2001 in American television

none 2001 In American television in 2001, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and re-brandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes. Events January Date Event1 In Hartford, Connecticut, UPN affiliate WTXX (now CW affiliate WCCT-TV) and WB affiliate WBNE (now MyNetworkTV affiliate WCTX) change affiliations due to WTXX's impending purchase by Tribune Broadcasting, owners of Fox affiliate WTIC-TV (which at the time operated WTXX under a LMA) and a minority owner of The WB. WBNE, meanwhile, changes its call letters to the current WCTX and adopts a new branding known as "The X".4 HBO's children's programs are transferred to its multiplex channel HBO Family.7 Extreme Championship Wrestling's final nationally and globally televised event, Guilty as Charged airs on pay-per-view. It featured The Sandman defeating Steve Corino and Justin Credible for the world title, only for Rhyno to defeat The Sandman to win the title. Rob Van Dam initially challenged Rhyno for the title, but was attacked by Jerry Lynn. Despite interference and with help from Joel Gertner, he won the main event.9 KXVA in Abilene, Texas, launches under Program Test Authority. The station (which would not be licensed for another 13 months) becomes the market's new Fox affiliation, moving from sister station KIDZ-LP, which becomes a full-time UPN affiliate.28 CBS broadcasts Super Bowl XXXV, their first since Super Bowl XXVI at the end of the 1991 season. Greg Gumbel, becomes the first African-American sportscaster to provide network televised play-by-play on a major professional sports championship. The Baltimore Ravens would defeat the New York Giants 34–7. February Date Event5 Kelly Ripa joins Live! as a permanent co-host with Regis Philbin.18 Fox broadcasts its inaugural NASCAR telecast, the Daytona 500. In the final lap, Dale Earnhardt is killed following a head-on collision. March Date Event6 TEENick first airs as a Sunday night block on Nickelodeon.12 Judge Marilyn Milian makes her debut as arbitrator on The People's Court. Replacing Judge Jerry Sheindlin, Milian would become the longest-serving judge, presiding for 22 seasons until 2023, in the syndicated court show's history.18 World Championship Wrestling produces their final pay-per-view, Greed.26 On TNT, WCW Monday Nitro broadcasts its final show from Panama City Beach, Florida, with a simulcast with the WWF's (now WWE) Monday Night RAW television series (then airing on TNN), ending a six-year ratings struggle in professional wrestling known as the Monday Night War. Live professional wrestling events would not be broadcast on TNT again until the launch of AEW Dynamite in 2019. April Date Event 1 WrestleMania X-Seven from the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas, is broadcast on pay-per-view. The event would receive acclaim from critics and fans. 2 CBS affiliate WWJ-TV started airing newscasts, produced by UPN affiliate WKBD-TV. The newscast would become a failure and was canceled in November 2002.10 Kevin Olmstead wins a $2.18 million jackpot on the ABC game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, making him the biggest winner in American game show history.http://www.triviahalloffame.com/olmstead.aspx Interview: Kevin Olmstead, mega-Millionaire Trivia Hall of Fame 2010-04-18August 2026 InternetArchiveBot May Date Event17 NBC airs the hour-long season seven finale of Friends titled "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding". On The WB, Shannen Doherty makes her final appearance as Prue Halliwell on Charmed.18 The 28th Daytime Emmy Awards are presented on NBC.22 On The WB, Buffy the Vampire Slayer airs its 100th episode. It also served as The WB series finale after UPN announced that the series and Roswell would move to the network for the fall 2001 season.23 On UPN, Star Trek: Voyager airs its series finale with a two-part episode "Endgame". June Date Event12 TNT is refocused as a drama-based cable channel with a new slogan, We Know Drama.18 Luke and Laura, widely regarded as the soap opera pairing that helped generate the term "supercouple", sign divorce papers on ABC's soap opera General Hospital, dissolving their fictional two-decade union.19 The inaugural BET Awards is broadcast. July Date Event21 Nickelodeon's animated series Rugrats celebrates its 10th anniversary with a one-hour special, All Growed Up, followed by the documentary Still Babies After All These Years, narrated by Amanda Bynes. The "All Growed Up" premiere became the most-viewed children's program on cable television, resulting