| List of years in American television: |
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| 2003–04 United States network television schedule |
| 2004–05 United States network television schedule |
| List of American television programs currently in production |
InAmerican television during 2004 notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 7 | The Apprentice, a reality show franchise produced byMark Burnett involving a test of skill to be 'hired' into a company, which was hosted by businessmanDonald Trump (who would later become thenation's president in2016), premieres its first episode. David Gould would be the first person fired. |
| 19 | British children's television seriesBoohbah (made byRagdoll Productions who also madeTeletubbies) premieres in the US onPBS Kids.[1] |
| 22 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire aired a spin-off ofWho Wants to Be a Super Millionaire which offered its biggest cash prize in a game show history of $10,000,000. Only one contestant, Robert Essig, won at least $1,000,000 during the run, and no contestants won the top prize of $10,000,000. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Super Bowl XXXVIII airs on CBS, featuring thehalftime show controversy occurring during a performance "Rock Your Body" byJanet Jackson andJustin Timberlake over indecency. The incident went viral and gave way to the rise of the term, "wardrobe malfunction"; in the wake of the incident, theFederal Communications Commission strengthened its rules concerning certain types of indecency, while Jackson was temporarily blacklisted fromViacom, CBS' parent company, along with other music websites, as well as having her invitation revoked for the then-upcomingGrammy Awards ceremony. |
| After 23 years,TBS quits using the superstation moniker. | |
| 11 | TheTrue Hollywood Storiessketch featuringRick James andCharlie Murphy first airs onChappelle's Show. |
| 14 | Jetix was introduced onToon Disney andABC Family, making it the first trade-name to be introduced as an anime-based block. |
| 22 | Sex and the City broadcasts its last episode onHBO, "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux." |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | OnCBS,The Price Is Right broadcasts its 6,000th episode. |
| PBS launched the HD network for the purpose of offering high definition and widescreen content 24 hours per day, seven days per week onto most PBS stations.[2] | |
| 4 | Rich Fields debuts as the new announcer forThe Price is Right, a role he would hold until the end of Season 38. |
| 8 | Tiffany is named the new host ofBET'sThe Center. Young Sir, who has been filling in sinceAmerie left last fall, takes over as the new host ofBET.com Countdown. |
| InCasper, Wyoming,independent station/Pax TV affiliateKTWO-TV (having lostNBC toKCWY in September of last year) finally becomes anABC affiliate after ABC's outgoing affiliateKFNB reaches an agreement with KTWO-TV ending its affiliation three months earlier than scheduled. KFNB then becomes aFox affiliate, while sister station K26ES (nowKWYF-LD) elevates its secondaryUPN affiliation to full-time status. | |
| 15 | Game Show Network began making the switch to their new rebranding, GSN. |
| 18 | The 57th episode ofThe Powerpuff Girls "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" airs in Canada onYTV, having been banned in the United States due to religious controversy. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nickelodeon celebrates its 25th anniversary. |
| 4 | TheSesame Street primetime special "The Street We Live On" premieres onPBS. |
| 5 | The Australian soapNeighbours returns to U.S. television for the first time since 1991, onOxygen. |
| 12 | KLSB-TV inNacogdoches, Texas, asatellite station ofNBC affiliateKETK-TV, separates from its parent station to become aCBS affiliate, returning CBS to theTyler-Longview market for the first time since KLMG-TV becameFox affiliateKFXK-TV in April 1991. The next day, theFederal Communications Commission approves KLSB-TV's call letter change to the currentKYTX. |
