The following is a partial list of American television programs by date of first broadcast in the United States. The list of TV series is in reverse chronological order by year; within each year, the list is chronological.

January

• January 1 - Dan Vs.
  Dan vs.
  Dan Vs. is an American flash animated cartoon series created by Dan Mandel and Chris Pearson. The series premiered on January 1, 2011 on The Hub. Dan Vs. ended its first season on July 9, 2011. The series' second season began on November 19th and will continue through the 2011-2012 lineup.-Plot:The...
  
  
• January 1 - House of Anubis
  House of Anubis
  House of Anubis is a jointly American/British/Belgian produced teen mystery/drama television show based on the Belgian/Dutch television series Het Huis Anubis. The series was created by Hans Bourlon & Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on New Year's Day 2011 in the United States and on 25...
  
  
• January 4 - Live to Dance
  Live to Dance
  Live to Dance was a United States television reality program and dance competition on the CBS network. Dancers from all over the country auditioned for Live to Dance in "specially constructed Dance Domes"...
  
  
• January 7 - Young Justice
  Young Justice (TV series)
  Young Justice is an American animated television series created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti for Cartoon Network. Despite its title, it is not an adaptation of Todd Dezago and Todd Nauck's Young Justice comic series, but rather an adaptation of the entire DC Universe with a focus on young...
  
  
• January 7 - Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star
  Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star
  Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star is a reality competition show, created by Oprah. The executive producer is Mark Burnett, who has produced many reality competitions, such as The Apprentice, Survivor, and Design Star. The show premiered on January 7, 2011, and is currently airing...
  
  
• January 9 - Bob's Burgers
  Bob's Burgers
  Bob's Burgers is an American animated television sitcom, which premiered on January 9, 2011 on the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series was created by Loren Bouchard and focuses on the Belcher family, who runs a hamburger restaurant. On April 7, 2011, Bob's Burgers was renewed for a second season...
  
  
• January 9 - The Cape
• January 9 - Episodes
  Episodes (TV series)
  Episodes is a British/American television sitcom serial created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik and produced by Hat Trick Productions. It premiered on Showtime on January 9, 2011 at 9:30 pm and began airing on BBC Two on 10 January 2011 at 10 pm...
  
  
• January 9 - Shameless
• January 11 - Let's Stay Together
  Let's Stay Together (TV series)
  Let's Stay Together is an American romantic comedy television series created by Jacque Edmonds Cofer. It premiered on BET on January 11, 2011. The series premiere drew 4.4 million viewers. On April 20th, BET, announced that the show is renewed for a second season which is set to air 22 episodes...
  
  
• January 11 - Lights Out
  Lights Out (2011 TV series)
  Lights Out is an American television boxing drama series from the FX network in the United States. It stars Holt McCallany as Patrick "Lights" Leary, a New Jersey native, and former heavyweight champion boxer who is considering a comeback. The series premiered on January 11, 2011 at 10 pm ET/PT. On...
  
  
• January 11 - Onion SportsDome
  Onion SportsDome
  Onion SportsDome is a parody sports television show from the makers of The Onion. The show premiered on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. EST on Comedy Central in the United States. It is seen in Canada on The Comedy Network....
  
  
• January 12 - Off the Map
  Off the Map (TV series)
  Off the Map is a medical drama created by Jenna Bans, who also served as an executive producer, with colleagues from Grey's Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers...
  
  
• January 13 - Police Women of Cincinnati
  Police Women of Cincinnati
  Police Women of Cincinnati is the fifth season of Police Women on TLC. It follows four female members of the Cincinnati Police Department in Cincinnati, Ohio.-Cast:...
  
  
• January 17 - Aircrash Confidential
  Aircrash Confidential
  Aircrash Confidential or Air Crash Confidential was a programme produced by WMR Productions and IMG Entertainment investigating air-disasters from around the world. Aircrash Confidential airs on Discovery Channel UK on a weekly-nightly basis and it also airs in Australia on Discovery Australia...
  
  
• January 17 - Being Human
• January 17 - Harry's Law
  Harry's Law
  Harry's Law is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley. which premiered on January 17, 2011.On May 12, 2011, NBC renewed the show for a second season, which premiered Wednesday September 21, 2011...
  
  
• January 17 - Heavy
  Heavy (TV series)
  Heavy is an American documentary series that airs on A&E. The series chronicles the weight loss efforts of people suffering from severe obesity. The first episode aired January 17, 2011...
  
  
• January 17 - Skins
  Skins (North American TV series)
  Skins is an American teen drama. It is an adaptation of the original British teen drama of the same name. The show premiered on January 17, 2011 on MTV in the U.S. and on Movie Central and The Movie Network in Canada...
  
  
• January 17 - Supah Ninjas
  Supah Ninjas
  Supah Ninjas is an American action-comedy series, created by Leo Chu and Eric Garcia. The series premiered as a special preview on Nickelodeon on January 17, 2011 in the United States and started airing regularly on April 16, 2011.- Premise :...
  
  
• January 19 - Restaurant: Impossible
  Restaurant: Impossible
  Restaurant: Impossible is an American reality television program aired by the Food Network. It is jointly produced by Marc Summers and Shooters TV and stars British chef and restaurateur Robert Irvine, and premiered on January 19, 2011...
  
  
• January 19 - Retired at 35
  Retired at 35
  Retired at 35 is an American sitcom currently airing on TV Land starring George Segal, Jessica Walter, Johnathan McClain, Josh McDermitt, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Ryan Michelle Bathe. The series premiered on January 19, 2011...
  
  
• January 20 - Fairly Legal
• January 20 - Perfect Couples
  Perfect Couples
  Perfect Couples is an American comedy television series that was originally broadcast by NBC. The half-hour romantic comedy was co-created by Jon Pollack and Scott Silveri and produced by Universal Media Studios. A sneak preview of the series aired on December 20, 2010, and officially premiered on...
  
  
• January 22 - An Idiot Abroad
  An Idiot Abroad
  An Idiot Abroad is a travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1, as well as a spin-off book published by Canongate Books, created by and featuring Karl Pilkington and his former radio show colleagues Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant....
  
  
• January 23 - Kourtney and Kim Take New York
  Kourtney and Kim Take New York
  Kourtney and Kim Take New York is an American reality television series, produced by Ryan Seacrest, that debuted on E! in the United States and Canada on January 23, 2011...
  
  
• January 23 - Mongo Wrestling Alliance
  Mongo Wrestling Alliance
  Mongo Wrestling Alliance is an 11-minute animated comedy series currently airing on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Produced by Metalocalypse co-creator Tommy Blacha, the show is set in the world of professional wrestling and features the voices of Pamela Adlon, Tommy...
  
  
• January 24 - Bubble Guppies
  Bubble Guppies
  Bubble Guppies is an American preschool children's television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series revolves around the underwater adventures of a group of mermaid-like preschoolers...
  
  
• January 26 - Face Off
  Face Off (TV series)
  Face Off is an American reality television game show on the Syfy cable network in which a group of prosthetic makeup artists compete against each other create prostheses such as those found in science fiction and horror films...
  
  
• January 28 - Working Class
  Working Class (TV series)
  Working Class is an American television sitcom created by Jill Cargerman, which premiered on CMT on January 28, 2011. The network ordered twelve episodes for the comedy, which is the first scripted series for the network....
  
  

February

• February 2 - Eagleheart
  Eagleheart (TV series)
  Eagleheart is a live-action comedy television series that premiered on February 3, 2011, on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Eagleheart is produced by Conan O'Brien's production company, Conaco, and stars Chris Elliott as Chris Monsanto...
  
  
• February 7 - The Chicago Code
• February 8 - Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy
  Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy
  Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy is a reality TV show on the History Channel. On January 26, 2010, the TV channel History announced it was ordering a series starring Larry the Cable Guy, titled Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy, It premiered on February 8, 2011...
  
  
• February 8 - Traffic Light
• February 9 - Mr. Sunshine
• February 12 - Must Love Cats
  Must Love Cats
  Must Love Cats is an Animal Planet television series hosted by John Fulton which premiered in the United States in February 2011. In each episode, he travels through different parts of the United States and explores various aspects of the cat lovers lifestyle. Animal Planet announced in April 2011...
  
  
• February 14 - Jake and the Never Land Pirates
  Jake and the Never Land Pirates
  Jake and the Never Land Pirates is a musical animated Disney Junior show based on the successful Disney franchise, Peter Pan. It is the first Disney Junior original show following the switch from Playhouse Disney...
  
  
• February 14 - Mad Love
  Mad Love (TV series)
  Mad Love is an American television series that aired on CBS from February 14, 2011 to May 16, 2011. The sitcom was planned as a midseason replacement during the 2010–11 television season.On May 15, 2011, Mad Love was officially cancelled by CBS....
  
  
• February 15 - Our America with Lisa Ling
  Our America with Lisa Ling
  Our America with Lisa Ling is an American documentary television series. Each episode examines an aspect of American society that may be viewed as marginal or outside the mainstream...
  
  
• February 16 - Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
  Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
  Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was an American police procedural drama on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in...
  
  
• February 22 - The Real Housewives of Miami
  The Real Housewives of Miami
  The Real Housewives of Miami is a reality series for the Bravo cable network. The seventh and latest installment in the network's The Real Housewives of... franchise officially premiered on February 22, 2011...
  
  
• February 23 - Shedding for the Wedding
  Shedding for the Wedding
  Shedding For The Wedding is a reality competition series that will follow nine overweight couples as they attempt to lose their unwanted weight and win a dream wedding. The show premiered on Wednesday February 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central on The CW following the season premiere of...
  
  
• February 25 - Camelot
  Camelot (TV series)
  Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series which premiered on April 1, 2011. It was co-produced by the Starz cable network and GK-TV which began production during the summer of 2010...
  
  

March

• March 6 - After Lately
  After Lately
  After Lately is an American reality-style sitcom that began airing on the E! network on March 6, 2011. The series goes behind-the-scenes of Chelsea Handler's late night talk show, Chelsea Lately...
  
  
• March 6 - America's Next Great Restaurant
  America's Next Great Restaurant
  America's Next Great Restaurant is an NBC reality television show featuring contestants pitching restaurant ideas to a panel of judges, where the winner receives financial backing for their restaurant concept. Three locations were opened across the nation — Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and New York—on...
  
  
• March 6 - Breakout Kings
  Breakout Kings
  Breakout Kings is an American drama television series created by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead, which airs on the A&E network. The series premiered on March 6, 2011. The series was picked up for a second season on July 6, 2011, which is expected to begin in 2012.-Premise:In order to catch escaped...
  
  
• March 6 - Taking on Tyson
  Taking on Tyson
  Taking on Tyson is a TV show on Animal Planet. The show stars the American boxer Mike Tyson competing in pigeon racing.- External links :*...
  
  
• March 14 - Love & Hip Hop
  Love & Hip Hop
  Love & Hip Hop is a reality television series that premiered on the VH1 cable television network on March 14, 2011. It was created by Jim Ackerman and Executive Produced by Mona Scott, Toby Barraud, Stefan Springman and Kenny Hull....
  
  
• March 29 - Body of Proof
  Body of Proof
  Body of Proof is an American medical drama television series created by Chris Murphey and produced by ABC Studios. Starring Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt, the series premiered on March 29, 2011 on ABC....
  
  
• March 30 - Jessie
  Jessie
  Jessie may refer to:*"Dear Jessie", a song by Madonna*"Jessie's Girl", a 1981 single written and performed by Rick Springfield*"Jessie" , a song written and performed by Joshua Kadison*"Kim & Jessie", a song by M83...
  
  

April

• April 1 - CHAOS
  Chaos (TV series)
  CHAOS is an American television series for the CBS network. The one-hour comedic drama premiered on April 1, 2011, as a midseason replacement for The Defenders.-Premise:...
  
  
• April 3 - The Borgias
  The Borgias (2011 TV series)
  The Borgias is a 2011 historical fiction television series created by Neil Jordan.The series is based on the Borgia family, an Italian dynasty of Spanish origin, and stars Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander VI with David Oakes, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger and Aidan Alexander as Juan, Cesare,...
  
  
• April 3 - The Killing
• April 4 - The Problem Solverz
  The Problem Solverz
  The Problem Solverz is an American animated television series produced by Made 100% in Burbank and Mirari Films and created by Ben Jones, a member of the art collective Paper Rad, for Cartoon Network...
  
  
• April 6 - Breaking In
  Breaking In (TV series)
  Breaking In is an American television series which premiered on Fox on April 6, 2011. The series aired at 9:30 pm as a midseason replacement following American Idol. The half-hour workplace comedy stars Christian Slater, Michael Rosenbaum, Odette Annable, Trevor Moore, Alphonso McAuley and Bret...
  
  
• April 6 - Workaholics
• April 7 - Gigolos
  Gigolos
  For the occupation of gigolo, see Male prostitutionGigolos is an American reality television series about the lives of five male escorts in Las Vegas. The series follows the men, all employees of the same escort agency, through their daily lives and interactions with each other. Cameras also follow...
  
  
• April 10 - Khloé & Lamar
  Khloé & Lamar
  Khloé & Lamar is an American reality television series, produced by Ryan Seacrest, that debuted on E! in the United States and Canada on April 10, 2011. The show is the third spin-off of the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians...
  
  
• April 11 - Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza
  Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza
  Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza is an improvisational comedy television program that aired in the United States on the Game Show Network. The program was hosted by Drew Carey from CBS's The Price Is Right and former host of ABC's Whose Line Is It Anyway? and was produced at the Hollywood Theatre at the...
  
  
• April 12 - Sports Show with Norm Macdonald
  Sports Show with Norm Macdonald
  Sports Show with Norm MacDonald was a sports comedy series which aired on Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. ET on Comedy Central from April 12, 2011 to June 7, 2011. The show lampoons the world of sports using Web videos and field segments. The show is hosted by comedian and former Saturday Night Live...
  
  
• April 13 - Happy Endings
  Happy Endings (TV series)
  Happy Endings is an American television series for the ABC network. The single-camera ensemble comedy premiered on April 13, 2011, as a midseason replacement, with a one-hour premiere of two back-to-back episodes starting at 9:30 pm ET/PT...
  
  
• April 14 - The Paul Reiser Show
  The Paul Reiser Show
  The Paul Reiser Show is an American television series that aired on NBC. In May 2010, NBC announced that it had green-lit the series for the 2010–11 television season, with the half-hour comedy expected to premiere as a midseason replacement. The series premiered on April 14, 2011, at 8:30 pm...
  
  
• April 17 - Audrina
• April 17 - Game of Thrones
  Game of Thrones (TV series)
  Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...
  
  
• April 26 - Repo Games
  Repo Games
  Repo Games is a reality series / game show that debuted April 26, 2011, on Spike TV in the United States. The show is produced by 495 Productions, the company responsible for the MTV reality hit Jersey Shore ....
  
  

May

• May 3 - The Looney Tunes Show
  The Looney Tunes Show
  The Looney Tunes Show is a packaged show, created for Cartoon Network, and broadcast from 2002 to 2005. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The show featured cartoon shorts from the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon series produced from 1930 to 1969.-External links:...
  
  
• May 6 - A.N.T. Farm
  A.N.T. Farm
  A.N.T. Farm is a Disney Channel television sitcom that premiered on May 6, 2011 as a special preview and continued as a regular series on June 17, 2011. The pilot episode, "TransplANTed" aired after the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck...
  
  
• May 9 - The Amazing World of Gumball
  The Amazing World of Gumball
  The Amazing World of Gumball is a British/American animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet. It first aired on May 2, 2011 in the United Kingdom as a sneak preview and officially premiered on September 5, 2011. It premiered a week later on May 9, 2011 in the United States on Cartoon...
  
  
• May 13 - Femme Fatales
  Femme Fatales (TV series)
  Femme Fatales is an anthology TV series based on the men's magazine of the same name and produced by Cinemax.-Episodes:-External links:*...
  
  
• May 24 - Soul Quest Overdrive
• May 30 - Platinum Hit
  Platinum Hit
  Platinum Hit is a reality competition series on Bravo launched in 2011 in which 12 singer-songwriters compete through innovative songwriting challenges that will test their creativity, patience and drive. The series was created and produced by Evan Bogart...
  
  
• May 30 - Single Ladies
  Single Ladies (TV series)
  Single Ladies is a television series on the VH1 network in the U.S. created by Stacy A. Littlejohn and produced by Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment for the MTV network-owned cable channel. The show chronicles three friends, Val, Keisha and April, and their relationships...
  
  

June

• June 1 - Franklin & Bash
  Franklin & Bash
  Franklin & Bash is an American drama-comedy television series created by Kevin Falls and Bill Chais. The series stars Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as unconventional lawyers and longtime friends. A Turner Broadcasting executive has referred to the series as a "funny legal procedural".The...
  
  
• June 2 - Love Bites
  Love Bites (TV series)
  -Episodes:-Development:In January 2010, NBC announced Love Bites as one of many pilots on its early development slate. Becki Newton was cast in late February, followed quickly by Jordana Spiro. Marc Buckland was confirmed to be directing the pilot in early March. In May 2010, NBC announced it had...
  
  
• June 5 - Teen Wolf
  Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)
  Teen Wolf is an American television series that currently airs on MTV, and in reruns on TeenNick. The series premiered on June 5, 2011, following the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. Teen Wolf is a supernatural drama series that follows Scott McCall , a high school student and social outcast who is bitten by...
  
  
• June 6 - Switched at Birth
  Switched at Birth (TV series)
  Switched at Birth is an American television series that premiered on ABC Family on June 6, 2011 at 9:00 ET/PT. The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments...
  
  
• June 12 - The Glee Project
  The Glee Project
  The Glee Project is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It serves as an audition for the FOX TV series Glee. Although originally planned to begin broadcasting in late May 2011, The Glee Project premiered on June 12, 2011...
  
  
• June 12 - The Protector
• June 13 - Kickin' It
  Kickin' It
  Kickin' It is an American martial arts inspired comedy television series, which debuted on June 13, 2011 on Disney XD. Created and executive produced by Jim O'Doherty, the series is rated TV-Y7 and follows the karate instructor at an under-performing martial arts academy, played by Jason Earles,...
  
  
• June 13 - Sidekick
  Sidekick (TV series)
  Sidekick is a Canadian animated television series created by Todd Kauffman and Joey So. The series first aired on YTV on September 30, 2010 in Canada as a special preview and officially premiered on October 2, 2010 at 10:30AM ET. It premiered on Cartoon Network on June 13, 2011 at 3:30PM ET in the...
  
  
• June 13 - Almost Naked Animals
  Almost Naked Animals
  Almost Naked Animals is a Canadian animated television series that is produced for YTV and Cartoon Network. On January 7, 2011, The series aired a sneak peek on YTV and officially premiered on the next day. The series was created by Noah Z...
  
  
• June 14 - Jon Benjamin Has a Van
  Jon Benjamin Has a Van
  Jon Benjamin Has a Van is a live action television comedy series that premiered on June 14, 2011 on Comedy Central. The series stars Jon Benjamin as a reporter who tours around in a van to deliver uninteresting news to the viewers and to unsuspecting people while utilizing scripted scenes for...
  
  
• June 14 - The Nine Lives of Chloe King
  The Nine Lives of Chloe King
  The Nine Lives of Chloe King is an American fantasy drama television series which premiered on ABC Family on June 14, 2011 and ended on August 16, 2011. The one-hour drama is based on the book series of the same name by Liz Braswell...
  
  
• June 15 - Happily Divorced
  Happily Divorced
  Happily Divorced is an American sitcom created by Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson. Inspired by their experiences, the series, which became TV Land's third original scripted series following Hot in Cleveland and Retired at 35, premiered on June 15, 2011, and revolves around a Los Angeles...
  
  
• June 16 - Voltron Force
  Voltron Force
  Voltron Force is a new version of the 1980s animated series, Voltron, that was originally scheduled for a release in autumn of 2010. Eventually, the show premiered on June 16, 2011, exclusively on the Nicktoons television network to coincide with the premiere of the second season of Iron Man:...
  
  
• June 19 - Falling Skies
  Falling Skies
  Falling Skies is an American science fiction dramatic television series created by Robert Rodat and produced by Steven Spielberg. The series picks up six months into a world devastated by an alien invasion...
  
  
• June 23 - Expedition Impossible
  Expedition Impossible (TV series)
  Expedition Impossible is a 2011 American reality television series. The series follows thirteen teams of three competitors as they "solve problems while racing across deserts, over mountains and through rivers" across the nation of Morocco. The first team to cross the finish line after completing...
  
  
• June 23 - Suits
  Suits (TV series)
  Suits is a USA Network television drama series starring Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams. The 12-episode first season debuted on June 23, 2011, with a 90-minute premiere. It was renewed for a second season of 16 episodes on August 11, 2011, expected to premiere in Summer 2012.- Overview :Mike...
  
  
• June 23 - Wilfred
  Wilfred (U.S. TV series)
  Wilfred is an American sitcom television series which debuted on June 23, 2011, and is based on the Australian SBS One series of the same name. It stars Elijah Wood and series co-creator Jason Gann, reprising his role of the eponymous dog Wilfred. The series was adapted for the American television...
  
  
• June 25 - Friends with Benefits
  Friends with Benefits (TV series)
  Friends with Benefits is an American romantic sitcom created by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. It was originally set to air on NBC as a midseason replacement during the 2010–11 television season, but was ultimately delayed until August 5, 2011...
  
  
• June 28 - I Kid with Brad Garrett
  I Kid with Brad Garrett
  I Kid with Brad Garrett is a American TV show starring actor-comedian Brad Garrett. The show premiered on Tuesday June 28, 2011 and ran for 12 episodes. The host Brad Garrett gets childrens' responses to odd questions and situations. Their reactions are usually funny and cute but sometimes...
  
  
• June 29 - Love in the Wild
  Love in the Wild
  Love in the Wild is a reality television series that debuted on June 29, 2011 on NBC. Hosted by Darren McMullen, the show is created and produced by Endemol USA.The show was renewed for a second season on October 20, 2011. -Format:...
  
  
• June 29 - Necessary Roughness
  Necessary Roughness (TV series)
  Necessary Roughness is a USA Network television series starring Callie Thorne and Marc Blucas. The one-hour drama series was picked up for 12 episodes on January 19, 2011...
  
  
• June 29 - State of Georgia
  State of Georgia (TV series)
  State of Georgia is an American television situation comedy. It stars Raven-Symoné, Majandra Delfino and Loretta Devine. The half-hour multi-cam comedy series stars Raven-Symoné as Georgia, an aspiring actress with a larger-than-life personality, and her science geek best friend, Jo , who are...
  
  

July

• July 1 - Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures
  Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures
  Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures is an American teen sitcom that premiered on Nickelodeon July 1, 2011.-Premise:The series follows two friends from the fictional California town of Pacific Bluffs. Oftentimes, the boys act quite sporadically leading them to multiple conflicts.-Main...
  
  
• July 11 - Alphas
  Alphas
  Alphas is an American science fiction dramatic television series created by Zak Penn and Michael Karnow. The series follows a group of people with superhuman abilities, known as "Alphas", as they work to prevent crimes committed by other Alphas....
  
  
• July 13 - Roseanne's Nuts
  Roseanne's Nuts
  Roseanne's Nuts is a Lifetime reality show/docudrama that aired from July 13, 2011 to September 16, 2011. It features Roseanne Barr, her partner Johnny Argent and son Jake Pentland as they live on their macadamia nut and livestock farm in Hawaii...
  
  
• July 15 - PrankStars
  PrankStars
  PrankStars is a hidden camera/reality series that premiered on Disney Channel on July 15, 2011. It is hosted by Pair of Kings and Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso. The series involves children and teenagers set up by their friends and family to meet their favorite stars in "unpredictable and...
  
  
• July 17 - Big Rich Texas
  Big Rich Texas
  Big Rich Texas is a reality television show on Style Network that premiered on July 17, 2011. The show is filmed in the Dallas / Fort Worth area of Texas...
  
  
• July 18 - Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
  Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
  Secret Mountain Fort Awesome is an American animated television series created by Peter Browngardt and produced at Cartoon Network Studios for Cartoon Network...
  
  
• July 19 - Awkward.
  Awkward. (TV series)
  Awkward. is an American comedy-drama series which premiered on July 19, 2011 on MTV. The show revolves around the life of 16-year-old Jenna Hamilton , who is struggling with her identity, especially after an accident is misconstrued as a suicide attempt.The show is based on the high school, Palos...
  
  
• July 19 - It's Worth What
• July 19 - Web Therapy
  Web Therapy (TV series)
  Web Therapy is a web/television comedy series starring Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallice, a therapist who has conceived of a new form of therapy: the titular "web therapy". It is based on the Internet series of the same name. In April 2010, Showtime announced plans to run the online episodes of Web...
  
  
• July 21 - National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle
  National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle
  NTSF:SD:SUV::, short for National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle::, is a quarter-hour format television comedy that parodies the police procedural and action film genres.-Cast:* Brandon Johnson as Alphonse...
  
  
• July 23 - Pocoyo
  Pocoyo
  Pocoyo is a Spanish pre-school animated television series created by Guillermo García Carsí, Luis Gallego and David Cantolla, and is a co-production between Spanish producer Zinkia Entertainment, Cosgrove-Hall Films and Granada International. Two series have been produced, each consisting of 52...
  
  
• July 31 - Against the Wall
  Against the Wall (TV series)
  Against the Wall is an American drama television series created by Annie Brunner. The series stars Rachael Carpani as Abby Kowalski, a police detective who recently joined the Internal Affairs division of the Chicago Police Department....
  
  

August

• August 2 - Take the Money and Run
  Take the Money and Run (TV series)
  Take the Money and Run was a reality game show that premiered on August 2, 2011 as part of the ABC network's 2011–12 primetime schedule. The series is unscripted and involves contestants trying to hide a briefcase filled with $100,000 from professional detectives and other investigators. The show...
  
  
• August 5 - Friends with Benefits
  Friends with Benefits (TV series)
  Friends with Benefits is an American romantic sitcom created by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. It was originally set to air on NBC as a midseason replacement during the 2010–11 television season, but was ultimately delayed until August 5, 2011...
  
  
• August 7 - Hillbilly Handfishin'
  Hillbilly Handfishin'
  Hillbilly Handfishin' is an American reality television show about noodling, the sport of fishing for catfish using only bare hands and feet. A 12-episode season premiered on Animal Planet on August 7, 2011...
  
  
• August 8 - Tia & Tamera
  Tia & Tamera
  Tia & Tamera is a docu-series, following the lives of former Sister, Sister stars,Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry, which premiered on August 8, 2011 on Style Network.On September 15, 2011, Style Network renewed the show for a second season.-Overview:...
  
  
• August 9 - Scaredy Squirrel
  Scaredy Squirrel (TV series)
  Scaredy Squirrel is a Canadian/American animated television series, based loosely on the book series, Scaredy Squirrel, by Mélanie Watt. To celebrate April Fool’s Day on Friday, April 1, 2011, YTV aired a special sneak peek episode of Scaredy Squirrel, in Canada. Then on Sunday, April 3, 2011, YTV...
  
  

September

• September 17 - Danger Rangers
  Danger Rangers
  Danger Rangers is a television program that airs on PBS. It features six animal heroes who teach children about safety through example. It aired on CBS as part of the Cookie Jar TV block on September 17, 2011.-Voice Talent:*Jerry Houser as Sully...
  
  
• September 19 - Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
  Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
  Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness is an American computer-animated television series based on the Kung Fu Panda films. The series was originally set to air on Nickelodeon in 2010, but was pushed back to 2011. A total of 52 episodes have been produced or ordered...
  
  

January

• January 3 - Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair
  Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair
  Frank The Entertainer in a Basement Affair is a VH1 reality television show starring Frank Maresca also known as "The Entertainer," who previously starred in I Love New York, I Love Money, and I Love Money 2. Unlike other dating shows, the contestants live with Frank and and his parents in a house...
  
  
• January 3 - Worst Cooks in America
  Worst Cooks in America
  Worst Cooks in America is a reality show in which twelve of America’s worst cooks are put through culinary boot camp. The show's first season premiered on Food Network January 3, 2010, and was hosted by Chefs Anne Burrell and Beau MacMillan...
  
  
• January 4 - The Generations Project
  The Generations Project
  __NOEDITSECTION__The Generations Project is a reality television series produced by and shown on BYU Television that helps those who have questions about their family history investigate their own identities by embarking on a journey to uncover the lives and stories of their ancestors...
  
  
• January 5 - Howe & Howe Tech
  Howe & Howe Tech
  Howe & Howe Tech is a reality television series produced by Authentic Entertainment for the Discovery Channel. It documents the day-to-day activities of identical twin brothers Michael "Mike" and Geoffrey "Geoff" Howe, who operate a small business out of Waterboro, Maine called Howe & Howe...
  
  
• January 5 - Wild Recon
  Wild Recon
  Wild Recon is hosted by animal expert Donald Schultz. The show hosts many deadly animals such as: death adder, saltwater crocodile, lion and many other countless species that can take lives in an instance...
  
  
• January 6 - Apocalypse Man
  Apocalypse Man
  Apocalypse Man is an American television program that premiered on January 6, 2010 on History hosted by former US Marine and martial-artist Rudy Reyes. The show is based on how to survive the aftermath of the end of the world, if the world was to come to an end...
  
  
• January 8 - John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show
  John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show
  John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show is a stand up comedy television series that currently airs on Comedy Central in the United States. Hosted by British comedian John Oliver, the show features new material by both up-and-coming and established comedians. Each episode opens with Oliver's witty...
  
  
• January 11 - Blue Mountain State
  Blue Mountain State
  Blue Mountain State is an American comedy series that premiered on Spike on January 11, 2010. The series producers include Chris Romano and Eric Falconer and is produced by Lionsgate Television...
  
  
• January 11 - Fantasia for Real
  Fantasia for Real
  Fantasia for Real is a reality show on VH1 which premiered on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 10:00 pm . The reality television show is about former American Idol season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino and her struggle to regain control of both her career and personal life.-Cast:*Fantasia Barrino*Brian...
  
  
• January 13 - Solving History with Olly Steeds
  Solving History with Olly Steeds
  Solving History with Olly Steeds is a weekly American documentary adventure reality television series that premiered on January 13, 2010 on the Discovery Channel...
  
  
• January 14 - Carnie Wilson: Unstapled
  Carnie Wilson: Unstapled
  Carnie Wilson: Unstapled is an American reality television show, starring game show hostess and singer Carnie Wilson. The show aired on GSN from January 14, 2010 to March 11, 2010.-Overview:...
  
  
• January 16 - Pit Boss
  Pit Boss (TV series)
  Pit Boss is an American television series docudrama that follows Shorty Rossi, owner of Shorty's Rescue, an organization set up for Pit Bull rescue. The series premiered on Animal Planet on January 16, 2010....
  
  
• January 17 - Human Target
• January 18 - American Pickers
  American Pickers
  American Pickers is an American reality television series that premiered on January 18, 2010 on History Channel. The series began running concurrently on sister channel Lifetime in December 2010.-Summary and reception:...
  
  
• January 18 - My Life as Liz
  My Life as Liz
  My Life as Liz is a mockumentary style American television series that centers on the life of Liz Lee, a misfit high-school senior living in small town Texas...
  
  
• January 21 - The Deep End
  The Deep End (TV series)
  The Deep End is an American television series created by David Hemingson and produced by 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC television network...
  
  
• January 22 - Caprica
  Caprica (TV series)
  Caprica is a science fiction drama television series. It is a spin-off prequel of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, taking place about 58 years prior to the events of Battlestar Galactica. Caprica shows how humanity first created the robotic Cylons who would later plot to destroy humans in...
  
  
• January 22 - Spartacus: Blood and Sand
  Spartacus: Blood and Sand
  Spartacus: Blood and Sand is a Starz television series that premiered on January 22, 2010. The series is inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus , a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive producers Steven S...
  
  
• January 25 - La La Land
  La La Land (TV series)
  La La Land is an American television comedy series broadcast on Showtime in the United States, BBC Three in the United Kingdom, and SBS One in Australia...
  
  
• January 26 - The Michael Vick Project
  The Michael Vick Project
  The Michael Vick Project is an American documentary following football player Michael Vick. The ten-part series premiered on January 26, 2010 on BET and aired Tuesdays at 10 p.m.-Overview:...
  
  
• January 28 - Life Unexpected
  Life Unexpected
  Life Unexpected is an American television series that ran for two seasons, from 2010 to 2011.The show premiered on The CW on Monday, January 18, 2010. The 13-episode first season run ended on April 12, 2010...
  
  

February

• February 1 - Kell on Earth
  Kell on Earth
  Kell on Earth is an American reality docudrama starring Kelly Cutrone, the founder of the public relations, branding and marketing firm People's Revolution. The series premiered on February 1, 2010 on the Bravo television network...
  
  
• February 9 - Past Life
  Past Life (TV series)
  Past Life is an American crime drama television series which aired on Fox from February 9, 2010 to June 4, 2010. The series premiered on Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central...
  
  
• February 12 - Famous Crime Scene
  Famous Crime Scene
  Famous Crime Scene is a VH1 show that follows a documentary format. This show exposes the evidence and the last moments and the subsequent chaos about their deaths; all this through the view of special investigators, and even exposes the point of view and details that only the ones present are able...
  
  
• February 13 - Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
• February 14 - How to Make It in America
  How to Make It in America
  How to Make It in America is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on February 14, 2010. The series follows the lives of Ben Epstein and his friend Cam Calderon as they try to succeed in New York City's fashion scene...
  
  
• February 19 - Funny or Die Presents
  Funny or Die Presents
  Funny or Die Presents is a half-hour sketch comedy show that spawned from the Will Ferrell & Adam McKay created comedy website Funny or Die. It premiered on HBO on February 19, 2010...
  
  
• February 19 - The Ricky Gervais Show
  The Ricky Gervais Show (animated series)
  The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant , along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington,...
  
  
• February 21 - The Family Crews
  The Family Crews
  The Family Crews is a reality television show following the life of comic actor Terry Crews, his wife Rebecca, their eclectic and ever-changing family ranging in age from 22 to 3 years old. The show premiered on BET Sunday, February 21, 2010, at 9 p.m...
  
  
• February 25 - Police Women of Maricopa County
  Police Women of Maricopa County
  Police Women of Maricopa County is the second of TLC's Police Women documentary television series, which follows four female members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Maricopa County, Arizona....
  
  
• February 28 - The Marriage Ref
  The Marriage Ref
  The Marriage Ref is a TV reality show and panel game hosted by comedian Tom Papa and produced by Jerry Seinfeld, in which a rotating group of celebrities decides the winners of real-life marital disputes. The show premiered on NBC on Sunday, February 28, 2010 on the final night of the Olympics...
  
  

March

• March 1 - Little Parents, Big Charlie
  Little Parents, Big Charlie
  Little Parents, Big Charlie is a reality television series starring Craig and Becky Hennon on TLC and the Discovery Health Channels. The show is produced by Kirschenbaum Productions and was first broadcast on March 30, 2010...
  
  
• March 2 - Parenthood
  Parenthood (2010 TV series)
  Parenthood is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Katims and produced by Imagine Television and Universal Media Studios. The first season premiered on March 2, 2010 on NBC...
  
  
• March 3 - 1000 Ways to Lie
  1000 Ways to Lie
  1000 Ways to Lie was a special and satire of the television series 1000 Ways to Die. It recreates intricate lies that people have told, as well as how, and what happened when they were found out. It also includes interviews with experts who describe the science behind each lie...
  
  
• March 5 - Who Do You Think You Are?
  Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)
  Who Do You Think You Are? is an American genealogy documentary series that premiered on NBC on March 5, 2010. The show is an adaptation of the British series of the same name, aired by the BBC. Each week a celebrity goes on a journey to trace his or her family tree. Lisa Kudrow is executive...
  
  
• March 9 - Food Wars
  Food Wars
  Food Wars is a weekly Travel Channel series hosted by Camille Ford that debuted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The show features restaurant rivalries in cities around the United States, with loyal fans cheering for one of two restaurants that serve one of the city's signature dishes...
  
  
• March 10 - High Society
  High Society (reality show)
  High Society is reality show following the lives of Tinsley Mortimer, a Manhattan socialite, and her friends. It was originally scheduled to air every Wednesday at 9 pm after America's Next Top Model but due to low ratings the network decided to push it back half hour to air after Fly Girls. The...
  
  
• March 11 - Jerseylicious
  Jerseylicious
  Jerseylicious is an American docusoap airing on the Style Network that follows employees of the newly renovated Gatsby Salon, taking place in Green Brook, NJ. The Gatsby Salon relaunched with a multimillion dollar renovation and began hiring new employees in 2009 which included series cast members...
  
  
• March 11 - Sons of Tucson
  Sons of Tucson
  Sons of Tucson is a comedy television series starring Tyler Labine, Frank Dolce, Matthew Levy and Benjamin Stockham. It premiered on Fox on March 11, 2010...
  
  
• March 14 - Fatal Attractions
  Fatal Attractions (Animal Planet)
  Fatal Attractions is a recurring documentary series on Animal Planet. First aired in 2010, the show focuses on human obsessions with wild animals that can become dangerous and sometimes fatal.-Premise:...
  
  
• March 14 - Hoarding: Buried Alive
  Hoarding: Buried Alive
  Hoarding: Buried Alive is an American documentary television series that premiered on TLC on March 14, 2010. The show follows hoarders through their life experiences and helps them learn to manage their illness.- Overview :...
  
  
• March 14 - Minute to Win It
  Minute to Win It
  Minute to Win It is an American prime time game show on NBC hosted by Guy Fieri. Contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around the house....
  
  
• March 14 - Pretty Wild
  Pretty Wild
  Pretty Wild was an American reality television series that premiered on E! on March 14, 2010. The show follows three young girls - Tess Taylor, 21, Alexis Neiers, 19, and Gabby Neiers, 16 - as they make their way into the Hollywood social scene. The girls and their family initially reside in...
  
  
• March 15 - The Price of Beauty
• March 16 - Justified
  Justified (TV series)
  Justified is an American television drama series created by Graham Yost. It is based on Elmore Leonard's novels Pronto and Riding the Rap and his short story "Fire in the Hole". Its central character is Raylan Givens, a deputy U.S. Marshal. The series is set in the city of Lexington, Kentucky...
  
  
• March 17 - Addicted
• March 17 - Ugly Americans
  Ugly Americans (TV series)
  Ugly Americans is an American animated television series created by Devin Clark and developed by David M. Stern. The program focuses on the life of Mark Lilly, a social worker employed by the Department of Integration, in an alternate reality version of New York City inhabited by monsters and other...
  
  
• March 21 - Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
  Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
  Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is a television series which premiered on ABC on March 21, 2010...
  
  
• March 21 - Kirstie Alley's Big Life
  Kirstie Alley's Big Life
  Kirstie Alley's Big Life is a semi-scripted reality tv series that follows Kirstie Alley as she tries to lose weight and promote her new weight loss program...
  
  
• March 24 - Fly Girls
  Fly Girls (TV series)
  Fly Girls is an American reality television program that follows the personal lives of five flight attendants working for Virgin America. The program aired from March 24, 2010 to May 5, 2010.- Background :...
  
  
• March 24 - Is It Possible?
  Is It Possible?
  Is It Possible? is a three-episode documentary television series on the Discovery Channel that features people, animals, technology, and other things that are real, but so unusual and surprising that they seem impossible....
  
  
• March 27 - The OCD Project
  The OCD Project
  The OCD Project is an American reality television series which follows the cognitive-behavioral treatment of six people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder . The series premiered on May 27, 2010 on the VH1 television network.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• March 27 - Victorious
  Victorious
  Victorious is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega , a teenager who attends a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts High School, after taking her older sister Trina's place in a showcase while getting into...
  
  

April

• April 2 - Miami Medical
• April 3 - Winners Bracket
  Winners Bracket
  Winners Bracket is a sports-related television program that airs on ABC. Hosted by Michelle Beadle and Marcellus Wiley, it premiered at 5 p.m. ET April 3, 2010 on the American Broadcasting Company...
  
  
• April 4 - Good Luck Charlie
  Good Luck Charlie
  Good Luck Charlie is an original Disney Channel television sitcom, which premiered April 4, 2010. The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, as opposed to children only...
  
  
• April 11 - Basketball Wives
  Basketball Wives
  Basketball Wives is a reality television series that premiered on the VH1 cable television network on April 11, 2010. Created by production company Shed Media US, the series follows the lives of a group of women who have all been somehow romantically linked to professional basketball players. The...
  
  
• April 11 - Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business
  Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business
  Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business is an American reality series airing on VH1, and starring Brandy and her younger brother Ray J. The series premiered on April 11, 2010.- Overview :...
  
  
• April 11 - Treme
  Treme (TV series)
  Treme is an American television drama series created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer that premiered on April 11, 2010 on HBO. It takes its name from Tremé, a neighborhood of New Orleans...
  
  
• April 11 - What Chilli Wants
  What Chilli Wants
  What Chilli Wants is an American reality series on VH1 starring Chilli, one-third of the Grammy Award-winning R&B trio TLC. The show chronicles Chilli's quest to find love with the help of Tionna T. Smalls, an author and relationship coach. The series premiered on April 11, 2010, and has since...
  
  
• April 12 - TNA Reaction
  TNA Reaction
  TNA Reaction was a professional wrestling-focused documentary-style television program by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that aired in the United States and Canada on Spike...
  
  
• April 18 - Masterclass
  Masterclass (TV series)
  Masterclass is a nine-part documentary television series airing on Home Box Office . Each half-hour episode documents the experience of a small group of young artists working with a famous mentor. The series premiered on HBO on April 18, 2010 with opera star Plácido Domingo working with three...
  
  
• April 19 - Baggage
  Baggage (game show)
  Baggage is an American dating game show, hosted by Jerry Springer. It premiered on April 19, 2010 on GSN. A syndication test run was shown on a select group of Sinclair Broadcast Group's stations January 10, 2011 and premiered in Australia on April 11, 2011 on the subscription television channel...
  
  
• April 19 - Romantically Challenged
  Romantically Challenged
  Romantically Challenged is a comedy television series, which ran on ABC from April 19, 2010 to May 17, 2010. It is set in Pittsburgh and created by Ricky Blitt, who is also the show's head writer. The show stars Alyssa Milano. ABC officially canceled the series on May 16, 2010...
  
  
• April 20 - Ancient Aliens
  Ancient Aliens
  Ancient Aliens is an American television series that premiered on April 20, 2010 on the History channel. Produced by Prometheus Entertainment, the program presents theories of ancient astronauts and proposes that historical texts, archaeology and legends contain evidence of past...
  
  
• April 22 - Sliced
  Sliced
  Sliced was an American television series that premiered on on The History Channel. The program was hosted by John McCalmont and Budd Kelley, who "slice" everyday objects in half to uncover how they work...
  
  
• April 23 - Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
• April 23 - Generator Rex
  Generator Rex
  Generator Rex is an American animated television series for Cartoon Network and is created by "Man of Action" . John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serves as supervising director. It is inspired by the comic M. Rex, published by Image Comics in 1999...
  
  
• April 28 - Happy Town
  Happy Town (TV series)
  Happy Town is an American drama television series that premiered on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, and ended on June 16, 2010 on ABC. It was created by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg...
  
  

May

• May 6 - MMA Live
  MMA Live
  MMA Live is a sports show about mixed martial arts. It is seen on ESPN2. The show features analysts such as Franklin McNeil, Pat Miletich, Kenny Florian and Rashad Evans. MMA Live was originally an Internet show, but made the move to television after positive reception...
  
  
• May 16 - Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule
  Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule
  Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule is a spin-off of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, starring John C. Reilly as Dr. Steve Brule, a character from Awesome Show. The series premiered on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, on May 16, 2010...
  
  
• May 19 - The Good Guys
  The Good Guys (2010 TV series)
  The Good Guys is an American action-comedy series about an old-school cop and a modern-day detective that premiered with a preview episode on Fox on May 19, 2010, and began airing regularly on June 7...
  
  
• May 27 - 100 Questions
  100 Questions
  100 Questions is an American situation comedy series which premiered on NBC on May 27, 2010. In May 2009 the network announced that the show would debut midseason in March 2010 on Tuesday nights at 9:30 pm, after NBC's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics was completed...
  
  
• May 27 - Mall Cops: Mall of America
  Mall Cops: Mall of America
  Mall Cops: Mall of America is an American reality television series that follows the work of the security team at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, the second largest mall in North America. Twelve half-hour episodes have been ordered for TLC...
  
  
• May 27 - Police Women of Memphis
  Police Women of Memphis
  Police Women of Memphis is the third of TLC's Police Women documentary television series, which follows four female members of the Memphis Police Department in Memphis, Tennessee.-Cast:...
  
  
• May 27 - Svetlana
  Svetlana (TV series)
  Svetlana is a comedy series starring Israeli-American comedienne Iris Bahr. It premiered on HDNet on May 27, 2010.-Plot:Svetlana is a woman of indeterminate age who arrived in Minnesota from the former Soviet Union as a mail-order bride. After leaving her husband Steve, she moves to Los Angeles...
  
  

June

• June 1 - Downtown Girls
  Downtown Girls
  Downtown Girls was an MTV reality show about five girls living in New York City. The first of six episodes of the show that ever aired debuted on June 1, 2010.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• June 2 - Are We There Yet?
  Are We There Yet? (TV series)
  Are We There Yet? is an American television sitcom, which premiered on TBS on June 2, 2010. Based on the 2005 feature film of the same name, it revolves around a family adjusting to the new addition of the matriarch's new husband and trying to deal with normal family situations...
  
  
• June 6 - The Hard Times of RJ Berger
  The Hard Times of RJ Berger
  The Hard Times of RJ Berger is a United States television comedy series created by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith for MTV. The show's central character is RJ Berger an unpopular sophomore at the fictional Pinkerton High School in Ohio who has an exceptionally large penis...
  
  
• June 6 - Top Shot
  Top Shot
  Top Shot is an American reality television show that debuted on the History Channel on June 6, 2010. The show features 16 contestants, split into two teams of eight, competing in various types of shooting challenges. One by one, the contestants are eliminated until only one remains...
  
  
• June 7 - Neighbors from Hell
  Neighbors from Hell
  Neighbours from Hell is a strategy video game for Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox. In Europe, it was released for Windows on June 20, 2003, and the GameCube and Xbox on March 4, 2005...
  
  
• June 8 - Pretty Little Liars
  Pretty Little Liars (TV series)
  Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family...
  
  
• June 9 - Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
  Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
  Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which up-and-coming artists compete for a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and a cash prize of $100,000. The show is produced by Pretty Matches Productions and...
  
  
• June 9 - You're Cut Off!
  You're Cut Off!
  You're Cut Off! is a VH1 reality show that premiered on June 9, 2010. It features nine spoiled young women who thought they were going to be featured on a show called The Good Life...
  
  
• June 10 - Bethenny Ever After...
• June 10 - Late Night Liars
  Late Night Liars
  Late Night Liars is a television game show on GSN that premiered on June 10, 2010. It is hosted by Larry Miller, and stars several "celebrity" puppets created by Henson Alternative. Each episode has two human contestants trying to figure out which of the puppets are lying, and which are telling...
  
  
• June 13 - Cupcake Wars
  Cupcake Wars
  Cupcake Wars is a Food Network reality-based competition show hosted by Justin Kredible based on creating unique and professional-style cupcakes that began airing in June 2010. The show is similar to its successful Chopped show in that it starts with 4 contestants who are eliminated one by one in 3...
  
  
• June 13 - Unnatural History
  Unnatural History
  Unnatural History is a compilation album produced by Coil. Including tracks that originally appeared on various compilations and limited edition releases along with some previously unreleased material...
  
  
• June 15 - Double Exposure
• June 15 - It's Effin' Science
  It's Effin' Science
  It's Effin' Science is an American television show on G4. It is hosted by Angie Greenup, Marc Horowitz and Chad Zdenek and produced by Renegade Productions. Filming is based in Los Angeles, California and 10 episodes were ordered for the first season...
  
  
• June 15 - Warren the Ape
  Warren the Ape
  Warren the Ape is an MTV reality show parody which premiered on June 14, 2010 at 10:30 p.m. The series is a spin-off of the IFC and Fox TV show Greg the Bunny, and follows the titular character's life as he tries to get his life back together following the cancellation of Greg the Bunny.Warren has...
  
  
• June 16 - Bert the Conqueror
  Bert the Conqueror
  Bert the Conqueror is an American reality television series which premiered on the Travel Channel on June 16, 2010.The show is hosted by the American stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer. He travels across the United States to amusement parks and other entertainment venues to experience and promote...
  
  
• June 16 - Hot in Cleveland
  Hot in Cleveland
  Hot in Cleveland is an American sitcom on TV Land starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White. The series, which is TV Land's first original scripted series, premiered on June 16, 2010, and was TV Land's highest rated telecast in the cable network's 14-year history. The...
  
  
• June 20 - The Real L Word
  The Real L Word
  The Real L Word: Los Angeles is an American reality television series aired on the cable station Showtime, where it premiered on June 20, 2010. The show was created by executive producer Ilene Chaiken and Magical Elves Productions, following the success of the television drama The L Word...
  
  
• June 21 - Inedible To Incredible
  Inedible To Incredible
  Inedible to Incredible is an American reality television series which follows chef John Besh as he travels around the country to help improve horrible homemade meals. The series premiered on TLC on June 21, 2010 and was directed by Ian Stevenson....
  
  
• June 22 - Memphis Beat
  Memphis Beat
  Memphis Beat is an American drama series that debuted on TNT on June 22, 2010 and ended on August 16, 2011. Memphis Beat was officially canceled on October 14, 2011.-Overview:...
  
  
• June 27 - Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
  Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
  Mary Shelley's Frankenhole is a stop-motion animated TV series by Dino Stamatopoulos, creator of Moral Orel. Nine of ten 15-minute episodes have aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Frankenhole premiered on June 27, 2010.-Premise:Dr...
  
  
• June 28 - Huge
  Huge (TV series)
  Huge is a short lived American drama series that aired on the ABC Family television network. The series is based on the young-adult novel of the same name by Sasha Paley. The hour-long drama series revolves around eight teens sent to a summer weight-loss camp called Camp Victory...
  
  
• June 29 - Louie
  Louie (TV series)
  Louie is an American comedy television series on the FX network that began airing in 2010. It is written, directed, edited and produced by the show's creator, stand-up comedian Louis C.K., who stars as a fictionalized version of himself, a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two...
  
  

July

• July 9 - Haven
  Haven (TV series)
  Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy...
  
  
• July 10 - Worst Case Scenarios
• July 11 - The Glades
  The Glades (TV series)
  The Glades is an A&E Network drama television series created by Clifton Campbell. The one-hour drama premiered on Sunday, July 11, 2010. The series stars Matt Passmore as Det...
  
  
• July 12 - Kid in a Candy Store
  Kid in a Candy Store
  Kid in a Candy Store is a reality television series that originally premiered on Food Network on July 12, 2010. The show follows Adam Gertler on his "hunt to find the craziest desserts in the world of candy confections"....
  
  
• July 12 - Rizzoli & Isles
  Rizzoli & Isles
  Rizzoli & Isles is a TNT television series starring Angie Harmon as police detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The one-hour drama is based on the Rizzoli & Isles series of novels by Tess Gerritsen...
  
  
• July 13 - Covert Affairs
  Covert Affairs
  Covert Affairs is a USA Network television series starring Piper Perabo and Christopher Gorham. The one-hour drama premiered on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. The show concluded its first season on September 14, 2010 and was renewed for a second season on August 19, 2010. The second season began airing on...
  
  
• July 15 - Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
  Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
  -Reviews:The show has been described as Mythbusters meets Destination Truth. A Variety magazine review says – "Now we know what Fox Mulder would have done after leaving "The X-Files" unit: Get his own reality-TV show!"-Criticism:...
  
  
• July 16 - DC Cupcakes
  DC Cupcakes
  DC Cupcakes is an American reality television series that follows sisters and business partners Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis as they run Georgetown Cupcake, a small cupcakery located in Washington, D.C....
  
  
• July 16 - Lucha Libre USA
  Lucha Libre USA
  Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors was a television program on the MTV2 broadcast channel, chronicling the rise of Mexican-style wrestling, or lucha libre, in the United States. The first episode was aired on July 16, 2010. The second season premiered October 1, 2011. However, after only four...
  
  
• July 16 - Man, Woman, Wild
  Man, Woman, Wild
  Man, Woman, Wild is a cable television reality series which airs on the Discovery Channel. The show features former US Army Special Forces survival expert, Mykel Hawke, and his television journalist wife, Ruth England, who must survive a half week with limited supplies in wild and inhospitable...
  
  
• July 18 - Strange Sex
  Strange Sex
  Strange Sex is a 6-part TLC documentary television series produced by Sirens Media about sexual dysfunction that premiered on 18 July 2010...
  
  
• July 20 - If You Really Knew Me
  If You Really Knew Me
  If You Really Knew Me is an American reality television series which airs on MTV that focuses on youth subculture and different cliques in high schools. Students from each clique participate in Challenge Day, which is a program designed to break down stereotypes and unite students in schools. At...
  
  
• July 21 - 24 Hour Restaurant Battle
  24 Hour Restaurant Battle
  24 Hour Restaurant Battle is a Food Network reality based cooking television series hosted by Scott Conant that features two teams competing against each other for a shot at their own restaurant. New episodes air every Thursday at 10pm EST.-Series Overview:...
  
  
• July 26 - Fish Warrior
  Fish Warrior
  Fish Warrior is a television series on National Geographic Channel hosted by Jakub Vágner. The first season aired in 2011. Jakub Vágner is a lifelong angler and world record-holding fisherman who embarks on extreme fishing expeditions to the most remote regions of the world.-External links:*...
  
  
• July 27 - Growing Up Twisted
  Growing Up Twisted
  Growing Up Twisted is an American reality television series that premiered on A&E on July 27, 2010. The show follows the life of Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider, his wife Suzette to whom he's been married since October 21, 1981, and their four children, Jesse , Shane , Cody , and Cheyenne...
  
  
• July 28 - Plain Jane
  Plain Jane (TV series)
  Plain Jane is an American reality television makeover summer series that transforms one woman each week. The show premiered on The CW on Wednesday July 28, 2010 at 9 pm...
  
  
• July 29 - On the Road with Austin & Santino

August

• August 1 - Rubicon
  Rubicon (tv series)
  Rubicon is an American television series created by Jason Horwitch and produced by Henry Bromell that was broadcast on the AMC television network...
  
  
• August 3 - Scrappers
  Scrappers
  Scrappers is a reality television series about three competing groups of scrappers from Brooklyn, New York who collect and sell scrap metal. The series premiered 3 August 2010 at 10pm on Spike TV.-Scrap crews:...
  
  
• August 5 - Beach Heat Miami
  Beach Heat Miami
  Beach Heat Miami is a television series which takes place in Miami Beach, Florida. This series is somewhat similar to Baywatch....
  
  
• August 5 - The Nightlife
  The Nightlife
  TeenNick's The Nightlife is a television series for the TeenNick TV channel. It is hosted by Nick Cannon, Aaron Fresh, & Chloe Wang. Episode 1 aired on August 5, 2010, after a new episode of Degrassi: The Boiling Point, the marketing name for the series' 10th season...
  
  
• August 5 - The Real Housewives of D.C.
• August 5 - Stan Lee's Superhumans
  Stan Lee's Superhumans
  Stan Lee's Superhumans is a documentary television series that debuted August 5, 2010 on History. It is hosted by comic book superhero creator Stan Lee and follows contortionist Daniel Browning Smith, "the most flexible man in the world", as he searches the globe for real-life superhumans – people...
  
  
• August 7 - Power of 10
  Power of 10
  Power of 10 is an international Sony Pictures Television game show format featuring contestants predicting how a cross-section of local people from the host broadcaster's country responded to questions covering a wide variety of topics in polls conducted by the broadcaster and production...
  
  
• August 9 - Too Fat for 15
  Too Fat for 15
  Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back is a reality TV show on the Style Network. It features a number of overweight teenagers who are enrolled at Wellspring Academies, and looks at their quest to lose weight....
  
