2008 in American television

none January 2012 2008 In American television in 2008, notable events included television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches. Notable events January Date Event 2An interim agreement between Worldwide Pants Incorporated and the Writers Guild of America allows the Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, both on CBS, to return with their full writing staffs, in spite of the ongoing WGA strike. By contrast, NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Last Call with Carson Daly and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which are all produced by their respective networks, went back on the air without writers (except for Jay Leno, who writes his own material). 4Jason Luna become the program's first (and only) $1,000,000 winner in the NBC's game show 1 vs. 100 during the program's second-season premiere titled Battle of the Sexes.2 1 1 vs. 100 NBC January 4, 2008http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/March-2008/Front-Pages/ Mr. Trivia San Diego Magazine February 28, 2008 February 2, 2021 September 24, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170924094041/http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/March-2008/Front-Pages/ 7Due to the writers strike, it is announced that plans to hold the 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be scrapped. A press conference that announced the winners is substituted for the program, and NBC, which would have broadcast the ceremony, airs Golden Globe-related programming in its place.http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-lauer-nbc-globes9jan09,0,1850272.story 'Dateline' presents Golden Globes pre-show - The Envelope - LA Times Los Angeles Times September 2010 RjwilmsiBot27Discovery Times was renamed "Investigation Discovery".Discovery Investigates http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-torchwood5550766jan26,0,5830607.column Tomorrow, the Discovery Times digital channel morphs into Investigation Discovery. (ID, get it?) Premiere night features "Deadly Women" (tomorrow at 8 p.m.), about female killers, and a related episode of "48 Hours: Hard Evidence" (tomorrow at 9 p.m., all on ID). Read the new channel's case file at blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report Newsday January 27, 2008 January 26, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080129093635/http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-torchwood5550766jan26%2C0%2C5830607.column January 29, 2008 mdy In addition to the television network, an Investigation Discovery website was also launched. Contributors to the website include crime writers David Lohr, Corey Mitchell, and Gary C. King.October 2013 February Date Event 2VH1 Uno is discontinued by MTV Networks to expand distribution of mtvU beyond college campuses and onto regular cable systems. 3Fox's telecast of Super Bowl XLII surpasses Super Bowl XXX as the most-watched Super Bowl game on television (up to this point), and the most-watched program in the network's history. It also becomes the second most-watched television program trailing the 1983 M*A*S*H series finale and the highest-rated telecast in Nielsen ratings since Super Bowl XXXIV.Animal Planet "relaunched" itself as part of a new branding campaign that "sheds its soft and furry side for programming and an image with more bite."http://www.prweekus.com/Animal-Planet-presents-new-face-to-the-world/article/104257 Animal Planet presents new face to the world PR Week January 16, 2008 Brune Adrian February 2, 2008 As part of the relaunch, Animal Planet replaced its elephant and spinning globe logo for a starker text image that allows more flexibility in its usage.http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6522304.html Animal Planet Changes Its Stripes Broadcasting & Cable Becker Anne January 14, 2008 February 2, 2008 4The Mr. Men Show debuts on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Based on the British book series of Mr. Men Little Miss. 8The CW Television Network and the WWE announced that WWE Friday Night SmackDown would leave the CW primetime schedule at the end of the 2007–2008 season. The news stepped in after negotiations between the CW and WWE failed to reach a deal to keep the show on the CW lineup. Three weeks later on February 26, MyNetworkTV announced that they would pick up the program and would add it to its lineup in September. 9Both the Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reach a tentative deal resolving the strike. Members vote three days later to end the strike.17The conversion of NTSC analog channels to DT channels using the ATSC system begins in the United States, with TV stations making last-minute filings and their intentions about when they will start their switchover ahead of the February 17, 2009, mandatory date. Also, the US government starts mailing out (USD)$40.00 coupons/rebates to consumers to use in buying DTV converters before the switchover.In a two-hour television film, Knight Rider returned to NBC with a new KITT being portrayed as a black 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang and voiced by actor Val Kilmer. 22 Adam Rose become the first $1,000,000 winner in Drew Carey's first primetime episode of The Price is Right on CBS. At $1,153,908 cash & prizes won, Rose surpassed Joanne Segeviano's winnings of A$664,667 (about $406,274.45; or $475,593 by Inflation as of ) from the Australian version as the franchise's largest winnings record in the show's history. Until James Holzhauer's Jeopardy! appearance in 2019, Rose was placed in the top ten largest game show winners in history until April 24, 2019 (Holzhauer's total game show career winnings at the time after the episode was $1,193,508.33 (including J!'s career winnings of $1,135,175; Holzhauer's final winnings were $2,464,216 after his defeat on his 33rd game on June 3, and $3,022,549 as of Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time tournament, the latter currently was placed third in the top ten list)).The Price Is Right The Price Is Right CBS 22 February 2008 36 24SP http://www.priceisright.com/calendar/ 24ABC's telecast of the 80th Academy Awards draws record-low ratings in the history of the ceremony's telecast surpassing the ratings from the ceremony that took place in 2003. 31.76 million on average watched the show over its entire run with a Nielsen rating of 18.66 households watching. 25Fox News Channel rebrands its Fox News Live and Weekend Live telecasts as America's Election Headquarters, a news program related to the 2008 presidential election. The weekday edition replaces The Big Story in the 5 p.m. timeslot. The Fox News Live name would still be used for headline segments through November. 