| List of years in American television: |
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| 2001–02 United States network television schedule |
| 2002–03 United States network television schedule |
| List of American television programs currently in production |
InAmerican television in 2002, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | KRON-TV/San Francisco ends its affiliation withNBC after 52 years and becomes anindependent station afterYoung Broadcasting, which purchased the station for $823 million in November 1999 from the deYoung family (who also sold theSan Francisco Chronicle to theHearst Corporation), refuses to agree to demands made by NBC to manage KRON under the conventions of anetwork-owned station (which includedrebranding from "KRON 4" to "NBC 4", and airing the entire network schedule in pattern with pre-emptions reduced to those necessitated due to extendedbreaking news coverage).San Jose-basedWB affiliateKNTV (which served as theABC affiliate for theSouth Bay from 1960 until 2000, when it agreed to disaffiliate at the request of theBay Area's primary ABC station, O&OKGO-TV) assumes the NBC affiliation and soon afterward is sold to the network by theGranite Broadcasting Corporation, whose remaining Bay Area station, KBWB-TV (now independent stationKOFY-TV), consequently became the market's sole WB affiliate. |
| 5 | Soul Train airs its1,000th episode.Faith Evans,Rayvon, andMack 10 performed. |
| 17 | The Price Is Right tapes its 30th Anniversary Special broadcast inLas Vegas, and it was broadcast byCBS January 31. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 | Super Commercials: AMental Engineering Special is broadcast byPBS member stations reaching 85% of the U.S. afterSuper Bowl XXXVI; reportedly the best coverage yet achieved by a formerpublic-access television program. |
| Pat Summerall calls his 26th and finalSuper Bowl overall for television and radio. This was also the eighth final Super Bowl telecast (and finalNFL telecast of any kind) to be called by Summerall andJohn Madden. The duo called five forCBS and three forFox. TheNew England Patriots win their first championship ever against theSt. Louis Rams, leading a start of their dynasty. | |
| 8 | The opening ceremony of the2002 Winter Olympics are televised byNBC. |
| In the wake of theSeptember 11 terrorist attacks,WNBC inNew York City revives theWe're 4 New York campaign. | |
| 13 | TheUPN seriesSpecial Unit 2 airs its 19th and final episode. One of the guest stars in this episode was a then-19-year old Canadian actress by the name ofCobie Smulders, who would go on to star in the CBS seriesHow I Met Your Mother alongsideJosh Radnor andJason Segel3 years later. |
| 14 | CBS buysKCAL (channel 9) inLos Angeles, California from Young Broadcasting for $650 million, making it a sister station toKCBS channel 2. |
| The finalFamily Guy episode airs after Fox announces its cancellation (however, record DVD sales and high ratings in syndication convinceFox to bring it back in 2005). |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 | CBS broadcasts a commercial-freedocumentary TV movie about theSeptember 11 attacks, without edits to content or language. |
| 25 | The firstWWF draft lottery is broadcast live on the showRaw, causing a split between the two brandsRaw andSmackDown. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Noggin refocuses its daytime programming towards preschoolers, debutingPlay with Me Sesame andTiny Planets, and launchesThe N, a nighttime block for teenagers. |
| 15 | The 63rd and final episode ofOnce and Again is broadcast byABC. This would markEvan Rachel Wood's final appearance as a main cast member on a television series untilWestworld premieres onHBO in2016. |