| 16 | C-SPAN aired a press conference being held in theWhite House Rose Garden in which PresidentGeorge W. Bush and British Prime MinisterTony Blair spoke about the war inIraq and other issues. The event was far more watched than almost any other C-SPAN broadcast of the year, getting "shockingly high"Nielsen ratings. A similar broadcast on March 27 of the previous year was similarly widely viewed.[3] |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 6 | Friends ends its run after 10 years, broadcasting the last episode, "The Last One", onNBC. A spinoff,Joey, debuts on NBC the following season. |
| 9 | InCBS,season two contestantAmber Brkish proposed toseason four contestantRob Mariano before naming the former the "Sole Survivor" in theinauguralAll-Stars season. Four days later,season seven contestantRupert Boneham was also awarded the $1 million prize after voted for the most popular contestant in theAmerica's Tribal Council special aired four days later. |
| 11 | NBCUniversal is founded byGeneral Electric andVivendi Universal. |
| 13 | Frasier broadcasts its last episode onNBC, "Goodnight, Seattle". |
| 15 | Jimmy Fallon makes his last appearance as acast member ofNBC'sSaturday Night Live, for itsseason finale. Theepisode was hosted byMary-Kate andAshley Olsen with a musical performance ofJ-Kwon. |
| 26 | Fantasia Barrino wins the third season ofFox'sAmerican Idol. This series also marked the first time it topped viewerships in the television ratings of this season. |
| 27 | Fox announced the cancellation of television specialSeriously, Dude, I'm Gay, which was intended to air on June 7, 2004. The cancellation followed intense media backlash, such as fromGLAAD, over the special's portrayal of gay men; the network attributed the cancellation to "creative reasons".[4] |
| 28 | TechTV merges withG4 to formG4techTV, one of the most controversial mergers of television history as less than a year later, the merged network becomesG4 once again. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Ken Jennings ofSalt Lake City, Utah, begins a long run asJeopardy! champion. |
| 7 | ABC broadcasts itsfinalNHL game for 17 years, which also turns out to be the last one before thelockout that canceled the league's 2004–05 season. ThroughESPN, the network resumes airing NHL games in the2021-22 season. |
| 10 | TBS reintroduces itsVery Funny campaign. |
| 11 | Major networks cover thestate funeral of Ronald Reagan.[5] |
| The Wild Thornberrys ends with the episode "Eliza Unplugged". | |
| 14 | Cartoon Network unveils a new logo for the first time in 11 years and a new branding that involve various animated characters living around a realistic CGI-themed city. The new branding known as "CN City", replaced the previous Powerhouse branding which had been in use for the past 7 years. |
| 18 | Rodney Dangerfield (who appeared more than seventy times as a guest onThe Tonight Show) makes his final appearance as a talk show guest onCBS'The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. He died on October 5. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 22 | Documentary miniseriesThe Staircase is premiered in an abbreviated version as a special two-hour presentation of ABC'sPrimetime Thursday.[6] |
| 24 | The infamous fight betweenJason Varitek andAlex Rodriguez occurs during aRed Sox-Yankees game onFox. That same night, the Red Sox came back with a two-run walk-off homer byBill Mueller against closerMariano Rivera. |
| 27 | During theDemocratic National Convention, IllinoisSenate candidate (andfuture president)Barack Obama delivers thekeynote address. The speech is widely praised and is credited forhis victory four years later.[7][8] |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rugrats aired its last episode titled "Hurricane Alice". |