29CBS's soap opera Guiding Light unveils a new opening for the town of Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, while still filming in New York City, New York. March Date Event 7Michael Hanes, a former contestant on Press Your Luck, wins $1,127,062 on a prime-time episode of The Price is Right on CBS.The Price Is Right The Price Is Right CBS 7 March 2008 36 28SP http://www.priceisright.com/calendar/ 10Fox Sports New York rebranded MSG Plus because Cablevision announced that it would be (branded in logos as "MSG+"), restructuring it as a spin-off of MSG Network.FSNY to be renamed MSG Plus http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-spmedia265592087feb26,0,661191.column?track=rss Neil Best Newsday Cablevision Systems Corporation February 26, 2008 February 26, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080426204438/http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-spmedia265592087feb26,0,661191.column April 26, 2008 mdy-all 15Laurie Dhue, anchor of Fox Report Weekend, leaves Fox News Channel after opting not to renew her contract.Laurie Dhue leaves FNC TVNewser, March 15, 2008 She is replaced by Julie Banderas, co-anchor of America's Election Headquarters on weekends. 20As part of that same rebranding effort, The History Channel dropped "The" and "Channel" from its name to become simply "History".International Herald Tribune Television's The History Channel Drops 'The' and 'Channel' from Its Name, Keeps History March 20, 2008 27WNBC/New York City, NBC's flagship station, scraps the scheduled airing of Access Hollywood in favor of an infomercial for Lend America. Station GM Frank Comerford resigned in the wake of the controversy and the station management apologized a day after the incident.http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/channel-4-lends-lend-america-article-1.288478 Ch.4 lends itself out for 'Loan newscast' NY Daily News August 16, 2015 6 days after the incident, the station restored the "4 New York" branding for non-news programming and News 4 New York for news programming.http://gothamist.com/2008/04/01/wnbc_does_the_t.php WNBC Does the Time Warp Again Gothamist April 2008 August 16, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20080405183748/http://gothamist.com/2008/04/01/wnbc_does_the_t.php April 5, 2008 mdy-all April Date Event 4 In CBS, Cynthia Azevedo became the third and final $1,000,000 winner (the only winner who won the $1,000,000 bonus from a Pricing Game, Clock Game) on a prime-time episode of The Price is Right with a total winning of $1,089,017. Another contestant from the same episode won an $87,910 Dodge Viper on Golden Road, and this was the game's last win until December 23, 2014. Price would later cancel the $1,000,000 spectacular on May 7 due to budget.The Price Is Right The Price Is Right CBS 4 April 2008 36 26SP http://www.priceisright.com/calendar/ 7Bill Self's Kansas Jayhawks defeat John Calipari's Memphis Tigers 75–68 at the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and celebrate their victory in front of a national television audience on CBS.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=284000063 https://web.archive.org/web/20170224003150/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=284000063 dead February 24, 2017 After 20-year drought, Kansas rallies to beat Memphis for NCAA title ESPN.com 7 April 2008 3 May 2014 17 On F, former American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke became the first contestant in history to attempt, but unsuccessfully, the final level ($1,000,000 song; Ringo Starr's You're Sixteen) in the game show Don't Forget the Lyrics! and left with $100,000 that was raised for Camp Heartland. Locke, however, announced after the game that she would raise the $400,000 that she risked earlier along with the help of host Wayne Brady. 28The WB Television Network, a former television channel launches again as an online website only. May Date Event 11 On CBS, former model Parvati Shallow was announced the winner of Survivor: Micronesia. It was also announced that the next season will be filmed in high definition. The ABC drama series Brothers & Sisters airs its second season finale, which depicts the wedding of Kevin Walker and Scotty Wandell. Although it is the ninth same-sex wedding ceremony to be portrayed on American network television, it is the first same-sex wedding of series regulars on an American television series. 16 The Wilmington, North Carolina television market is selected by the FCC to be the first television market in the United States to sign off their analog channels for ATSC early, starting September 8. 21 On Fox, David Cook became the seventh winner of American Idol. 24 After over thirteen years, Kids' WB, The CW's children's programming block, ceases airing and becomes The CW4Kids when the network sells the air time to Grupo Clarin (through its subsidiary Kids WB was shut down 4Kids Entertainment).CW turns to 4Kids on Saturdays Variety October 2, 2007 https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973235?refCatId=14 September 5, 2012 (Kids' WB, like The WB Television Network that the block originated, then relaunches as an online-only video on demand service.)Superstation WGN changed its name to WGN America (initially, the use of the new name was limited to on-air promotions, as the Superstation WGN channel IDs remained in place). The new WGN America name and logo went into full-time use on May 26, 2008. The new logo was also the first used by the superstation feed to not incorporate WGN-TV's on-air logo branding in some capacity (the "WGN" text was similar in resemblance, although the "G" was not formed into an ovular arrow as it is in WGN-TV's logo), and its design featured the eyes of a female, which was used alongside the new slogan "TV You Can't Ignore". June Date Event 1 A large fire damages portions of Universal Studios Hollywood near Los Angeles, south of Burbank where NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives is filmed. 4Facing increased competition in the home-oriented programming sector, Discovery Communications planned a 24-hour channel focused on eco-friendly living in an attempt to capitalize on a rising environmental movement.Discovery to Start Channel Focusing on Green Movement (Published 2007) The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190826064911/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/media/05green.html?ex=1333425600 2019-08-26 live https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/media/05green.html?ex=1333425600&en=0fad6ec663c1b914&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Discovery Home was relaunched as the environmentally-themed Planet Green at 6:00 p.m. ET.17Game 6 of the NBA Finals is broadcast on ABC. The Boston Celtics won their 17th world championship, and first since 1986, against the longtime rivals Los Angeles Lakers. Paul Pierce was awarded the Finals MVP. A memorable post-game interview had a very emotional Kevin Garnett claiming out loud that "anything is possible". 