| 17 | The ABC soap operaGeneral Hospital broadcasts its milestone 10,000th episode. |
| 19 | Tribune Broadcasting buysWB affiliateWTTV (channel 4) inBloomington, Indiana and its translator WTTK (channel 29) inKokomo, Indiana fromSinclair for $125 million. |
| 29 | Donovan Patton replacesSteve Burns as the second host ofNick Jr.'slive-action animatedchildren's television seriesBlue's Clues in a three-part special. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1-14 | Jeopardy! hosted aMillion Dollar Masters Tournament held atRadio City Music Hall in commemoration of hostAlex Trebek's 4,000th episode.Brad Rutter won the tournament aired May 14 and the $1,000,000 grand prize. The day after the finals,Jeopardy! celebrates the airing of Trebek's 4,000th episode in syndication.[1] |
| 5 | NBC broadcasts a three-hour 75th anniversary special. |
| 6 | One Life to Live broadcasts a full week of episodes broadcast live from theABC New York studios. |
| The firstMonday Night Raw episode under theWorld Wrestling Entertainment name is broadcast after following a lawsuit by theWorld Wildlife Fund for the initials "WWF". | |
| 13 | TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time is presented by ABC. |
| 17 | The29th Daytime Emmy Awards are broadcast byCBS. |
| 19 | InCBS, Vecepia Towery was named the Sole Survivor inSurvivor: Marquesas. That episode was also panned with criticism over the infamous tiebreaker dubbed "Purple Rock" leading to the elimination of frontrunnerPaschal English. As of today, this is the last reunion special hosted by someone other than the hostJeff Probst,Rosie O'Donnell hosted the special. |
| 22 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show airs its last live episode. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 | NBC broadcasts itslastNBA game after 12 years with the league. The network will not broadcast another NBA game until the2025–26 season. |
| 16 | The Dead Zone premieres onUSA Network, with the highestratings of a cable series debut in history. |
| 18 | FX broadcasts a"lost episode" ofMarried... with Children entitled "I'll See You in Court". Produced during the show'sthird season (1988–89), the episode was pulled fromFox's schedule due conflicts between the show's producers and the network over its content. |
| 27 | Fox Television Stations acquireWPWR-TV fromNewsweb Corporation. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 4 | ABC broadcasts a three-hour primetime news special, entitledIn Search of America: Celebration. |
| 13 | Fox News Channel overtakesCNN as the #1-rated news channel. |
| 15 | After negotiations concerning a new affiliation agreement withCBS fail,WJXT (channel 4) inJacksonville, Florida becomes an independent station on this date, with formerUPN affiliateWTEV-TV (channel 47) assuming the market's CBS affiliation. This also results in an affiliation change in nearbyGainesville (where WJXT had long been the market's default CBS affiliate), asWB/UPN affiliateWGFL joins CBS (giving the Gainesville market its first-ever CBS affiliate).[2] |
| Date | Event |
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| Date | Event |
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| 1 | Clear Channel reverts theKMOL-TV branding inSan Antonio back to the WOAI-TV branding, since Clear Channel tradedWFTC toFox in return for two network-based affiliates originally by Chris Craft, KTVX, and KMOL. |
| 2 | Disney Channel stops broadcasting its afternoon and late night programming blocks "Zoog Disney" and "Vault Disney". |
| InPortland, Oregon, theMeredith Corporation's duopoly ofUPN affiliateKPTV andFox affiliateKPDX (which Fox had sold to Meredith on June 17 in exchange forWOFL inOrlando, Florida and its semi-satellite inGainesville,WOGX) swap affiliations. | |