in a spin-off series based on the special produced and premiered in 2003.31 Fox Television Stations finalizes purchase of Chris-Craft Industries and its subsidiary BHC Communications. Shortly afterwards, ABC affiliate KTVX in Salt Lake City and NBC affiliate KMOL-TV in San Antonio was traded to Clear Channel in exchange for Fox station WFTC in Minneapolis/St. Paul, then-UPN station KPTV in Portland was traded to Meredith Corporation in exchange for Fox station WOFL in Orlando and UPN station KBHK-TV in San Francisco was traded to Viacom in exchange for the two Viacom-owned UPN stations KTXH in Houston and WDCA in Washington, D.C. August Date Event 10 Samurai Jack premieres on Cartoon Network with The Premiere Movie, and becomes a successful series. 31 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood airs its final episode on PBS Kids. Fred Rogers died two years later of stomach cancer at the age of 74. September Date Event2 Adult Swim, an adult-oriented programming block, debuts on its Turner sister cable channel Cartoon Network.3 Actress Thuy Trang, best known for her role as the yellow ranger, Trini Kwan from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, dies in a car crash in San Francisco at age 27.5 CBS's travel-based reality-competition, The Amazing Race, which would later become one of the most successful franchises in television, premieres its first episode.7 Ed Toutant wins $1,860,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.https://www.aol.com/article/2010/09/29/million-dollar-game-show-winners-what-happens-after-the-money-c/19644881/ Million Dollar Game Show Winners: What Happens After the Money Comes In Aol.com Daily Finance Berr Jonathan September 29, 2010 July 30, 2014 December 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161209091523/http://www.aol.com/article/2010/09/29/million-dollar-game-show-winners-what-happens-after-the-money-c/19644881/ dead He had previously appeared on the episode aired January 31, 2001, when the jackpot was $1,860,000, where he was ruled to have answered his $16,000 question incorrectly, but when it was discovered that there was a mistake in that question, Toutant returned to the program and wins the jackpot.Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 3 1 September 7, 2001 ABC8 Fox broadcasts the final episode of Murder in Small Town X, in which New York City firefighter Ángel Juarbe Jr. wins. Juarbe is killed three days later during the collapse of the World Trade Center.11 Viewers witness a terrorist attack, and the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City live on television. Additionally, the broadcast towers of WABC-TV and WNBC, the respective flagship stations of ABC and NBC, are destroyed by the attacks, but those signals could be viewed cable and satellite. The broadcast tower of WCBS-TV is destroyed in the attacks, but its full-power backup transmitter at the Empire State Building remained. Most American over-the-air broadcasters and several cable networks suspend regular programming for four days, and numerous major daily talk shows were suspended for several weeks until their hosts feel comfortable resuming programming. Although they were first seen during 1952 and used by some television news programs ever since, continually scrolling news headlines along the bottom of the screen become commonplace after the Fox News Channel uses it to allow viewers to read recent developments during the attacks.13 UPN resumes normal programming with a live episode of SmackDown. The show was originally scheduled to be taped on September 11, but the taping was postponed by two days due to the attacks.15 All of the Big Three television networks resume their normal daytime programming schedules after four days of extensive news coverage of the attacks.Viewers Again Return To Traditional Networks September 15, 2001 Bill Carter Jim Rutenberg New York Times A14 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/15/us/after-the-attacks-television-viewers-again-return-to-traditional-networks.html?pagewanted=print Sometime around 9 a.m. yesterday a television milestone was reached: three broadcast networks had covered one news event for more consecutive hours than any previous event in American history. The terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon have truly become the story of a lifetime on television, surpassing even the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which no network covered for more than 70 consecutive hours. As of yesterday morning, CBS, NBC and ABC, the three networks at the time of Kennedy's