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Revision as of 02:23, 1 September 2012

List of years in American television:
1997 1998 1999 – 2000 – 2001 2002 2003
2000-01 United States network television schedule

The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2000. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Events

January

Date Event
15 Talk show host David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, following an angiogram that revealed that one of his arteries was seriously constricted.
17 Robin Givens replaces Mother Love as host of the talk show Forgive or Forget.
20 SoapNet, a channel dedicated to daytime/primetime soap operas, is launched.

February

Date Event
2 Oxygen is launched.
4 Star Force make its debut to television and cinemas from Paramount.
15 Rick Rockwell marries stranger Darva Conger in front of 22 million viewers on the Fox reality show Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? While he and Darva are honeymooning, word surfaces that Rockwell—who is sometimes a comedian—had a restraining order against a former girlfiend, and he was not really a multi-millionaire. As a result, Fox cancels a rerun scheduled the following week, and does not air any new installments. In addition the couple break up shortly after the show's taping.
21 David Letterman returns to television following his quintuple heart bypass surgery in January. Letterman 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 thanked the doctors. The episode earned an Emmy nomination. Letterman's father died of a heart attack while still in his 50s.

March

Date Event
1 SportsChannel America ceased operations, before rebranding all of the Fox Sports Net stations.
fXM: Movies from Fox rebrands the Fox Movie Channel.

April

Date Event
1 Boomerang, The secondary Cartoon Network channel is launched.
30 Arabian Nights is shown on ABC in the United States.

May

Date Event
8 VH1 Classic is launched.

July

Date Event
3 KNTV terminated its second ABC affiliation and carries programming from The WB.
5 Big Brother premieres in the United States. The series is considered a major failure and is retooled and renewed for the next season.
28 Kathie Lee Gifford made its last-ever broadcast on Live! after 15 years of co-host.

August

Date Event
3 KBEJ Channel 2, (now KCWX) commences programming in San Antonio, Texas.
21 'ZDTV is renamed to TechTV.

September

Date Event
10 The 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out by ABC.
15 While most shows debuted in the fall season, The 2000 Summer Olympics was televised on NBC for the second time.
16 CBS relaunches its Saturday morning block, Nick Jr. on CBS.
25 TNN is relaunched with The National Network, known as The New TNN.
29 Eddie McGee is crowned the winner of the first American season of Big Brother and wins $500,000. Runners-Up are Josh Souza, winner of $100,000, and Curtis Kin, winner of $50,000. Toon Disney and Playhouse Disney launches in the United Kingdom.

October

Date Event
2 Triple Play is played for the first time on The Price is Right. This is the first pricing game in the show's history to offer three cars.

December

Date Event
14 Barker's Beauties Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley both leave The Price is Right on CBS. Pennington has been on the show since its premiere in 1972.
15 Barker's Beauties auditions are held for several months on The Price is Right. In the end, Claudia Jordan and Heather Kozar are seleted as permanent models.
18 Actor Hank Azaria and actress Helen Hunt file for divorce.
22 The character of Bianca Montgomery, played by Eden Riegel on the soap opera All My Children, comes out as a lesbian to her mother, Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci).
31 ABC airs "Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve" at 10 p.m. ET for the first time, followed by local programming and the main "New Year's Rockin' Eve", which returned later that year.