| KPSP-LP inPalm Springs, California signs-on the air, giving theCoachella Valley its first-everCBS affiliate. | |
| 4 | Kelly Clarkson wins thefirst season ofFox's reality seriesAmerican Idol. |
| 7 | Fox Kids (which had been on the air since 1990) airs for the final time, asFox had sold the block's program library to Disney, parent company of rival networkABC. It was replaced the following week (on September 14) by the 4Kids-programmedFoxBox.[3] |
| 8 | In Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN,FoxO&OWFTC swaps affiliations with sister station andUPN affiliateKMSP-TV, due to Fox's desire to place their programming on a stronger station (in addition to being on VHF, KMSP-TV has higher ratings, a stronger signal, and a well-established news department).[4] |
| 9 | John Madden officially makes his debut as the newcolor commentator forMonday Night Football onABC. Madden's first regular seasonbroadcast was agame inNew England between thePatriots and thePittsburgh Steelers. Working alongsideAl Michaels, Madden would later that season, be in the booth for ABC's broadcast ofSuper Bowl XXXVII fromSan Diego. Madden would become the first person to do televised color commentary for two consecutive Super Bowls on two different networks (having previously calledSuper Bowl XXXVI forFox). |
| 14 | Major upheavals take place on Saturday mornings, as three of the four major networks change their programming on this day, withNBC preparing to do the same.Fox, having sold Fox Kids Worldwide toThe Walt Disney Company the previous year, endsFox Kids and sells its airtime to4Kids Entertainment, who begins programming their new children's programming blockFoxBox. Disney, having acquired Fox Kids' program library, re-launchesDisney's One Saturday Morning on ABC asABC Kids.CBS, whose then and now-corporate siblingNickelodeon programs its lineup, rebrands itsNick Jr. on CBS block asNick on CBS and refocuses it on 2–11 year old children.[3][5] |
| 16 | Sony Pictures Entertainment rebranded the television unit ofColumbia TriStar Domestic Television into its proper name,Sony Pictures Television (which could bring Sony's upcoming future series, as well as Sony distributed shows, and classic shows from theScreen Gems Television/Columbia Pictures Television library to be under the Sony Television unit as a whole). The new Sony Pictures Television unit would produce the remaining Columbia TriStar programs under the Sony name that were renewed for the2002-2003 TV season (which includes well-known series,Days of Our Lives,The Young and the Restless,Wheel of Fortune,Jeopardy!, etc.). |
| 17 | Release date ofKelly Clarkson's debut single, the double-A side CD "A Moment Like This"/"Before Your Love". |
| 22 | TwoNBC programs,Friends andThe West Wing, respectively winOutstanding Comedy Series andOutstanding Drama Series at the54th Primetime Emmy Awards, which, by coincidence, airs on NBC. |
| 25 | Lisa Donahue is the winner ofCBS's contestBig Brother 3 and wins the $500,000 prize; runner-up Danielle Reyes wins $50,000. |
| 28 | After being on the air for over ten years,NBC's Saturday morning blockTNBC airs for the final time. The following week, NBC's deal withDiscovery Networks takes effect, resulting in the launch ofDiscovery Kids on NBC. |
| 30 | American Movie Classics is revamped to become a commercial general movie channel. |
| Disney Channel,Playhouse Disney, andToon Disney unveil their new logos and graphics. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 5 | NBC, having signed a contract withDiscovery Networks, replaces their teen-oriented blockTNBC with a programming strand calledDiscovery Kids on NBC (a spinoff of digital cable channelDiscovery Kids). |