  
• August 15 - The Great Food Truck Race
  The Great Food Truck Race
  The Great Food Truck Race is a reality television series, that originally aired on August 15, 2010, on Food Network, with Tyler Florence as the host. It features competing food trucks.-Rules:...
  
  
• August 16 - The Big C
  The Big C (TV series)
  The Big C is a Showtime original television series created by Darlene Hunt which premiered on August 16, 2010. It drew the largest audience for a Showtime original series premiere in eight years. On September 20, 2010, The Big C was renewed for a second season which premiered on June 27, 2011...
  
  
• August 17 - Melissa & Joey
  Melissa & Joey
  Melissa & Joey is an ABC Family original television series starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. It first aired on ABC Family on August 17, 2010...
  
  
• August 22 - Aarti Party
  Aarti Party
  Aarti Party is a Food Network program, starring Aarti Sequeira, the sixth season winner of the reality series The Next Food Network Star and focusing on sharing easy ways to enhance American favorite dishes with simple but unique Indian influences. It premiered on August 22, 2010...
  
  
• August 30 - Quints by Surprise
  Quints by Surprise
  Quints by Surprise is a reality television show produced in the United States by Megalomedia about the Jones family, consisting of parents Ethan and Casey and their six children, including quintuplets. The show follows the family through their daily lives, focusing on the challenges of raising...
  
  

September

• September 5 - Mel B: It's a Scary World
  Mel B: It's a Scary World
  Mel B: It's a Scary World is an American reality television series that debuted on Style Network on September 5, 2010. The show's title is a play on Melanie Brown's nicknames from her days when she was part of the Spice Girls, Mel B and "Scary Spice", the latter because of her hair style.-Series...
  
  
• September 6 - Regular Show
  Regular Show
  Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel...
  
  
• September 6 - MAD
  Mad (TV series)
  MAD is an American animated sketch comedy series created by Kevin Shinick and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Based upon the magazine of the same name, each episode is a collection of short animated parodies of television shows, movies, games, celebrities and other media using various types of...
  
  
• September 8 - Hellcats
  Hellcats
  Hellcats is an American cheerleading comedy-drama television series that originally aired on The CW in the United States from September 8, 2010 to May 17, 2011...
  
  
• September 8 - Terriers
  Terriers (TV series)
  Terriers is an American crime comedy-drama television series created by Ted Griffin for FX. It premiered on September 8, 2010. The show was canceled by FX on December 6, 2010 after the first season.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 9 - Nikita
  Nikita (TV series)
  La Femme Nikita is a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Brothers. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow...
  
  
• September 10 - Fashion Police
• September 12 - World of Jenks
  World of Jenks
  World of Jenks is a documentary series starring Andrew Jenks. The series premiered on September 13, 2010 on MTV following 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. The show showcases the lives of inspirational young people from various locations of the United States...
  
  
• September 14 - Sextuplets Take New York
  Sextuplets Take New York
  Sextuplets Take New York is a reality television show produced in the United States by Figure 8 Films about the Carpio family, consisting of parents Victor and Digna and their seven children, including sextuplets, the first latino set born in America...
  
  
• September 15 - Outlaw
  Outlaw (TV series)
  Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench to start his own law firm, as a way to more directly promote the ends of justice...
  
  
• September 15 - Top Chef: Just Desserts
  Top Chef: Just Desserts
  Top Chef: Just Desserts is an American reality competition show, spun off from Top Chef. It premiered on the cable television network Bravo on September 15, 2010. Top Chef: Just Desserts features pastry chefs competing in a series of culinary challenges, focusing on pastries and desserts...
  
  
• September 17 - Sym-Bionic Titan
  Sym-Bionic Titan
  Sym-Bionic Titan is an American animated cartoon created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. The series focused on a trio made up of an alien princess, a rebellious soldier, and a robot; these three characters are able to combine to create the titular Sym-Bionic Titan...
  
  
• September 19 - Boardwalk Empire
• September 20 - Chase
  Chase (2010 TV series)
  Chase is an American police procedural drama television series created by Jennifer Johnson for the NBC network. The series follows a U.S. Marshals fugitive-apprehension team, based out of Houston, Texas. Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnson serve as executive producers for the one-hour drama...
  
  
• September 20 - The Event
• September 20 - Hoppus on Music
• September 20 - Lone Star
• September 20 - Mike & Molly
  Mike & Molly
  Mike & Molly is an American sitcom created by Mark Roberts, which premiered on CBS on September 20, 2010. The series stars Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as the title characters.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 21 - Detroit 1-8-7
  Detroit 1-8-7
  Detroit 1-8-7 is an American crime drama series about Detroit's leading homicide unit, created by Jason Richman for ABC. It features an ensemble cast of actors including Michael Imperioli and James McDaniel...
  
  
• September 21 - Raising Hope
  Raising Hope
  Raising Hope is a television comedy program first aired on September 21, 2010 on Fox. The series airs on Tuesdays at 9:30 pm. On January 10, 2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season, which premiered on September 20, 2011....
  
  
• September 21 - Running Wilde
  Running Wilde
  Running Wilde was an American comedy television series created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox Network. It starred Will Arnett as Steve Wilde, a self-centered, idle bachelor and heir to an oil fortune...
  
  
• September 22 - Better with You
• September 22 - The Defenders
  The Defenders (2010 TV series)
  The Defenders is a 2010 American legal comedy-drama that was ordered to series by CBS for the 2010–11 television season. The series originally ran from September 22, 2010 to March 11, 2011....
  
  
• September 22 - Pair of Kings
  Pair of Kings
  Pair of Kings is an American television sitcom shown on the Disney XD cable channel. It was created by Dan Cross and David Hoge and stars Mitchel Musso and Doc Shaw. The sitcom's target audience are teenagers...
  
  
• September 22 - Undercovers
  Undercovers (TV series)
  Undercovers is an American action spy television series created by J. J. Abrams and Josh Reims for NBC. They were executive producers of the pilot along with Abrams' frequent collaborator Bryan Burk....
  
  
• September 22 - The Whole Truth
  The Whole Truth (TV series)
  The Whole Truth is an American legal drama series that premiered on ABC on September 22, 2010. Episodes aired on Wednesdays at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT...
  
  
• September 23 - My Generation
  My Generation (TV series)
  My Generation is an American mockumentary television series that aired on the ABC network in the fall of 2010. The one-hour comedy-drama, produced by ABC Studios, follows a group of high school classmates in Austin, Texas in 2000, then revisits them ten years after graduation...
  
  
• September 23 - Outsourced
  Outsourced (TV series)
  Outsourced is an American television sitcom set in an Indian workplace. It was based on the John Jeffcoat film of the same name and adapted by Ken Kwapis and Universal Media Studios for NBC. The series originally ran from September 23, 2010 to May 12, 2011...
  
  
• September 23 - $h#! My Dad Says
• September 24 - Fish Hooks
  Fish Hooks
  Fish Hooks is an American animated television series created by Noah Z. Jones. Twenty-one episodes have been ordered for the first season. It premiered on September 24, 2010. An 11-minute preview was shown on September 3, 2010, following the Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam...
  
  
• September 24 - Blue Bloods
  Blue Bloods (TV series)
  Blue Bloods is an American police procedural/drama series on CBS, filmed on location in New York City. The show premiered on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays at 10:00 pm Eastern and Pacific/9:00 PM Central and Mountain....
  
  
• September 26 - Sister Wives
  Sister Wives
  Sister Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on TLC in 2010. The show documents the life of a polygamist family, which includes patriarch Kody Brown, his four wives and their 17 children. The family began the series living in Lehi, Utah, but has since moved to Las Vegas, Nevada...
  
  
• September 28 - No Ordinary Family
  No Ordinary Family
  No Ordinary Family is an American television series on ABC. The 45-minute science fiction comedy-drama was produced by ABC Studios for the 2010–11 television season. The series ran from September 28, 2010 to April 5, 2011, on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET/PT...
  
  
• September 29 - Law & Order: LA

October

• October 2 - Planet Sheen
  Planet Sheen
  Planet Sheen is an American CGI animated television series. It is the 2010 spin-off of the 2002 series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as well as the 2001 Oscar-nominated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The show was created by John A. Davis, Keith Alcorn and Steve Oedekerk and based on...
  
  
• October 2 - T.U.F.F. Puppy
  T.U.F.F. Puppy
  T.U.F.F. Puppy is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It premiered on October 2, 2010 on Nickelodeon after the premiere of Planet Sheen. The series' main character is a dim-witted but determined dog named Dudley Puppy , who works as a secret agent for an...
  
  
• October 3 - Animal Mechanicals
  Animal Mechanicals
  Animal Mechanicals is a Canadian children’s television show produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company, in association with CBC.Animal Mechanicals Rex, Unicorn, Komodo, Mouse, and Sasquatch, live and play in a place unlike any other: a colorful "snap-together-take-apart" world which can also...
  
  
• October 5 - MegaStructures
  MegaStructures
  MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel and Five in the United Kingdom, on France 5 in France and on 7mate in Australia....
  
  
• October 8 - Gigantic
  Gigantic (TV series)
  Gigantic is an American dramedy television series that airs on the TeenNick TV channel. The series is the first scripted show for the channel since its rebranding from The N in September 2009. It premiered on October 8, 2010....
  
  
• October 10 - Family Game Night
  Family Game Night (TV series)
  Family Game Night is a television series based on Hasbro's family of board games. The show is hosted by Todd Newton, and also features announcer Burton Richardson. The 60-minute program debuted on October 10, 2010 on the new channel, The Hub, formerly Discovery Kids; it was previewed on October 9,...
  
  
• October 10 - My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
  My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
  My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is an animated television series that premiered on October 10, 2010 on the United States cable network The Hub, and is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works. The series is produced by Hasbro Studios and DHX Media Vancouver...
  
  
• October 10 - Pound Puppies
  Pound Puppies (2010 TV series)
  Pound Puppies is a American/Canadian animated series that premiered on The Hub on October 10, 2010, in the United States. Pound Puppies airs on YTV in Canada. The series is produced by Paul and Joe Productions and Hasbro Studios...
  
  
• October 10 - The Twisted Whiskers Show
  The Twisted Whiskers Show
  The Twisted Whiskers Show is an American animated series based on the Twisted Whiskers greeting cards created by Terrill Bohlar. It began airing as the first program of the Hasbro/Discovery TV network, The Hub on October 10, 2010...
  
  
• October 11 - Pictureka!
• October 12 - Nick Swardson's Pretend Time
  Nick Swardson's Pretend Time
  Nick Swardson's Pretend Time is a TV sketch comedy show created by and starring comedian and actor Nick Swardson. The show premiered on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 10 p.m. EST on Comedy Central....
  
  
• October 14 - The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
  The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
  The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is an American reality series for the Bravo cable network. The sixth installment in the network's The Real Housewives of... franchise, production for the Evolution Media series began in March 2010. The show premiered on October 14, 2010...
  
  
• October 15 - The Adventures of Chuck and Friends
  The Adventures of Chuck and Friends
  Adventures of Chuck and Friends, The is a television series which airs on The Hub's daily block "HubBub", in the United States. On HubBub it first aired on October 15, 2010. The show is being produced in collaboration by Toronto based studios Nelvana, Pipeline Studios Inc. and Hasbro Studios...
  
  
• October 15 - School Pride
  School Pride
  School Pride is an American reality television series which airs on NBC, from executive producers Cheryl Hines and Denise Cramsey. The 7-episode series follows the renovation of a different public school each week. The aired from October 15, 2010 to November 26, 2010...
  
  
• October 16 - Tower Prep
  Tower Prep
  Tower Prep is an American-Canadian television series that aired on Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 16, 2010, after the world premiere of Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster. The series is created by Paul Dini, a former producer and writer of Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The...
  
  
• October 20 - That's Tough
  That's Tough
  That's Tough is an American documentary television series on G4TV. It is based on a concept by executive producers Adam Cohen, Cara Tapper, and Joanna Vernetti. There are no hosts attached to the show and it is being produced by Super Delicious Productions. Filming is based in Santa Monica,...
  
  
• October 22 - Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless
  Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless
  Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless is a three-night television series that aired on The Hub, Hasbro's and Discovery's TV joint, starting on October 22, 2010. Starring American country pop recording artist Taylor Swift. The show debuted on The Hub Friday night block...
  
  
• October 25 - Robotomy
  Robotomy
  Robotomy is a Cartoon Network American animated television series created by Michael Buckley and Joe Deasy, directed by Christy Karacas , voice directed by Michael Sinterniklaas, and produced by World Leaders Entertainment. The series was developed after a long series of unaccepted ideas, and...
  
  
• October 26 - Auction Kings
  Auction Kings
  Auction Kings is a reality television series produced by Authentic Entertainment for the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on October 26, 2010 and features the auction house Gallery 63 in Sandy Springs, Georgia, located on Roswell Road immediately north of the Atlanta city limit...
  
  
• October 28 - Police Women of Dallas
• October 29 - R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
  R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
  R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The new show was produced by Front Street Pictures, The Hatchery, Incendo Films and Endemol, and premiered on The Hub, which overtook Discovery Kids on October 10,...
  
  
• October 31 - The Walking Dead
  The Walking Dead (TV series)
  The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series developed for television by Frank Darabont and based on the ongoing comic book series, The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard...
  
  

November

• November 4 - Oddities
  Oddities (TV series)
  Oddities is a half-hour documentary/reality television program which follows the operation of an East Village, Manhattan shop which trades in antiques and other rarities...
  
  
• November 5 - The Benson Interruption
  The Benson Interruption
  The Benson Interruption was a stand-up comedy show on Comedy Central starring Doug Benson. The show was cancelled after one season. The concept of the show was that three stand-up comedians per episode perform their acts in front of an audience, with Benson sitting on a throne by the side of the...
  
  
• November 5 - Hubworld
  Hubworld
  Hubworld is a children's news magazine television series airing in the United States on The Hub, and produced by Natural 9 Entertainment with an association with Hasbro Studios. The program premiered on November 5, 2010 and is hosted by actor/magician Justin "Kredible" Willman...
  
  
• November 7 - Married to Rock
  Married to Rock
  Married to Rock is an American reality television series broadcast on the E! cable television network. The show is produced by Bunim-Murray Productions.-Synopsis:The series focuses on the lives of the spouses of four rock musicians...
  
  
• November 7 - Shake It Up
  Shake It Up (TV series)
  Shake It Up is an American television sitcom airing on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on November 7, 2010. Created by Chris Thompson and starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya, the show follows the adventures of Cece Jones and Rocky Blue as they star as background dancers on...
  
  
• November 8 - Conan
• November 9 - Auction Hunters
  Auction Hunters
  Auction Hunters is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on November 9, 2010, on Spike and is produced by Gurney Productions Inc.On December 1, 2010, Spike announced that it had ordered a third season of 26 episodes.-Summary:...
  
  
• November 14 - Sarah Palin's Alaska
  Sarah Palin's Alaska
  Sarah Palin's Alaska is an American television show hosted by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. According to Palin, the show's aim is to bring "the wonder and majesty of Alaska to all Americans"...
  
  
• November 16 - Glory Daze
  Glory Daze (TV series)
  Glory Daze is an American comedy-drama television series. The one-hour series revolves around a group of college freshmen who pledge a fraternity in 1986...
  
  
• November 19 - Homemade Millionaire
  Homemade Millionaire
  Homemade Millionaire is a reality television series featuring aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs drawn from public auditions. Each week, three entrepreneurs and their products are tested and advised by coaches Ed Evangelista or Wendy Robbins as they pitch their product to the executives of Home...
  
  
• November 21 - Brew Masters
  Brew Masters
  Brew Masters is a television series that was run weekly on Discovery Channel starting on Sunday, November 21, 2010. The show focused on Sam Calagione, the founder and head of Dogfish Head Brewery, and his staff as they scoured the world for new, ancient, and imaginative inspirations for...
  
  
• November 22 - Skating with the Stars
  Skating with the Stars
  Skating with the Stars is an American reality TV show. The show features celebrities paired with professionals from the world of figure skating. The show is based on the British show, Dancing on Ice. The show has a schedule similar to the first season of Dancing with the Stars with performance...
  
  
• November 26 - G.I. Joe: Renegades
  G.I. Joe: Renegades
  G.I. Joe: Renegades is an American animated television series based on the G.I. Joe toy franchise. The series premiered on November 26, 2010 on The Hub. The series aired on Teletoon in Canada....
  
  
• November 28 - Bridalplasty
  Bridalplasty
  Bridalplasty is an American reality TV show where 12 women compete to win a dream wedding and plastic surgery procedures. The show premiered on November 28, 2010 on the E! network.-Premise:...
  
  
• November 29 - Transformers: Prime
  Transformers: Prime
  Transformers: Prime, also known as Transformers: Prime –The Animated Series, is an American computer-animated television series based on the Transformers toy franchise by Hasbro. It airs on the The Hub in the United States...
  
  

December

• December 1 - Storage Wars
  Storage Wars
  Storage Wars is a reality television series on the A&E Network that premiered in 2010. The show features auctioneers Dan Dotson and Laura Dotson, as well as auction hunters Dave Hester, Darrell Sheets, Barry Weiss, and Jarrod Schulz and Brandi Passante...
  
  
• December 6 - Next Great Baker
  Next Great Baker
  Next Great Baker is an American television series that aired on TLC, hosted by Buddy Valastro, the star of his own reality series, Cake Boss. The show features contestants participating in challenges that test their baking and decorating skills...
  
  
• December 20 - Million Dollar Money Drop
  Million Dollar Money Drop
  Million Dollar Money Drop is a game show which aired on Fox in the United States and Canada. It is based on the U.K. series The Million Pound Drop Live. However, unlike the original UK version, it was not broadcast live, and there were several changes to the format...
  
  
• December 29 - My Strange Addiction
  My Strange Addiction
  My Strange Addiction is a TLC documentary television series about people with unusual compulsive behaviors. These range from eating specific non-food items and ritualistic daily activities to bizarre personal fixations or beliefs...
  
  

January

• January 3 - Game Show in My Head
  Game Show in My Head
  Game Show in My Head is an American television game show airing on CBS produced by Ashton Kutcher and hosted by Joe Rogan. The show premiered on CBS on January 3, 2009 and aired on Saturdays at 8PM Eastern Standard Time.-History:...
  
  
• January 3 - Underdog to Wonderdog
• January 4 - Confessions of a Teen Idol
  Confessions of a Teen Idol
  Confessions of a Teen Idol is an American reality series that began airing on VH1 on January 4, 2009 and concluded on February 22, 2009. It ran for eight episodes. The series was hosted and produced by former teen idols Scott Baio and Jason Hervey...
  
  
• January 4 - Superstars of Dance
  Superstars of Dance
  Superstars of Dance was an American reality television show that debuted on January 4, 2009 on NBC. The show featured dance routines from eight different countries from six continents. It was hosted by Michael Flatley, co-creator of Riverdance and creator of Lord of the Dance, and was co-hosted...
  
  
• January 5 - Daddy's Girls
  Daddy's Girls
  For the 1994 sitcom, see Daddy's Girls Daddy's Girls is an American reality television series and a spin-off of the MTV show Run's House. The series debuted January 5, 2009. Daddy's Girls follows Vanessa and Angela Simmons For the 1994 sitcom, see Daddy's Girls (1994 TV series)Daddy's Girls is an...
  
  
• January 5 - DietTribe
  DietTribe
  DietTribe is an American documentary series that airs on Lifetime. The series chronicles the weight loss efforts of groups of friends suffering from obesity.- Overview :...
  
  
• January 5 - True Beauty
  True Beauty (TV series)
  True Beauty is the first season of the ABC reality television series True Beauty. The contestants are competing to see who is the most beautiful. However, they think they are only being tested on outer beauty. The show is hosted by three judges: Nolé Marin, Cheryl Tiegs, and Vanessa Minnillo who...
  
  
• January 7 - 13: Fear Is Real
  13: Fear Is Real
  13: Fear Is Real is a reality television series which premiered on January 7, 2009.-About the show:Thirteen people compete to stay alive as they face their deepest fears in an all-out elimination competition and scarefest...
  
  
• January 7 - Meet the Browns
  Meet the Browns (TV series)
  Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is an American sitcom created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a senior family living under one roof in Decatur, Georgia led by patriarch Mr. Brown and his daughter Cora Simmons. The show premiered on Wednesday,...
  
  
• January 8 - Greg Behrendt's Wake Up Call
  Greg Behrendt's Wake Up Call
  Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call was an American reality television series that premiered on SoapNet on January 8, 2009. The series was hosted by stand-up comedian and author Greg Behrendt....
  
  
• January 8 - Parking Wars
  Parking Wars
  Parking Wars is a reality television series which airs on the A&E television network. The program follows traffic enforcement employees as they ticket, "boot," and tow cars as part of their parking enforcement duties....
  
  
• January 9 - Howie Do It
  Howie Do It
  Howie Do It is a Canadian/American comedy television series, co-commissioned by Global and NBC, that stars Howie Mandel. The series features practical jokes in the vein of earlier shows like Just for Laughs, Punk'd or Candid Camera – the supposed twist being that the cameras are in the open,...
  
  
• January 11 - Tool Academy
  Tool Academy
  Tool Academy is a competitive reality television show featuring nine "unsuspecting bad boys" who have been sent to "relationship boot camp". The nine men, all of whom have been nominated by their respective girlfriends, initially think they are taking part in a competition for the title of "Mr...
  
  
• January 15 - The Beast
  The Beast (2009 TV series)
  The Beast is an American crime drama series starring Patrick Swayze and Travis Fimmel. It debuted on the A&E Network on Thursday, 15 January 2009 at 10 PM EST. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced that the show was canceled due to Swayze's pancreatic cancer...
  
  
• January 15 - Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House
  Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House
  Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House, or simply Sober House, is a VH1 reality television show. It is a spin-off of Celebrity Rehab with Dr...
  
  
• January 18 - United States of Tara
• January 19 - Will Work for Food
• January 21 - Lie to Me
  Lie to Me (TV series)
  Lie to Me is an American television series that originally ran on the Fox network from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2011. In the show, Dr...
  
  
• January 26 - Olivia
  Olivia (TV series)
  Olivia is a British-American children's animated television series produced by media company Chorion and based on Ian Falconer's books. It is seen on Nick Jr. in the US, Milkshake!, Nick Jr. in the UK and Ireland, and Disney Junior in Latin America and Brazil, Treehouse TV in Canada...
  
  
• January 26 - Trust Me
  Trust Me (TV series)
  Trust Me is an American drama series that began airing on TNT on January 26, 2009 at 10 p.m Eastern/ 9 P.M Central. In Canada, Trust Me can be seen on Super Channel.Trust Me premiered with 3.4 million viewers....
  
  
• January 27 - Toddlers & Tiaras
  Toddlers & Tiaras
  Toddlers & Tiaras is an American reality series that debuted on TLC in 2009. The show follows the controversial world of child beauty pageants, looking closely at the pageant contestants and their families as the children prepare for their pageant shows...
  
  

February

• February 2 - For the Love of Ray J
  For the Love of Ray J
  For the Love of Ray J is a dating show on VH1 featuring hip hop singer Ray J. The program has a format similar to Flavor of Love, I Love New York, and Rock of Love. One source notes that it "will be produced by the same geniuses" as those shows, 51 Minds...
  
  
• February 2 - RuPaul's Drag Race
  RuPaul's Drag Race
  RuPaul's Drag Race is an American reality television series produced by World of Wonder for Logo. RuPaul plays host, mentor and inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar."...
  
  
• February 4 - Billy the Exterminator
• February 6 - Jockeys
  Jockeys (TV series)
  Jockeys is an American documentary sports reality television series that premiered on February 6, 2009 on Animal Planet. The series chronicles the professional lives of jockeys during the famous thirty-day Oak Tree Meet at Santa Anita Park...
  
  
• February 8 - The CollegeHumor Show
  The CollegeHumor Show
  The CollegeHumor Show was an American comedy that premiered on MTV on February 8, 2009 and also aired on MuchMusic. The show is a scripted sitcom with sketch comedy elements. It is written by and stars nine actual CollegeHumor editorial staff members, who play fictionalized versions of themselves...
  
  
• February 8 - The Girls of Hedsor Hall
  The Girls of Hedsor Hall
  The Girls of Hedsor Hall is an MTV reality TV series similar to Ladette to Lady and VH1's Charm School. The series takes 12 out of control American girls to England's Hedsor House, a filming, wedding, conference and events venue . There a finishing school called Hedsor Hall was created where they...
  
  
• February 8 - Nitro Circus
  Nitro Circus
  Nitro Circus is an American television series that featured Travis Pastrana and his friends traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, base jumping, and performing reckless stunts. It was originally run as a miniseries in 2006 on Fuel TV. In January 2009, it began running as an episodic reality...
  
  
• February 8 - Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory
  Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory
  Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory is an American reality television series starring Rob Dyrdek. The first season premiered on February 8, 2009 on MTV.-Summary:...
  
  
• February 8 - Sonny With a Chance
  Sonny With a Chance
  Sonny with a Chance is an American children's sitcom which aired on Disney Channel, created by Steve Marmel, that follows the experiences of teenager Sonny Munroe, portrayed by Demi Lovato, who becomes the newest accepted cast member of her favorite live comedy show, So Random!.The series debuted...
  
  
• February 10 - How the Earth Was Made
  How the Earth Was Made
  How the Earth Was Made is an American documentary television series produced by Pioneer Productions for the History channel. It began as a two-hour special exploring the geological history of Earth, airing on December 16, 2007. Focusing on different geologic features of the Earth, the series...
  
  
• February 10 - T.I.'s Road to Redemption
  T.I.'s Road to Redemption
  T.I.'s Road To Redemption is an American reality television show that premiered on February 10, 2009, on MTV. The show is produced by T.I., Michael Hirschorn, Stella Stolper and Chris Choun of Ish Entertainment. The series focuses on the 45 days before rapper T.I.'s March sentencing, hoping to...
  
  
• February 12 - Animal Armageddon
  Animal Armageddon
  Animal Armageddon is an American paleontology-based documentary television miniseries that originally aired from to on Animal Planet. All the prehistoric scenes are created 100% in Lightwave...
  
  
• February 13 - Aaron Stone
  Aaron Stone
  Aaron Stone is a live-action, single-camera adventure series created by Bruce Kalish. Originally broadcast with the launch of Disney XD on February 13, 2009...
  
  
• February 13 - Dollhouse
  Dollhouse (TV series)
  Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions. It premiered on February 13, 2009, on the Fox network and was officially cancelled on November 11, 2009. The final episode aired on January 29, 2010...
  
  
• February 15 - Eastbound & Down
  Eastbound & Down
  Eastbound & Down is an American comedy television series broadcast on HBO, starring Danny McBride as Kenny Powers, a former professional baseball pitcher, who after an up and down career in the major leagues is forced to return to his hometown middle-school in Shelby, North Carolina, as a...
  
  
• February 17 - Dogg After Dark
  Dogg After Dark
  Dogg After Dark is an American variety show starring rapper Snoop Dogg. The show will feature celebrity interviews, sketch-comedy segments and musical performances by Snoop's own in-house band, the "Snoopadelics." Dogg After Dark takes place on location at Kress, a Los Angeles club on Hollywood...
  
  
• February 24 - Dark Days in Monkey City
  Dark Days in Monkey City
  Dark Days in Monkey City is an Animal Planet documentary about the lives of Toque Macaques in the wild of Sri Lanka and gives us an insight as to what their complex and high political lives are all about. The programme features two rival macaque tribes, the Temple Troop and their ancient foes the...
  
  

March

• March 2 - College Life
  College Life
  College Life is a popular song, first published in 1905 and written by Hery Frantzen. Today the most well-known version is by Billy Murray, who recorded a 1906 version for Victor Records which has entered the public domain.-External links:* *...
  
  
• March 2 - Harlem Heights
  Harlem Heights (TV series)
  Harlem Heights is a BET reality show. It documents the lives of eight trendy African-American 20-somethings as they navigate through relationships and their professional lives. The series airs Mondays only on BET. The future of the show is unknown...
  
  
• March 2 - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on March 2, 2009, as the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman....
  
  
• March 8 - Candy Girls
• March 9 - Animal Cops: Phoenix
• March 9 - Castle
  Castle (TV series)
  Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season...
  
  
• March 10 - WCG Ultimate Gamer
  WCG Ultimate Gamer
  WCG Ultimate Gamer is a reality television program that airs on Syfy. It is sponsored by Samsung and WCG. The show is hosted by Hannah Simone and co-hosted by Joel Gourdin. The first season began airing on March 10th. A second season was confirmed at CES on January 7th 2010, and began airing on...
  
  
• March 11 - The Chopping Block
  The Chopping Block (U.S. TV series)
  The Chopping Block is an American reality television series, based on the Australian reality television series of the same name. The series aired on the NBC network and followed participants in an attempt to open a restaurant. It is hosted by British celebrity chef Marco Pierre White.The first...
  
  
• March 15 - Kings
• March 18 - Better Off Ted
  Better Off Ted
  Better Off Ted is an American satirical situation comedy series, created and written by Victor Fresco , who also serves as the show's Executive Producer...
  
  
• March 19 - Dhani Tackles the Globe
  Dhani Tackles the Globe
  Dhani Tackles the Globe is an American documentary television series hosted by NFL linebacker Dhani Jones of the Cincinnati Bengals, currently airing on the Travel Channel; the series follows Jones around the globe as he learns how to play international sports and simultaneously explores the...
  
  
• March 19 - Taking the Stage
  Taking the Stage
  Taking the Stage is a musical reality show set at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is produced by Nick Lachey, a SCPA alumnnus, for MTV. The first season chronicled the lives of five high school students and their friends as they train for careers in the arts...
  
  
• March 20 - Party Down
  Party Down
  Party Down is an American comedy television series created and primarily written by John Enbom, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, and Paul Rudd that aired on the Starz network in the United States.-Conception:...
  
  
• March 21 - Ring of Honor Wrestling
• March 23 - Roommates
  Roommates (TV series)
  Roommates is an American television sitcom developed by ABC Family and Acme Productions that premiered on March 23, 2009. On April 29, 2009, it was announced that Roommates would not return for a second season.-Overview:...
  
  
• March 23 - Table for 12
  Table for 12
  Table for 12 was an American reality television series featuring the Hayes family, with two sets of twins and a set of sextuplets, who reside in Marlboro, New Jersey. The series debuted on TLC in 2009. Eric is a police officer and Betty is a stay-at-home mom. The family was originally introduced in...
  
  
• March 26 - In the Motherhood
  In the Motherhood
  In the Motherhood is an American television sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason entry and ran from March 26, 2009 to June 25, 2009. The series was produced by ABC Studios in association with Cabloom! and Mindshare.-Plot:...
  
  
• March 30 - AMTV
  AMTV
  For the Ladytron song of the same name, see Witching HourAMTV is a television program on MTV in the United States, first aired unofficially as a sneak preview on March 26, 2009, and launched officially on March 30, 2009...
  
  
• March 31 - Cupid
  Cupid (2009 TV series)
  Cupid is a television series that premiered on ABC on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 10:02 PM Eastern/9:02 PM Central. The series is a revival of sorts of the network's 1998 series of the same name, changing its primary setting from Chicago to New York City....
  
  

April

• April 6 - Surviving Suburbia
  Surviving Suburbia
  Surviving Suburbia is an American sitcom starring Bob Saget and Cynthia Stevenson that premiered on April 6, 2009 at 9:30PM Eastern/8:30PM Central on ABC. Surviving Suburbia aired its final episode at 8:30PM Eastern/7:30PM Central on August 7, 2009...
  
  
• April 7 - Deadliest Warrior
  Deadliest Warrior
  Deadliest Warrior is a television program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of them is the "deadliest" based upon tests performed during each episode...
  
  
• April 8 - The Unusuals
  The Unusuals
  The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series which premiered on ABC on April 8, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. An ABC press release described The Unusuals as "like a modern-day M*A*S*H" that "explores both the grounded drama and comic insanity of the world of New York City police...
  
  
• April 9 - Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
  Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
  Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire is a British-American comedic sword and sorcery series created by Peter A. Knight, co-produced by Hat Trick Productions and Media Rights Capital for Comedy Central and BBC Two, which premiered on April 9, 2009 in the USA and on June 11 in the UK. It began...
  
  
• April 9 - Southland
  Southland (TV series)
  Southland is an American drama series created by writer Ann Biderman and produced by Warner Bros. Television. It premiered on NBC on April 9, 2009...
  
  
• April 9 - Parks and Recreation
  Parks and Recreation
  Parks and Recreation is an American comedy television series on NBC that focuses on Leslie Knope , a mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series debuted on April 9, 2009; it has run for three seasons and...
  
  
• April 9 - Harper's Island
• April 13 - Doing DaVinci
  Doing DaVinci
  Doing DaVinci was a popular science television program originally aired on the Discovery Channel in which the hosts attempted to create many of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions...
  
  
• April 15 - PitchMen
  PitchMen
  PitchMen is a docudrama television program produced for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The show followed infomercial producers and talent Billy Mays and Anthony "Sully" Sullivan as they attempted to sell various inventions through direct-response marketing. The series was narrated by...
  
  
• April 16 - WWE Superstars
  WWE Superstars
  WWE Superstars is a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment that originally aired on WGN America in the United States. It debuted on April 16, 2009 and ended its domestic broadcasting on April 7, 2011...
  
  
• April 19 - Cake Boss
  Cake Boss
  Cake Boss is an American reality television series, airing on the cable television network TLC. Set at Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, the show mainly follows Buddy Valastro, his mother, four sisters, and three brothers-in-law, as they operate their business, with a focus on how they make...
  
  
• April 19 - The Rising Son
  The Rising Son
  The Rising Son is a live action television series on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, that premiered on April 19, 2009, and ended on May 10, 2009, with a total of four episodes . The Rising Son is a sitcom/soap opera parody about Jesus, Joseph, and Mary.-Production and...
  
  
• April 19 - Sit Down, Shut Up
• April 26 - Daisy of Love
  Daisy of Love
  thumb|right|Daisy de la Hoya attending the premiere of VH1's "Daisy of Love" at My House, Hollywood, CA on April 26, 2009Daisy of Love is a reality television dating show which stars Daisy de la Hoya, the runner-up of the VH1 reality dating show Rock of Love 2...
  
  

May

• May 2 - Jonas L.A.
• May 6 - Hitched or Ditched
  Hitched or Ditched
  Hitched or Ditched is a reality series that showed on The CW Television Network from May 26-June 30, 2009. It was hosted by Tanya McQueen.-Show Format:...
  
  
• May 7 - The Fashion Show
  The Fashion Show (U.S. TV series)
  The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection is an American reality television series on the Bravo network which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi and supermodel Iman. The contestants compete against each other to create the best clothes and are usually restricted...
  
  
• May 12 - The Real Housewives of New Jersey
  The Real Housewives of New Jersey
  The Real Housewives of New Jersey is a reality television program on the Bravo network which originally followed the lives of five women in and around several upscale communities in Northern New Jersey...
  
  
• May 15 - TNA Epics
  TNA Epics
  Epics was a professional wrestling television program for Impact Wrestling that aired on Spike in the United States and Bravo in the United Kingdom. The show was hosted by Mick Foley and showed matches and events from the history much like WWE Vintage Collection. In December 2009, Dixie Carter...
  
  
• May 19 - Glee
  Glee (TV series)
  Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
  
  
• May 26 - The Little Couple
  The Little Couple
  The Little Couple is an American reality television series featuring Bill Klein and Jennifer Arnold, who both have dwarfism. The series debuted on TLC in 2009. Jen is 3'2" and Bill is 4 feet tall. They live in Houston, Texas, where the series has documented the customized building of their home and...
  
  
• May 26 - Mental
  Mental (TV series)
  Mental is a television series produced by Fox's subsidiary Fox Telecolombia, which aired in the summer and fall of 2009 on FOX international channels for Latin America, Europe and Asia, starring Chris Vance and Annabella Sciorra...
  
  
• May 27 - The Goode Family
  The Goode Family
  The Goode Family is an American animated sitcom, which originally aired on ABC from May 27, 2009 to August 7, 2009. The series was created by Mike Judge and follows the life of an environmentally responsible, albeit obsessive, family...
  
  
• May 29 - Obsessed
  Obsessed (TV series)
  Obsessed is an American documentary series that began airing on the A&E Network on May 29, 2009. The series depicts the real-life struggle and treatment of people with anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and general anxiety...
  
  
• May 31 - DJ & the Fro
  DJ & the Fro
  DJ & the Fro is an animated series on MTV. The show focuses on two co-workers, DJ and The Fro, who work at the fictitious company Oppercon Industries...
  
  
• May 31 - Jesse James is a Dead Man
  Jesse James is a Dead Man
  Jesse James is a Dead Man is an American TV series features motorcycle customizer Jesse James doing ostensibly death-defying stunts. The title is a play on the name of the outlaw Jesse James, to whom the star is unrelated....
  
  

June

• June 1 - The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
  The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
  The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise...
  
  
• June 4 - Tosh.0
  Tosh.0
  Tosh.0 is an American television series hosted by comedian Daniel Tosh, who provides sarcastic commentary on online video clips, society, celebrities, and other parts of popular culture.-History:...
  
  
• June 7 - Kendra
  Kendra (TV series)
  Kendra is an American reality-based television series that debuted on E! on June 7, 2009. The program details model - and former girlfriend of Playboy owner Hugh Hefner - Kendra Wilkinson's life after moving out of the Playboy Mansion, including her engagement and marriage to football player Hank...
  
  
• June 8 - Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie
  Nurse Jackie is an American series that premiered on June 8, 2009, on Showtime, Movie Central and The Movie Network.The series stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency room nurse at All Saints' Hospital in New York City...
  
  
• June 10 - Top Chef Masters
  Top Chef Masters
  Top Chef Masters is an American reality competition show currently broadcast on the cable television network Bravo. It is a spinoff of Bravo's hit show Top Chef. In the series, 24 world-renowned chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges...
  
  
• June 11 - 16 and Pregnant
• June 13 - 20Q
  20Q (game show)
  20Q is a Canadian/American game show based on the online artificial intelligence and handheld computer game of the same name. Licensed to and produced by Endemol USA, Minds Eye Entertainment, Buffalo Gal Pictures, Anaid Productions, Breakthrough Films and Television it premiered on June 13, 2009...
  
  
• June 15 - It's On with Alexa Chung
  It's On with Alexa Chung
  It's On with Alexa Chung was an American live interactive talk and variety program that aired weekdays on MTV from June 15 to December 17, 2009...
  
  
• June 15 - Zeke and Luther
  Zeke and Luther
  Zeke and Luther is an American Disney XD sitcom about two best friends setting their sights on becoming the world's greatest skateboarders. The show stars Hutch Dano, Adam Hicks, Daniel Curtis Lee and Ryan Newman ....
  
  
• June 16 - Hawthorne
  Hawthorne (TV series)
  Hawthorne is an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. It premiered on June 16, 2009. On Thursday, September 16, 2010 it was announced that Hawthorne has been renewed for a third season consisting of 10 episodes...
  
  
• June 17 - The Othersiders
  The Othersiders
  The Othersiders is an American paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 17, 2009 on the Cartoon Network. The program follows a group of five teenagers who are interested in the paranormal and explore reportedly haunted sites to discover any paranormal activity. Aimed for a teen...
  
  
• June 20 - BrainRush
  BrainRush
  BrainRush is a live-action game show on Cartoon Network, hosted by Lamorne Morris and, to a lesser extent, Sarah Karges. It first aired on June 20, 2009. The show was canceled due to low ratings.-Format:...
  
  
• June 20 - Destroy Build Destroy
  Destroy Build Destroy
  Destroy Build Destroy was a live action program on Cartoon Network. It focuses on an unusual type of a game show, where two teams destroy a random object and build vehicles out of them, and then destroy the losers' creation...
  
  
• June 21 - Make It or Break It
• June 22 - The Best Thing I Ever Ate
  The Best Thing I Ever Ate
  The Best Thing I Ever Ate is a program on the Food Network which premiered on June 22, 2009 . The program originally aired as a one-time special in late 2008...
  
  
• June 23 - Bite Me with Dr. Mike
  Bite Me with Dr. Mike
  Bite Me with Dr. Mike is an American documentary television show currently broadcasting on The Travel Channel. It is hosted by Dr. Mike Leahy. The first season has eight episodes. The first episode was made available for free in iTunes on June 23, 2009....
  
  
• June 23 - NYC Prep
  NYC Prep
  NYC Prep was a reality television program on the Bravo channel. It followed six Manhattan teenagers in their daily lives as they attended events such as weekend parties, fashion shows, shopping sprees, charity events and dinner parties...
  
  
• June 24 - The Philanthropist
  The Philanthropist (TV series)
  The Philanthropist is an American action drama series that premiered on NBC on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The program is a limited summer series, principally filmed in South Africa. It opened to strong ratings, but saw a drop in viewers in subsequent weeks. The Philanthropist is a Carnival Films...
  
  
• June 28 - Hung
  Hung (TV series)
  Hung is a comedy-drama series, which premiered on HBO on June 28, 2009. The series was created by Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson and stars Thomas Jane as Ray Drecker, a struggling suburban Detroit high school baseball coach who resorts to male prostitution. The second season premiered on June 27,...
  
  

July

• July 1 - Monsters Inside Me
  Monsters Inside Me
  Monsters Inside Me is a television documentary series about parasites that live on or, in many cases, inside the human body.-Summary:Each episode has dramatizations that show illnesses caused by parasitic infection. Once the parasites have been identified, their life cycles are illustrated...
  
  
• July 3 - Lingerie
  Lingerie (TV series)
  Lingerie is a softcore pornographic television series, created by John Quinn, that has been airing on Cinemax since its premiere in July 2009. The second season premiered in October 2010.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• July 6 - The Great Debate
  The Great Debate (TV series)
  The Great Debate is a VH1 program that debates about pop culture. It premiered July 6, 2009 and is "emceed" by boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer....
  
  
• July 6 - Sportsnation
  SportsNation (TV series)
  SportsNation is a sports-related television program that airs on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN America and ESPNews. It is hosted by Colin Cowherd and Michelle Beadle. It is based on SportsNation, the fan forum and poll section of ESPN.com...
  
  
• July 7 - 10 Things I Hate About You
  10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)
  10 Things I Hate About You is an American television situation comedy broadcast on ABC Family beginning in 2009. Developed by Carter Covington, the show is a half-hour, single camera series based on the 1999 film of the same name...
  
  
• July 7 - That's Impossible
  That's Impossible (show)
  That's Impossible is a television series on the History Channel that examines seemingly impossible technologies based upon stories and inventions in history, and detailing exactly what is needed to turn them into reality...
  
  
• July 7 - Warehouse 13
  Warehouse 13
  Warehouse 13 is an American fantasy television series that premiered on July 7, 2009 on the Syfy network.Executive-produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins, the dramatic comedy from Universal Media Studios has been described as borrowing much from 1980s television series Friday the 13th: The...
  
  
• July 12 - Drop Dead Diva
  Drop Dead Diva
  Drop Dead Diva is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that debuted on Lifetime on July 12, 2009. The hour-long series, which was created by Josh Berman, is produced by Sony Pictures Television...
  
  
• July 14 - Miami Social
  Miami Social
  Miami Social was a reality television program on the Bravo network. Miami Social chronicled the lives of seven friends as they lived, worked, and socialized in South Beach, Miami...
  
  
• July 15 - Dark Blue
  Dark Blue (TV series)
  Dark Blue was an action/drama television series which premiered on TNT on July 15, 2009, at 10 pm . It ended its run on September 15, 2010. The series is set in Los Angeles, California. It revolves around Carter Shaw , the leader of an undercover unit...
  
  
• July 15 - Michael & Michael Have Issues
• July 19 - Pawn Stars
  Pawn Stars
  Pawn Stars is an American reality television series on the History Channel, produced in Manhattan by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard...
  
  
• July 20 - Dating in the Dark
  Dating in the Dark
  Dating in the Dark is a reality show created in the Netherlands where 3 single men and 3 single women move into a light-tight house getting to know each other and form bonds in total darkness.-International versions:...
  
  
• July 20 - The T.O. Show
  The T.O. Show
  The T.O. Show is an American reality television show starring American football player Terrell Owens. It began airing on VH1 July 20, 2009....
  
  
• July 21 - Ruby & The Rockits

August

• August 2 - Megan Wants a Millionaire
• August 3 - Ultimate Cake Off
  Ultimate Cake Off
  Ultimate Cake Off is an American television series that currently airs on TLC. The show is based on professional cake artists that go "head-to-head" in constructing cakes over five feet tall with the assistance of a team of chefs, designers etc. for a money prize. Season one of the series, hosted...
  
  
• August 5 - Giuliana and Bill
  Giuliana and Bill
  Giuliana and Bill is a reality show on the Style Network. It features E! News host, and host of Fashion Police Giuliana Rancic and her husband Bill Rancic, an American entrepreneur who won the first season of The Apprentice. The couple, who first met when Giuliana was interviewing Bill for E! News,...
  
  
• August 6 - Police Women of Broward County
  Police Women of Broward County
  Police Women of Broward County is the first of TLC's Police Women documentary television series, which follows four female members of the Broward County Sheriff's Office in Broward County, Florida....
  
  
• August 9 - Shark Tank
  Shark Tank (TV series)
  Shark Tank is a reality television series based on the Sony TV/BBC TV Dragons' Den. It premiered on ABC television in August 2009 and features a panel of five wealthy entrepreneurs who are called "sharks"...
  
  
• August 16 - 2 Months 2 Million
  2 Months 2 Million
  2 Months $2 Million was an American reality show that debuted on G4TV on August 16, 2009. The show follows four online poker players who are sharing a house in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their goal is to collectively earn $2 million dollars in two months using their own money...
  
  
• August 16 - Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami
  Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami
  Khloé and Malika Take Miami, , is an American reality/spin-off television series, produced by Ryan Seacrest, which debuted on E! on August 16, 2009....
  
  
• August 16 - My Antonio
  My Antonio
  My Antonio is a television show about Antonio Sabàto, Jr.'s attempt to find true love. Single women arrive in Hawaii to compete for Antonio's love but the competition becomes more of a soap opera when Antonio's mother comes into the picture and his ex-wife, Tully, returns proclaiming that she still...
  
  
• August 17 - Glenn Martin, DDS
  Glenn Martin, DDS
  Glenn Martin, DDS is an American stop-motion-animated television series that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009. The series is produced by Tornante Animation in association with Cuppa Coffee Studio...
  
  
• August 17 - Hoarders
  Hoarders
  Hoarders is an American documentary series that airs on A&E. The series depicts the real-life struggles and treatment of people who suffer from compulsive hoarding. The first episode aired August 17, 2009, and has since aired three full seasons. The fourth season debuted June 20,...
  
  
• August 19 - Dude, What Would Happen
  Dude, What Would Happen
  Dude, What Would Happen was a live-action reality show that airs on Cartoon Network. It is targeted to viewers ages 9–17. The show first aired on August 19, 2009, along with Bobb'e Says. The show is hosted by three male teenagers who wonder what would happen if some wild event, scheme, or...
  
  
• August 20 - Models of the Runway
  Models of the Runway
  Models of the Runway was a television series on the Lifetime network. It was an off-shoot of Project Runway appearing each week during seasons when Project Runway aired, generally immediately following the broadcast of the latest episode, and following the experiences of the fashion models on...
  
  
• August 23 - What Would Brian Boitano Make?
  What Would Brian Boitano Make?
  What Would Brian Boitano Make? is a cooking show on Food Network and is hosted by Brian Boitano. It first aired on August 23, 2009. The show features Boitano cooking several dishes and then entertaining his friends...
  
  
• August 24 - The Fresh Beat Band
  The Fresh Beat Band
  The Fresh Beat Band is a children TV show with original pop songs produced for Nick Jr.. The Fresh Beats are Shout, Twist, Marina, and Kiki, described as four best friends in a band who go to music school together and love to sing and dance...
  
  
• August 28 - Hot Wheels Battle Force 5
  Hot Wheels Battle Force 5
  Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 is an American/Canadian 3D CGI television series created by Mattel, Nelvana, and Nerd Corps Entertainment. A two-episode preview aired on the Cartoon Network in the United States on August 24, 2009. In Cartoon Network India it is starting from April 30, 2010 and in Cartoon...
  
  

September

• September 1 - Surviving Disaster
  Surviving Disaster (TV Series)
  Surviving Disaster was a simulation of real life disaster situations produced by Spike. Hosted by former Navy SEAL Cade Courtley, each episode retells situations in a worst-case scenario and what viewers can do to survive them. There have been ten episodes aired to date. The series was not picked...
  
  
• September 8 - Melrose Place
  Melrose Place (2009 TV series)
  Melrose Place is an American television series broadcast on The CW Television Network from September 8, 2009 to April 13, 2010. The fifth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise, it is an updated version of the 1990s Fox prime time drama of the same name, featuring a group of young adults...
  
  
• September 10 - The Vampire Diaries
  The Vampire Diaries
  The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth...
  
  
• September 13 - Kung Fu Dino Posse
  Kung Fu Dino Posse
  Kung Fu Dino Posse is an animated television series created by Peter M. Lenkov and produced by Sunwoo Entertainment, Sunwoo Asia-Pacific, Optix Entertainment and Cookie Jar Entertainment. It premiered on CITV in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2009 at 3:30PM. It also airs on Starz Kids & Family...
  
  
• September 13 - Monsters Resurrected
  Monsters Resurrected
  Monsters Resurrected is an American documentary television series that premiered on September 13, 2009, on the Discovery Channel. The program reconstructs extinct animals...
  
  
• September 14 - The Jay Leno Show
  The Jay Leno Show
  The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC following the May 29, 2009 conclusion of Leno's first tenure as host of The Tonight Show...
  
  
• September 16 - MysteryQuest
  MysteryQuest
  MysteryQuest is an American documentary television series that premiered on September 16, 2009 on the History channel. Produced by KPI Productions, the program is a spin-off of MonsterQuest...
  
  
• September 17 - Archer
  Archer (TV series)
  Archer is an American animated television series created by Adam Reed for the FX network. A preview of the series aired on September 17, 2009. The first season premiered on January 14, 2010. The show carries a TV-MA-LSV rating....
  
  
• September 17 - Community
  Community (TV series)
  Community is an American television comedy series created by Dan Harmon that airs on NBC. The series is about a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television...
  
  
• September 18 - The Troop
  The Troop
  The Troop is an American-Canadian live-action, single camera comedy-adventure television series about a trio of teenagers who fight and capture monsters and other supernatural phenomena that invade the fictional town of Lakewood...
  
  
• September 20 - Bored to Death
  Bored to Death
  Bored to Death is an American comedy series, which premiered on HBO on September 20, 2009. , three seasons have aired, each consisting of eight episodes. The show was created by author Jonathan Ames, and stars Jason Schwartzman as a fictional Jonathan Ames – a writer based in Brooklyn, New York...
  
  
• September 21 - Accidentally on Purpose
  Accidentally on Purpose (TV series)
  Accidentally on Purpose is an American television situation comedy series starring Jenna Elfman. It first aired on CBS during the 2009–10 season. and was produced by the CBS in-house production arm. The show is based on the book of the same name by Mary F...
  
  
• September 22 - The Good Wife
• September 22 - The Forgotten
  The Forgotten (TV series)
  The Forgotten is a television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes...
  
  
• September 22 - NCIS: Los Angeles
• September 23 - The Beautiful Life: TBL
• September 23 - Cougar Town
  Cougar Town
  Cougar Town is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. The series focuses on a recently divorced woman in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter, along with her son, ex-husband, and friends who together make...
  
  
• September 23 - Mercy
  Mercy (TV series)
  Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April....
  
  
• September 23 - Eastwick
  Eastwick (TV series)
  Eastwick is a 2009 screwball comedy series based on John Updike's novel, The Witches of Eastwick. The series was developed by Maggie Friedman, and starred Paul Gross as the infamous Darryl Van Horne, alongside Jaime Ray Newman , Lindsay Price, and Rebecca Romijn as the eponymous...
  
  
• September 23 - Modern Family
  Modern Family
  Modern Family is an American television comedy series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, which debuted on ABC on September 23, 2009. Lloyd and Levitan serve as showrunner and executive producers, under their Levitan-Lloyd Productions label...
  
  
• September 24 - FlashForward
  Flashforward
  A flashforward is an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future...
  
  
• September 25 - Brothers
  Brothers (2009 TV series)
  Brothers is a television sitcom, which ran on Fox from September 25, 2009 to December 27, 2009. It originally aired on Friday nights at 8:00 pm EST before moving to Sunday nights at 7:00 pm EST as part of the 2009 fall schedule.- Premise :...
  
  
• September 27 - The Cleveland Show
  The Cleveland Show
  The Cleveland Show is an American animated television series that premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox in the United States...
  
  
• September 27 - Popzilla
  Popzilla
  Popzilla is an animated TV series in production for MTV. with a premiere air date of Sunday, September 27, 2009 following America's Best Dance Crew. The show is produced by SCTV alum Dave Thomas. The show is an animated sketch comedy show focused on pop culture, celebrities, and famous figures. ...
  
  
• September 27 - Titan Maximum
  Titan Maximum
  Titan Maximum is an American stop motion animated television series created by Tom Root and Matthew Senreich. The series premiered on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, on September 27, 2009. A teaser premiered during the "Robot Chicken on Wheels" tour and at the 2009 San...
  
  
• September 28 - Trauma
  Trauma (TV series)
  Trauma is a television series which originally ran on NBC from September 28, 2009 to April 28, 2010 and focused on a group of paramedics in San Francisco, California....
  
  
• September 30 - Hank
  Hank (2009 TV series)
  Hank is a comedy television series which ran on ABC from September 30, 2009, to November 4, 2009. The series was created by Tucker Cawley and is about a Wall Street executive who loses his job and reconnects with his small-town family...
  
  
• September 30 - The Middle
  The Middle (TV series)
  The Middle is an American situation comedy television series that premiered on ABC on September 30, 2009. The show features Frances "Frankie" Heck , a working-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three...
  
  

October

• October 2 - Stargate Universe
  Stargate Universe
  Stargate Universe is a Canadian-American military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. It follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way...
  
  
• October 3 - Life on Top
  Life on Top
  Life on Top is a softcore television series about four young women living in Manhattan. The show has aired on Cinemax since its premiere in October 2009.-Cast and characters:...
  
  
• October 3 - SuperFetch
• October 4 - Dallas Divas & Daughters
  Dallas Divas & Daughters
  Dallas Divas & Daughters is a reality television program on the Style Network very similar to The Real Housewives of... series.Season 1 of the show premiered on October 4, 2009, featuring wealthy women and their daughters living in the Dallas, Texas area.One of the goals of the show was to dispel...
  
  
• October 4 - Three Rivers
  Three Rivers (TV series)
  Three Rivers is a medical drama, which premiered on CBS on October 4, 2009 and aired Sundays at 9 pm Eastern Time/Pacific Time. The series was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at a fictional hospital specializing in transplants, with Alex O'Loughlin starring as a famous transplant surgeon...
  
  
• October 5 - The Mo'Nique Show
  The Mo'Nique Show
  The Mo'Nique Show is an American talk show hosted by comedienne actress Mo'Nique. Aired on BET, the series began October 5, 2009. She is the first African American woman to host her own late night show. The show's second and final season premiered on Monday, October 4, 2010.On July 18, 2011, BET...
  
  
• October 5 - Sherri
  Sherri
  Sherri is a given name, and may refer to:* Sherri Baier, former Canadian pairs figure skater* Sherri Coale , current women's basketball coach for the University of Oklahoma Sooners...
  
  
• October 6 - Ghost Lab
  Ghost Lab
  Ghost Lab is a weekly American paranormal documentary television series that premiered on October 6, 2009 on the Discovery Channel. Produced by Paper Route Productions and Go Go Luckey Entertainment, the program is narrated by Mike Rowe...
  