19Big Ten Network and Comcast announced a carriage agreement deal. The channel was added to Comcast on August 15. 28The first episode of Saturday Night Live is rerun on NBC following the death of first host George Carlin, who died six days earlier on June 22. July Date Event 7The Jewelry Channel, an American home shopping service that was shown mostly on DirecTV and Dish Network, launches a going-out-of-business sale for its remaining items that was shown on the channel that would last until December 1. From December 1 onwards, TJC is now doing business as The Liquidation Channel. 21MGM Television and Weigel Broadcasting announce the launching of a new broadcast network designed for digital subchannels in the United States called This TV.Film critic Richard Roeper announces that he will be leaving the syndicated movie review show At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper after he and Disney-ABC Domestic Television did not reach an agreement on a new contract, with his last show airing the weekend of August 16. Roger Ebert (who had been sidelined from the program for two years due to various cancer surgeries) announced that he would also be no longer be associated with the program after Disney had decided to take the show in a different direction. The following day, Disney announced that E! Entertainment's Ben Lyons and Turner Classic Movies' Ben Mankiewicz would take over as the new hosts of the newly-titled At the Movies beginning the week of September 6–7. August Date Event 1Bowing to concerns by the Fox network over its Mexican-based operations, XETV, its affiliate in San Diego licensed to Tijuana, Mexico, swaps affiliations with CW affiliate KSWB-TV. 6Disney-ABC Television Group announced they would close Toon Disney in early 2009 and replace it with Disney XD, which would be aimed at kids from ages 6 and up. 7The Florence/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina television market gets its first-ever NBC affiliate, WMBF-TV. This move also gives Florence/Myrtle Beach in-market affiliates of all four major commercial networks. 8After 50 years of being served by WTAE-TV/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Wheeling-Steubenville and Clarksburg-Fairmont TV markets get their first full-time ABC affiliates (as well as in-market affiliates of all four major commercial networks), as CBS affiliate WTRF/Wheeling, West Virginia adds an ABC affiliate on its DT3 subchannel and sister station & NBC affiliate WBOY-TV/Clarksburg, West Virginia does the same on its DT2 subchannel. Both stations had been ABC secondary affiliates in the past. 11Sesame Street is broadcast in HD for the first time. 28ESPNU launches its HD version to only five American cable television or satellite carriers.ESPNU Counts Five Distributors as Launch Nears 29After 10 years on the air, PBS pulls Teletubbies off the PBS Kids block. The show remains off the air until 2015. 31Big Ten Network reached carriage deal agreements with Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Brighthouse Networks, Mediacom and Cox Communications, ending the "cable carriage controversies" that the network had in its first year of existence. The network is now on all major cable TV systems in The Big Ten Region. September Date Event 1Music: High Definition (MHD) is renamed Palladia.PBS Kids re-brands its idents and promos, which are created by Primal Screen; Primal Screen had produced promotional elements for PBS Kids since 2000. Jessica Robinson become the program's first (of two) $1,000,000 winner in NBC's Deal or No Deal during the Million Dollar Mission special. Nearly two months later on October 29, Winnow "Tomorrow" Rodriquez became the second $1,000,000 winner after Rodriquez opened the last non-million briefcase before the final deal. 4Stand Up to Cancer, an event designed to raise cancer awareness, airs on ABC, CBS, NBC and E! in the United States, and on CTV, Citytv and Global in Canada. Then-Georgian superintendent Kathy Cox became the program's first (of two) $1,000,000 winner in FOX's game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?.8The Wilmington, North Carolina television market officially becomes the first TV market in the United States to have all of its stations broadcast exclusively in digital, using the ATSC system.The 26th season of Wheel of Fortune premiered with a new wedge introduced from the Australian version where contestants acquiring said wedge can win up to $1,000,000 in the bonus round, replacing with the usual $100,000 top prize. Its first such bonus round did not occur until October 3, and was not won until the October 14 episode. The first top prize loss happened on April 2, 2015. 15WTMJ-TV/Milwaukee drops almost all syndicated programming except for Better and weekend niche programs in late night, featuring a lineup that consists of local news (including a four-hour afternoon news block from 3 to 7 pm, a first in the United States Central Time Zone) and NBC programming. 20After 11 years of run on the Cartoon Network, the successful action-adventure block, Toonami, has been canceled, effective 11 pm EST and later it returned in 2012. 21The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards broadcasts on ABC. 23 The pilot episode of The Mentalist airs on CBS. 26Programming block Ready Set Learn! ends on TLC and children's programming are moved over to Discovery Kids. It would be re-branded as The Hub two years later.Senators McCain and Obama participate in the first of three presidential debates with Jim Lehrer moderating.CPD: September 26, 2008 Debate Transcript https://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/2008-debate-transcript/ 2025-07-20 www.debates.org October Date Event2Gwen Ifill moderates the vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden which ends up being the most watched vice presidential debate of all time. 7NBC announces that NBC Weather Plus would sign off at the end of the year.McCain and Obama participate in the second presidential debate at Belmont University with Tom Brokaw moderating.Second Presidential Debate - McCain and Obama - Transcript - Election Guide 2008 - The New York Times - Election Guide 2008 - The New York Times https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/president/debates/transcripts/second-presidential-debate.html?emc=eta1 2025-07-20 archive.nytimes.com 10 Jeopardy! veteran Ken Jennings won $500,000 in the FOX's game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? though he chose not to risk his $475,000 winnings to attempt the $1,000,000 question (in which he answered correctly); with the total winnings accounted to $3,623,414.29, Jennings, for the first time since 2005, surpassed Brad Rutter's (another Jeopardy! veteran and then-current All-time champion) record of $3,455,102 as the biggest game show winner in the history of American and international television, a record which he would hold till this day (Jennings' record was surpassed by Rutter between May 16, 2014, after the finals of Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades until January 14, 2020, on Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time). 