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1997 in American television

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In American television in 1997, notable events included television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures, and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

Events

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Date Event
January 1 The television rating system, a system similar to the one used for motion pictures, goes into effect.
The Emergency Alert System comes into effect and replaces the Emergency Broadcast System.
January 3 Bryant Gumbel anchors his last Today show on NBC. The following Monday, Matt Lauer takes over alongside Katie Couric until he was fired 20 years later in November 2017.
January 22 New World Communications is acquired by Fox. The deal makes 10 New World-owned stations that affiliated with Fox as a result of the 1994 United States broadcast TV realignment network O&O's.
January 26 Fox broadcasts its first Super Bowl, making it the last of the big four networks to air a Super Bowl. The Green Bay Packers defeat the New England Patriots 35–21 in a game that gives Fox its highest ratings to date.
February 1 The final affiliation switch resulting from the 1994–96 United States broadcast TV realignment takes place when Allbritton Communications (owners of WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., one of the strongest ABC affiliates in the country) converts WB affiliate WBSG in Brunswick, Georgia, into a semi-satellite of new sign-on WJXX in Orange Park, Florida, which assumes the ABC affiliation for the Jacksonville market. Former ABC affiliate WJKS promptly discontinues its news operation and assumes the WB affiliation from WBSG.
February 9 On Fox, The Simpsons airs the episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show". With this episode, The Simpsons surpasses The Flintstones as the longest-running primetime animated series in terms of episodes aired.
February 23 Schindler's List makes its network television debut on NBC. The film is broadcast virtually unedited and is the first telecast to receive a TV-M (now TV-MA) rating under the TV Parental Guidelines that had been established earlier in the year.
February 26 Various ABC characters appeared with Las Vegas settings in the shows Grace Under Fire, Coach, The Drew Carey Show, and Ellen.
March 17 Toonami debuts on Cartoon Network.
March 23 The 13th annual WrestleMania event airs on pay-per-view. While the event as a whole receives mixed reviews, the submission match between Bret Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin is highly praised, being called one of the greatest matches in wrestling history, and has been cited by some as the beginning of the Attitude Era.[1]
April 6 Disney Channel is revamped with the cable television premiere of Pocahontas. The film would have its network television premiere on ABC one year later. Disney Channel continues to convert from subscription television to a basic cable channel.
April 13 Extreme Championship Wrestling broadcasts its first ever pay-per-view dubbed "Barely Legal".
April 25 CBS broadcasts a reunion film featuring the surviving cast of The Dukes of Hazzard, which originally aired on the network from 1979–1985. This proved to be Denver Pyle's final performance before his death on Christmas Day, 1997.[2]
April 30 The Ellen episode "The Puppy Episode" is broadcast on ABC, showing for the first time the revelation of a main character as a homosexual.
May 7 CBS begins airing the two-part Knots Landing reunion miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, airing on two non-consecutive nights, on May 7 and May 9.
May 9 Bob Saget hosts his final regular episode of America's Funniest Home Videos on ABC, with the other cast members of Full House, minus The Olsen Twins. The $100,000 season finale (his final episode) aired nine days later on May 18.
June 6 Farrah Fawcett makes a bizarre appearance on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman. Fawcett tells long, rambling stories without a purpose, fails to understand simple questions, and gets easily distracted by things like blinking lights on the set.
June 21 The Professional Bowlers Tour ends after 36 years on ABC. CBS assumes the rights to the tour and will televise several events over the next two years.
June 30 In Seattle, KIRO-TV (CBS) and KSTW (UPN) reverse their 1995 swap.
July 8 KONG-TV, Seattle's independent station goes on the air.
Fox broadcasts the Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Cleveland, marking the first time that the network would broadcast the midsummer classic.
July 14-16 Cartoon Network launches the "Cartoon Cartoons" brand with the debut of three animated series, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel, as well as the season two premiere of Dexter's Laboratory.
July 15 A tribute episode of Another World is broadcast on NBC in honor of Victoria Wyndham's 25 years with the program.
July 24 George Harrison appears on a VH-1 special to promote his friend Ravi Shankar's album Chants of India. This would prove to be Harrison's final television appearance.
August 31 WFFF-TV in Burlington, Vermont, signs-on the air, giving the Burlington/Plattsburgh market its first full-time Fox affiliate (prior to this, Fox programming was seen on a secondary basis on CBS affiliate WCAX-TV).[3]
September 3 Jeri Ryan makes her first appearance as Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager.