| 9 | David Muir resigns as co-anchor ofWorld News Now onABC and is replaced byRon Corning. |
| 13 | The animated comedy seriesFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends premieres onCartoon Network starringGrey DeLisle as the voice of Frankie Foster,Keith Ferguson as the voice of Bloo and others. |
| 15 | InCharlottesville, Virginia,NBC affiliateWVIR-TV, long the only commercial station in its market, receives competition for the first time ever whenWCAV signs-on as aCBS affiliate. Shortly thereafter, WCAV addsWVAW-LP as anABC affiliate. |
| 27 | Craig Kilborn ends his five-year run as host ofThe Late Late Show. |
| 28 | PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch ended. |
| 30 | ABC affiliateWDTN inDayton, Ohio swaps affiliations withNBC affiliateWKEF, reversing a swap that took place in 1980. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 4 | A series premiere promo for the Canadian animated seriesAtomic Betty, which is set to premiere on sister cable networkCartoon Network on September 17, accidentally airs onKids' WB during the split screen credits of thePokémon: Advanced episode "A Poké-Block Party". |
| 5 | British preschooler's programThomas & Friends comes toPBS Kids as a stand-alone program withMichael Brandon taking over as the narrator. |
| 11 | Higglytown Heroes, created by George Evelyn, Holly Huckins, Denis Morella, Kent Redeker, and Jeff Ulin, airs on Playhouse Disney. |
| 12 | In Chicago, independent stationWCIU dropsKids' WB. The city's WB affiliateWGN-TV, which had previously declined the block in favor of newscasts and sitcoms, picks up the block, and thus clears the entire WB schedule for the first time. |
| 19 | The56th Primetime Emmy Awards are given out onABC. |
| 21 | Drew Daniel is the winner of the U.S. version ofBig Brother 5 onCBS. Runner-Up Michael "Cowboy" Ellis wins $50,000. |
| 22 | Thepilot episode ofLost airs onABC. |
| 24 | Kathleen Herles announces her retirement as voice of Dora onDora the Explorer. Her final episode, "Dora Saves the Mermaids", would not air until November 2007. |
| 28 | Longtime veteranMarcy Walker makes her final appearance on the ABC soap operaAll My Children after two decades of being affiliated with the program. |
| 30 | President Bush and SenatorJohn Kerry participate in the first of the2004 presidential debates moderated byJim Lehrer.[9] |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Amy Poehler succeedsJimmy Fallon asTina Fey's co-anchor ofNBC'sSaturday Night Live'sWeekend Update skit, making the firstWeekend Update female duos. |
| Nickelodeon and its affiliated channels begin debuting special educational programming,Worldwide Day of Play, after the Let's Just Play campaign. | |
| 5 | Gwen Ifill moderates the 2004Vice Presidential debate betweenVice President Cheney and SenatorJohn Edwards atCase Western Reserve University.[10] |
| 8 | Charles Gibson moderates the second presidential debate atWashington University in St. Louis.[11] |
| 11 | PBS Kids debuts a programming block targeted at children aged 6–10 entitledPBS Kids Go!, with new showsMaya & Miguel and anArthur spinoff,Postcards from Buster premiering. |
| 13 | Bob Schieffer ofCBS News moderates the final presidential debate atArizona State University.[12] |
| 15 | ComedianJon Stewart makesan appearance onCrossfire withTucker Carlson andPaul Begala and calls the show out for "partisan hackery". |
| 20 | Game 7 of theALCS is broadcast onFox. TheBoston Red Sox reverse-sweep theNew York Yankees and become the first and (to date) only team inMLB history to come back from being down3-0 in a playoff series. |
| 27 | TheBoston Red Sox win theWorld Series title for the first time since1918, with a total of 86 years. They swept the 105-winSt. Louis Cardinals in four games. Sox closerKeith Foulke made the final out for underhanding the ball toDoug Mientkiewicz at first base after a grounder byEdgar Rentería (who coincidentally woreBabe Ruth's number 3). This officially marked the end of theCurse of the Bambino. |