14 Michelle Lowenstein became the first $1,000,000 winner in the game show Wheel of Fortune. At $1,026,080 in cash & prizes won, Lowenstein surpassed Peter Argyropolous and Deborah Cohen's all-time winnings record of $146,529 back in February 1996, and Christine Denos and Jack Wagner's single-day record of $142,550 on February 28, 2006, to become the largest single-day winner in the show's history until on May 30, 2013, where another contestant Autumn Erhard (who won $1,030,340) surpassed Lowenstein's total.Everything is Coming Up Roses for Wheel of Fortune $1,000,000 winner https://web.archive.org/web/20091004140647/http://www.wheeloffortune.com/announcements/?article=20 October 4, 2009 . From Sony's Web site.15Bob Schieffer of CBS News moderates the final presidential debate between senators John McCain and Barack Obama.Halperin Mark 2008-10-15 Grading the Final Presidential Debate https://time.com/archive/6936431/grading-the-final-presidential-debate/ 2024-06-27 TIME en 17United States Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota 6th) makes headlines when she asks for an investigation into whether members of the United States Congress are anti-American during a live interview on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. 20CBS announces it has signed an affiliation deal with ABC affiliate WENY-TV in Elmira, New York, giving the Elmira-Corning market both its first locally based CBS affiliate and in-market affiliates of all four major commercial networks. The affiliation takes effect on cable on February 17, 2009 (when WENY-TV requests a flash-cut from analog to digital broadcasting), and over-the-air on WENY-DT2 at the end of May (when WENY-TV performs its flash-cut). 24Barack Obama airs a 30-minute infomercial that airs on CBS, NBC, Fox, BET, Univision, MSNBC and TV One. The infomercial is seen by 33.6 million viewers. 25K07YM in Bend, Oregon, a translator of CBS affiliate KOIN in Portland, Oregon, is converted to a stand-alone station as KBNZ-LD, giving the Bend market both its first-ever CBS affiliate and in-market affiliates of all four major commercial networks. 29Game 5 of the World Series is broadcast on Fox. The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays. It was the team's first title since 1980 and second in franchise history. This marked the end of the Curse of Billy Penn. November Date Event 1Cookie Jar Toons/This is for Kids debuts on This TV. 4CNN becomes the first channel in history to use hologram technology on television, during the 2008 United States Presidential Election. CNN's Jessica Yellin became the first person to be transmitted via hologram, followed by Will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas.Multichannel News November 5, 2008 CNN goes holographic Todd Spangler http://www.multichannel.com/blog/BIT_RATE/6608-CNN_Goes_Holographic.php https://web.archive.org/web/20110616065954/http://www.multichannel.com/blog/BIT_RATE/6608-CNN_Goes_Holographic.php June 16, 2011 live April 15, 2009 mdy 5At the end of the 2008 presidential election, Fox News Channel rebrands America's Election Headquarters as America's News Headquarters. Also, the headline segments now use that name.17Kathy Cox, who earlier appeared in Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? as the first $1,000,000 winner on September 4, along with his husband, declared Chapter 7 Bankruptcy because of a $3.5 million debt that came from the failure of her husband's home construction business. Fidelity Investments, who's responsible for charging a fund for the donor schools, donated the winnings back to Fox in December 2008 from the schools and placed the $1,000,000 prize won in a limbo that would not benefit anyone.Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Protest set today over Cox's winnings: Superintendent won game show jackpot, then filed bankruptcy", 8/18/2009. 19Flint, Michigan PBS member station WFUM-TV (a.k.a. Michigan Television) permanently turns off its analog signal and begins broadcasting exclusively in digital, 9 months before the federally mandated analog shut off date of June 12, 2009, becoming the first station in its market, as well as the first PBS station in Michigan, to do so.WFUM-TV report to FCCMichigan Television Homepage https://web.archive.org/web/20081014095735/http://www.michigantelevision.org/ October 14, 2008 20The CW announces that it has terminated its Sunday night deal with Media Rights Capital. At the end of the season, the network returns its Sunday night programming time to its local affiliates.Andreeva, Nellie (2009-05-06). CW Drops Sundays In Another Blow to Broadcast Model. Reuters. Retrieved March 11, 2017. 29To settle a court dispute between itself and rival NBC affiliate WLIO, Metro Video Productions, owners of three low-power stations in Lima, Ohio (Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate WOHL-CA, CBS affiliate WLMO-LP, and ABC affiliate WLQP-LP), sells all three stations to West Central Ohio Broadcasting, a division of Block Communications (parent company of WLIO). The dispute stems from Fox's plans in late 2007 to leave WOHL-CA and enter into talks to join a digital subchannel of full-power WLIO, despite WOHL-CA outrating WLIO in primetime. The sale is finalized on February 5, 2009. December Date Event 1WBQC-CA/Cincinnati, Ohio asks the FCC permission to change its callsign to WKRP in honor of the television series that was set in the city.3The 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS. 8.7 million people tune in.http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12483FE0EB1DEEF0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 Stars come out for Fontainebleau March 7, 2009 November 17, 2008 The Miami Heraldhttp://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12526F9ECD581B70&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 Singin' the Fontainebleau shut-out blues? March 7, 2009 November 14, 2008 The Miami Herald Abravanel, Lesleyhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1328650/ The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2008) March 7, 2009 Internet Movie Databasehttp://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=124DB16FA3BB4EF0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 Backstage Secrets – Behind The Brassieres At The Victoria's Secret Fashion March 7, 2009 December 3, 2008 New York Post Micchandani, Raakheehttp://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=124910BFDAE13DA8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 Quick Chemistry November 19, 2008 March 7, 2009 New York Post 4For the first time ever, a live music special