Online Encyclopedia
2001 in television
See also: 2000 in television, other events of 2001, 2002 in television and the list of 'years in television'.
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Events
- February 25 - *NSYNC is featured on an episode of The Simpsons entitled "New Kids On The Blecch"
- September 1 - All four commercial television stations in Vancouver, British Columbia change network affiliations, the largest such change in a single market in television history.
- September 11 - Viewers around the world are horrified as they witness a terrorist attack on the United States, and the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York City. Additionally, the ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates' broadcast towers are knocked out by the attacks, but New Yorkers can still view them on cable.
- airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others.
- Kirby:Right Back At Ya premieres on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Company in Japan.
Debuts
- Adult Swim, a line-up on the Cartoon Network
- September 30 - Alias debuts on ABC and CTV
- Braceface premieres (2001-present)
- The Fairly OddParents premieres (2001-present)
- JR Digs premieres on CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario as a paid advertisement (2001-present)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent premieres (2001-present)
- Lloyd in Space premieres on One Saturday Morning
- Pop Idol premieres on ITV
- Scrubs debuts on NBC
- Star Trek: Enterprise on UPN
- According to Jim, an ABC sitcom starring James Belushi and Courtney Thorne-Smith
- Canada rolls out hundreds of new digital cable channels (See: List of Canadian digital television channels for complete list)
- TSN changes its logo to match with ESPN's though the N is not slashed.
Television Shows
- All My Children (1970-present)
- As Told By Ginger (2000-present)
- Big Brother (1999-present)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000-present)
- Cops (1989-present)
- Dharma & Greg (1997-2002)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present)
- Friends (1994-2003)
- Farscape (1999-2003)
- Hey Arnold! (1996-present)
- Jeopardy! (1984-present)
- King of the Hill (1997-present)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
- The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
- Law & Order (1990-present)
- One Saturday Morning (1997-2002)
- The Real World (1992-present)
- Rocket Power (1999-present)
- Rugrats (1991-2004)
- Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
- Sesame Street (1969-present)
- Sex and the City (1998-2004)
- (1999-present)
- The Simpsons (1989-present)
- The Sopranos (1999-present)
- Spongebob Squarepants (1999-present)
- The Tonight Show (1954-present)
- Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)
Ending This Year
- The MouseWorks Cartoon Show (1991-2001)
Changes of Network Affiliation
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer moves from WB to UPN
Notable TV Movies and Events
- April 30 - On Golden Pond an adaptation of the play, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, working together for the first time since the film The Sound of Music, is aired live on CBS
Births
Deaths
- March 12 Morton Downey, Jr. - television personality
- March 21 - Norma Macmillan, voice
- March 22 - William Hanna, cofounder (with Joseph Barbera ) of famous Hanna-Barbera animation studio
- April 15 - Joey Ramone, 49, actor/songwriter of the Ramones
- June 21 - Carroll O'Connor, 76, actor who played Archie Bunker on All in the Family
- August 4 - Lorenzo Music, 64, writer and actor who co-created The Bob Newhart Show and did the voices of Carlton the doorman on Rhoda and Garfield the cat in the animated cartoon Garfield and Friends.
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45