September 5 Joan Lunden makes her final appearance as co-anchor for ABC's Good Morning America, after being on the program since 1980. Lunden would be succeeded by Lisa McRee.
September 6 Various networks broadcast the Princess Diana funeral; 2.7 million viewers at home watched this special.
September 8 KDAF-TV gives up the rights on Fox Kids to KDFI, as KDFW airs news, talk shows, paid/real estate and E/I-complaint programming instead of the block (KDFI also airs said programs, as well as Fox programs, just in case for local news emergencies and sports preemptions).
September 13 ABC revamps its Saturday morning cartoon schedule, and adds more new series from parent company Disney to become Disney's One Saturday Morning. This, along with many other programming, was delayed one week from its originally planned debut as a result of the aforementioned Princess Diana funeral.
September 14 The 49th Primetime Emmy Awards presentation was broadcast on CBS.
September 19 After several years of being a part of ABC's successful "TGIF" sitcom programming block, Family Matters and Step by Step switch to CBS to form the basis of the "CBS Block Party", a direct competitor to TGIF. Both series, as well as the Block Party, would be cancelled after one season.
September 25 ER produces a live episode for its fourth season premiere.
September 26 Jeopardy!'s 3,000th syndicated episode airs. The categories in the Jeopardy! and Final Jeopardy! rounds from its debut episode in 1984 are used on this episode.
October 5 The World Wrestling Federation event Badd Blood: In Your House is broadcast on pay-per-view. Not only is the event notable for featuring the promotion's first-ever Hell in a Cell match, which pitted The Undertaker against Shawn Michaels and saw the debut of Undertaker's storyline brother Kane, it marked the last time that Vince McMahon would be featured as the chief broadcaster of the commentating team for a pay-per-view event. According to WWE, the Montreal Screwjob, which took place at Survivor Series 1997, is considered the beginning of the Attitude Era.[4] Thus, Badd Blood: In Your House was the last WWF PPV of the New Generation Era.
October 20 Bear In the Big Blue House premieres on Disney Channel
Arthur begins its second season on PBS with Fred Rogers from Mister Rogers Neighborhood guest starring.
October 25 Chris Farley guest hosts Saturday Night Live in what would turn out to be his final television appearance before his death on December 18, 1997.
Under Wraps, the first Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) by Disney Channel, is broadcast.
October 26 Game 7 of the World Series is broadcast on NBC. The Florida Marlins defeat the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first baseball wild card team to win the world championship. This was the first World Series that NBC would broadcast in its entirety since 1988. NBC aired only Games 2-3 and the decisive sixth game of the 1995 World Series, while ABC aired the other three and a seventh game had it been necessary.
November 2 A third production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's version of Cinderella was aired on ABC. This version, featuring Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston, was produced by ABC's parent company The Walt Disney Company (which released its own version of the story as an animated movie 1950).
November 6 The NBC discussion show Meet the Press celebrates its 50th anniversary.
November 7 A crossover event featuring Salem in a time ball with Sabrina appeared on all four TGIF shows around that time, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Boy Meets World, You Wish, and Teen Angel.
November 9 During a pay-per-view broadcast of the World Wrestling Federation's Survivor Series, then-WWF Champion Bret Hart loses his title to Shawn Michaels. The finish is mired in controversy when WWF chairman Vince McMahon, who had been sitting at ringside, orders Earl Hebner, the assigned referee, to end the match as Michaels is holding Hart in Hart's own finishing maneuver, the Sharpshooter, even though Hart had not submitted. The incident becomes known as the Montreal Screwjob and will mark the final appearance of Hart on WWE television until 2010.[5]
November 17 Rick Rude becomes the only person to appear on both USA Network's Raw and TNT's Monday Nitro on the same night. Whereas the Raw that aired that night was pre-recorded six days in advanced, Rude appeared on a live edition of Nitro about an hour earlier.
November 29 The Emergency Broadcast System is replaced by the Emergency Alert System and it continues to this day.
December 8 WVIT becomes an NBC O&O for the second time, and Paramount Stations Group had purchased WLWC and WWHO, dropping off newscasts, although Paramount had to run these two as a WB affiliate until 2000, while getting UPN to secondary status.
December 15 World Wrestling Federation chairman Vince McMahon announces the introduction of the Attitude Era (a term used by WWF for its adult-oriented programming) on Raw Is War, during a segment entitled "The Cure for the Common Show". The WWF Attitude's scratch logo also makes its on-screen debut within the episode, replacing the New Generation's block logo.
December 24 TNT and TBS broadcast "24 Hours of A Christmas Story", consisting of 12 consecutive airings of the 1983 film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day.[6]
December 28 World Championship Wrestling's fifteenth annual Starrcade event airs on pay-per-view. The main event would see Sting defeat Hollywood Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Overall, this would become the highest grossing pay-per-view in WCW history.