  
• October 7 - Secret Girlfriend
  Secret Girlfriend
  Secret Girlfriend is an American television series which aired in October and November 2009 on Comedy Central. The show features the viewer as the "star" of a dating satire, with the show's actors addressing the camera as if it were the lead character....
  
  
• October 9 - I'm Alive
  I'm Alive (TV series)
  I'm Alive is an American reality television series featuring death-defying stories of people determined to survive any kind of animal attacks, including reenactments by actors. The series premiered on Animal Planet on October 9, 2009.-Season One :...
  
  
• October 14 - Eddie Griffin: Going For Broke
  Eddie Griffin: Going For Broke
  Eddie Griffin: Going For Broke is an American reality television show, starring actor and comedian Eddie Griffin.-External links:*...
  
  
• October 22 - The Jeff Dunham Show
  The Jeff Dunham Show
  The Jeff Dunham Show is a sketch comedy television series starring comedian Jeff Dunham, that aired on the American cable television network Comedy Central. It premiered on October 22, 2009, and featured Dunham interacting with the characters that he uses in his ventriloquism act, such as Walter,...
  
  
• October 22 - Ultimate Parkour Challenge
  Ultimate Parkour Challenge
  Ultimate Parkour Challenge is a mini-series that premiered on October 22, 2009 on MTV featuring the six of the top parkour and freerunning competitors from around the world expressing their styles against each other in a series of themed challenges filmed in California...
  
  
• October 23 - White Collar
  White Collar (TV series)
  White Collar is a USA Network television series created by Jeff Eastin, starring Matt Bomer as con-man Neal Caffrey and Tim DeKay as Special Agent Peter Burke. It premiered on October 23, 2009. In December 2009, White Collar was renewed for a second season that began on July 13, 2010...
  
  
• October 27 - Monica: Still Standing
  Monica: Still Standing
  Monica: Still Standing is an American reality series following R&B singer Monica. The series aired on BET October 27, 2009 after the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards.-Overview:...
  
  
• October 29 - The League
  The League
  The League is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on October 29, 2009. The series, set in Chicago, is a semi-improvised comedy about a fantasy football league, its members, and their everyday lives.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 30 - Pit Bulls and Parolees
  Pit Bulls and Parolees
  Pit Bulls and Parolees is a television show televised on the American Animal Planet cable channel. It premiered on October 30, 2009, attracting over 16 million unique viewers since its debut...
  
  

November

• November 3 - V
  V (2009 TV series)
  V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes...
  
  
• November 6 - Ancients Behaving Badly
  Ancients Behaving Badly
  Ancients Behaving Badly is an American documentary series that aired from November to December 2009 on The History Channel. The show focuses on the misdeeds of famous historical figures using forensic investigation, cartoon sequences, and historian interviews.- Format :Narrated by Tom McCamus, each...
  
  
• November 6 - Fanboy and Chum Chum
  Fanboy and Chum Chum
  Fanboy and Chum Chum is an American CGI animated television series produced by Frederator Studios. It is based on a first episode/short from Frederator's Random! Cartoons called Fanboy...
  
  
• November 9 - Lopez Tonight
  Lopez Tonight
  Lopez Tonight was an American late-night television talk show hosted by comedian George Lopez. The hour-long program premiered on November 9, 2009, on cable network TBS. Lopez was the first Mexican American to host a late-night talk show on an English-language network in the United States. The...
  
  
• November 16 - Chef Academy
  Chef Academy
  Chef Academy was a reality show that premiered on Bravo TV on November 16, 2009 and aired on Mondays at 11 p.m. ET/PT. It followed Jean Christophe Novelli, a world-renowned Michelin star- and 5 AA Rosette-award-winning chef with restaurants in London, France and South Africa...
  
  
• November 22 - The Haunted
  The Haunted (TV series)
  The Haunted is an American paranormal documentary television series that premiered on November 22, 2009 on Animal Planet. Produced by Picture Shack Entertainment, the program features ghost stories and paranormal investigations involving animals. With similar title and motion graphics, the show is...
  
  
• November 23 - Find My Family
  Find My Family
  Find My Family is an Australian television documentary series airing on the Seven Network, the first two seasons were narrated and presented by actor Jack Thompson...
  
  
• November 27 - I'm in the Band
  I'm in the Band
  I'm in the Band, is a live-action sitcom airing on Disney XD in the United States and on Family Channel in Canada. The pilot episode was taped on July 14, 2009, with a "sneak preview" airing on November 27, 2009; the show subsequently joined Disney XD's regular schedule on February 20, 2010, with...
  
  
• November 28 - Big Time Rush
  Big Time Rush
  Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...
  
  

December

• December 2 - Launch My Line
  Launch My Line
  Launch My Line is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which professionals compete against one another in hopes of winning the chance to launch their own clothing line. Each contestant is paired with a professional designer...
  
  
• December 3 - BBQ Pitmasters
  BBQ Pitmasters
  BBQ Pitmasters is an American reality television series which follows barbecue cooks as they compete for cash and prizes in barbecue cooking competitions. The series premiered on TLC on December 3, 2009...
  
  
• December 6 - Holly's World
  Holly's World
  Holly's World, originally titled Planet Holly, is an American reality television series that debuted on E! on December 6, 2009. Initially a one-off special, success in the ratings led to E! ordering an eight-episode season that began airing on June 13, 2010.The show is the second spin-off to The...
  
  
• December 7 - Men of a Certain Age
  Men of a Certain Age
  Men of a Certain Age is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on TNT on December 7, 2009. The hour-long program stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula as three best friends in their late forties dealing with the realities of middle age. The show ran for two years,...
  
  
• December 8 - Teen Mom
  Teen Mom
  Teen Mom is an American reality television series that premiered on MTV on December 8, 2009. A spin-off of 16 and Pregnant, the series chronicles the lives of four of the teenagers from the original series as they navigate their first few years of motherhood...
  
  
• December 9 - Campus PD
  Campus PD
  Campus PD is an American television show on G4. Campus PD is produced by Cineflix Productions. The show is similar in style and tone to the show COPS....
  
  
• December 12 - American Ninja Warrior
  American Ninja Warrior
  American Ninja Warrior is a spin-off of Sasuke. It began on December 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, with the top 10 competitors moving on to compete at Mount Midoriyama in Japan...
  
  
• December 13 - The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty
  The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty
  The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty is an American reality television program which stars members of the musical Jackson family and airs on A&E Network...
  
  
• December 14 - The Sing-Off
  The Sing-Off
  The Sing-Off is an American television singing competition featuring a cappella groups. It premiered on NBC on December 14, 2009, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television....
  
  
• December 21 - Little Chocolatiers
  Little Chocolatiers
  Little Chocolatiers is an American reality television series that aired on TLC. The show is based on Steve Hatch and his wife Katie Masterson's chocolate shop and how they make their chocolate. Each episode showed their orders in-the-making. TLC premiered the show with an hour long special on...
  
  
• December 29 - One Big Happy Family
  One Big Happy Family
  One Big Happy Family is an American reality television series featuring the Coles family, an African-American family of four who reside in Indian Trail, North Carolina. The series premiered on TLC on December 29, 2009...
  
  
• December 29 - Private Chefs of Beverly Hills
  Private Chefs of Beverly Hills
  Private Chefs of Beverly Hills is a scripted reality television show airing on Food Network. The show follows six chefs from the Big City Chefs private chef placement agency in Beverly Hills, California...
  
  

January

• January 8 - How Much Is Enough?
  How Much Is Enough?
  How Much Is Enough? was a game show that aired on GSN from January 8, 2008 to March 28, 2008. The show was hosted by Corbin Bernsen, and four contestants competed with a "money clock".-Gameplay:...
  
  
• January 9 - Ghost Hunters International
  Ghost Hunters International
  Ghost Hunters International is a spin-off series of Ghost Hunters that airs on Syfy. The series premiered on January 9, 2008...
  
  
• January 10 - Make Me a Supermodel
  Make Me a Supermodel (U.S. TV series)
  Make Me a Supermodel was an American reality television modeling competition series based on the British reality series of the same name. Following an audition preview on January 2, 2008, the series premiered January 10 on the cable television network Bravo...
  
  
• January 11 - My Big Redneck Wedding
  My Big Redneck Wedding
  My Big Redneck Wedding is a reality television series airing on CMT. Hosted and narrated by actor and comedian, Tom Arnold, the show debuted Friday, 11 January 2008 at 10 p.m. ET/PT...
  
  
• January 13 - Scott Baio Is 46...and Pregnant
  Scott Baio Is 46...and Pregnant
  Scott Baio Is 46...and Pregnant is an American reality series that aired on VH1 from January to March 2008. The series stars Scott Baio.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• January 13 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• January 14 - Bone Detectives
  Bone Detectives
  Bone Detectives is a television series that made its debut on The Discovery Channel on Saturday December 29, 2007, at 10 P.M. Eastern time. Afterward, its regular timeslot became Mondays at 10 P.M., starting on January 14, 2008. It is also shown on Discovery Channel Fridays at 9 P.M...
  
  
• January 14 - Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie
  Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie
  Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie is a documentary television program focusing on food, the culture of food, cuisine, and gastronomy...
  
  
• January 20 - Breaking Bad
  Breaking Bad
  Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White , a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series...
  
  
• January 21 - Life After People
  Life After People
  Life After People is a television documentary series where scientists and other experts speculate about what the Earth might be like if humanity no longer existed, as well as the impact humanity's disappearance might have on the environment and the artificial aspects of civilization...
  
  
• January 22 - The Guard
• January 23 - The Moment of Truth
• January 25 - Gone Country
  Gone Country (TV series)
  Gone Country is an American celebrity reality television show in which contestants compete to become a country music singer. The winner gets a country single produced by John Rich. It aired on CMT, with reruns on TV Land, and VH1. On the first season finale, Julio Iglesias Jr...
  
  
• January 28 - In Treatment
  In Treatment
  In Treatment is an American HBO drama, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, about a psychologist, 50-something Dr. Paul Weston, and his weekly sessions with patients, as well as those with his own therapist at the end of the week. The program, which stars Gabriel Byrne as Paul, debuted on...
  
  
• January 29 - Millionaire Matchmaker
  Millionaire Matchmaker
  Millionaire Matchmaker is a television series produced by Bravo and presented by Patti Stanger. Stanger founded the Beverly Hills-based "Millionaire's Club" in 2000 to cater to wealthy men looking for partners...
  
  
• January 30 - UFO Hunters
  UFO Hunters
  UFO Hunters is an American television series that premiered on January 30, 2008 on The History Channel, produced by Motion Picture Production Inc., and ran for three seasons....
  
  
• January 31 - Eli Stone
  Eli Stone
  Eli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm...
  
  

February

• February 1 - Phineas and Ferb
  Phineas and Ferb
  Phineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
  
  
• February 4 - The Mr. Men Show
  The Mr. Men Show
  The Mr. Men Show is an animated television series based on the original Mr. Men and Little Miss books created in the 1970s, 80s and 90s by British author Roger Hargreaves and his son Adam Hargreaves. Adapted from the published source material into a television variety program, The Mr...
  
  
• February 4 - Welcome to The Captain
  Welcome to The Captain
  Welcome to The Captain is an American television comedy created, executive produced and directed by John Hamburg. Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen also serve as executive producers...
  
  
• February 7 - America's Best Dance Crew
  America's Best Dance Crew
  America's Best Dance Crew, often abbreviated as ABDC, is an American competitive dance reality television series that features street dance crews from the United States and around the world. It is produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson and airs on MTV...
  
  
• February 7 - Lipstick Jungle
  Lipstick Jungle (TV series)
  Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio . The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also served as executive producer alongside...
  
  
• February 7 - Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
  Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
  Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is a Canadian/American children's television show, which premiered on Nickelodeon on February 7, 2008, and on Noggin on February 2, 2009. It also premiered on the Canadian Television Channel Treehouse TV Since November 2009 the show has also premiered on Nickelodeon in Israel....
  
  
• February 7 - Survivor: Micronesia
  Survivor: Micronesia
  Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites is the sixteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor, being the show's third to include contestants from past seasons, after the all-returning contestant pool from Survivor: All-Stars, and Survivor: Guatemala in which...
  
  
• February 8 - Escape to Chimp Eden
  Escape to Chimp Eden
  Escape to Chimp Eden is a television series broadcast on the Animal Planet network that premiered on February 8, 2008. The series examines the rescue of abused and neglected chimpanzees.-History:...
  
  
• February 18 - Power Rangers: Jungle Fury
  Power Rangers: Jungle Fury
  Power Rangers Jungle Fury is the sixteenth installment in the American children's television series Power Rangers. Toy merchandising in the U.S. began in November 2007 and the show premiered on February 18, 2008, and uses footage from Juken Sentai Gekiranger, the thirty-first Japanese Super Sentai...
  
  
• February 18 - Being Human
  Being Human (TV series)
  Being Human is a British supernatural drama television series. It was created and written by Toby Whithouse and is currently broadcast on BBC Three. The show blends elements of flatshare comedy and horror drama...
  
  

March

• March 2 - Unhitched
  Unhitched
  Unhitched is an American television comedy that aired as a mid-season replacement on Fox from March 2, 2008 to March 30, 2008. The series was originally scheduled to premiere at 9:30 pm ET, but aired 30 minutes later due to the runover of Nascar. The show is created by Kevin Barnett, Mike Bernier...
  
  
• March 4 - After the Attack
  After the Attack
  After the Attack is a reality television series on Animal Planet. It tells the stories of animal attack victims, recreating each story every episode...
  
  
• March 4 - New Amsterdam
  New Amsterdam (TV series)
  New Amsterdam is an American television drama, which premiered March 4, 2008 on Fox, and ended after its eighth episode.-Premise and plot:...
  
  
• March 4 - The Real Housewives of New York City
  The Real Housewives of New York City
  The Real Housewives of New York City is an American reality television program on the Bravo cable TV network, a spin-off of the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Orange County. New York is the second city featured in The Real Housewives of... franchise...
  
  
• March 6 - Crime 360
  Crime 360
  Crime 360 is an American reality television show based on homicide detective units in various cities across the United States, including Richmond, Virginia; Rochester, New York; Little Rock, Arkansas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Cleveland, Ohio...
  
  
• March 9 - Ax Men
  Ax Men
  Ax Men is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on March 9, 2008 on History. The program follows the work of several logging crews in the second-growth forests of Northwestern Oregon, Washington and Montana. The show highlights the dangers encountered by the loggers...
  
  
• March 12 - Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
  Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
  Lewis Black's Root of All Evil is an American television series that premiered on March 12, 2008 on Comedy Central, and was hosted by comedian Lewis Black. The series producer was Scott Carter from Real Time With Bill Maher; and the writer was David Sacks from The Simpsons...
  
  
• March 18 - Iron Ring
  Iron Ring (TV series)
  Iron Ring was a reality television series and mixed martial arts competition, originating from the United States, that aired on BET.-Format:...
  
  
• March 22 - Hollywood 411
  Hollywood 411
  Hollywood 411 is an entertainment news show that airs on the TV Guide Network hosted by Chris Harrison.-External links:* Hollywood 411 Website...
  
  
• March 29 - Dance on Sunset
  Dance on Sunset
  Dance on Sunset is a dance and music series hosted by Quddus on Nickelodeon that featured dance routines, called the "Fresh-Squeezed Dance", designed to be performed by its pre-teen and teen-age viewers. Choreographer Tony Testa and the show's dance troupe, the Nick 6, demonstrated each routine...
  
  
• March 31 - Bingo America
  Bingo America
  Bingo America is an American game show airing on GSN that follows two contestants as they try to compete to win up to $100,000, as well as letting at-home viewers print bingo cards at GSN.com that allow them to play along with the show to win money....
  
  

April

• April 1 - Delocated
  Delocated
  Delocated is an American live-action television series which premiered February 12, 2009 on Adult Swim. The original pilot for the show was aired on April 1, 2008....
  
  
• April 3 - Rock the Cradle
  Rock the Cradle
  Rock the Cradle was an MTV reality show in which the offspring of R&B, pop, and rock stars from the 1980s and 1990s vie in a six-week singing competition...
  
  
• April 3 - Step It Up and Dance
  Step It Up and Dance
  Step It Up and Dance was a reality television competition series where contestants are supposed to "learn what it takes to make it big in the cutthroat dance industry". Actress and dancer Elizabeth Berkley serves as host, and director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell mentors the 12 dancers chosen...
  
  
• April 12 - Groomer Has It
  Groomer Has It
  Groomer Has It is an American reality game television series broadcast on Animal Planet. It features a competition between twelve of America's best dog groomers to see who is the best groomer in America. The prize includes $50,000 and a "mobile grooming salon." The show is hosted by Jai Rodriguez...
  
  
• April 13 - ¡Viva Hollywood!
  ¡Viva Hollywood!
  ¡Viva Hollywood! is a VH1 reality television program. Twelve Latino actors and Latina actresses compete for the role of "America's Numero Uno Telenovela Star"...
  
  
• April 14 - Can You Duet
  Can You Duet
  Can You Duet is an American reality-competition show airing on CMT. The show is produced by FremantleMedia, the same company that produced American Idol.The show premiered on April 14, 2008 and the first season ended on June 13, 2008....
  
  
• April 14 - Ego trip's Miss Rap Supreme
  Ego trip's Miss Rap Supreme
  ego trip's Miss Rap Supreme is an American reality television series that airs on the VH1 cable network. It is a follow up to 2007's ego trip's The Rapper Show....
  
  
• April 14 - One Way Out
  One Way Out (TV series)
  One Way Out is an American reality television series that was produced by NorthSouth Productions for the Discovery Channel. The program stars escape artist Jonathan Goodwin, who performs difficult escape stunts...
  
  
• April 14 - The Paper
  The Paper (TV series)
  The Paper is a reality television show on MTV. The show covers the lives of the Cypress Bay High School newspaper staff, focusing mostly on four senior editors...
  
  
• April 15 - NOFX: Backstage Passport
  NOFX: Backstage Passport
  NOFX: Backstage Passport is a documentary series that was shown on the music network Fuse about NOFX's 2008 world tour. The show documents the stops on the tour and the band's reaction to various events...
  
  
• April 16 - Under One Roof
  Under One Roof (2008 TV series)
  Under One Roof is a sitcom starring musician and Flavor of Love star William "Flavor Flav" Drayton and comic actor Kelly Perine best known for his work on One on One. The series is written by Danielle Quarles...
  
  
• April 18 - Ben 10: Alien Force
  Ben 10: Alien Force
  When it recalibrated it gained a more watch-like shape, a green wristband, became smaller and sleeker, and the face dial became black and green. The inside of the hourglass shape glows in different colors at special moments; these colors signify the state that the Omnitrix is presently in...
  
  
• April 21 - Verminators
  Verminators
  Verminators is an American reality television series. It is produced by Original Productions of Burbank, California and broadcast in the United States on Discovery Channel, Canada on Discovery Channel and the UK on Virgin1...
  
  
• April 22 - A Shot at Love II with Tila Tequila
  A Shot at Love II with Tila Tequila
  A Shot at Love II with Tila Tequila is an American reality television dating game show. It is the follow-up season to A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. The series is a bisexual-themed dating competition where 15 straight males and 15 lesbian females live in a house with Tila Tequila and compete for...
  
  
• April 22 - Out of the Wild
• April 26 - The Mighty B!
  The Mighty B!
  The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girlscout that believes she will become a superhero called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge...
  
  
• April 27 - Celebracadabra
  Celebracadabra
  Celebracadabra is an American reality television series on VH1 that premiered on April 27, 2008. The series involves celebrities attempting to learn and perform magic. Magician/actor Jonathan Levit serves as the host. On Thursday June 12, 2008 C...
  
  

May

• May 2 - Speed Racer: The Next Generation
  Speed Racer: The Next Generation
  Speed Racer: The Next Generation is an American animated television series based on the classic Japanese Speed Racer franchise, in which the internal events take place decades after those in the 1967 Japanese series. It is the fourth television adaptation of the franchise, and is executive produced...
  
  
• May 14 - 1000 Ways to Die
  1000 Ways to Die
  1000 Ways to Die is a docufiction anthology television series that premiered on May 14, 2008 on Spike. The program recreates unusual supposed deaths and debunked urban legends and includes interviews with experts who describe the science behind each death...
  
  
• May 26 - Denise Richards: It's Complicated
  Denise Richards: It's Complicated
  Denise Richards: It's Complicated is an American reality-based television series that debuted on E! on May 26, 2008. This is the second series to be produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions, following Keeping Up with the Kardashians...
  
  
• May 26 - Living Lohan
  Living Lohan
  Living Lohan is an American reality television series that debuted on E! on May 26, 2008. The series aired for a total of nine episodes, ending its run on July 27, 2008.-Synopsis:...
  
  

June

• June 1 - In Plain Sight
  In Plain Sight
  In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...
  
  
• June 5 - The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
  The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
  The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series produced for Cartoon Network that premiered on June 5, 2008 and ended on August 31, 2010...
  
  
• June 7 - Housecat Housecall
  Housecat Housecall
  Housecat Housecall is a weekly 30-minute television program that aired on Animal Planet in the United States and Australia. The show was broadcast from June 7, 2008 to July 10, 2010. It was hosted by veterinarian Katrina Warren.-Format:...
  
  
• June 8 - I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
  I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
  I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant is a television program that airs on Discovery Fit & Health, TLC and a spanish version on Discovery en Español in the US...
  
  
• June 8 - Paula's Best Dishes
  Paula's Best Dishes
  Paula's Best Dishes is a cooking show hosted by Paula Deen on Food Network- Background :Debuting on June 8, 2008, the show stars Paula Deen as she helps rescue viewer recipes, prepare dishes and shares stories....
  
  
• June 10 - Untamed & Uncut
• June 16 - The Middleman
  The Middleman (TV series)
  The Middleman is an American television series. The series, which was developed for television by Javier Grillo-Marxuach for ABC Family, is based on the Viper Comics series, The Middleman, created by Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine...
  
  
• June 17 - Rock and Roll Acid Test
  Rock and Roll Acid Test
  Rock and Roll Acid Test is a television show on the Fuse TV network that takes a scientific look at rock and roll, and then recreates the findings to demonstrate the extreme limits of rock.-Format:...
  
  
• June 29 - Factory
  Factory (TV series)
  Factory was a comedy television series. It premiered on Sunday, 29 June 2008 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern/9:00 p.m. Central on Spike. The series, produced by 3 Arts Entertainment, is directed by and stars Mitch Rouse and fellow comedians Michael Coleman, Jay Leggett and David Pasquesi.The pilot...
  
  

July

• July 1 - The Secret Life of the American Teenager
  The Secret Life of the American Teenager
  The Secret Life of the American Teenager is an American teen drama television series created by Brenda Hampton. It first aired on ABC Family on July 1, 2008. The show was renewed for a second season consisting of 24 episodes on February 9, 2009, which began airing on June 22, 2009...
  
  
• July 6 - I Love Money
  I Love Money
  I Love Money is an American reality television series airing on VH1, and is a spin-off of Flavor of Love, Charm School, I Love New York, Rock of Love, Real Chance of Love, For the Love of Ray J, Daisy of Love and Megan Wants a Millionaire. Former contestants on these shows compete in physical and...
  
  
• July 11 - The N's Student Body
  The N's Student Body
  The N's Student Body is an eight-episode reality television series that first aired on The N on July 11, 2008 that takes twelve students from high schools MacArthur and Eisenhower in Decatur, Illinois.Tagline: Competition is tough...
  
  
• July 13 - Brooke Knows Best
  Brooke Knows Best
  Brooke Knows Best was a VH1 reality series spin off from the hit VH1 reality program, Hogan Knows Best. The series first aired July 13, 2008...
  
  
• July 15 - From G's to Gents
  From G's to Gents
  From G's to Gents is an MTV reality television series which features misdirected young men willing to change their lives and become gentlemen. The show is hosted by Fonzworth Bentley, and premiered on MTV on July 15, 2008. The objective of the show is to make the transformation from a roughneck to...
  
  
• July 16 - Hurl!
  Hurl!
  Hurl! was an American TV game show from G4 that first premiered on G4 in the USA on July 16, 2008. It takes a unique twist on competitive eating. The concept is for competitors to alternate between challenges of competitive eating several pounds of food is to play through extreme activities after...
  
  
• July 16 - The Gong Show with Dave Attell
  The Gong Show with Dave Attell
  The Gong Show with Dave Attell is a revival of the 1970s Chuck Barris comedy game show called The Gong Show, hosted by comedian Dave Attell. The show premiered on July 17, 2008...
  
  
• July 17 - Reality Bites Back
  Reality Bites Back
  Reality Bites Back is a reality show hosted by Michael Ian Black that parodies various reality show formats. It premiered July 17, 2008 on Comedy Central. The name is derived from the 1994 film Reality Bites.- Premise :...
  
  
• July 21 - Catch 21
  Catch 21
  Catch 21 is an American game show centered around blackjack, created by Merrill Heatter and taped at the Hollywood Center Studios...
  
  
• July 21 - Food Detectives
  Food Detectives
  Food Detectives a food science show hosted by Ted Allen that airs in North America on Food Network. Ted Allen, backed by research conducted by Popular Science magazine, investigates various food-related beliefs, such as the validity of the five-second rule or the effectiveness of ginger as a means...
  
  
• July 29 - Jurassic Fight Club
  Jurassic Fight Club
  Jurassic Fight Club is a paleontology-based television series on History which premiered in the USA in July 2008.-Summary:Scientists study the battles of prehistoric creatures, such as dinosaurs, before they went extinct. Each episode features a forensic-styled breakdown of a prehistoric battle...
  
  

August

• August 2 - Ask Aida
  Ask Aida
  Ask Aida is an interactive cooking show on the Food Network hosted by Aida Mollenkamp. The show began airing on August 2, 2008. On Ask Aida, Noah Starr serves as the "tech guru" sorting through then asking the many culinary questions sent to Mollenkamp via email, text, phone calls and video. Also...
  
  
• August 3 - Big Daddy's House
  Big Daddy's House
  Big Daddy's House is a cooking show on the American specialty channel Food Network. The show stars Aaron McCargo, Jr., the winner of the fourth season of the network's reality television series, The Next Food Network Star. The six-episode first season was McCargo's grand prize for winning the...
  
  
• August 4 - I Want to Work for Diddy
  I Want to Work for Diddy
  I Want To Work For Diddy was a reality show on VH1. Co-executive produced and directed by Mark Jacobs, the 13 contestants are brought together to see who can become Sean Combs' assistant. The show premiered on August 4, 2008...
  
  
• August 16 - The Dish
  The Dish (TV series)
  The Dish is a satirical television series aired on the Style Network in the United States. The show , hosted by Danielle Fishel, skewers the latest in pop culture in similar fashion to sister network E! Entertainment Television's series The Soup...
  
  
• August 18 - MTV's Busted
  MTV's Busted
  MTV's Busted is a reality TV show that depicts young adults getting arrested and penalized by police. Most arrests are for alcohol-related crimes, such as drunk driving and underage drinking. Arrests for possession of marijuana are also common. Busted began airing in summer 2008...
  
  
• August 21 - The Cho Show
  The Cho Show
  The Cho Show is a reality-sitcom starring comedienne Margaret Cho which premiered on VH1 on August 21, 2008. The series follows Cho as she interacts with her family and friends, including her mother and her assistant Selene Luna. Sandra Bernhard, Wanda Sykes, Michelle Rodriguez, Kat Von D, Nina...
  
  
• August 21 - Destroyed In Seconds
  Destroyed In Seconds
  Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc....
  
  
• August 21 - Tabatha's Salon Takeover
  Tabatha's Salon Takeover
  Tabatha's Salon Takeover is an American reality television series on the Bravo network, in which former Shear Genius contestant and hair salon owner, Tabatha Coffey helps failing salons turn around in one week...
  
  
• August 25 - America's Toughest Jobs
  America's Toughest Jobs
  America's Toughest Jobs is a reality television show that lasted one season and aired on the American television network NBC. It pitted contestants against each other as they attempted a series of difficult and dangerous jobs...
  
  

September

• September 1 - Raising the Bar
  Raising the Bar (TV series)
  Raising the Bar is an American legal drama, which ran on TNT network from September 1, 2008 to December 24, 2009. The series revolves around a group of lawyer friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the criminal law.-Production:...
  
  
• September 3 - Sons of Anarchy
  Sons of Anarchy
  Sons of Anarchy is an American television drama series created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in Northern California...
  
  
• September 6 - Body Language
  Body Language (TV series)
  Body Language is an erotic softcore television series which takes place inside a strip club. The series was created by Zalman King. It is currently airing on Showtime....
  
  
• September 6 - We Mean Business
  We Mean Business
  We Mean Business is an American reality television series airing on the A&E cable network starting in September 2008. The program features three regular experts: "Business Expert" Bill Rancic, a former contestant on The Apprentice; "Tech Expert" Katie Linendoll; and "Design Expert" Peter Gurski...
  
  
• September 6 - Wolverine and the X-Men
• September 7 - Hole in the Wall
• September 7 - True Blood
  True Blood
  True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
  
  
• September 7 - Weird, True & Freaky
  Weird, True & Freaky
  Weird, True & Freaky is a show about unusual animals and animal-related topics....
  
  
• September 9 - Fringe
  Fringe (TV series)
  Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
  
  
• September 9 - Privileged
  Privileged (TV series)
  Privileged is an American television drama that premiered on The CW Television Network in the USA and Citytv in Canada on September 9, 2008. The series stars former Reba star Joanna García and is based on the Alloy Entertainment book How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoey Dean...
  
  
• September 9 - The Rachel Zoe Project
  The Rachel Zoe Project
  The Rachel Zoe Project is an American reality docudrama series starring celebrity stylist, Rachel Zoe, and her styling assistants, Taylor Jacobson and Brad Goreski. The series premiered on September 9, 2008 on the Bravo television network...
  
  
• September 10 - Do Not Disturb
  Do Not Disturb (TV series)
  Do Not Disturb is an American sitcom, which debuted as a Fall entry on Fox's primetime lineup on September 10, 2008...
  
  
• September 11 - MTV's Top Pop Group
  MTV's Top Pop Group
  MTV's Top Pop Group was a competition consisting of nine pop groups looking to be the next Top pop group. The show aired on MTV and was hosted by Mario Lopez. The judges were Brian Friedman , Michelle Williams and Taboo...
  
  
• September 21 - Spaceballs: The Animated Series
  Spaceballs: The Animated Series
  Spaceballs: The Animated Series, also known as Spaceballs: The Series, is an animated television series that premiered in 2008 on G4 and Canada's Super Channel, and is loosely based on the parody science fiction film Spaceballs...
  
  
• September 22 - 90210
  90210 (TV series)
  90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...
  
  
• September 22 - The Mentalist
  The Mentalist
  The Mentalist is an American police procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also the show's executive producer...
  
  
• September 22 - Worst Week
  Worst Week
  Worst Week is an American TV series which originally aired on CBS from September 22, 2008 to June 6, 2009. The series was based on the British sitcom The Worst Week of My Life...
  
  
• September 23 - Opportunity Knocks
• September 24 - Gary Unmarried
  Gary Unmarried
  Gary Unmarried was an American sitcom created by Ed Yeager, which ran on CBS from September 24, 2008 to March 17, 2010. The series focuses on a recently divorced couple sharing custody of their kids while starting new relationships...
  
  
• September 24 - Knight Rider
  Knight Rider (2008 TV series)
  Knight Rider was a 2008 series that follows the 1982 TV series of the same title and the 2008 television movie. The series stars Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of Michael Knight. The series also stars Deanna Russo as Sarah Graiman, Traceur's former girlfriend and love interest....
  
  
• September 26 - The Suite Life on Deck
  The Suite Life on Deck
  The Suite Life on Deck is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody...
  
  
• September 27 - Gogoriki
• September 28 - The Life & Times of Tim
  The Life & Times of Tim
  The Life & Times of Tim is an HBO comedy animated television series, which premiered on September 28, 2008. The series was created by Steve Dildarian, and is about a hapless man in his mid 20s named Tim who lives in New York City with his girlfriend Amy...
  
  
• September 28 - World's Toughest Fixes
  World's Toughest Fixes
  World's Toughest Fixes is an American reality series that premiered on the National Geographic Channel on September 28, 2008. It features Sean Riley participating in various "tough fixes"; repairs and renovations done on equipment that is very large or dangerous...
  
  
• September 29 - 17 Kids and Counting

October

• October 3 - The Ex List
• October 4 - The Secret Saturdays
  The Secret Saturdays
  The Secret Saturdays is an American animated television series created by Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens for Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 3, 2008, in the United States...
  
  
• October 5 - Easy Money
• October 5 - In Harm's Way
  In Harm's Way (TV series)
  In Harm's Way is a one-hour reality television series on The CW that looked at the lives of people who do dangerous jobs. Each unscripted episode followed the brave individuals who risk their lives in a multitude of life-threatening jobs, including war photographers, oil well cappers, the Alaskan...
  
  
• October 5 - Valentine
  Valentine (TV series)
  Valentine is a romantic comedy/drama television series created by Kevin Murphy, who also serves as executive producer alongside Courtney Conte. The show is produced by Media Rights Capital. It premiered on October 5, 2008 at 8:00pm on The CW Television Network and Citytv in Canada and after four...
  
  
• October 7 - The Real Housewives of Atlanta
  The Real Housewives of Atlanta
  The Real Housewives of Atlanta is an American reality television series on the Bravo cable network that premiered in the fall of 2008. Following the format of its predecessors , in 2009 the Atlanta series was not only the highest rated show of the The Real Housewives of... franchise, it was the...
  
  
• October 8 - The Tony Rock Project
  The Tony Rock Project
  The Tony Rock Project is a sketch comedy television series that premiered on October 8, 2008 on MyNetworkTV. The show stars Tony Rock, John Heffron and Whitney Cummings. It served as the lead-in for Flavor Flav's sitcom, Under One Roof....
  
  
• October 9 - Eleventh Hour
  Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)
  Eleventh Hour is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series originally ran on CBS from October 9, 2008 to April 2, 2009 and aired on Thursdays at 10 pm . The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer...
  
  
• October 9 - Kath & Kim
  Kath & Kim (U.S. TV series)
  Kath & Kim is an American version of the Australian television comedy series of the same name starring Selma Blair and Molly Shannon. The series premiered on NBC on October 9, 2008...
  
  
• October 9 - Life on Mars
  Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)
  Life on Mars was a science fiction crime drama television series which originally aired on ABC from October 9, 2008 to April 1, 2009. It is an adaptation of the BAFTA-winning original UK series of the same name produced by the BBC...
  
  
• October 9 - Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
• October 11 - Dogs 101
  Dogs 101
  Dogs 101 is a show that airs on Animal Planet. It is centered on Dogs and what they are like.- Plot :Dogs 101 features 6 breeds of dogs per episode. This show explains each breed of dog and features opinions by experts ranging from trainers to groomers to veterinarians...
  
  
• October 11 - Zane's Sex Chronicles
  Zane's Sex Chronicles
  Zane's Sex Chronicles was an American television program feature series. Based on the urban erotica novels written by Zane, the series follows the friendships and relationship of five female friends who enjoy the steamy stories of erotic writer Zane...
  
  
• October 13 - My Own Worst Enemy
  My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)
  My Own Worst Enemy is an American television drama that aired on NBC in 2008. It premiered on October 13 and ended on December 15 after 9 episodes. The series was produced by Universal Media Studios. Jason Smilovic was the executive producer; David Semel was the director and executive producer...
  
  
• October 14 - Iditarod: Toughest Race on Earth
• October 15 - Chocolate News
  Chocolate News
  Chocolate News is a satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier with an emphasis on African American culture. The show aired on Wednesday nights at 10:30 PM on Comedy Central as a lead-in to their other news satire programs, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert...
  
  
• October 17 - Crash
  Crash (2008 TV series)
  Crash is an American television drama series set in Los Angeles, California. It is the first original series produced by the Starz network. The network ordered a 13 episode season which premiered on October 17, 2008. The series is based on the 2004 film of the same name. It was developed for...
  
  
• October 17 - Crusoe
  Crusoe (TV series)
  Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008-2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years...
  
  
• October 17 - Ghost Adventures
  Ghost Adventures
  Ghost Adventures is a weekly American paranormal television series that premiered on October 17, 2008 on the Travel Channel. Currently produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment , the program follows and stars ghost hunters Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin, as they investigate locations that are...
  
  
• October 18 - Giada at Home
  Giada at Home
  Giada at Home is a television show hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. It first aired on October 18, 2008 on the Food Network.The show was nominated for two Daytime Emmys in 2009: for Outstanding Culinary Program and Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary Program, and won for the latter award.The...
  
  
• October 18 - Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling
  Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling
  Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling was an American reality television program broadcast on CMT that aired for eight episodes in 2008. The first episode aired on October 18, 2008. In Australia, the show premiered in July 2009 on the FOX8 channel. FOX8 is a subscription TV channel...
  
  
• October 20 - Real Chance of Love
  Real Chance of Love
  Real Chance of Love is an American reality television dating game show featuring two brothers Ahmad Givens and Kamal Givens , of the rap group The Stallionares, and former contestants on I Love New York, who are looking for love....
  
  
• October 20 - Rita Rocks
  Rita Rocks
  Rita Rocks is a Lifetime original sitcom that premiered on October 20, 2008. It is the network's first original comedy in over a decade. The series debuted alongside re-runs of Reba as part of a new comedy hour for Tuesday nights, which later changed to Monday nights...
  
  
• October 20 - Scream Queens
• October 21 - Rookies
  Rookies (TV series)
  Rookies is a reality television series which airs on the A&E television network. The show follows the training periods of rookie police officers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and Tampa, Florida as they train on the beat with their Field Training Officers for their first 12 weeks. The episodes...
  
  
• October 22 - Stylista
  Stylista
  Stylista was an American fashion-themed reality-television competition series that premiered on the CW network in the United States, and Citytv in Canada on October 22, 2008. The series was produced by Warner Horizon Television and Tyra Banks through her Bankable Productions. The series was not...
  
  
• October 30 - Lost Tapes
  Lost Tapes
  Lost Tapes is an American horror/thriller docudrama television series that airs on Animal Planet. Produced by Go Go Luckey Entertainment, the program presents fictional found footage depicting traumatic encounters with cryptozoological creatures , including the Chupacabra and Bigfoot, and even...
  
  

November

• November 6 - 50 Cent: The Money and the Power
  50 Cent: The Money and the Power
  50 Cent: The Money and the Power is a scrapped reality show that initially premiered November 6, 2008 on MTV and is now regularly aired on MTV2. The show was hosted by 50 Cent and follows the same mold as The Apprentice...
  
  
• November 7 - Whale Wars
  Whale Wars
  Whale Wars is a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and his crew aboard their various vessels harass Japanese...
  
  
• November 8 - True Jackson, VP
  True Jackson, VP
  True Jackson, VP is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from November 8, 2008 to August 20, 2011. The series starred Keke Palmer, Ashley Argota, Matt Shively, Danielle Bisutti, Greg Proops, Robbie Amell and Ron Butler. The theme song was written by Toby Gad and Keke Palmer and...
  
  
• November 15 - Think Like a Cat
  Think Like a Cat
  Think Like a Cat is a GSN-original game show hosted by Chuck Woolery, and sponsored by Meow Mix. Eight cats and their owners compete in the contest, which is played like a game show rather than a pageant like Catminster, another GSN special centering on cats. The show has a top prize of $1,000,000...
  
  
• November 18 - Brothers to Brutha
  Brothers to Brutha
  Brothers to Brutha is a reality show on BET that premiered November 18, 2008. It follows five brothers who have a record deal on Island Def Jam Music Group as the R&B group Brutha. The show aired Tuesday nights at 10:30pm. The First Season consisted of six episodes. A Second Season has been...
  
  
• November 28 - Little Britain USA
  Little Britain USA
  Little Britain USA, an American television series, originated as a spin-off of the British BBC's Little Britain show.As in the British series, Matt Lucas and David Walliams play the majority of the characters: originals such as Lou and Andy, Daffyd Thomas,Sebastian Love, Marjorie Dawes and Vicky...
  
  
• November 29 - The Penguins of Madagascar
  The Penguins of Madagascar
  The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper , Kowalski , Private , and Rico ; the lemurs King Julien , Maurice , and Mort...
  
  

December

• December 2 - Party Monsters Cabo
  Party Monsters Cabo
  Party Monsters Cabo is a reality TV show airing on E!. The show involves party planners competing at the LG Villa in Cabo to see who can throw the "ultimate party" for Hollywood's A-Listers to win a contract with LG for their partys. The show is hosted by Brian Worley and Michele Merkin.- Episode...
  
  
• December 3 - Man v. Food
  Man v. Food
  Man v. Food is an American food reality television series. It premiered on December 3, 2008, on the Travel Channel. The program is hosted by actor and food enthusiast Adam Richman. In each episode, Richman explores the "big food" offerings of a different American city before facing off against a...
  
  
• December 6 - Cats 101
  Cats 101
  - Plot :Cats 101 features different cat breeds per episode, which feature many experts, ranging from veterinarians to animal trainers, telling facts, origins, and looks of the breeds. Cat owners of a specific breed also speak of life-changing events that revolve around their cats. It is shown on...
  
  
• December 7 - Adventure Time
  Adventure Time
  Adventure Time was a local children's television show on WTAE-TV 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1959 to 1975. It was hosted by the late Paul Shannon, with guitarist Joe Negri and puppeteer Jim Martin...
  
  
• December 7 - Leverage
  Leverage (TV series)
  Leverage is an American television drama series on TNT that premiered in December 2008. The series is produced by director/executive producer Dean Devlin's production company Electric Television...
  
  
• December 8 - Childrens Hospital
• December 9 - A Double Shot at Love
  A Double Shot at Love
  A Double Shot at Love is an American reality television dating game show which first aired weekly on MTV from December 9, 2008 to February 3, 2009. It is a spin-off of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila...
  
  
• December 16 - Momma's Boys
  Momma's Boys
  Momma's Boys is an American reality television series on the NBC network, executive produced by Ryan Seacrest and Andrew Glassman , which centers on a group of mothers who must help choose the perfect woman for their complacent sons...
  
  
• December 28 - Silent Library
  Silent Library (MTV Series)
  Silent Library was an American television game show which airs on MTV and MuchMusic. The series is based on one of the segments in the popular Japanese variety show Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!...
  
  
• December 29 - Bromance
  Bromance (TV series)
  Bromance is an American reality series that aired on MTV. It premiered on December 29, 2008. A spin-off of the MTV series The Hills, the show follows Brody Jenner as he searched to find a new best friend after his fall-out with longtime best friend Spencer Pratt...
  
  
• December 29 - The City
  The City (MTV series)
  The City is an MTV reality television series. The first spin-off of MTV's, The Hills, it follows one of the show's former cast members, Whitney Port, as she moves to New York City to work for fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. The program premiered on December 29, 2008 and concluded its first...
  
  

January

• January 1 - Engaged and Underage
  Engaged and Underage
  Engaged & Underage was a reality show on MTV. The show follows couples between the ages of 18 and 22 in the final weeks leading to their wedding.-Season 1:*1. "Lauren and David"*2. "Ashley and Byron"*3. "Chantel and Jacob"...
  
  
• January 1 - High Maintenance 90210
  High Maintenance 90210
  High Maintenance 90210 is an American reality series that premiered on the E!: Entertainment Television network on January 1, 2007.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• January 1 - Poker After Dark
  Poker After Dark
  Poker After Dark was an hour-long poker television program on NBC. The show made its debut on January 1, 2007, and was cancelled as another victim of the "Black Friday" criminal case due to the show's sponsorship by Full Tilt Poker, one of that case's defendants. on September 23, 2011 For its first...
  
  
• January 2 - Dirt
  Dirt (TV series)
  Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now Dirt (styled...
  
  
• January 3 - The Knights of Prosperity
  The Knights of Prosperity
  The Knights of Prosperity was a short-lived comedy series that premiered on ABC in the United States on Wednesday, January 3, 2007. It was created by Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman, who also created the NBC comedy-drama Ed...
  
  
• January 3 - In Case of Emergency
  In case of emergency
  In case of emergency is a programme that enables first responders, such as paramedics, firefighters, police officers, and Hospital personnel, to contact the phone owner's next of kin to obtain important medical/support information...
  
  
• January 4 - Afro Samurai
  Afro Samurai
  , also written AFRO SAMURAI, is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde dōjinshi manga magazine Nou Nou Hau from September 1999 to May 2000...
  
  
• January 6 - Wild World of Spike
  Wild World of Spike
  Wild World of Spike was a television series airing Thursdays on Spike about unconventional sports. The three hosts, two of whom are athletes themselves, watch these from a couch on the set...
  
  
• January 7 - Grease: You're the One That I Want
• January 7 - I'm From Rolling Stone
  I'm From Rolling Stone
  I'm From Rolling Stone is a MTV reality television show directed by Norman Green. It began airing in January 2007 and was planned for ten episodes....
  
  
• January 7 - Just Jordan
  Just Jordan
  Just Jordan is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon as a part of the network's TEENick lineup. The series debuted on January 7, 2007 and was cancelled on April 5, 2008 with 29 episodes produced.-Premise:...
  
  
• January 8 - I Love New York
  I Love New York (TV series)
  I Love New York is a reality television series, which first aired on VH1. It features Tiffany Pollard in a quest to find her true love. The series is a spin off of another relationship competition series, Flavor of Love, which featured Pollard as a finalist in two consecutive seasons...
  
  
• January 8 - Lincoln Heights
  Lincoln Heights (TV series)
  Lincoln Heights is an American drama television series about Eddie Sutton, a Mission Vista police officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, to start a new life and to help out his old neighborhood...
  
  
• January 8 - The (White) Rapper Show
• January 10 - Armed and Famous
• January 12 - Cory in the House
  Cory in the House
  Cory in the House is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007 to September 12, 2008 and was a spin-off from the Disney show That's So Raven. The show focuses on Cory Baxter, who moved from San Francisco, California to Washington, D.C., after Victor...
  
  
• January 15 - Kids By The Dozen
  Kids By The Dozen
  Kids By The Dozen is a reality television series about large families. The series was produced by Powderhouse Productions.-Children:PaulJohnMarkLukeJudeJamesPhilipSethJacobNathanMary-Elizabeth...
  
  
• January 17 - Maui Fever
  Maui Fever
  Maui Fever is a reality series, created by haole Morgan J. Freeman for MTV. Filmed on location in Maui over a three month period, the show explored the real lives of several young haole friends living in the Kaanapali area....
  
  
• January 17 - The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
• January 19 - Ms. Adventure
  Ms. Adventure
  Ms. Adventure was an American documentary reality television series that premiered on Animal Planet on January 19, 2007. The program was hosted by Rachel Reenstra.- Trivia :...
  
  
• January 21 - The Dresden Files
  The Dresden Files
  The Dresden Files is a series of contemporary fantasy/mystery novels written by Jim Butcher.He provides a first person narrative of each story from the point of view of the main character, private investigator and wizard Harry Dresden, as he recounts investigations into supernatural disturbances in...
  
  
• January 22 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  Boulevard of Broken Dreams (TV series)
  Boulevard of Broken Dreams is an American documentary series that aired the E! television network from January to March 2007. The series focuses on stories about celebrities who have struggled with fame, staged major comebacks after falling from grace, or who met untimely ends.-List of...
  
  
• January 22 - E-Vet Interns
  E-Vet Interns
  E-Vet Interns is a reality television series about veterinary interns working at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado. It is a spinoff of Emergency Vets, a series about the lives of veterinarians at Alameda East that aired from 1998 to 2002 on the U.S. cable network Animal Planet...
  
  
• January 23 - Disney's Really Short Report
  Disney's Really Short Report
  Disney's Really Short Report was a mini-show that ran on the Disney Channel and promoted upcoming Disney DVD releases. The show was launched in 2007 to replace the long running Mike's Super Short Show which was hosted by Michael Alan Johnson and Alyson Stoner, which had ended its run in December...
  
  
• January 24 - Dinner: Impossible
  Dinner: Impossible
  Dinner: Impossible is an American television program broadcast by the Food Network. The first episode aired on January 24, 2007. Food Network began airing the eighth season on March 3, 2010....
  
  
• January 28 - Ultimate Factories
  Ultimate Factories
  Ultimate Factories is an American documentary television series that premiered in 2007 on the National Geographic Channel. The program explores the inner workings of factories worldwide...
  
  
• January 30 - Bam's Unholy Union
  Bam's Unholy Union
  Bam's Unholy Union is an American reality series that aired on MTV and MTV Canada. It follows Bam Margera and his fiancee Missy Rothstein as they plan their wedding...
  
  
• January 30 - Wrestling Society X
  Wrestling Society X
  Wrestling Society X was a short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world...
  
  
• January 31 - Top Design
  Top Design
  Top Design is an American reality television series. Interior designers compete to win cash and receive a spot in New York's Designer showcases....
  
  

February

• February 1 - Juvies
  Juvies
  MTV Juvies is a MTV television show following minors in the Lake County, Indiana Juvenile Justice Complex. The series' first and only season debuted on MTV in February 2007, and has re-aired regularly, most recently in May 2009...
  
  
• February 1 - The Sarah Silverman Program
  The Sarah Silverman Program
  The Sarah Silverman Program is an American television series that starred comedian and actress Sarah Silverman, who created the series with Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab...
  
  
• February 2 - The Erotic Traveler
• February 3 - The Naked Brothers Band
  The Naked Brothers Band (TV series)
  The Naked Brothers Band is an American television musical comedy created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is...
  
  
• February 5 - Rules of Engagement
  Rules of Engagement (TV series)
  Rules of Engagement is a sitcom that debuted on CBS on February 5, 2007, as a midseason replacement, immediately following Two and a Half Men, in the time slot that was occupied by now-cancelled The New Adventures of Old Christine...
  
  
• February 11 - Saul of the Mole Men
• February 20 - 100 Winners
  100 Winners
  100 Winners is a live interactive game show on GSN, officially hosted by Jessica York. Jeff Thisted and Shandi Finnessey served as substitute hosts. Featured during the two-hour program were short interactive games from which the viewers could win prizes. The show generally aired from 12:00...
  
  
• February 20 - The Agency
  The Agency (2006 TV series)
  The Agency is an American reality series that aired on VH1 in 2007.-Overview:The series followed modeling agents that worked for the men and women's high-end division of the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency.-Cast:* Sean Patterson - President...
  
  
• February 23 - quiznation
  Quiznation (US game show)
  quiznation was a live interactive game show on GSN. The official host was Shandi Finnessey, with Angelle Tymon, Jessica York, Jeff Thisted filling in. Featured in the two-hour program were interactive games where the viewers could win cash prizes. The show aired from 12 midnight - 2 a.m...
  
  
• February 26 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
  Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
  Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a documentary-styled travel and cuisine television show hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. The first season debuted on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 9pm ET/PT....
  
  
• February 26 - The Black Donnelys
• February 26 - Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive
  Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive
  Power Rangers Operation Overdrive is an American television program, the fifteenth installment in the Power Rangers franchise based on the Super Sentai series GoGo Sentai Boukenger, which is also the thirtieth entry and anniversary of that franchise. It premiered on February 26, 2007...
  
  
• February 27 - Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
  Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
  Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is a television game show format based on asking grade-school level questions to adults, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy...
  
  

March

• March 2 - Cities of the Underworld
  Cities of the Underworld
  Cities of the Underworld was an American documentary television series that premiered on March 2, 2007 on History. The program explored the subterranean environment and culture beneath various civilizations...
  
  
• March 2 - Doctor*Ology
• March 3 - El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
  El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
  El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is Nickelodeon's first ever flash animation series produced for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network. The first screening of the show was on January 19, 2007 in the first ever Nickelodeon Creative Summit held in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a special treat for the...
  
  
• March 4 - Dice: Undisputed
  Dice: Undisputed
  Dice Undisputed was an American reality show on VH1. The show stars comedian Andrew 'Dice' Clay who was a popular comedian in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The show follows Clay as he struggles to recapture his past popularity while dealing with his fiancée and two sons. The series premiered on...
  
  
• March 5 - The Land Before Time
  The Land Before Time (TV series)
  The Land Before Time is an animated television series, based on characters from The Land Before Time film series created by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss. It was developed for television by Ford Riley for Universal Animation Studios and Amblin Entertainment , and first premiered on YTV in Canada...
  
  
• March 6 - The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll
  The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll
  The Pussycat Dolls Present is an American reality TV series that premiered on March 6, 2007 on The CW, and took place over the course of eight weeks...
  
  
• March 7 - The Wedding Bells
  The Wedding Bells
  The Wedding Bells is an American television comedy-drama that debuted on Fox on March 7, 2007. The series was greenlighted after the network became interested in a series centered on wedding planners. The network approached David E...
  
  
• March 10 - Blood+
  Blood+
  Blood+, pronounced as "Blood Plus", is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial networks such as MBS, TBS, and RKB on October 8, 2005. The final episode...
  
  
• March 12 - The Riches
  The Riches
  The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...
  
  
• March 13 - American Heiress
• March 13 - Bullrun
  Bullrun
  Bullrun is an American reality television series based on the trans-American Bullrun road rally of the same name. The televised version has 12 teams compete in a 4,000-mile 18-day road rally to win the grand prize of US$200,000. Bullrun uses a modified 12-car rally format.-Season 1:Season 1 of...
  
  
• March 14 - Halfway Home
  Halfway Home (TV series)
  Halfway Home is an American comedy series that aired on Comedy Central in Spring 2007.On its official website, Halfway Home is described as an "improvised half-hour show featuring the daily exploits of five ex-cons living together in a residential rehab facility" .After airing 10 episodes, on June...
  
  
• March 14 - Saints & Sinners
  Saints & Sinners (2007 TV series)
  Saints & Sinners is a telenovela which premiered on March 14, 2007 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced this limited-run serial, based on the a 2000 TV Azteca telenovela titled La Calle de las Novias...
  
  
• March 15 - Raines
• March 15 - October Road
  October Road (TV series)
  October Road is an American television drama that debuted on ABC on March 15, 2007 following Grey's Anatomy. It follows Nick Garrett , who after a decade returns to his hometown, the fictional Knights Ridge, Massachusetts.The series is produced by ABC Studios and GroupM Entertainment; the latter is...
  
  
• March 16 - Wayside
  Wayside (TV series)
  Wayside is a Canadian animated television series created by Louis Sachar, developed and written by John Derevlany for Canadian television channel Teletoon. The series centers on Todd, a transfer student who attends Wayside, an offbeat educational institution based on Sachar's upbringing...
  
  
• March 20 - The Whitest Kids U' Know
  The Whitest Kids U' Know
  The Whitest Kids U' Know is an American sketch comedy troupe and television program of the same name. The group consists of Trevor Moore, Sam Brown, Zach Cregger, Timmy Williams and Darren Trumeter, though other actors occasionally appear in their sketches. They were accepted into the HBO U.S...
  
  
• March 22 - This American Life
  This American Life
  This American Life is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ and hosted by Ira Glass. It is distributed by Public Radio International on PRI affiliate stations and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays,...
  
  
• March 23 - Acceptable.TV
  Acceptable.TV
  Acceptable.TV was a television program from the makers of Channel 101 that first aired on VH1 on March 23, 2007. The final episode of the program aired on May 11, 2007....
  
  
• March 27 - The Great American Dream Vote
  The Great American Dream Vote
  The Great American Dream Vote is a reality television series hosted by Donny Osmond. It premiered on March 28, 2007 on ABC with a preview on March 27, 2007. The show featured contestants who wanted their dream to come true. The studio audience would pick the two finalists; those at home would...
  
  

April

• April 1 - Sons of Hollywood
  Sons of Hollywood
  Sons of Hollywood is an American reality show starring Randy Spelling , Sean Stewart , and agent David Weintraub.-Overview:...
  
  
• April 1 - The Tudors
  The Tudors
  The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
  
  
• April 2 - Rogue Nature
  Rogue Nature
  Rogue Nature is a reality television program broadcast in The United States on Discovery Channel, Discovery HD Theater and Animal Planet. The show follows host, biologist Dave Salmoni as he explores nature's most dangerous animals to see if they really do go out of their way to kill humans.-...
  