| 14 | Nickelodeon debuts its weekly programming variety blockU-Pick Live. |
| 17 | Four television stations debut inGuam carrying programming from theTrinity Broadcasting Network:K28HS,K30HB,K32GB, andK36GJ. All four stations will become translators ofNBC affiliateKUAM-TV in 2007. |
| 25 | CBS News weathermanMark McEwen leaves after 15 years. |
| 27 | Game 7 of theWorld Series is broadcast onFox. TheAnaheim Angels win their first championship by defeating theSan Francisco Giants. |
| 30 | Warren Zevon is featured onCBS'sLate Show with David Letterman as the only guest for the entire hour, performing several songs and talking about being diagnosed with inoperablelung cancer. |
| Longtime cast memberHunter Tylo's character,Dr. Taylor Hamilton Forrester, is killed in theCBS soap operaThe Bold and the Beautiful, which is seen worldwide. | |
| TheNBA on ESPN returned for the first time since the1983–84 season, featuring a doubleheader between theWashington Wizards and theToronto Raptors, and theLos Angeles Lakers and thePortland Trail Blazers. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 20 | The2002 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast onCBS. 10.5 million people tune in.[6][7][8] |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 25 | TheNBA on ABC returned for the first time since the1972–73 season, broadcasting aChristmas Day doubleheader between theBoston Celtics and theNew Jersey Nets, and theSacramento Kings and theLos Angeles Lakers. |
| Show | Last aired | Previous network | New/Same network | Returning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All That | 2000 | Nickelodeon | Same | January 19 |
| Baby Blues | The WB | Adult Swim | January 20 | |
| Mission Hill | The WB | Adult Swim | July 14 | |
| The Oblongs | 2001 | The WB | Adult Swim | August 25 |
| Barney & Friends | 2000 | PBS Kids | Same | September 2 |
| The $100,000 Pyramid | 1992 | Syndication | Pyramid | September 16 |
| Wild Kingdom | 1988 | NBC | Animal Planet | September 17 |
| Date | Show | Network | Debut | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Tales from the Neverending Story | HBO | 2001 | Cancelled |
| January 5 | Sk8 | NBC | ||
| January 11 | The Ellen Show | CBS | ||
| Card Sharks (returned in 2019) | Syndication | 1978 | ||
| January 15 | Max Steel | Cartoon Network | 2000 | |
| Imagine That | NBC | 2002 | ||
| January 18 | The Outer Limits | Sci Fi Channel | 1995 | |
| January 21 | Daria | MTV | 1997 | Ended |
| January 25 | The Chamber | Fox | 2002 | Cancelled |
| January 26 | Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse | PBS Kids | 2000 | |
| January 26 | That's Life | CBS | ||
| January 27 | Nikki | The WB | ||
| January 31 | The Tick | Fox | 2001 | |
| February 1 | Market Watch | CNBC | 1998 | |
| February 5 | Three Sisters | NBC | 2001 | |
| February 10 | Action League Now! | Nickelodeon | ||
| February 13 | Special Unit 2 | UPN | ||
| Dr. Katz Professional Therapist | Comedy Central | 1995 | ||
| February 14 | Going to California | Showtime | 2001 | |
| February 17 | The Steve Harvey Show | The WB | 1996 | |
| Jackass | MTV | 2000 | ||
| February 23 | Sheena | Syndication | ||
| March 4 | Sponk! | Noggin | 2001 | |
| March 5 | 100 Centre Street | A&E | ||
| March 10 | Any Day Now | Lifetime | 1998 | |
| Baby Blues | Kids' WB | 2000 | ||
| March 12 | Undeclared | Fox | 2001 | |
| March 15 | To Tell the Truth (returned in 2016) | Syndication | 1956 | |
| March 16 | The Nightmare Room | Kids' WB | 2001 | |
| March 18 | The Chair | ABC | 2002 | |
| March 19 | The Random Years | UPN | ||
| March 21 | My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | The WB | ||