Programs

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Debuts

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Date Show Network
January 1 Cooking Live Food Network
January 4 Lost on Earth USA Network
January 6 Sunset Beach NBC
January 7 Orleans CBS
January 8 Chicago Sons NBC
January 9 Antiques Roadshow PBS
January 12 King of the Hill Fox
January 13 La Femme Nikita USA Network
The New Adventures of Robin Hood TNT
January 19 Emeril Live Food Network
February 7 The Chris Rock Show HBO
February 28 Crisis Center NBC
March 2 The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures HBO
March 3 Daria MTV
Pauly Fox
Spy Game ABC
March 4 Just Shoot Me! NBC
The Practice ABC
March 5 Arsenio
Temporarily Yours CBS
March 6 Prince Street NBC
March 10 Buffy the Vampire Slayer The WB
March 18 Social Studies UPN
March 22 Lawless Fox
April 1 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly PBS
Viva Variety Comedy Central
April 2 Smart Guy The WB
April 9 Pacific Palisades Fox
April 10 Fired Up NBC
April 12 Gun ABC
Leaving L.A.
April 14 ¡Despierta América! Univision
April 15 Soul Man ABC
April 19 Nightmare Ned
The Angry Beavers Nickelodeon
Power Rangers Turbo Fox Kids
May 16 Todd McFarlane's Spawn HBO
May 25 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Fox
June 2 Port Charles ABC
June 6 Life... and Stuff CBS
June 7 CNN NewsStand CNN
Perversions of Science HBO
July 7 Figure It Out Nickelodeon
July 11 Spicy City HBO
July 12 Oz
July 14 Roar Fox
Johnny Bravo Cartoon Network
July 15 Cow and Chicken
I Am Weasel
July 21 Mission Genesis Sci-Fi Channel
July 27 Stargate SG-1 Showtime
July 28 Win Ben Stein's Money Comedy Central
August 4 USA High USA Network
August 11 The View ABC
August 13 South Park Comedy Central
August 17 Behind the Music VH1
The World's Funniest! Fox
August 25 Good News UPN
August 26 Head over Heels
Hitz
September 1 101 Dalmatians: The Series Syndication
Fox News Watch Fox News Channel
MTV Live MTV
Pensacola: Wings of Gold USA Network
Extreme Dinosaurs Syndication
September 6 Click Syndication
City Guys NBC
September 7 Alright Already The WB
The Tom Show
Popular Mechanics for Kids Syndication
September 8 Ally McBeal Fox
September 11 Between Brothers
413 Hope St.
September 12 Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation Fox Kids
Police Academy: The Series Syndication
September 13 Pepper Ann ABC
Recess
Science Court
The Crayon Box Syndication
The Legend of Calamity Jane Kids' WB
The New Batman Adventures
The New Batman/Superman Adventures
The Weird Al Show CBS
Wheel 2000
Fudge
The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
September 14 Going Wild with Jeff Corwin Disney Channel
September 15 Breaker High UPN
George & Leo CBS
The Gregory Hines Show
Michael Hayes
The Mr. Men Show Syndication
September 18 Cracker ABC
Nothing Sacred
September 19 The Visitor Fox
Meego CBS
September 20 The New Adventures of Zorro Syndication
September 22 Timecop ABC
The Ink and Paint Club Disney Channel
Brooklyn South CBS
September 23 Dellaventura
Hiller and Diller ABC
September 24 Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel CBS
Dharma & Greg ABC
Built to Last NBC
The Tony Danza Show
September 25 Veronica's Closet
Union Square
September 26 Teen Angel ABC
You Wish
September 27 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Syndication
Total Security NBC
September 28 Jenny NBC
September 29 The Big Garage TLC
October 1 Amp MTV
Daily News Live CSN Philadelphia
SportsDay
SportsNite
SportsRise
Wimzie's House PTV
October 4 The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police Fox Kids
Fame L.A. Syndication
October 6 Earth: Final Conflict
Team Knight Rider
The Edge CNBC
October 8 Working NBC
October 10 Raging Planet Discovery Channel
October 11 C-16: FBI ABC
Men in Black: The Series Kids' WB
October 17 Players NBC
Cartoon Sushi MTV
October 20 Bear in the Big Blue House Playhouse Disney
Channel Umptee-3 Kids' WB
October 21 Over the Top ABC
November 1 Sleepwalkers NBC
November 4 Autoline Detroit WTVS
Cartoon Sushi MTV
Enjoying Everyday Life Syndication
My Classic Car TNN
November 8 The Journey of Allen Strange Nickelodeon
November 28 Tenacious D HBO