  
• April 2 - The Sauce
  The Sauce (TV series)
  The Sauce is a daily live interactive show that aired on the music network Fuse. It was hosted by Steve Smith and Jared Cotter and aired weekdays at 6PM EST/3PM PST and premiered on April 2, 2007 and ended on May 22, 2008....
  
  
• April 2 - Taquita + Kaui
  Taquita + Kaui
  Taquita + Kaui is a reality series which premiered April 2, 2007 on MTV and MTV Canada.The show follows Taquita and Kaui , former contestants on Making the Band 3, as they pursue life, love, fame and success together as best friends in their new hometown of Las Vegas.Future episodes of the show...
  
  
• April 3 - Hilary Duff: This Is Now
  Hilary Duff: This Is Now
  Hilary Duff: This Is Now is a two-part MTV documentary television special about singer Hilary Duff, broadcast in April 2007 . It followed Duff during a promotional tour for her album Dignity in Spain, and her first performance of her single "With Love" in Europe. It showed Duff participating in...
  
  
• April 5 - Adventures in Hollyhood
  Adventures in Hollyhood
  Adventures in HollyHood is a reality TV show based around the rap group Three 6 Mafia and its members Juicy J and DJ Paul. Also living with them in their California home is Hypnotize Minds artist Project Pat, who is also Juicy's brother, and their personal assistants Computer and Big...
  
  
• April 5 - Human Giant
  Human Giant
  Human Giant is a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner.The show has completed two seasons. The status of a third season is unknown...
  
  
• April 7 - Short Circuits
• April 9 - Culture Shock
  Culture Shock (TV series)
  Culture Shock is an American travel show hosted by Shenaz Treasurywala on the Travel Channel. It premiered on Monday 9 April 2007 at 8pm ET/PT. The program's self-described aim is to search out the "peculiar customs and bizarre traditions" of various cultures around the world...
  
  
• April 10 - Jon & Kate Plus 8
  Jon & Kate Plus 8
  Jon & Kate Plus 8, named Kate Plus 8 from the sixth season on, is an American reality television series airing on TLC. It is produced by Figure 8 Films about the Gosselin family, consisting of parents Jon and Kate and their eight children: fraternal twins and sextuplets...
  
  
• April 10 - Scarred
  Scarred
  Scarred is a television program that debuted on MTV on April 10, 2007. On each episode of Scarred, several real-life risk-takers share the stories of how they were scarred or injured while attempting dangerous stunts on primarily skateboards, but occasionally on in-line skates, skis, snowboards,...
  
  
• April 11 - Shear Genius
  Shear Genius
  Shear Genius is an American reality television series on the Bravo network that focuses on hair styling. The show first premiered on April 11, 2007....
  
  
• April 12 - Notes from the Underbelly
  Notes from the Underbelly
  Notes from the Underbelly was an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television...
  
  
• April 13 - Painkiller Jane
  Painkiller Jane (TV series)
  Painkiller Jane was an American-Canadian science fiction and action television series based on the comic book character of the same name. Airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the US starting April 13, 2007 and Global in Canada, it starred Kristanna Loken as the titular character...
  
  
• April 15 - 24/7
  24/7 (TV Series)
  24/7 is an American reality television series that follows sportsmen, and sporting organizations, for a period of weeks in the lead-up to a major sporting event. The show premiered with episodes featuring pairs of boxers as they prepare for their upcoming boxing match against one another...
  
  
• April 15 - Charm School
  Charm School (TV series)
  Charm School is a reality television series airing on VH1; a spin-off of Flavor of Love created by executive producers Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin. The first season, called Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School, is hosted by comedian Mo'Nique and features thirteen contestants from the first two...
  
  
• April 15 - Drive
  Drive (TV series)
  Drive is a short-lived American action drama television series created by Tim Minear and Ben Queen, produced by Minear, Queen, and Greg Yaitanes, and starring Nathan Fillion, four episodes of which aired on the Fox network in April 2007...
  
  
• April 16 - Divine Canine
  Divine Canine
  Divine Canine is a television series on Animal Planet. The show premiered on April 16, 2007.The show examines the Monks of New Skete, an order of Orthodox Christian monks who train dogs...
  
  
• April 18 - Head Case
• April 24 - Rad Girls
  Rad Girls
  Rad Girls is a stunt and prank television show which aired on the music network Fuse TV and has now moved to MavTV. The show's format is essentially a female version of MTV's Jackass and Dirty Sanchez, with three female performers: Ramona Cash, Munchie, and Darling Clementine, doing stunts and...
  
  

May

• May 7 - ESPN First Take
  ESPN First Take
  ESPN First Take is an American morning sports talk program on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD. The show was formerly known as Cold Pizza. The official switch was made on May 7, 2007. Two back-to-back two-hour episodes air each weekday from Monday through Friday, with the live episode airing from 10 a.m...
  
  
• May 12 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh
  My Friends Tigger & Pooh
  My Friends Tigger & Pooh is a computer animated television series, inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. The television series features Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, including two new characters: a brave 6-year-old red-headed girl named Darby and her dog Buster...
  
  
• May 13 - The Drinky Crow Show
  The Drinky Crow Show
  The Drinky Crow Show is an American animated television series created by Eric Kaplan and Tony Millionaire, based on the latter's comic strip Maakies. The pilot episode aired on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim on May 13, 2007. The series premiered on November 23, 2008 and...
  
  
• May 13 - Fat Guy Stuck In Internet
  Fat Guy Stuck in Internet
  Fat Guy Stuck in Internet is an American live-action science fiction comedy television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim...
  
  
• May 13 - Superjail
  Superjail
  Superjail! is an American animated television series produced by Augenblick Studios the first season and Titmouse, Inc. the second season. The series follows the events that take place in an unusual prison. The pilot episode aired on television on May 13, 2007, and its first season began on...
  
  
• May 18 - National Bingo Night
  National Bingo Night
  National Bingo Night is an American game show hosted by Ed Sanders which premiered on ABC on May 18, 2007 with a six-episode order. Sanders is known for his work on another ABC show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition...
  
  
• May 19 - Reality Racing
  Reality Racing
  Reality Racing is a competition-based reality television show that debuted May 19, 2007 on Spike TV, where it ranked first amongst male audiences aged 18 to 49, according to Spike's parent company Viacom. The show was described by one journalist as 'NASCAR meets American Idol,' but failed to...
  
  
• May 25 - Storm Hawks
  Storm Hawks
  Storm Hawks is an animated television series created by Asaph "Ace" Fipke and made by Nerd Corps Entertainment in conjunction with Cartoon Network and YTV. It premiered on Cartoon Network on May 25, 2007. It started to air on YTV in September 2007. It started to air on Cartoon Network in the UK on...
  
  
• May 28 - Sunset Tan
  Sunset Tan
  Sunset Tan was an American reality television program that aired on the E! cable television network. The series chronicles the lives of the managers and employees of a tanning salon in Los Angeles called Sunset Tan. Season Two finished September 28, 2008...
  
  
• May 29 - The Universe
  The Universe (TV series)
  The Universe is an American documentary television series that features computer-generated imagery and computer graphics of astronomical objects in the universe plus interviews with experts who study in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, and astrophysics...
  
  
• May 30 - Hidden Palms
  Hidden Palms (TV series)
  Hidden Palms is a short-lived American teen drama television series that ran from May 30, 2007, until July 4, 2007, on The CW in the United States. It was canceled after eight first-run episodes...
  
  
• May 30 - The Next Best Thing
  The Next Best Thing (TV series)
  The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator? was an American reality TV series competition of celebrity impersonators with a grand prize of $100,000. It was hosted by Michele Merkin. The judges were Jeffrey Ross, Elon Gold and Lisa Ann Walter; ultimately, the winner was chosen...
  
  
• May 30 - Traveler
  Traveler (TV series)
  Traveler is a short-lived American television series that ran from May 10, 2007 until July 18, 2007 on ABC in the United States. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Television....
  
  
• May 31 - Pirate Master
  Pirate Master
  Pirate Master is a CBS reality television show created by Mark Burnett which replaced the previous Mark Burnett show on CBS, Rock Star. It follows 16 modern-day pirates on their quest for gold, which totaled US$1,000,000. The show was hosted by Cameron Daddo, and took place in the Caribbean island...
  
  
• - The Academy
  The Academy (TV series)
  The Academy is a reality television series that provides a behind-the-scenes look at police recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Academy as they go through an 18-week training course to become deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The program premiered in May 2007 on Fox...
  
  

June

• June 1 - Demons
  Demons (TV series)
  Demons is a pilot episode of a proposed drama series, initially competing to run as part of the CBS primetime schedule during Fall 2007. Demons was created by Barbara Hall, who also created Joan of Arcadia. The pilot starred Ron Eldard and Harold Perrineau. The pilot was not picked up by the network....
  
  
• June 2 - Equitrekking
  Equitrekking
  Equitrekking is the Emmy award-winning equestrian themed travel television show on the Public Broadcasting Service. Darley Newman, the show's host, writer and producer, takes viewers to locations around the world for horseback riding and other adventure activities with local people...
  
  
• June 3 - Army Wives
  Army Wives
  Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007...
  
  
• June 6 - Destination Truth
  Destination Truth
  Destination Truth is a weekly American paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 6, 2007 on Syfy. Produced by Mandt Bros. Productions and Ping Pong Productions, the program follows paranormal researcher Josh Gates around the world to investigate claims of the supernatural, mainly...
  
  
• June 6 - Passport to Latin America
  Passport to Latin America
  Passport to Latin America is a television show on the Travel Channel hosted by television host Samantha Brown and includes tours of Latin America. A successor to Brown's Passport to Europe series, in Passport to Latin America she tours cities of Latin America such as Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro,...
  
  
• June 6 - Tyler Perry's House of Payne
  Tyler Perry's House of Payne
  Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta, Georgia led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella...
  
  
• June 6 - The X Effect
  The X Effect
  The X Effect is a relationship-based reality television show hosted by Thomas Bridegroom and Natalia Castellanos. The show began airing on MTV in June 2007 and ended in February 2009.- Show concept :...
  
  
• June 10 - John from Cincinnati
  John from Cincinnati
  John from Cincinnati is an American television drama, set against the surfing community of Imperial Beach, California, that aired on HBO from June 10, 2007 to August 12, 2007. It is the result of a collaborative effort between writer/producer David Milch and author Kem Nunn, whose novels have been...
  
  
• June 13 - Lil' Bush
  Lil' Bush
  Lil' Bush is a satirical, politically-themed animated television series which premiered on June 13, 2007 on Comedy Central. The series features childlike, caricatures of members of the George W. Bush administration, and other American and international political leaders. Donick Cary created the...
  
  
• June 16 - Confessions of a Matchmaker
  Confessions of a Matchmaker
  Confessions of a Matchmaker is an American reality television series broadcast by the A&E Network.The show premiered on June 16, 2007 and ran its first thirteen episodes throughout the summer of 2007...
  
  
• June 16 - Giada in Paradise
  Giada in Paradise
  Giada in Paradise is a show that debuted on the Food Network on June 16, 2007. The series features host Giada De Laurentiis exploring food and culture at her favorite vacation destinations. The first episode featured the Greek island of Santorini while the second episode featured the Italian...
  
  
• June 17 - Cape Wrath
  Cape Wrath (TV series)
  Cape Wrath is a British drama television series produced by Ecosse Films which focuses on a family trying to escape its past while confronting an even more uncertain future...
  
  
• June 17 - Flight of the Conchords
  Flight of the Conchords (TV series)
  Flight of the Conchords is an American television comedy series that debuted on HBO on June 17, 2007. The show follows the adventures of Flight of the Conchords, a two-man band from New Zealand, as its members seek fame and success in New York City. The show stars the real-life duo, Jemaine Clement...
  
  
• June 17 - Ice Road Truckers
  Ice Road Truckers
  Ice Road Truckers is a documentary-style reality television series that premiered on History on June 17, 2007.-History:In 2000, History aired a 46-minute episode titled "Ice Road Truckers" as part of the Suicide Missions series...
  
  
• June 18 - The 5ive
  The 5ive
  The 5ive is a television show on BET. The show premiered on June 18, 2007 @ 7:30 p.m. The show is hosted by Alesha Reneé, a winner in the "New Faces" contest.- About The 5ive:...
  
  
• June 18 - Age of Love
  Age of Love (TV series)
  Age of Love was an American reality TV dating series that ran for one season in summer 2007.The show featured then-30-year-old Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis as he looked for love among a group of women ranging in age from their early 20s to their late 40s.Hosted by Mark Consuelos, the...
  
  
• June 18 - Heartland
• June 24 - Friday: The Animated Series
  Friday: The Animated Series
  Friday: The Animated Series was an animated television series based on the Friday film series. The show is directed by Kevin Lofton and is co-produced and co-distributed by New Line Television, a subsidiary of New Line Cinema , MTV2, and Ice Cube's Cubevision...
  
  
• June 26 - Shaq's Big Challenge
  Shaq's Big Challenge
  Shaq's Big Challenge is a reality television show hosted by Shaquille O'Neal that debuted on ABC with its first episode on June 26, 2007, and concluded its first season on July 31, 2007. It featured Shaq's efforts to help six severely obese middle school aged children from Broward County, Florida...
  
  
• June 28 - Burn Notice
  Burn notice
  A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
  
  
• June 28 - Hey Paula
  Hey Paula (TV series)
  Hey Paula is an American reality series starring and co-produced by American television personality Paula Abdul that premiered on June 28, 2007 on the Bravo network...
  
  
• June 29 - The Best Years
  The Best Years (TV series)
  The Best Years is a Canadian teen drama series set in Boston, Massachusetts. The series was created by producer and writer of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Aaron Martin...
  
  

July

• July 2 - Camouflage
  Camouflage (2007 TV series)
  Camouflage is a television game show airing on GSN. Hosted by Roger Lodge, and billed as "the hidden word game where the answer is always right in front of you", Camouflage originally aired for 40 episodes from July 2 to 27, 2007...
  
  
• July 8 - American Body Shop
  American Body Shop
  American Body Shop is an improvised comedy show on Comedy Central that revolves around a dysfunctional body shop in suburban Phoenix, Arizona and the accident-prone crew that works there....
  
  
• July 9 - Greek
  Greek (TV series)
  Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...
  
  
• July 9 - Take the Cake
  Take the Cake
  Take the Cake was a live, interactive game show on BET. The one-hour program featured interactive games where the viewers could win cash prizes. The show aired from 12 midnight - 1 a.m. Eastern every Monday night through Friday night...
  
  
• July 10 - Baldwin Hills
  Baldwin Hills (TV series)
  Baldwin Hills is an American reality television series featuring African-American teenagers from the Baldwin Hills district in Los Angeles, California. The series aired on BET from July 2007 to March 2009.- Overview :...
  
  
• July 11 - Code Monkeys
  Code Monkeys
  Code Monkeys is an American animated television program created by Adam de la Peña. Set in the early 1980s, it follows the adventures of fictional video game company GameaVision....
  
  
• July 12 - General Hospital: Night Shift
  General Hospital: Night Shift
  General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on SOAPnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007. A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime...
  
  
• July 13 - A Model Life
  A Model Life
  A Model Life is a reality television series hosted by model Petra Němcová. The series debuted on July 13, 2007 on TLC in the United States. It follows six young models from around the world as they move to New York City and try to earn a modeling contract with NEXT Modeling...
  
  
• July 15 - Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
  Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
  Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women...
  
  
• July 15 - Scott Baio Is 45...and Single
  Scott Baio Is 45...and Single
  Scott Baio Is 45...and Single is an American reality television show that aired on VH1 starring Scott Baio. The second season, entitled Scott Baio Is 46...and Pregnant, began on January 13, 2008.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• July 15 - Side Order of Life
• July 16 - Chelsea Lately
  Chelsea Lately
  Chelsea Lately is an American late night comedy talk show hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler on E!. The show debuted on July 16, 2007, and is produced by Handler's production company, Borderline Amazing Productions...
  
  
• July 17 - The Bill Engvall Show
  The Bill Engvall Show
  The Bill Engvall Show is a sitcom which ran on TBS from July 17, 2007 to September 5, 2009. The series starred comedian Bill Engvall and was written and created by Engvall and Michael Leeson...
  
  
• July 17 - Room 401
  Room 401
  Room 401 was a hidden camera/reality television series on MTV, executive produced by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. It was named after the room Harry Houdini died in at Detroit's Grace Hospital in 1926. The show also used some of his famous acts....
  
  
• July 18 - America's Next Producer
  America's Next Producer
  America's Next Producer is a reality show where ten contestants compete for a TV Guide Network deal, office space in Hollywood, 17" MacBook Pro, 23" monitor, Final Cut Studio video editing software, $100,000, and the right to call themselves America's Next Producer. They are challenged to produce a...
  
  
• July 19 - Mad Men
  Mad Men
  Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
  
  
• July 20 - Human Weapon
  Human Weapon
  Human Weapon was a weekly television show on The History Channel that premiered on July 20, 2007. The hosts, Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, travel across the world studying the unique martial arts, or styles of fighting, that have origins in the region....
  
  
• July 22 - The Kill Point
  The Kill Point
  The Kill Point is a television series that follows a group of U.S. Marines recently returned from serving in Iraq as they come together to pull off a major bank heist of a Three Rivers Bank branch in Pittsburgh. The series, produced by Mandeville Films and Lionsgate Television, is the first drama...
  
  
• July 22 - Private Sessions
  Private Sessions
  Private Sessions is a television series produced by the A&E Network featuring entertainers interviewed by host Lynn Hoffman. Most guests are musicians that perform one or more of their songs during the hour-long episode, but actors also have appeared on the show.In the United States, the show...
  
  
• July 23 - Saving Grace
  Saving Grace (TV series)
  Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...
  
  
• July 24 - Damages
  Damages (TV series)
  Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler . It is broadcast in the United States on the DirecTV channel Audience Network after originally airing on FX and is produced by the creators' own...
  
  
• July 25 - Diagnosis X
  Diagnosis X
  Diagnosis X is a television program on the channel TLC and Discovery Health. The original airdate was July 25, 2007. The series mixes regular actors with actual physicians, illustrating difficult to diagnose medical cases based on real life situations...
  
  
• July 26 - I Hate My 30's
  I Hate My 30's
  I Hate My 30s is a television sitcom that debuted on VH1 on July 26, 2007. It focuses on a cast of characters in the fourth decade of their lives who work together in a nondescript office environment. A common theme is the grudging realization by the characters that they are well into adulthood...
  
  
• July 29 - The Two Coreys
  The Two Coreys (TV series)
  The Two Coreys is an American reality show show which stars "The Two Coreys" and Feldman's wife, Susie. The series aired for two seasons on A&E. The premiere date was July 29, 2007. The second season commenced June 22, 2008...
  
  
• July 31 - Flipping Out
  Flipping Out
  Flipping Out is a reality television series that debuted on July 31, 2007 on Bravo in the United States and HGTV in Canada. Subsequently, it debuted on cable network Arena in Australia on September 4, 2009. For the first season it also re-aired on sister network CNBC...
  
  
• July 31 - Murder
  Murder (TV series)
  Murder is a ten episode reality television series which premiered on Spike TV on July 31, 2007. Two teams of civilians investigate a real crime scene and have 48 hours before they must present their findings to detective Tommy Le Noir, after which Le Noir describes what happened at the actual crime...
  
  

August

• August 4 - Grand Slam
• August 5 - Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane
  Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane
  Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane is an American reality series that airs on the Style Network. The show premiered on the Style Network on August 5, 2007...
  
  
• August 6 - Mission Man Band
• August 6 - The Pickup Artist
  The Pickup Artist (TV series)
  The Pickup Artist is an American reality show on VH1 which focuses on a group of eight or nine male contestants who have historically been unsuccessful in love and relationships learning the art of the "pickup" as taught by seduction artist Mystery and his wings...
  
  
• August 7 - LA Ink
  LA Ink
  LA Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events of the High Voltage Tattoo tattoo studios in Los Angeles, California...
  
  
• August 10 - Flash Gordon
  Flash Gordon (2007 TV series)
  Flash Gordon is an American science fiction television series that debuted on Sci Fi in the United States on August 10, 2007 and continued airing new episodes through February 8, 2008. It has also appeared on the United Kingdom Sci Fi Channel and SPACE in Canada...
  
  
• August 13 - Californication
  Californication (TV series)
  Californication is an American comedy-drama that premiered on Showtime on August 13, 2007. The show was created by Tom Kapinos. The protagonist, Hank Moody , is a troubled novelist whose move to California, coupled with his writer's block, complicates his relationships with his longtime girlfriend...
  
  
• August 13 - Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County
  Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County
  Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, also known simply as Newport Harbor, is the replacement show of MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Just like its predecessor, the show documents the lives of several teenagers living in Newport Beach, California, a beachside community located in...
  
  
• August 13 - Slacker Cats
  Slacker Cats
  Slacker Cats is an animated ABC Family series that premiered on August 13, 2007. It was the first animated show on ABC Family since the Fox Family era. It was created using Adobe Flash....
  
  
• August 20 - Yo Gabba Gabba!
  Yo Gabba Gabba!
  Yo Gabba Gabba! is an American children's television show currently airing on the Nick Jr. cable network in the United States and the Nick Jr. networks in the United Kingdom & Ireland, Italy, France and Australia as well as Treehouse TV network in Canada and RTE2 on RTEjr see Raidió Teilifís...
  
  
• August 22 - Anchorwoman
  Anchorwoman (TV series)
  Anchorwoman is a partially scripted American comedy/reality hybrid television series that aired on Fox in August 2007. The series was canceled after airing two back to back episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 27 - The Life of Ryan
• August 30 - Celebrity Rap Superstar
  Celebrity Rap Superstar
  Celebrity Rap Superstar is an American reality show which premiered on MTV on August 30, 2007. The series was hosted by Kevin Hart and Liz Hernandez.-Overview:...
  
  
• August 31 - Back at the Barnyard
  Back at the Barnyard
  Back at the Barnyard is a Nickelodeon CGI animated show that is a spin-off of the 2006 film Barnyard. The debut series premiered on September 29, 2007 on Nickelodeon. The show is produced by Omation Animation Studio, in association with Nickelodeon Animation Studios. The show mainly features pop...
  
  

September

• September 3 - Super Why!
  Super Why!
  Super Why! or The Reading Adventures of Super Why! is a CGI animated show developed by Angela C. Santomero and Samantha Freeman Alpert. The TV series is produced by New York City-based Out of the Blue Enterprises and Toronto-based DHX Media through its Decode Entertainment division. The show...
  
  
• September 3 - WordWorld
  WordWorld
  WordWorld is a three-time Emmy Award-winning children's television series partially funded by the United States Department of Education as part of the Ready To Learn literacy initiative targeted to 3- to 7-year olds. The show airs in 10 languages and 90 countries, including in the United States....
  
  
• September 4 - Jail
  Jail (TV series)
  Jail is a reality television series that follows suspected criminals from booking through incarceration. It appears on MyNetworkTV's 2007 Fall schedule. It also airs on TruTV under the name Inside American Jail...
  
  
• September 4 - Put Up Your Dukes
  Put Up Your Dukes
  Put Up Your Dukes was a sports television talk show that began September 4, 2007, on NFL Network. It features former NFL center, Jamie Dukes. The show aired from Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:30 p.m. Eastern....
  
  
• September 6 - Tim Gunn's Guide to Style
  Tim Gunn's Guide to Style
  Tim Gunn's Guide to Style is an American reality television series, hosted by Project Runway's Tim Gunn and cohosted by model Veronica Webb in the first season, and cohosted by Gretta Monahan in subsequent seasons. It focuses on style and fashion. The first episode aired on September 6, 2007 on the...
  
  
• September 8 - iCarly
  ICarly
  iCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...
  
  
• September 9 - Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil
  Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil
  Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil is a computer-animated cartoon aired by Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim programming block. It was written & directed by Loren Bouchard, produced by Bouchard, Seth and Josh Piezas, and animated by Fluid Animation. It starred Melissa Bardin Galsky as Lucy,...
  
  
• September 10 - Tell Me You Love Me
  Tell Me You Love Me
  Tell Me You Love Me is an American cable television drama series that premiered on HBO and on The Movie Network on September 9, 2007.The series was created by Cynthia Mort and originally conceived as sexlife. The pilot episode was produced and directed by Patricia Rozema and shot in Winnipeg,...
  
  
• September 10 - The Steve Wilkos Show
  The Steve Wilkos Show
  The Steve Wilkos Show is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Steve Wilkos. The show debuted on September 10, 2007, two months after Wilkos' departure as director of security on The Jerry Springer Show.-History:...
  
  
• September 14 - Nashville
  Nashville (TV series)
  Nashville is an American reality television/soap opera series featuring several aspiring country music artists. The show, which was based in Nashville, Tennessee, aired on Fox Broadcasting Company for two episodes prior to its cancellation.-Reception:...
  
  
• September 14 - Out of Jimmy's Head
  Out of Jimmy's Head
  Out of Jimmy's Head was Cartoon Network's second live-action/animated television series. It is based on the live-action/animated telefilm Re-Animated that aired on December 8, 2006...
  
  
• September 17 - K-Ville
  K-Ville (TV series)
  K-Ville is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jonathan Lisco, centering on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina...
  
  
• September 19 - Gossip Girl
  Gossip Girl (TV series)
  Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...
  
  
• September 19 - MANswers
  MANswers
  MANswers is a late night comedy series that premiered on Spike on September 19, 2007.The series is produced by reality television production company, SuperDelicious, and airs on Spike. The executive producers are Kyle Danielson the Third, Adam Cohen, Cara Tapper, Joanna Vernetti, Akifumi Takuma and...
  
  
• September 19 - Back to You
• September 19 - Kid Nation
  Kid Nation
  Kid Nation is an American reality television show hosted by Jonathan Karsh that premiered on the CBS network on September 19, 2007 created by Tom Forman Productions and Endemol USA and aired on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET...
  
  
• September 19 - Kitchen Nightmares
  Kitchen Nightmares
  Kitchen Nightmares is an American reality television series broadcast on the Fox network, in which Chef Gordon Ramsay spends a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business. It is based on the British show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The show is produced by ITV Studios...
  
  
• September 23 - CW Now
  CW Now
  CW Now is a news magazine series which premiered on The CW on September 23, 2007. It was a brand extension of the syndicated Telepictures news magazine Extra, and features anchors and correspondents from that show...
  
  
• September 23 - Online Nation
  Online Nation
  Online Nation is an American reality TV series that premiered on The CW on September 23, 2007. Scouring the endless number of websites, blogs, and user-generated materials on the Internet, Online Nation featured everything and anything that has captured the attention of the online world. In...
  
  
• September 24 - Journeyman
  Journeyman
  A journeyman is someone who completed an apprenticeship and was fully educated in a trade or craft, but not yet a master. To become a master, a journeyman had to submit a master work piece to a guild for evaluation and be admitted to the guild as a master....
  
  
• September 24 - The Big Bang Theory
• September 24 - Chuck
  Chuck (TV series)
  Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
  
  
• September 25 - Reaper
  Reaper (TV series)
  Reaper is an American television series that focuses on Sam Oliver, a "reaper" who works for the Devil by retrieving souls that have escaped from Hell.The series originally ran on the CW from September 25, 2007 to May 26, 2009....
  
  
• September 25 - Cane
  Cane (TV series)
  Cane is an American television drama created by Cynthia Cidre, who also served as executive producer alongside Jonathan Prince, Jimmy Iovine and Polly Anthony. The pilot was directed by Christian Duguay...
  
  
• September 26 - Bionic Woman
  Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)
  Bionic Woman is an American science fiction television drama created by David Eick, under NBC Universal Television Group, GEP Productions and David Eick Productions that aired in 2007...
  
  
• September 26 - Life
• September 26 - Private Practice
• September 26 - Dirty Sexy Money
  Dirty Sexy Money
  Dirty Sexy Money is an American prime time drama series created by Craig Wright, which ran on the ABC from September 26, 2007 to August 8, 2009. The series was produced by ABC Studios, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Berlanti Television and Gross Entertainment...
  
  
• September 27 - Big Shots
  Big Shots (TV series)
  Big Shots is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jon Harmon Feldman. The pilot was directed by Charles McDougall.-History:...
  
  
• September 28 - Moonlight
  Moonlight (TV series)
  Moonlight was an American paranormal romance television drama created by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson, who was also executive producer for all episodes with Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio, Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman. The series follows private investigator Mick St...
  
  
• September 29 - Back at the Barnyard
  Back at the Barnyard
  Back at the Barnyard is a Nickelodeon CGI animated show that is a spin-off of the 2006 film Barnyard. The debut series premiered on September 29, 2007 on Nickelodeon. The show is produced by Omation Animation Studio, in association with Nickelodeon Animation Studios. The show mainly features pop...
  
  

October

• October 1 - Aliens in America
• October 1 - Celebrity Exposé
  Celebrity Exposé
  Celebrity Exposé is a reality television series from the producers of Access Hollywood which premiered on MyNetworkTV in Fall 2007. Hosted by Tony Potts, Celebrity Exposé promises to give "viewers an in-depth, hour-long look at all the sizzling details and latest developments on stories and events...
  
  
• October 1 - Control Room Presents
  Control Room Presents
  Control Room Presents is a series which aired on MyNetworkTV from October 1, 2007 to March 15, 2008. The program aired previously recorded music concerts from various popular artists.-External links:* at The Futon Critic...
  
  
• October 1 - Dr. Steve-O
  Dr. Steve-O
  Dr. Steve-O is an American reality television series starring Steve-O, Trishelle Cannatella and Reggie Pace. The show first premiered on October 1, 2007, it aired Monday nights at 11:05 pm Eastern / 10:05 pm Central, immediately after WWE Raw, on the USA Network. The show ended on November 1,...
  
  
• October 2 - Cavemen
  Cavemen (TV series)
  Cavemen is an American comedy-drama show which ran on ABC from October 2, 2007 to November 13, 2007. The show was created by Joe Lawson and set in San Diego, California...
  
  
• October 2 - Carpoolers
  Carpoolers
  Carpoolers is an American single-camera comedy series, which ran on ABC from October 2, 2007 to March 4, 2008. The show was created by Bruce McCulloch, who also executive produced alongside Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, David Miner, Marsh McCall, Joe Russo and Anthony Russo . Joe and Anthony Russo...
  
  
• October 2 - Sunday Best
  Sunday Best (show)
  Sunday Best is a reality television Gospel singing competition series which airs on BET.Each season the show and its judges set out to find the best undiscovered gospel talent in America. Finalist compete each week until a winner is crowned...
  
  
• October 3 - Pushing Daisies
  Pushing Daisies
  Pushing Daisies is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007 to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations...
  
  
• October 5 - About a Girl
  About A Girl (TV series)
  About a Girl is a Canadian comedy series which premiered on October 5, 2007 on The N in the U.S. and Global in Canada. It was the first scripted comedy for The N. The series ended with 13 episodes in its only season.-Plot:...
  
  
• October 7 - America's Most Smartest Model
  America's Most Smartest Model
  America's Most Smartest Model is an American reality television show that aired on VH1. The hosts are Ben Stein and Mary Alice Stephenson. The show attempts to find brains behind beauty in a series of challenges, and will grant the winner $100,000, a feature in an upcoming V05 ad, and the title...
  
  
• October 7 - Life Is Wild
  Life Is Wild
  Life Is Wild is an American television serial drama adapted by Michael Rauch, George Faber and Charlie Pattinson from the popular British drama Wild at Heart. The show is about a New York veterinarian who moves his second wife and their two sets of children to a South African game reserve run by...
  
  
• October 9 - A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
  A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
  A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila is an American reality television dating game show similar to the TV show The Bachelor. It premiered on October 9, 2007 on MTV starring Tila Tequila. The series is a bisexual-themed reality dating show where 16 straight males and 16 lesbian-identified female...
  
  
• October 11 - Street Customs
  Street customs
  Street Customs is a reality series about West Coast Customs running on TLC and Discovery Channel. Season 3 is in production. Web site: . See also Street Customs Berlin...
  
  
• October 12 - Say Yes to the Dress
  Say Yes to the Dress
  Say Yes to the Dress is a TLC reality series which follows events at Kleinfeld Bridal in New York City. The series shows the progress of individual sales associates, managers, and fitters at the store, along with profiling brides as they search for the perfect wedding dress...
  
  
• October 12 - Women's Murder Club
  Women's Murder Club
  Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California and is based on the 'Women's Murder Club' series of novels written by James Patterson...
  
  
• October 12 - Wizards of Waverly Place
  Wizards of Waverly Place
  Wizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original Series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009...
  
  
• October 13 - The Future is Wild
• October 13 - The Search for the Next Elvira
  The Search for the Next Elvira
  The Search for the Next Elvira is a television series created by Eric Gardner and Cassandra Peterson and the show is a search to be the next late-night horror cult movie host Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.-The Judges:*Cassandra Peterson as Elvira...
  
  
• October 14 - Keeping Up with the Kardashians
  Keeping Up with the Kardashians
  Keeping Up with the Kardashians is an American reality television series that airs on E!. The series premiered in October 2007. It focuses on the personal and professional lives of the members of the Kardashian and Jenner family. There will be a 7th Season to premiere in 2012.As of September 2011,...
  
  
• October 15 - Samantha Who?
  Samantha Who?
  Samantha Who? is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from October 15, 2007 to July 23, 2009. The series was created by Cecelia Ahern and Don Todd, who also served as producers...
  
  
• October 15 - The Salt-N-Pepa Show
  The Salt-N-Pepa Show
  The Salt-N-Pepa Show, which premiered on October 14, 2007 on VH1, is a reality show documenting the events from the life of Salt-n-Pepa, several years after their breakup.-Season one:...
  
  
• October 16 - E:60
  E:60
  E:60 is a weekly investigative journalism newsmagazine show. It premiered on ESPN on October 16, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. ET, 4:00 p.m. PT. The show is one hour long....
  
  
• October 17 - Storm Chasers
  Storm Chasers (TV series)
  Storm Chasers is a weekly American documentary reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2007 on the Discovery Channel. Produced by Original Media, the program follows several teams of storm chasers as they attempt to intercept tornadoes in Tornado Alley in the United States...
  
  
• October 18 - Viva Laughlin
  Viva Laughlin
  Viva Laughlin is an American musical–dramedy series adapted by Bob Lowry and Peter Bowker from the popular BBC British serial, Blackpool. They also served as executive producers alongside Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Paul Telegdy and Gabriele Muccino. The latter also directed the pilot...
  
  
• October 19 - The Next Great American Band
  The Next Great American Band
  The Next Great American Band is a reality television talent show. The show premiered on October 19, 2007 and aired on FOX at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times Friday nights...
  
  
• October 22 - Kaya
  Kaya (TV series)
  Kaya is a Canadian and American co-production scripted television series that first aired on MTV on October 22, 2007.-Premise:It follows the life of the lead singer, Kaya and her struggle to not "sell out" in the music business.-Principal characters:...
  
  
• October 24 - Phenomenon
  Phenomenon (TV series)
  Phenomenon is a competition show judged by mystifier Uri Geller and illusionist Criss Angel and hosted by Tim Vincent which debuted live on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 on NBC. The show featured ten contestants competing to become the next great mentalist, to be determined by viewers voting by phone...
  
  
• October 31 - MonsterQuest

November

• November 1 - Gangland
  Gangland (TV series)
  Gangland is a documentary television series that airs on The History Channel. It usually airs on Thursday evenings although it has been known to arbitrarily change days every so often. Gangland explores the history of some of America's more notorious gangs. It premiered on November 1, 2007 with a...
  
  
• November 2 - Chowder
  Chowder (TV series)
  Chowder is an American animated television series which ran from November 2, 2007 to August 7, 2010 on Cartoon Network. The series was created by C. H...
  
  
• November 2 - Co-Ed Confidential
  Co-Ed Confidential
  Co-Ed Confidential is a softcore pornographic cable program that is Cinemax's erotic remake of National Lampoon's Animal House , it is shown on Cinemax After Dark. The series made its premiere in 2007 and has currently had four seasons and 52 episodes and 6 compilations.-Plot:The dean of students...
  
  
• November 2 - Orangutan Island
  Orangutan Island
  Orangutan Island is a documentary television series, in the style of the hugely successful series Meerkat Manor, that blends more traditional documentary filming with dramatic narration. The series was produced by NHNZ with creator Judith Curran also acting as the series producer...
  
  
• November 4 - Xavier: Renegade Angel
  Xavier: Renegade Angel
  Xavier: Renegade Angel is an American CGI fantasy-comedy television series created by John Lee, Vernon Chatman, Jim Tozzi and Alyson Levy. Lee and Chatman are also the creators of Wonder Showzen. The show was produced by PFFR, with animation by Cinematico...
  
  
• November 7 - Trapped
  Trapped (National Geographic Channel)
  Trapped is a documentary television series that premiered on November 7, 2007 on the National Geographic Channel. Produced in association with the National Geographic Channel and Cineflix , the program examines various actual incidents or disasters in which victims were trapped on the site.As of 12...
  
  
• November 9 - CMT Invitation Only
  CMT Invitation Only
  CMT Invitation Only is a television program that airs on CMT. It gives fans a chance to get up close and personal with their favorite country artists in a smaller, more intimate setting...
  
  
• November 9 - Talking Metal On Fuse
  Talking Metal On Fuse
  Talking Metal on Fuse is a television show on Fuse TV.It premiered on Friday, November 9, 2007 at 12:30 PM. Hosted by Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy, the show provides a unique perspective and insider's view into the world of metal and hard rock music...
  
  
• November 10 - Trick My Trucker
  Trick My Trucker
  Trick My Trucker is an American reality TV show broadcast on Country Music Television. A spin-off of the Trick My Truck series, the show features "trucker makeovers" in which out-of-shape truck drivers learn how to work out, eat healthier foods, and improve their appearance. The show is hosted by...
  
  
• November 11 - Fearless Planet
  Fearless Planet
  Fearless Planet was a program broadcast by The Discovery Channel. It was hosted by Will Gadd. The series was a six-episode documentary, airing weekly on Sundays from November 11 to December 16, 2007, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The program was about the geology of the Earth and how some natural structures...
  
  
• November 20 - Frank TV
  Frank TV
  Frank TV was a sketch comedy show starring Frank Caliendo, Mike MacRae, and Freddy Lockhart. Frank was the host of the show and performed in sketches in full makeup as characters he impersonated. Frank joked he "wanted the show to be called The Chappelle Show, but the lawyers wouldn't allow it"...
  
  
• November 30 - Shockwave
  Shockwave (TV series)
  Shockwave is an American documentary television series that premiered on November 30, 2007, on History. The program compiles video footage and eyewitness accounts to the headline making events and attempts to educate the viewer as to what really happened in a particular event.The series is a...
  
  

December

• December 7 - The A-list
• December 9 - Snoop Dogg's Father Hood
  Snoop Dogg's Father Hood
  Snoop Dogg's Father Hood was an American television reality show starring rapper Snoop Dogg and his family. His family includes wife Shante, daughter Cori whom he calls "Choc", son Cordell whom he calls "Rook", and his oldest son Corde whom he calls "Spank". It premiered December 9, 2007 on E! and...
  
  
• December 16 - Psychic Kids
  Psychic Kids
  Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal is a paranormal television series broadcast on the A&E television network. Hosted by Chip Coffey, an American psychic investigator, with Edy Nathan, Chris Fleming, and Kim Russo, the show brings together children who report having psychic abilities with...
  
  
• December 26 - Transformers Animated
• December 27 - Some Assembly Required
  Some Assembly Required (TV series)
  Some Assembly Required is a Discovery Channel TV series which premiered in the United States on December 27, 2007 and originally aired in 2007 and 2008. Hosts Brian Unger and physicist Lou Bloomfield explain how various things are manufactured and participate in the manufacturing process.-Season 1:...
  
  
• December 28 - Fight Quest
  Fight Quest
  Fight Quest was a television show on the Discovery Channel that had a preview episode air on December 28, 2007 and began airing weekly on January 4, 2008...
  
  

January

• January 1 - Flavor of Love
  Flavor of Love
  Flavor of Love is an American reality television dating game show parody starring Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy.While not a direct spin-off, the show was a result of Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav's failed relationship on Strange Love, as well as The Surreal Life...
  
  
• January 1 - High Stakes Poker
  High Stakes Poker
  High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. It premiered on January 16, 2006 and ended on December 17, 2007 and it returns back on March 1, 2009 and is...
  
  
• January 1 - In Justice
  In Justice
  In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006 on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, January 6, 2006 at 9 p.m. EST. It was cancelled after its...
  
  
• January 2 - Rollergirls
  Rollergirls
  Rollergirls is a 2006 A&E Network reality show examining the personalities, antics and motivations of the women involved with the Austin, Texas Lonestar Rollergirls roller derby league. According to their website, the league was founded in 2001 and is run as a "skater-owned and operated" company...
  
  
• January 4 - South Beach
  South Beach (2006 TV series)
  South Beach is a primetime television drama that ran from January 4, 2006 until February 22, 2006 on UPN. Created by Matt Cirulnick, one of its executive producers was singer/actress Jennifer Lopez. The program was panned by critics and shunned by viewers, finishing 152nd in the Nielsen TV ratings...
  
  
• January 4 - There and Back
  There and Back (TV series)
  There & Back: Ashley Parker Angel was a MTV reality television series than ran for 10 weeks in early 2006. It chronicled the efforts of former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel to launch a solo career while providing for his new family...
  
  
• January 5 - Four Kings
  Four Kings
  Four Kings is a sitcom introduced as a part of NBC's winter 2006 programming but cancelled before the end of the season. It aired at 8:30pm on Thursdays. It starred Seth Green, Josh Cooke, Todd Grinnell and Shane McRae...
  
  
• January 6 - The Book of Daniel
  The Book of Daniel (TV series)
  The Book of Daniel is a television series broadcast on NBC. The network promoted it as a serious drama about Christians and the Christian faith, but it was controversial with some Christians. The show had been proposed for NBC's 2005 fall line-up, but was rescheduled as a 2006 midseason replacement...
  
  
• January 6 - Dallas SWAT
  Dallas SWAT
  Dallas SWAT is a reality television show that followed the Dallas, Texas SWAT team. The series ran for 3 seasons starting from 2006 to 2007 and aired on the A&E Network. It also spawned two spin off shows, Detroit SWAT and Kansas City SWAT. Its popular theme song titled "Behind The Blue" was...
  
  
• January 6 - Hotel Erotica Cabo
  Hotel Erotica Cabo
  Hotel Erotica Cabo: Welcome to the most erotic place on earth is a late-night Cinemax television series directed by Gary Dean Orona and starring actresses McKenna Lee Elwood and Divini Rae.- Starred Roles and Guest Appearances :...
  
  
• January 7 - MuscleCar
  MuscleCar
  MuscleCar is a television program whose hosts demonstrate how to rebuild muscle cars while sharing information about these cars and their history...
  
  
• January 8 - Campus Ladies
  Campus Ladies
  Campus Ladies is an American sitcom that premiered on Oxygen on January 8, 2006. It stars Christen Sussin and Carrie Aizley as two 40-something women who decide to go enroll at the fictional University of the Midwest...
  
  
• January 9 - There & Back
• January 11 - Ham on the Street
  Ham on the Street
  Ham on the Street is a cooking show hosted by George Duran on the Food Network in 2006. George adds comedy to cooking as he explores each show's topic in the strangest possible ways. For example, during the show on breakfast, George tested to see if an ostrich egg could be cooked sunny-side up...
  
  
• January 12 - Crumbs
  Crumbs
  Crumbs is an American television sitcom starring Fred Savage and Jane Curtin that debuted on ABC on January 12, 2006. It also starred William Devane, Maggie Lawson and Eddie McClintock...
  
  
• January 13 - Web Junk 20
  Web Junk 20
  Web Junk 20 is an American television program in which Vh1 and iFilm collaborate to highlight the twenty funniest and most interesting clips collected from the Internet that week. The show is now hosted by comedian Aries Spears. Patrice O'Neal hosted the first two seasons, while Jim Breuer hosted...
  
  
• January 15 - Full Force Nature
  Full Force Nature
  Full Force Nature is a television series that premiered on January 15, 2006 on The Weather Channel. It showcases some of the most unbelievable weather moments caught on tape.-Plot:Full Force Nature focuses on extreme weather and weird weather on tape....
  
  
• January 17 - King of Vegas
  King of Vegas
  King of Vegas was a gambling series that first aired on Spike TV in the United States on January 17, 2006. It was hosted by boxing commentator Max Kellerman and co-hosted by handicapper Wayne Allyn Root, who gave color commentary and his odds-on favorites for each game...
  
  
• January 17 - Love Monkey
  Love Monkey
  Love Monkey is a television series created by Michael Rauch and based on a book of the same name, by Kyle Smith. It starred Tom Cavanagh as a 30-something, single, record executive who navigated the tumultuous and highly amusing waters of work and dating in New York City.Its first episode aired on...
  
  
• January 18 - Skating with Celebrities
  Skating with Celebrities
  Skating with Celebrities is a celebrity reality television show that began airing on the Fox network on January 18, 2006. The show also aired in Australia on Network Ten in early 2006 and in New Zealand in October 2008. The show was the U.S. version of Dancing on Ice, which also aired in the U.K....
  
  
• January 22 - Number 1 Single
  Number 1 Single (TV series)
  #1 Single, whose title could also be written as Number 1 Single, is a reality-based show that aired on E! Entertainment Television in the United States. The eight-segment program premiered on January 22, 2006 and ended its run on March 19, 2006...
  
  
• January 23 - Courting Alex
  Courting Alex
  Courting Alex is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from January 23, 2006 to March 29, 2006, and was a vehicle for Jenna Elfman of Dharma & Greg fame....
  
  
• January 27 - The Emperor's New School
  The Emperor's New School
  The Emperor's New School is an American animated television series that airs on Disney Channel, ABC Kids, and Disney XD and is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show is based on the characters from The Emperor's New Groove and its direct-to-video sequel Kronk's New Groove...
  
  

February

• February 3 - Trick My Truck
  Trick My Truck
  Trick My Truck is an American reality television program that premiered on February 3, 2006 on Country Music Television. Created by Varuna Entertainment, the series features a group of vehicle fabricators known as the "Chrome Shop Mafia" who renovate the trucks of "deserving" drivers in response to...
  
  
• February 7 - Get This Party Started
  Get This Party Started
  Get This Party Started is an American reality television series hosted by Ethan Erickson and Kristin Cavallari in early February 2006, which aired on UPN.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• February 25 - Kappa Mikey
  Kappa Mikey
  Kappa Mikey is an American animated sitcom created by Larry Schwarz, who chose 4Kids Entertainment as the worldwide licensing, marketing and official promotional agent of the series...
  
  

March

• March 1 - Free Ride
  Free Ride (TV series)
  Free Ride is a Fox partially improvised sitcom starring Josh Dean as "Nate Stahlings", a recent college graduate re-adjusting to life at home with his parents in Johnson City, Missouri...
  
  
• March 2 - The Shop
  The Shop
  This article is about the reality show. For the fictional government agency, see The Shop .The Shop is a reality show on MTV about a barbershop located in the heart of Jamaica, Queens. The shop is owned by music producer Cory Rooney, who has produced for some of the big names out there like hits...
  
  
• March 3 - Conviction
• March 4 - Little People, Big World
  Little People, Big World
  Little People, Big World is a reality television series produced in the United States that aired on TLC. The series follows the six-member Roloff family farm near Portland, Oregon...
  
  
• March 4 - Wonder Pets
  Wonder Pets
  Wonder Pets is an American animated children's television series. It debuted on March 3, 2006, on the Nick Jr. block of the Nickelodeon cable television network and Noggin on the same day...
  
  
• March 6 - Pros vs. Joes
• March 6 - Top Chef
  Top Chef
  Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
  
  
• March 7 - 8th & Ocean
  8th & Ocean
  8th & Ocean is an American reality series about a group of models living in Miami, Florida that premiered on MTV on March 7, 2006. The series aired for ten episodes, ending its run on May 9, 2006. The creators of 8th & Ocean are also responsible for Laguna Beach, a show also airing on MTV...
  
  
• March 7 - Sons & Daughters
  Sons & Daughters (US TV series)
  Sons & Daughters was an American situation comedy about an extended blended family living close together in a neighborhood. The producers, creator Fred Goss , Lorne Michaels , and Nick Holly, flavored the show with a mixed atmosphere of improvisational and scripted humor...
  
  
• March 7 - The Unit
  The Unit
  The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life U.S. Army special operations unit commonly known as Delta Force...
  
  
• March 8 - Black. White.
  Black. White.
  Black. White. was a reality television show on FX. It premiered on Wednesday March 8, 2006 at 10 p.m. Eastern. The series followed two families of three, one white, and the other black. Through studio quality make-up, the two families—the Wurgels and the Sparks—traded races and...
  
  
• March 12 - Big Love
  Big Love
  Big Love is an American television drama that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011. The show is about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy...
  
  
• March 12 - Cheerleader Nation
  Cheerleader Nation
  Cheerleader Nation is a US television series based on the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School cheerleading team's ups and downs on the way to Nationals, of which they are the three time champions. The show also explains how cheerleading is a tough sport. It takes place in Lexington, Kentucky. The team...
  
  
• March 13 - The New Adventures of Old Christine
  The New Adventures of Old Christine
  The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American comedy series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus which ran for five seasons on CBS from March 13, 2006, to May 12, 2010...
  
  
• March 15 - The Loop
  The Loop (TV series)
  The Loop is an American sitcom that ran from March 15, 2006 to July 1, 2007 on Fox. The show starred Bret Harrison as Sam Sullivan, a young professional trying to balance the needs of his social life with the pressures of working at the corporate headquarters of TransAlliance Airways, a major U.S....
  
  
• March 15 - American Idol Extra
  American Idol Extra
  American Idol Extra was a television show that was shown on the Fox Reality Channel and Star! and billed as "the show that picks up right where American Idol leaves off"...
  
  
• March 16 - American Inventor
  American Inventor
  American Inventor is a reality television series based on a competition to be named America's best inventor. It was conceived by UK entrepreneur Peter Jones, who appears on the British version of the somewhat similar programme Dragons' Den, a format originated in Japan where it is owned by Sony....
  
  
• March 17 - Modern Men
  Modern Men
  Modern Men is an American situation comedy television series which premiered March 17, 2006, on The WB. The series stars Eric Lively, Josh Braaten, and Max Greenfield as three single men, and lifelong friends, who hire a life coach to help them with their love lives...
  
  
• March 21 - The Real Housewives of Orange County
  The Real Housewives of Orange County
  The Real Housewives of Orange County is a reality television program on the Bravo network. It is the first and seminal installation in the The Real Housewives of... series...
  
  
• March 22 - The Evidence
  The Evidence (TV series)
  The Evidence is an American police procedural drama that debuted on March 22, 2006 on ABC. The series starred Rob Estes, Orlando Jones, and Martin Landau.-Summary:...
  
  
• March 22 - Heist
  Heist (TV series)
  Heist is an American television series that premiered March 22, 2006, on NBC, but was almost immediately canceled due to low ratings. The series was from acclaimed director Doug Liman and revolved around professional thief Mickey O' Neil , who created a team of experts to try to pull off the...
  
  
• March 22 - Unan1mous
  Unan1mous
  Unan1mous is an American reality television program that premiered on the Fox Network on March 22, 2006 and ran for one season. The host of the series was J. D. Roth.- Concept :...
  
  
• March 24 - Hannah Montana
  Hannah Montana
  Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
  
  
• March 27 - The Daily 10
• March 28 - Teachers
  Teachers (US TV series)
  Teachers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC. The show ran for six episodes until its cancellation on May 2, 2006. Loosely based upon a UK series of the same name, it was developed by Matt Tarses, co-executive producer of the medical comedy Scrubs.-Characters:Set in New Jersey,...
  
  
• March 28 - Thief
  Thief (TV series)
  Thief is an FX television mini-series which debuted on March 28, 2006 .Andre Braugher stars as Nick Atwater, the leader of a robbery crew balancing his personal life with the planning of a major heist...
  
  
• March 29 - The Bedford Diaries
  The Bedford Diaries
  The Bedford Diaries is an American television series that premiered March 29, 2006 on The WB and concluded its first season on May 10, 2006. It was canceled on May 18, 2006. The series was created by Tom Fontana and Julie Martin....
  
  
• March 31 - Survival of the Richest
  Survival of the Richest
  Survival of the Richest is an American reality television show with the WB Television Network that first aired on March 31, 2006, in which seven "rich kids" who had a combined net worth of over $3 billion were forced to work together with 7 "poor kids" who had a combined debt of $150,000, through a...
  
  

April

• April 2 - So NoTORIous
  So NoTORIous
  So NoTORIous is an American sitcom on VH1, loosely based on the life of actress Tori Spelling. The series debuted on April 2, 2006 and despite lasting only ten episodes, received substantial acclaim from critics.-Premise:...
  
  
• April 3 - Call to Greatness
  Call to Greatness
  Call to Greatness was a reality television show on MTV. The show aired during 2006 and ran for five episodes. In the show, a group of five men, known as "Team C2G", travelled around the United States trying to beat world records...
  
  
• April 3 - Yo Momma
  Yo Momma (TV series)
  Yo Momma was an American reality television game show. Creators, executive producers and hosts are Wilmer Valderrama, along with Sam Sarpong , Jason Everhart and Destiny Lightsy.-Season 1: Los Angeles:* Week One: Method Man...
  
  
• April 4 - Bonds on Bonds
  Bonds on Bonds
  Bonds on Bonds is a 10-part reality TV series starring former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds that aired on ESPN. The show revolved on the life of Bonds and his chase of Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron's home run records...
  
  
• April 4 - King of Cars
  King of Cars
  King of Cars was a reality TV show, centering around the Towbin Dodge car dealership, in Henderson, Nevada, south of Las Vegas, Nevada. Managed by Josh Towbin a.k.a "Chop" a.k.a the King of Cars, famous for the cult hit infomercial, "The Chopper Show", in which his salesmen dress up as various...
  
  
• April 4 - Pepper Dennis
  Pepper Dennis
  Pepper Dennis is a comedy-drama television series that aired on The WB from April to July 4, 2006. It was quickly announced on May 17, 2006 that Pepper Dennis would not be one of the WB shows transferred to The CW Television Network....
  
  
• April 6 - PlayMania
  PlayMania
  PlayMania is a live interactive game show on GSN, hosted by Mel Peachey, Shandi Finnessey, Jessica York, Angelle Tymon and Jeff Thisted. The two-hour program featured interactive games that the viewers could play to win cash prizes...
  
  
• April 7 - Can't Get a Date
  Can't Get a Date
  Can't Get a Date is a documentary-style reality show on VH1 and Logo.The show takes a variety of subjects from New York City who feel that they have personal issues that are holding them back from finding romance...
  
  
• April 9 - Just for Kicks
• April 10 - Shalom in the Home
  Shalom in the Home
  Shalom in the Home is an American reality television series hosted by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach that debuted on TLC on April 10, 2006. A second and last season of the series began on Sunday, March 4, 2007 at 7pm.-Show format:...
  
  
• April 15 - Eureka Seven
  Eureka Seven
  Eureka Seven, known in Japan as , is a mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians....
  
  
• April 16 - What About Brian
  What About Brian
  What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...
  
  
• April 17 - I've Got a Secret
  I've Got a Secret
  I've Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?...
  
  
• April 18 - Mega Movers
  Mega Movers
  Mega Movers is a television program on The History Channel. It first aired on April 18, 2006.The program details the preparations and inside problems and details of large moves, such as historical buildings being relocated to new sites miles away , oil derricks and such like difficult moves Mega...
  
  
• April 18 - Pants-Off Dance-Off
  Pants-Off Dance-Off
  Pants-Off Dance-Off is a dance contest which premiered on April 18, 2006 on Fuse. It features stripteasers as they dance while disrobing, and is now shown on its official website.-Format:...
  
