2000 in American television
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The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2000. Events listed include television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.
Events
January
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 5 | All My Children celebrates its 30th anniversary. |
| 15 | David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery in New York-Presbyterian Hospital, following an angiogram that revealed that one of his arteries was constricted seriously. |
| 17 | Robin Givens replaces Mother Love as host of the talk show series Forgive or Forget. |
| 20 | SoapNet, a channel dedicated to daytime/primetime soap operas, debuts. |
February
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Oxygen debuts. |
| 15 | Rick Rockwell marries stranger Darva Conger watched by 22 million viewers on the Fox reality show Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? While he and Darva are honeymooning, it becomes apparent that Rockwell—who is sometimes a comedian—had a restraining order against a former girlfiend, and he was not really a multi-millionaire. As a result, Fox cancels a rerun scheduled the next week, and does not broadcast any new installments. In addition the couple end their relationship soon after the show's taping. |
| 21 | David Letterman resumes work after his quintuple heart bypass surgery during January. Letterman brings all of the doctors that had performed the operation out on stage with him, including Dr. O. Wayne Isom and physician Louis Aronne, who makes frequent appearances on the show. In an unusual show of emotion, Letterman is nearly in tears as he thanked the doctors. The episode earned an Emmy Award nomination. Letterman's father died of heart failure while still in his 50s. |
| 25 | Kids' WB premieres its first computer-generated TV series, Max Steel. |
March
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | The final regional SportsChannel in the Florida market ends operations under that branding, converting to Fox Sports Florida. |
| fXM: Movies from Fox rebrands as the Fox Movie Channel. |
April
| Date | Event |
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| 1 | Boomerang, a secondary digital Cartoon Network channel, debuts. |
May
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 8 | VH1 Classic, a spinoff of the cable music channel VH1, debuts. |
| 17 | 16.8 million American viewers watched the 2-hour final episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 on FOX. |
| 19 | The 27th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation was broadcast. |
| 24 | The season finale of Dawson's Creek, entitled "True Love", broadcasts U.S. television's first male gay kiss. |
July
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 | KNTV (channel 11) in San Jose, California drops its ABC affiliation for the Monterey Bay area and begins carrying minimal programming from The WB. (At that time, The WB affiliate for the Bay Area was KBWB channel 20). |
| 5 | Big Brother premieres in the United States. The series is considered a major failure and is reformatted for the next season. |
| 28 | Kathie Lee Gifford made her final appearance as co-host on Live!, after 17 years (eleven and a half years for national syndication). Regis Philbin will continue to serve the sole host until Kelly Ripa introduced as new co-host the following year. |
August
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 | KBEJ Channel 2, (now KCWX) commences programming in San Antonio, Texas. |
| 4 | Oobi premieres on Noggin. |
| 21 | ZDTV is renamed TechTV. |
September
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 | The 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards presentation was broadcast on ABC. |
| 15 | The 2000 Summer Olympics are televised by NBC. Opening ceremonies were watched by 27 and a half million viewers. |
| 16 | Viacom already enters it's partnership with CBS and the CBS Kidshow was renamed to Nick Jr. on CBS. |
| 21 | The 30th anniversary of Monday Night Football on ABC. |
| 25 | TNN is rebranded The National Network, known as The New TNN. |
| 29 | Eddie McGee wins the first American season of Big Brother, winning $500,000. |
| 30 | PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch debuts. |
October
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Triple Play is played for the first time on The Price Is Right. This is the first pricing game of the show's history to offer three cars. |
November