| March 23 | UC: Undercover | NBC | 2001 | |
| March 25 | Glory Days | The WB | 2002 | |
| March 31 | The URL With Phred Show | Noggin | 2001 | |
| April 7 | Sheep in the Big City | Cartoon Network | 2000 | |
| April 9 | The Court | Fox | 2002 | |
| April 11 | Eco-Challenge (returned in 2019) | Discovery Channel | 1995 | |
| April 15 | Once and Again | ABC | 1999 | |
| April 17 | Combat Missions | USA | 2002 | |
| April 21 | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Nickelodeon | 1999 | |
| April 24 | The Job | ABC | 2001 | |
| April 25 | Leap of Faith | NBC | 2002 | |
| April 26 | Lexx | Sci Fi Channel | 1997 | |
| April 28 | Caitlin's Way | Nickelodeon | 2000 | |
| April 30 | Dharma & Greg | ABC | 1997 | |
| Spin City | 1996 | |||
| May 1 | Wolf Lake | CBS | 2001 | |
| May 2 | Late World with Zach | VH1 | 2002 | |
| May 3 | Dark Angel | Fox | 2000 | |
| First Monday | CBS | 2002 | ||
| Maybe It's Me | The WB | 2001 | ||
| May 4 | So Little Time | ABC Family | ||
| May 10 | Raising Dad | The WB | ||
| Teacher's Pet | Toon Disney | 2000 | ||
| May 11 | Taina | Nickelodeon | 2001 | |
| May 12 | Ponderosa | PAX TV | ||
| May 13 | Beastmaster | Syndication | 1999 | |
| The Lost World | ||||
| May 14 | Roswell | The WB | ||
| Mysterious Ways | NBC | 2000 | ||
| May 17 | Talk Soup (returned in 2004 asThe Soup) | E! | 1991 | Ended |
| May 18 | V.I.P. | Syndication | 1998 | Cancelled |
| The Andy Dick Show | MTV | 2001 | ||
| May 19 | The X-Files (returned in 2016) | Fox | 1993 | Ended |
| WWF Jakked/Metal | Syndication | 1999 | Cancelled | |
| May 20 | Ally McBeal | Fox | 1997 | |
| Earth: Final Conflict | Syndication | |||
| Relic Hunter | 1999 | |||
| The Hughleys | ABC | 1998 | ||
| May 22 | Felicity | The WB | Ended | |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Syndication | 1996 | Cancelled | |
| Sally | 1983 | |||
| May 24 | Friday Night Videos | NBC | ||
| Shop 'til You Drop (returned in 2003) | PAX TV | 1991 | ||
| May 25 | Maximum Exposure | Syndication | 2000 | |
| May 27 | Family Law | CBS | 1999 | |
| May 28 | Philly | ABC | 2001 | |
| May 29 | That '80s Show | Fox | 2002 | |
| June 2 | The Education of Max Bickford | CBS | 2001 | |
| June 6 | Celebrity Deathmatch (returned in 2006) | MTV | 1998 | |
| June 12 | NBA on NBC (willreturn in 2025) | NBC | 1990 | |
| June 15 | The Tex Avery Show | Cartoon Network | 1996 | |
| June 21 | Smush | USA | 2001 | |
| June 22 | Alienators: Evolution Continues | Fox Kids | ||
| June 25 | Unscripted with Chris Connelly | ESPN | ||
| June 29 | Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! | ABC | ||
| Phantom Investigators | Kids' WB | 2002 | ||
| July 5 | Politically Incorrect | ABC | 1993 | |
| July 13 | Spy Groove | MTV | 2000 | |
| July 17 | Breaking News | Bravo | 2002 | |
| July 27 | The New Woody Woodpecker Show | Fox Kids | 1999 | |
| August 8 | Pop-Up Video (returned in 2011) | VH1 | 1996 | |
| August 10 | The Zeta Project | Kids' WB | 2001 | |
| August 11 | For Your Love | The WB | 1998 | |
| Greg the Bunny | Fox | 2002 | ||
| Mission Hill | Adult Swim | 1999 | ||
| August 12 | Titus | Fox | 2000 | |
| August 18 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | A&E | 2001 | |
| Totally in Tune | Disney Channel | 2002 | ||
| August 20 | The Rerun Show | NBC | ||
| August 24 | Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension | Fox Kids | ||
| August 26 | Witchblade | TNT | 2001 | |
| August 30 | I Bet You Will | MTV | 2002 | |
| Dennis Miller Live | HBO | 1994 | ||
| August 31 | Teen Summit | BET | 1989 | |
| September 1 | Contest Searchlight | Comedy Central | 2002 | |
| September 5 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Fox | 1997 | |
| Undressed | MTV | 1999 | ||
| September 7 | Just Deal | NBC | 2000 | |
