View source for 2001 in American television

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

==Events==

===January===
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! Date
! Event
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!1
| In [[Hartford, Connecticut]], [[UPN]] affiliate WTXX (now [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WCCT-TV]]) and [[The WB|WB]] affiliate WBNE (now [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[WCTX]]) swap affiliations due to WTXX's impending purchase by [[Tribune Broadcasting]], owners of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WTIC-TV]] (which at the time operated WTXX under a [[Local marketing agreement|LMA]]) and a minority owner of The WB. WBNE, meanwhile, changes its call letters to the current [[WCTX]] and adopts new branding as "The X".
|-
!4
| [[HBO]]'s children's programs are transferred to its multiplex channel [[HBO#List of HBO channels|HBO Family]].
|-
!7
| [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]]'s final nationally and globally televised event, [[Guilty as Charged (2001)|Guilty as Charged]] airs on [[pay-per-view]]. It would see [[The Sandman (wrestler)|The Sandman]] defeating [[Steve Corino]] and [[Justin Credible]] for the [[ECW World Heavyweight Championship|world title]], only for [[Rhyno|Rhino]] to defeat The Sandman to win the title. [[Rob Van Dam]] initially challenged Rhino for the title, but was attacked by [[Jerry Lynn]]. Despite interference and with help from [[Joel Gertner]], he won the main event.
|-
!9
| [[KXVA]] in [[Abilene, Texas]], signs-on the air under Program Test Authority. The new station (which will not be licensed for another 13 months) takes the market's [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliation from sister station [[KIDZ-LD|KIDZ-LP]], which in turn becomes a full-time [[UPN]] affiliate.
|-
!28
| [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] broadcasts [[Super Bowl XXXV]], their first since [[Super Bowl XXVI]] at the end of the [[1991 NFL season|1991 season]]. [[Greg Gumbel]], becomes the first [[African Americans|African-American]] sportscaster to do network televised play-by-play on a major professional sports championship. The [[2000 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]] would beat the [[2000 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] 34–7.
|}

===February===
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! Date
! Event
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!5
| [[Kelly Ripa]] joins ''[[Live! with Kelly|Live!]]'' as a permanent co-host with [[Regis Philbin]].
|-
!18
| [[NASCAR on Fox|Fox]] broadcasts its inaugural [[NASCAR]] telecast, the [[2001 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]]. In the final lap, [[Dale Earnhardt]] is [[Death of Dale Earnhardt|killed]] after getting into a head-on collision.
|}

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

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

===May===
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! Date
! Event
|-
! rowspan="2" |17
| [[NBC]] airs the hour-long season seven finale of ''[[Friends]]'' titled "[[The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding]]".
|-
| On [[The WB]], [[Shannen Doherty]] makes her [[All Hell Breaks Loose (Charmed)|final appearance]] as [[Prue Halliwell]] on ''[[Charmed]]''.
|-
!18
| The [[28th Daytime Emmy Awards]] are presented on [[NBC]].
|-
!22
| On [[The WB]], ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' airs its 100th episode. It also served as The WB series finale after UPN announced that the series and ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' will move to the network for the fall 2001 season.
|-
!23
| On [[UPN]], ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' airs its series finale with a two-part episode "[[Endgame (Star Trek: Voyager)|Endgame]]".
|}

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

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

===August===
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|-
! Date
! Event
|-
| 10
| [[Samurai Jack]] Premieres on [[Cartoon Network]] with the Premiere Movie. 
|-
| 31 
| ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' airs its [[Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood_(season_31)#Episode_5_(Celebrate_the_Arts)|final episode]] on [[PBS Kids]]. [[Fred Rogers]] died two years later of [[stomach cancer]] at the age of 74.
|}

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

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

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

===December===
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! Date
! Event
|-
!13
| On [[CBS]], lawyers and best friends team, Rob Frisbee and Brennan Swain, won the [[The Amazing Race 1|inaugural season]] of ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'' and the US$1,000,000 grand prize.
|-
!21
| ''[[Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)|Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer]]'' makes its network television premiere on [[The WB]].
|-
!31 
| ''[[New Year's Eve Live (CNN program)|New Year's Eve Live]]'' airs its first edition on [[CNN]].
|}

