-
| [[Azteca America]]
| Cable television
| July 28
|
|
|-
| [[Ve Plus TV|Venevisión Continental]]
| Cable television
| August 28
|
| 
|-
| [[HBO|HBO Latino]]
| Cable television
| November 1
|
|
|-
| [[RFD-TV]]
| Cable and satellite
| December 1
| 
| 
|}

===Conversions and rebrandings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Old network name
! New network name
! Type
! Conversion Date
! Notes
! Source
|-
|[[Bally Sports Florida|SportsChannel Florida]]
|Fox Sports Net Florida
|Cable television
|March 1
|
|
|-
|VH1 Classic Rock
|[[MTV Classic (American TV channel)|VH1 Classic]]
|Cable and satellite
|May 8
|
|
|-
|[[Telemundo Internacional|CBS Telenoticias]]
|Telemundo Internacional
|Cable television
|September
|
|
|-
|ZDTV
|[[TechTV]]
|Cable and satellite
|September 18
|
|
|-
|[[The Nashville Network]]
|The National Network
|Cable television
|September 25
|
|
|-
|ValueVision
|[[ShopHQ|ShopNBC]]
|Cable television
|November 
|
|
|-
|}

===Closures===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Network name
! Type
! Closure Date
! Notes
! Source
|-
| [[Discovery People]]
| Cable television
| Unknown
| 
| 
|-
| [[Z Music Television]]
| Cable television
| Unknown
|
|
|-
| [[Boyz/Girlz Channel|Boyz Channel]]
| Cable television
| August 18
| 
| 
|-
| [[Boyz/Girlz Channel|Girlz Channel]]
| Cable television
| August 18
| 
| 
|-
| [[We TV|Romance Classics]]
| Cable and satellite
| December 31
|
|
|}