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Wheel of Fortune airs a Halloween-themed episode for celebrities on charity. The celebrities in Halloween costumes were Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, fitness instructor Richard Simmons and American figure skater Tara Lipinski. |
December
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 14 | Barker's Beauties Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley both quit CBS's series The Price Is Right. (On her broadcast run, Pennington has been on the series since its premiere during 1972.) Starting the following day, auditions to find new Barker's Beauties are held for several months. In the end, Claudia Jordan and Heather Kozar are selected as permanent models. |
| 22 | Bianca Montgomery, played by Eden Riegel for the soap opera All My Children, reveals herself as a lesbian to her mother, Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci). |
| 31 | ABC broadcasts "Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve" at 10 p.m. ET for the first time ever, followed by local news or programming and then the main "New Year's Rockin' Eve. |
Programs
Debuts
Returning this year
| Show | Last aired | Previous network | New network | Return date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty One | 1958 | CBS | NBC | January 9 |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | 1986 | ABC | TBS | January 12 |
| Double Dare | 1993 | Nickelodeon | Double Dare 2000 | January 24 |
| Supermarket Sweep | 1995 | Lifetime | PAX TV | April 3 |
| Shop 'til You Drop | 1998 | The Family Channel | ||
| Sailor Moon | Cartoon Network | same | June 12 | |
| This Week in Baseball | Syndication | Fox | July 12 | |
| To Tell the Truth | 1991 | NBC | Syndication | September 18 |
| The Further Adventures of Zook & Alison | 1994 | PTV | Noggin | September 21 |
Ending this year
Changes of network affiliation
Miniseries
| Title | Channel | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| The 10th Kingdom | NBC | February 27 |
| The Corner | HBO | April 16 |
| Arabian Nights | ABC | April 30 |
| Jesus | CBS | May 14 |
Births
| Date | Name | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| January 8 | Noah Cyrus | Actress (Hannah Montana) |
| March 6 | Jacob Bertrand | Actor (Marvin Marvin, Kirby Buckets) |
| March 21 | Jace Norman | Actor (Henry Danger) |
| June 2 | Lilimar Hernandez | Actress (Bella and the Bulldogs) |
| August 3 | Landry Bender | Actress (Crash & Bernstein, Best Friends Whenever) |
| August 5 | Augie Isaac | Actor (Mighty Med) |
| August 16 | Cole Jensen | Actor (Crash & Bernstein) |
| August 24 | Griffin Gluck | Actor (Red Band Society) |
| September 28 | Frankie Jonas | Actor (Jonas L.A.) |
| October 10 | Aedin Mincks | Actor (A.N.T. Farm) |
| October 11 | Hayden Byerly | Actor (The Fosters) |
| October 14 | Mekai Curtis | Actor (Kirby Buckets) |
| October 31 | Willow Smith | Actress |
| November 8 | Jade Pettyjohn | Actress (School of Rock) |
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 15 | Fran Ryan | 83 | Character actress (Doris Ziffle #2 on Green Acres) |
| February 10 | Jim Varney | 50 | Actor; creator of the Ernest P. Worrell character (Hey Vern, It's Ernest!) |
| February 12 | Charles M. Schulz | 77 | Cartoonist, creator of (Peanuts) |
| March 25 | Helen Martin | 90 | Character actress (Pearl on 227) |
| April 10 | Larry Linville | 60 | Actor (Maj. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H) |
| May 10 | Craig Stevens | 81 | Actor (Peter Gunn) |
| June 18 | Nancy Marchand | 71 | Actress (Livia on The Sopranos, Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant) |
| July 14 | Meredith MacRae | 56 | Actress (Petticoat Junction) |
| August 12 | Loretta Young | 87 | Actress (The Loretta Young Show) |
| September 14 | Beah Richards | 80 | Actress |
| September 26 | Richard Mulligan | 67 | Actor (Burt on Soap, Harry on Empty Nest) |
| October 18 | Julie London | 74 | Singer, actress (Emergency!) |
| October 30 | Steve Allen | 78 | Comedian, composer (original The Tonight Show host) |
| December 2 | Gail Fisher | 65 | Actress (Peggy Fair on Mannix) |
| December 6 | Werner Klemperer | 80 | Actor (Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes) |
| December 11 | David Lewis | 84 | Actor (Edward Quartermaine in General Hospital) |
| December 23 | Victor Borge | 91 | Danish comedian and pianist |
| December 26 | Jason Robards | 78 | Actor (The Day After) |
References
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