is used to announce the nominees for the 51st Grammy Awards. As usual for the Grammies, the special is broadcast by CBS. 7In CBS, siblings Nicholas "Nick" Spangler and Emily "Starr" Spangler won the thirteenth season of the five-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning reality show The Amazing Race, with a record of becoming the youngest winning team in the show's history, and a record seven legs won in one season (which would later tie with the winners of the fifteenth season nearly a year later) until the twentieth season, where it was first surpassed by winners Rachel & Dave Brown Jr. with eight legs in May 2012 (tying Rovilson Fernanzes & Marc Nelson's record of eight legs from The Amazing Race Asia 2 in last year, and Tom & Tyler later on The Amazing Race Australia 4 in November 2019).8HD versions of Comcast's cable channels The Style Network, E! Entertainment Television and G4 launch. Golf Channel and Versus also break apart from their combined HD network to full simulcasts of their regular schedule on separate HD networks.The Tribune Company, owners of WGN-TV/Chicago and KTLA/Los Angeles, among other properties, files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.16Contestant Terry Kniess became the first contestant to achieve a perfect showcase bid on The Price Is Right by guessing the exact price ($23,743) of the showcase he was offered, amid allegations of cheating.Jones Chris TV's Crowning Moment of Awesome http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a7922/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810/ Esquire July 11, 2010 March 7, 2015 27 After over eighteen years, Fox drops children's programming. Its final children's programming block, 4Kids TV, goes off the air, and 4Kids Entertainment directs its programming to The CW4Kids, the block it programs for The CW. 4Kids TV would later launch as an online-only website on the same day. 29After four years, Adult Swim adds an hour to its operating day (the block, which used to begin at 11:00 p.m., now starts at 10:00 p.m. and runs to 6:00 a.m.)31Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks announce they are no longer carrying Viacom channels unless they come to an agreement with Viacom. They come to an agreement at the last minute.NBC Weather Plus is shut down. Programs Debuts The following is a list of shows that premiered in 2008. Date Show NetworkJanuary 3The Celebrity ApprenticeNBCJanuary 6Biz KidsPBS Kids GO!January 8How Much Is Enough?GSNStreet PatrolMyNetworkTVJanuary 9Ghost Hunters InternationalSci-Fi ChannelJanuary 12Betsy's Kindergarten AdventuresPBS KidsJanuary 13Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesFoxJanuary 19PanwapaPBS Kids SproutJanuary 20Breaking BadAMCJanuary 21Life After PeopleHistoryJanuary 23The Moment of TruthFoxHollywood ResidentialStarzJanuary 25Gone CountryCMTJanuary 26America's Best Dance CrewMTVJanuary 28In TreatmentHBOJanuary 31Eli StoneABCFebruary 4The Mr. Men ShowCartoon NetworkWelcome to The CaptainCBSFebruary 7Lipstick JungleNBCNi Hao, Kai-lan Nick Jr.February 8Escape to Chimp EdenAnimal PlanetFebruary 24Bakugan Battle Brawlers Cartoon NetworkMarch 2UnhitchedFoxMarch 4New AmsterdamMarch 6Crime 360A&EMarch 8The Spectacular Spider-ManKids' WBMarch 10Canterbury's LawFoxMarch 13World's Dumbest...truTVMarch 14The Return of Jezebel JamesFoxMarch 16John AdamsHBOMarch 18Miss GuidedABCMarch 30Tracey Ullman's State of the UnionShowtimeApril 1DelocatedAdult SwimApril 2DEASpikeApril 3Rock the CradleMTVApril 7Andrea Mitchell ReportsMSNBCApril 8Secret Talents of the StarsCBSApril 12Groomer Has ItAnimal PlanetApril 14The PaperMTVCan You DuetCMTApril 16Under One RoofMyNetworkTVApril 18Ben 10: Alien ForceCartoon NetworkApril 22A Shot at Love II with Tila TequilaMTVThe Big Green HelpNickelodeonApril 26The Mighty B!Farmer Wants a WifeThe CWMay 2Speed Racer: The Next GenerationNicktoonsMay 141000 Ways to DieSpikeMay 26Denise Richards: It's ComplicatedE!Living LohanJune 1Million Dollar PasswordCBSJune 3Chasing Classic CarsMotor TrendJune 5SwingtownCBSThe Marvelous Misadventures of FlapjackCartoon NetworkJune 11Celebrity CircusNBCJune 15Surviving HistoryHistoryGreensburgPlanet GreenJune 16Psychic KidsA&EJune 21Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?Playhouse DisneyJune 24I Survived a Japanese Game ShowABCWipeoutAtom TVComedy CentralJune 27Dance MachineABCThree DeliveryNicktoonsJuly 1The Secret Life of the American TeenagerABC FamilyJuly 6I Love MoneyVH1July 9Click and Clack's As the Wrench TurnsPBSJuly 10Greatest American DogCBSJuly 11FlashpointQueen BeesThe NJuly 13Generation KillHBOJuly 14The Wendy Williams ShowSyndicationJuly 15Must Love KidsTLCJuly 16Family ForemanTV LandJuly 21Wanna Bet?ABCRome: Rise and Fall of an EmpireHistoryJuly 22Highway 18Golf ChannelJuly 23Buzzin'MTVJuly 29Jurassic Fight ClubHistoryAugust 3Pam: Girl on the Loose!E!August 4New York Goes to HollywoodVH1August 15Outsiders InnCMTAugust 18Gemini DivisionNBCAugust 21The Principal's OfficetruTVAugust 24Z RockIFCSeptember 1Raising the BarTNTMartha SpeaksPBS KidsSid the Science KidSeptember 290210The CWSeptember 3Sons of AnarchyFXSeptember 6Imagination MoversPlayhouse DisneySeptember 7Hole in the WallFoxTrue BloodHBOWunderkind Little AmadeusSyndicationSeptember 8The Bonnie Hunt ShowThe DoctorsThe Rachel Maddow ShowMSNBCSeptember 9PrivilegedThe CWFringeFoxSeptember 10Do Not DisturbSeptember 15My Family's Got GutsNickelodeonSeptember 22Worst WeekCBSJudge Jeanine PirroSyndicationSeptember 23Family Court with Judge PennyOpportunity KnocksABCThe MentalistCBSSeptember 24Gary UnmarriedSeptember 26The Suite Life on DeckDisney ChannelSeptember 27GoGoRikiThe CW4Kids on The CWSeptember 28Little Britain USAHBOSeptember 30Paris Hilton's My New BFFMTVOctober 3The Ex ListCBSThe Secret SaturdaysCartoon NetworkStar Wars: The Clone WarsYou Are HereOctober 41st LookNBCMaking FiendsNicktoonsOctober 5Easy MoneyThe CWIn Harm's WayValentineOctober 6Lomax, the Hound of MusicPBS KidsWorldfocusPBSOctober 7The Real Housewives of AtlantaBravoOctober 8The Tony Rock ProjectMyNetworkTVModelvilleSyndicationOctober 9Eleventh HourCBSKath & KimNBCSaturday Night Live Weekend Update ThursdayLife on MarsABCTesteesFXOctober 10The Starter WifeUSAOctober 11Dogs 101Animal PlanetZane's Sex ChroniclesCinemaxOctober 13My Own Worst EnemyNBCUnsolved MysteriesSpikeSolvedInvestigation DiscoveryOctober 15Chocolate NewsComedy CentralOctober 17CrashStarzCrusoeNBCGhost AdventuresTravel ChannelJane Velez-MitchellHLNOctober 18Giada at HomeFood NetworkHulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship WrestlingCMTOctober 20Rita RocksLifetimeReal Chance of LoveVH1Scream QueensOctober 22StylistaThe CWOctober 25D. L. Hughley Breaks the NewsCNNOctober 27Cars ToonsDisney ChannelOctober 30Lost TapesAnimal PlanetNovember 1Legend of the SeekerSyndicationNovember 2PajanimalsPBS Kids SproutNovember 5America's News HeadquartersFox