| September 8 | Arliss | HBO | 1996 | |
| September 18 | Resurrection Blvd. | Showtime | 2000 | |
| September 20 | Unsolved Mysteries (returned in 2008) | Lifetime | 1987 | |
| September 21 | The Amanda Show | Nickelodeon | 1999 | |
| October 1 | Son of the Beach | FX | 2000 | |
| October 4 | That Was Then | ABC | 2002 | |
| October 5 | Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (returned in 2004) | PBS Kids | 2001 | |
| October 6 | Nickelodeon Robot Wars | Nickelodeon | 2002 | |
| October 7 | Wild & Crazy Kids | Nickelodeon | 1990 | |
| Beat the Geeks | Comedy Central | 2001 | ||
| October 14 | The Oblongs | The WB | ||
| October 15 | Odyssey 5 | Showtime | 2002 | |
| October 18 | Grim & Evil | Cartoon Network | 2001 | |
| October 24 | Push, Nevada | ABC | 2002 | |
| October 27 | Bram & Alice | CBS | ||
| O2Be | Oxygen | |||
| October 28 | Girls Club | Fox | ||
| October 31 | Off Centre | The WB | 2001 | |
| November 5 | Haunted | UPN | 2002 | |
| November 15 | Pelswick | Nickelodeon | 2000 | |
| November 22 | In Search of... (returned in 2018) | Sci-Fi Channel | 1977 | |
| Courage the Cowardly Dog | Cartoon Network | 1999 | ||
| December 4 | State of Grace | ABC Family | 2001 | |
| December 10 | Invader Zim (returned in 2006) | Nickelodeon | ||
| December 11 | MDs | ABC | 2002 | |
| December 15 | Do Over | The WB | 2002 | |
| December 18 | The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries | Cartoon Network | 1995 | |
| December 20 | Providence | NBC | 1999 | |
| Firefly | Fox | 2002 | ||
| I Love the '80s | VH1 | |||
| December 21 | BattleBots (returned in 2015) | Comedy Central | 2000 |
| Title | Network | Date of airing |
|---|---|---|
| Is It College Yet? | MTV | January 21 |
| Cadet Kelly | Disney Channel | March 8 |
| 9/11 | CBS | March 10 |
| A Season on the Brink | ESPN | |
| Blue's Clues: Joe's Scrapbook | Nickelodeon | April 29 |
| Get a Clue | Disney Channel | June 28 |
| Gotta Kick It Up! | July 26 | |
| Hope Ranch | Animal Planet | September 2 |
| Hey Arnold!:The Journal | Nickelodeon | November 11 |
| Home Alone 4 | ABC | November 25 |
| Live from Baghdad | HBO | December 7 |
| The Man Who Saved Christmas | CBS | December 15 |
| Title | Channel | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Dinotopia | ABC | May 12 |
| Taken | Sci-Fi | December 2 |
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TeleFutura | Over-the-air multicast/cable and satellite | January 14 | ||
| The Church Channel | Cable and satellite/over-the-air multicast | January 14 | ||
| YES Network | Cable and satellite | March 19 | ||
| G4 | Cable television | April 24 | ||
| Cartoon Network Kids | Cable and satellite | |||
| MTV Hits MTV Jams Nicktoons TV VH1 MegaHits | Cable television | May 1 | ||
| National College Sports Network | Cable and satellite | June 1 | ||
| Discovery HD Theater | Cable and satellite | June 17 | ||
| BET Gospel BET Hip-Hop | Cable television | July 1 | ||
| Fine Living Network | Cable and satellite | August 21 |
| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Science Channel | Science Channel | Cable and satellite | April 22 | Discovery Science Channel becomes the firstDiscovery Networks-owned cable network to drop the Discovery branding from its name, rebranding as theScience Channel. | |
| HBO Plus | HBO 2 | Cable television | September |
| Network | Type | End date | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNN/SI | Cable and satellite | May 15 | ||
| All News Channel | Satellite television | September 30 |
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | Berrien Springs, Michigan (South Bend/Elkhart, Indiana) | WRDY-LP | 25 | Independent | ABC (viaWBND-LP) | |