assassination and funeral, had been on the air continuously, without commercial interruption, for 72 hours (though some affiliates continued to air regularly-scheduled local newscasts during that time).16 Dick Schaap makes his final appearance as host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters. The show is expanded to an hour to cover the sports perspective from the September 11 attacks. Schaap delayed a hip replacement surgery in order to be on the program and dies from complications several months later.20 On CBS, Will Kirby is declared the winner of Big Brother 2, which was delayed by the attacks. Runner-up Nicole Nilson-Schafrich wins $50,000.21 All four major US networks, ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC, broadcast America: A Tribute to Heroes, a two-hour telethon to raise money for the families of those killed by the attacks.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/09/22/MN112627.DTL&type=printable https://archive.today/20120912104757/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/09/22/MN112627.DTL&type=printable dead September 12, 2012 Musicians, actors honor heroes, raise money for attack victims September 22, 2001 John Carman San Francisco Chronicle A124 The start of the 2001–2002 network season in the US is delayed as a result of the attacks, with some series such as NBC's The West Wing substituting special episodes dealing with the event instead of their originally scheduled season premieres. Some series, such as CBS's military-themed series JAG and NBC's New York-based Third Watch, are reformatted in consideration of the attacks.26 UPN airs the two-hour series premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise. Enterprise is UPN's replacement for Star Trek: Voyager.29 Fox affiliate WVSX (now WVNS-TV) in Lewisburg, West Virginia, changes its affiliation to CBS, giving the Beckley-Bluefield-Oak Hill market its first full-time CBS affiliate. Fox would not return to the Bluefield area until 2006, when the combination of a dispute involving WVAH-TV in Charleston and the end of the Foxnet cable service prompts WVNS-TV to establish a Fox-affiliated DT2 subchannel. October Date Event2 The two-hour season 6 premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer first aired on UPN (attracting 7.7 million viewers), making it the first episode of Buffy to air on UPN following its move from The WB after the season 5 finale. The third-season premiere of Roswell (also from The WB) first aired on UPN a week later on October 9.3 In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, several planned series and events are canceled; most notably, NBC cancels a miniseries planned for spring 2002 which would have united the cast of Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, dealing with a terrorist attack on New York City. The pilot episode for According to Jim is broadcast on ABC. 4 Rose McGowan makes her first appearance as Paige Matthews, the long-lost younger half-sister of Piper and Phoebe Halliwell, on The WB's Charmed.15 In Wheel of Fortune, a compilation week of five taped sixth-episodes (which would later be called America's Game starting in season 26 in 2008) were shown for the first time. A new bonus round premiered a week later, in which a contestant can win as much as $100,000. This was not won until the December 19 episode by Douglas Ross.20 Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes is broadcast by VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others. It raises funds for the families of those killed by the attacks.24 The Walt Disney Company completes its purchase of Fox Family for $2.9 billion. Wolf Lake aired its final episode on CBS due to low ratings. Four more episodes scheduled to broadcast were instead aired on UPN.25 Sony Pictures Entertainment merged the television units of Columbia TriStar Television and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution into one unified division, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, partly because of Japanese ownership, all of Sony's television employees had various amount of job losses in favor of Sony's new broadcasting/cable/syndication unit. Columbia TriStar Domestic Television would produce the Columbia TriStar programs for the 2001–2002 television season. November Date Event4 The 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards are presented on CBS. The original date was postponed two months earlier when the September 11 attacks occurred.The 53rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards from Variety (November 