| 29 | The fifth and final aired episode ofDr. Vegas aired onCBS. This marked the last time thatAmy Adams appeared as a regular cast member on a television series, before returning many years later withSharp Objects. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Young and the Restless broadcasts its 8,000th episode onCBS. |
| 7 | Dallas airs a third TV movie,Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork, onCBS. |
| 8 | Young Sir resigns as host ofBET.com Countdown and is replaced by recording artistRay J. |
| 9 | Tiffany resigns as host ofBET'sThe Center and is replaced byJulissa. |
| 10 | Sesame Street celebrates its 35th anniversary. |
| 19 | Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi premieres onCartoon Network withJanice Kawaye starring as Ami Onuki andGrey DeLisle, previously voicing Frankie Foster inFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends as Yumi Yoshimura. |
| 23 | LongtimeCBS News anchor and manager editorDan Rather announces he will step down in March. |
| 30 | After seventy-four consecutive wins,Ken Jennings finally loses onJeopardy!, to competitorNancy Zerg. Jennings' final cash winnings total is $2,522,700 making him the richest winner of American television history. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Tom Brokaw resigns as anchorman ofNBC Nightly News and is replaced byBrian Williams. |
| 15 | CNN's financial news channel,CNNfn, is ended. |
| 16 | All My Children broadcasts its 9,000th episode. |
| 29 | Rogers Media buys remaining 20% ownership ofRogers Sportsnet fromFox. |
| General Electric, owner ofNBC, purchasesUniversal Studios fromVivendi, leaving all six U.S. broadcast networks part of a company which also owns a movie studio. | |
| For the first time in its history,Nielsen Media Research, the official American television ratings service, began counting original shows on paytelevisionpremium channels in itsprime-time ratings.[13] At the time, most of these were broadcast by competitorsHBO andShowtime, butStarz has since begun producing original shows. |
| Show | Last aired | Previous network | New/Same network | Returning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of Mouse | 2003 | Toon Disney | Disney Channel | August 11 |
| Thomas & Friends | 2000 | Nick Jr | PBS Kids | September 5 |
| Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat | 2002 | PBS Kids | Same | September 26 |
| Teletubbies | 2001 | October 30 | ||
| Little Bear | 2003 | Nick Jr. Channel | November 16 |
| Date | Show | Channel | Debut | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 16 | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Cartoon Network | 2002 | Cancelled |
| January 23 | Fillmore! | Toon Disney | ||
| January 25 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | ABC | 2003 | |
| January 28 | Becker | CBS | 1998 | |
| January 29 | Threat Matrix | ABC | 2003 | |
| January 30 | Boston Public | Fox | 2000 | |
| The Handler | CBS | 2003 | ||
| February 3 | Sabrina's Secret Life | DIC Kids Network | 2003 | |
| February 6 | Jake 2.0 | UPN | ||
| Ed | NBC | 2000 | ||
| Little Bill | Nickelodeon | 1999 | ||
| February 7 | Scout's Safari | Discovery Kids | 2002 | |
| February 12 | All About the Andersons | The WB | 2003 | |
| February 14 | Lizzie McGuire | Disney Channel | 2001 | |
| February 22 | Sex and the City (returned in 2021 asAnd Just Like That...) | HBO | 1998 | Ended |
| February 27 | Lloyd in Space | Toon Disney | 2001 | Cancelled |
| February 29 | The Weekenders | 2000 | ||
| March 3 | 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave | MTV | 2004 | |
| March 13 | Hack | CBS | 2002 | |
| March 17 | The Mullets | UPN | 2003 | |
| March 20 | The Tracy Morgan Show | NBC | ||
| March 25 | The Chris Isaak Show | Showtime | 2001 | |
| April 1 | Stripperella | Spike | 2003 | |
| April 2 | Game Over | UPN | 2004 | |
| April 4 | Home Movies | Adult Swim | 2001 | |
| April 6 | It's All Relative | ABC | 2003 | |