News ChannelNovember 12Estate of PanicSci-Fi ChannelNovember 8True Jackson, VPNickelodeonTasty Time with ZeFronkPlayhouse DisneyNovember 14Batman: The Brave and the BoldCartoon NetworkNovember 28The Penguins of MadagascarNickelodeonDecember 3Man v. FoodTravel ChannelDecember 6Random! CartoonsNicktoonsDecember 7LeverageTNTDecember 9A Double Shot at LoveMTVDecember 10World's Wildest Vacation VideosTruTVDecember 16Momma's BoysNBCDecember 29BromanceMTVThe City Entering syndication this year Show Seasons In Production Source Boston LegalSeptember 28, 2008 - May 29, 2011NoCSI: NYSeptember 28, 2008 - December 26, 2010YesDesperate HousewivesSeptember 28, 2008 - October 16, 2011YesTyler Perry's House of PayneSeptember 22, 2008 - August 27, 2016YesImagination MoversOctober 6, 2008 - December 27, 2015YesMonkSeptember 27, 2008 - July 28, 2022YesPunk'dSeptember 29, 2008 - May 25, 2012NoThe Suite Life on DeckOctober 6, 2008 - September 10, 2017YesStorm StoriesSeptember 13, 2008 - August 18, 2013Yes Changes of network affiliation Show Moved from Moved to Maisy NogginQubo The Zula PatrolPBS Kids Franny's Feet PBS Kids Sprout 1st and 10 ESPN ESPN2The Contender VersusEmeril Live Food Network Fine LivingFriday Night Lights NBC The 101 Network High School Reunion The WB TV Land Inside the NFL HBO Showtime Phineas and Ferb Disney Channel Toon Disney (second-run airings)The Suite Life of Zack & Cody The Whitest Kids U' Know Fuse IFC Jon & Kate Plus 8 Discovery Health Channel TLC Nashville Star USA NBC Futurama Fox, TBS, and Adult Swim Comedy Central Paradise Hotel Fox MyNetworkTV WWE Friday Night SmackDown The CWWorld Poker Tour Travel Channel and GSN GSN and Fox Sports Net Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles4KidsTVThe CW4Kids Viva PiñataThe Spectacular Spider-Man Kids' WB Johnny Test Cartoon Network Skunk Fu! Legion of Super Heroes Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! Tom and Jerry Tales Unsolved Mysteries Lifetime SpikeMr. MeatyNickelodeonNicktoonsMy Life as a Teenage Robot Returning this year Show Previous network Last aired New Title New network ReturningParadise HotelFox2003SameMyNetworkTVFebruary 4Bratz4Kids TV2005NicktoonsMy Life as a Teenage RobotNickelodeonOctober 4FuturamaFox2003Comedy CentralMarch 23The BacheloretteABC2005SameMay 19The Mole2004June 2ChalkZoneNickelodeon 2005August 23The BatmanKids WB2008Batman: The Brave and the BoldCartoon NetworkNovember 14Knight RiderNBC1986SameSameSeptember 24 Ending this year Date Show Channel Debut StatusJanuary 6I Love New YorkVH12007CancelledJanuary 7Higglytown HeroesPlayhouse Disney2004January 15SeeMore's PlayhousePBS Kids2006January 18Game HeadCartoon Network2005January 21Codename: Kids Next Door2002January 23The Land Before Time2007Power of 10CBSJanuary 24Big ShotsABCJanuary 30Crowned: The Mother of All PageantsThe CWFebruary 1Star JonestruTVFebruary 3Life Is WildAnimal PlanetFebruary 4Animal Precinct2001February 8Flash GordonSci-Fi2007February 11Notes from the UnderbellyABCGirlfriendsThe CW2000February 15Las VegasNBC2003February 20Cashmere MafiaABC2008February 221 vs. 100 (returned in 2010)NBC2006The Big StorySyndication2001 February 24CW NowThe CW2007Fox News Live (returned in 2021)Fox News Channel1999Weekend Live2002February 26BratzFox2005February 29About a GirlNoggin2007March 3Welcome to The CaptainCBSMarch 8The BatmanKids' WB2004March 9My Fair BradyVH12005QuarterlifeNBC/Bravo2008The WireHBO2002EndedMarch 10October RoadABC2007CancelledMarch 12Hollywood ResidentialStarz2008March 14TuckerMSNBC2005March 15Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!Kids' WB2006Control Room PresentsMyNetworkTV 2007March 21WilburDiscovery KidsThe Return of Jezebel JamesFox2008March 22Tom and Jerry Tales Kids' WB2006March 23Frisky DingoAdult SwimMarch 24The Salt-N-Pepa ShowVH12007March 25JerichoCBS2006March 27Camp LazloCartoon Network2005March 28In the Loop with iVillageIVillage2006March 29How Much Is Enough?GSN2008March 30UnhitchedFoxApril 3Miss GuidedABCApril 5Legion of Super HeroesKids' WB2006April 7My Dad Is Better Than Your DadNBC2008April 8Secret Talents of the StarsCBSApril 11AmnesiaNBCApril 13DirtFX2007April 14New AmsterdamFox2008April 15Ben 10Cartoon Network2005Rob & BigMTV2006April 16Human Giant2007April 17Atomic BettyCartoon Network2004April 18Canterbury's LawFox2008April 20Oprah's Big GiveABCApril 23Pussycat Dolls PresentThe CW2007April 27John AdamsHBO 2008April 28High School ConfidentialWe TVApril 29The RichesFX2007May 2Zoey 101Nickelodeon2005May 8Rock the CradleMTV2008May 9Merv Griffin's CrosswordsSyndication 2007May 13Beauty and the GeekThe CW2005Women's Murder ClubABC2007May 14Back to YouFoxMay 15Lil' BushMTVMay 16MoonlightCBSThe Montel Williams ShowSyndication1991May 18Aliens in AmericaThe CW2007May 19Paradise Hotel (returned in 2019)MyNetworkTV2003May 20SharkCBS2006May 23Judge HatchettSyndication2000Temptation2007Judge Maria Lopez2006May 24Showtime at the Apollo (returned in 2018)1987 May 25Class of 3000Cartoon Network 2006May 26Flavor of LoveVH1WildfireABC Family2005May 29Out of Jimmy's HeadCartoon Network 2007May 30WWE HeatWWE1998May 31Space Ghost Coast to CoastCartoon Network 1994June 10ToddWorldDiscovery Kids2004Work OutBravo2006June 11Men in TreesABCJune 13America's Pulse with E.D. HillSyndication2007June 14World of QuestKids' WB2008June 18The Zula PatrolPBS Kids2005June 21Growing Up CreepieDiscovery Kids2006June 25Farmer Wants a Wife (returned in 2023)The CW2008June 26I Love the New MillenniumVH1June 28EnduranceDiscovery Kids2002July 1Signing Time!SyndicationJuly 4Just InFox News Channel2008July 5The Future Is WildDiscovery Kids2007July 6Assy McGeeAdult Swim2006July 11Dance MachineABC2008July 16Celebrity CircusNBCJuly 19Avatar: The Last Airbender Nickelodeon2005July 23Mind of MenciaComedy CentralJuly 25DuelABC2007July 27Living LohanE!2008July 29Celebrity Family Feud (returned in 2015)NBCAugust 4American GladiatorsAugust 7PassionsThe 101 Network1999August 11The MoleABC2001August 13Click and Clack's As the Wrench TurnsPBS2008August 17All Grown Up!Nickelodeon2003ShootoutAMCCode MonkeysG42007Fat Guy Stuck in InternetAdult SwimAugust 20Family ForemanTV Land2008August 23Just JordanNickelodeon2007ChalkZone2002August 24Generation KillHBO2008August 29Queen BeesThe NAugust 30Disney Channel GamesDisney Channel2006September 1The Suite Life of Zack & Cody2005September 5SwingtownCBS2008Northwest AfternoonKOMO-TV1984September 10Greatest American DogCBS2008September 12Cory in the HouseDisney Channel 2007September 13El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny RiveraNickelodeon The Planet's Funniest AnimalsAnimal Planet1999September 18WaysideNickelodeon2007September 20Kappa MikeyNicktoons2006Must Love KidsTLC2008E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!E!September 24Do Not DisturbFoxSeptember 26Fried DynamiteCartoon Network2007September 27My Family's Got GutsNickelodeon 2008Betsy's Kindergarten AdventuresPBS