==Television stations==

===Station launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|-
| January 3
| [[Palm Springs, California]] 
| [[KPSE-CD|KPSE-LP]]
| 38
| [[UPN]] 
| 
|- 
| April 23 
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[WRDQ]]
| 27
| Independent 
| 
|- 
| May 24 
| [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]
| [[W26CD]]
| 26
| [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]]
|
|- 
| May 25
| [[Stuart, Florida|Stuart]]/[[West Palm Beach, Florida]] 
| [[WHDT]]
| 9
| [[Deutsche Welle]] 
| 
|- 
| June 17
| [[Grand Junction, Colorado]]
| [[KFQX]]
| 4
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
|
|- 
| rowspan=2| June 19
| [[Eureka Springs, Arkansas|Eureka Springs]]/[[Fort Smith, Arkansas]]
| [[KXNW|KWBS-TV]]
| 34
| [[Ion Television|Pax TV]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Syracuse, New York]] 
| [[WSTQ-LP|WAWA-LP]]
| 14
| Independent 
| 
|- 
| August 3
| [[San Antonio, Texas]] 
| [[KCWX-TV|KBEJ]]
| 2
| [[UPN]]
| 
|- 
| September 6 
| [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]]/[[Seattle, Washington]]
| [[KWDK]]
| 56
| [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]] 
| 
|- 
| October 1
| [[Duluth, Minnesota]] 
| [[KDUL-LP|K60EZ]]
| 60 
| [[UPN]] (primary) <br /> [[American Independent Network|AIN]] (secondary) 
| 
|- 
| October 18
| [[Wichita Falls, Texas]]
| [[KUWF-LP]]
| 36
| [[Univision]]
| 
|- 
| November 
| [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]] 
| [[KXJC-LP]]
| 35
| [[CBS]] 
| 
|- 
| November 24
| [[Montgomery, Alabama]] 
| [[WIYC|WRJM-TV]]
| 67
| [[UPN]]
| 
|- 
| rowspan=2| December 
| [[Flagstaff, Arizona]] 
| [[KTFL]]
| 4
| [[FamilyNet]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Los Angeles, California]] 
| [[KXLA]]
| 44
| [[America One]] 
| 
|- 
| December 12 
| Orlando, Florida
| [[WTGL|WLCB-TV]]
| 45 
| Christian independent 
| 
|- 
| December 20
| [[Flagstaff, Arizona]] 
| [[KCFG]]
| 9
| [[America One]] 
| 
|- 
| rowspan=9| Unknown date 
| [[Binghamton, New York]]
| [[WBPN-LP|W10CO]]
| 10
| [[UPN]]
| 
|- 
| [[Calipatria, California]] 
| [[KAJB]]
| 54
| Independent
| 
|- 
| [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands]] 
| [[WVIF]]
| 15
| [[Ion Television|Pax TV]]
|
|- 
| [[Farmington, New Mexico]] 
| [[KOBG-TV]]
| 6
| NBC
| Satellite of [[KOB-TV]]/[[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]]
|- 
| [[Fond du Lac, Wisconsin]]
| [[WIWN|WMMF-TV]]
| 68
| [[FamilyNet]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Madison, Wisconsin]] 
| [[WISC-DT2]]
| 3.2 <br /> (digital) 
| [[The WB]] 
| Over-the-air digital relaunch of the cable-only TVW; one of the first digital subchannels to launch in the United States
|- 
| [[Naples, Florida|Naples]]/[[Fort Myers, Florida]]
| [[WWDT-CD|W43AY]]
| 43
| [[Telemundo]]
| 
|- 
| [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] 
| KNVV-LP
| 41
| [[Univision]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]] 
| [[KSFL-TV|KAUN]]
| 36
| [[Ion Television|Pax TV]] 
| 
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date || Name || Notability
|-
|January 7
|[[Marcus Scribner]]
|Actor (''[[Black-ish]]'', ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'')
|-
|January 8
|[[Noah Cyrus]]
|Actress (''[[Hannah Montana]]'') and daughter of [[Billy Ray Cyrus]]
|-
|January 20
|Montse Hernandez
|Voice actress (Gwen Tennyson on ''[[Ben 10 (2016 TV series)|Ben 10]]'')
|-
|January 26
|Anthony Turpel
|Actor (''[[Love, Victor]]'')
|-
|January 28
|[[Julia Lester]]
|Actress (''[[High School Musical: The Musical: The Series]]'')
|-
|February 1
|[[Paris Smith]]
|Actress (''[[Every Witch Way]]'')
|-
|February 10
|[[Yara Shahidi]]
|Actress (''[[Black-ish]]'', ''[[Grown-ish]]'')
|-
|February 23
|[[Christian Martyn]]
|Canadian actor (''[[Anne With An E]]'', ''[[Home Alone: The Holiday Heist]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 25
|Angelina Wahler
|Voice actress (Fee on ''[[Harvey Beaks]]'')
|-
|[[Tucker Albrizzi]]
|Actor (''Big Time Rush'', ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'')
|-
|March 5
|[[Gabby Barrett]]
|Singer (''[[American Idol]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabby Barrett |url=https://genius.com/artists/Gabby-barrett |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|March 6
|[[Jacob Bertrand]]
|Actor (''[[Bubble Guppies]]'', ''[[Marvin Marvin]]'', ''[[Kirby Buckets]]'', ''[[Cobra Kai]]'')
|-
|March 21
|[[Jace Norman]]
|Actor (''[[Henry Danger]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Kid Danger]]'', ''[[Danger Force]]'')
|-
|March 27
|[[Sophie Nélisse]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Yellowjackets (TV series)|Yellowjackets]]'')
|-
|March 30
|[[Regan Mizrahi]]
|Voice actor (Boots on ''[[Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Dora the Explorer]]'' (2008–12))