==Programs==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Closure date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]]
| Over-the-air multicast
| January 1
| After being acquired by [[MTV Networks]], [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]], a request video music channel shuts down, replaced by [[MTV2]] on terrestrial stations.
|
|-
|}

==Television stations==

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

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

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date || Name || Notability
|-
!January 3
|Ellis Ann Jackson
|Actress (''[[Talia in the Kitchen]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |January 14
|[[Cora Jade]]
|Pro wrestler<ref name="BirthDate">{{Cite tweet |number=1482041043419815943 |user=CoraJadeWWE |title=21 times around the sun |author=Cora Jade |date=January 14, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812144958/https://twitter.com/CoraJadeWWE/status/1482041043419815943 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> ([[WWE]])
|-
|Jayce Mroz
|Actor (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
!January 18
|[[Claire Engler]]
|Actress (''[[A.N.T. Farm]]'')
|-
!January 19
|Tyler Merna
|Voice actor (Prince James on ''[[Sofia the First]]'')
|-
!January 21
|[[Jackson Brundage]]
|Actor (''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[See Dad Run]]'', ''[[Harvey Beaks]]'')
|-
!February 5
|[[Connor Gibbs (actor)|Connor Gibbs]]
|Actor (''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'')
|-
!February 15
|[[Haley Tju]]
|Actress (''[[Monsters vs. Aliens (TV series)|Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', ''[[Bella and the Bulldogs]]'', ''[[The Loud House]]'', ''[[Big Hero 6: The Series]]'', ''[[Where's Waldo? (TV series)|Where's Waldo?]]'', ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'')
|-
!February 16
|Katherine Forrester
|Canadian voice actress (Katie on ''[[PAW Patrol]]'')
|-
!February 19
|[[David Mazouz]]
|Actor (''[[Touch (American TV series)|Touch]]'', ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |February 21
|[[Isabella Acres]]
|Actress (''[[Better Off Ted]]'')
|-
|Amarr M. Wooten
|Actor (''[[Knight Squad]]'')
|-
!February 23
|Tommi Rose
|Actress (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
!March 6
|[[Milo Manheim]]
|Actor
|-
!March 26
|Ciara Riley Wilson
|Actress
|-
!March 30
|Uriel Baldesco
|Filipino actress (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
!April 5
|[[Robbie Tucker]]
|Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[See Dad Run]]'')
|-
!April 8
|Kyla Rae Kowalewski
|Voice actress (Anais on ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'')
|-
!April 20
|Ian Alexander
|Actor (''[[The OA]]'')
|-
!April 21
|Maria Quezada
|Actress (''[[Talia in the Kitchen]]'')
|-
!June 8
|Owen Mason
|Canadian voice actor (Ryder on ''[[PAW Patrol]]'' (2013–15))
|-
!June 9
|Xolo Mariduena
|Actor (''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'', ''[[Cobra Kai]]'')
|-
!June 13
|DeVore Ledridge
|Actress (''[[Bizaardvark]]'')
|-
!June 27
|Curtis Harris
|Actor (''[[The Haunted Hathaways]]'')
|-
!July 8
|[[Riele Downs]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Henry Danger]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Kid Danger]]'')
|-
!July 10
|[[Isabela Moner]]
|Actress (''[[Dora and Friends: Into the City!]]'', ''[[100 Things to Do Before High School]]'')
|-
!July 12
|[[Niles Fitch]]
|Actor (''[[This Is Us]]'')
|-
!July 31
|Sean Kyer
|Canadian actor (''[[Odd Squad (TV series)|Odd Squad]]'')
|-
!August 8
|[[Bebe Wood]]
|Actress (''[[The New Normal (TV series)|The New Normal]]'', ''[[The Real O'Neals]]'', ''[[Love, Victor]]'')
|-
!August 13
|Alyssa Jirrels
|Actress (''[[Mech-X4]]'')
|-
!August 14
|[[Ava (wrestler)|Ava Raine]]