  
• April 19 - Future Weapons
  Future Weapons
  Future Weapons, sometimes also written as FutureWeapons and Futureweapons, is a documentary television series that premiered on April 19, 2006 on the Discovery Channel. Host Richard "Mack" Machowicz, a former Navy SEAL, reviews and demonstrates the latest modern weaponry and military technology...
  
  
• April 21 - The Chelsea Handler Show
  The Chelsea Handler Show
  The Chelsea Handler Show is an American sketch comedy series that aired on the E! television network. The series starred Chelsea Handler and featured skits that mocked the entertainment industry, spoofed celebrities, television, the elderly, and herself...
  
  

May

• May 5 - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
  Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
  Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is a children's television series, that premiered in prime time on Disney Channel on May 5, 2006. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers...
  
  
• May 7 - Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol
  Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol
  Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol is an American reality television series produced by Cheri Sundae Productions. The US version is narrated by Robert Patrick...
  
  
• May 21 - Supergroup
• May 23 - Mega Disasters
  Mega Disasters
  Mega Disasters is an American documentary television series that originally aired from May 23, 2006 to July 2008 on The History Channel. Produced by Creative Differences, the program explores potential catastrophic threats to individual cities, countries, and the entire globe.The two...
  
  
• May 29 - Solitary
  Solitary (TV series)
  Solitary was a reality show on the Fox Reality Channel whose contestants were kept in round-the-clock solitary confinement for a number of weeks with the goal of being the last contestant remaining in solitary, for a $50,000 prize. It was the channel's first original series commission with its...
  
  
• May 31 - The Hills

June

• June 2 - Beyond the Break
  Beyond the Break (TV series)
  Beyond the Break is an American drama series set in Hawaii, that debuted on The N in June 2006.-Synopsis:The series focuses on four women in the sport of professional surfing. Birdie Scott , Lacey Farmer , Dawn Preston , and Kai Kealoha must overcome their differences in order to capture surf...
  
  
• June 5 - World Series of Blackjack
  World Series of Blackjack
  The World Series of Blackjack is a televised blackjack tournament created and produced by the cable network GSN. It is a closed tournament; players are either invited to play or can attempt to win a spot via a satellite tournament. Rounds are edited into 1-hour episodes and broadcast on GSN...
  
  
• June 6 - The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
  The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
  The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency is a reality television series that debuted on Oxygen on June 6, 2006. The show has completed four seasons...
  
  
• June 7 - Dog Bites Man
  Dog Bites Man
  Dog Bites Man is a partially improvised comedy television show on Comedy Central that aired in summer 2006. It began airing on The Comedy Channel in Australia in June 2007...
  
  
• June 8 - Windfall
• June 9 - Where My Dogs At?
  Where My Dogs At?
  Where My Dogs At? was an animated program created by Aaron Matthew Lee and Jeffrey Ross that aired on MTV2 as part of its Sic'emation lineup.-Plot:...
  
  
• June 11 - Lucky Louie
  Lucky Louie
  Lucky Louie is an American television sitcom created by Louis C.K., that aired for one season on HBO in 2006. In addition to being the creator, writer and executive producer of the series, C.K. stars as the eponymous Louie, a part-time mechanic...
  
  
• June 12 - Saved
  Saved (TV series)
  Saved is a medical drama television series, which was broadcast on Turner Network Television in 2006. The series was created by David Manson....
  
  
• June 13 - ECW on Sci Fi
• June 16 - Million Dollar Listing
  Million Dollar Listing
  Million Dollar Listing is an American reality series that first aired on the Bravo television network. The show follows real estate agents based in Hollywood and Malibu, California selling high-end properties. The series, presented in one-hour episodes, gives viewers an inside look at the world of...
  
  
• June 17 - Spider Riders
  Spider Riders
  is a series of science fiction novels first published in December 2004, published by Newmarket Press written by Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron-Anasti and Stephen D. Sullivan . The stories became the basis of the animated television series produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment of Canada and Bee Train of...
  
  
• June 18 - Treasure Hunters
  Treasure Hunters (TV series)
  Treasure Hunters is a reality television series on NBC and Global Television in which ten teams of three solve puzzles and complete challenges in hopes of solving the ultimate puzzle and winning the grand prize. Teams travel across the United States and Europe in search of seven "artifacts" which...
  
  
• June 21 - America's Got Talent
  America's Got Talent
  America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
  
  
• June 21 - Tyler Perry's House of Payne
  Tyler Perry's House of Payne
  Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta, Georgia led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella...
  
  
• June 22 - Country Fried Home Videos
  Country Fried Home Videos
  Country Fried Home Videos is a television program that is aired on CMT. It is hosted by Bill Engvall, an American stand-up comic.- Description :...
  
  
• June 26 - Kyle XY
  Kyle XY
  Kyle XY is an American television series with a science fiction premise and mystery-drama style. The central character is a teenage boy who awakens naked in a forest outside Seattle, Washington, with no more knowledge or abilities than a newborn. He is taken in by a family and given the name Kyle...
  
  
• June 28 - Blade: The Series
  Blade: The Series
  Blade: The Series is a 2006 American live-action television program based on the Marvel Comics character and film series. It premiered on Spike on June 28, 2006...
  
  
• June 29 - American Eats
  American Eats
  American Eats was an American documentary series that aired on The History Channel from June to November 2006. The program follows in the footsteps of the earlier documentaries American Eats: History on a Bun and American Eats: More American eats both of which also aired on the History Channel in...
  
  

July

• July 6 - Raising the Roofs
  Raising the Roofs
  Raising the Roofs is a 2006 reality television show on Spike TV, following the life of aspiring actor Michael Roof, and the misadventures of his self described Florida cracker dad and uncle, in Hollywood, California.-Episode list:...
  
  
• July 7 - Dog Bites Man
  Dog Bites Man
  Dog Bites Man is a partially improvised comedy television show on Comedy Central that aired in summer 2006. It began airing on The Comedy Channel in Australia in June 2007...
  
  
• July 7 - Psych
  Psych
  Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
  
  
• July 7 - The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search
  The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search
  The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search is an American reality television competition broadcast by Country Music Television. In the series, singing-dancing female bartenders compete for a position with the company's traveling troupe, and a $50,000 prize...
  
  
• July 9 - Brotherhood
  Brotherhood (Showtime TV series)
  Brotherhood is an American television drama series created by Blake Masters about the intertwining lives of the Irish-American Caffee brothers from Providence, Rhode Island: Tommy is a local politician and Michael is a professional criminal involved with New England's Irish Mob...
  
  
• July 10 - Caught in the Moment
  Caught in the Moment
  Caught in the Moment is an American television program about trekking the globe and capturing once-in-a-lifetime moments with endangered species and other animals in natural environments. This series is hosted by Tristan Bayer and Vanessa Garnick...
  
  
• July 12 - Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is
  Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is
  Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is is R&B singer Keyshia Cole's own reality show, which aired on BET. The series was filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. The series debuted July 12, 2006 and concluded on December 30, 2008...
  
  
• July 12 - WWE Madison Square Garden Classics
  WWE Madison Square Garden Classics
  WWE Madison Square Garden Classics is a professional wrestling television program on the MSG Network, produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It debuted in a two hour block on July 12, 2006 and was hosted by longtime wrestling announcer "Mean" Gene Okerlund.-History:On July 12, 2006, WWE...
  
  
• July 13 - Most Evil
  Most Evil
  Most Evil is an American forensics television program on Investigation Discovery presented by forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone of Columbia University. On the show, Stone rates murderers on a scale of evil that he has developed...
  
  
• July 16 - Angela's Eyes
  Angela's Eyes
  Angela's Eyes is an American drama that premiered on July 16, 2006 on Lifetime TV and ran for 13 episodes. The show aired Sundays at 10 pm. Lifetime announced that the show would not be picked up for a second season....
  
  
• July 17 - Driving Force
• July 17 - Final Fu
  Final Fu
  Final Fu is an American reality television show that first aired on MTV2 on July 17, 2006, and ran for a single season of twenty episodes The show was hosted by Ernie Reyes, Jr., and featured practitioners of various styles of martial arts competing in one-on-one semi-contact point sparring...
  
  
• July 18 - Eureka
  Eureka (TV series)
  Eureka is an American science fiction television series that premiered on Syfy on July 18, 2006. Since then four seasons have aired, and a fifth is currently being filmed. The second half of season 4 began on SyFy on July 11, 2011 and ended on September 19, 2011...
  
  
• July 19 - Miami Ink
  Miami Ink
  Miami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and has finished broadcasting its fourth season...
  
  
• July 19 - Work Out
  Work Out
  Work Out was a reality television series on Bravo. The show was centered around Jackie Warner, owner of a gym and spa in Beverly Hills, California. It features many of the trainers who work for Warner, aspects of the gym and its clients and Jackie's other fitness ventures, and also covers aspects...
  
  
• July 27 - Who Wants to be a Superhero?
  Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
  Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a reality show hosted by Stan Lee. Contestants dress up as comic book superheroes of their own invention. Each week, Lee challenges the contestants to represent what "superheroes are all about." One or more of the superheroes deemed the least deserving is eliminated...
  
  
• July 28 - The Replacements
• July 31 - One Ocean View
  One Ocean View
  One Ocean View is an American primetime television reality show about eleven single New Yorkers looking for romance on Fire Island. It premiered on ABC at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 pm Central, and CTV at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central on Monday, July 31, 2006...
  
  

August

• August 1 - Tabloid Wars
  Tabloid Wars
  Tabloid Wars was a reality TV series that aired in the summer of 2006 on the Bravo cable network. It followed reporters and editors from the New York Daily News....
  
  
• August 6 - Metalocalypse
  Metalocalypse
  Metalocalypse is an American animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006 on Adult Swim...
  
  
• August 6 - Three Moons Over Milford
  Three Moons Over Milford
  Three Moons Over Milford is an American science fiction dramedy set in a picturesque small town in southern Vermont. Shortly before the series begins, an asteroid hits the Moon, shattering it into three fragments, threatening to eventually fall to Earth and end life...
  
  
• August 7 - Gene Simmons Family Jewels
  Gene Simmons Family Jewels
  Gene Simmons Family Jewels is an American reality television series that premiered on A&E on August 7, 2006. The show follows the life of KISS bassist and vocalist Gene Simmons, his longtime partner Shannon Tweed, and their two children, Nick and Sophie....
  
  
• August 11 - CMT Cross Country
• August 17 - Ace of Cakes
  Ace of Cakes
  Ace of Cakes is an American reality television show which airs on the Food Network. The show focuses on the daily operations of Duff Goldman's custom cake shop, Charm City Cakes, in Baltimore, Maryland; including small-business ownership, working with various vendors, tasting with customers,...
  
  
• August 21 - Vanished
  Vanished
  Vanished is an American serial drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox. The series premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series begins with the sudden disappearance of the wife of a Georgia senator, which is...
  
  
• August 30 - Justice
  Justice (TV series)
  Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand....
  
  
• August 31 - The Fantasy Show
  The Fantasy Show
  The Fantasy Show is a fantasy football talk and debate show on ESPN2. The show was supposed to air for 18 weeks a year during the National Football League season every Thursday at 6:30pm ET on ESPN2...
  
  

September

• September 2 - Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
• September 2 - Saturday Night Football
• September 4 - World Blackjack Tour
  World Blackjack Tour
  The World Blackjack Tour is an original GSN program that premiered September 4, 2006. Broadcast from the Las Vegas Hilton, five players representing five different nations play 21 hands of blackjack for a first prize of $10,000. The show is hosted by John Fugelsang and Ben Mezrich...
  
  
• September 5 - Standoff
  Standoff (TV series)
  Standoff is an American drama series that premiered on the Fox network on September 5, 2006. Created by Craig Silverstein, the series focused on an FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit whose members negotiated hostage situations and shared relationships. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox Television...
  
  
• September 5 - Desire
  Desire (TV series)
  Desire is an American telenovela which debuted at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central on September 5, 2006, on the American network MyNetworkTV, and ended on December 5. It was produced by Twentieth Television...
  
  
• September 5 - Fashion House
  Fashion House
  Fashion House is an American telenovela that aired at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT Monday through Saturday on MyNetworkTV stations. The series premiered on September 5, 2006 and concluded on December 5, 2006...
  
  
• September 7 - Happy Hour
  Happy Hour (TV series)
  Happy Hour is a sitcom that debuted on Fox in the United States and on CTV in Canada on September 7, 2006. The show starred John Sloan as Henry Beckman, a young man rebuilding his life after losing his girlfriend, his job, and his apartment...
  
  
• September 7 - 'Til Death
  'Til Death
  ’Til Death is an American sitcom which aired on the Fox network from September 7, 2006, to June 20, 2010. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, who were also the writers and executive-producers...
  
  
• September 7 - Whacked Out Sports
  Whacked Out Sports
  Whacked Out Sports is an American syndicated reality television series which features professional and amateur videos of sports-related mishaps and accidents, usually involving people being injured. The show has a comedic theme and uses a narrative voiceover to highlight aspects of the clips...
  
  
• September 9 - Bleach
  Bleach (manga)
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a —a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki...
  
  
• September 9 - Growing Up Creepie
  Growing Up Creepie
  Growing Up Creepie was an animated television series made in the USA by Mike Young Productions and produced by Discovery Kids. In other countries the series was simply titled Creepie.- Premise :...
  
  
• September 9 - Trinity Blood
  Trinity Blood
  is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in The Sneaker. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the on-going cold war between the Vatican, the human government,...
  
  
• September 10 - NBC Sunday Night Football
  NBC Sunday Night Football
  NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on Sunday, August 6, 2006 with the pre-season opening Hall of Fame Game. Al Michaels serves as the play-by-play announcer, with Cris Collinsworth as the color...
  
  
• September 11 - Judge Maria Lopez
• September 12 - The Greg Behrendt Show
  The Greg Behrendt Show
  The Greg Behrendt Show is a daytime talk show which premiered in syndication on September 12, 2006. The show was distributed by Sony Pictures Television and was taped at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City....
  
  
• September 14 - The Underground
  The Underground (TV series)
  The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the show as "In Living Color on steroids." In fact the show features raunchy, sexist, and racist behavior, and as Wayans states in his opening monologue, "We decided to test the...
  
  
• September 15 - Men in Trees
  Men in Trees
  Men in Trees is an American romantic television dramedy series which premiered on September 12, 2006 on ABC and starred Anne Heche who played relationship coach Marin Frist. The series was set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska and concerned Marin Frist's misadventures in relationships...
  
  
• September 16 - Handy Manny
  Handy Manny
  Handy Manny is a Disney animated children's television program that premiered on September 16, 2006. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers...
  
  
• September 16 - Imagination Movers
  Imagination Movers (TV series)
  Imagination Movers is an American television series that premiered on September 6, 2008 on Disney Channel. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers...
  
  
• September 18 - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
  Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
  Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was an American dramedy television series created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It ran for 22 episodes.The series takes place behind the scenes of a live sketch comedy show on the fictional television network NBS , whose format is similar to that of NBC's...
  
  
• September 18 - Rachael Ray
  Rachael Ray (TV series)
  Rachael Ray, also known as The Rachael Ray Show, is a talk show starring Rachael Ray that debuted in syndication in the United States and Canada on September 18, 2006....
  
  
• September 18 - The Megan Mullally Show
  The Megan Mullally Show
  The Megan Mullally Show is an American talk show hosted by Megan Mullally that debuted in syndication on September 18, 2006, and was cancelled in January 2007 due to its low ratings. Early promotions for the program featured Mullally as herself and as her Will & Grace character, Karen Walker...
  
  
• September 18 - The Class
• September 19 - Smith
  Smith (TV series)
  Smith is an American television drama that premiered on September 16, 2006 at 10:00 PM ET on CBS and on September 18, 2006 on CTV in Canada...
  
  
• September 20 - Kidnapped
  Kidnapped (TV series)
  Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007...
  
  
• September 20 - Jericho
  Jericho (TV series)
  Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...
  
  
• September 21 - Six Degrees
  Six Degrees
  Six Degrees is an American dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
  
  
• September 21 - Shark
  Shark (TV series)
  Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 23 - Legion of Super Heroes
• September 23 - Monster Allergy
  Monster Allergy
  Monster Allergy is a comic book series of Disney Italy published by Buena Vista Comics.- History :In 1996, Disney Italy launched a new comic company called PKNA with an unusual format, featuring human characters rather than the typical anthropomorphic animals that Walt Disney used the first thirty...
  
  
• September 23 - Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
  Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
  Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! is the tenth incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo series of Friday night cartoons. It debuted on September 23, 2006, and ran on Kids WB on Saturday mornings. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, this was the last cartoon series produced by co-creator, Joseph...
  
  
• September 23 - Tom and Jerry Tales
  Tom and Jerry Tales
  Tom and Jerry Tales is an animated television series which began production in 2005, and premiered in the United States on September 23, 2006 and cancelled on March 22, 2008 on Kids' WB!. It is the fourth television show in the franchise that continues the chase and violence of the cat and mouse...
  
  
• September 24 - Brothers & Sisters
• September 25 - Heroes
  Heroes (TV series)
  Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
  
  
• September 25 - Runaway
• September 26 - Help Me Help You
  Help Me Help You
  Help Me Help You is an American television situation comedy that aired from September 26, 2006 to December 12, 2006. It was first broadcast at 9:30pm Tuesdays on ABC in the United States and on Global in Canada...
  
  
• September 28 - Ugly Betty
  Ugly Betty
  Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
  
  
• September 29 - Paula's Party
  Paula's Party
  Paula's Party is a show on the Food Network hosted by Paula Deen. Unlike her other show on the Food Network, Paula's Home Cooking, Paula's Party was originally taped in front of a small audience at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House in Savannah, Georgia, and Deen herself frequently interacts with members...
  
  

October

• October 1 - Dexter
  Dexter (TV series)
  Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
  
  
• October 2 - House of Carters
  House Of Carters
  House of Carters was a documentary/reality show on the E! cable network, and Much Music in Canada, about the lives of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his four siblings as they try to revive their careers as well as reconnect as a family. The series premiered on October 2, 2006. Eight episodes were...
  
  
• October 3 - Friday Night Lights
  Friday Night Lights (TV series)
  Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series adapted by Peter Berg, Brian Grazer and David Nevins from a book and film of the same name. The series details events surrounding a high school football team based in fictional Dillon, Texas, with particular focus given to team...
  
  
• October 4 - Freak Show
  Freak Show (TV series)
  Freak Show is an animated television series on Comedy Central created and starring actors David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin.The show chronicles a freak show, called the Freak Squad, which reluctantly moonlights as a group of second-rate superheroes employed by the US government.The first and only...
  
  
• October 4 - The Nine
  The Nine (TV series)
  The Nine is an American television serial drama that premiered October 4, 2006 on ABC and aired only one season. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Television.- Plot :...
  
  
• October 11 - 30 Rock
  30 Rock
  30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...
  
  
• October 13 - 1 vs. 100
  1 vs. 100
  1 vs. 100 is a game show created by Endemol that is aired in several countries. The game pits one person against 100 others for a chance to win a large cash prize. The game first aired in the Netherlands as Eén tegen 100, sponsored by the Nationale Postcode Loterij .- General format :In all...
  
  
• October 13 - TCM Underground
  TCM Underground
  TCM Underground is a weekly late-night cult film showcase airing on Turner Classic Movies. Developed by TCM programmers Millie De Chirico and Eric Weber, it was originally hosted by industrial rock/heavy metal musician and independent filmmaker Rob Zombie. TCM Underground began airing Friday the...
  
  
• October 16 - Frisky Dingo
  Frisky Dingo
  Frisky Dingo is an American animated cartoon series created by Adam Reed and Matt Thompson for Adult Swim. The series revolved around the conflict between a supervillain named Killface and a superhero named Awesome X, and much of the show's humor focuses on parodying superhero and action movie...
  
  
• October 17 - The Hungry Detective
  The Hungry Detective
  The Hungry Detective is a show on Food Network which premiered on October 17, 2006. The host is Chris Cognac, a police detective from Southern California...
  
  
• October 20 - Ice-T's Rap School
  Ice-T's Rap School
  Ice-T's Rap School is a reality television show on VH1. It is a spin-off of the British reality show Gene Simmons' Rock School, which also aired on VH1....
  
  
• October 20 - The Wendy Williams Experience
  The Wendy Williams Experience
  The Wendy Williams Experience is a gossip show on Vh1. Wendy Williams was mainly shown hosting her radio station . Charlamagne was the co-host. On the show, Wendy spoke about gossip, fashion, the latest Celebrity news, and gave advice to callers. She also interviewed celebrities. and is noted for...
  
  
• October 22 - Celebrity Paranormal Project
  Celebrity Paranormal Project
  Celebrity Paranormal Project is a paranormal reality television series that originally aired from October 22, 2006 to November 1, 2007 on VH1. The show is currently on hiatus, so it is unknown if VH1 will re-air the show and begin with a second season...
  
  
• October 24 - Audubon Park Elementary

November

• November 1 - Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
  Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
  Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a documentary-styled travel and cuisine television show hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. The first season debuted on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 9pm ET/PT....
  
  
• November 1 - The Rich List
• November 2 - Rob & Big
  Rob & Big
  Rob & Big is an American reality television series that follows the lives of professional skateboarder/actor/producer Rob Dyrdek and his best friend and bodyguard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin...
  
  
• November 3 - Class of 3000
  Class of 3000
  Class of 3000 is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network that was created by, was executively produced by, and starred André 3000 of the Hip Hop group OutKast as superstar and music teacher Sunny Bridges, set at Atlanta, Georgia's Westley School of Performing Arts. Mr...
  
  
• November 3 - Dogfights
  Dogfights (TV series)
  Dogfights is a military aviation themed TV series depicting historical re-enactments of air-to-air combat that took place in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as smaller conflicts such as the Gulf War and the Six-Day War...
  
  
• November 4 - Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
  Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
  Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is an American food television series that premiered in November 2006 on the Food Network. Produced by Page Productions, the program stars and is hosted by Guy Fieri...
  
  
• November 4 - Monarch Cove
  Monarch Cove
  Monarch Cove is a prime time telenovela that premiered on Lifetime Television on November 4, 2006. It ran for 14 episodes, ending on December 16, 2006.-Premise:...
  
  
• November 13 - Really Rich Real Estate
  Really Rich Real Estate
  VH1's Fabulous Life Presents: Really Rich Real Estate is a VH1 reality series following the nation's top real estate agency, WEA, as they deal with their wealthy and glamorous clients. Episode guests include Frankie Muniz, Mia Tyler, Master P, Cindy Margolis, Tom Arnold, A. Jay Popoff amongst...
  
  
• November 14 - Show Me the Money
  Show Me the Money (U.S. game show)
  Show Me the Money is a television game show hosted by William Shatner which premiered on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 8pm on ABC. On December 8, 2006, after the first seven episodes had been taped, an additional six-episode order as well as a planned move to Tuesday nights starting on January 2,...
  
  
• November 14 - 3 lb
• November 15 - Blastazoid
  Blastazoid
  Blastazoid is a video game themed MTV show starring CKY Crew members Brandon DiCamillo, Rake Yohn and Joe Frantz. The show featured pranks and set-ups reminiscent of predecessor Bam Margera, and showcased user-created gaming footage found on the internet....
  
  
• November 15 - Day Break
  Day Break
  Day Break is a television program for which one 13-episode season was produced. The series starred Taye Diggs as Detective Brett Hopper, who is framed for the murder of Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza. Due to a time loop, Hopper lives the same day over and over...
  
  
• November 17 - America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
  America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
  America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films . Its 45 installments profile the first 45 winning teams of the National Football League's annual Super Bowl championship game; each episode chronicles an individual team.A spin-off debuted on September...
  
  
• November 17 - Not Your Average Travel Guide
  Not Your Average Travel Guide
  Not Your Average Travel Guide is a travel show on the Travel Channel, it airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. It is hosted by seven different "Travel Guides", Bill Delano, Brian Knappenberger, Carrie Lederer, Kate Ward, Shane O, Joseph Van Harken, and Brad Hasse. The show features a...
  
  
• November 26 - Assy McGee
  Assy McGee
  Assy McGee is an animated sitcom featuring police detective Assy McGee, a parody of tough-guy cops, who is literally a walking pair of buttocks. Along with his partner Don Sanchez , the trigger-happy McGee solves crimes in a fictionalized Exeter, New Hampshire. Larry Murphy voices all of the main...
  
  
• November 27 - 10 Items or Less
• November 28 - Big Day
  Big Day
  Big Day, originally titled A Day in the Life, is an American situation comedy that first aired on ABC from November 28, 2006 to January 30, 2007. The series was co-produced by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and directed by Michael Spiller for Sony Pictures Television...
  
  
• November 28 - My Boys
  My Boys
  My Boys is an American television sitcom that debuted on November 28, 2006, on TBS. The show deals with a female sports columnist in Chicago, Illinois and the men in her life including her brother and her best friend...
  
  
• November 30 - Corkscrewed

December

• December 6 - Watch Over Me
  Watch Over Me
  Watch Over Me is an American Television series that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 66 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial is an adaptation of Argentine series Resistiré....
  
  
• December 6 - Wicked Wicked Games
  Wicked Wicked Games
  Wicked Wicked Games is a telenovela that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 63 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial was directed by Terry Cunningham, Dennis Dimster, P. David Ebersole, Jeff Hare and Jeremy Stanford. ...
  
  
• December 7 - My Bare Lady
  My Bare Lady
  My Bare Lady is a 2006 United Kingdom-based reality TV show that aired on the Fox Reality Channel. The series followed four American female porn stars as they took acting lessons and performed in scenes from classic drama alongside British actors in London's West End...
  
  
• December 10 - The Real Lost World
  The Real Lost World
  The Real Lost World is a documentary, released on December 10, 2006 by Animal Planet, where a team of scientists journey to Monte Roraima in Venezuela, the plateau that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's literary work, The Lost World. They investigate the legend...
  
  
• December 11 - The Lost Room
  The Lost Room
  The Lost Room is a science fiction television miniseries that aired on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States. The series revolves around the titular room and some of the everyday items from that room which possess unusual powers. The show's protagonist, Joe Miller, is searching for these objects...
  
  
• December 17 - Squirrel Boy
  Squirrel Boy
  Squirrel Boy is an American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The series, created and executive-produced by Everett Peck, who was also the creator of the more adult-humored Duckman, ran from May 27, 2006 until September 27, 2007 on Cartoon Network...
  
  
• December 18 - Identity
  Identity (game show)
  Identity is a reality/game show, hosted by Penn Jillette and produced by Reveille where contestants could win money by matching 12 strangers one-by-one to phrases about their identities.-Format:A contestant is introduced to twelve strangers...
  
  

January

• January 3 - Medium
  Medium (TV series)
  Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office...
  
  
• January 4 - Committed
• January 8 - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
  Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
  The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search is a reality TV show produced by NBC that debuted in January 2005, prior to the launch of that year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue....
  
  
• January 8 - The Will
  The Will
  The Will is an American reality television series on CBS that lasted only one episode, shown on Saturday, January 8, 2005. It centered on the "Benefactor", a multi-millionaire from Arizona named Bill Long...
  
  
• January 9 - Strange Love
  Strange Love
  Strange Love is a reality series featuring Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav that aired on VH1. Sparked by their on-screen romance in the third season of VH1's The Surreal Life, it is a spin-off that focused solely on Brigitte and Flav...
  
  
• January 9 - Unscripted
  Unscripted
  Unscripted is an American comedy-drama series that aired on HBO in early 2005. Its title referred to the fact that the series was largely improvised by its performers...
  
  
• January 9 - Zoey 101
  Zoey 101
  Zoey 101 is an American television series that ran from January 9, 2005 to May 2, 2008 starring Jamie Lynn Spears as teenager Zoey Brooks, produced for Nickelodeon and syndicated worldwide. The show was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia,...
  
  
• January 10 - American Dream Derby
  American Dream Derby
  American Dream Derby is an American horse racing-themed reality show that aired on GSN. Eight one-hour episodes were produced, with the first two airing on January 10, 2005; the show then aired weekly through the February 21 finale. The series, hosted by Steve Santagati, featured twelve contestants...
  
  
• January 11 - Queer Eye for the Straight Girl
  Queer Eye for the Straight Girl
  Queer Eye for the Straight Girl is a spin-off of the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Straight Girl aired from January to May 2005. As the name suggests, the program focuses on makeovers for women while following the format of the original show...
  
  
• January 13 - Tilt
  Tilt (TV series)
  Tilt is a U.S. TV series set against the backdrop of the World Championship of Poker tournament in Las Vegas, and with the tagline "You're playing poker. They're playing you." The series first aired on January 13, 2005, and is the second original drama series from ESPN, following Playmakers...
  
  
• January 14 - GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley
• January 14 - Jonny Zero
  Jonny Zero
  Jonny Zero is an action-crime drama television series that aired on the Fox network in 2005. It starred Franky G, GQ, and Brennan Hesser. It was cancelled after eight episodes. It began airing on Monday nights on ABC TV in Australia in early 2007.-Plot:...
  
  
• January 16 - Iron Chef America
  Iron Chef America
  Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the...
  
  
• January 17 - Trucks!
  Trucks!
  Trucks! is an American television program that airs weekends as a part of Spike TV‘s Powerblock. It is hosted by Kevin Neils Tetz and Ryan Shand...
  
  
• January 17 - Who Gets the Dog?
  Who Gets the Dog?
  Who Gets the Dog? is a television show on Animal Planet. Three couples get a chance to be around the dog that has been chosen to stay with one of the couples. The show was hosted by Dorothea Coelho....
  
  
• January 18 - My Super Sweet 16
  My Super Sweet 16
  My Super Sweet 16 is an MTV reality series documenting the lives of teenagers, usually in the United States, Canada and UK, who usually have wealthy parents that throw huge coming of age celebrations. Parties include the quinceañera , the sweet 16, and other birthdays including a My Super Sweet 21 ...
  
  
• January 19 - Point Pleasant
  Point Pleasant (TV series)
  Point Pleasant is a television series that first aired on the Fox Network in January 2005. It was cancelled in March 2005 due to poor ratings....
  
  
• January 21 - American Dragon: Jake Long
  American Dragon: Jake Long
  American Dragon: Jake Long is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show had premiered on January 21, 2005 and ended on September 1, 2007. The show currently airs on Disney XD in the United States...
  
  
• January 21 - Slave to the Metal
  Slave to the Metal
  Slave to the Metal is an American television program on Fuse which premiered January 21, 2005. It was hosted by Juliya Chernetsky, known on the program as Mistress Juliya, who served as a therapist, answering fans' question on phone or voice message; however, a disclaimer during the show's opening...
  
  
• January 23 - NUMB3RS
  NUMB3RS
  Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
  
  
• January 23 - Pet Alien
  Pet Alien
  Pet Alien is an American computer-animated series produced by Mike Young Productions and Antefilms Productions in 2005. It was created by Jeff Muncy and the episodes are mainly written by Dan Danko and directed by Andrew Young. The series centres around the 13 year old boy, Tommy Cadle, whose light...
  
  
• January 24 - Digging for the Truth
  Digging for the Truth
  Digging for the Truth is a History Channel documentary television series. The first three seasons of the show focused on host Josh Bernstein, who journeyed on various explorations of historical icons and mysteries. Bernstein is the president and CEO of BOSS and has a degree in anthropology and...
  
  
• January 29 - Moving Up
  Moving Up
  Moving Up is an American reality television series that airs on The Learning Channel, the show premiered on January 29, 2005 with four series being filmed and a fifth currently airing.- Format :...
  
  

February

• February 2 - It Takes a Thief
  It Takes a Thief (2005 TV series)
  It Takes a Thief is an American reality television series that originally aired on the Discovery Channel from February 2, 2005 to April 13, 2007...
  
  
• February 3 - The Playbook
  The Playbook
  The Playbook is a half-hour comedy series produced by Hip TV Inc. and hosted by Donald Faison for Spike TV.The Playbook revolves around a typical young male trying to figure out dating and relationships as if they were plays in a sports playbook....
  
  
• February 6 - American Dad!
  American Dad!
  American Dad! is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane and owned by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions. It is produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television...
  
  
• February 6 - Parental Control
• February 8 - Deadly Women
  Deadly Women
  Deadly Women is a television series first aired in 2005 on the Discovery Channel, focusing on female killers. It was originally a mini-series consisting of three episodes: "Obsession," "Greed" and "Revenge". After a 2 year hiatus, the show resumed production in 2008 and began airing on the...
  
  
• February 14 - Cuts
  Cuts
  Cuts is an American sitcom that aired on the UPN network from February 14, 2005, to May 11, 2006, and is a spin-off of another UPN series, One on One...
  
  
• February 14 - Kudlow & Company
  Kudlow & Company
  The Kudlow Report is a news television program about business and politics hosted by Lawrence Kudlow, that airs on the CNBC television channel at 7pm ET. The show began airing on January 26, 2009. It is a successor to Kudlow & Company, which aired from 2005 until October 2008...
  
  
• February 20 - Robot Chicken
  Robot Chicken
  Robot Chicken is an American stop motion animated television series created and executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. Green provides many voices for the show...
  
  
• February 21 - Avatar: The Last Airbender
  Avatar: The Last Airbender
  Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. The series was created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who served as executive producers along with Aaron Ehasz...
  
  
• February 26 - Boom!
  Boom! (TV series)
  Boom! was an American reality television series that aired on Spike TV in 2005. It featured a group of demolition experts using explosives to destroy objects such as trailers, houses, boats and cars. Often, the suggestions on what should be blown up were sent in by home viewers via a "BOOM! Mailbag"...
  
  

March

• March 3 - Law & Order: Trial by Jury
  Law & Order: Trial by Jury
  Law & Order: Trial by Jury is an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the third spin-off from the long-running Law & Order. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the accused, showing both the prosecution's and defense's preparation...
  
  
• March 5 - Carpocalypse
  Carpocalypse
  Carpocalypse was a TV show on Spike TV that focused on the daily drama of how a motley crew of crash addicted racers join together to compete in some of the craziest races ever caught on tape. It premiered on March 5, 2005...
  
  
• March 6 - Damage Control
  Damage Control (TV series)
  Damage Control is a reality TV series produced by MTV. Hosted by Simple Plan frontman Pierre Bouvier, and directed by Sebastian Doggart, the show was a real-life version of the movie Risky Business. It first aired on MTV on March 6, 2005...
  
  
• March 6 - Intervention
  Intervention (TV series)
  Intervention is an American television program about the realities facing addicts of many kinds.Each program follows one or two participants, each of whom has an addiction or other mentally and/or physically damaging problem and believes that they are being filmed for a documentary on their problem...
  
  
• March 7 - The Contender
  The Contender (TV series)
  The Contender is a reality television series that follows a group of boxers as they compete with one another in an elimination-style competition, while their lives and relationships with each other and their families are depicted. Produced by Mark Burnett, the show is hosted by Sugar Ray Leonard,...
  
  
• March 7 - Fat Actress
  Fat Actress
  Fat Actress is an American sitcom television series starring Kirstie Alley. It aired on Showtime in the United States in the spring of 2005, on Movie Central in Western Canada, The Movie Network in Eastern Canada, FX in the UK, Network Ten in Australia and VOX and Das Vierte in Germany...
  
  
• March 8 - Blind Justice
• March 11 - Wonder Showzen
  Wonder Showzen
  Wonder Showzen is an American sketch comedy television series that aired between 2005 and 2006 on MTV2. It was created by John Lee and Vernon Chatman of PFFR. The show is rated TV-MA....
  
  
• March 13 - Jake in Progress
  Jake in Progress
  Jake in Progress is an American comedy series broadcast on ABC from 2005 to 2006. Created by Austin Winsberg, the show was originally conceived as a real-time comedy; the first season was to show the first date of Jake and a woman. This was dropped during development, and the show became more...
  
  
• March 14 - Mad Money
  Mad Money
  Mad Money is an American finance television program hosted by Jim Cramer that began airing on CNBC on March 14, 2005. Its main focus is investment and speculation, particularly in publicly traded stocks...
  
  
• March 17 - E! Hollywood Hold'em
  E! Hollywood Hold'em
  E! Hollywood Hold'em is a poker television program. It aired in 2005 on the E! television network. The show featured young celebrities hosting single table Texas hold em tournaments at their homes. The winner of each tournament pocketed $10,000...
  
  
• March 18 - The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
  The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
  The Suite Life of Zack & Cody is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series premiered on Disney Channel on March 18, 2005 with 4 million viewers, making it the most successful premiere for Disney Channel in 2005. It was one of their first five shows available on the...
  
  
• March 20 - The Last Dragon
• March 21 - Las Vegas Garden of Love
  Las Vegas Garden of Love
  Las Vegas Garden of Love is a reality television series that aired on ABC Family for 10 episodes during the summer of 2005. Like most ABC Family reality series, it was not given a real ending or a second season, due to very low ratings. It was re-run until Fall of 2005....
  
  
• March 24 - Life on a Stick
  Life on a Stick
  Life on a Stick is an American sitcom that premiered on Fox on March 24, 2005. Thirteen episodes of the show were completed, but Fox only showed the first five before pulling the show due to poor ratings.-Premise:...
  
  
• March 24 - The Office
  The Office (US TV series)
  The Office is an American comedy television series broadcast by NBC. An adaptation of the original BBC series of the same name, it depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company...
  
  
• March 25 - Krypto the Superdog
  Krypto the Superdog
  Krypto the Superdog is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the DC Comics character Krypto. The show premiered on Cartoon Network on March 25, 2005 and aired on Kids' WB! in September 2006...
  
  
• March 27 - Grey's Anatomy
  Grey's Anatomy
  Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
  
  
• March 28 - Attack of the Show!
  Attack of the Show!
  Attack of the Show! is an American live television program shown weeknights on G4, G4 Canada and Fuel TV in Australia. The program is hosted by Kevin Pereira and Candace Bailey...
  
  
• March 30 - Eyes
  Eyes (TV series)
  Eyes is an ABC television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd. Eyes follows the firm of Judd Risk Management which uses marginally legal means to investigate individuals and crimes where law enforcement would fall short...
  
  

April

• April 1 - The Eyes of Nye
  The Eyes of Nye
  The Eyes of Nye is a science program airing on public television in the United States in 2005 and featuring Bill Nye. The show was more sophisticated than its predecessor Bill Nye the Science Guy, as it was aimed more toward adults and teenagers than children. All episodes were rated TV-G, except...
  
  
• April 4 - Lost Worlds
  Lost Worlds (television)
  Lost Worlds is a documentary television series on The History Channel produced by Atlantic Productions that explores a variety of "lost" locations from ancient to modern times. These locales are revealed through the use of archaeological evidence, interviews with relevant experts, and CGI...
  
  
• April 6 - Con
  Con (TV series)
  Con was a television series on Comedy Central in which con artist Skyler Stone revealed the secrets of his profession by performing confidence tricks, scams, and hoaxes of various degrees of complexity on camera. These could range from simply claiming that an order for food was botched, to claiming...
  
  
• April 6 - Meet the Barkers
  Meet the Barkers
  Meet the Barkers is a reality television series that was aired on MTV. The series followed the everyday life of married couple Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler, and their three children...
  
  
• April 8 - Living With Fran
  Living With Fran
  Living With Fran is an American sitcom that debuted on The WB network in April 2005 that starred Fran Drescher. The show last aired on March 2006.-Premise:Drescher plays Fran Reeves, an interior designer and divorced mother of two...
  
  
• April 12 - Deadliest Catch
  Deadliest Catch
  Deadliest Catch is a documentary/reality television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and C. opilio crab fishing seasons.The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor,...
  
  
• April 13 - Stacked
  Stacked
  Stacked is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on April 13, 2005. On May 18, 2006, Stacked was canceled, leaving five episodes unaired in the United States. The last episode aired on January 11, 2006...
  
  
• April 16 - Good Deal with Dave Lieberman
  Good Deal with Dave Lieberman
  Good Deal with Dave Lieberman is a television cooking show hosted by Dave Lieberman that airs on the Food Network in the US and Food Network Canada in Canada. The show premiered on Food Network on April 16, 2005. Lieberman's show presents affordable gourmet quality recipes.-External links:*...
  
  
• April 18 - I Married a Princess
  I Married a Princess
  I Married a Princess is a 2005 reality show on the Lifetime TV network that starred Catherine Oxenberg and her husband Casper Van Dien. The show's slogan is "under the tiara and behind the shades - a real life look at a fairy-tale family."...
  
  
• April 25 - Is It Real?
  Is It Real?
  Is It Real? is an American documentary television series that originally aired from April 25, 2005 to August 14, 2007 on the National Geographic Channel. The program examines popular or persistent mysteries to determine whether the featured cryptozoological creature or supernatural phenomenon is...
  
  

May

• May 1 - Metal Asylum
  Metal Asylum
  Metal Asylum is an American television program about heavy metal on Fuse. Hosted by Mistress Juliya, it served as a slightly more subtle incarnation of the popular Uranium and even coexisted with it under the same host...
  
  
• May 4 - Next
  Next (TV series)
  Next is a dating game show produced by Kallissa Productions which ran on MTV from 2005-2008.-Format:"Next", deals with a single person, going on blind dates with possibly 5 other single people who were secluded on a RV, referred to as the "Next Bus". The added twist was that the date could end at...
  
  
• May 13 - Costas Now
  Costas Now
  Costas Now was an American monthly sports television show hosted by Bob Costas on HBO.-History:In 2001, Costas was hired by HBO to host a 12-week talk and interview series called On the Record with Bob Costas. In 2005, the program was revamped to become Costas Now, with more of a focus on sports...
  
  
• May 14 - Alien Planet
  Alien Planet
  Alien Planet is a 94-minute docufiction, originally airing on the Discovery Channel, about two internationally built robot probes searching for alien life on the fictional planet Darwin IV. It was based on the book Expedition, by sci-fi/fantasy artist and writer Wayne Douglas Barlowe, who was also...
  
  
• May 17 - Britney & Kevin: Chaotic
  Britney & Kevin: Chaotic
  Britney & Kevin: Chaotic is an American reality television series, which aired on UPN from May 17, 2005 to June 14, 2005, starring American recording artist Britney Spears and her then husband, Kevin Federline. It was created by Anthony E. Zuiker, while Spears and Federline served as the executive...
  
  
• May 21 - Game Show Moments Gone Bananas
  Game Show Moments Gone Bananas
  Game Show Moments Gone Bananas is a television series on VH1. The first of five hour-long episodes aired on May 21, 2005 with the last first-run episode airing on June 18. Each episode aired for the first time on Saturday mornings at 11:30 ET, but "officially" premiered at 10:00 PM that night.The...
  
  
• May 28 - Attack of the Show
• May 29 - Kept
  Kept
  Kept is a reality television series that centered on Jerry Hall searching for a kept man. The show premiered on the American cable network VH1 in late May 2005. When Hall narrowed the list down to twelve, she spirited them off to London and eliminated them one by one.The final three consisted of...
  
  
• May 30 - The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
  The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
  The Life and Times of Juniper Lee was an American animated television series, created by Judd Winick and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The show premiered on Cartoon Network on May 30, 2005. The series ended on April 9, 2007...
  
  

June

• June 1 - Dancing with the Stars
  Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)
  Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on ABC in the United States, and CTV in Canada in 2011. The show is the American version of the British BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing...
  
  
• June 2 - Beauty and the Geek
  Beauty and the Geek
  Beauty and the Geek is a reality television series on The CW. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and Nick Santora....
  
  
• June 5 - The Comeback
  The Comeback (TV series)
  The Comeback is a television series produced by HBO that stars actress Lisa Kudrow as sitcom actress Valerie Cherish in modern-day Los Angeles, California. It was created by Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, a former executive producer of Sex and the City...
  
  
• June 5 - Fight for Fame
  Fight for Fame
  Fight For Fame is a one-hour reality show produced by E! Entertainment Television, and producers Jay James, Tim Puntillo, Alan Blassberg, and Brian Lando...
  
  
• June 5 - The Next Food Network Star
  The Next Food Network Star
  The Next Food Network Star is a reality television series produced by and aired on the Food Network in the United States that awards the winner his or her own series on the Food Network...
  
  
• June 6 - Stranded with Cash Peters
  Stranded with Cash Peters
  Stranded with Cash Peters was a reality show/documentary on the Travel Channel created by British travel writer Cash Peters, in which he was dumped in an unfamiliar place with no money, food, or room for the night. He had to rely on the locals to show him around town, buy food for him, and give him...
  
  
• June 13 - The Closer
  The Closer
  The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods...
  
  
• June 15 - 30 Days
• June 15 - Corwin's Quest
  Corwin's Quest
  Corwin's Quest is an American television program about animals airing on Animal Planet. It is similar to The Crocodile Hunter. It is hosted by actor and conservationist Jeff Corwin from The Jeff Corwin Experience...
  
  
• June 16 - Real Time with Bill Maher
  Real Time with Bill Maher
  Real Time with Bill Maher is a talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Much like his previous show, Politically Incorrect on ABC , Real Time features a panel of guests that discuss current events in politics and the media...
  
  
• June 17 - The Buzz on Maggie
  The Buzz on Maggie
  The Buzz on Maggie was an American animated television series which originally aired for 21 episodes between June 2005 and May 2006. The series focuses on Maggie Pesky, a tween fly, that aspires of becoming a rock star, but many episodes focus on her daily life.The series was created by Dave...
  
  
• June 19 - 12 oz. Mouse
  12 oz. Mouse
  12 oz. Mouse is an animated television series that aired on the American channel Cartoon Network as part of the Adult Swim late night programming block. The show centers on the antisocial actions of an alcoholic mouse known as "Mouse Fitzgerald", "Fitz," "Butch," or simply "Mouse"...
  
  
• June 20 - Wildfire
  Wildfire (TV series)
  Wildfire is a US television series that aired on ABC Family, which was produced by Lions Gate Television, Piller2 and The Segan Company . The show premiered June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended May 16, 2008 due to low ratings...
  
  
• June 26 - The Andy Milonakis Show
  The Andy Milonakis Show
  The Andy Milonakis Show is an American sketch comedy television show starring Andy Milonakis, which aired on MTV2, the first season having aired on MTV...
  
  
• June 29 - Stella
  Stella (TV series)
  Stella was a short-lived television series that originally ran from June 28, 2005 to August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members of the sketch comedy troupe of the same name and...
  
  
• June 30 - Being Bobby Brown
  Being Bobby Brown
  Being Bobby Brown is a reality series that depicted the life of R&B singer Bobby Brown and his then-wife, singer Whitney Houston, and their family. The series debuted on the Bravo channel on June 30, 2005, and became very highly rated, and restored a degree of celebrity to Bobby Brown...
  
  

July

• July 5 - MTV's The 70s House
  MTV's The 70s House
  MTV's The 70s House is an American reality television show created by Aaron Matthew Lee. The show premiered on MTV on July 5 and ended September 6, 2005. The show featured twelve contestants who thought they were participating in a The Real World-type reality show, but instead were thrust into a...
  
  
• July 8 - Camp Lazlo
  Camp Lazlo
  Camp Lazlo is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Rough Draft Studios, Joe Murray Productions and Cartoon Network Studios. It aired on Cartoon Network...
  
  
• July 8 - Mind of Mencia
  Mind of Mencia
  Mind of Mencia is an American television comedy series on the cable channel Comedy Central. Hosted by Carlos Mencia, it aired from 2005 to 2008.- History :...
  
  
• July 8 - Stankervision
  Stankervision
  Stankervision is a sketch-comedy program, created by Waco O'Guin and Roger Black, that aired on MTV2. It premiered July 8, 2005 as part of the channel's "Sic 'Em Friday" programming block. Stankervision is a repackaged version of "The DAMN! Show", a sketch comedy show that was created in Athens,...
  
  
• July 9 - Catscratch
  Catscratch
  Catscratch is a American animated television series created by Doug TenNapel airing on Nickelodeon in 2005 and on Nicktoons in late 2007 . It was also shown on Nickelodeon UK/Ireland in 2006. It is a light-hearted adaptation of TenNapel's graphic novel, Gear, which is also the name of the cats'...
  
  
• July 9 - Time Warp Trio
  Time Warp Trio
  The Time Warp Trio is a book series written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith and later by Adam McCauley, which chronicles the adventures of three boys - Joe, Sam, and Fred - who travel through time and space with the aid of the mysterious Book.The storyline has been adapted into an...
  
  
• July 10 - Hogan Knows Best
  Hogan Knows Best
  Hogan Knows Best is an American television show produced by Pink Sneakers Productions and centered on the family life of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan . Often focusing on the Hogans' raising of their children, and on Hulk Hogan's attempts to manage and assist in his children's burgeoning careers...
  
  
• July 17 - Minding the Store
  Minding the Store
  Minding the Store is a 2005 reality TV show starring Pauly Shore. The show was based around Shore trying to revitalize his acting career and run the family business, The Comedy Store....
  
  
• July 18 - Ballbreakers
  Ballbreakers
  Ballbreakers is a pocket billiards game show that began on the Game Show Network on July 18, 2005. The hosts were Sal Masekela, Ewa Mataya Laurance, and Adrianne Curry. GSN cancelled the show in 2006.-Play:...
  
  
• July 19 - Miami Ink
  Miami Ink
  Miami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and has finished broadcasting its fourth season...
  
  
• July 19 - Shootout!
  Shootout!
  Shootout! was a documentary series featured on The History Channel and ran for two seasons from 2005 to 2006. It depicts actual firefights between United States military personnel and other combatants. There are also occasional episodes dedicated to police or S.W.A.T. team firefights, as well as...
  
  
• July 20 - Criss Angel Mindfreak
  Criss Angel Mindfreak
  Criss Angel Mindfreak is a show distributed by A&E Network. It debuted in 2005, and centers on stunts and street magic acts by magician Criss Angel.-Career as magician:...
  
  
• July 20 - Inked
  Inked
  Inked is a documentary television series about the employees of the Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The series was created by Jeff Bowler in 2005, and was broadcast by the A&E Network...
  
  
• July 20 - So You Think You Can Dance
• July 23 - 5 Takes
  5 Takes
  5 Takes is a travel series that airs on the Travel Channel. The series documents bloggers and vloggers traveling to locations of the world while interacting online with viewers...
  
  
• July 24 - Flip This House
  Flip This House (TV series)
  Flip This House is an American television series that airs on the A&E television network. Each episode spotlights the purchase and renovation of a single unit...
  
  
• July 25 - Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
• July 25 - Kill Reality
  Kill Reality
  Kill Reality is a 2005 series which ran on E! Entertainment television about the all-stars of reality television making a horror movie called The Scorned. During the filming of the movie the cast lived together in a house that quickly turned into the real house of horrors...
  
  
• July 27 - Over There
  Over There (TV series)
  Over There is an action / drama / war television series that aired on FX. It premiered in the United States on July 27, 2005 and premiered in Canada on September 6, 2005 on the History Television channel. The series was presented in 16:9 widescreen format in the U.S...
  
  
• July 28 - Wild 'N Out
  Wild 'N Out
  Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'n Out is a game show on MTV starring Nick Cannon.-Premise:Similar in premise to game-type shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the show puts two teams of comedians: the "Red Squad", captained by Cannon and contained Katt Williams for the first 3 seasons, and the "Black...
  
  
• July 29 - Weekends at the D.L.
  Weekends at the D.L.
  Weekends at the D.L. was a talk show on Comedy Central, created in July 2005. In a typical episode, host D. L. Hughley entertains guests around a coffee table, where they drink wine and smoke stogies on the D.L...
  
  
• July 31 - Wanted
  Wanted (TV series)
  Wanted is a 2005 American primetime police drama television series broadcast on the TNT network. The series was created by Louis St. Clair and Jorge Zamacona, and executive produced by Aaron Spelling, E...
  
  

August

• August 1- Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith
  Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith
  Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith was a nightly one-hour television show on ESPN2 hosted by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and ESPN reporter Stephen A. Smith. The show premiered on August 1, 2005. It was cancelled on January 11, 2007 because of low ratings. Smith called the cancellation a...
  
  
• August 2 - Hi-Jinks
  Hi-Jinks
  Hi-Jinks is a hidden camera show that premiered on Nick at Nite in 2005. The show is hosted by Leila Sbitani. The show gives parents a chance to play practical jokes on their children, in a similar fashion to Candid Camera...
  
  
• August 3 - Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List is a reality show starring Kathy Griffin. The series aired on Bravo. It debuted in August 2005, and was cancelled in November 2010....
  
  
• August 4 - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American television sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. New episodes continue to air on FX, with reruns playing on Comedy Central, general broadcast syndication, and WGN America—the first-ever cable-to-cable syndication deal for a sitcom...
  
  
• August 4 - Starved
• August 7 - Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive
  Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive
  Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive is an American reality television program that aired on the E! network in 2005. On E! Australia it aired as Rich Kids: Cattle Drive.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 7 - Weeds
  Weeds (TV series)
  Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
  
  
• August 8 - Beautiful People
• August 8 - Too Late with Adam Carolla
  Too Late with Adam Carolla
  Too Late with Adam Carolla was a late night talk show hosted by Adam Carolla and produced by Jackhole Industries, a team made up of old collaborators: Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison. The show, which mixed celebrity interviews, chatty everyday observations, scripted sketches, and phone...
  
  
• August 10 - Taradise
  Taradise
  Taradise is an American reality series hosted by actress Tara Reid that aired on E! from August 2005 to 2006. Taradise was originally intended to be a new season of E!'s long-running series Wild On!, with Reid as the new host...
  
  
• August 14 - Barbershop
• August 17 - Battle of the Network Reality Stars
  Battle of the Network Reality Stars
  Battle of the Network Reality Stars is a television series that aired on the Bravo channel in the US in August and September 2005. Based on the popular 1970s and 1980s television competition Battle of the Network Stars, the show consisted of thirty-three competitors from several different reality...
  
  
• August 22 - Super Agent
  Super Agent
  Super Agent was an American reality television series about nine sports agents competing to be selected for defensive lineman Shaun Cody. The series was shown on Spike TV in 2005....
  
  
• August 26 - Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels
  Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels
  Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels is a television show based on cook Rachael Ray and her travels around the world . However, in this show she is not restricted by a budget and showcases food from more upscale eateries...
  
  
• August 28 - Rome
  Rome (TV series)
  Rome is a British-American–Italian historical drama television series created by Bruno Heller, John Milius and William J. MacDonald. The show's two seasons premiered in 2005 and 2007, and were later released on DVD. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic...
  
  
• August 29 - Prison Break
  Prison Break
  Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...
  
  
• August 31 - Cinematech
  Cinematech
  Cinematech was a TV show on G4 and G4techTV that showcases various cutscenes and trailers for video games past, present, and upcoming. Some of the cut scenes are outros, which only people who have played through the game would have been able to see. Some of this footage comes from the interns of...
  
  

September

• September 1 - Martha
  Martha (TV series)
  Martha, also known as The Martha Stewart Show, is an American, weekday one-hour talk show hosted by Martha Stewart. Previously airing in first-run syndication, the show began exclusively airing on cable network Hallmark Channel since September 13, 2010.-History:The program originally debuted on...
  
  
• September 11 - Breaking Bonaduce
  Breaking Bonaduce
  Breaking Bonaduce is an American reality series on VH1 that starred former child actor Danny Bonaduce and his wife Gretchen. The series premiered in September 2005 and ended in December 2006.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 11 - My Fair Brady
  My Fair Brady
  My Fair Brady is a celebrity reality television show on VH1 that follows Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch, and Adrianne Curry, who won the first season of America's Next Top Model, a year after they met and fell in love on the reality show The Surreal Life.The show...
  
  
• September 11 - The War at Home
  The War at Home (TV series)
  The War at Home is an American sitcom that ran from September 11, 2005 to April 22, 2007 on Fox. It follows the antics of a largely dysfunctional Long Island family...
  
  
• September 12 - Judge Alex
  Judge Alex
  Judge Alex is a United States syndicated courtroom television show that debuted September 12, 2005. The host/arbitrator is the Hon. Alex Ferrer, a former police officer, lawyer, and Florida judge. The show was produced in Houston at the television studios of Fox's KRIV , as was previously done with...
  