KidsSeptember 30Highway 18Golf ChannelOctober 2MTV's Top Pop GroupMTVOctober 3Outsiders InnCMTOctober 11TutensteinDiscovery Kids 2003October 14Opportunity KnocksABC2008October 21General Hospital: Night ShiftSoapnet2007October 22Jurassic Fight ClubHistory2008October 24The Ex ListCBSOctober 25America's Toughest JobsNBCBindi the Jungle GirlDiscovery Kids2007October 26In Harm's WayThe CW2008October 30Edgar & EllenNicktoons2007November 1Making Fiends2008November 3Power Rangers Jungle FuryJetix and Toon Disney2008November 8Rap CityBET1989November 133-2-1 Penguins!Qubo2006November 16Total Request Live (returned in 2017)MTV1998November 17Estate of PanicSci-Fi2008November 20The Emperor's New SchoolDisney Channel2006Tim Gunn's Guide to StyleBravo2007November 25The ShieldFX2002EndedNovember 27My Gym Partner's a MonkeyCartoon Network 2005CancelledDecember 1ModelvilleSyndication2008December 2The Janice Dickinson Modeling AgencyOxygen2006December 6Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship WrestlingCMT2008HorselandCookie Jar TV2006Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot2007DinoSquadDecember 7Rugrats Pre-School DazeNickelodeon2008December 8Boston LegalABC2004EndedDecember 12South of NowhereThe N2005CancelledDecember 13Trading Spaces (returned in 2018)TLC2000December 15My Own Worst EnemyNBC2008December 17Chocolate NewsComedy CentralStylistaThe CWDecember 18TesteesFXDragonflyTV PBS Kids2002Moral OrelAdult Swim2005December 21NextMTVBrotherhoodShowtime2006December 24The Black CarpetBETDecember 30Extreme TrainsHistory2008 Made-for-TV movies Date of airing Title ChannelJanuary 25MinutemenDisney ChannelFebruary 17Knight RiderNBCMarch 16The Cutting Edge: Chasing the DreamABC FamilyApril 20PrincessJune 6Polar BearsNickelodeonJune 8The CircuitABC FamilyJune 20Camp RockDisney ChannelJuly 13Picture ThisABC FamilyJuly 19Sozin's CometNickelodeonAugust 22The Cheetah Girls: One WorldDisney ChannelSeptember 6Samurai GirlABC FamilySeptember 12Gym Teacher: The MovieNickelodeonOctober 12Underfist: Halloween BashCartoon NetworkOctober 18Polar BearsNickelodeonLiving ProofLifetimeNovember 8iGo to JapanNickelodeonNovember 27Destination: ImaginationCartoon NetworkDecember 5Merry Christmas, Drake & JoshNickelodeon Miniseries Premiere Title ChannelMarch 16John AdamsHBOMay 26The Andromeda StrainA&EJuly 13Generation KillHBONovember 16Rugrats Pre-School DazeNickelodeon Networks and services Network launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source Kentucky Channel Over-the-air multicast (Kentucky only) January 1 A public television service provided by the Kentucky Educational Television network, the channel is devoted to Kentucky-related programming from several sources, including the statewide PBS member's vast in-house production archives. Hulu OTT streaming March 12Boorstin Julia NBC and News Corp. Launch Hulu.com https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2008/03/12/nbc-and-news-corp-launch-hulucom.html 8 August 2025 CNBC 12 March 2008 Pursuit Channel Cable and satellite Over-the-air multicast (in some markets) April 23 Airs programming centered on outdoor sports, hunting, and fishing LAT TV Cable television May 20 SWX Right Now Regional cable-only/over-the-air multicast August 30 A regional network providing high school and college sporting events and weather information throughout central and western Montana, the Idaho Panhandle, and eastern Washington state, by way of digital subchannels of several Cowles Company-owned stations. This TV Over-the-air multicast November 1 Announced on July 21, it is a premium movie channel for over-the-air stations designed for digital subchannels. It originally launched in a joint venture between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Weigel Broadcasting. My Family TV Cable television December 15 The Ski Channel Cable and satellite December 25 Conversions and rebrandings Old network name New network name Type Conversion date Notes Source CourtTVTruTVCable televisionJanuary 1, 2008 Discovery Times Investigation Discovery Cable and satellite January 27, 2008College Sports TelevisionCBS College Sports NetworkCable televisionMarch 16, 2008BBC WorldBBC World NewsCable televisionApril 21Discovery Home ChannelPlanet GreenCable televisionJune 4 World Championship Sports Network Universal Sports Cable television June 16Music: High DefinitionPalladiaCable televisionSeptember 1The Prayer ChannelNew Evangelization TelevisionCable televisionDecember 8 Network closures Network Type Launch date Closure date Notes Source VH1 Uno Cable/satellite network 2000 February 2, 2008 Shop at Home Network Cable/satellite and over-the-air network 1987 March 8, 2008 International Channel Cable television 1990 April 9, 2008 NBC Weather Plus Cable/satellite and over-the-air multicast November 15, 2004 December 31, 2008 Television stations Station launches Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref. January 15 Corpus Christi, Texas KUQI 38 Independent February 18 Gainesville, Georgia (Atlanta) WGGD-LD 15 Daystar April 28 Fayetteville, Arkansas KHOG-DT2 29.2 The CW Plus Fort Smith, Arkansas KHBS-DT2 40.2 May 7 Wilmington, North Carolina WWAY-DT2 3.2 Independent (local weather) May 28 Memphis, Tennessee WTWV 23.1 Religious independent July 8 Tulsa, Oklahoma KXAP-LP 14 Spanish independent August 1 Wheeling, West Virginia WTRF-DT3 7.2 ABC August 7 Florence, South Carolina WMBF-TV 32 NBC August 8 Clarksburg/Fairmont, West Virginia WBOY-DT2 12.2 ABC Wheeling, West Virginia (Steubenville, Ohio) WTRF-DT3 7.3 October 25 Bend, Oregon KBNZ-LD 7.1 CBS Converted from a former translator of KOIN/Portland November 27 Great Falls, Montana KFBB-DT2 5.2 Fox December 27 Hibbing, Minnesota WRPT 31 PBS Satellite of WDSE/Duluth December 31 Gainesville, Florida WNBW-DT 9.1 NBC Unknown date Hattiesburg, Mississippi WDAM-DT2 7.2 This TV Jonesboro, Arkansas KAIT-DT2 8.2 Independent (Local weather) Key West, Florida WEYW-LP 19 Independent Nashville, Tennessee WKRN-DT2 2.2 Independent (Local weather) Nashville WX Channel Tupelo, Mississippi WTVA-DT2 9.2 FamilyNet Network affiliation changes Date City of License/Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/Ref. February 4 Corpus Christi, Texas KUQI 38 Independent Fox August 1 San Diego, California KSWB-TV 69.1 The CW Fox Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (San Diego, California) XETV-TV 6.1 Fox The CW December 31 Charlottesville, Virginia WVIR-DT2 29.2 NBC Weather Plus Independent (local weather) Unknown date Marquette, Michigan WLUC-DT2 6.2 NBC Weather Plus Universal Sports Station closures Date City of license/Market Station Channel Affiliation Sign-on date Notes January 25 Havre, Montana KBBJ 9 NBC January 2, 2001 Satellite of KTVH-DT/Helena, Montana Lewistown, Montana KBAO 13 January 3, 2001 May 25 Walla Walla, Washington KCWK 9 The CW March 23, 2001 (as KBKI) September 30 Rockford, Illinois WCFC-CA 