| April 9 | The D.A. | 2004 | ||
| Life with Bonnie | 2002 | |||
| April 12 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast (returned in 2006) | Cartoon Network | 1994 | |
| April 14 | Karen Sisco | ABC | 2003 | |
| April 16 | The Help | The WB | 2004 | |
| April 20 | Happy Family | NBC | 2003 | |
| Whoopi | NBC | |||
| April 22 | Like Family | The WB | ||
| April 23 | Married to the Kellys | ABC | ||
| April 24 | WWE Confidential | TNN/Spike TV | 2002 | |
| April 27 | I'm with Her | ABC | 2003 | |
| April 28 | Rolie Polie Olie | Playhouse Disney | 1998 | |
| April 29 | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | The WB | 2002 | |
| April 30 | Living It Up! with Ali & Jack | Syndication | 2003 | |
| May 1 | The District | CBS | 2000 | |
| May 4 | The Guardian | 2001 | ||
| May 6 | Friends (returned in 2021 asFriends: The Reunion) | NBC | 1994 | Ended |
| May 7 | Run of the House | The WB | 2003 | Cancelled |
| May 10 | The Parkers | UPN | 1999 | |
| May 13 | Frasier (returned in 2023) | NBC | 1993 | Ended |
| May 14 | The News with Brian Williams | CNBC | 1996 | Cancelled |
| May 16 | The Practice | ABC | 1997 | |
| May 17 | Mutant X | Syndication | 2001 | |
| She Spies | NBC | 2002 | ||
| May 19 | Angel | The WB | 1999 | |
| Showbiz Moms & Dads | Bravo | 2004 | ||
| May 21 | Ricki Lake | Syndication | 1993 | |
| The 5th Wheel | 2001 | |||
| The Wayne Brady Show | ||||
| May 22 | Static Shock | Kids' WB | 2000 | |
| May 25 | Rock Me Baby | UPN | 2003 | |
| Colonial House | PBS | 2004 | ||
| May 26 | Soul Food | Showtime | 2000 | |
| May 28 | The Sharon Osbourne Show | Syndication | 2003 | |
| May 29 | Justice League | Cartoon Network | 2001 | |
| May 30 | Line of Fire | Syndication | 2003 | |
| June 4 | Hollywood Squares (returning in 2025) | 1966 | Ended | |
| June 5 | The Restaurant | NBC | 2003 | Cancelled |
| June 7 | Whoopi's Littleburg | Nickelodeon | 2004 | |
| June 8 | Hey Arnold! | 1996 | ||
| June 11 | The Wild Thornberrys | 1998 | ||
| June 19 | The Man Show | Comedy Central | 1999 | |
| June 25 | VH1 ILL-ustrated | VH1 | 2003 | |
| June 28 | The Division | Lifetime | 2001 | |
| July 2 | Slime Time Live | Nickelodeon | 2000 | |
| July 5 | Ozzy & Drix | Kids' WB | 2002 | |
| July 16 | I Love the '90s | VH1 | 2004 | |
| July 27 | King of the Jungle | Animal Planet | 2003 | |
| July 29 | 106 & Park: Prime | BET | ||
| July 30 | Rocket Power | Nickelodeon | 1999 | |
| August 1 | Rugrats | 1991 | ||
| August 2 | Who Wants to Marry My Dad? | NBC | 2003 | |
| August 8 | The Brothers García | Nickelodeon | 2000 | |
| August 9 | For Love or Money | NBC | 2003 | |
| August 10 | The Joe Schmo Show (returned in 2013) | Spike | ||
| August 17 | Teamo Supremo | Toon Disney | 2002 | |
| Nickelodeon Splat! | Nickelodeon | 2004 | ||
| August 27 | Johnny Bravo | Cartoon Network | 1997 | |
| September 1 | It's a Miracle | PAX TV | 1998 | |
| September 8 | The Drew Carey Show | ABC | 1995 | Ended |
| September 10 | Pyramid (returned in 2012) | Syndication | 1973 | Cancelled |
| The Berenstain Bears | Treehouse TV | 2003 | Cancelled | |
| September 12 | Oliver Beene | Fox | ||
| Animal Face-Off | Animal Planet | 2004 | ||
| September 24 | Jeremiah | Showtime | 2002 | |
| September 25 | Samurai Jack (returned in 2017) | Cartoon Network | 2001 | |
| September 27 | Out of the Box | Playhouse Disney | 1998 | |
| October 1 | Knock First | ABC Family | ||
| October 6 | Hawaii | NBC | 2004 | |
| October 11 | SpongeBob SquarePants (returned in 2005) | Nickelodeon | 1999 | |
| October 22 | Evil Con Carne | Cartoon Network | 2003 | |
| October 25 | The Benefactor | ABC | 2004 | |
| October 29 | Dr. Vegas | CBS | ||
| October 31 | The New Detectives | Discovery Channel | 1996 | |
| Dead Like Me | Showtime | 2003 | ||
| November 11 | Unscrewed with Martin Sargent | TechTV | ||
| Insomniac with Dave Attell | Comedy Central | 2001 | ||
| November 14 | He's a Lady | TBS | 2004 | |