Programs debuting in 2000

Date Show Network
January 3 Your Weather Today The Weather Channel
January 8 Winning Lines CBS
January 9 Malcolm in the Middle Fox
January 12 Higher Ground Fox Family
January 16 City of Angels CBS
January 17 Cleopatra 2525 Syndication
January 22 Jack of All Trades
January 23 Hollywood Showdown PAX TV
January 24 Brutally Normal The WB
Double Dare 2000 Nickelodeon
February 5 The Others NBC
February 12 Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue Fox Kids
February 16 Diary MTV
February 25 Max Steel The WB
February 26 The Weekenders ABC
March 6 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Cartoon Network
March 7 Secret Agent Man UPN
March 11 Caitlin's Way Nickelodeon
March 20 First Outlook The Weather Channel
March 21 The Beat UPN
March 22 Then Came You ABC
March 23 Battery Park NBC
Daddio
March 27 Crush USA Network
March 30 Wonderland ABC
March 31 Call of the Wild Animal Planet
April 1 MasterChef USA PBS
April 2 D.C. The WB
April 3 Between the Lions PBS
April 4 Falcone CBS
April 11 Talk to Me ABC
April 13 Food 911 Food Network
May 15 Secrets of the Dead PBS
May 31 Survivor CBS
June 12 Sailor Moon Cartoon Network
June 16 Strip Mall Comedy Central
June 17 Even Stevens Disney Channel
Summer Shooting Gallery Outdoor Channel
June 26 Resurrection Blvd. Showtime
June 28 Soul Food
July Masters of Illusion PAX TV
July 5 Big Brother CBS
July 23 The Brothers Garcia Nickelodeon
Strong Medicine Lifetime
July 24 Mysterious Ways PAX TV
August 9 Live Through This MTV
August 12 BattleBots Comedy Central
August 14 Dora the Explorer Nick Jr.
September 4 Clifford the Big Red Dog PBS
Caillou
September 9 Jackie Chan Adventures Kids' WB
September 11 106 & Park BET
Girlfriends UPN
The Hughleys
September 21 URL With Phred Noggin
September 22 Grosse Pointe The WB
September 30 Corduroy PBS
Elliot Moose
Fear MTV
George Shrinks PBS
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
Seven Little Monsters
Timothy Goes to School
October 1 Jackass MTV
That's Life CBS
October 2 Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda Sci-Fi Channel
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command UPN
Deadline NBC
Pelswick Nickelodeon
Street Smarts Syndication
Tucker NBC
Yes, Dear CBS
October 3 Dark Angel Fox
October 5 Gilmore Girls The WB
MTV Cribs MTV
October 6 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS
FreakyLinks Fox
Madigan Men ABC
The Trouble With Normal
October 7 The District CBS
Noah Knows Best Nickelodeon
October 8 Ed NBC
October 9 Hype The WB
Nikki
October 10 The Geena Davis Show ABC
Gideon's Crossing
October 11 Bette CBS
Welcome to New York
October 13 Trading Spaces TLC
October 14 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command ABC
October 15 Curb Your Enthusiasm HBO
October 21 Cheaters Syndication
October 23 Boston Public Fox
October 24 The Michael Richards Show NBC
October 25 As Told By Ginger Nickelodeon
October 27 Freedom UPN
Level 9
November 1 Normal, Ohio Fox
The $treet
November 4 Sheep in the Big City Cartoon Network
November 10 Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
November 14 DAG NBC
December 3 The Living Century PBS
Queer as Folk Showtime
December 6 TV Funhouse Comedy Central
December 21 The Brak Show Cartoon Network
Sealab 2021
December 30 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Unknown Blinkers Off Fox Sports Net
Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions PBS
Every Woman Syndication
P. Allen Smith Gardens PBS

Programs returning in 2000

Show Last Aired Previous Network Retitled as/Same New/Returning/Same Network Returning
Twenty One 1958 CBS Same NBC January 9
Shop 'til You Drop 1998 The Family Channel Same PAX TV April 3
Supermarket Sweep 1995 Lifetime Same PAX TV
This Week in Baseball 1998 Syndication Same Fox July 12
To Tell the Truth 1991 NBC Same Syndication September 18
The Further Adventures of Zook & Alison 1994 PBS Same Noggin September 21

Programs ending in 2000

Date Show Debut
January 2 The Moxy and Flea Show 1993
January 22 KaBlam! 1996
February 4 Sliders 1995
March 2 I Am Weasel 1997
March 4 Oh Baby 1998
April 28 Cosby 1996
May 3 Party of Five 1994
May 4 Chicago Hope 1994
May 5 Boy Meets World 1993
A Little Curious 1998
May 11 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing 2000
May 13 Martial Law 1998
May 16 Sports Night 1998
May 17 Beverly Hills, 90210 1990
May 22 Malcolm & Eddie 1996
May 25 Forgive or Forget 1998
June 9 The Dating Game 1996
June 11 Are You Afraid of the Dark? 1991
July 1 Profiler 1996
July 13 Stark Raving Mad 1999
September 10 Double Dare 2000 2000
October 7 Mickey Mouse Works 1999
November 18 Beast Machines 1999
Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue 2000
December 26 Suddenly Susan 1996

Miniseries

Changes of Network Affiliation

Show Moved from Moved to
Candid Camera CBS PAX TV
The Hughleys ABC UPN
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC The WB
The PJs Fox The WB
WWF RAW is WAR USA Network TNN


Deaths

References