| July 15 | Gainesville, Florida | WGFL | 23 | The WB (primary) UPN (secondary) | CBS (primary) UPN (secondary) | |
| WBFL-LP | 11 | |||||
| Jacksonville, Florida | WJXT | 4 | CBS | Independent | ||
| WTEV-TV | 47 | UPN | CBS | |||
| September 2 | Portland, Oregon | KPTV | 12 | UPN | Fox | |
| KPDX | 49 | Fox | UPN | |||
| September 8 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | KMSP | 9 | UPN | Fox | |
| WFTC | 29 | Fox | UPN | |||
| October | Berrien Springs, Michigan (South Bend/Elkhart, Indiana) | WRDY-LP | 25 | ABC (viaWBND-LP) | The WB | |
| November 1 | Sheridan, Wyoming | KJCW | 7 | CBS | NBC | |
| Unknown date | Bellingham, Washington (Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada) | KVOS-TV | 12 | Independent (primary) CityTV (secondary) | Independent (full-time) | |
| Calipatria/El Centro, California Yuma, Arizona,United States/Mexicali, Baja California,Mexico | KAJB | 54 | Independent | Telefutura | ||
| Lima, Ohio | WLMO-LP | 38 | Fox (as W65DP) | CBS | ||
| Madison, Wisconsin | WISC-DT2 | 3.2 (digital) | The WB | UPN | ||
| WBUW | 57 | UPN (as WHPN) | The WB |
| Date | Name | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| January 22 | Caitlin Clark | Basketball player[16] |
| February 2 | Soni Nicole Bringas | Actress (Fuller House) |
| February 4 | Graham Verchere | Actor (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic,The Good Doctor) |
| February 5 | Davis Cleveland | Actor (Shake It Up) |
| February 6 | Shelby Simmons | Actress (Bunk'd) |
| February 11 | Chase Vacnin | Actor (Drama Club) |
| February 24 | Louis Tomeo | Actor (Every Witch Way) |
| March 4 | Jacob Hopkins | Voice actor (Gumball onThe Amazing World of Gumball (2014–17)) |
| March 29 | Mohana Krishnan | Actress (I Am Frankie) |
| April 8 | Skai Jackson | Actress (Bubble Guppies,Jessie,Dora the Explorer,Bunk'd) |
| April 18 | Noah Thompson | Singer on (American Idol)[17] |
| April 26 | Kristen Li | Voice actress (Bubbles onThe Powerpuff Girls) |
| May 6 | Emily Alyn Lind | Actress (Revenge,Gossip Girl) |
| May 8 | Ethan Wacker | Actor (Miles from Tomorrowland,Bizaardvark) |
| May 9 | Cree Cicchino | Actress (Game Shakers) |
| May 16 | Sadie Sink | Actress (Stranger Things) |
| May 19 | Kayden Muller-Janssen | Actress (The Villains of Valley View) |
| May 29 | Aidan Miner | Actor (School of Rock) |
| May 31 | Giselle Torres | Actress |
| June 2 | Madison Hu | Actress (Bizaardvark) |
| June 4 | Eva Bella | Actress (Shimmer and Shine) |
| June 16 | Isaak Presley | Actor (Stuck in the Middle) |
| Matthew Zhang | Actor (Henry Danger,Harvey Beaks) | |
| June 17 | Jake Goodman | Canadian actor (Life with Boys,Max & Shred) |
| June 25 | Mason Vale Cotton | Actor (Desperate Housewives,Mad Men) |
| July 23 | Benjamin Flores Jr. | Actor (The Haunted Hathaways,Game Shakers) |
| July 26 | Michael Campion | Actor (Fuller House) |
| Theodore Barnes | Actor (Legendary Dudas,Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn) | |
| July 31 | Lela Brown | Actress (Just Roll with It) and Rapper |
| Abi Carter | Singer (American Idol)[18] | |
| August 18 | Murray Wyatt Rundus | Actor (Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything) |
| August 19 | Brighton Sharbino | Actress (The Walking Dead) |
| August 21 | Isabella Pappas | Actress (The Villains of Valley View) |
| August 30 | Grant Palmer | Voice actor (Lincoln Loud onThe Loud House (Episodes 1–22)) |
| September 3 | Iman Vellani | Actress (Ms. Marvel) |
| September 6 | Asher Angel | Actor (Andi Mack) |
| Pearce Joza | Actor (Legendary Dudas,Mech-X4) | |
| September 8 | Gaten Matarazzo | Actor (Stranger Things) |
| September 12 | DeVion Harris | Actor (Legendary Dudas) |
| September 19 | Isaac Kragten | Actor (Odd Squad) |