| November 16 | Wanda Does It | Comedy Central | ||
| November 26 | Stanley | Playhouse Disney | 2001 | |
| November 28 | Doc | PAX TV | ||
| December 8 | Proof Positive | Sci Fi Channel | 2004 | |
| December 10 | Players | G4 | 2002 | |
| December 12 | My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss | Fox | 2004 | |
| You've Got a Friend | ||||
| December 15 | Wonderfalls | |||
| December 16 | Shorties Watchin' Shorties | Comedy Central |
| Title | Channel | Date of airing |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Perfect | Disney Channel | January 16 |
| 12 Days of Terror | Discovery Channel | May 1 |
| Zenon: Z3 | Disney Channel | June 11 |
| Stuck in the Suburbs | July 16 | |
| Tiger Cruise | Disney Channel | August 6 |
| House of Bloo's | Cartoon Network | August 13 |
| Halloweentown High | Disney Channel | October 8 |
| Show | Seasons | In Production | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 4 | Yes | [14] |
| Fear Factor | 4 | Yes | |
| Gilmore Girls | 4 | Yes | |
| Girlfriends | 4 | Yes | [citation needed] |
| Malcolm in the Middle | 4 | Yes | [15] |
| Yes, Dear | 4 | Yes | [citation needed] |
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESPN Deportes | Cable television | January 7 | ||
| TV One | Cable television | January 19 | ||
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | Cable television | January 20 | ||
| MTVU | Cable television | January 20 | ||
| Si TV | Cable television | February 25 | ||
| Cinema One | Cable television | May | ||
| World Channel | Cable television | May 4 | ||
| The Pentagon Channel | Cable television | May 14 | ||
| Wealth TV | Cable television | June 1 | ||
| IndiePlex | Cable television | June 8 | ||
| History Channel en Espanol | Cable television | June 24 | ||
| ImaginAsian | Cable television | August 30 | ||
| TCM | Cable television | September 1 | ||
| Altitude Sports and Entertainment | Cable and satellite | September 4 | ||
| Hustler TV | Cable television | October 1 | ||
| Maverick Television | Cable television | October 1 | ||
| Gospel Music Channel | Cable television | October 30 | ||
| NBC Weather Plus | Cable television | November 15 |
| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Home & Leisure Channel | Discovery Home Channel | Cable television | March 29 | ||
| TechTV | G4TechTV | Cable television | May 28 |
| Network | Type | Closure date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNNfn | Cable television | December 15 |
| Date | City of License/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown date | Bellingham, Washington (Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada) | KBCB | 34 | Jewelry Television | ImaginAsian | |
| Sun Valley/Twin Falls, Idaho | KIDA | 5 | UPN | Independent |
| Date | Name | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Peyton Kennedy | Canadian actress (Odd Squad,Everything Sucks!) |
| January 7 | Sofia Wylie | Actress (Andi Mack,High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) |
| January 8 | Berkley Silverman | Canadian voice actress (PAW Patrol) |
| January 9 | Tyree Brown | Actor (Parenthood) |
| January 24 | Brandon Rossel | Actor (Fast Layne,Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion) |
| January 26 | Addison Riecke | Actress (The Thundermans) |
| February 19 | Millie Bobby Brown | English actress (Stranger Things) and model |
| March 4 | Donielle T. Hansley Jr. | Voice actor (Darwin onThe Amazing World of Gumball (2017–18)) |
| March 1 | Izabella Alvarez | Actress (Walk the Prank,The Loud House,The Casagrandes) |
| March 10 | Mace Coronel | Actor (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn) |
| March 21 | Forrest Wheeler | Actor (Fresh Off the Boat) |
| April 5 | Christopher Martinez | Actor (Warped!) |
| April 6 | Casey Simpson | |
| April 17 | Kyla Drew Simmons | |
| April 19 | Caleel Harris | Voice actor (Blaze and the Monster Machines,The Loud House) |
| May 22 | Peyton Elizabeth Lee | Actress (Andi Mack) |