  
• September 12 - The Tyra Banks Show
  The Tyra Banks Show
  The Tyra Banks Show, also known as and shortened to Tyra or The Tyra Show, is an American talk show hosted by Tyra Banks. The last new episode aired on Friday, May 28, 2010.-2005-2009: Syndication:...
  
  
• September 13 - Bones
  Bones (TV series)
  Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
  
  
• September 13 - Engineering an Empire
  Engineering an Empire
  Engineering an Empire is a program on The History Channel that explores the engineering and/or architectural feats that were characteristic of some of the greatest societies on this planet. It is hosted by Peter Weller, famous for his acting role as RoboCop but also a lecturer at Syracuse...
  
  
• September 13 - Supernatural
  Supernatural (TV series)
  Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...
  
  
• September 15 - Head Cases
  Head Cases
  Head Cases is an American primetime comedy-drama television program, best known as the first show cancelled for the 2005–2006 season. It was broadcast by FOX and premiered on September 14, 2005...
  
  
• September 16 - Threshold
  Threshold (TV series)
  Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.The series was first...
  
  
• September 16 - Twins
  Twins (TV series)
  Twins is an American situation comedy series that first aired on The WB in the United States and on CTV in Canada in September 2005. The series is produced by KoMut Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television...
  
  
• September 17 - The Showbiz Show with David Spade
  The Showbiz Show with David Spade
  The Showbiz Show with David Spade was a weekly television program on Comedy Central that starred comedian David Spade. It is a comedic parody of celebrity news programs such as Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood...
  
  
• September 17 - Johnny Test
  Johnny Test
  Johnny Test is an American/Canadian animated television series. It premiered on Kids' WB, on The WB Television Network, on September 17, 2005. Five months later, it was introduced to Cartoon Network UK on January 12, 2006, first, as a sneak preview on Jungle Saturdays Block, and then on June 5,...
  
  
• September 17 - Loonatics Unleashed
  Loonatics Unleashed
  Loonatics Unleashed is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran on the Kids' WB for two seasons from 2005 to 2007 in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Kids Central in Singapore, Cartoon Network's Boomerang in Australia, Cartoon Network in the UK,...
  
  
• September 17 - Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island
  Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island
  Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island was a children's show that aired on Kids' WB in the United States. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation.Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island takes place on an island inhabited exclusively by fruit...
  
  
• September 19 - How I Met Your Mother
  How I Met Your Mother
  How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
  
  
• September 19 - Just Legal
  Just Legal
  Just Legal is a television courtroom drama that stars Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel as two courtroom lawyers in Venice, California. The series premiered on The WB on September 19, 2005 and was canceled on October 3, 2005 after only three episodes had been aired. Almost a year later The WB decided...
  
  
• September 19 - Surface
  Surface (TV series)
  Surface is a science fiction television series that premiered on NBC on 19 September 2005. The program aired fifteen episodes before going on hiatus on February 6, 2006 due to NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics...
  
  
• September 20 - Firehouse USA: Boston
  Firehouse USA: Boston
  Firehouse USA: Boston was a 2005 TV series on Discovery Channel. The series followed Engine 37 & Ladder 26 stationed out of Huntington Ave, Boston, Mass. Narrator was Mikey Kelley, executive producer was Mark Kadin. The series premiered Sept 20th, 2005 and was canceled later that year...
  
  
• September 20 - My Name Is Earl
  My Name Is Earl
  My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
  
  
• September 20 - TransGeneration
  TransGeneration
  TransGeneration is an eight episode documentary series depicting the lives of four transgender college students during the 2004/2005 school year as they attempt to balance college, their social lives, and their struggle to merge their internal and external selves while gender transitioning.Two of...
  
  
• September 21 - The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
  The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
  The Apprentice: Martha Stewart is a spin-off from the American reality television series The Apprentice that ran in the fall of 2005. Broadcast on NBC, the show featured business tycoon Martha Stewart. Tasks were centered around Stewart's areas of expertise: media, culinary arts, entertaining,...
  
  
• September 21 - E-Ring
  E-Ring
  E-Ring is an American television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005...
  
  
• September 22 - Everybody Hates Chris
  Everybody Hates Chris
  Everybody Hates Chris is an African American television period sitcom inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock , while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York . The show is set from 1982 to 1987; however, Rock himself was a teenager during years...
  
  
• September 22 - Invasion
  Invasion (TV series)
  Invasion is an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning in September 2005. Somewhat similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the show told the story of the aftermath of a hurricane in which water-based creatures infiltrate a small Florida town and...
  
  
• September 22 - Love, Inc.
  Love, Inc. (TV series)
  Love, Inc. is an American sitcom that began airing on UPN on September 22, 2005 until May 11, 2006. In its first and only season, it was aired right after Everybody Hates Chris. It was created by Andrew Secunda a former writer at "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "Saturday TV Funhouse" who...
  
  
• September 23 - Criminal Minds
  Criminal Minds
  Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
  
  
• September 23 - Ghost Whisperer
  Ghost Whisperer
  Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...
  
  
• September 23 - Inconceivable
  Inconceivable
  Inconceivable is an American primetime television medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show revolved around the professional and personal lives of those who work at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. The clinic is run by its co-founders ...
  
  
• September 23 - Three Wishes
• September 27 - Commander in Chief
  Commander in Chief (TV series)
  Commander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen , the first female President of the United States, who ascends to the role from the Vice Presidency after the death of the sitting President from a sudden cerebral...
  
  
• September 28 - Cold Case
• September 29 - Night Stalker
  Night Stalker (TV series)
  Night Stalker is a television series that ran for six weeks in the Fall of 2005 on ABC. The series starred Stuart Townsend as Carl Kolchak, an investigative reporter whose wife was murdered. Kolchak spends his time investigating other strange murders, believing they are linked in some way to his...
  
  

October

• October 1 - Flight 29 Down
  Flight 29 Down
  Flight 29 Down is a television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids. The show was created by Stan Rogow and D. J. MacHale . The executive producers are Rogow, MacHale, Shauna Shapiro Jackson, and Gina & Rann Watumull...
  
  
• October 5 - Freddie
• October 5 - Related
• October 9 - Little Einsteins
  Little Einsteins
  Little Einsteins is an animated television series on Disney Junior. The educational preschool series was developed for television by Douglas Wood who created the concept and characters, and a subsequent team headed by Emmy Award-winning director Olexa Hewryk and Dora the Explorer co-creator Eric...
  
  
• October 13 - Run's House
  Run's House
  Run's House was an MTV reality series. It showed the family life of rapper and hip-hop music pioneer Joseph Simmons, also known as Rev Run....
  
  
• October 16 - Squidbillies
  Squidbillies
  Squidbillies is an animated television series about the Cuylers, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly squids living in the Appalachian region of North Carolina's mountains. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios for the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network and...
  
  
• October 17 - The Colbert Report
• October 17 - Miss Seventeen
  Miss Seventeen
  Miss Seventeen is a reality television show on MTV that aired from October 17, 2005 to December 19, 2005. The show consisted of 17 young women competing for an internship at and a college scholarship. Atoosa Rubenstein was the main judge, she was the youngest editor-in-chief ever to run...
  
  
• October 28 - A Haunting
  A Haunting
  A Haunting is an American paranormal docudrama anthology television series that originally aired from October 28, 2005 to November 9, 2007 on the Discovery Channel. The program features narrations, interviews, and dramatic re-enactments based on various accounts of paranormal experiences at...
  
  
• October 28 - Masters of Horror
  Masters of Horror
  Masters of Horror is an informal social group of international film writers and directors specializing in horror movies and an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.- Origin :...
  
  
• October 30 - But Can They Sing?
  But Can They Sing?
  But Can They Sing? is a reality television series that premiered on October 30, 2005 on VH1 as part of its celebreality programming. Hosted by Ahmet Zappa, the series was partially based on NBC's announced but abandoned project I'm a Celebrity but I Wanna Be a Pop Star...
  
  

November

• November 4 - South of Nowhere
  South of Nowhere
  South of Nowhere is an American teen drama television series created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aimed primarily at teenagers, it first aired on November 4, 2005 and was one of six original series on The N. The second half of the third and final season aired October 10, 2008 and the final episode aired on...
  
  
• November 6 - The Boondocks
  The Boondocks (TV series)
  The Boondocks is an American animated series created by Aaron McGruder on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, based on McGruder's comic strip of the same name...
  
  
• November 6 - Minoriteam
  Minoriteam
  Minoriteam is an animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The pilot episode premiered on November 6, 2005...
  
  
• November 11 - Animal Planet Report
  Animal Planet Report
  Animal Planet Report was a reality television series about reports on animals all over the United States. The series aired on Animal Planet and was hosted by Michelle Beadle. It has not currently aired since some time between 2006 and 2007....
  
  
• November 25 - The X's
  The X's
  The X's is an American animated television series created by Carlos Ramos about a family of spies, who must hide their identity from the outside world, but sometimes have a little trouble in doing so....
  
  

December

• December 4 - Sleeper Cell
  Sleeper Cell (TV series)
  Sleeper Cell is a one-hour drama on the Showtime network that began airing on December 4, 2005. The tagline for the first season was "Friends. Neighbors. Husbands. Terrorists." and the tagline for the second season was "Cities. Suburbs. Airports. Targets." The series was nominated for an Emmy award...
  
  
• December 5 - Isaac
  Isaac (TV show)
  Isaac is a TV show hosted by fashion designer and personality Isaac Mizrahi. It was shot in New York City, and aired on the Style Network in the United States. It premiered on December 5, 2005. Segments included man-on-the-street interviews, "Sketches and Answers" and celebrity interviews...
  
  
• December 6 - Madden Nation
  Madden Nation
  Madden Nation is an American reality television show, created as a joint effort between EA SPORTS and ESPN Original Entertainment to take viewers inside the world of Madden NFL, a popular video game with over 10 million players worldwide. The series premiered on December 6, 2005 and is currently...
  
  
• December 10 - Cash Cab
  Cash Cab
  Cash Cab is a TV game show devised by Adam Wood that originated in the United Kingdom and has been licensed to television networks in numerous other countries...
  
  
• December 13 - Moral Orel
  Moral Orel
  Moral Orel is an American stop-motion animated television show, which originally aired on Adult Swim from December 13, 2005 to December 18, 2008...
  
  
• December 15 - Celebrity Eye Candy
  Celebrity Eye Candy
  Celebrity Eye Candy is a television series on VH1 that first aired on December 15, 2005. It features photos and videos of celebrities taken by the paparazzi within the past week. Frequently the celebrities were shown in a poor light. The host of the show is never seen and is a voice-over only...
  
  
• December 19 - Deal or No Deal
  Deal or No Deal
  Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...
  
  
• December 26 - My Gym Partner's a Monkey
  My Gym Partner's a Monkey
  My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American animated television series created by Timothy and Julie McNally Cahill and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It premiered on December 26, 2005 and ended in November 27, 2008 following a marathon of its final regular-run episodes...
  
  
• December 27 - Ben 10
  Ben 10
  The Omnitrix was originally created by a Galvan named Azmuth. The Omnitrix was intended to allow beings to experience life as other species in order to bring understanding and foster peace in the universe....
  
  

January

• January 1 - BBQ with Bobby Flay
  BBQ with Bobby Flay
  BBQ with Bobby Flay is a travelogue series, in which celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay travels around the USA in search of the best and most delectable grilled barbecued food...
  
  
• January 2 - Who's Your Daddy
  Who's Your Daddy? (TV series)
  Who's Your Daddy? is a Fox reality television program hosted by soap opera actress Finola Hughes. The first of six planned episodes aired in January 2005 to low ratings and a torrent of hostile press attention, prompting Fox to shelve the remaining shows indefinitely...
  
  
• January 5 - Airline
  Airline (TV series)
  Airline was a fly on the wall television programme, produced in the United Kingdom that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff of Britannia and later EasyJet...
  
  
• January 5 - Boiling Points
  Boiling Points
  Boiling Points is a prank reality television show, much like the format used on Candid Camera. It is broadcast on MTV in the United States. In each half-hour episode, annoying situations are set up and deliberately inflicted on one or more young adults who are unaware that they are being tested...
  
  
• January 5 - Miami Animal Police
  Miami Animal Police
  Miami Animal Police is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on January 5, 2004 on Animal Planet. Produced by Lion Television, the program is set in Miami, Florida and the surrounding Miami-Dade County, an area of more than...
  
  
• January 6 - Made in America
• January 11 - Drake & Josh
  Drake & Josh
  Drake & Josh is an American sitcom that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network on January 11, 2004, which follows the lives of two stepbrothers. It stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck as stepbrothers Drake Parker and Josh Nichols, respectively. Both actors had played roles in The Amanda Show,...
  
  
• January 11 - The John Henson Project
  The John Henson Project
  The John Henson Project was an American reality television series that explores the world through the eyes of host John Henson. The series was shown on Spike TV in 2004. The intent of the show was to create a half hour variety-type program that would highlight news, entertainment and sports from a...
  
  
• January 12 - On Air with Ryan Seacrest
• January 16 - Dweezil & Lisa
  Dweezil & Lisa
  Dweezil & Lisa was a 2004 Food Network television series presented by rock musicians and erstwhile couple Dweezil Zappa and Lisa Loeb. The duo traveled around America, sampling local music and cuisine....
  
  
• January 16 - How do I look?
  How Do I Look?
  How Do I Look? is a makeover show airing on the Style Network. The show was originally hosted by English soap opera veteran Finola Hughes; the current season is hosted by celebrity stylist Jeannie Mai. The show features "fashion victims," purportedly turned in by their friends, coworkers, and...
  
  
• January 18 - The L Word
  The L Word
  The L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...
  
  
• January 19 - Bands Reunited
  Bands Reunited
  Bands Reunited is a television program produced by VH1 in 2004. Hosted by Aamer Haleem, the show documented the attempted reuniting of a formerly popular musical ensemble for a special concert in either London or Los Angeles....
  
  
• January 19 - My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
  My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
  My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé was a one-shot television reality show on the Fox Network during the 2003-2004 season. The show consisted of six hour-long episodes.-Plot summary:...
  
  
• January 19 - Nerd Nation
  Nerd Nation
  Nerd Nation is an American TV show on TechTV that focused on the life of nerds and other geeks. The series lasted 10 episodes. Re-runs also ran on G4 in late 2005....
  
  
• January 21 - 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave
  'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave
  Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave was a reality television show produced by Fernando Hernández for Music Television...
  
  
• January 23 - American Hot Rod
  American Hot Rod
  American Hot Rod is a reality television series that originally aired between 2004 and 2008 on The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel. The show documented the crew at Boyd Coddington's car shop and their personal struggles to build hot rods and custom vehicles under extremely tight deadlines....
  
  
• January 23 - Dave the Barbarian
  Dave the Barbarian
  Dave the Barbarian is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale, creator of The Weekenders, that premiered on January 23, 2004 on Disney Channel and ended on January 22, 2005. Continuing to air in other countries after the show ended, the show follows a barbarian named Dave,...
  
  
• January 28 - College Hill
• January 30 - Teamo Supremo
  Teamo Supremo
  Teamo Supremo is an animated television series created by Disney. Animated in the limited animation style pioneered by Jay Ward, predecessors which inspired its style, it tells of three superhero kids: Captain Crandall, Skate Lad, and Rope Girl...
  
  

February

• February 1 - Dream Job
  Dream Job
  Dream Job is an American reality television show from ESPN, which began on February 22, 2004. It was the network's second reality show, with two editions of Beg, Borrow & Deal having previously aired. However, this was the first reality show from a network to offer its winner an on-air place on one...
  
  
• February 2 - High School Stories
  High School Stories
  High School Stories is an original program that aired on the MTV network, and featured stories of pranks, scandals, and controversies kids took part in when they were in high school...
  
  
• February 2 - In a Fix
  In a Fix
  In a Fix was an American television series involving a team of construction workers and a designer who would "rescue" homeowners from stalled "do-it-yourself" renovation projects. Original episodes of In a Fix, which was produced by NorthSouth Productions, aired on TLC in 2004 and 2005...
  
  
• February 4 - Cheap Seats
  Cheap Seats
  Cheap Seats without Ron Parker, commonly shortened to Cheap Seats, is a television program broadcast on ESPN Classic hosted by brothers Randy and Jason Sklar...
  
  
• February 15 - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a reality television series providing home renovations for less fortunate families and community schools etc...
  
  
• February 23 - Straight Plan for the Gay Man
  Straight Plan for the Gay Man
  Straight Plan for the Gay Man is an American television program that aired on cable network Comedy Central. It is a spoof of Bravo's hit Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Four straight comedians - Curtis Gwinn , Billy Merritt , Kyle Grooms and Rob Riggle - makeover a gay man to pass as straight...
  
  

March

• March 1 - Forever Eden
  Forever Eden
  Forever Eden is a Fox reality show that shared many similarities with FOX's 2003 summer television show Paradise Hotel, including the show's producers. Unlike Paradise Hotel, the contestants could live in a resort not for weeks or months, but for years. It was hosted by Ruth England. In the end,...
  
  
• March 3 - Kingdom Hospital
  Kingdom Hospital
  Kingdom Hospital is a thirteen-episode television miniseries based on Lars von Trier's The Kingdom , which was developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television...
  
  
• March 3 - Significant Others
• March 4 - Mad Mad House
  Mad Mad House
  Mad Mad House is a 2004 reality television series about a group of ten contestants competing for $100,000. The contestants live together in a house inhabited by another group of people known as the alts...
  
  
• March 4 - Pimp My Ride
  Pimp My Ride
  Pimp My Ride is a TV show produced by MTV. Each episode consists of taking one car in poor condition and restoring it and customizing it.The original United States version was hosted by rapper Xzibit...
  
  
• March 9 - Cracking Up
  Cracking Up
  For the movie, see Cracking Up .Cracking Up is an American television sitcom created by School of Rock writer Mike White, who also served as the series' head writer. It aired on the Fox Network on Monday nights from March to May 2004. The title of the program and the name of the psychiatrist, Dr...
  
  
• March 12 - Playing It Straight
  Playing it Straight
  Playing It Straight is a 2004 American reality show in which one woman spent time on a ranch with a group of men in an attempt to discern which of them were homosexual and which of them were heterosexual. All of the men pretended to be heterosexual. The woman went on individual dates with the men,...
  
  
• March 12 - Wonderfalls
  Wonderfalls
  Wonderfalls is a comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop...
  
  
• March 14 - This Just In!
  This Just In!
  This Just In! is an American animated television series that follows the misadventures and exploits of reporter Brian Newport. It was shown on Spike TV in 2004....
  
  
• March 15 - I Want a Famous Face
  I Want a Famous Face
  I Want a Famous Face is a Reality television program on MTV, produced by Pink Sneakers Productions.The show features young adults who undergo plastic surgery with the goal of looking more like a famous person...
  
  
• March 16 - Century City
  Century City (TV series)
  Century City is an American science fiction-legal drama television series set in Los Angeles in the year 2030.-Synopsis:The show follows the legal team of Crane, Constable, McNeil & Montero...
  
  
• March 17 - The Stones
  The Stones (TV series)
  The Stones is a sitcom television series that starred Robert Klein, Judith Light, Lindsay Sloane and Jay Baruchel as the Stone family that are divorced but still live under the same house. The show premiered on CBS on March 17, 2004 and was canceled after 3 episodes due to low ratings....
  
  
• March 21 - Animal Face-Off
  Animal Face-Off
  Animal Face-Off is a television program that aired on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet in 2004.-Synopsis:This program centers on a hypothetical battle between two animals that could possibly meet in the wild, or in some cases, have been compared to each other by scientists. CGI replicas and...
  
  
• March 21 - Deadwood
  Deadwood (TV series)
  Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
  
  

April

• April 2 - The Big House
  The Big House (2004 TV series)
  The Big House is an American prime time television sitcom starring actor/comedian Kevin Hart. It ran on the ABC television network in April 2004, lasting for only six episodes....
  
  
• April 3 - Danny Phantom
  Danny Phantom
  Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. The show was about a teenage half-ghost boy, who frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret...
  
  
• April 7 - The Swan
  The Swan (TV series)
  The Swan is a 2004 American reality television program broadcast on Fox in which women who were judged to be 'ugly' were given "extreme makeovers" that included several forms of plastic surgery...
  
  
• April 9 - National Geographic Ultimate Explorer
  National Geographic Ultimate Explorer
  National Geographic Ultimate Explorer is an American documentary television series that premiered on April 9, 2004 on the National Geographic Channel. The program is a spin-off series of National Geographic Explorer.-See also:*National Geographic Explorer*List of programs broadcast by National...
  
  
• April 12 - Peep and the Big Wide World
  Peep and the Big Wide World
  Peep and the Big Wide World is an animated cartoon that teaches nature and basic science concepts to preschoolers. The main characters include a baby chicken named Peep and his friends Quack, a blue duck, and Chirp, a red robin with purple eyelids...
  
  
• April 12 - Untold Stories of the E.R.
  Untold Stories of the E.R.
  Untold Stories of the E.R. is a docudrama television series which airs on TLC and Discovery Fit & Health.In this program real-life emergency room doctors tell about their most bizarre and puzzling cases. Typically these involve medical sabotage, violently or strangely acting patients,...
  
  
• April 13 - Showbiz Moms & Dads
  Showbiz Moms & Dads
  Showbiz Moms & Dads is a reality television show that aired on the Bravo network. It followed children and their parents who aspired to success in entertainment.The show followed four families:...
  
  
• April 14 - I'm Still Alive
• April 14 - Overhaulin'
  Overhaulin'
  Overhaulin' is an American automotive reality TV show that ran for five seasons on TLC between 2004–2009. The show remains available via re-runs and syndication.-Hosts:...
  
  
• April 19 - Family Plots
  Family Plots
  Family Plots is a critically acclaimed docu-series television show that followed the ongoing events and the employees that work at the family-run Poway Bernardo Mortuary in Poway, California...
  
  
• April 23 - American Hot Rod
  American Hot Rod
  American Hot Rod is a reality television series that originally aired between 2004 and 2008 on The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel. The show documented the crew at Boyd Coddington's car shop and their personal struggles to build hot rods and custom vehicles under extremely tight deadlines....
  
  
• April 28 - Shorties Watchin' Shorties
  Shorties Watchin' Shorties
  Shorties Watchin' Shorties was a television show broadcast on Comedy Central that is now on DVD. The show is made up of various short animated clips with audio from comedians' stand up routines. It also features two "shorties," a pair of babies voiced by Nick DiPaolo and Patrice O'Neal who watch...
  
  

June

• June 1 - Big!
  Big!
  Big! is a TV series in which an episode consists of a team of engineers manufacturing the world's biggest items for the sake of setting world records.The devices have to function to qualify.The series originally aired on Discovery Channel in...
  
  
• June 1 - Summerland
  Summerland (TV series)
  Summerland is an American drama television series created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin. It is centered on a clothing designer in her 30s, Ava Gregory , raising her niece and nephews after their parents die in a tragic accident...
  
  
• June 1 - Wanna Come In?
  Wanna Come In?
  Wanna Come In? is an MTV reality television show. It is a modern reality twist on the legendary play Cyrano de Bergerac. In the show, a two man team that consists of a "stud" and a "dud" compete with another "stud"/"dud" duo to try to win cash prizes...
  
  
• June 3 - The First 48
  The First 48
  The First 48 is an American documentary television series that airs on A&E. Filmed in various cities in the United States, the series offers an insider's look at the real-life world of homicide investigators...
  
  
• June 4 - American Casino
  American Casino
  American Casino is an American reality television series which tracks the daily events of the managers and employees of the Green Valley Ranch Casino resort in Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. The show originally aired on the Discovery Channel, but in June 2005, it was moved to the Travel...
  
  
• June 4 - Black Tie Nights
  Black Tie Nights
  Black Tie Nights was a softcore drama anthology series which aired on Cinemax in the United States from 2004 to 2005.This anthology show revolved around the adventures of Olivia Hartley and Cooper Snow who ran Black Tie dating service. They were assisted by their geeky sidekick, Ryan Lundy. Each...
  
  
• June 4 - TNA Impact!
  TNA iMPACT!
  Impact Wrestling is a professional wrestling television program for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that currently airs in the United States and Canada on Spike...
  
  
• June 8 - Blow Out
  Blow Out (TV series)
  Blow Out was a reality television series that first premiered on the Bravo cable television network in 2004, with a second season broadcasting in 2005. The first season revolved around the construction and launch of Jonathan Salon in Beverly Hills, an upscale Los Angeles hair salon...
  
  
• June 10 - Animal Icons
  Animal Icons
  Animal Icons is a television show from Animal Planet about animals in popular culture. This program tells us about fictional animals Including Garfield, Godzilla, King Kong, Batman, Spider-Man and Bugs Bunny.The episodes for example are:...
  
  
• June 14 - North Shore
  North Shore (TV series)
  North Shore is an American prime-time soap opera that aired on Fox every Monday at 8 p.m. EST for seven months in 2004 and 2005...
  
  
• June 15 - Extreme Dodgeball
  Extreme Dodgeball
  Extreme Dodgeball is an American Sports Entertainment television show that debuted on Game Show Network in 2004. It has also been shown in the UK on Challenge.-Standard rules:...
  
  
• June 16 - The Ashlee Simpson Show
  The Ashlee Simpson Show
  The Ashlee Simpson Show is a television reality show about the life of Ashlee Simpson. The first season, taped from 2003 to mid-2004, focused on the beginnings of her career as a singer and the recording of her debut album, Autobiography...
  
  
• June 16 - Method & Red
  Method & Red
  Method & Red, sometimes written Meth and Red, is a television program that first aired on Fox Broadcasting Company on June 16, 2004...
  
  
• June 16 - Quintuplets
  Quintuplets
  Quintuplets is an American sitcom that aired twenty-two episodes on FOX from June 16, 2004 through January 12, 2005. The program starred Andy Richter and Rebecca Creskoff as parents of a family of quintuplets and their various adventures in parenthood....
  
  
• June 18 - Phil of the Future
  Phil of the Future
  Phil of the Future is an American situation comedy that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 18, 2004, to August 19, 2006 for a total of two seasons. The series was created by Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber and produced by 2121 Productions, a part of Brookwell McNamara Entertainment...
  
  
• June 20 - Fatherhood
  Fatherhood (TV series)
  Fatherhood is an American animated television series revolving around the Bindlebeep family and various happenings, inspired by the book of the same name by Bill Cosby. This was Nick at Nite's first original animated series. It has aired on Nick at Nite and Nickelodeon. It was canceled in...
  
  
• June 22 - Outback Jack
  Outback Jack
  Outback Jack was a 2004 reality TV show filmed in Outback, Australia. It was produced by Nash Entertainment. It starred Vadim Dale, a 6-foot-tall former underwear model, as Outback Jack, and started with twelve women who vied for Vadim's attentions to be selected as the woman he would choose to be...
  
  
• June 24 - The Graham Norton Effect
  The Graham Norton Effect
  The Graham Norton Effect is a talk show hosted by the Irish comedian Graham Norton. The show aired on Comedy Central. The show aired from June 24, 2004 to September 16, 2004....
  
  

July

• July - Trading Spouses
  Trading Spouses
  Trading Spouses, often advertised as Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, is a FOX reality show in which two families, usually of different social classes, swap wives or husbands for a week. Each family is awarded $50,000, with the stipulation that the guest mother decides how her host family must...
  
  
• July 1 - Celebrity Blackjack
  Celebrity Blackjack
  Celebrity Blackjack was a television show on GSN where celebrities played tournament style blackjack for charity. The show was hosted by Matt Vasgersian . Dave Stann was the dealer. Season 1 aired weekly from July 5 through August 9, 2004...
  
  
• July 1 - The Soup
  The Soup
  The Soup is an E! Entertainment Television weekly series; it is a revamped version of Talk Soup that focuses on recaps of various pop culture and television show moments of the week...
  
  
• July 5 - UFO Files
  UFO Files
  UFO Files was an American television series that was produced from 2004 to 2007 for The History Channel. The program covered the phenomena of unidentified flying and submerged objects, close encounters with alleged extraterrestrial life, and alleged military and government cover-up conspiracies.In...
  
  
• July 6 - Crossballs: The Debate Show
• July 8 - Stump the Schwab
  Stump the Schwab
  Stump the Schwab is an American game show that aired on ESPN Classic . The show ran from July 8, 2004 to September 29, 2006 and featured three contestants trying to stump Howie Schwab, who was the first statistician ESPN ever had. Stuart Scott was the show's host...
  
  
• July 11 - Dr. 90210
  Dr. 90210
  Dr. 90210 is an American reality television series focusing on plastic surgery in the wealthy suburb of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Southern California. The series began its run in 2004. Dr...
  
  
• July 11 - The 4400
  The 4400
  The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
  
  
• July 12 - The Assistant
  The Assistant (TV series)
  The Assistant is a reality television show that parodied other reality shows such as The Apprentice, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Survivor, American Idol, and Fear Factor. Its eight episodes originally aired on MTV. It featured comedian Andy Dick's search for a new personal assistant...
  
  
• July 16 - Stargate Atlantis
  Stargate Atlantis
  Stargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself...
  
  
• July 18 - Entourage
  Entourage (TV series)
  Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...
  
  
• July 21 - Rescue Me
  Rescue Me (TV series)
  Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
  
  
• July 28 - Amish in the City
  Amish in the City
  Amish in the City is an American reality television series by Stick Figure Productions and UPN...
  
  
• July 29 - Blue Collar TV
  Blue Collar TV
  Blue Collar TV was a television program that aired on The WB Television Network with lead actors Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. The show's humor dealt principally with contemporary American society, and especially hillbilly, redneck, and Southern stereotypes. The show was...
  
  
• July 30 - O'Grady
  O'Grady
  O'Grady is an animated television show created by Tom Snyder and Carl Adams and developed for TV by co-star Holly Schlesinger. It used to air on The N in the US, on MTV in Latin America, Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom and on 2x2 in Russia. It stars Melissa Bardin Galsky and H...
  
  

August

• August 1 - American Candidate
  American Candidate
  American Candidate is a political reality television show. The program aired for one season on Showtime in 2004, and was hosted by Montel Williams. It was created by documentary filmmaker R. J...
  
  
• August 1 - Growing Up Gotti
  Growing Up Gotti
  Growing Up Gotti was an American reality television series that appeared on A&E. It featured the life of Victoria Gotti, daughter of Mafia boss John Gotti, and her three sons; Carmine Agnello, Jr., John Gotti Agnello, and Frank Gotti Agnello....
  
  
• August 1 - Stroker and Hoop
  Stroker and Hoop
  Stroker and Hoop is an American Flash animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The series is a parody of buddy cop films and television series such as Starsky and Hutch, and features the voices of Jon Glaser as Stroker and Timothy "Speed" Levitch as...
  
  
• August 7 - Soapography
• August 13 - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
  Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
  Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series...
  
  
• August 21 - Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
• August 30 - The Complex: Malibu
• August 31 - Dog the Bounty Hunter
  Dog the Bounty Hunter
  Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television show on A&E which chronicles Duane "Dog" Chapman's adventures as a fugitive recovery agent, or bounty hunter...
  
  
• August 31 - Father of the Pride
  Father of the Pride
  Father of the Pride is an American animated television series that began broadcasting on NBC on August 31, 2004 and was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series in prime-time network TV .-Overview:...
  
  

September

• September 1 - Ambush Makeover
  Ambush Makeover
  Ambush Makeover is the title of a television show which aired in syndication and the Style Network from 2004-2005. The show aired on Fox-owned stations during its first season, and then went national for the second season before being cancelled by Twentieth Television.-Overview:Each episode...
  
  
• September 1 - Da Boom Crew
  Da Boom Crew
  Da Boom Crew was a childrens' television series, first shown on the American network, Kids' WB. It received the network’s worst ever 11:30 am first show audience for boys 6-11, females 9-14 and males 9-14. In the US, the show was canceled after four out of the 13 episodes made...
  
  
• September 1 - Hawaii
  Hawaii (TV series)
  Hawaii is a United States television series produced and distributed by NBC Universal Television for the NBC television network. Originally titled Pearl City, this police drama was produced with the series Hawaii Five-O in mind, and debuted on August 31, 2004...
  
  
• September 1 - Renovate My Family
  Renovate My Family
  Renovate My Family is a reality television series on Fox which reaches out to improve the lives of troubled families. While arguably it is very similar to ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Renovate My Family focuses on both the family and the home.It begins with the families receiving the...
  
  
• September 4 - 1 Day With
  1 Day With
  1 Day With is an American reality series which premiered on Soapnet in September 2004. Soap actor Wally Kurth follows a daytime soap actor around throughout their day...
  
  
• September 4 - Kitchen Accomplished
  Kitchen Accomplished
  Kitchen Accomplished is a show that aired on the Food Network.Homeowners would send in videos of their kitchens that need renovating and Food Network executives would choose one. It's then up to the series' SWAT team of Chef Cat Cora, design expert Wolfgang Schaber and contractor Peter Marr to...
  
  
• September 7 - The Al Franken Show
  The Al Franken Show
  The Al Franken Show was the flagship talk show of the former talk radio network, Air America Radio. Hosted by Al Franken, it featured commentary and interviews arguing for left-wing positions on the issues of the day, and comically poking fun at the George W. Bush Administration. The show began as...
  
  
• September 9 - Conspiracy?
  Conspiracy?
  Conspiracy? is a documentary television series that was created and originally aired on The History Channel that examines recent historical events from the perspective of conspiracy theory.Premiering in 2004 and hosted by Tom Kane, notable episodes have examined the President John F...
  
  
• September 9 - Joey
• September 9 - Medical Investigation
  Medical Investigation
  Medical Investigation was an American medical drama television series that began September 9, 2004, on NBC. It ran for 20 one-hour episodes before being cancelled in 2005...
  
  
• September 11 - The Batman
  The Batman (TV series)
  The Batman is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It ran from 2004 to 2008, on the Saturday morning television block Kids' WB...
  
  
• September 12 - Jack & Bobby
  Jack & Bobby
  Jack & Bobby is an American television series that aired on The WB network. It featured two brothers, one of whom would become President of the United States, serving from 2041 to 2049...
  
  
• September 12 - Unfabulous
  Unfabulous
  Unfabulous is an American children's television series that aired on Nickelodeon The series is about an "unfabulous" junior high school student, played by Emma Roberts...
  
  
• September 13 - The Benefactor
  The Benefactor
  The Benefactor is an American reality television show broadcast on ABC starting on September 13, 2004. The premise involved 16 contestants vying to win US$1 million from billionaire entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban....
  
  
• September 13 - Dog Whisperer
  Dog Whisperer
  Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan is a reality television series that features Cesar Millan's work with problem dogs. In the United States, the program airs exclusively on the Nat Geo WILD channel with season 8 expected to premiere in 2012....
  
  
• September 13 - LAX
  LAX (TV series)
  LAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX".-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 13 - The Tony Danza Show
  The Tony Danza Show
  The Tony Danza Show was a daytime talk show hosted by Tony Danza, but was also a sitcom featuring the same actor ....
  
  
• September 16 - Video Mods
  Video Mods
  Video Mods was a television series that aired on MTV2. The show turned video games into music videos. It was created by Tony Shiff of Big Bear Entertainment in 2003. A pilot aired in Dec 2003, having been underwritten by Electronic Arts...
  
  
• September 20 - Listen Up!
• September 20 - Second Time Around
  Second Time Around
  Second Time Around is an American television show from the UPN Network that ran during the 2004-05 season. After 13 episodes, the show was cancelled, citing low ratings.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 21 - Rodney
  Rodney (TV series)
  Rodney is an American television sitcom that was shown on ABC from September 21, 2004, to June 6, 2006. Ric Swartzlander was the creator and executive producer of the comedy series...
  
  
• September 22 - CSI: NY
  CSI: NY
  CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
  
  
• September 22 - Lost
  Lost (TV series)
  Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
  
  
• September 22 - The Mountain
  The Mountain (TV series)
  The Mountain is an American television series that was broadcast on the WB Television Network for one season, from 2004 to 2005. The show received very low ratings and was canceled after only thirteen episodes. The theme song, "I Miss You" is sung by blink-182.-Plot:The plot centers on a ski resort...
  
  
• September 22 - Veronica Mars
  Veronica Mars
  Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
  
  
• September 24 - Complete Savages
  Complete Savages
  Complete Savages is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 2004 to June 2005. It was part of ABC's final TGIF comedy line-up. The show was created by Mike Scully and Julie Thacker and executive produced by Mel Gibson...
  
  
• September 24 - Dr. Vegas
  Dr. Vegas
  Dr. Vegas is a television drama starring Rob Lowe and Joe Pantoliano that ran on CBS in 2004. It aired in Ireland on TG4, and on Challenge in the UK as part of its "Player" gambling strand. In Slovakia, Markíza began airing the show on February 20, 2008....
  
  
• September 26 - Clubhouse
• September 27 - Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
  Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
  Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is an animated program based on the children's books by David Kirk, which airs on Nick Jr. in the United States, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Discovery Kids in Brazil...
  
  
• September 29 - Kevin Hill
  Kevin Hill
  Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season.-Synopsis:The series stars Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10 month old cousin...
  
  
• September 30 - Second Time Around

October

• October 2 - Darcy's Wild Life
  Darcy's Wild Life
  Darcy's Wild Life is an American-Canadian television series, filmed during 2004-2006, and broadcast on Discovery Kids and the Family Channel. The show revolves around Darcy Fields , the daughter of an eccentric actress who decides to move away from Malibu to raise her daughter in a more normal...
  
  
• October 3 - Boston Legal
  Boston Legal
  Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...
  
  
• October 3 - Desperate Housewives
  Desperate Housewives
  Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
  
  
• October 5 - Wanda Does It
  Wanda Does It
  Wanda Does It was a television show on Comedy Central that displayed "a day in the life" of the world of comedian Wanda Sykes. The show was canceled in early January, 2005 though the last episode aired November 16, 2004...
  
  
• October 6 - Ghost Hunters
  Ghost Hunters
  Ghost Hunters is an American paranormal reality television series that premiered on October 6, 2004, on Syfy . The program features paranormal investigators Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson who investigate places that are reported to be haunted. The two originally worked as plumbers for Roto-Rooter as...
  
  
• October 6 - Proof Positive
• October 7 - Drawn Together
  Drawn Together
  Drawn Together is an American animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November 14, 2007. The series was created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, and uses a sitcom format with a TV reality show setting...
  
  
• October 7 - Drew Carey's Green Screen Show
  Drew Carey's Green Screen Show
  Drew Carey's Green Screen Show is an improvisational comedy television series that aired in the fall of 2004 on The WB Television Network, and the fall of 2005 on Comedy Central. The show was hosted by Drew Carey, and was somewhat a follow-up to the show he formerly hosted, Whose Line Is It Anyway?...
  
  
• October 7 - Life As We Know It
• October 11 - The Backyardigans
  The Backyardigans
  The Backyardigans is a Canadian/American 3-D CGI-animated children's TV series, created by Janice Burgess. It features five animal children, who imagine that their backyard becomes an adventure place. It is a coproduction of Treehouse TV, and the Canadian animation studio Nelvana. Debuting on...
  
  
• October 12 - Manhunt
  Manhunt (2004 TV series)
  Manhunt: The Search For America's Most Gorgeous Male Model was a reality television series hosted by Carmen Electra on the Bravo network. It followed a formula similar to UPN/The CW's America's Next Top Model, but with two differences. One, all the contestants are male, and two, there is a spy...
  
  
• October 16 - I Wanna Be a Soap Star
  I Wanna Be a Soap Star
  I Wanna Be a Soap Star is a reality television series which debuted on the cable channel SOAPnet in 2004. The show is hosted by All My Children star and ex-Dancing with the Stars participant, Cameron Mathison. It is based on the British reality series Soapstars.-I Wanna Be a Soap Star:The first...
  
  
• October 18 - Battlestar Galactica
  Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
  Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
  
  
• October 19 - The Biggest Loser
• October 19 - He's a Lady
  He's a Lady
  He's a Lady is an American reality television show that aired on TBS from October to November 2004. The premise of the show involves eleven men cross-dressing as women in order to win $250,000. The show's name is a reference to Tom Jones's 1971 hit song, "She's a Lady".The show is hosted by Tony...
  
  
• October 26 - Motormouth
  Motormouth (VH1)
  Motormouth is a reality show on VH1 which showcases people unknowingly being taped in their cars while singing a song. It began airing October 26, 2004. The skits would end when the victim stopped and the cast went in and Zane would say to them, "You've been Motormouth-ed".-External links:*...
  
  
• October 27 - Center of the Universe
  Center of the Universe
  Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma....
  
  
• October 27 - Drawn Together
  Drawn Together
  Drawn Together is an American animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November 14, 2007. The series was created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, and uses a sitcom format with a TV reality show setting...
  
  

November

• November 1 - Love Is in the Heir
  Love Is in the Heir
  Love Is in the Heir is an American reality show that aired on the E! cable television network. It began its run in late 2004 and ended in January 2005 after 10 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• November 3 - Nanny 911
  Nanny 911
  Nanny 911 is a reality television show in the United States, which originally aired on FOX ....
  
  
• November 4 - The Ultimate Gamer
  The Ultimate Gamer
  The Ultimate Gamer was an American reality television series about video game makeovers. The series was hosted by Ted Stryker. It was shown on Spike TV from 2004 to 2006. It was created and produced by Chambers Bros. Entertainment...
  
  
• November 5 - Cartoon Alley
  Cartoon Alley
  Cartoon Alley is an American television program that aired on Turner Classic Movies every Saturday Morning at 11:30 AM ET.Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, the series featured three classic animated shorts from the 1930-1950's per episode. Most shorts were from The Golden Age of American animation. Each of...
  
  
• November 7 - Huff
  Huff (TV series)
  Huff is an American television dramedy series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly when a 15-year-old client commits suicide in his office...
  
  
• November 7 - My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
  My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
  My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss is a television show on the Fox Network that was filmed in July 2004 and aired in 2004-2005. Similar to My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, it was a parody of shows such as The Apprentice. The contestants performed several tasks that they were told would help them win a job at...
  
  
• November 7 - Perfect Hair Forever
  Perfect Hair Forever
  Perfect Hair Forever is an American comedy animated television series which is largely a parody of anime. It was created and produced by Williams Street, and aired on Adult Swim and The Detour in the US and Canada respectively...
  
  
• November 9 - I Hate My Job
  I Hate My Job
  I Hate My Job is an American reality television series about young men abandoning their careers for the chance to pursue unfulfilled dreams. The show was hosted by Al Sharpton. It was shown on Spike TV from 2004 to 2005....
  
  
• November 10 - The Club
  The Club (reality show)
  The Club was a reality show about the competitive and cutthroat world of ICE, the stand-alone nightclub in Las Vegas. The series aired on Spike TV from 2004 to 2005....
  
  
• November 12 - Untold: The Greatest Sports Stories Never Told
  Untold: The Greatest Sports Stories Never Told
  Untold: The Greatest Sports Stories Never Told is an original one-hour documentary series featuring some of sports' most compelling figures and the challenges they've endured. It was hosted by Marv Albert. The series aired on Spike TV from 2004 to 2005....
  
  
• November 14 - Tom Goes to the Mayor
  Tom Goes to the Mayor
  Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on November 14, 2004 and ended on September 25, 2006, with a total of thirty episodes.-History:Tom Goes to the...
  
  
• November 15 - Date My Mom
  Date My Mom
  Date My Mom is a television dating show airing on the music channel MTV and produced by Kalissa Productions. The series premiered on November 15, 2004. An 18- to 24-year-old male, or gay male/lesbian female, goes on three separate dates with three moms, who try to convince them to pick their son or...
  
  
• November 16 - House
  House (TV series)
  House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
  
  
• November 23 - My Coolest Years
  My Coolest Years
  My Coolest Years is a television program that aired on VH1 in which actors, musicians, and other celebrities reminisce about their high school years.-Overview:...
  
  
• November 30 - The Real Gilligan's Island
  The Real Gilligan's Island
  The Real Gilligan's Island was a reality television series that aired two seasons on TBS in 2004 and 2005. Contestants on the show were required to participate in challenges based on plots from the 1960s television show. Both editions of the show were recorded in the Mexican Caribbean on a...
  
  

December

• December 1 - Project Runway
  Project Runway
  Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
  
  
• December 7 - Poker Royale
  Poker Royale
  Poker Royale was a television series on the Game Show Network , which featured No Limit Texas hold 'em Poker. The first series began on December 7, 2004. The seventh and final series, Poker Royale: Battle of the Ages, began airing on November 4, 2005...
  
  

2003

• January - Joe Millionaire
  Joe Millionaire
  Joe Millionaire is an American reality television show that was broadcast on Fox beginning in January 2003. It was broadcast in the UK that same year...
  
  
• January 6 - Abby
  Abby (TV series)
  Abby is an American sitcom shown on UPN from January 6, 2003 to March 4, 2003. The show's original title, Abby Walker, was soon changed.-Overview:...
  
  
• January 6 - Cram
  Cram (game show)
  Cram is a game show that aired as an original series for GSN in 2003. The show featured two teams, each composed of two contestants. For 24 hours before taping, the contestants were sequestered in a warehouse, with the intent of staying awake and "cramming" various material such as trivia...
  
  
• January 9 - The Surreal Life
  The Surreal Life
  The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks...
  
  
• January 10 - Mister Sterling
  Mister Sterling
  Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David Noroña, and James Whitmore as members of his staff...
  
  
• January 11 - Made
  Made (TV series)
  MTV's MADE is a self-improvement reality television series broadcast on MTV. The series follows teens who have a goal and want to be "made" into things like singers, athletes, dancers, skateboarders, etc. The teens are joined by a "Made Coach", an expert in their chosen field, who tries to help...
  
  
• January 17 - That's So Raven
  That's So Raven
  That's So Raven is an American cable television teen sitcom/fantasy series. The show premiered on the Disney Channel on January 17, 2003, and ended on November 10, 2007. The show spawned Disney Channel's first spin-off series: Cory in the House...
  
  
• January 18 - What Not to Wear
  What Not to Wear (US version)
  What Not to Wear is an American makeover reality television show based on a British show of the same name. The program currently airs on TLC in the United States and Canada, and foreign versions in Mexico, Colombia and Argentina...
  
  
• January 20 - IMX
  IMX
  IMX was an American music television program which aired daily on MMUSA in the early 2000s. Described as a "fully converged music industry simulation game" and "part TV show, part Internet game," the program allowed viewers to register at the network's website and buy "stock" in popular artists,...
  
  
• January 22 - Chappelle's Show
  Chappelle's Show
  Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedian Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show as well as starring in various skits. Chappelle, Brennan and Michele Armour were the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 22,...
  
  
• January 24 - Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
• January 27 - Miracles
  Miracles (TV series)
  Miracles is an American drama television program starring Skeet Ulrich and Angus Macfadyen. Created by Richard Hatem and Michael Petroni, the series has sometimes been dubbed a "spiritual version of The X-Files" by its creators...
  
  
• January 27 - Veritas: The Quest
  Veritas: The Quest
  Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought...
  
  
• January 31 - Pet Star
  Pet Star
  Pet Star was a show on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez.The show is a contest between owners and their trained pets who perform tricks. The tricks are graded by three celebrity judges on a scale of one to 10....
  
  
• February 2 - Kingpin
  Kingpin (TV series)
  Kingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the U.S. and CTV in Canada on February 2, 2003 and lasted 6 episodes. NBC's answer to The Sopranos and also influenced by The Godfather, Macbeth and Traffik, the story was about a Mexican drug trafficker named...
  
  
• February 4 - A.U.S.A.
  A.U.S.A.
  A.U.S.A. is an American sitcom television series that aired in 2003 on NBC, starring Scott Foley.-Plot:Adam Sullivan is a naive, but well-intentioned federal prosecutor in New York City, who must contend with the difficulties of both his work life and his romantic life...
  
  
• February 16 - The Venture Bros.
  The Venture Bros.
  The Venture Bros. is an American animated television series that premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on February 16, 2003. The series mixes action and comedy together while it chronicles the adventures of the Venture family: well-meaning but incompetent teenagers Hank and Dean Venture; their...
  
  
• February 21 - Da Ali G Show
  Da Ali G Show
  Da Ali G Show is the name of two related satirical TV series created by and starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G....
  
  
• February 21 - Family Business
  Family Business (TV series)
  Family Business was an American reality TV series produced for the cable network Showtime. Based in Los Angeles, the series focused on the pornography industry and the life of Adam Glasser, a reality porn star and video director who uses the stage name "Seymore Butts"...
  
  
• February 21 - Real Time with Bill Maher
  Real Time with Bill Maher
  Real Time with Bill Maher is a talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Much like his previous show, Politically Incorrect on ABC , Real Time features a panel of guests that discuss current events in politics and the media...
  
  
• February 24 - My Big Fat Greek Life
  My Big Fat Greek Life
  My Big Fat Greek Life is a situation comedy series that ran on CBS in 2003. The series is a continuation on the 2002 movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding and was produced by HBO Television and Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions for Sony Pictures Television....
  
  
• February 26 - Fraternity Life
  Fraternity Life
  Fraternity Life is a reality television show that aired on MTV from February 26, 2003 to January 1, 2005. The show consisted of college boys pledging to become part of a fraternity. The show was a spin-off of Sorority Life.-First season:...
  
  
• March - Anderson Cooper 360°
  Anderson Cooper 360°
  Anderson Cooper 360° is a one-hour television news show on CNN, hosted by the American journalist Anderson Cooper. It is also broadcast around the world on CNN International....
  
  
• March 4 - Hey Monie!
• March 8 - Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust
  Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust
  Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust was a mockumentary television comedy broadcast on the American cable channel Comedy Central in Spring 2003. It starred writer-comedian Josh Gardner as a German backpacker who has several misadventures as he travels around the world on small budget for the fictional...
  
  
• March 9 - Oliver Beene
  Oliver Beene
  Oliver Beene is an American sitcom that premiered on Fox on March 9, 2003. The show was created by Howard Gewirtz. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Oliver Beene , in first person perspective...
  
  
• March 17 - Punk'd
  Punk'd
  Punk'd is an American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003 and was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher. It bore a resemblance to both the classic hidden camera show Candid Camera and to TV's Bloopers...
  
  
• March 20 - On the Spot
  On the Spot (TV series)
  On the Spot is a short series which aired during 2003 on the WB Television Network. The show was a mixture of scripted sketches and improvisational comedy.-Format:The show was based in a Malibu hotel called The Sunspot with various colorful characters...
  
  
• March 26 - Wanda at Large
  Wanda at Large
  Wanda at Large is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox network in 2003. The series was created by and stars comedian Wanda Sykes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• March 28 - America's Most Talented Kid
  America's Most Talented Kid
  America's Most Talented Kid was an American television series that originally aired on NBC on March 28, 2003. In each round, three age groups...
  
  
• March 30 - Black Sash
  Black Sash (TV series)
  Black Sash is an American action adventure drama television series starring Russell Wong. It ran from March 30, 2003, to June 1, 2003. Including pilots, a total of eight episodes were made, however only six episodes were aired on The WB.-Plot:...
  
  
• March 30 - The Pitts
  The Pitts
  The Pitts was a short-lived FOX sitcom that aired 7 half-hour episodes between March and April 2003. It is about a family and their bad luck. It was a satire on typical American sitcoms with over-the-top sight gags.-Premise:...
  
  
• April 1 - What Should You Do?
  What Should You Do?
  What Should You Do? is an American reality series that aired on Lifetime from April 2003 to January 2004.-Overview:Hosted by Leeza Gibbons, the program recreates real-life stories of life-threatening or emergency situations and dilemmas, such as a car plunging off a bridge into a river or getting...
  
  
• April 4 - .hack//Sign
  .hack//SIGN
  .hack//Sign is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and produced by studio Bee Train and Bandai Visual, that makes up one of the four original storylines of the .hack franchise...
  
  
• April 8 - Lucky
  Lucky (TV series)
  Lucky is an American dark comedy television series which ran for one season on FX Networks in 2003. The show starred John Corbett as Michael "Lucky" Linkletter, a professional poker player and gambling addict. The series was created by Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen...
  
  
• April 9 - Lost at Home
  Lost at Home
  Lost at Home is the name of a short-lived sitcom aired on ABC from April 1 to April 22, 2003. The show starred Mitch Rouse, Connie Britton, Gregory Hines, Stark Sands, Leah Pipes, Gavin Fink and Aaron Hill. This show was cancelled after only four episodes, due to the death of Gregory Hines from...
  
  
• April 12 - All Grown Up!
  All Grown Up!
  All Grown Up! is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó. After the success of All Growed Up, the Rugrats 10th anniversary special, Nickelodeon commissioned All Grown Up! as a spin-off series based on the episode.The series ran from April 12, 2003 to August...
  
  
• April 13 - Extreme Engineering
  Extreme Engineering
  Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series that airs on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel. The program features futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. As of April 2011, the show is airing its ninth season. Danny Forster first hosted the series in season 4 and has been...
  
  
• April 14 - Platinum
  Platinum (TV series)
  Platinum is an American television series which aired on UPN in 2003.-Synopsis:Platinum is a family saga that follows two brothers who own and operate a record company called "Sweatback Entertainment" in the competitive world of rap and hip-hop...
  
  
• April 21 - Mr. Personality
  Mr. Personality
  Mr. Personality is a reality television show that aired on the Fox Television Network with the premise that a woman must select a husband from twenty bachelors whose faces are covered by masks throughout the show, supposedly basing her decisions on who to eliminate solely based on their...
  
  
• April 30 - Wired For Sex
  Wired For Sex
  Wired For Sex is a television program on the former TechTV network showcasing how technology and the Internet have affected sex, including topics ranging from pornography to cyber sex. It was cancelled shortly before TechTV was bought by G4 Media in May 2004 and merged with G4 to form G4techTV...
  
  
• May 1 - The Fabulous Life of...
  The Fabulous Life of...
  The Fabulous Life Of... is a VH1 television series detailing the places, things, and services various celebrities enjoy. It first aired in 2003, with a special about Britney Spears. The show is tightly based on the television show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.The show is one of VH1's most...
  
  
• May 6 - Jim Rome Is Burning
  Jim Rome is Burning
  Jim Rome Is Burning, originally titled Rome Is Burning and often abbreviated as JRIB, is a sports conversation and opinion show hosted by Jim Rome. Debuting on May 6, 2003 as Rome Is Burning, it was originally a once a week show in primetime at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday nights on ESPN...
  
  
• May 9 - Subterranean
  Subterranean (TV series)
  Subterranean was a weekly music show on MTV2 dedicated to alternative, indie, and underground music and artists. The show was made as the modern-day continuation of MTV's 120 Minutes...
  
  
• May 12 - Surf Girls
  Surf Girls
  Surf Girls is a reality television show on MTV that aired from May 12, 2003 to July 7, 2003. The show consisted of 14 amateur surfers trying to win for the chance to go professional.-Cast:...
  
  
• May 16 - Unscrewed with Martin Sargent
  Unscrewed with Martin Sargent
  Unscrewed with Martin Sargent was a late night American television show focusing on the comedy of technology. It was produced at TechTV and aired from May 26, 2003 to December 2004...
  
  
• May 17 - Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls
  Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls
  Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls is a 2003 reality television series spin-off of the home redecorating series, Trading Spaces, hosted by Diane Mizota. During the fourth season, Chuck Cureau hosted seven episodes until the show ended in 2005...
  
  
• May 26 - Switched!
  Switched!
  Switched is a TV series that ran from 2003 through 2004 in which two teens from different cities in the United States were given a chance to swap lives to see how the other one lived. Teens were able to experience the lives of others and experiment with new families and cultures...
  
  
• May 29 - Totally Outrageous Behavior
  Totally Outrageous Behavior
  Totally Outrageous Behavior is a comedy television series about stupid behavior caught on tape. The series was hosted by Mike Muscat.-Some of the events shown:* Boxer punches referee...twice.* Balloons fly into high-voltage power lines....
  
  
• June 1 - Last Comic Standing
  Last Comic Standing
  Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that has aired from 2003 through 2010.The goal of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC network, and a television special first to air on the cable-TV network Comedy...
  