Returning this year

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Show Last aired Previous network New title New network Returned
Rugrats 1994 Nickelodeon Same Same August 23
The People's Court 1993 Syndication September 8
Batman: The Animated Series 1995 Fox The New Batman Adventures Kids' WB September 13
Muppets Tonight 1996 ABC Same Disney Channel
The Wonderful World of Disney Disney Channel ABC September 28

Ending this year

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Date Show Debut
January 1 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues 1993
January 3 Small Talk 1996
January 17 Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series 1996
January 27 Ned & Stacey 1995
Space Cases 1996
January 31 Wait 'til You Have Kids
February 15 Gargoyles 1994
February 22 C Bear and Jamal 1996
Road Rovers
February 24 Savannah
March 8 The Mouse and the Monster
March 15 Dangerous Minds
March 16 WWF on MSG Network 1976
March 26 What a Cartoon! (returned in 2000) 1995
March 28 The City
March 30 Life with Roger 1996
April 2 Lost on Earth 1997
EZ Streets 1996
April 4 Dragon Flyz 1996
Crisis Center 1997
April 7 Pauly
April 10 Orleans
April 12 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat 1995
April 14 Relativity 1996
April 16 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
April 23 Arsenio 1997
May 1 Martin 1992
May 13 Homeboys in Outer Space 1996
May 14 Coach 1989
Street Fighter 1995
May 16 Baywatch Nights
May 17 Waynehead 1996
May 18 Brotherly Love 1995
May 19 The Cape 1996
Goode Behavior
Ink
May 20 The Burning Zone
Roseanne (returned in 2018) 1988
May 21 Wings 1990
May 22 Moloney 1996
May 30 Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends
May 31 Dark Skies
Gun 1997
June 1 Freakazoid! 1995
June 9 Married... with Children 1987
June 14 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1993
June 17 Deadly Games 1995
June 21 Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys 1996
June 25 Pearl
MTV Sports 1992
June 27 Dave's World 1993
July 2 Chicago Sons 1997
July 18 Life... and Stuff
July 22 Edgewise 1996
July 30 Pacific Palisades 1997
August 1 Eek! The Cat 1992
August 9 Nightmare Ned 1997
August 18 The Site 1996
August 22 Pappyland 1993
Spicy City 1997
August 29 The Disney Afternoon 1990
August 30 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 1992
The Mask: Animated Series 1995
September 1 Kino's Storytime 1992
September 5 The Gordon Elliott Show 1994
September 6 Duckman
September 7 Family Challenge 1995
September 20 X-Men (returned in 2024) 1992
September 26 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
September 27 The Legend of Calamity Jane 1997
October 5 Remember This? 1996
October 12 The Big Easy
October 24 Meego 1997
October 28 Head over Heels
November 4 Over the Top
November 11 Hitz
November 16 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters 1994
November 19 Built to Last 1997
November 23 The Incredible Hulk 1996
November 24 Power Rangers Turbo 1997
November 25 Mummies Alive!
November 28 The Grind 1992
Beavis and Butt-head (returned in 2011) 1993
December 4 Eagle Riders 1996
Extreme Ghostbusters 1997
December 6 The Magic School Bus 1994
December 10 The Tony Danza Show 1997