|Pro wrestler and daughter of [[Dwayne Johnson]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gariano |first=Francesca |title=Dwayne Johnson's 3 Kids: All About Simone, Jasmine and Tiana |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-dwayne-johnson-children/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!August 16
|Cole Jensen
|Actor (''[[Crash & Bernstein]]'')
|-
!August 21
|[[Dallas Liu]]{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
|Actor (''[[Legendary Dudas]]'', ''[[PEN15]]'')
|-
!August 30
|Sean Ryan Fox
|Actor (''[[Henry Danger]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Kid Danger]]'')
|-
!September 4
|Tenzing Norgay Trainor
|Actor (''[[Liv and Maddie]]'')
|-
!September 18
|[[Luke Mullen]]
|Actor (''[[Andi Mack]]'')
|-
!October 5
|[[Dalila Bela]]
|Canadian actress (''[[Odd Squad (TV series)|Odd Squad]]'', ''[[Ready Jet Go!]]'', ''[[Anne with an E|Anne]]'')
|-
!October 12
|[[Raymond Ochoa]]
|Actor
|-
!October 13
|[[Caleb McLaughlin]]
|Actor (''[[Stranger Things]]'')
|-
!October 14
|[[Rowan Blanchard]]
|Actress (''[[Girl Meets World]]'', ''[[The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs]]'')
|-
!October 17
|[[Jake Beale]]
|Actor
|-
!October 27
|Teilor Grubbs
|Actress (''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'')
|-
!October 30
|Jaheem King Toombs
|Actor (''[[100 Things to Do Before High School]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |November 5
|Alex Hook
|Canadian actress (''[[I Am Frankie]]'')
|-
|[[Roxanne Perez]]
|Pro wrestler ([[Ring of Honor|ROH]], WWE)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=Roxanne Perez |url=https://www.thesportster.com/roxanne-perez/ |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=TheSportster |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!November 7
|Sawyer Barth
|Actor (''[[The Kids Are Alright (TV series)|The Kids Are Alright]]'')
|-
!November 8
|[[Julia Hart (wrestler)|Julia Hart]]
|Pro wrestler<ref name="TrillerTVProfile">{{cite web |title=Julia Hart |url=https://www.trillertv.com/fighter/julia-hart/18458/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306144311/https://www.trillertv.com/fighter/julia-hart/18458/ |archive-date=March 6, 2024 |access-date=July 14, 2025 |website=[[Triller TV]] |publisher=[[Triller (company)|Triller]]}}</ref> ([[All Elite Wrestling|AEW]])
|-
!November 14
|[[Stephanie (LazyTown)|Chloe Lang]]
|Actress (Stephanie on ''[[LazyTown]]'' (2013–14))
|-
!November 15
|[[Sadie Stanley]]
|Actress (''[[Kim Possible (2019 film)|Kim Possible]]'')
|-
!November 23
|Parker Queenan
|Actor (''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019 miniseries)|Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'')
|-
!December 5
|Diego Velazquez
|Actor (''[[The Thundermans]]'', ''[[Zoe Valentine]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |December 8
|Kamran Lucas
|Actor (''[[Mech-X4]]'')
|-
|[[Tylen Jacob Williams]]
|Actor (''[[Instant Mom]]'')
|-
!December 14
|[[Joshua Rush]]
|Actor (''[[Clarence (American TV series)|Clarence]]'', ''[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil]]'', ''[[The Lion Guard]]'', ''[[Andi Mack]]'', ''[[Where's Waldo? (TV series)|Where's Waldo?]]'')
|-
! rowspan="2" |December 28
|[[Madison De La Garza]]
|Actress (''[[Desperate Housewives]]'') and sister of [[Demi Lovato]]
|-
|[[Maitreyi Ramakrishnan]]
|Actress ([[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|''Never Have I Ever'']])
|-
!December 31
|Alex Thorne
|Canadian voice actor (''[[PAW Patrol]]'', ''[[PJ Masks]]'')
|}

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

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

== References ==
<references />

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

{{Years in TV by country|2001}}

[[Category:2001 in American television| ]]
[[Category:2000s in American television]]