| June 4 | Mackenzie Ziegler | Actress (Dance Moms) |
| June 7 | Saara Chaudry | Canadian actress (Max & Shred) |
| June 8 | Francesca Capaldi | Actress (Dog with a Blog) |
| June 15 | Sissy Sheridan | Actress |
| June 16 | Charlie Bushnell | Actor (Diary of a Future President) |
| June 22 | Laya DeLeon Hayes | Actress |
| July 4 | Dylan Kingwell | Actor |
| July 28 | Lauren Lindsey Donzis | Actress (Liv and Maddie) |
| August 5 | Albert Tsai | Actor (Trophy Wife,Dr. Ken,Coop and Cami Ask the World) |
| August 14 | Marsai Martin | Actress (Black-ish) |
| August 19 | Siena Agudong | Actress (Star Falls) |
| August 26 | Hannah Nordberg | Actress (Fancy Nancy) |
| September 1 | Iam Tongi | Singer (American Idol)[16] |
| September 10 | Emmy Perry | Actress |
| October 3 | Noah Schnapp | Actor (Stranger Things) |
| October 9 | Tomaso Sanelli | Actor (Star Falls) |
| October 30 | Elisha Henig | Actor |
| November 1 | Jayden Bartels | Actress (Side Hustle) |
| November 11 | Oakes Fegley | Actor |
| November 17 | Andre Robinson | Voice actor (Clyde McBride onThe Loud House (Episode 101 onwards)) |
| November 27 | Jet Jurgensmeyer | Actor |
| December 3 | Ruby Jay | Actress (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure,Fancy Nancy) |
| December 4 | Sophie Pollono | Actress (Fast Layne) |
| December 5 | Jules LeBlanc | Actress (Side Hustle) |
| December 12 | Sky Katz | Actress (Raven's Home) |
| December 14 | Timothy Colombos | Actor (WITS Academy) |
| December 17 | Dakota Lotus | Actor (Coop and Cami Ask the World) |
| December 18 | Isabella Cramp | Actress (Shimmer and Shine,Colony,Vampirina) |
| December 22 | Bryce Gheisar | Actor (Walk the Prank,The Astronauts,Are You Afraid of the Dark?) |
| December 28 | Miles Brown | Actor (Black-ish) |
| December 30 | Lyliana Wray | Actress (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) |
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Noble Willingham | 72 | Actor (C.D. Parker onWalker, Texas Ranger) |
| January 19 | Jerry Nachman | 57 | MSNBC editor-in-chief |
| January 23 | Bob Keeshan | 76 | Children's show host (Captain Kangaroo) |
| January 27 | Jack Paar | 85 | Host of (The Tonight Show) |
| January 29 | Mary-Ellis Bunim | 57 | Producer and co-creator ofThe Real World |
| February 15 | Jan Miner | 86 | Actress (Madge the Manicurist) |
| February 23 | Carl Anderson | 58 | Actor (Another World) |
| February 24 | John Randolph | 88 | Actor (Grand) |
| March 7 | Paul Winfield | 64 | Actor (King,227) |
| March 8 | Robert Pastorelli | 49 | Actor (Murphy Brown) |
| March 17 | J. J. Jackson | 64 | MTVVJ |
| March 26 | Jan Sterling | 82 | Actress |
| March 27 | Art James | 74 | Game show host and announcer |
| April 1 | Carrie Snodgress | 58 | Actress |
| April 13 | Caron Keating | 41 | British TV presenter |
| May 9 | Alan King | 76 | Comedian and actor |
| May 14 | Anna Lee | 91 | Actor (Lila Morgan Quartermaine onGeneral Hospital from 1978 to 2003) |
| May 17 | Tony Randall | 84 | Actor (Felix onThe Odd Couple) |
| May 21 | Gene Wood | 78 | Announcer of (Family Feud and other game shows) |
| May 22 | Richard Biggs | 44 | Actor |
| June 5 | Ronald Reagan | 93 | Actor and U.S. president; host ofGeneral Electric Theater andDeath Valley Days |
| July 6 | Eric Douglas | 46 | Actor |
| July 9 | Isabel Sanford | 86 | Actress (Louise "Weezie" Mills Jefferson onThe Jeffersons) |
| July 28 | Eugene Roche | 75 | Actor (Soap,Webster, more) |
| August 13 | Julia Child | 91 | Host ofThe French Chef onPBS |
| September 4 | Michael Louden | 40 | Actor (As the World Turns) |
| September 15 | Johnny Ramone | 55 | Singer-songwriter (Ramones) |
| October 5 | Rodney Dangerfield | 82 | Actor and comedian (The Dean Martin Show, frequentTonight Show guest) |
| October 10 | Christopher Reeve | 52 | Actor |
| November 7 | Howard Keel | 85 | Actor, singer (Clayton Farlow onDallas) |
| December 28 | Jerry Orbach | 69 | Actor (Lennie Briscoe onLaw & Order) |