6, 2001) Game 7 of the World Series is broadcast on Fox. The Arizona Diamondbacks win their first title, defeating the three-time champion New York Yankees which marked the end of their dynasty. The game ended with a base hit walk-off by Luis Gonzalez against closer Mariano Rivera as he notoriously blew the save. This series was claimed as one of the greatest of all time.15 The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on television for the first time. The 2001 edition of the show is broadcast on ABC with 12.4 million viewers tuning in.http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:NYPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F26D19721B8C940&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 Victoria's Undies Fall Off March 6, 2009 November 17, 2001 New York Post Kaplan, Donhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300611/ The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2001) March 7, 2009 Internet Movie Database December Date Event13 On CBS, lawyers and best friends team, Rob Frisbee and Brennan Swain, won the inaugural season of The Amazing Race and the $1,000,000 grand prize.21 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer makes its network television premiere on The WB.31 New Year's Eve Live airs its first edition on CNN. Programs Debuts Date Show ChannelJanuary 1Great HotelsTravel ChannelJanuary 3Top 20 CountdownCMTJanuary 6How It's MadeDiscovery ScienceJanuary 7The DivisionLifetime Lifestyle MagazineTBN Totally HoopsDisney ChannelJanuary 9 The MoleABC Three SistersNBCJanuary 10 Grounded for LifeFox Temptation IslandJanuary 12 Lizzie McGuireDisney Channel PopstarsThe WB Gary & MikeUPNJanuary 13 Bob the BuilderNickelodeon House of MouseABCJanuary 14 TainaNickelodeonJanuary 15 100 Centre StreetA&EJanuary 22 The Book of PoohPlayhouse DisneyJanuary 27 The Zeta ProjectKids' WBJanuary 30 On the Teamhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-29-ca-18377-story.html New on Noggin: Team, Yes, Big Kids, No Los Angeles Times January 29, 2001 Heffley LynneNogginFebruary 3 Lloyd in SpaceABC Power Rangers Time ForceFox KidsFebruary 3XFLNBC/UPNFebruary 4Kathy's So-Called RealityMTVFebruary 24Kate BrasherCBSFebruary 27 The Andy Dick ShowMTVFebruary 28 Some of My Best FriendsCBSMarch 1 Big AppleMarch 4 The Lone GunmenFoxMarch 5BET.com CountdownBETMarch 6 The Fighting FitzgeraldsNBCMarch 11 DocPAX TVMarch 12 The Chris Isaak ShowShowtimeMarch 14 The JobABCMarch 19 First YearsNBCMarch 26 Texas JusticeSyndicationMarch 27 What About Joan?ABCMarch 28 My Wife and Kids Boot CampFoxMarch 30The Fairly OddParentsNickelodeonInvader ZimApril 1The OblongsThe WBUndergradsMTVApril 4That's My Bush!Comedy CentralApril 6Jerkbeast Showhttp://www.staticvideo.com/jerkbeast/ https://web.archive.org/web/20081021051746/http://www.staticvideo.com/jerkbeast/ dead 2008-10-21 Jerkbeast - Seattle Public Access Show episodes 2008-10-21 2018-04-27SCAN-TVApril 10RoboticaTLCApril 11The QuartersTVG NetworkSpecial Unit 2UPNApril 16The Weakest LinkNBCApril 17All SoulsUPNChains of LoveApril 21Weekend NowThe Weather ChannelApril 22Nero WolfeA&EMay 5The Cost of FreedomFox News ChannelDismissedMTVJune 1UnwrappedFood NetworkJune 2BracefaceFox FamilySo Little TimeJune 3Six Feet UnderHBOBaby Looney TunesKids' WBJune 5KristinNBCJune 8Time SquadCartoon NetworkJune 10Tiny PlanetsNogginJune 11Fear FactorNBCJune 12WitchbladeTNTJune 13The BeastABCJune 18Spyder GamesMTVJune 19Go FishNBCJune 20Primetime GlickComedy Central You Don't Know JackABCJune 21WWE Tough EnoughMTVSpy TVNBCJune 25State of GraceFox FamilyJune 26Animal PrecinctAnimal PlanetJune 30The Ripping FriendsFox KidsJuly 10Cinema InsomniaKXTVJuly 12Night VisionsFoxJuly 18Access GrantedBETJuly 24Murder in Small Town XFoxThe Downer ChannelNBCJuly 23The Best Damn Sports Show PeriodFox Sports NetJuly 29Leap YearsShowtimeAugust 1Hard KnocksHBOMythQuestPBSOut There TVAmerica OneAugust 3ManhuntUPNAugust 4All About UsNBCAmerica's Test KitchenPBSAugust 5Insomniac with Dave AttellComedy CentralAugust 8The Wayne Brady ShowABCAugust 9Going to CaliforniaShowtimeAugust 10Samurai JackCartoon NetworkAugust 11Cubix: Robots for EveryoneKids' WBAugust 14Dead LastThe WBAugust 19Let's BowlComedy CentralAugust 20OswaldNick Jr.August 24Grim & EvilCartoon NetworkAugust 27ShipmatesSyndicationAugust 31The Nightmare RoomKids' WBSeptember 1The Legend of TarzanUPNSeptember 2Anne of Green Gables: The Animated SeriesPBS KidsSeptember 3One on OneUPNSagwa, the Chinese Siamese CatPBS KidsSeptember 4LostNBCSeptember 5The Amazing RaceCBSSeptember 8Moolah BeachFox KidsSeptember 