  
• June 1 - Monster House
• June 1 - Out of Order
  Out of Order (TV series)
  Out of Order is an American television dramedy series created and written by Donna Powers and Wayne Powers , who also directed the first and final episodes...
  
  
• June 3 - American Juniors
• June 4 - Celebrities Uncensored
  Celebrities Uncensored
  Celebrities Uncensored is a TV program on the E! network that edited together amusing paparazzi footage of celebrities, usually in public places such as public sidewalks, restaurants, nightclubs, etc. The celebrities were often friendly, but sometimes their more unfriendly antics were featured in...
  
  
• June 18 - Paradise Hotel
  Paradise Hotel
  The first season of Paradise Hotel aired on Fox from June 18, 2003 to October 1, 2003 with thirty episodes and was hosted by Amanda Byram. A similar show called Forever Eden was produced the following year...
  
  
• June 15 - National Lampoon's Funny Money
  National Lampoon's Funny Money
  National Lampoon's Funny Money is a comedy game show that aired on GSN from June 15 to October 24, 2003. The show was hosted by stand-up comedian Jimmy Pardo, and Budd Friedman served as the announcer.-Format:...
  
  
• June 15 - Queer Eye
  Queer Eye
  Queer Eye is an American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network in July 2003. The program's name was changed from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after the third season to broaden the scope of its content...
  
  
• June 17 - I'm with Busey
  I'm with Busey
  I'm with Busey was a comedy/documentary television show which aired on Comedy Central in the summer of 2003. It revolved around a young writer named Adam de la Peña, who met and befriended his childhood idol, actor Gary Busey...
  
  
• June 26 - Gary the Rat
  Gary the Rat
  Gary the Rat is an American television program adult-oriented animated series animated by Spike Animation Studios, produced by Grammnet Productions and distributed by Cheyenne Enterprises that was originally broadcast on Spike in 2003. The program lasted one season before cancellation...
  
  
• June 26 - Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"
• June 26 - Stripperella
  Stripperella
  Stripperella was an American animated series created by Stan Lee. The main character, voiced by and based on Pamela Anderson, is a stripper named Erotica Jones who is also the superheroine/secret agent Stripperella. The series was produced by The Firm and Spike Animation Studios...
  
  
• June 27 - Dead Like Me
  Dead Like Me
  Dead Like Me was an American-Canadian comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for the Showtime network, where it ran for two seasons...
  
  
• July 11 - Evil Con Carne
  Evil Con Carne
  Evil Con Carne is an American animated series/spin-off of Grim & Evil and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, created by Maxwell Atoms, which first appeared on Cartoon Network during the show Grim & Evil and later became a separate program in 2003, running for one season...
  
  
• July 11 - Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
  Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
  Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is an animated series featuring the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, which ran for one season, 13 episodes, starting on July 11, 2003...
  
  
• July 19 - Teen Titans
  Teen Titans (TV series)
  Teen Titans is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics characters of the same name. The show was created by Glen Murakami, developed by David Slack, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered on Cartoon Network on July 19, 2003, and the final episode "Things Change"...
  
  
• July 20 - The Restaurant
• July 22 - Nip/Tuck
  Nip/Tuck
  Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
  
  
• July 23 - Reno 911!
  Reno 911!
  Reno 911! is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that ran from 2003 to 2009. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically COPS, with comic actors playing the police officers. Most of the material is improvised, using a broad outline, and...
  
  
• July 29 - Boy Meets Boy
  Boy Meets Boy (TV series)
  Boy Meets Boy is an American reality television show in which a gay man meets and chooses a mate from a group of 15 potential male suitors. The show was made more novel by the fact that the "leading man" did not know that the mix of suitors included both gay and straight men.The show premiered July...
  
  
• July 30 - Peacemakers
  Peacemakers (TV series)
  Peacemakers is an American crime fiction television series about forensic science in the Old West. It was filmed in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on the USA Network. The show was cancelled after one season of nine episodes.-Plot:This very interesting...
  
  
• August 1 - My Life as a Teenage Robot
  My Life as a Teenage Robot
  My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated television series, created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of XJ-9, better known as Jenny Wakeman, a female robot designed to protect Earth, who is excessively addicted to teen-related activities, which are almost...
  
  
• August 1 - Simply Ming
  Simply Ming
  Simply Ming is a television cooking show hosted by chef Ming Tsai, and is produced by WGBH, Boston and Ming East-West, LLC. Simply Ming is presented by American Public Television.-Overview:...
  
  
• August 1 - Wild Card
  Wild Card (TV series)
  Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 5 - The O.C.
  The O.C.
  The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
  
  
• August 8 - Girls v. Boys
  Girls v. Boys
  Girls v. Boys, also known as GVB, is an American reality series that has aired on The N from August 8, 2003 to October 7, 2005. GVB pits teams of adolescent boys and girls against each other in physical competitions. The series had four seasons: GVB: Tampa, GVB: Hawaii, GVB: Montana and GVB: Puerto...
  
  
• August 19 - Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
• August 19 - Wild West Tech
  Wild West Tech
  Wild West Tech was a program that aired on The History Channel in the United States. The show was originally hosted by Keith Carradine , but his brother, David Carradine took over hosting duties for season 2 and subsequent seasons...
  
  
• August 25 - Bikini Destinations
  Bikini Destinations
  Bikini Destinations is a reality TV Show airing on HDNet. The show takes the viewer to exotic locations around the world. "Follow top bikini models as they set sail on an array of adventures to the worlds most alluring locations . Every half hour episode will witness glamorous swimsuit models on...
  
  
• August 29 - Cowboy U
  Cowboy U
  Cowboy U was an American reality television series that aired on CMT from 2003 to 2007. The show premiered on August 29, 2003. Each season, eight "city slickers" were brought to a ranch and competed to win the final rodeo and $25,000.-Contests:...
  
  
• September 1 - Hotlines
  Hotlines
  Hotlines is an American reality television series about adventures in exotic, fun hotspots. The series was hosted by Deirdre Delaney, Scott Gurney, Ivana Bozilovic and Stacy Kamano, the first two of whom were also its producers. In each episode, the hosts would be shown engaging in various outdoor...
  
  
• September 1 - My Dad the Rock Star
  My Dad the Rock Star
  My Dad the Rock Star is an animated television series created by Gene Simmons of KISS fame, and produced by Canadian company Nelvana for the Canadian based channel Teletoon...
  
  
• September 1 - Ride with Funkmaster Flex
  Ride with Funkmaster Flex
  Ride with Funkmaster Flex is a TV show that was produced by MTV Networks. The show aired from 2003-2004, lasting approximately one year. and was originally shown on Spike TV and RedMoxie. It was also broadcast on MuchMusic and ESPN with licensing agreement to MTV Networks.-Format:The show was...
  
  
• September 1 - Tactical to Practical
  Tactical to Practical
  Tactical to Practical was a short-lived History Channel program that ran from 2003 to 2005. Each episode documented ways in which technologies utilized by the civilian public were originally developed to serve military purposes. The show was hosted by Hunter Ellis....
  
  
• September 3 - Clean House
  Clean House
  Clean House is a home makeover and interior design television show, originally broadcast in 2003 which has aired 9 seasons of programs on the Style Network...
  
  
• September 7 - Carnivàle
  Carnivàle
  Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes...
  
  
• September 8 - The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
  
  
• September 9 - Whoopi
  Whoopi
  Whoopi is an American situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City...
  
  
• September 9 - Happy Family
• September 9 - Starting Over
  Starting Over (TV series)
  Starting Over is an American reality TV show that follows the lives of women who are experiencing difficulty in their lives and want to make changes, with the help of life coaches. It was the first reality TV show to be nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. Six women at a time work to overcome...
  
  
• September 10 - Jake 2.0
  Jake 2.0
  Jake 2.0 is an American science fiction television series originally broadcast on UPN in 2003. The series was canceled on January 14, 2004 due to low ratings, leaving four episodes unaired in the United States. In the United Kingdom, all the episodes aired on Sky1...
  
  
• September 11 - The Mullets
  The Mullets (TV series)
  The Mullets is a sitcom that was created by producers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. It first aired on UPN in 2003, and was cancelled in 2004 due to poor reception...
  
  
• September 11 - Run of the House
  Run of the House
  Run of the House is a sitcom on The WB, that aired between September 2003 and May 2004. 19 episodes were produced but only 16 were aired before the show was cancelled. The show was about a family of four siblings, whose parents moved from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Arizona, because the weather...
  
  
• September 11 - Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge
  Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge
  Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge, also known as Steve Harvey's Big Time and Big Time, is a television show that aired on the WB Network from 2003 to 2005, hosted by Steve Harvey. In each episode, performers compete for a $10,000 prize....
  
  
• September 12 - All About the Andersons
  All About the Andersons
  All About the Andersons is a situation comedy that originally aired on The WB Television Network from September 12, 2003 to February 12, 2004. It lasted one season before being canceled.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 13 - Romeo!
  Romeo!
  Romeo! is an American/Canadian television series that aired on Nickelodeon from 2003 to 2006, totaling 53 episodes. The filming was done in Vancouver, British Columbia, while the show takes place in Seattle, Washington....
  
  
• September 14 - K Street
  K Street (TV series)
  K Street is a 2003 HBO television series about lobbyists and politicians in Washington, D.C. It was named for a street that is home to many lobbying and legal firms.-Format:...
  
  
• September 15 - Eve
  Eve (TV series)
  Eve is an American sitcom starring Eve, Jason Winston George, Ali Landry, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Brian Hooks and Sean Maguire. That aired on the UPN network from September 15, 2003 to May 11, 2006, with 66 episodes produced spanning 3 seasons...
  
  
• September 15 - Rock Me Baby
• September 15 - The Sharon Osbourne Show
  The Sharon Osbourne Show
  The Sharon Osbourne Show refers to either of two TV chat shows hosted by Sharon Osbourne – the original US version, or the more recent UK version. These are described separately below.-US version :...
  
  
• September 16 - All of Us
  All of Us
  All of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB All of Us is an American sitcom that...
  
  
• September 18 - Threat Matrix
  Threat Matrix
  Threat Matrix is a 2003 American drama television series. It lasted 16 episodes. The plot consisted of the events in a United States Homeland Security anti-terrorism unit, led by Special agent John Kilmer....
  
  
• September 19 - Like Family
  Like Family
  Like Family is an American sitcom that aired on The WB in 2003. The series starred Holly Robinson Peete and Kevin Michael Richardson and lasted one season...
  
  
• September 19 - Luis
  Luis (TV series)
  Luis is an American sitcom starring Luis Guzmán that aired on Fox from September to October 2003. Scheduled in the Friday night death slot, the series received low ratings and was canceled after five episodes. The series was the first show of the 2003-2004 season to be canceled.-Season One:...
  
  
• September 20 - Lilo and Stitch: The Series
• September 22 - Las Vegas
  Las Vegas (TV series)
  Las Vegas was an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the ficticional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and...
  
  
• September 22 - Two and a Half Men
  Two and a Half Men
  Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...
  
  
• September 23 - NCIS
  NCIS (TV series)
  NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
  
  
• September 23 - One Tree Hill
  One Tree Hill (TV series)
  One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
  
  
• September 23 - I'm With Her
  I'm with Her
  I'm with Her is an American sitcom which aired for one season on ABC.-Synopsis:The series, loosely based on creator Chris Henchy's relationship with wife Brooke Shields, begins on that chance meeting...
  
  
• September 24 - The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
  The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
  The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire is an American drama series created by David E. Kelley that aired on CBS. The show offers the typical quirkiness and eccentric humor that have become synonymous with David E. Kelley's shows...
  
  
• September 25 - Coupling
  Coupling (U.S. TV series)
  Coupling is a 2003 American remake of the British television sitcom of the same title which aired on NBC.-Reception:It failed to perform in the ratings and was canceled before the November sweeps, with several episodes remaining unaired despite heavy publicity by the network. It was immediately...
  
  
• September 26 - Hope & Faith
  Hope & Faith
  Hope & Faith is an American sitcom that aired for three seasons on ABC from September 26, 2003, to May 2, 2006. For its first two seasons the show was part of a revived TGIF comedy block....
  
  
• September 27 - Teen Kids News
  Teen Kids News
  Teen Kids News, initially titled EKN Worldwide Kids News, is an educational newsmagazine series aimed at children and teenagers that debuted in first-run syndication the weekend of September 27, 2003. Teen Kids News discusses important issues in a format intended to educate and inform both children...
  
  
• September 28 - 10-8: Officers on Duty
• September 28 - Cold Case
• September 28 - The Lyon's Den
  The Lyon's Den
  The Lyon's Den is a 2003 television series set in Washington, D.C. The legal drama starred Rob Lowe as a lawyer called Jack Turner, newly appointed as partner of a long-established law firm that, as the plot revealed, harbored some dark secrets...
  
  
• September 30 - Invent This!
  Invent This!
  Invent This! is a TV series that aired on TechTV at the end of 2003. Invent This! profiled ordinary people demonstrating their inventions. Only one season were shot. The show was not renewed when TechTV and G4 merged in early 2004.-Episodes:-External links:*...
  
  
• October 1 - Austin Stevens: Snakemaster
  Austin Stevens: Snakemaster
  Austin Stevens: Snakemaster also known as Austin Stevens: Most Dangerous and Austin Stevens Adventures in some countries, is a regular airing nature series hosted by Austin Stevens that is broadcast on Animal Planet and five...
  
  
• October 1 - It's All Relative
  It's All Relative
  It's All Relative is an ABC sitcom about a man who dates the adoptive daughter of a gay couple, which forces their very different families to learn to coexist.- Overview :...
  
  
• October 1 - Karen Sisco
  Karen Sisco
  Karen Sisco is a television series about a fictional United States Marshal created by novelist Elmore Leonard.As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach highlife while tracking down fugitives. She also...
  
  
• October 3 - Married to the Kellys
  Married to the Kellys
  Married to the Kellys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 2003 to 2004 with a run of 22 episodes. Set in a suburb of Kansas City, the series stars Breckin Meyer and Kiele Sanchez. The show was a part of the TGIF Friday night line up, after Hope and Faith, airing at 9:30 EST...
  
  
• October 4 - Battlefield Detectives
  Battlefield Detectives
  Battlefield Detectives is a forensic documentary television series that aired on the History Channel from 2003 to 2006. The series explores famous battles focusing on the battlefield itself, and tell its story based on recent scientific research...
  
  
• October 5 - Tarzan
• October 6 - Knock First
  Knock First
  Knock First is a reality television series in which an adolescent is chosen for a total room makeover by the Knock First crew. The first series aired starting in the fall of 2003 on ABC Family....
  
  
• October 12 - Shootout
  Shootout (TV series)
  Shootout, also known as Sunday Morning Shootout, is a talk and interview program produced by the cable television network AMC. The episodes first aired on AMC on Sunday mornings, before being rerun and syndicated to other networks .The show debuted on October 12, 2003...
  
  
• October 13 - King of the Jungle
• October 14 - Rich Girls
  Rich Girls
  Rich Girls was an MTV reality show that aired for one season in the fall of 2003 and winter of 2004.It followed the lives of the privileged Ally Hilfiger and her then-best friend, Jaime Gleicher...
  
  
• October 17 - VH1 ILL-ustrated
  VH1 ILL-ustrated
  VH1 ILL-ustrated is an animated series that aired on VH1 and was conceived by animation producer Bob Cesca that parodied pop culture and politics...
  
  
• October 20 - 1st and 10
• October 20 - Cold Pizza
  Cold Pizza
  Cold Pizza was a television sports morning talk show that aired weekdays on ESPN2. The show's style was more akin to Good Morning America than SportsCenters straight news and highlights format. It included daily sports news, interviews with sports journalists, athletes, and personalities, and an...
  
  
• October 20 - Skin
  Skin (TV series)
  Skin is a television serial drama which aired at 9:00 p.m. Monday on Fox in 2003. It followed the tale of two teenagers who came from feuding families on opposite sides of the moral and legal spectrum. Adam is the son of the Los Angeles District Attorney, and Jewel is the daughter of a pornographer...
  
  
• October 22 - Kid Notorious
  Kid Notorious
  Kid Notorious is an animated television series that aired for nine weeks on Comedy Central and is currently running on the UK version of Adult Swim. It starred Hollywood film producer Robert Evans as himself. Episode plots were often bizarre and absurdist in nature, featuring Evans as a James Bond...
  
  
• October 26 - Viva La Bam
  Viva La Bam
  Viva La Bam is an American reality television series that stars Bam Margera and his friends and family. The show was a spin-off from MTV's Jackass, in which Margera and most of the main cast had appeared...
  
  
• October 26 - Wildboyz
  Wildboyz
  Wildboyz is a spin-off and follow-up to Jackass, which debuted in 2003 on MTV and moved to MTV2 in its third season. Steve-O and Chris Pontius are the stars of the show, who perform stunts and acts with animals, often putting themselves in situations for which they are not trained...
  
  
• October 29 - A Minute with Stan Hooper
  A Minute with Stan Hooper
  A Minute with Stan Hooper, also known as Stan Hooper, is an American sitcom starring Norm Macdonald. The series was a Carsey-Werner production in association with Paramount Television and aired on Fox...
  
  
• October 30 - Tru Calling
  Tru Calling
  Tru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that premiered on Fox Network on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled....
  
  
• October 31 - Distraction
  Distraction (game show)
  Distraction was a game show that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 31 October 2003 to 11 June 2004. Presented by comedian Jimmy Carr, the show involves contestants answering questions, while being distracted in various bizarre, painful and humiliating ways.Carr is aided by...
  
  
• November 1 - Tutenstein
  Tutenstein
  Tutenstein is an animated television series, produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comic by Jay Stephens which was published in Oni Press' JetCat Clubhouse. This cartoon also airs on Jetix in Europe and Maxi TV in Turkey. It began broadcasting on November 1, 2003...
  
  
• November 2 - Arrested Development
• November 7 - Dirty Jobs
  Dirty Jobs
  Dirty Jobs is a program on the Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television, in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the typical employees. The show premiered with two pilot episodes in November 2003...
  
  
• November 12 - I Married...
  I Married...
  I Married... is an American reality television series that aired on VH1. The series aired sporadically for seven episodes between 2003 and 2005.-Overview:...
  
  
• November 24 - The Bronx Bunny Show
  The Bronx Bunny Show
  The Bronx Bunny Show was a ten-part series originally broadcast in 2003 on E4 in the United Kingdom. It was an adult puppet interview show which followed the premise of a semi-educational show for the good people of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan...
  
  
• December 2 - Celebrity Poker Showdown
  Celebrity Poker Showdown
  Celebrity Poker Showdown was a celebrity game show on the cable network Bravo. It was a limited-run series in which celebrities played poker, and ran eight tournaments during its five-season run....
  
  
• December 2 - Line of Fire
• December 2 - The Simple Life
  The Simple Life
  The Simple Life was a reality television series that was broadcast from December 2, 2003 to August 5, 2007. The first three seasons aired on Fox, and the final two on E!...
  
  
• December 2 - The Tracy Morgan Show
  The Tracy Morgan Show
  The Tracy Morgan Show is an American sitcom that aired from December 2, 2003 to March 20, 2004 on NBC. The series stars Tracy Morgan and Tamala Jones. The show was canceled in its first season after 18 episodes .-Synopsis:...
  
  
• December 3 - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a reality television series providing home renovations for less fortunate families and community schools etc...
  
  

2002

• January 6 - The Conspiracy Zone
  The Conspiracy Zone
  The Conspiracy Zone was a American discussion program about conspiracy theories with a group of panelists, a mix of experts and celebrities. It was a half hour in length and ran for 26 episodes, though there was also an unaired pilot episode. The show was hosted by Kevin Nealon and was shown on...
  
  
• January 6 - The It Factor
  The It Factor
  The It Factor is a reality television show that aired on the Bravo network. It followed actors trying to lead successful careers.The show lasted for two seasons. The first season profiled actors in New York City and the second season profiled actors in Los Angeles...
  
  
• January 8 - Last Call with Carson Daly
  Last Call with Carson Daly
  Last Call with Carson Daly is an American late night talk show that is broadcast on NBC. The show is hosted by Carson Daly, the half-hour show featuring celebrity interviews, documentary-style coverage of a topic, and musical performances. Last Call airs weeknights at 1:35 a.m. Eastern / 12:35 a.m....
  
  
• January 13 - CMT Crossroads
• January 13 - The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
  The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
  The Jamie Kennedy Experiment is a half-hour-long American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series that was broadcast on The WB...
  
  
• January 15 - First Monday
  First Monday
  First Monday was a short-lived U.S. television midseason replacement drama centered on the U.S. Supreme Court. Like another 2002 series, "The Court," it was inspired by the prominent role the Supreme Court played in settling the 2000 presidential election...
  
  
• January 23 - That '80s Show
  That '80s Show
  That '80s Show is an American sitcom that aired in half-hour long episodes from January through May 2002. Despite having a similar name, show structure, and many of the same writers and production staff, it is not considered a direct spin-off of the more successful That '70s Show, since the...
  
  
• February 8 - The Cramp Twins
  The Cramp Twins
  The Cramp Twins is an animated series created by cartoonist Brian Wood. The show was produced in association with Cartoon Network Europe. It is about Lucien Cramp and Wayne Cramp , not-so identical twins who live with their hygiene-obsessed mother and their Western-obsessed father in the...
  
  
• February 9 - Galidor
  Galidor
  Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, also known simply as Galidor, is a show that ran on Fox Kids in 2002 with a total of 26 half-hour episodes. The series was created by Thomas W. Lynch, the creator of The Secret World of Alex Mack and The Journey of Allen Strange...
  
  
• February 28 - Leap of Faith
  Leap of Faith (TV series)
  Leap of Faith is a half-hour single-camera comedy that aired on NBC during early 2002. It aired right after Friends on NBC's Thursday comedy block, Must See TV...
  
  
• March 3 - Jeremiah
  Jeremiah (TV series)
  Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a deadly virus.Developed by Babylon 5 creator J...
  
  
• March 4 - Late World with Zach
  Late World with Zach
  Late World with Zach was a television show on VH1 during the spring of 2002, starring a young, beard-less Zach Galifianakis ....
  
  
• March 5 - As If
  As If
  As If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.-Premise & Facts:...
  
  
• March 5 - The Osbournes
  The Osbournes
  The Osbournes is an American reality television program featuring the domestic life of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family. The series premiered on MTV on March 5, 2002, and in its first season, was cited as the most-viewed series ever on MTV...
  
  
• March 12 - The Shield
  The Shield
  The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...
  
  
• March 19 - Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed
  Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed
  Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed is a docudrama about urban legends and re-enacting them and researching their credibility. It aired on The Learning Channel from 2002 until 2004. It ran for four seasons. Early episodes were hosted by Natasha Henstridge...
  
  
• March 22 - ChalkZone
  ChalkZone
  ChalkZone is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon. It was created by Bill Burnett and Larry Huber, and produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon TV channel...
  
  
• March 25 - The Bachelor
• March 27 - The George Lopez Show
• April 4 - .hack//Sign
  .hack//SIGN
  .hack//Sign is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and produced by studio Bee Train and Bandai Visual, that makes up one of the four original storylines of the .hack franchise...
  
  
• April 15 - Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
  Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
  Whammy! is an updated version of the American television game show Press Your Luck. Taped at Tribune Studios, the FremantleMedia production aired on Game Show Network from April 15, 2002 to December 5, 2003 with repeats that continue to air...
  
  
• April 22 - Made
  Made (TV series)
  MTV's MADE is a self-improvement reality television series broadcast on MTV. The series follows teens who have a goal and want to be "made" into things like singers, athletes, dancers, skateboarders, etc. The teens are joined by a "Made Coach", an expert in their chosen field, who tries to help...
  
  
• April 24 - $40 a Day
  $40 a Day
  $40 a Day is a Food Network show hosted by Rachael Ray. In each episode, Rachael takes a one-day trip to an American or European city with only US$40 to spend on food...
  
  
• May - WWF After Burn
• May - WWF Bottom Line
  WWE Bottom Line
  WWE Bottom Line is a World Wrestling Entertainment syndicated television program which recaps events taking place on Raw. It replaced the WWE's previous syndicated highlight show, WWE Livewire...
  
  
• May 1 - Arena
  Arena (G4 TV series)
  Arena was a G4 TV show which aired from 2002 to 2004. It is devoted entirely to teams competing against one another via multiplayer video games....
  
  
• May 1 - Blister
  Blister (TV series)
  Blister was a TV show that aired on G4 in the United States. Blister featured game trailers and videos narrated by the host in the style of game's main character. It was hosted by Bill Sindelar.-History:...
  
  
• May 1 - Cheat!
  Cheat!
  Cheat! is a TV show on G4 that provides cheat codes, strategies, and other hidden features for video games. The show is hosted by Kristin Adams , who replaced original host Cory Rouse in January 2005. After a nearly 18-month hiatus, new episodes of Cheat! began airing in December 2008...
  
  
• May 1 - Filter
  Filter (TV series)
  Filter is an American television series on the G4 cable television channel which follows a countdown format. It was canceled in December 2005, resurrected in a re-formatted form, and then once again was canceled in August 2006. It is currently airing as a commercial break hosted by Candace Baily....
  
  
• May 1 - Game Makers
  Game Makers
  Game Makers is a TV show on G4. The original series followed the process of game development, as a company attempts to finish a big new game in time for shipment. The "original" Game Makers did not air often, and when it did it was referred to as a "G4 Special Presentation" rather than a separate...
  
  
• May 1 - Icons
  Icons (TV series)
  Icons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in world of video games. It was relaunched in 2006 and focused entirely on pop culture. It was cancelled soon afterwards....
  
  
• May 1 - Players
  Players (G4 TV series)
  Players is a former TV show that ran on G4 starting in 2002. It was one of the launch programs for the G4 network. The main premise of the show was to interview famous celebrities and see if they played video games or not, what their favorite ones were, etc...
  
  
• May 1 - Portal
  Portal (TV series)
  Portal is a former TV show which aired on G4. During its two-season run from 2002-2004, it was one of the most popular shows on the network. Written, produced, and hosted by Dave Meinstein, Portal was in many ways a comedy, a soap opera, a skit comedy show, and a news show...
  
  
• May 3 - The Best Sex Ever
  The Best Sex Ever
  The Best Sex Ever is an American erotic anthology series featured on Cinemax during their "After Dark" schedule. The series features simulated sex scenes, and thus can be categorized as "soft core" or "voyeur."...
  
  
• May 16 - Eye Drops
  Eye Drops
  Eye Drops was a television program on TechTV that showcased short computer animation movies and clips made using off the shelf 3D animation software. The show claimed to showcase all different types of animation, but only a very small number of shorts featured non-CG animation...
  
  
• May 25 - WWF Confidential
• June 2 - The Wire
  The Wire (TV series)
  The Wire is an American television drama series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States...
  
  
• June 3 - Crank Yankers
  Crank Yankers
  Crank Yankers is an American TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that featured actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call...
  
  
• June 3 - Friend or Foe?
  Friend or Foe?
  Friend or Foe? is an American game show based on knowledge and trust which aired on Game Show Network. Three teams of two strangers attempted to persuade their partner into sharing their accumulated winnings rather than stealing it for themselves....
  
  
• June 3 - Russian Roulette
  Russian Roulette (game show)
  Russian Roulette is an American game show created by executive producer Gunnar Wetterberg that ran for two seasons on Game Show Network from June 3, 2002 to June 13, 2003. It was hosted by Mark L. Walberg, with Burton Richardson announcing. Todd Newton hosted an April Fool's Day episode in 2003....
  
  
• June 7 - Kim Possible
  Kim Possible
  Kim Possible is an American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons the conventions and clichés of the...
  
  
• June 10 - Soap Talk
  Soap Talk
  Soap Talk was a television talk show on SOAPnet hosted by Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway. It debuted in 2002 and ended in 2006. The reason for the show's cancellation was due to SOAPnet expanding their programming away from a soap opera-related focus to expand their network's ratings and declining...
  
  
• June 11 - American Idol
  American Idol
  American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
  
  
• June 12 - Dog Eat Dog
  Dog Eat Dog (game show)
  Dog Eat Dog is a Saturday night British game show on BBC One hosted by Ulrika Jonsson, which ran from 14 April 2001 to 2 November 2002. It was devised by David Young, then a BBC producer...
  
  
• June 23 - Totally in Tune
  Totally in Tune
  Totally in Tune is a reality series that aired on Disney Channel. The series focuses around eight students who attended Alexander Hamilton High School Academy of Music, in Los Angeles, California. The series dealt with many trials and tribulations of the students in and outside of the academy. The...
  
  
• June 24 - Sorority Life
  Sorority Life
  Sorority Life is a reality television show on MTV that aired from June 24, 2002 to 2004. The show consisted of girls pledging to become part of a sorority.-First season:The first season occurred at University of California, Davis...
  
  
• July 1 - The Most Extreme
  The Most Extreme
  The Most Extreme is a documentary television series on the American cable television network, Animal Planet. It first aired on July 7, 2002. Each episode focuses on a specific animal feature, such as strength, speed, behavior, anatomy, or diet, and examines and ranks ten animals that portray...
  
  
• July 12 - Monk
  Monk
  A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
  
  
• July 15 - She Spies
  She Spies
  She Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's...
  
  
• July 17 - Breaking News
• July 20 - Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• July 25 - Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?
• August 1 - Contest Searchlight
  Contest Searchlight
  Contest Searchlight was a four-episode fictional comedy television series that aired in 2002 on the Comedy Central network. It was a documentary-style parody or mockumentary of the HBO network's non-fictional series Project Greenlight....
  
  
• August 1 - Oblivious
  Oblivious
  Oblivious is a comedy game show that aired within the United States of America on TNN/Spike TV at various points between 2002 and 2004.It was also aired on Challenge in the UK, Ireland and The Comedy Channel in Australia and still airs on Real TV in South Korea and on TV2 Zebra in Norway. It no...
  
  
• August 4 - The Anna Nicole Show
  The Anna Nicole Show
  The Anna Nicole Show is an American reality sitcom starring former model and Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith. The series debuted on August 4, 2002 on the E! entertainment television network and ran for two seasons.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 4 - Mail Call
  Mail Call
  Mail Call was a television program appearing on the History Channel and hosted by R. Lee Ermey, a retired United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant, . The show debuted on August 4, 2002 as part of the 'Fighting Fridays' lineup...
  
  
• August 5 - Lingo
• August 17 - ¡Mucha Lucha!
  ¡Mucha Lucha!
  ¡Mucha Lucha! was an animated television series. It premiered on Kids' WB on August 17, 2002. It was created by Eddie Mort and Lili Chin and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is the first animated television series created with Adobe Flash, a program often used for Internet cartoons...
  
  
• September 2 - The Caroline Rhea Show
  The Caroline Rhea Show
  The Caroline Rhea Show is an American syndicated variety/talk show that was regarded as the successor to The Rosie O'Donnell Show. It premiered in September 2002 and ran until June 2003 and was hosted by actress and comedienne Caroline Rhea, who was hand-picked by Rosie O'Donnell as her...
  
  
• September 10 - Boy Meets Grill
  Boy Meets Grill
  Boy Meets Grill is a show on the Food Network. This show, hosted by Bobby Flay, features grilling tips for people with any level of experience in the kitchen. It was first aired in 2002. Boy Meets Grill also airs on ETC, Lifestyle Channel in the Philippines and on the Israeli Food Channel.The name...
  
  
• September 14 - Fillmore!
  Fillmore!
  Fillmore! is an American animated television series which was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series was created by Scott M. Gimple...
  
  
• September 14 - Ozzy & Drix
  Ozzy & Drix
  Ozzy & Drix, also known as The Fantastic Voyage Adventures of Osmosis Jones & Drixenol and Osmosis Jones: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on the Warner Bros. film Osmosis Jones and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation...
  
  
• September 15 - Stargate: Infinity
• September 16 - Everwood
  Everwood
  Everwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, and was filmed in Ogden, South Salt Lake, and Draper, Utah, except the series pilot which was filmed in Canmore, Alberta,...
  
  
• September 17 - 8 Simple Rules
  8 Simple Rules
  8 Simple Rules is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 17, 2002, to April 15, 2005, with 76 episodes produced over three seasons. It is based on the self-improvement book of the same name. The show starred John Ritter until his death on September 11, 2003...
  
  
• September 17 - Life with Bonnie
  Life With Bonnie
  Life with Bonnie is an ABC television sitcom that originally aired from 2002 to 2004. The show outlined the life of character Bonnie Malloy, who juggled her personal life and a TV talk show position. The series was created by Bonnie Hunt and Don Lake, and produced by Miss Hunt's company, Bob &...
  
  
• September 17 - Push, Nevada
  Push, Nevada
  Push, Nevada is an American mystery television series set in the fictional town of Push, Nevada. It premiered on September 17, 2002 on the ABC network, and ran for 7 episodes before it became one of the first shows to be cancelled during the Fall 2002 season.Created by Ben Affleck and Sean Bailey ,...
  
  
• September 18 - Cedric the Entertainer Presents
  Cedric the Entertainer Presents
  Cedric the Entertainer Presents was an American sketch comedy television series starring Cedric the Entertainer. The series premiered September 18, 2002 on Fox and after the first season, Fox renewed the show for a second season but right before the show aired its second season, Fox canceled the...
  
  
• September 18 - Fastlane
  Fastlane (TV series)
  Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4 began rebroadcasting the complete series. After finishing its initial run on the network, Fastlane stopped airing on G4...
  
  
• September 18 - The Twilight Zone
  The Twilight Zone
  The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
  
  
• September 19 - Do Over
  Do Over
  Do Over is an American comedy-drama/fantasy series created by Kenny Schwartz and Rick Wiener. The series, which was broadcast on The WB in 2002, stars Penn Badgley.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 20 - Firefly
  Firefly (TV series)
  Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear....
  
  
• September 20 - John Doe
  John Doe (TV series)
  John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.-Synopsis:"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't...
  
  
• September 20 - What I Like About You
  What I Like About You (TV series)
  What I Like About You is an American television sitcom set mainly in New York City, following the lives of two sisters, Valerie Tyler and Holly Tyler . The series ran on The WB Television Network from September 20, 2002, to March 24, 2006, with a total of 86 episodes produced...
  
  
• September 21 - Girls Behaving Badly
  Girls Behaving Badly
  Girls Behaving Badly is an American reality comedy television show on the Oxygen cable channel, and is also syndicated to television stations across the United States and Canada by Sony Pictures Television....
  
  
• September 23 - CSI: Miami
  CSI: Miami
  CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
  
  
• September 23 - Half & Half
  Half & Half
  Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship...
  
  
• September 24 - Haunted
  Haunted (TV series)
  Haunted is an American television program first aired in September 2002 on UPN. The program, which was filmed in Vancouver, was canceled in November 2002 due to low ratings. As a result, only seven of the completed episodes were aired. However, all eleven filmed episodes have subsequently been...
  
  
• September 24 - Hidden Hills
  Hidden Hills
  Hidden Hills is an American sitcom that aired on NBC during the 2002-2003 TV season. Based on the book Surviving Suburbia, the series was created by Peter Segal and Ric Swartzlander. The theme song was Pleasant Valley Sunday by the Monkees.-Cast:...
  
  
• September 24 - In-Laws
  In-Laws
  In-Laws is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 2002 until January 2003. The series starred Bonnie Somerville, Jean Smart, Elon Gold, and Dennis Farina....
  
  
• September 24 - Presidio Med
  Presidio Med
  Presidio Med is an American Television series which aired 2002–2003, centering around a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.-Series premise:...
  
  
• September 25 - MDs
  MDs (TV series)
  MDs was a TV show that aired on ABC in 2002. It starred William Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman and John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety. The series only lasted one season, and though 10 episodes were filmed, only 8 were ever aired. The series was never released on DVD and it is very hard to find.-...
  
  
• September 26 - Good Morning, Miami
  Good Morning, Miami
  Good Morning, Miami is a sitcom which ran from 2002 to 2004 on NBC. Created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the show focused on the personal and professional life of Jake, the executive producer of the lowest-rated morning show in the country, based in Miami.Though unsuccessful and unacclaimed,...
  
  
• September 26 - Without a Trace
  Without a Trace
  Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 27 - Hack
• September 27 - Robbery Homicide Division
  Robbery Homicide Division
  Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 27 - That Was Then
  That Was Then
  That Was Then is an American drama series that was broadcast on ABC in 2002.-Synopsis:The series starred James Bulliard as Travis Glass, a 30-year-old who finds his life in a rut. Still living at home with his mother he works as a door-to-door salesman. The girl of his dreams, played by Kiele...
  
  
• September 28 - Biker Build-Off
  Biker Build-Off
  Biker Build-Off is a reality television series for the Discovery Channel. Created and narrated by Thom Beers, the series was originally conceived as a single special called The Great Biker Build-Off...
  
  
• September 29 - American Dreams
  American Dreams
  American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
  
  
• September 29 - Boomtown
• September 30 - Still Standing
  Still Standing (TV series)
  Still Standing is an American sitcom television series. It debuted on CBS on September 30, 2002, and ended March 8, 2006. Lifetime obtained the United States syndication rights to the show in February 2005 and aired it until 2009...
  
  
• October 1 - Less Than Perfect
  Less Than Perfect
  Less Than Perfect is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2002, to June 6, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee and her co-workers...
  
  
• October 4 - Hotel Erotica
  Hotel Erotica
  Hotel Erotica is a Softcore porn anthology television show that is broadcast on the Cinemax cable television channel during its Skinemax late-night block. It is also broadcast in the after hours timeslot on The Movie Network....
  
  
• October 5 - Endurance
  Endurance (TV series)
  Endurance is an American reality television children's program, currently shown on the Discovery Kids cable network in the United States and also on networks in other countries. The show's format is somewhat similar to the CBS television series Survivor, though with a teenaged cast...
  
  
• October 5 - TNA Xplosion
  TNA Xplosion
  TNA Xplosion is a television program produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , featuring both highlights from Impact Wrestling and exclusive taped matches. It is now produced only for international markets, no longer airing in the United States...
  
  
• October 6 - Bram & Alice
  Bram & Alice
  Bram & Alice is a television sitcom that aired on CBS from October 6 to 27, 2002. The show only lasted four episodes, although five unaired episodes were also produced.Universal HD aired all nine episodes of the show during the spring of 2010...
  
  
• October 9 - Birds of Prey
  Birds of Prey (TV series)
  Birds of Prey is a television drama series produced in 2002. The series was developed by Laeta Kalogridis for The WB and is loosely based on the Birds of Prey DC Comics series...
  
  
• October 14 - Dog Days
  Dog Days (TV series)
  Dog Days was an American reality television series which aired on Animal Planet in the fall of 2002. The show followed a number of New Yorkers, notably former Saturday Night Live choreographer Danielle Flora, as they raised their pet dogs in New York City....
  
  
• October 20 - Secret, Strange & True
  Secret, Strange & True
  Secret, Strange, & True was a 60 minute American TV Show produced and aired by TechTV from October 20, 2002 to October 12, 2003. Reruns were also aired on G4techTV in June 2004. The show documented stories that blurred the line defining fact from fiction...
  
  
• October 21 - Girls Club
• October 27 - Scaredy Camp
  Scaredy Camp
  Scaredy Camp is a reality show that aired on Nickelodeon, hosted by Emma Wilson . Season one ran from October 27, 2002 - November 3, 2002...
  
  
• October 28 - Page to Screen
  Page to Screen
  Page to Screen is an American documentary television series hosted by Peter Gallagher, and narrated by David Hibbard. The series premiered October 28, 2002 on Bravo. Page to Screen explores the process of translating novels into films.-Episodes:...
  
  
• October 30 - 3 South
  3 South
  3 South is an American animated series that aired on MTV. The show focused on two life-long friends, Sanford and Del, and their adventures at the fictional Barder College. With the exception of their roommate Joe, nearly everyone at Barder is stupid and inept...
  
  
• November 1 - Codename: Kids Next Door
  Codename: Kids Next Door
  Codename: Kids Next Door, also known as Kids Next Door or by its acronym KND, is an American animated television series created by Tom Warburton and produced by Curious Pictures in Santa Monica, California.. The series debuted on Cartoon Network on December 6, 2002 and aired its final episode on...
  
  
• November 2 - Clone High
  Clone High
  Clone High is a Canadian-American animated television series that aired for one season on MTV and Teletoon....
  
  
• November 4 - Around the Horn
  Around the Horn
  Around the Horn is a daily, half-hour sports roundtable on ESPN filmed in Washington, D.C. It airs at 5:00 pm ET, as part of a sports talk hour with Pardon the Interruption. The show is currently hosted by Tony Reali.-History:Around the Horn premiered on November 4, 2002, hosted by Max Kellerman...
  
  
• November 5 - Carmen and Dave: An MTV Love Story
  Carmen and Dave: An MTV Love Story
  Carmen and Dave: An MTV Love Story was a reality television show produced by Mark Doctrow for Music Television. It followed the courtship of Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro....
  
  
• November 16 - Paula's Home Cooking
  Paula's Home Cooking
  Paula's Home Cooking is a Food Network show hosted by Paula Deen. Deen's primary culinary focus is Southern cuisine and familiar comfort food that is popular with Americans. In the show, classic dishes such as pot roast, fried okra, and pecan pie are the norm, and overly complicated or eccentric...
  
  
• November 25 - Doggy Fizzle Televizzle
  Doggy Fizzle Televizzle
  Doggy Fizzle Televizzle is a sketch comedy show that was produced by, and starred, the rap musician Snoop Dogg. It was aired on MTV in 2002 until 2003....
  
  
• November 30 - Barefoot Contessa
  Barefoot Contessa
  Barefoot Contessa is a cooking show that premiered November 30, 2002 on Food Network. This popular show is hosted by celebrity chef Ina Garten. Each episode features Garten assembling dishes of varying complexity. Though her speciality is French cuisine, she occasionally prepares American, Asian,...
  
  
• November 30 - Dr. Phil
  Dr. Phil (TV series)
  Dr. Phil is a reality/talk television show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002...
  
  
• December 9 - Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
  Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
  Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn is a comedic talk show that aired on Comedy Central. The show featured roundtable discussions, inviting various guests of many views, mixing mostly comics/entertainers expressing themselves with journalists and political figures. Quinn's regular guests consisted mainly...
  
  
• December 9 - WinTuition
  WinTuition
  WinTuition is an American game show created as an original series for Game Show Network, on which it ran from December 9, 2002 to April 1, 2003, with reruns airing until 2004. The game had a school-oriented theme in which three contestants competed to answer questions on general...
  
  

2001

• January - Texas Justice
  Texas Justice
  Katherine Levine a now Broadcasting Professor at Montclair State University, was the Producer and creator of the show.Texas Justice is a syndicated television program in the U.S. In the program, cases were judged by Larry Joe Doherty, and the program was recorded at the studios of Fox station KRIV...
  
  
• January 1 - Great Hotels
  Great Hotels
  Great Hotels is a television show on the Travel Channel. The show, hosted by Samantha Brown, travels around the United States to show some of its most renowned hotels...
  
  
• January 1 - History vs. Hollywood
  History vs. Hollywood
  History vs. Hollywood is a television show on the History Channel in the United States. On the show, experts are interviewed on the historical accuracy of a film that is based on a historical event...
  
  
• January 5 - Black Scorpion
  Black Scorpion (TV series)
  Black Scorpion is an action-crime TV series that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2001. The series is based on two Roger Corman movies, Black Scorpion, and the sequel Black Scorpion II: Aftershock. The show focuses on a female police officer, who, by night, takes to the streets and fights crime as...
  
  
• January 7 - The Division
  The Division
  The Division is an American Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• January 7 - Totally Hoops
  Totally Hoops
  Totally Hoops is a Disney Channel reality series. It documentented series that tracks the experiences of eleven girls on the Dayton, Ohio Lady Hoopstars, a nationally acclaimed 14-and-under AAU basketball team, throughout the 2000 season.-The Hoopstars:...
  
  
• January 9 - The Mole
  The Mole (US TV series)
  The Mole was an American reality game show that aired on ABC. It was based on The Mole franchise of programs that have aired in numerous countries. The Mole was produced by Stone Stanley Entertainment for its first four seasons. It was cancelled but was later picked up again after a four year...
  
  
• January 10 - Grounded for Life
  Grounded for Life
  Grounded for Life is an American television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001 as a mid-season replacement on the FOX Network. It was created by Mike Schiff and Bill Martin. It ran for two seasons on the network until being cancelled only two episodes into its third season...
  
  
• January 10 - Temptation Island
• January 12 - Lizzie McGuire
  Lizzie McGuire
  Lizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom which premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001 and ended February 14, 2004. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents...
  
  
• January 14 - Taina
  Taina (TV series)
  Taina is an American sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon and was one of the last live-action comedy shows taped at Nickelodeon Studios but later moved to the Nickelodeon On Sunset in Hollywood, for its second season. The show aired from January 14, 2001 to May 11, 2002.-Premise:Taina Morales is a...
  
  
• January 15 - 100 Centre Street
  100 Centre Street
  100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin.-Premise:The show takes its name for the street address of the criminal division of the New York Supreme Court for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television...
  
  
• January 27 - The Zeta Project
  The Zeta Project
  The Zeta Project is a science fiction American animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It first aired on Kids' WB in January 2001. It is a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the same name. The show was created by Robert Goodman and Warner Bros...
  
  
• February 1 - Los Luchadores
  Los Luchadores
  Los Luchadores was a Canadian-American live-action children's television series that played as part of the Fox Kids programming block in 2001 produced by Saban Entertainment and Shavick Entertainment...
  
  
• February 3 - Lloyd in Space
  Lloyd in Space
  Lloyd in Space is an animated television series, created by Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain , and released in 2001. The pilot was written by Ansolabehere, Germain and Mark Drop...
  
  
• February 4 - Kathy's So Called Reality
  Kathy's So Called Reality
  Kathy's So-Called Reality is a television clip show that aired in 2001, hosted by comedian and former Suddenly Susan star Kathy Griffin.The show was "part monologue, part round-table", featuring Griffin discussing clips from a variety of reality TV shows the week prior with a panel of family and...
  
  
• February 27 - The Andy Dick Show
  The Andy Dick Show
  The Andy Dick Show is an American sketch comedy series that aired on MTV from February 2001 to May 2002. The series was created by and stars comedian Andy Dick.-Synopsis:Every episode of the series was written and directed by Dick...
  
  
• February 28 - Some of My Best Friends
  Some of My Best Friends
  for the 1971 film, see Some of My Best Friends Are...Some of My Best Friends is an American sitcom shown on CBS from February 28 until April 11, 2001...
  
  
• March 1 - Big Apple
  Big Apple (TV series)
  Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties to organized crime...
  
  
• March 4 - The Lone Gunmen
  The Lone Gunmen
  The Lone Gunmen are a trio of fictional characters, Richard "Ringo" Langly, Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers, who have recurring roles on the American television series The X-Files. They also starred in a short-lived spin-off, also called The Lone Gunmen. The name was derived from the lone...
  
  
• March 12 - The Chris Isaak Show
  The Chris Isaak Show
  The Chris Isaak Show is a television sitcom which follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems...
  
  
• March 14 - The Job
  The Job (TV series)
  The Job was a single-camera television comedy drama about a New York City police officer named Mike McNeil -- who indulges in adultery, alcohol, cigarettes and prescription drug abuse—and his fellow 'bumbling detective' pals...
  
  
• March 27 - What About Joan
• March 28 - My Wife and Kids
  My Wife and Kids
  My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television , it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules...
  
  
• March 28 - Boot Camp
  Boot Camp (TV series)
  Boot Camp was a weekly reality tv game show that aired for one season on Fox starting March 28, 2001. The show drew a lawsuit from Mark Burnett due to similarity to his reality show Survivor...
  
  
• March 30 - The Fairly OddParents
  The Fairly OddParents
  The Fairly OddParents is an American-Canadian animated television series created by Butch Hartman about the adventures of Timmy Turner, who is granted fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda. The series started out as cartoon segments that ran from September 4, 1998 to March 23, 2001 on Oh Yeah!...
  
  
• April 1 - Mall Masters
  Mall Masters
  Mall Masters is the name of a game show from Stone-Stanley that aired from April 1 to December 1, 2001 on GSN, hosted by TV personality Chris Harrison, who also introduced himself in the intro. Three contestants competed to test their knowledge of pop culture...
  
  
• April 1 - The Oblongs
  The Oblongs
  The Oblongs is an American animated television program aimed at teenagers and adults. It is loosely based on a series of characters introduced in creator Angus Oblong's picture book entitled Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children...
  
  
• April 1 - Undergrads
  Undergrads
  Undergrads is an animated television series centered on the lives of four college undergraduate freshmen. Originally broadcast on MTV during 2001, only thirteen episodes were created. It has since been shown on Comedy Central in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, and Trouble in the United Kingdom...
  
  
• April 2 - Bands on the Run
  Bands on the Run
  Bands on the Run is an American competitive reality tv show which first aired weekly on VH1 from April 2 to July 15, 2001. The show featured four unsigned bands competing for a prize package which included $50,000 in cash, $100,000 in musical equipment from Guitar Center, a showcase in front of...
  
  
• April 4 - That's My Bush!
  That's My Bush!
  That's My Bush! is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from April 4 to May 23, 2001. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, best known for also creating South Park, the series centers on the fictitious personal life of President George W. Bush, as played by Timothy...
  
  
• April 11 - Special Unit 2
  Special Unit 2
  Special Unit 2 is a short-lived, American sci-fi/comedy television series, filmed in Vancouver, BC and aired on UPN for two seasons from April 2001 through February 2002...
  
  
• May 26 - Sail Away
  Sail Away (TV series)
  Sail Away was a 2001 short-lived children's reality TV series which follows ten teenagers sailing aboard the Simpatico off the Bahamas with assistance from their leader Nicolas Popov and Dragan Popov. There are no plans for a second series. The series was produced by Discovery Kids...
  
  
• May 28 - CMT Most Wanted Live
  CMT Most Wanted Live
  CMT Most Wanted Live, or MWL, is a country music video countdown show which aired on CMT from 2001 to 2004.-History:Most Wanted Live was a country music spin-off of sister network MTV's Total Request Live, which features mostly pop, rap, and R&B videos...
  
  
• June 1 - Unwrapped
  Unwrapped
  Unwrapped is an American television program on Food Network that reveals the origins of foods. It first aired in June 2001 and is hosted by Marc Summers. The show leads viewers on tours of factories and other food-related locations. Popular subjects include candy, breakfast cereal, snacks, and TV...
  
  
• June 2 - Braceface
  Braceface
  Braceface is a Canadian animated series that aired on Teletoon in Canada, and on Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States. Then Noggin's pre-teen programming block, The N, aired Braceface in reruns from May 2002 to April 2004. It moved in reruns on CBS as part of its KOL Secret Slumber...
  
  
• June 3 - Six Feet Under
• June 5 - Kristin
  Kristin (TV series)
  Kristin is an American comedy television series starring Kristin Chenoweth. The series premiered June 5, 2001, on NBC. The show was canceled after six episodes.-Plot:...
  
  
• June 8 - Time Squad
  Time Squad
  Time Squad is an American animated television series created in 2001 by David Wasson, following the adventures of a trio of hapless "time cops", who travel back in time attempting to correct the course of history.-Plot:...
  
  
• June 11 - Fear Factor
  Fear Factor
  Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a...
  
  
• June 12 - Witchblade
  Witchblade
  Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...
  
  
• June 18 - Spyder Games
  Spyder Games
  Spyder Games is a television series that was broadcast on MTV from June 18, 2001 through September 20, 2001. MTV's second foray into the soap opera format following the run of the anthology series Undressed, the series was originally called Spyder Web in development.Originally intended for a 3 pm...
  
  
• June 21 - WWF Tough Enough
• June 25 - State of Grace
• June 26 - Animal Precinct
  Animal Precinct
  Animal Precinct is an American documentary reality television series that originally aired from June 26, 2001, to February 4, 2008, on Animal Planet...
  
  
• July 12 - Night Visions
  Night Visions
  Night Visions is an American television anthology series created in the style of The Twilight Zone. Each 43 minute episode was made up of two 21 to 22 minutes stories that dealt with themes of the supernatural or simply explored the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host...
  
  
• July 14 - The Chronicle
  The Chronicle (TV series)
  The Chronicle is the name of a science fiction television series on SCI FI . The series is based on the "News from the Edge" series of novels by Mark Sumner, a St. Louis, Missouri based author. The show was originally sold to NBC, which shot the pilot, then later found a home with The Sci-Fi...
  
  
• July 21 - ShoBox: The New Generation
  ShoBox: The New Generation
  ShoBox: The New Generation is a boxing television program, on Showtime. Debuting in 2001, it focuses mainly on up-and-coming boxing prospects. This program, which is a spin-off of its sister boxing program, Showtime Championship Boxing, usually televises live at 11 p.m. ET/PT on selected Fridays...
  
  
• July 24 - Murder in Small Town X
  Murder in Small Town X
  Murder in Small Town X is an American reality television series created by George Verschoor, Robert Fisher, Jr., and Gordon Cassidy and was hosted by Sgt...
  
  
• July 29 - Leap Years
  Leap Years
  Leap Years is a 2001 drama television series that aired on the Showtime cable network. The show was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who had created the American version of the series Queer as Folk. It followed a group of friends in New York City...
  
  
• August 1 - All About Us
  All About Us (TV series)
  All About Us is an American teen comedy-drama series that aired on NBC during the station's TNBC lineup from August 4, 2001 to November 10, 2001. It was produced by Peter Engel Productions.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 1 - The Nightmare Room
  The Nightmare Room
  The Nightmare Room is an American children's anthology horror series that aired on Kids' WB. The series was based on the short-lived book series The Nightmare Room children's books created by Goosebumps author, R.L. Stine. The Nightmare Room originally aired from August 31, 2001, to March 16, 2002,...
  
  
• August 5 - Insomniac with Dave Attell
  Insomniac with Dave Attell
  Insomniac with Dave Attell was a television show on Comedy Central hosted by comedian Dave Attell which ran from August 5, 2001 until November 11, 2004. In the typical Insomniac, Attell goes through a particular city at night, starting out with a minute or so of his performance at a comedy club and...
  
  
• August 10 - Dismissed
  Dismissed (TV series)
  Dismissed is a reality television show on MTV that premiered in 2001. One person simultaneously takes two others on a date. Each of the daters chooses a place to go , and the person running the date dismisses the person he/she likes the least. Each of the competing daters also has a time-out card...
  
  
• August 10 - Samurai Jack
  Samurai Jack
  Samurai Jack is an American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired on both Cartoon Network and Toonami from 2001 to 2004. It is noted for its highly detailed, outline-free, masking-based animation, as well as for its cinematic style and pacing...
  
  
• August 11 - Cubix: Robots for Everyone
  Cubix: Robots for Everyone
  Cubix is a South Korean animated television series created by Cinepix.-Production:...
  
  
• August 14 - Dead Last
  Dead Last
  Dead Last was an American drama-comedy-fantasy television series, produced by Warner Bros. in 2001. It starred Tyler Labine as Scotty Sallback, Kett Turton as Vaughn Parrish, and Sara Downing as Jane Cahill. The series ran for one season with 13 episodes produced but only 8 of them aired...
  
  
• August 19 - Let's Bowl
  Let's Bowl
  Let's Bowl was a short-lived bowling game show that aired on the Comedy Central television network from 2001 to 2002 after a brief run on several TV stations across the U.S. in the mid-1990s, the first three being Minneapolis-St...
  
  
• August 21 - Ultimate Revenge
  Ultimate Revenge
  Ultimate Revenge was a reality TV program about fulfilling the fantasy of anyone who wants to seek revenge on their nearest and dearest. Elaborate practical jokes were played on family and friends instigated by their own relatives and friends. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Several episodes...
  
  
• August 22 - Small Shots
  Small Shots
  Small Shots is an American reality TV program about two young filmmakers traveling across the country, going to small towns and using real people to make short movie spoofs. It was shown on The New TNN....
  