December 12 Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? 1996
December 15 Johnny Bravo (returned in 1999) 1997
December 17 Men Behaving Badly 1996
December 21 Weinerville 1993
December 24 Extreme Dinosaurs 1997
December 26 Shopping Spree 1996
December 27 Hee Haw 1969

Made-for-TV movies

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Title Network Date of airing
Miss Evers' Boys HBO February 22
12 Angry Men Showtime August 17
Northern Lights Disney Channel August 23
Under Wraps October 25
Don King: Only in America HBO November 15
What the Deaf Man Heard CBS November 23

Miniseries

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Title Network Premiere
The Shining ABC April 27
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac CBS May 7
The Last Don May 11[7]
The Odyssey NBC May 18
Rough Riders TNT July 20
George Wallace August 24

Shows changing networks

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Show Moved from Moved to
JAG NBC CBS
Unsolved Mysteries
Family Matters ABC
Step by Step
Muppets Tonight Disney Channel
The Naked Truth NBC
Clueless UPN
Sweet Valley High Syndication
Sliders Fox Sci-Fi Channel
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Comedy Central
Politically Incorrect ABC
The Wonderful World of Disney Disney Channel
Batman: The Animated Series Fox Kids Kids' WB
Dexter's Laboratory TBS/Cartoon Network Cartoon Network
Babylon 5 PTEN TNT

Entering syndication this year

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Show Seasons In Production Source
Boy Meets World 4 Yes
Due South 3 Yes
Frasier 4 Yes
Grace Under Fire 4 Yes
Living Single 4 Yes
NYPD Blue 4 Yes
Walker, Texas Ranger 5 Yes
The X-Files 4 Yes

Networks and services

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Launches

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Network Type Launch date Notes Source
Fox Sports West 2 Cable and satellite January 27
CBS Eye on People Cable and satellite March 31 CBS Eye on People launches in 2 million homes with fourteen original programs supplied by CBS News, including live talk show Off 10th, 60 Minutes More, and 48 Hours Later. The channel received low carriage, and was later sold to Discovery Communications before being closed.
Fox Sports Detroit Cable and satellite September 17 In 1997, News Corporation it would launch a Fox Sports network in Michigan, and won a surprise bid for local cable television rights to Detroit Pistons games. Fox Sports Detroit then acquired broadcast rights to Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers games from competitor Pro-Am Sports System, and launched on September 17 in the for the NHL and MLB seasons.
Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Cable television October 1
Fox Sports World Cable and satellite November 1

Conversions and rebrandings

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Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source
Encore+ Plex: Encore 1 Cable and satellite January 1 Plex: Encore 1 replaced both Encore+, and Intro Television, which showed sampler blocks of different cable networks. Like Encore+, Plex aired programs from a different Encore multiplex channel each day. Plex rebranded as MoviePlex in October.