9PonderosaPAX TVEd McMahon's Next Big StarBand of BrothersHBOSeptember 10The Ananda Lewis ShowSyndicationIyanlaThe Other HalfThe URL With Phred ShowNogginSeptember 12American MorningCNNSeptember 15Alienators: Evolution ContinuesFox KidsThe Proud FamilyDisney ChannelStanleyPlayhouse DisneySeptember 17ElimiDateSyndicationRendez-ViewTalk or WalkSeptember 19Wolf LakeCBSSeptember 22What's with Andy?Fox FamilySeptember 23The Education of Max BickfordCBSThe Mind of the Married ManHBOSeptember 24Crossing JordanNBCThe Ellen ShowCBSSeptember 25The GuardianPhillyABCUndeclaredFoxEmerilNBCLove CruiseFoxSeptember 26Star Trek: EnterpriseUPNSeptember 27The AgencyCBSInside SchwartzNBCSeptember 28ThievesABCPasadenaFoxSeptember 29The Mummy: The Animated SeriesKids' WBCitizen BainesCBSSeptember 30AliasABCLaw & Order: Criminal IntentNBCUC: UndercoverWar Stories with Oliver NorthFox News ChannelOctober 1The 5th WheelSyndicationTales from the Neverending StoryHBOOctober 2ScrubsNBCBob PattersonABCOctober 3According to JimOctober 5Maybe It's MeThe WBRaising DadRebaOctober 6Mutant XSyndicationSk8NBCOctober 14Degrassi: The Next GenerationNickelodeonMen, Women & DogsThe WBOff CentreOctober 16SmallvilleOctober 20Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!ABCOctober 22Pardon the InterruptionESPNUnscripted with Chris ConnellyOctober 25Truth or ScareDiscovery KidsNovember 3Totally Spies!ABC FamilyNovember 5NewsNight with Aaron BrownCNNNovember 624FoxNovember 7Beat the GeeksComedy CentralNovember 8The TickFoxNovember 14The Bernie Mac ShowNovember 17Justice LeagueCartoon Network30 Minute MealsFood NetworkSara's SecretsNovember 19The Popeye ShowCartoon NetworkNovember 25Action League Now!NickelodeonDecember 2Project GreenlightHBODecember 16Iron Chef USAUPNDecember 31CNN New Year's Eve LiveCNN Returning this year Show Last aired Previous network New network ReturningSpace Ghost Coast to Coast1999Cartoon NetworkCartoon Network/Adult SwimMay 7/September 2Unsolved MysteriesCBSLifetimeJuly 11Home MoviesUPNAdult SwimSeptember 2Aqua Teen Hunger Force2000Cartoon NetworkThe Brak ShowHarvey Birdman, Attorney at LawSealab 2021Card Sharks1989CBSSyndicationSeptember 17Dexter's Laboratory1999Cartoon NetworkCartoon NetworkNovember 16 Ending this year Date Show Network Debut StatusJanuary 6Croc FilesDiscovery Kids on NBC1999CancelledOne WorldNBC1998January 13Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandABC2000January 14The Jamie Foxx ShowThe WB1996January 17Welcome to New YorkCBS2000January 18LaterNBC1988January 26Level 9UPN2000February 6Beggars and ChoosersShowtime1999February 18Grosse PointeThe WB2000HypeFebruary 24CorduroyPBS KidsMarch 1MadelineDisney Channel1993March 4La Femme NikitaUSA Network1997March 5Big Guy and Rusty the Boy RobotFox Kids1999Cleopatra 2525Syndication2000March 7BetteCBSMarch 11The Bob Clampett ShowCartoon NetworkStrip MallComedy CentralMarch 21WCW ThunderTBS1998March 23Generation O!Kids' WB2000Oh Yeah! CartoonsNickelodeon1998March 24 Cover MeUSA2000March 25In a HeartbeatDisney ChannelMarch 26WCW Monday NitroTNT1995March 30Hollywood ShowdownGSN2000March 31Spider-Man UnlimitedFox Kids1999WCW WorldwideSyndication1975EndedApril 1Kathy's So-Called RealityMTV2001CancelledApril 6The Norm ShowABC1999TeletubbiesPBS Kids1998April 9Gideon's CrossingABC2000April 11Some of My Best FriendsCBS2001April 13Gary & MikeUPNApril 14Kate BrasherCBSApril 15Totally HoopsDisney ChannelJack & JillThe WB1999April 22The LotAMCMay 4Nash BridgesCBS1996May 11Diagnosis: MurderCBS1993May 14BaywatchSyndication1989MoeshaUPN1996May 15The Fighting FitzgeraldsNBC2001May 16Two Guys and a GirlABC1998May 17All That (returned in 2002)Nickelodeon1994May 19Cousin Skeeter1998The Howard Stern Radio ShowSyndicationWalker, Texas RangerCBS1993EndedMay 223rd Rock from the SunNBC1996May 23Boot CampFox2001CancelledThat's My Bush!Comedy CentralStar Trek: VoyagerUPN1995Moral CourtSyndication2000May 27Mike, Lu & OgCartoon Network1999May 29DAGNBC2000June 1Seven DaysUPN1998The Lone GunmenFox2001June 618 Wheels of JusticeTNN2000June 7ZoboomafooPBS1999June 18Xena: Warrior PrincessSyndication1995June 22FreakyLinksFox2000History IQThe History ChannelThe Famous Jett JacksonDisney Channel1998June 27Ladies ManCBS1999June 30Men in Black: The SeriesKids' WB1997MasterChef USAPBS2000July 10The Geena Davis ShowABCJuly 17The Big GarageTLC1997July 25The BeastABC2001August 12UndergradsMTVAugust 18WWF LiveWireTNN1996August 19WWF Superstars of WrestlingUSA Network1986August 28CursedNBC2000August 31The Big HelpNickelodeon1994Mister Rogers' NeighborhoodPBS1968EndedThe Queen Latifah Show (returned in 