51 Total Living Network March 6, 1986 (as W68BR) Unknown date Ontario, Oregon KMDA-LP 19 America One September 18, 1985 Births Date Name NotabilityJanuary 3Raegan RevordActress (Young Sheldon)March 14Abby Ryder FortsonActress (Togetherness)May 29Laila Lockhart KranerActress (Gabby's Dollhouse)July 15Iain ArmitageActor (Young Sheldon, Big Little Lies)August 1Eliana Su'aActress (Pretty Freekin Scary)August 5Devin Trey CampbellActor (Single Parents)August 6Kensington TallmanActress (Home Sweet Rome)September 17Mia TalericoActress (Good Luck Charlie)October 10Santino BarnardActor (The Kids Are Alright)October 24Liamani SeguraActress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) and singerNovember 3Audrey Grace MarshallActress (The Flight Attendant, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder)December 11Chloe ColemanActress (Big Little Lies, Upload)December 22Madeleine McGrawActress (Secrets of Sulphur Springs) Deaths Date Name Age NotabilityJanuary 6Bob LeMond94 Radio and TV announcer (Ozzie and Harriet, Leave It to Beaver)January 15Brad Renfro25 ActorJanuary 17Allan Melvin84 Actor (Magilla Gorilla, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family)January 18Lois Nettleton80 Actress (In the Heat of the Night)January 19Suzanne Pleshette70 Actress (Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show)January 22Heath Ledger28 Australian actorJanuary 24Jahna Steele49 Transgender entertainer (was "outed" on A Current Affair in 1992, guest-starred on NYPD Blue)February 1Shell Kepler49 Actress and presenter (General Hospital, HSN host)February 4Augusta Dabney89 Actress (Another World, A World Apart, Loving)February 6John McWethy60 ABC News correspondent from 1979 to 2006February 10Ron Leavitt60 Writer and producer (Happy Days, Married... with Children)Roy Scheider75 Actor (Capt. Bridger on seaQuest)Steve Gerber60 Illustrator/animator (Thundarr The Barbarian)February 12David Groh68 Actor (Joe Gerard on Rhoda)February 14Perry Lopez78 Character actor (Star Trek)February 18Grits Gresham85 Outdoor sportscaster (The American Sportsman)February 27Myron Cope79 Sportscaster at WTAE/Pittsburgh and color commentator for Pittsburgh Steelers broadcastsWilliam F. Buckley, Jr.82 Host and commentator (Firing Line)March 16Ivan Dixon76 Actor, producer and director (Hogan's Heroes)April 5Charlton Heston84 Actor (The Colbys)April 8Stanley Kamel65 Actor (Monk)May 1Hager Twins66 One-half of Hager Twins and a regular on Hee HawMay 2Beverlee McKinsey72 Soap opera actress (Another World, Texas, Guiding Light)May 11Dick Sutcliffe90 Christian children's TV producer/animator (Davey and Goliath)May 15Alexander Courage88 Composer (Star Trek theme song)May 18Joseph Pevney96 Director (Bonanza)May 24Dick Martin86 Comedian and director (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)May 25Mitch Mullany39 Actor (Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher)May 26Earle Hagen88 Music composer (The Andy Griffith Show)Sydney Pollack73 Producer, director and actor (The Fugitive, Will & Grace, The Sopranos)May 29Harvey Korman81 Actor and comedian (The Carol Burnett Show, The Flintstones, Hey Arnold!)June 2Mel Ferrer90 Actor, producer and director (Falcon Crest, Return of the Saint)June 7Jim McKay86 Sportscaster and journalist for ABC, CBS and NBC SportsNeil MacNeil85 Journalist (Washington Week in Review)June 12Charlie Jones77 Sportscaster for NBC and ABC Sports; play-by-play TV announcer for AFL and NFL gamesJune 13Tim Russert58 Journalist for NBC News and host of Meet the Press from 1991 to 2008June 15Tony Schwartz84 Sound archivist, ad executive and creator of Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 "Daisy" political adJune 17Cyd Charisse86 Actress, dancer (The Love Boat, Frasier, Fantasy Island, Burke's Law)June 21Kermit Love91 Puppeteer, costume designer, actor (Sesame Street)June 22Dody Goodman93 Actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)George Carlin71 Actor, writer, comedian (The George Carlin Show, Shining Time Station)June 29Don S. Davis65 Actor (Stargate SG-1, Twin Peaks)July 3Larry Harmon83 Entertainer (Bozo the Clown)July 4Jesse Helms86 Politician and journalist for WRAL-TV, Raleigh, North CarolinaJuly 12Tony Snow53 Commentator (Fox News Sunday) and White House Press SecretaryJuly 17Larry Haines89 Actor (Search for Tomorrow)July 21K-Swift29 Club radio DJ, hip-hop producer and remixer (The Wire, BET's Rap City)July 22Estelle Getty84 Actress (The Golden Girls)August 6John K. Cooley80 Journalist and author (ABC News)August 7Bernie Brillstein77 Producer and agent (Buffalo Bill, ALF, The Larry Sanders Show, NewsRadio)August 9Bernie Mac50 Actor and comedian (The Bernie Mac Show)August 10Isaac Hayes65 Singer, songwriter and voiceover artist (South Park)August 12Bill Stulla97 "Engineer Bill" – children's show host ("Cartoon Express" on KHJ-TV/Los Angeles from 1954 to 1966)August 19Julius Carry56 Actor (Doctor, Doctor, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.)August 22Jeff MacKay59 Actor (Magnum, P.I.)August 31Ike Pappas75 News reporter (CBS News)September 1Don LaFontaine68 Voice-over announcer (Entertainment Tonight)Jerry Reed71 Actor and singer (The New Scooby-Doo Movies, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The Concrete Cowboys, Hee Haw)September 12George Putnam94 News personalityOctober 5Lloyd Thaxton81 Host and producer (The Lloyd Thaxton Show, Fight Back! With David Horowitz)October 11Neal Hefti85 Theme music composer (Batman, The Odd Couple (the film) and the TV series))October 15Jack Narz85 Game show host (Beat the Clock, Concentration)October 25Anne Pressly26 Anchorwoman and special assignment reporter for KATV/Little Rock, ArkansasNovember 4Michael Crichton66 Author and screenwriter (ER)November 11Herb Score75 Baseball player and TV/Radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland IndiansDecember 1Paul Benedict70 Character actor, writer and director (The Jeffersons, Sesame Street)December 5Beverly Garland82 Actress, singer and businesswoman (My Three Sons, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Angry Beavers)December 8Robert Prosky77 Actor (Hill Street Blues)December 12Van Johnson92 Actor and singer (Batman, Here's Lucy, The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 television film))December 13Maddie Blaustein48 Voice actress (Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King)December 18Majel Barrett76 Actress (Star Trek: The Original Series)December 25Eartha Kitt81 Actress, dancer and singer (Batman, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Emperor's New School) See also 2008 in the United States List of American films of 2008 References External links NYPost https://web.archive.org/web/20081204101308/http://www.nypost.com/seven/12012008/tv/and_thats_the_way_it_is_141620.htm December 4, 2008 List of 2008 American television series at IMDb Category:2000s in American television