Closures

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Network Type End date Notes Sources
NewSport Cable and satellite July 9 NewSport, a 24-hour sports news channel owned by Rainbow Programming Holdings, had struggled to receive carriage throughout its run, receiving only 10 million subscribers at its peak. NewSport's slow growth compared to competitor ESPNews resulted in Rainbow closing NewSport on July 9.
PRISM Cable television October 1
SportsChannel Philadelphia Cable and satellite October 1
Pro-Am Sports System Cable and satellite November 1 In 1997, Fox/Liberty Networks won an unexpected bid for the local cable television rights to Detroit Red Wings games from Pro-Am Sports System, then announced plans to launch a regional sports network to compete with PASS. Fox Sports Detroit won a bid for broadcast rights to the Detroit Pistons and Detroit Tigers contracts on August 26. On August 30, PASS owner Post-Newsweek sold its remaining Tigers and Pistons contracts and sportscaster John Keating's contract to Fox Sports Detroit before its launch, then shut down Pro-Am Sports System at midnight on November 1, 1997.
Network One Cable television November 13

Television stations

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Station launches

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Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation
January 4 Eagle River/Rhinelander/Wausau, Wisconsin WYOW 34 ABC
January 24 Vero Beach/West Palm Beach, Florida W10CI 10
January 27 Union City, Tennessee W41CD 41 Independent
February 7 San Luis Obispo, California KTAS 33 Univision
February 9 Orange Park/Jacksonville, Florida WJXX 25 ABC
February 18 Laredo, Texas K15EZ 15 TBN Enlace USA
March 2 Worthington, Minnesota KSMN 15 PBS
(part of Pioneer Public Television)
March 7 Fajardo, Puerto Rico WRUA 34 Religious independent
(satellite of WECN)
March 13 New York City W22BM 22 The Box
March 17 Bryan, Texas K12ON 12 Telemundo
March 18 Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas KAZD 55 Independent
March 24 Snyder/Abilene, Texas KPCB 17 God's Learning Channel
March 27 Ely, Nevada KENV 10 NBC
April 14 Providence, Rhode Island
(New Bedford, Massachusetts)
WLWC 28 UPN/The WB
May Bozeman, Montana KWYB-LP 28 ABC
May 3 Cedar Rapids, Iowa KTVC 48 inTV
May 16 Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands WATU 23 UPN
June 5 Paducah, Kentucky WDKA 49 UPN
July 8 Everett/Seattle, Washington KONG 16 Independent
July 17 Cheyenne, Wyoming K26ES
(translator of KLWY/Casper)
26 Fox
August McAllen, Texas K28FL 28 Spanish independent
August 13 Lewiston/Portland, Maine WPME 35 UPN
August 31 Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York WFFF-TV 44 Fox
September 15 Columbia, South Carolina WQHB 63 UPN/The WB
September 20 Gainesville, Florida WGFL 28 The WB/UPN
September 20 Crossville/Knoxville, Tennessee WBXX-TV 20 The WB
Gainesville, Florida WGFL 53
October 24 Yuma, Arizona
(El Centro, California)
KESE-LP 35 Telemundo
October 30 Pahrump, Nevada K41CQ 41 Independent
November 21 Ellensburg, Washington K39DM 39 Trinity Broadcasting Network
December 1 Little Rock, Arkansas KVUT 42 inTV
Twentynine Palms, California KVMD 31 America One
Unknown date Del Rio, Texas KTRG 28 Independent
Guayama, Puerto Rico WIDP 46 Religious independent
Maryville/Milwaukee, Wisconsin WWRS-TV 52 TBN
San Juan, Puerto Rico WDZE 51 Independent
Twin Falls, Idaho K45FK 14 Independent