2013)Syndication1999CancelledSeptember 1Murder in Small Town XFox2001September 7Real TVSyndication1996Judge Mills Lane1998September 9Phred on Your Head ShowNoggin1999September 20Spyder GamesMTV2001September 25Dead LastThe WBSeptember 28So WeirdDisney Channel1999October 1Internet TonightZDTV/TechTV1998October 7Monster RancherSyndication1999October 9What About Joan?ABC2001October 15Bug Juice (returned in 2018)Disney Channel1998October 19InquizitionGSNNovember 1Bob PattersonABC2001November 3Citizen BainesCBSNovember 5RecessABC1997November 10All About UsNBC2001November 17MythQuestPBS2001November 22MaisyNoggin1999November 30ReBootABC1994December 7Johnny Bravo (returned in 2004)Cartoon Network1997December 10Angela AnacondaFox Family1999December 15City GuysNBC1997December 18Batman BeyondKids' WB1999December 282 Minute DrillESPN2000Timothy Goes to SchoolPBS KidsDecember 30Men, Women & DogsThe WB2001 Entering syndication this year Show Seasons In Production SourceBuffy the Vampire SlayerSeptember 17, 2001 - August 26, 2005YesCity GuysSeptember 10, 2001 - September 8, 2002NoEverybody Loves RaymondSeptember 24, 2001 - September 10, 2016YesJust Shoot Me!September 17, 2001 - August 28, 2015YesKing of the HillSeptember 10, 2001 - January 2, 2020YesThe PracticeSeptember 16, 2001 - March 31, 2006YesThe Steve Harvey ShowSeptember 17, 2001 - December 31, 2026YesTwo Guys and a GirlSeptember 24, 2001 - August 28, 2005No Changes of network affiliation Show Moved from Moved to American HighFox PBSThe Outer LimitsShowtimeSci-Fi ChannelCandid CameraCBSPAX TV Unsolved Mysteries Lifetime Card SharksSyndication The Weekenders ABC UPN Buffy the Vampire Slayer The WB Roswell Jay Jay the Jet Plane TLC PBS Kids National Geographic Explorer CNBC MSNBC Home Movies UPN Adult Swim The Brak Show Cartoon Network Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Aqua Teen Hunger Force Sealab 2021 Space Ghost Coast to Coast Notable TV movies Premiere date Title ChannelMarch 24WitHBOApril 2861*HBOApril 29On Golden PondCBSMay 19ConspiracyHBOJuly 21All Growed UpNickelodeonJuly 30The RetrieversAnimal PlanetSeptember 14The Poof PointDisney ChannelOctober 12Halloweentown II: Kalabar's RevengeDisney ChannelNovember 3The Flintstones: On the RocksCartoon NetworkNovember 18The Facts of Life ReunionABCDecember 2 The Lost Battalion A&EDecember 712 Tiny Christmas TalesCartoon Network'Twas the NightDisney ChannelDecember 11A Rugrats KwanzaaNickelodeon Networks and services Launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source Telefe Internacional Cable and satellite Unknown WE: Women's Entertainment Cable and satellite January 1 National Geographic Channel Cable and satellite January 7 C-SPAN 3 Cable television January 22 Showtime Family ZoneShowtime NextShowtime Women Cable television March 5StarMaxOuterMaxWMax@Max Cable television May 17 CNBC World Cable and satellite July 1 Lifetime Real Women Cable and satellite August 20 HDNet Cable and satellite September 6 New Tang Dynasty Television Cable television December 3 Conversions and rebrandings Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes SourceBET Movies: Starz!Black Starz!Cable and satelliteUnknownDiscovery Kids ChannelDiscovery KidsCable and satelliteUnknownThe Movie Channel 2TMC XtraCable and satelliteMarch 5Showtime 3ShowcaseCable and satelliteJuly 1Odyssey NetworkHallmark ChannelCable and satelliteAugust 6Having acquired the Jim Henson Company's interest in the Odyssey cable network the previous year, Crown Media Holdings rebrands Odyssey as the Hallmark Channel, after Crown Media's corporate parent Hallmark Cards. The Hallmark Channel branding continues to this day.MTV SMTV en EspanolCable and satelliteOctober 1GEMS TelevisionMun2Cable and satelliteNovember 1Telemundo relaunches GEMS Television as Mun2, featuring English and Spanish language programming intended for a young Latino audience.Fox FamilyABC FamilyCable and satelliteNovember 10Fox Family is renamed ABC Family, as News Corporation sells the channel to The Walt Disney Company. Closures Network Type Closure date Notes Source The Box Over-the-air multicast January 1 After being acquired by MTV Networks, The Box, a request video music channel shuts down, replaced by MTV2 on terrestrial stations. Television stations Station launches Date Station City of license / Market Channel Affiliation Source January 1 KUTH Logan, UT 12 Univision January 2 KBBJKTVH Satellite of KTVH in Helena. Havre–Great Falls, MT 9 NBC KDTP Phoenix, AZNow licensed to Holbrook, Arizona. 