| September 21 | Ethan Estrada | Actor (Talia in the Kitchen) |
| September 22 | Cody Veith | Actor (Walk the Prank) |
| September 27 | Jenna Ortega | Actress (Jane the Virgin,Stuck in the Middle,Elena of Avalor) |
| Jillian Shea Spaeder | Actress (Walk the Prank) | |
| September 30 | Maddie Ziegler | Actress (Dance Moms) |
| October 3 | Felix Avitia | Actor (Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything,Raven's Home) |
| October 6 | Rio Mangini | Actor (Bella and the Bulldogs,Everything Sucks!) |
| October 12 | Iris Apatow | Actress (Love) |
| October 14 | Thomas Kuc | Actor (Game Shakers) |
| October 25 | Johnny Sequoyah | Actress |
| November 15 | Van Crosby | Actor (Splitting Up Together) |
| November 20 | Madisyn Shipman | Actress (Saturday Night Live,Game Shakers) |
| November 26 | Baylee Littrell | Actor |
| November 30 | Emily Skinner | Actress (Andi Mack) |
| December 6 | Cade Sutton | Actor (Kirby Buckets) |
| December 20 | Isabella Ferreira | Actress (Love, Victor) |
| December 23 | Finn Wolfhard | Actor (Stranger Things,Carmen Sandiego) |
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 13 | Ted Demme | 38 | Director |
| February 6 | Guy Stockwell | 68 | Actor, brother ofDean Stockwell |
| February 13 | Waylon Jennings | 64 | Singer (balladeer/narrator onThe Dukes of Hazzard) |
| February 15 | Howard K. Smith | 87 | Television anchor (ABC News,CBS News) |
| February 22 | Chuck Jones | 89 | Animator (Looney Tunes), director (How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) |
| February 24 | Mel Stewart | 72 | Character actor (Henry Jefferson onAll in the Family and Billy Melrose onScarecrow and Mrs. King) |
| February 28 | Mary Stuart | 75 | Soap opera actress (Jo for the entire 35-year run ofSearch for Tomorrow) |
| March 15 | Sylvester Weaver | 93 | President of NBC, credited with creating (The Today Show andThe Tonight Show) |
| March 17 | Rosetta LeNoire | 90 | Actress (Mother Winslow onFamily Matters) |
| March 27 | Milton Berle | 93 | Comedian, actor (Texaco Star Theater) |
| April 2 | Jack Kruschen | 80 | Character actor (Papa Papadopolous onWebster) |
| April 16 | Robert Urich | 55 | Actor (Spenser onSpenser: For Hire and Dan Tanna onVega$) |
| April 25 | Lisa Lopes | 30 | Rapper ofTLC |
| May 24 | Susie Garrett | 72 | Actress (Betty Johnson onPunky Brewster), sister ofMarla Gibbs |
| June 3 | Sam Whipple | 41 | Actor (Open All Night,Seven Days) |
| June 5 | Dee Dee Ramone | 50 | Singer-songwriter (Ramones) |
| June 13 | John Hope | 83 | Meteorologist ofThe Weather Channel |
| July 8 | Ward Kimball | 88 | Animator |
| August 5 | Josh Ryan Evans | 20 | Actor (Timmy Lenox onPassions) |
| September 7 | Erma Franklin | 64 | Singer |
| September 14 | LaWanda Page | 81 | Comedian, actress (Aunt Esther onSanford and Son) |
| September 28 | Whitney Blake | 76 | Actress (Dorothy Baxter onHazel), co-creator ofOne Day at a Time and mother ofMeredith Baxter |
| October 10 | Teresa Graves | 54 | Actress (Get Christie Love!) |
| October 13 | Keene Curtis | 79 | Actor (John Allen Hill onCheers) |
| October 20 | Barbara Berjer | 82 | Actress (Claire Cassen Shea onAs the World Turns, Barbara Norris Thorpe onGuiding Light, Bridget Connell onAnother World) |
| November 3 | Jonathan Harris | 87 | Actor (Bradford Webster onThe Third Man, Doctor Zachary Smith onLost in Space, Commander Isaac Gampu onSpace Academy) |
| November 9 | Merlin Santana | 26 | Actor (Romeo Santana onThe Steve Harvey Show) |
| December 3 | Glenn Quinn | 32 | Actor (Mark onRoseanne) |
| December 5 | Roone Arledge | 71 | Sports producer, credited with creating (Monday Night Football) |
Brad Rutter of Lancaster, Penn., earned a total of $1,155,102 after winning a Million Dollar Masters Tournament.