Stations changing network affiliation

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Market Date Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliation
Campbellsville, Kentucky January 1 WGRB 34 FOX The WB
Charleston, South Carolina January 6 WMMP 36 The WB UPN
Jacksonville, Florida February 9 WJKS-TV 17 ABC The WB
Seattle-Tacoma, Washington June 30 KIRO-TV 7 UPN CBS
KSTW 11 CBS UPN
Binghamton, New York October 23 WBGH-CA 8 Independent NBC

Births

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Date Name Notability
January 7 Kyle Stanger English actor (Lumpy on My Friends Tigger & Pooh)
January 9 Lauryn McClain Actress
January 11 Cody Simpson Australian actor
January 17 Jake Paul Boxer and actor (Bizaardvark)
Jazzy Williams Actress (WITS Academy)
January 21 Jeremy Shada Actor (Incredible Crew), Voice actor (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Adventure Time)
January 24 Jonah Bobo Voice actor (Austin on The Backyardigans)
Dylan Riley Snyder Actor (Kickin' It)
February 7 Matthew Gumley Voice actor (Benny on Dora the Explorer (2008–14))
February 9 Kathryn Newton Actress (Gary Unmarried, Supernatural, Halt and Catch Fire)
February 10 Chloë Grace Moretz Actress (My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Carrie, The 5th Wave)
February 12 Shane Baumel Voice actor (Tipo on The Emperor's New School)
February 26 Aidan Gould Actor
February 27 Erica Huang Voice actress (June on Little Einsteins)
March 2 Becky G Actress and singer[8]
March 3 Camila Cabello Singer
March 11 Matreya Fedor Canadian actress (Mr. Young)
March 16 Tyrel Jackson Williams Actor (The Backyardigans, Lab Rats)
March 18 Ciara Bravo Actress (Big Time Rush, Red Band Society, Second Chance)
April 8 Evan Mock Actor (Gossip Girl)
Sadie Calvano Actress (Mom)
April 15 Maisie Williams English actress (Game of Thrones)
April 16 Tiarnie Coupland Australian actress (Worst Year of My Life Again)
April 24 Autumn Wendel Actress (Every Witch Way)
May 9 Zane Huett Actor (Desperate Housewives)
May 21 Kevin Quinn Actor (Bunk'd)
May 30 Jake Short Actor (A.N.T. Farm, Mighty Med, Lab Rats: Elite Force, All Night)
June 5 Denisea Wilson Actress (Every Witch Way)
June 11 Sadie Robertson Actress
June 16 Jack Perry Pro wrestler and son of Luke Perry[9]
June 17 KJ Apa New-Zealand actor (Riverdale)
June 20 Maria Lark Actress (Medium)
June 21 Rebecca Black Singer
June 26 Jacob Elordi Australian actor (Euphoria)
July 2 Jackson Odell Actor that appeared in The Goldbergs, iCarly, and Modern Family (d. 2018)
July 4 Daniela Nieves Venezuelan-American Actress (Every Witch Way, WITS Academy)
July 7 Gatlin Green Actress (Heroes Reborn)
July 13 Leo Howard Actor (Kickin' It, Shake It Up)
July 20 Billi Bruno Actress (According to Jim)
July 22 Field Cate Actor (Pushing Daisies)
August 2 Christina Robinson Actor (Dexter)
August 5 Olivia Holt Actress (Kickin' It, I Didn't Do It, Cloak & Dagger)
Adam Irigoyen Actor (Shake It Up)
August 10 Kylie Jenner Actress (Keeping Up with the Kardashians)
August 11 Alexander Martella Actor
August 16 Piper Curda Actress (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, A.N.T. Farm, I Didn't Do It)
August 19 Marcello Hernandez Actor and stand-up comedian (Saturday Night Live)
August 25 Bryana Salaz Actress (Best Friends Whenever) and singer
August 28 Emilia McCarthy Canadian actress (Max & Shred)
September 7 Dean-Charles Chapman English actor (Game of Thrones)
September 12 Sydney Sweeney Actress (Everything Sucks!, Euphoria)
September 16 Elena Kampouris Actress
October 7 Kira Kosarin Actress (The Thundermans)
October 8 Bella Thorne Actress (Shake It Up, Famous in Love) and singer
October 10 Grace Rolek Voice actress (Steven Universe, Steven Universe Future)
October 23 Zach Callison Voice actor (Sofia the First, Steven Universe, Steven Universe Future)
October 24 Kendall Ryan Sanders Actor (Every Witch Way)
Arthur Gunn Singer (American Idol)[10]
October 25 Tyler Alvarez Actor (Every Witch Way)
October 26 Rhenzy Feliz Actor (Runaways)
October 28 Sierra McCormick Actress (A.N.T. Farm)
Joy-Anna Forsyth Actress (19 Kids and Counting, Counting On) and television personality
October 29 Brynna Drummond Canadian voice actress
October 31 Sydney Park Actress (Instant Mom, Spirit Riding Free)
Holly Taylor Actress
November 1 Alex Wolff Actor (The Naked Brothers Band) and singer
Max Burkholder Actor (My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Parenthood)
November 3 Carson Rowland Actor (I Am Frankie)
November 12 Ryan Cargill Actor (WITS Academy)
November 14 George Sear English actor (Love, Victor)
November 26 Aubrey Joseph Actor (Cloak & Dagger) and rapper
Luka Sabbat Actor and model (Grown-ish)
December 5 Maddie Poppe Singer, American Idol (season 16) Winner
December 11 Taylor Hickson Actress (Motherland: Fort Salem)
December 15 Maude Apatow Actress (Euphoria)