|-
|April 3
|[[Ella Bleu Travolta]]
|Actress, singer and daughter of [[John Travolta]] and [[Kelly Preston]]
|-
|May 4
|Amara Miller
|Actress
|-
|May 7
|[[Maxwell Perry Cotton]]
|Actor (''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'')
|-
|May 18
|[[Addison Holley]]
|Actress
|-
|May 30
|[[Jared S. Gilmore]]
|Actor (''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'')
|-
|May 31
|[[Gable Steveson]]
|Wrestler<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gable Steveson Height, Weight, Age, College, Position, Bio - NFL |url=https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gable-steveson-player-bio |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|June 2
|[[Lilimar Hernandez]]
|Venezuelan actress (''[[Bella and the Bulldogs]]'', ''[[Knight Squad]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article22566015.html|title='Bella and the Bulldogs' star Lilimar Hernandez a Florida girl|work=Miami Herald|last=Marr|first=Madeleine|date=May 28, 2015|access-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|June 13
|[[Daniella Perkins]]
|Actress (''[[Legendary Dudas]]'', ''[[Knight Squad]]'')
|-
|June 17
|[[Odessa A'zion]]
|Actress (''[[Fam (TV series)|Fam]]'', ''[[Grand Army (TV series)|Grand Army]]'')
|-
|June 22
|[[Maliq Johnson]]
|Actor (''[[Grand Army (TV series)|Grand Army]]'')
|-
|July 8
|[[Benjamin Stockham]]
|Actor (''[[Sons of Tucson]]'', ''[[1600 Penn]]'', ''[[About a Boy (TV series)|About a Boy]]'')
|-
|July 19
|Owen Joyner
|Actor (''[[100 Things to Do Before High School]]'', ''[[Knight Squad]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 25
|[[Mason Cook]]
|Actor (''[[Speechless (TV series)|Speechless]]'')
|-
|[[Meg Donnelly]]
|Actress (''[[American Housewife]]'') and singer
|-
|July 27
|Savannah Lee Smith
|Actress (''[[Gossip Girl (2021 TV series)|Gossip Girl]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 3
|[[Landry Bender]]
|Actress (''[[Crash & Bernstein]]'', ''[[Best Friends Whenever]]'', ''[[The Lion Guard]]'', ''[[Looking for Alaska (miniseries)|Looking for Alaska]]'')
|-
|[[Chandler Kinney]]
|Actress (''[[Zombies 2]]'', [[Pretty Little Liars (2022 TV series)|''Pretty Little Liars'']])
|-
|August 5
|Augie Isaac
|Actor (''[[Mighty Med]]'')
|-
|August 12
|Savannah May
|Actress (''[[Knight Squad]]'')
|-
|August 19
|Trenton Rogers
|Voice actor (Leo on ''[[Little Einsteins]]'' (2007–09))
|-
|August 20
|[[Fátima Ptacek]]
|Voice actress (''[[Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Dora the Explorer]]'', ''[[Dora and Friends: Into the City!]]'')
|-
|August 24
|[[Griffin Gluck]]
|Actor (''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]'', ''[[Red Band Society]]'')
|-
|August 26
|Brady Reiter
|Actress (''[[100 Things to Do Before High School]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 28
|[[Frankie Jonas]]
|Actor (''[[Jonas (TV series)|Jonas]]'')
|-
|[[Brenna D'Amico]]
|Actress (''[[Descendants: Wicked World]]'')
|-
|September 12
|[[Laine Hardy]]
|Singer (''[[American Idol (season 17)|American Idol]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norwin |first=Alyssa |date=2022-04-29 |title=Laine Hardy: 5 Things To Know About ‘American Idol’ Winner Arrested Over Claims He Bugged Ex’s Room |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/who-is-laine-hardy-american-idol-contestant-3564497/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Hollywood Life |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|September 30
|Amina Alzouma
|Actress (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
|October 10
|[[Aedin Mincks]]
|Actor (''[[A.N.T. Farm]]'')
|-
|October 11
|[[Hayden Byerly]]
|Actor (''[[The Fosters (2013 TV series)|The Fosters]]'')
|-
|October 13
|Gail Soltys
|Actress (''[[Talia in the Kitchen]]'')
|-
|October 14
|Mekai Curtis
|Actor (''[[Kirby Buckets]]'', ''[[Milo Murphy's Law]]'')
|-
|October 31
|[[Willow Smith]]
|Actress, singer and daughter of [[Will Smith]] and [[Jada Pinkett Smith]]
|-
|November 7
|[[Dara Reneé]]
|Actress (''[[High School Musical: The Musical: The Series]]'')
|-
|November 8
|[[Jade Pettyjohn]]
|Actress (''[[School of Rock (TV series)|School of Rock]]'')
|-
|November 10
|[[Mackenzie Foy]]
|Actress
|-
|November 11
|Kristi Beckett
|Actress (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
|November 13
|Armani Barrett
|Actor (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 22
|[[Ariel Martin]]
|Actress and singer
|-
|[[Auliʻi Cravalho]]
|Actress and singer
|-
|December 16
|[[Lance Lim]]
|Actor (''[[School of Rock (TV series)|School of Rock]]'')
|-
|December 21
|[[Lucas Jade Zumann]]
|Actor (''[[Anne With An E]]'', ''[[Sinister 2]]'', ''[[20th Century Women]]'')
|-
|December 22
|[[Joshua Bassett (actor)|Joshua Bassett]]
|Actor (''[[High School Musical: The Musical: The Series]]'')
|}