11 Daystar January 3 KBAOKTVH Lewistown, MT 13 NBC January 5 KXGRSemi-satellite of KTVW in Phoenix. Green Valley, AZ 46 Pax TV January 6 KSCC Hutchinson–Wichita, KS 36 UPN January 9 KXVA Abilene, TX 15 Fox January 12 KPHZ Holbrook–Phoenix, AZ 39 America's Collectibles Network January 17 WWSI Mount Laurel, NJ–Philadelphia, PA 62 Telemundo January 20 KPWB-TV Ames–Des Moines, IA 23 The WB/UPN January 26 KWBM Harrison, AR–Springfield, MO 31 The WB February 9 KUPT Lubbock, TX 22 UPN February 21 KCWY Casper, WY 13 Pax TV March 23 KBKI Walla Walla, WA 9 Independent March 30 KBEO Jackson, WY 11 America One March 31 KTMW Salt Lake City, UT 20 Religious independent April KPTF-TV Farwell, TX 18 God's Learning Channel April 1 KPMR Santa Barbara, CA 38 Telemundo May KKAP Little Rock, AR 36 Daystar May 14 KUPB Midland–Odessa, TX 18 Univision June 18 WKDH Houston–Tupelo–Columbus, MS 45 ABC June 20 KBGF Douglas, AZ 3 Independent June 26 KPID-LP Pocatello–Idaho Falls, ID 34 UPN July 9 KAZA Avalon–Los Angeles, CA 54 Azteca America September 2 WBPG-TV Mobile, AL 55 The WB October 15 KBLN Grants Pass, OR 30 3ABN October 17 K22GA Charlotte Amalie, USVI 22 Daystar October 19 WSKY-TV Manteo, NC–Norfolk–Newport News, VA 4 Independent November 19 K07XGTranslator of KTGM in Tamuning, Guam. Garapan, Saipan, MP 7 ABC December 3 KBPD La Grande, OR 16 Univision Unknown WBIF Marianna–Panama City, FL 51 Pax TV Unknown WBIH Montgomery, AL 29 Unknown KPXK Odessa–Midland, TX 30 Pax TV Unknown WACW-LP Raleigh, NC America One Unknown WTPX-TV Wausau–Rhinelander, WI 46 Pax TV Network affiliation changes Date Station City of license / Market Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Source January 1 WVBG-LP Albany, NY 25 UPN Resort Sports Network WCCT-TV Hartford, CT 20 UPN The WB WCTXHartford, CT 59 The WB UPN January 9 KIDZ-LP Abilene, TX 54 Fox / UPN UPN / Pax TV January 22 K11TW North Platte, NE 11 UPN Fox March 21 WNKY Bowling Green, KY 40 Fox (as WKNT) NBC All stats, all the time http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/all-stats-all-time/96702 December 19, 2015 Broadcasting & Cable March 18, 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222172429/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/all-stats-all-time/96702 2015-12-22 live September 29 WVNS-TV Lewisburg–Beckley–Oak Hill, WV 59 Fox CBS October 20 WAWA-LP Syracuse, NY 14 Independent UPN Unknown W07CL Fort Wayne, IN 7 Network One AIN/UATV Births Date Name NotabilityJanuary 3Ellis Ann JacksonActress (Talia in the Kitchen)January 14Cora JadePro wrestler1482041043419815943 CoraJadeWWE 21 times around the sun Cora Jade January 14, 2022 July 14, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20220812144958/https://twitter.com/CoraJadeWWE/status/1482041043419815943 August 12, 2022 live (WWE)Jayce MrozActor (I Am Frankie)January 18Claire EnglerActress (A.N.T. Farm)January 19Tyler MernaVoice actor (Prince James on Sofia the First)January 21Jackson BrundageActor (One Tree Hill, See Dad Run, Harvey Beaks)February 5Connor GibbsActor (Ghost Whisperer)February 15Haley TjuActress (Monsters vs. Aliens, Bella and the Bulldogs, The Loud House, Big Hero 6: The Series, Where's Waldo?, Amphibia)February 16Katherine ForresterCanadian voice actress (Katie on PAW Patrol)February 19David MazouzActor (Touch, Gotham)February 21Isabella AcresActress (Better Off Ted)Amarr M. WootenActor (Knight Squad)February 23Tommi RoseActress (I Am Frankie)March 6Milo ManheimActorMarch 26Ciara Riley WilsonActressMarch 30Uriel BaldescoFilipino actress (I Am Frankie)April 5Robbie TuckerActor (The Young and the Restless, See Dad Run)April 8Kyla Rae KowalewskiVoice actress (Anais on The Amazing World of Gumball)April 20Ian AlexanderActor (The OA)April 21Maria QuezadaActress (Talia in the Kitchen)June 8Owen MasonCanadian voice actor (Ryder on PAW Patrol (2013–15))June 9Xolo MariduenaActor (Parenthood, Cobra Kai)June 13DeVore LedridgeActress (Bizaardvark)June 27Curtis HarrisActor (The Haunted Hathaways)July 8Riele DownsCanadian actress (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger)July 10Isabela MonerActress (Dora and Friends: Into the City!, 100 Things to Do Before High School)July 12Niles FitchActor (This Is Us)July 31Sean KyerCanadian actor (Odd Squad)August 8Bebe WoodActress (The New Normal, The Real O'Neals, Love, Victor)August 13Alyssa JirrelsActress (Mech-X4)August 14Ava RainePro wrestler and daughter of Dwayne JohnsonGariano Francesca Dwayne Johnson's 3 Kids: All About Simone, Jasmine and Tiana https://people.com/parents/all-about-dwayne-johnson-children/ 2024-12-17 People.com enAugust 16Cole JensenActor (Crash & Bernstein)August 21Dallas LiuAugust 2021Actor (Legendary Dudas, PEN15)August 30Sean Ryan FoxActor (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger)September 3Kaia GerberActress (The Shards), model and daughter of Rande Gerber and Cindy CrawfordSeptember 4Tenzing Norgay TrainorActor (Liv and Maddie)September 18Luke MullenActor (Andi Mack)October 5Dalila BelaCanadian actress (Odd Squad, Ready Jet Go!, Anne)October 12Raymond OchoaActorOctober 13Caleb McLaughlinActor (Stranger Things)October 14Rowan BlanchardActress (Girl Meets World, The Goldbergs)October 17Jake BealeActorOctober 27Teilor GrubbsActress (Hawaii Five-0)October 30Jaheem King ToombsActor (100 Things to Do Before High School)November 5Alex HookCanadian actress (I Am Frankie)Roxanne PerezPro wrestler (ROH, WWE)2025-03-04 Roxanne Perez https://www.thesportster.com/roxanne-perez/ 2025-07-14 TheSportster enNovember 7Sawyer BarthActor (The Kids Are Alright)November 8Julia HartPro wrestlerJulia Hart https://www.trillertv.com/fighter/julia-hart/18458/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240306144311/https://www.trillertv.com/fighter/julia-hart/18458/ March 6, 2024 July 14, 2025 Triller TV Triller (AEW)November 14Chloe LangActress (Stephanie on LazyTown (2013–14))November 15Sadie StanleyActress (Kim Possible)November 23Parker QueenanActor (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)December 5Diego VelazquezActor (The Thundermans, Zoe Valentine)December 8Kamran LucasActor (Mech-X4)Tylen Jacob WilliamsActor (Instant Mom)December 14Joshua RushActor (Clarence, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Lion Guard, Andi Mack, Where's Waldo?)December 28Madison De La GarzaActress (Desperate Housewives) and sister of Demi LovatoMaitreyi RamakrishnanActress (Never Have I Ever)December 31Alex ThorneCanadian voice actor (PAW Patrol, PJ Masks) Deaths Date Name Age NotabilityJanuary 1Ray Walston86American actor (My Favorite Martian)January 6Scott Marlowe68American film, stage and television actorJanuary 8Don Brodie96American actorJanuary 18Al Waxman65Canadian actor and director (Lt. Samuels on Cagney & Lacey)January 21Sandy Baron64American actor and comedianJanuary 22Roy Brown68Clown and puppeteerJanuary 24Dick Whittinghill87American actorJanuary 25Sam Singer88American animator and producerJanuary 28Sally Mansfield77American actressFebruary 7Dale Evans88Singer, actress (The Roy Rogers Show) and wife of Roy RogersFebruary 18Dale Earnhardt49Race car driverFebruary 20Bob Weiskopf86Writer (I Love Lucy)February 27Stan Margulies80Producer (Roots, The Thorn Birds)March 8Edward Winter63Actor (Colonel Flagg on M*A*S*H)March 12Morton Downey Jr.68Host of (The Morton Downey Jr. Show)March 15Ann Sothern92Actress (Private Secretary, My Mother the Car)March 16Norma MacMillan79Voice actor (Casper the Friendly Ghost, Gumby)March 22William Hanna90Co-founder (with Joseph Barbera) of famous Hanna-Barbera animation studioApril 15Joey Ramone49Singer-songwriter (Ramones)May 12Perry Como88Singer, TV host (Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall)May 19Pat Falken Smith75Soap opera writer (Days of Our Lives)May 22Whitman Mayo70Actor (Grady Wilson on Sanford and Son)May 23Harry Townes86Actor (The Fugitive)May 31Arlene Francis93Actress and game show panelist (What's My Line?)June 2Imogene Coca92Actress and comedian (Your Show of Shows)June 21Carroll O'Connor76Actor (Archie Bunker on All in the Family and Chief Bill Gillespie on In the Heat of the Night)August 3Christopher Hewett80Actor (Mr. Belvedere)August 4Lorenzo Music64Writer and actor; co-creator of The Bob Newhart Show; voice actor (Carlton the doorman on Rhoda, Garfield the cat)August 25Aaliyah22Singer and actressSeptember 2Troy Donahue65Actor (Hawaiian Eye, Surfside 6)September 3Thuy Trang27Actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)September 11David Angell55Writer (Cheers, Frasier)Barbara Olson45Commentator who worked for CNN and Fox NewsOctober 15Ralph Levy80Director (The Jack Benny Program, Petticoat Junction)October 17Jay Livingston86Songwriter (themes to Bonanza and Mister Ed)November 29George Harrison58Singer-songwriter (The Beatles)John Mitchum82ActorDecember 1Johnny Stearns85Actor and producer (Mary Kay and Johnny, Tonight Starring Steve Allen)December 13Chuck Schuldiner34Singer, songwriter, guitarist (guest on Headbangers Ball)December 20Foster Brooks89ActorDecember 22Lance Loud50Member of the family documented in (An American Family) See also 2001 in the United States List of American films of 2001 References External links List of 2001 American television series at IMDb 2001 Category:2000s in American television