Deaths

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Date Name Age Notability
January 18 Adriana Caselotti 80 Voice actress (Snow White)
February 6 Ernie Anderson 73 Voice actor and announcer (The Carol Burnett Show)
February 26 David Doyle 67 Actor (Bosley on Charlie's Angels and voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats)
March 15 Gail Davis 71 Actress (Annie on Annie Oakley)
April 15 Don Bexley 87 Actor (Bubba on Sanford and Son)
May 4 Alvy Moore 75 Actor (Hank Kimball on Green Acres)
May 11 Howard Morton 71 Character actor (Officer Ralph Simpson on Gimme a Break!)
May 18 Bridgette Andersen 21 Actress
May 24 Edward Mulhare 74 Actor (Captain Gregg on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Miles on Knight Rider)
June 8 Reid Shelton 72 Actor (1st & Ten: The Championship)
June 14 Richard Jaeckel 70 Actor (Baywatch, Spenser for Hire)
June 24 Brian Keith 75 Actor (Uncle Bill on Family Affair)
July 1 Robert Mitchum 79 Actor
July 2 James Stewart 89 Actor
July 4 Charles Kuralt 62 Journalist (CBS News Sunday Morning)
August 27 Brandon Tartikoff 48 President of NBC
August 31 Princess Diana 36 Princess of Wales
September 9 Burgess Meredith 89 Actor (The Penguin on Batman)
September 17 Red Skelton 84 Comedian (The Red Skelton Show)
October 5 Brian Pillman 35 Professional wrestler
October 9 Arch Johnson 75 Character actor (Camp Runamuck)
October 16 Audra Lindley 79 Actress (Mrs. Roper on Three's Company)
October 24 Don Messick 71 Voice actor (Scooby-Doo)
October 30 Sydney Newman 80 Producer (The Avengers, Doctor Who)
November 25 Charles Hallahan 54 Actor (Hunter)
December 18 Chris Farley 33 Comedian (Saturday Night Live)
December 24 Toshiro Mifune 77 Japanese actor
December 25 Denver Pyle 77 Actor (Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard)
December 31 Michael LeMoyne Kennedy 39 American socialite and son of Robert F. Kennedy

Television debuts

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References

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