==Deaths==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
!width=90| Date ||width=125| Name || Age ||class="unsortable" |Notability 
|-
|January 15
|[[Fran Ryan]]
|83
|American character actress (Doris Ziffle #2 on ''[[Green Acres]]'')
|-
|January 16
|[[By Saam]]
|85
|American sportscaster 
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 18 
|[[Nancy Coleman]]
|87
|American film, stage, television and radio actress
|-
|[[Jester Hairston]]
|98
|American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor (''[[Amen (TV series)|Amen]]'')
|-
|February 10
|[[Jim Varney]]
|50
|American actor; creator of the [[Ernest P. Worrell]] character (''[[Hey Vern, It's Ernest!]]'')
|-
|February 12
|[[Charles M. Schulz]]
|77
|American cartoonist, creator of ''[[Peanuts]]''
|- 
|March 11
|[[Alex Dreier]]
|83
|American news reporter  
|-
|March 15
|[[Durward Kirby]]
|88 
|American television host and announcer 
|-
|March 25
|[[Helen Martin]]
|90
|American character actress (Pearl Shay on ''[[227 (sitcom)|227]]'')
|-
|April 10
|[[Larry Linville]]
|60
|American actor (Major Frank Burns on ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'')
|-
|April 12
|[[Christopher Pettiet]]
|24
|American television and film actor (''[[The Young Riders]]'')
|-
|May 7
|[[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]]
|90
|American actor and producer (''[[Douglas Fairbanks Presents]]''), son of [[Douglas Fairbanks]]
|-
|May 10
|[[Craig Stevens (actor)|Craig Stevens]]
|81
|American film and television actor (''[[Peter Gunn]]'')
|-
|June 18
|[[Nancy Marchand]]
|71
|American actress (Livia Soprano on ''[[The Sopranos]]'', Mrs. Pynchon on ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'')
|-
|July 1 
|[[Walter Matthau]]
|79
|American actor and comedian
|-
|July 14
|[[Meredith MacRae]]
|56
|American actress and singer  (Billie Jo Bradley #3 on ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'')
|-
|July 28
|[[Jaime Cardriche]]
|32
|American actor (''[[Malcolm & Eddie]]'')
|-
|August 12
|[[Loretta Young]]
|87
|American actress (''[[The Loretta Young Show]]'')
|-
|September 14
|[[Beah Richards]]
|80
|American stage, screen, and television actress 
|-
|September 26
|[[Richard Mulligan]]
|67
|American television and film actor (Burt Campbell on ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'', Dr. Harry Weston on ''[[Empty Nest (TV series)|Empty Nest]]'')
|-
|October 6
|[[Richard Farnsworth]]
|80
|American actor and stuntman
|-
|October 9
|[[David Dukes]]
|55
|American actor 
|-
|October 16
|[[Rick Jason]]
|77
|American actor (Lt. Gil Hanley on ''[[Combat!]]'')
|-
|October 18
|[[Julie London]]
|74
|American singer and actress (Nurse Dixie McCall on ''[[Emergency!]]'')
|-
|October 30
|[[Steve Allen]]
|78
|American comedian, composer (original ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' host)
|-
|December 2
|[[Gail Fisher]]
|65
|American actress (Peggy Fair on ''[[Mannix]]'')
|-
|December 6
|[[Werner Klemperer]]
|80
|German-American actor (Colonel Wilhelm Klink on ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'')
|-
|December 12
|[[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]]
|84
|American actor, director, producer, writer and stuntman 
|-
|December 23
|[[Victor Borge]]
|91
|Danish comedian and pianist
|-
|December 26
|[[Jason Robards]]
|78
|American stage, film and television actor (''[[The Day After]]'')
|}

==See also==
* [[2000 in the United States]]
* [[List of American films of 2000]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2000-01-01,2000-12-31&countries=us&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2000 American television series] at [[IMDb]]

{{Years in TV by country|2000}}
{{Years in television}}

[[Category:2000 in American television| ]]
[[Category:2000s in American television]]