  
• August 24 - The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
  The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
  The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy often shortened as Billy and Mandy is an American animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network. It is also the spin-off of Grim & Evil. Having originally aired as part of Grim & Evil The show began in 2001, And went on to become one of Cartoon...
  
  
• August 27 - Shipmates
  Shipmates
  Shipmates is an American syndicated television show that ran for two seasons from 2001 - 2003.Reruns later ran on the cable channel Spike TV. The show was created by Hurricane Entertainment and the executive producer was John Tomlin. Chris Hardwick was the host...
  
  
• September 1 - The Legend of Tarzan
  The Legend of Tarzan
  The Legend of Tarzan is an animated television series created by The Walt Disney Company in 2001, based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs....
  
  
• September 3 - One on One
  One on One (TV series)
  One on One is an American sitcom that aired on the now-defunct UPN from its September 3, 2001 premiere until May 15, 2006. The series stars Flex Alexander as a single sportscaster, who becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter...
  
  
• September 5 - The Amazing Race
  The Amazing Race
  The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams...
  
  
• September 6 - City Guys
  City Guys
  City Guys is a United States television sitcom that aired from 1997 to December 2001. It lasted five seasons, and ended its airing time around the dissolution of TNBC.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 8 - How I'm Livin'
  How I'm Livin'
  How I'm Livin' was a reality television show on BET. Each week, the show profiled a couple of big names in the entertainment industry and followed them on their activities for a day. They have included those on Steve Harvey, Lisa Raye, Khia, Tweet, Rickey Smiley, A.J...
  
  
• September 8 - The Ripping Friends
  The Ripping Friends
  The Ripping Friends was an American/Canadian animated television series, created by John Kricfalusi. The show premiered September 22, 2001 on Fox Kids, but was cancelled in September 2002. Adult Swim later picked up the show. The series occasionally airs in Canada on Teletoon...
  
  
• September 9 - Ponderosa
  Ponderosa (TV series)
  The Ponderosa is a television series developed by Bonanza creator David Dortort for PAX-TV that ran for the 2001–2002 television season. Envisioned as a prequel to the long-running NBC series Bonanza, it had less gunfire, brawling and other traditional western elements than the original...
  
  
• September 10 - Sponk!
  Sponk!
  Sponk! is a children's television show, broadcast on the American networks Noggin and The N from 2001 to 2003. The premise of Sponk! was improvisational comedy, similar to the show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Two teams of performers depicted suggestions in a variety of games. Viewers suggested...
  
  
• September 12 - Wolf Lake
  Wolf Lake
  Wolf Lake is an American television series that originally aired on CBS. Wolf Lake follows a pack of werewolves living in a Seattle suburb. The first 5 episodes aired on CBS, but due to low ratings CBS cancelled it. A total of nine aired episodes and a non-aired pilot were made before the show...
  
  
• September 13 - Sitting Ducks
  Sitting Ducks (TV series)
  Sitting Ducks is a children's animated television series based on an iconic lithograph and the 1998 children's book, Sitting Ducks, created by Michael Bedard...
  
  
• September 15 - Alienators: Evolution Continues
  Alienators: Evolution Continues
  Alienators: Evolution Continues is a traditionally animated series based on the moderately successful live-action feature film, Evolution.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 15 - The Proud Family
  The Proud Family
  The Proud Family is an American animated television series that premiered on Disney Channel from September 15, 2001 to August 19, 2005.-Production:...
  
  
• September 17 - ElimiDATE
  ElimiDATE
  elimiDATE was a television dating reality show in which one contestant chooses between four contestants of the opposite sex by eliminating them one by one in three total rounds...
  
  
• September 18 - Moolah Beach
  Moolah Beach
  Moolah Beach was a reality show in the vein of Survivor but with teenagers competing in competitions in order to not be exiled from the beach and ultimately win $25,000...
  
  
• September 18 - Access Granted
  Access Granted
  Access Granted is an American television series that features an in depth look at the planning and production of R&B and hip hop music videos. Each week, a different artist and their new music video are featured, with the video premiering at the end of the episode. The series began airing in 2001...
  
  
• September 22 - BET's Top 25
  BET's Top 25
  BET's Top 25 is a countdown show that features top 25 favorites like top 25 men/women, dances, dancers, rappers, etc., with commentary from industry insiders. R&B singer, Ciara, is the only person to be listed the most in most of the countdown's....
  
  
• September 23 - Mind of the Married Man
• September 24 - Crossing Jordan
  Crossing Jordan
  Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office...
  
  
• September 25 - The Guardian
  The Guardian (TV series)
  The Guardian is an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. It is currently showing in re-runs on the Sleuth Channel in the US. The Guardian has also aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, ABC1 and more recently five USA and as of August...
  
  
• September 25 - Emeril
• September 25 - Philly
  Philly (TV series)
  Philly is a television series created by Steven Bochco that focused on criminal defense attorney Kathleen Maguire . It lasted a full season and was canceled due to low ratings...
  
  
• September 25 - Undeclared
  Undeclared
  Undeclared is an American sitcom that aired on Fox during the 2001–02 season.- Premise :The half-hour comedy was Judd Apatow's follow-up to his earlier television series Freaks and Geeks, which also lasted for one season...
  
  
• September 26 - Star Trek: Enterprise
  Star Trek: Enterprise
  Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
  
  
• September 27 - The Agency
• September 28 - Thieves
• September 29 - The Mummy: The Animated Series
  The Mummy: The Animated Series
  The Mummy: The Animated Series is an animated television series produced by Universal Animation Studios to capitalize on the success of The Mummy....
  
  
• September 29 - The Nightmare Room
  The Nightmare Room
  The Nightmare Room is an American children's anthology horror series that aired on Kids' WB. The series was based on the short-lived book series The Nightmare Room children's books created by Goosebumps author, R.L. Stine. The Nightmare Room originally aired from August 31, 2001, to March 16, 2002,...
  
  
• September 29 - The Mummy: The Animated Series
  The Mummy: The Animated Series
  The Mummy: The Animated Series is an animated television series produced by Universal Animation Studios to capitalize on the success of The Mummy....
  
  
• September 29 - Pasadena
  Pasadena (TV series)
  Pasadena is an American primetime soap opera originally broadcast in the U.S. from September to November 2001 on Fox.-Summary:The series starred Alison Lohman as Lily McAllister, an initially naïve young woman who witnesses a stranger's suicide and begins to investigate the secrets being hidden by...
  
  
• September 29 - Citizen Baines
  Citizen Baines (TV series)
  Citizen Baines is an American drama series that starred James Cromwell. The series premiered September 29, 2001 on CBS and was created by Emmy Award-winning producer Lydia Woodward.-Synopsis:Cromwell starred as Elliot Baines, a former three-term U.S...
  
  
• September 30 - Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
  
  
• September 30 - Alias
  Alias (TV series)
  Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
  
  
• September 30 - UC: Undercover
  UC: Undercover
  UC: Undercover is an action-thriller television series that focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice Department crime-fighting unit that confronts the country’s deadliest, most untouchable lawbreakers by going undercover to bust them. The series was broadcast from 2001 to...
  
  
• September 30 - The Education of Max Bickford
  The Education of Max Bickford
  The Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in New Jersey. Also starring was child actor Eric Ian Goldberg, who...
  
  
• October 2 - Scrubs
  Scrubs (TV series)
  Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
  
  
• October 2 - Bob Patterson
• October 3 - According to Jim
  According to Jim
  According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001 to June 2, 2009.-Synopsis:Jim is an abrasive but lovable suburban father...
  
  
• October 5 - Maybe It's Me
  Maybe It's Me (TV series)
  Maybe It's Me is an American television comedy series that aired on The WB Network. It first aired on October 5, 2001 and ended on May 3, 2002...
  
  
• October 5 - Reba
  Reba (TV series)
  Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire, which ran from 2001 to 2007. For the show's first five seasons, it ran on The WB, with the show transitioning to The CW in its last year.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 5 - Raising Dad
  Raising Dad
  Raising Dad is an American television series that aired on the WB from September 2001 until May 2002. The series starred Bob Saget, Kat Dennings, Brie Larson, Riley Smith, Beau Wirick, and Jerry Adler.-Premise:...
  
  
• October 6 - Mutant X
  Mutant X (TV series)
  Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Marvel Studios, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects...
  
  
• October 6 - Sk8
  Sk8 (TV series)
  Sk8 is a half-hour teen drama that aired on NBC's TNBC Saturday morning programming block from October 6 2001 to January 5, 2002 with 13 episodes produced. The show continued in reruns until TNBC's dissolution in September 2002....
  
  
• October 14 - Men, Women & Dogs
  Men, Women & Dogs
  Men, Women & Dogs is an American comedy television series starring Bill Bellamy. The series premiered October 14, 2001 on The WB Television Network.-Plot:The series centered around four guys who meet everyday with their dogs in a Los Angeles dog park...
  
  
• October 14 - Off Centre
  Off Centre
  Off Centre is an American sitcom that aired on The WB network from October 14, 2001 to October 31, 2002. Created by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Danny Zuker, the series was heavily promoted as "from the guys who brought you American Pie".-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 15 - Tracker
  Tracker (TV series)
  Tracker is a 2001 Canadian science fiction television series starring Adrian Paul and Amy Price-Francis. The series is based on a short story by Gil Grant and Jeannine Renshaw...
  
  
• October 16 - Smallville
  Smallville
  Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...
  
  
• October 17 - Justice League
• October 21 - Discovery Kids Ultimate Guide to the Awesome
  Discovery Kids Ultimate Guide to the Awesome
  Discovery Kids Ultimate Guide to the Awesome is a documentary show on Discovery Kids, hosted by Zach Fehst. Each episode lasts 60 minutes. In each episode, a "Mega-Magnifier" - a device used to scan how things occur - is employed to examine various topics....
  
  
• October 22 - Pardon the Interruption
  Pardon the Interruption
  Pardon the Interruption is a sports television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels, TSN, ESPN America, XM, and Sirius satellite radio services, and as a downloadable podcast. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stories...
  
  
• October 22 - Unscripted with Chris Connelly
  Unscripted with Chris Connelly
  Unscripted with Chris Connelly is a half-hour daily interview program that aired on ESPN from October 22, 2001 until June 25, 2002.-Format:...
  
  
• October 25 - Truth or Scare
  Truth or Scare
  Truth or Scare is a television series on the Discovery Kids network. The show aired from October 25, 2001 to January 1, 2003. Each episode was 30 minutes long with commercials....
  
  
• November - Anatomy of a Scene
  Anatomy of a Scene
  Anatomy of a Scene is a television series produced by and aired regularly on Sundance Channel since 2001. As a tagline for the series notes, each 30-minute episode "dissects the art of filmmaking" of a scene from a specific film, often a film previously showcased at a Sundance Film Festival.An...
  
  
• November 6 - 24
  24 (TV series)
  24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
  
  
• November 7 - Beat the Geeks
  Beat the Geeks
  Beat the Geeks is an American comedy game show that aired on Comedy Central from 2001 to 2002. The show was rerun on The Comedy Network in Canada and reruns currently air on G4techTV Canada and Prime in New Zealand....
  
  
• November 8 - The Tick
• November 14 - The Bernie Mac Show
  The Bernie Mac Show
  The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom featuring comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana and Vanessa. The show aired for five seasons , concluding with a half-hour series finale on Fox....
  
  
• November 23 - The Mind of the Married Man
  The Mind of the Married Man
  The Mind of the Married Man is a television series that ran on the HBO network for two seasons consisting of twenty episodes between September 2001 and November 2002. The story attempts to focus on the challenges of modern-day married life from a male perspective.The show drew mixed reviews from...
  
  
• December 1 - 30 Minute Meals
  30 Minute Meals
  30 Minute Meals is a Food Network show hosted by Rachael Ray. Her first of four shows on Food Network debuted in the fall of 2001. The show specializes in convenience cooking for those with little time to cook. The show is recorded live-to-tape, with Ray doing almost all preparation in real time...
  
  
• December 2 - Project Greenlight
  Project Greenlight
  Project Greenlight was a contest and television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Sean Bailey, and Chris Moore through their production...
  
  
• December 3 - Smush
  Smush
  -The game:Smush was hosted by Ken Ober and co-hosted by Lisa Dergan. The show, set in a basement party atmosphere, featured four contestants trying to "smush" the answers to clues together, to create a new smushed phrase. For example, the clue "A New England state + 'Flying Circus' man" would...
  
  
• December 28 - Top Twenty Countdown
  Top Twenty Countdown
  Top 20 Countdown is a show on CMT.The show counts down the biggest videos in country music and was originally hosted by Lance Smith. Top Twenty Countdown airs every Friday at 11:00 a.m. and reruns on Saturday at 11 a.m. and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Besides showing the biggest videos, Lance also shows...
  
  
• - Just Cause
  Just Cause (TV series)
  Just Cause is an award-winning Canadian legal drama television series produced by Mind's Eye Entertainment. Filming was done in Vancouver, British Columbia but the series is set in San Francisco, California.-Plot:...
  
  

2000

• January 1 - You Lie Like a Dog
  You Lie Like a Dog
  You Lie Like a Dog was a family game show which aired on Animal Planet in 2000....
  
  
• January 9 - Malcolm in the Middle
  Malcolm in the Middle
  Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...
  
  
• January 16 - City of Angels
• January 17 - Cleopatra 2525
  Cleopatra 2525
  Cleopatra 2525 is an American science fiction television series that aired in syndication for two seasons, from January 2000 to March 2001. It appeared as the first part of the Back2Back Action Hour, followed by Jack of All Trades.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• January 22 - Jack of All Trades
• January 23 - Hollywood Showdown
  Hollywood Showdown
  Hollywood Showdown is an American game show that aired on both PAX and Game Show Network from January to November 2000, then again until April 2002. Reruns aired on GSN again from September 2004 to April 2005 plus June 2006 and June 2007 on TV Guide Network...
  
  
• February 5 - The Others
  The Others (TV series)
  The Others is an American TV series created by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and produced by Delusional Films, NBC and DreamWorks Television. It ran for 13 40-minute episodes from February 5, 2000 to June 10, 2000, airing on NBC in the US, Five in the UK and Nine in Australia...
  
  
• February 8 - The Lyricist Lounge Show
  The Lyricist Lounge Show
  The Lyricist Lounge Show is an American sketch comedy series that aired on MTV from 2000 to 2001 that combined hip-hop music with raps interspersed throughout the sketches...
  
  
• February 26 - The Weekenders
  The Weekenders
  The Weekenders is a Disney animated series about the weekend life of four diverse 7th graders: Tino Tonitini, Lorraine McQuarrie, Carver Descartes, and Petratishkovna Katsufrakis, voiced by veteran cartoon voice-actors: Jason Marsden, Grey DeLisle, Phil LaMarr, and Kath Soucie, respectively...
  
  
• March 3 - Passion Cove
  Passion Cove
  Passion Cove is an erotic anthology drama series that aired from March 2000 to April 2001 on Cinemax.-Season 1:-Season 2:-In popular culture:...
  
  
• March 7 - Secret Agent Man
• March 11 - Caitlin's Way
  Caitlin's Way
  Caitlin's Way is a live action teen drama series that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000–2002. The show was co-created by Thomas W. Lynch . Aired on The N from January 2003 to September 27, 2009...
  
  
• March 13 - Son of the Beach
  Son of the Beach
  Son of the Beach is an American sitcom that aired from 2000 to 2002 on the FX network. The series was a spoof of Baywatch, with much of the comedy based on sexual jokes, innuendo and the like. The studly David Hasselhoff character is instead an average, pot-bellied, out-of-shape bald man but...
  
  
• March 16 - The New Movie Show with Chris Gore
  The New Movie Show with Chris Gore
  The New Movie Show with Chris Gore was a movie review television program hosted by Chris Gore and aired on FX in which a panel of critics shared opinions of newly released films.-References:...
  
  
• March 20 - Titus
  Titus (TV series)
  Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove...
  
  
• March 21 - The Beat
• March 23 - Daddio
  Daddio
  Daddio is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from March 23 to October 23, 2000. Created by Matt Berry and Ric Swartzwelder, the series starred Michael Chiklis and Anita Barone.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• March 24 - Making the Band
  Making the Band
  Making the Band is an ABC/MTV reality television series that exists in separate iterations, each iteration focusing on a specific music act. It spawned musical acts O-Town, Da Band, Danity Kane, Day26, and Donnie Klang...
  
  
• March 31 - Call of the Wild
  Call of the Wild (TV series)
  Call of the Wild was an adventure television series based on the best-selling novel of the same title by author Jack London. It was shown on Animal Planet...
  
  
• April 12 - Jackass
  Jackass (TV series)
  jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, self-injuring stunts and pranks...
  
  
• May 31 - Survivor
• May 31 - Clerks
• June - Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
  Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
  Don't Forget Your Toothbrush is a Saturday night light entertainment show originally broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1994, and has also been adapted in Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands and Portugal...
  
  
• June 9 - The Invisible Man
  The Invisible Man (2000 TV series)
  The Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty...
  
  
• June 16 - Totally Circus
  Totally Circus
  Totally Circus is a 30-minute children's reality series that aired on Disney Channel. It premiered June 16, 2000, and ended on September 24, 2000.-Synopsis:Circus Smirkus gives kids a chance to run away and join the circus - with their parents' blessings....
  
  
• June 17 - Even Stevens
  Even Stevens
  Even Stevens is an American comedy television series that aired on Disney Channel with a total of three seasons and 65 episodes from June 17, 2000, to June 2, 2003...
  
  
• June 18 - Strip Mall
  Strip Mall
  Strip Mall is a situation comedy that aired on Comedy Central from June 2000 until March 2001.The series, a spoof of prime time soap operas, was set in Van Nuys, California which is series star/creator/executive producer Julie Brown's hometown. The titular "Strip Mall" was the fictional Plaza del...
  
  
• June 26 - Resurrection Blvd
• June 28 - Soul Food
• July 5 - Big Brother
• July 17 - Opposite Sex
  Opposite Sex (TV series)
  Opposite Sex is an American comedy-drama series that aired during FOX's summer 2000 schedule. The series was one of the first teen dramas to primarily use independent artists on its soundtrack by such acts as Elliott Smith and Ben Lee.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• July 12 - Young Americans
  Young Americans (TV series)
  Young Americans is an American television drama created by Steven Antin. The show debuted on July 12, 2000 on The WB network as a summer replacement for, and spin-off from, another Columbia TriStar Television production, Dawson's Creek. The series was originally ordered for the fall 1999-2000...
  
  
• July 23 - The Brothers García
  The Brothers Garcia
  The Brothers García is an American sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. It was among the first projects of Sí TV, an effort to produce programming featuring Latino characters, however being aimed at a diverse audience...
  
  
• July 23 - Manhattan, AZ
  Manhattan, AZ
  Manhattan, AZ was a short-lived Mystery television show that aired on the USA Network during the Summer of 2000.-External links:* on * from the TV Guide website...
  
  
• July 23 - Strong Medicine
  Strong Medicine
  Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...
  
  
• July 23 - The War Next Door
  The War Next Door
  The War Next Door is a short-lived American television series with only 13 episodes, created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. The show had a dark and cartoonish humor, as one of the two main characters dies at the end of each show, only to reappear alive the following episode as if nothing had...
  
  
• July 24 - Mysterious Ways
• July 26 - The Huntress
  The Huntress (TV series)
  The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 Steve McQueen film, The Hunter.-Cast:*Annette...
  
  
• July 28 - Baby Blues
  Baby Blues (US TV series)
  Baby Blues is an animated television series based on the Baby Blues comic strip. The first eight episodes of Baby Blues originally aired in the United States on The WB from July 28, 2000 until August 24, 2000, before the series cancellation. Five then-unaired were later aired on Adult Swim in 2002...
  
  
• August 2 - American High
• August 9 - Live Through This
  Live Through This (TV series)
  Live Through This is a teen drama broadcast on MTV during the 2000–2001 season, though cancelled after only 13 episodes due to poor ratings. The hour-long drama plot involved a fictional '80s band entitled "The Jackson Decker Band" reuniting for one last comeback tour. Each episode featured...
  
  
• August 15 - Bull
  Bull (TV Series)
  Bull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South in 2000. It was TNT's first original series, and was cancelled in the middle of Season 1...
  
  
• August 15 - 2ge+her
  2ge+her
  2gether was an American fictional boy band whose composition, songs, and formation story is a satirical approach to the boy bands of the 1990s, such as New Kids on the Block, 'N Sync and Backstreet Boys...
  
  
• August 26 - Generation O!
  Generation O!
  Generation O! was an animated children's television series made by the now defunct Sunbow Entertainment, a division of Sony Wonder, with co-production provided by Wang Films in Taiwan and Ravensberger in Germany. There are also international versions of the series called "Molly O!"...
  
  
• August 26 - In a Heartbeat
  In a Heartbeat
  In a Heartbeat is a Disney Channel Original Series inspired by real life EMT squads whose staff consists of high school students located all over the country that premiered in 2000 and ran from 2000-2001. The series follows the lives of several teenagers who volunteer as part-time EMTs while going...
  
  
• September - Project Greenlight
  Project Greenlight
  Project Greenlight was a contest and television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Sean Bailey, and Chris Moore through their production...
  
  
• September - Sucker Free
  Sucker Free
  Sucker Free, known as Sucker Free Daily on weekdays and then Sucker Free Countdown on Sundays, is MTV2's sole hip-hop video block. Previously, Sucker Free aired weekdays for one hour, then eventually sporadically until the week leading to February 28, 2010. Sucker Free Countdown, its 2 hour top 15...
  
  
• September 9 - Kong: The Animated Series
  Kong: The Animated Series
  Kong: The Animated Series is an American television series for children that follows King Kong, the antagonist of the 1933 film of the same name. Kong was created to compete with Godzilla: The Series, and first aired on BKN in 2000. In May 2001, Fox Kids began airing reruns of the first 13 episodes...
  
  
• September 9 - Teacher's Pet
  Teacher's Pet (TV series)
  Teacher's Pet is an American Disney animated television series about a dog who lives like a little boy. Created by Gary Baseman, Bill Steinkellner and Cheri Steinkellner and directed by Timothy Björklund, it was broadcast on Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC and later Toon Disney...
  
  
• September 11 - 106 & Park
  106 & Park
  106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...
  
  
• September 11 - Girlfriends
  Girlfriends
  Girlfriends is an American comedy-drama sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008...
  
  
• September 12 - MTV Cribs
  MTV Cribs
  MTV Cribs and CMT Cribs, depending on which channel it airs, is a franchise reality television program that originated on the MTV Networks' MTV. It later aired on its CMT channel that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities. The first show aired September 2000...
  
  
• September 22 - Grosse Pointe
  Grosse Pointe (TV series)
  Grosse Pointe is an American television parody series which aired on the WB Network during the 2000-2001 television season. Created by Darren Star, it was a satire depicting the behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a television show, and was inspired in large part by Star's experiences as the...
  
  
• September 23 - G String Divas
  G String Divas
  G String Divas was an HBO documentary series. The show was filmed in 2000, and follows the lives of strippers working in a Bristol, PA gentlemen's club....
  
  
• September 23 - Just Deal
  Just Deal
  Just Deal is a comedy-drama series that aired Saturday mornings on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC lineup. The series premiered on September 23, 2000 and ended on September 7, 2002-Premise:...
  
  
• September 23 - Static Shock
  Static Shock
  Static Shock is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on the Kids' WB! block and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes....
  
  
• September 30 - MTV's Fear
  MTV's Fear
  MTV's Fear is an American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from 2000 to 2002 on MTV. The program follows a group of 5 or more contestants being left at an allegedly haunted location and led them on a series of dares over two nights to explore and confirm whether or not the...
  
  
• October 1 - That's Life
  That's Life (2000 TV series)
  That's Life is an American dramedy series created by Diane Ruggiero, that was broadcast on CBS from October 1, 2000 to January 26, 2002.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 2 - Andromeda
  Andromeda (TV series)
  Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...
  
  
• October 2 - Deadline
• October 2 - History IQ
  History IQ
  History IQ is a game show on the History Channel which premiered on October 2, 2000 and aired for two seasons. Marc Summers hosted and Harvey announced. History IQ was produced by Glow in the Dark Productions....
  
  
• October 2 - Moral Court
  Moral Court
  Moral Court was a court show that was hosted by Larry Elder, and originally ran from 2000 to 2001.The program had the same concept as a legality court show however the cases were based on ethics and morality with the winner of the case leaving with a cash prize. The judge decides after hearing the...
  
  
• October 2 - Street Smarts
  Street Smarts (game show)
  Street Smarts was a United States game show that features two in-studio contestants trying to predict the outcome of interviews of people that were found on the street. The show aired in syndication from October 2, 2000 to September 23, 2005, hosted by Frank Nicotero.A French-Canadian version, Les...
  
  
• October 2 - Tucker
  Tucker (TV series)
  Tucker is a television family comedy series that aired on NBC from October 2, 2000 to March 27, 2001.-Premise:Tucker's parents have divorced, and so he is forced to move into his despised aunt Claire's house, with her decidedly calmer airplane pilot husband Jimmy and strange cousin Leon. Originally...
  
  
• October 2 - Yes, Dear
  Yes, Dear
  Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder....
  
  
• October 3 - Dark Angel
  Dark Angel (TV series)
  Dark Angel is an American biopunk/cyberpunk science fiction television series created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee. The show premiered in the United States on the Fox network on October 3, 2000, and was canceled after two seasons...
  
  
• October 4 - Titans
  Titans (TV series)
  Titans is a short-lived American prime time soap opera that debuted on October 4, 2000 on NBC. Thirteen episodes were filmed, of which eleven were actually aired. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the series was initially marketed as a "Dynasty for the new millennium," attempting to emulate the style of...
  
  
• October 5 - Gilmore Girls
  Gilmore Girls
  Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...
  
  
• October 6 - The Caidin Show
• October 6 - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
  
  
• October 6 - FreakyLinks
  FreakyLinks
  FreakyLinks was an American television show that combined elements of horror, mystery, and comedy. It aired on the Fox Network from October 2000 until June 2001, for a total run of 13 episodes...
  
  
• October 6 - Madigan Men
  Madigan Men
  Madigan Men is an American television comedy that premiered on ABC in the U.S. on October 6, 2000. The show performed poorly in the ratings and among critics and was canceled on December 18, 2000.-Cast:*Gabriel Byrne as Ben Madigan...
  
  
• October 6 - The Trouble With Normal
• October 7 - The District
  The District
  The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department .-Premise:...
  
  
• October 7 - Maximum Exposure
  Maximum Exposure
  Maximum Exposure is a reality TV show which featured video clips on a variety of subjects. As its various slogans attest, the show was targeted at teens and young adults...
  
  
• October 7 - Noah Knows Best
  Noah Knows Best
  Noah Knows Best is a television series that aired on Nickelodeon. The show premiered on October 7, 2000 and was canceled with five unaired episodes out of thirteen produced, due to low ratings. The show starred Phillip Van Dyke as the title character, Noah...
  
  
• October 8 - Ed
  Ed (TV series)
  Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions, and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004....
  
  
• October 8 - Hype
  Hype (TV series)
  Hype is a sketch comedy television series on The WB Television Network. Most of the central jokes making fun of celebrities in the news at the time...
  
  
• October 8 - Nikki
  Nikki (TV series)
  Nikki is an American sitcom that aired on The WB from 2000 to 2002. Nikki was a starring vehicle for Nikki Cox, who had previously starred in another WB sitcom, Unhappily Ever After, which ran for five seasons...
  
  
• October 10 - The Geena Davis Show
  The Geena Davis Show
  The Geena Davis Show was an American sitcom starring Geena Davis. The show lasted one season on ABC.- Background :Terri Minsky first pitched the idea of a Sex and the City-like character becoming a suburban housewife to ABC in early 2000. Basic plot details were drawn up, and the script eventually...
  
  
• October 10 - Gideon's Crossing
  Gideon's Crossing
  Gideon's Crossing is a US medical drama starring Andre Braugher. The series was loosely based on the experience of real-life physician Jerome Groopman and his book The Measure of Our Days. It premiered on October 10, 2000, and ran for one season, with its last episode airing on April 9, 2001, with...
  
  
• October 11 - A Makeover Story
  A Makeover Story
  A Makeover Story is a reality show on TLC Network in the United States. Each episode runs for 30 minutes and features two people who get makeovers including clothes, hairstyling, and makeup. The show ran for five seasons and is the original of the "makeover-show" formats...
  
  
• October 11 - Bette
• October 11 - Welcome to New York
  Welcome to New York
  Welcome to New York was a television sitcom that aired on CBS. The show starred Jim Gaffigan, who played a weatherman from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who then moved to New York and worked as a meteorologist for fictional morning news show called "AM New York"...
  
  
• October 14 - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction/adventure/comedy series produced by Walt Disney Television. The character is from the planet Zurtron. The series originally aired on UPN and ABC from October 2000 to January 2001 as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning...
  
  
• October 15 - Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
  
  
• October 23 - Boston Public
  Boston Public
  Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
  
  
• October 23 - Scariest Places on Earth
  Scariest Places On Earth
  Scariest Places on Earth is an American paranormal documentary reality television series that originally aired from October 23, 2000 to October 29, 2006. The program was produced by Triage Entertainment for the Fox Family Channel, which is now ABC Family and owns the rights to the show...
  
  
• October 24 - The Michael Richards Show
  The Michael Richards Show
  The Michael Richards Show is a sitcom that debuted on NBC in 2000. The show starred Michael Richards as reality-challenged but successful private detective Vic Nardozza who gets the job done despite his unconventional methods.- History :...
  
  
• October 25 - As Told by Ginger
  As Told by Ginger
  As Told by Ginger is an American teen drama animated series that was produced by Klasky-Csupo and aired on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2009. The series focuses on a middle schooler Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to become more than a social geek. There are many subplots that focus on...
  
  
• October 27 - Level 9
  Level 9 (TV series)
  Level 9 is an American television program broadcast on UPN, first aired in 2000. The plot revolved around a secret agency within the government, staffed by government agents, tech-savvy geeks, and former criminal hackers, which is tasked with solving or preventing cyber crimes.Thirteen episodes...
  
  
• November 1 - Normal, Ohio
  Normal, Ohio
  Normal, Ohio is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Fox Network in 2000. The show stars John Goodman as William "Butch" Gamble, a gay man returning to his Midwestern home town...
  
  
• November 1 - The $treet
  The $treet
  The $treet is an American television drama series that aired on Fox in 2000. 11 episodes were produced and 6 aired in the U.S.The series was about a small brokerage house called Belmont Stevens located in New York and the lives of its employees. Freddie Sacker was one of the most notable...
  
  
• November 4 - Sheep in the Big City
  Sheep in the Big City
  Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 4, 2000 to April 7, 2002....
  
  
• December 3 - Queer as Folk
  Queer as Folk (US TV series)
  Queer as Folk is an American and Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name, created by Russell T Davies...
  
  
• November 14 - DAG
  DAG (TV series)
  DAG is an American sitcom that aired from November 2000 to May 2001 on NBC. It was named after its star, David Alan Grier, who stars as United States Secret Service agent Jerome Daggett. Daggett's name, in turn, is a back-formation...
  
  
• December 4 - DJ Games
  DJ Games
  DJ Games was a reality show broadcast on the American cable channel Game Show Network in 2000, which featured three segments per episode of the on-air competitions put on by various radio stations throughout the United States by their disc jockeys, usually of the morning zoo type of radio show. The...
  
  
• December 8 - Dot Comedy
  Dot Comedy
  Dot Comedy is a television series that attempted to use humor found on the internet to entertain a television audience. The show was hosted by Annabelle Gurwitch and the Sklar Brothers. The show replaced The Trouble With Normal on ABC, which had been cancelled after five episodes...
  
  
• December 21 - The Brak Show
  The Brak Show
  The Brak Show is an animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The Brak Show is a spin-off of the animated television series, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and featured recurring characters from Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet...
  
  
• December 21 - Sealab 2021
  Sealab 2021
  Sealab 2021 is an American animated television series. It was shown on Cartoon Network's adult-oriented programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on November 23, 2000 and the final episode aired on April 25, 2005...
  
  
• December 30 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  Aqua Teen Hunger Force , retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 in 2011, is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network late night programing block, Adult Swim, as well as Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block and later G4 Canada's ADd block in Canada...
  
  
• December 30 - Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American animated television series comedy created by Williams Street and produced by Cartoon Network Studios that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. The series' pilot first aired in 2000, and later became a series in...
  
  
• - Maximum Exposure
  Maximum Exposure
  Maximum Exposure is a reality TV show which featured video clips on a variety of subjects. As its various slogans attest, the show was targeted at teens and young adults...
  
  
• - I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge
  I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge
  I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge was an American television game show which aired on UPN in 2000....
  
  
• - Full Frontal Fashion
  Full Frontal Fashion
  Full Frontal Fashion is an American television program of the 2000s that gives complete coverage of designer fashion shows and other aspects of the fashion industry...
  
  
• - A Makeover Story
  A Makeover Story
  A Makeover Story is a reality show on TLC Network in the United States. Each episode runs for 30 minutes and features two people who get makeovers including clothes, hairstyling, and makeup. The show ran for five seasons and is the original of the "makeover-show" formats...
  
  
• - Diary
  Diary (TV series)
  Diary is an American documentary television series that premiered February 16, 2000, on MTV.The show's opening titles begin with the slogan "You think you know ... but you have no idea."-Overview:...
  
  

1999

• January 1 - Cold Case Files
  Cold Case Files
  Cold Case Files is documentary television series on the cable channel A&E Network hosted by Bill Kurtis that documents the investigation of various long-unsolved murders through the use of modern forensic science , and criminal psychology, in addition to recent breakthroughs in the...
  
  
• January 4 - Ed, Edd, and Eddy
• January 8 - Providence
  Providence (TV series)
  Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...
  
  
• January 10 - Batman Beyond
  Batman Beyond
  Batman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy...
  
  
• January 10 - The Sopranos
  The Sopranos
  The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
  
  
• January 10 - The PJs
  The PJs
  The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing projects in Detroit that once housed Diana Ross & Lilly Tomlin...
  
  
• January 13 - 60 Minutes II
  60 Minutes II
  60 Minutes II was a weekly primetime news magazine television program that was intended to replicate the "signature style, journalistic quality and integrity" of the original 60 Minutes series.It aired on CBS on Wednesdays, then later moved to Fridays at 8 p.m...
  
  
• January 15 - RollerJam
  RollerJam
  RollerJam was an American television series featuring roller derby that aired on The Nashville Network from 1999 to 2001. It was the first attempt to bring roller derby to TV since RollerGames....
  
  
• January 16 - The Cat&Birdy Warneroonie PinkyBrainy Big Cartoonie Show
  The Cat&Birdy Warneroonie PinkyBrainy Big Cartoonie Show
  The Cat & Birdy Warneroonie Pinky Brainy Big Cartoonie Show, or The Big Cartoonie Show for short, is a compilation program that aired on Kids' WB from January 16, 1999, to August 24, 2000...
  
  
• January 17 - Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
  Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
  Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane is an American teen sitcom starring Selma Blair, David Moscow, Michael Rosenbaum, and Azura Skye that premiered in 1999 on The WB network...
  
  
• January 18 - So Weird
  So Weird
  So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,...
  
  
• January 21 - Turks
• January 31 - Family Guy
  Family Guy
  Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
  
  
• February 17 - The Planet’s Funniest Animals
• February 25 - Shocking Behavior: Caught on Tape
• March 8 - Strange World
• March 15 - L.A. Heat
• March 19 - Farscape
  Farscape
  Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment...
  
  
• March 24 - Tenacious D
  Tenacious D
  Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...
  
  
• March 24 - It's Like, You Know...
  It's Like, You Know...
  It's Like, You Know... was a short-lived American situation comedy television series broadcast by ABC, starring Jennifer Grey, Evan Handler, Steven Eckholdt, A.J. Langer and Chris Eigeman, about life in Los Angeles viewed through the eyes of a diehard New Yorker, Arthur Garment...
  
  
• March 28 - Futurama
  Futurama
  Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
  
  
• March 30 - The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
• March 31 - Big Thinkers
  Big Thinkers (TV series)
  Big Thinkers is a former ZDTV television program. It featured a half-hour interview with a "big thinker" in science, technology, and other fields. The show was originally hosted by Mark Eddo, later replaced by John C. Dvorak. In 2001 the show changed its format, transforming from a weekly...
  
  
• April 7 - Strangers with Candy
  Strangers with Candy
  Strangers with Candy is a television series produced by Comedy Central. It first aired on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on October 2, 2000. Its timeslot was Sundays at 10 p.m....
  
  
• April 11 - The Awful Truth
  The Awful Truth (TV series)
  The Awful Truth was a satirical television show that was directed, written, and hosted by filmmaker Michael Moore, and funded by the British broadcaster Channel 4.-Format:...
  
  
• April 26 - Home Movies
  Home Movies (TV series)
  Home Movies is a dialogue-driven American animated series that originally aired from 1999 to 2004. The plot surrounds eight-year-old Brendon Small , who makes films with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis in his spare time...
  
  
• May 1 - Mickey Mouse Works
  Mickey Mouse Works
  Mickey Mouse Works is a television show that features the cartoon character Mickey Mouse and his friends in a series of animated segments. It is somewhat of an update of Mickey's Mouse Tracks....
  
  
• May 1 - SpongeBob SquarePants
  SpongeBob SquarePants
  SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
  
  
• May 31 - VS.
  VS. (game show)
  VS. was a game show that ran in 1999 on Comedy Central. It was hosted by Greg Proops, with Joe Liss as announcer.The game featured two three-member teams that were complete opposites . Proops would ask both teams questions about general topics as well as topics relating to the subject that divided...
  
  
• June 5 - The X Show
  The X Show
  The X Show was a magazine, variety, and interview/talk program that aired on FX Network in the US from May 1999 to April 2001. Running time was originally one hour, but this was later reduced to a half-hour. The show was 'guy-themed' much like a TV equivalent of Maxim magazine , though seldom as...
  
  
• June 9 - Crusade
  Crusade (TV series)
  Crusade is a spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. A race called the Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, which will destroy all life on Earth within five...
  
  
• June 16 - The Man Show
  The Man Show
  The Man Show is an American comedy television show on Comedy Central. It was created in 1999 by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison.-Format:...
  
  
• June 19 - Beggars and Choosers
  Beggars and Choosers (TV series)
  Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime. Developed by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff, the series was a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at network television...
  
  
• July 4 - The Hoop Life
  The Hoop Life
  The Hoop Life is a TV series depicting the lives of a team of basketball players in the fictional UBA , starring Rick Peters as Greg Marr, Mykelti Williamson as Marvin Buxton, and Cirroc Lofton as b-ball prodigy Curtis Thorpe. The series has run on both Showtime and Spike TV....
  
  
• July 5 - Passions
  Passions
  Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
  
  
• July 11 - Making the Video
  Making the Video
  Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. Usually the director outlines the concept of the video and the show often includes light-hearted and humorous moments. It always concludes with a premiere of the...
  
  
• July 11 - Movie Stars
  Movie Stars (TV series)
  Movie Stars is an American sitcom that aired on The WB from 1999 to 2000. It stars Harry Hamlin and Jennifer Grant as famous Hollywood actors trying to raise their children.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• July 15 - World's Most Amazing Videos
  World's Most Amazing Videos
  World's Most Amazing Videos is a reality television series, similar to Real TV and Maximum Exposure. Like these shows, it showcases accidents, disasters, police chases and other extraordinary events that are caught on video camera. Although it is similar in content to Maximum Exposure, it takes a...
  
  
• July 18 - G vs E
  G vs E
  G vs. E is an American fantasy-based television action series that had its first season air on USA Network during the summer and autumn of 1999. For the second season the series switched to Sci Fi Channel in early 2000. The series stars Clayton Rohner, Richard Brooks, and Marshall Bell.G vs...
  
  
• July 26 - Undressed
  Undressed (TV series)
  Undressed is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26, 1999 to September 5, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by British director Roland Joffé.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 1 - Grown Ups
• August 3 - Downtown
  Downtown (TV series)
  Downtown was an animated series on MTV on urban life, based on interviews with real people. The show follows a diverse and multiracial cast who live in New York City, and presents their everyday lives through quirky, humorous, and imaginative perspectives from the characters...
  
  
• August 9 - Independent Lens
  Independent Lens
  Airing weekly on PBS through ITVS, the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens introduces new drama and documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of Independent Lens have been presented by hosts Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Howard, Maggie...
  
  
• August 14 - Digimon: Digital Monsters
• August 16 - Rocket Power
  Rocket Power
  Rocket Power is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.-Premise:Rocket Power involves the daily situations of a group of best friends named Oswald "Otto" Rocket, Regina "Reggie" Rocket, Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez, and Sam "Squid" Dullard, as they live in the fictional...
  
  
• August 16 - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)
  Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)
  Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is an American television quiz show which offers a maximum prize of $1,000,000 for correctly answering 14 consecutive multiple-choice questions of random difficulty. Until 2010, the format required contestants to correctly answer 15 consecutive questions of increasing...
  
  
• August 17 - City Confidential
  City Confidential
  City Confidential is an American documentary television show, transmitted on the A&E Network, which singled out a community during each episode and investigated a crime that had occurred there. Rather than being a straighforward procedural, the installments began by focusing on the history and...
  
  
• August 19 - The Lot
  The Lot
  The Lot was a 30 minute drama series that aired for 2 seasons and 16 episodes on the AMC from 1999 to 2001. It profiled the fictional studio Sylver Screen Pictures during the 1930s and the pursuits of its classic stars...
  
  
• August 26 - WWF SmackDown!
• August 27 - ECW on TNN
  ECW on TNN
  ECW on TNN was a weekly American professional wrestling television program that aired on The Nashville Network from August 27, 1999 to October 6, 2000...
  
  
• August 30 - The Parkers
  The Parkers
  The Parkers is an American sitcom . A spin-off of UPN's Moesha, The Parkers featured the mother-daughter team of Nikki and Kim Parker . The Parkers' signature "Heeyyy" greeting made its way into popular vernacular in the early 2000s.-Premise:The series centered around a mother and daughter who...
  
  
• August 30 - Sonic Underground
  Sonic Underground
  Sonic Underground is an animated series that follows the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and his siblings, Sonia and Manic. The cartoon follows a main plot similar to, but heavily reconcepted from, main plot of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series...
  
  
• September 4 - WWF Jakked
• September 7 - Early Today
  Early Today
  Early Today is an American morning news programme airing on the NBC television network. The program goes out live at 4:00am Eastern Time Zone for those few stations which start their local news at 4:30am, and is transmitted in a continuous half-hour tape delay loop until 10:00am ET, when Today...
  
  
• September 8 - Get Real
  Get Real (TV series)
  Get Real is a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green family of San Francisco. It ran from September 1999 to April 2000...
  
  
• September 11 - Detention
  Detention (TV series)
  Detention is a cartoon that premiered on Kids' WB! on September 10, 1999 and was created by Bob Doucette . This is one of the shortest lived programs by Warner Bros...
  
  
• September 11 - Sabrina: The Animated Series
  Sabrina: The Animated Series
  Sabrina: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the Archie Comics character Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. It was produced by DIC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney at the time...
  
  
• September 12 - Redwall
  Redwall (TV series)
  Redwall is a television series made by Canada-based Nelvana and France-based Alphanim and is based on the Redwall novels by Brian Jacques. The series currently spans three seasons, the first based on the first book Redwall, the second on Mattimeo and the third on Martin the Warrior...
  
  
• September 16 - Action
  Action (TV series)
  Action is a comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon, who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure. It aired on FOX during the 1999-2000 season. The series was critically praised for its irreverent, and sometimes hostile look at Hollywood culture. Thirteen episodes...
  
  
• September 18 - Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
  Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
  Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century is a animation series, in which Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life in the 22nd century. The series is a co–production by DiC and Scottish Television and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Special Class Animated Program.- Overview :The concept series was...
  
  
• September 19 - Judging Amy
  Judging Amy
  Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
  
  
• September 20 - Blind Date
• September 20 - Cita's World
  Cita's World
  Cita's World was a video music show that aired on Black Entertainment Television in the United States. It was the first show to feature a virtual reality black stereotypical character as the hostess named Cita. Cita's World was the brainchild of Curtis A. Gadson, B.E.T. Senior VP of Programming...
  
  
• September 20 - Family Law
  Family Law (TV series)
  Family Law is a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as divorced lawyer Lynn Holt, who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients...
  
  
• September 20 - Ladies Man
• September 20 - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
  
  
• September 20 - Safe Harbor
  Safe harbor
  The term safe harbor has several special usages, in an analogy with its literal meaning, that of a harbor or haven which provides safety from weather or attack.-Legal definition:...
  
  
• September 21 - The Mike O'Malley Show
  The Mike O'Malley Show
  The Mike O'Malley Show is an American sitcom on NBC that aired only two episodes. The series star, Mike O'Malley, created and executive produced the series with Les Firestein.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 21 - Once and Again
  Once and Again
  Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father...
  
  
• September 22 - Oh, Grow Up
  Oh, Grow Up
  Oh, Grow Up was a sitcom that aired on ABC from September to December 1999. It was created by Alan Ball, who would later go on to win an Academy Award for writing American Beauty and also create the hit HBO series Six Feet Under...
  
  
• September 22 - The West Wing
  The West Wing (TV series)
  The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
  
  
• September 23 - Stark Raving Mad
  Stark Raving Mad (TV series)
  Stark Raving Mad is an American sitcom that aired from on NBC from 1999 to 2000. The series stars Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 23 - Third Watch
  Third Watch
  Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
  
  
• September 24 - Cold Feet
  Cold Feet (U.S. TV series)
  Cold Feet is an American television series produced by Kerry Ehrin Productions and Granada Entertainment USA for NBC. Based on the British TV series of the same name, the series follows three Seattle couples, each at different stages of their romantic relationships. It premiered on September 24,...
  
  
• September 24 - The Jersey
  The Jersey
  The Jersey is a television series produced by the Disney Channel and based on the Monday Night Football Club books by Gordon Korman.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 24 - Now and Again
  Now and Again
  Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain...
  
  
• September 24 - Mission Hill
  Mission Hill
  Mission Hill is an American animated television series that first aired on The WB in 1999. Although 18 episodes were planned, only 13 episodes were produced. The show was put on hiatus by the WB Network after two episodes due to poor ratings. It returned to the WB in the summer of 2000 but was...
  
  
• September 24 - Odd Man Out
  Odd Man Out (TV series)
  Odd Man Out is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC television network as a part of the TGIF lineup. It aired from September 24, 1999 to January 7, 2000. Created by Ed Decter and John J...
  
  
• September 25 - Freaks and Geeks
  Freaks and Geeks
  Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series, created by Paul Feig and executive produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season...
  
  
• September 26 - Jack & Jill
  Jack & Jill (TV series)
  Jack & Jill is an American television series comedy-drama starring Ivan Sergei, Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly, Justin Kirk, Simon Rex and Sarah Paulson which ran from September 1999 to April 2001 on the WB Network. It was created and executive produced by Randi Mayem Singer.The show's theme song was...
  
  
• September 26 - Snoops
• September 29 - Popular
  Popular (TV series)
  Popular is an American teenage comedy-drama on The WB Television Network in the United States, created by Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews, starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope as two teenage girls that reside on polar opposite sides of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to...
  
  
• September 29 - Work with Me
  Work with Me
  Work with Me is an American situation comedy television series starring Kevin Pollack and Nancy Travis as two attorneys who are married and work together. The series premiered September 29, 1999, on CBS...
  
  
• September 30 - Shasta McNasty
  Shasta McNasty
  Shasta McNasty is an American sitcom that aired on UPN during the 1999-2000 season. The show was created by Jeff Eastin and produced by Eastin and Neal H. Moritz...
  
  
• October 1 - BeastMaster
  BeastMaster (TV series)
  BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on a 1982 MGM movie The Beastmaster. The series aired for three complete seasons...
  
  
• October 2 - Archie's Weird Mysteries
  Archie's Weird Mysteries
  Archie's Weird Mysteries is an American animated children's television program, based on the successful Archie comics. The series premise revolves around a Riverdale High physics lab gone awry, making the town of Riverdale a "magnet" for B-movie style monsters.The show is distributed as meeting the...
  
  
• October 5 - Angel
  Angel (TV series)
  Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...
  
  
• October 6 - Roswell
  Roswell (TV series)
  Roswell is an American science fiction television series developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims. The series debuted on October 6, 1999 on The WB and moved to UPN for the third season. The last episode aired May 14, 2002...
  
  
• October 8 - Harsh Realm
  Harsh Realm
  Harsh Realm is a science fiction television series about humans trapped inside a virtual reality simulation. It was developed by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files and Millennium, and began airing on the Fox Network on October 8, 1999. The series fared poorly in the ratings and was removed from...
  
  
• October 8 - Love & Money
• October 9 - Angela Anaconda
  Angela Anaconda
  Angela Anaconda is a Canadian cutout animation television series that aired on the channels Teletoon and Fox Family. It centers on the adventures of an eight-year-old girl named Angela who lives in the fictional town of Tapwater Springs, has wacky brothers, weird friends, and hates a snobbish...
  
  
• October 12 - Mike and Mike in the Morning
  Mike and Mike in the Morning
  Mike and Mike in the Morning is an American sports-talk radio show hosted by Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio and simulcast on television, normally on ESPN2. If ESPN is broadcasting a live sporting event during the show's timeslot, Sportscenter will air on ESPN2, and the show's...
  
  
• October 12 - The Strip
• October 14 - Oggy and the Cockroaches
  Oggy and the Cockroaches
  Oggy and the Cockroaches is a French animated comedy series produced by Gaumont Film Company, creator of the popular series Space Goofs.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 15 - Ryan Caulfield: Year One
• October 16 - 100 Deeds For Eddie McDowd
  100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
  100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd is an American family comedy series that ran from 1999 to 2002 produced by Fireworks Entertainment and Lynch Entertainment for the Nickelodeon TV channel...
  
  
• October 18 - Farmclub
  Farmclub
  - Track listing :# Alley Life - "Thats the Way we Roll"# Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady" # DMX - "Party Up" # Nelly - "Country Grammar " # Ja Rule - "Between Me and You" # Powerman 5000 - "Nobody's Real" # Mýa - "Case of the Ex"...
  
  
• October 25 - Time of Your Life
  Time of Your Life (TV series)
  Time of Your Life is an American drama series starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. The series is a spin-off of Party of Five, and features the character Sarah Reeves Merrin whom Hewitt portrayed on Party of Five.-Plot:...
  
  
• October 30 - The Avengers: United They Stand
  The Avengers: United They Stand
  The Avengers: United They Stand is an animated series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team The Avengers. It consists of 13 episodes, which originally premiered on October 30, 1999, and was produced by Avi Arad and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television...
  
  
• November 2 - The Early Show
  The Early Show
  The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
  
  
• November 4 - Greed
  Greed (game show)
  Greed is an American television game show that aired on Fox from November 4, 1999 until July 14, 2000. The game consisted of a team of contestants who answered a series of multiple-choice questions for a potential prize of up to $2 million...
  
  
• November 12 - Courage the Cowardly Dog
  Courage the Cowardly Dog
  Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic dog named Courage who lives with his owners, Muriel and Eustace Bagge, an elderly, married farming couple in the "Middle of...
  
  
• November 20 - NASCAR Racers
  NASCAR Racers
  NASCAR Racers is an animated television series about two rival NASCAR racing teams, Team Fastex and Team Rexcor, competing against each other in the futuristic NASCAR Unlimited Division....
  
  
• - Beat Suite

1998

• January 8 - WCW Thunder
  WCW Thunder
  WCW Thunder was a professional wrestling show produced by World Championship Wrestling which aired on TBS from January 8, 1998 to March 21, 2001...
  
  
• January 9 - Kids Say the Darndest Things
  Kids Say the Darndest Things
  Kids Say the Darndest Things is an American comedy series hosted by Bill Cosby that aired on CBS as a special on February 6, 1995 then as a full season from January 9, 1998 to June 23, 2000...
  
  
• January 15 - Prey
  Prey (TV series)
  Prey was a science-fiction television series that aired for one season in 1998 on ABC. The series starred Debra Messing, Adam Storke, Larry Drake, Frankie Faison, James Morrison, and Vincent Ventresca.-Premise:...
  
  
• January 20 - Dawson's Creek
  Dawson's Creek
  Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
  
  
• January 30 - Jep!
  Jep!
  Jep! is a children's version of the American quiz show Jeopardy!, hosted by Bob Bergen. The program premiered on January 30, 1998 on GSN and lasted for one season...
  
  
• February 2 - Three
  Three (TV series)
  Three was a drama television series which aired on The WB from February 2, 1998 to March 23, 1998.The plot of the show was centered around three thieves, who all participated in crimes that brought no legitimate suffering to others...
  
  
• February 7 - Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
  Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
  Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension was a spin-off of Eerie, Indiana. This series aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.-Episode list:...
  
  
• February 15 - Tanner '88
  Tanner '88
  Tanner '88 is a political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. First broadcast by HBO during the months leading up to the 1988 U.S. presidential election, it purports to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the campaign of a former Michigan U.S...
  
  
• February 28 - Bug Juice
  Bug Juice
  Bug Juice is a Disney Channel reality series that premiered on February 28, 1998. It was named after the slang term for large quantities of super-sweet juice drinks made with artificially flavored powder such as Kool-Aid that are often served at summer camps.The series focused around 20 kids and...
  
  
• March 17 - For Your Love
  For Your Love (TV series)
  For Your Love is an American sitcom that premiered on March 17, 1998 on NBC. It was canceled after six episodes, but was picked up by The WB Network. It ran there for four years before its 2002 cancellation.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• March 17 - LateLine
  LateLine
  LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven unaired episodes .Created by John Markus and Al Franken , LateLine depicted the...
  
  
• March 31 - True Life
  True Life
  True Life is a documentary series running on MTV since 1998. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode, "Fatal Dose." The show is created by following a series of subjects by a camera crew through a certain part of their lives.-Topics covered:True...
  
  
• April 9 - Mysteries and Scandals
  Mysteries and Scandals
  Mysteries and Scandals is an American television program hosted by A.J. Benza. The series was originally broadcast on the E! network from March 1998 until February 2001.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• May 11 - Call for Help
  Call for Help
  Call for Help, also known as CFH, was a computer-themed television program that first aired exclusively on TechTV , a cable and satellite television network focused on technology, and then aired on G4techTV Canada and the HOW TO Channel in Australia...
  
  
• May 11 - Fresh Gear
  Fresh Gear
  Fresh Gear was a television program on ZDTV then known as TechTV that showcased the latest in personal technology. It was hosted by Stephanie Siemiller and Chris Leary. The original hosts were Jim Louderback and Sumi Das....
  
  
• May 11 - Internet Tonight
  Internet Tonight
  Internet Tonight was a television program on the cable network ZDTV . The show combined the "effervescent moxie" of Michaela Pereira with the "dry wit" of Scott Herriott, to bring the viewers the latest in Internet trends, humor, and news...
  
  
• May 11 - The Screen Savers
  The Screen Savers
  The Screen Savers was a live American TV show on TechTV. The show launched concurrently with the channel ZDTV on May 11, 1998. The Screen Savers originally centered around computers, new technologies, and their adaptations in the world...
  
  
• May 14 - Celebrity Deathmatch
  Celebrity Deathmatch
  Celebrity Deathmatch is a claymation television show that depicts celebrities against each other in a wrestling ring, almost always ending in the loser's gruesome death. It was known for its excessive amount of blood used in every match and exaggerated physical injuries...
  
  
• June - Forgive or Forget
  Forgive or Forget
  Forgive or Forget is an American talk show aired in national syndication from June 1998 to May 2000. The original host of the show was Mother Love, but she was replaced with former Head of the Class actress Robin Givens for the series' third and last season.The premise of the show involved people...
  
  
• June 6 - Sex and the City
  Sex and the City
  Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
  
  
• June 8 - Invasion America
  Invasion America
  Invasion America is an animated science fiction miniseries that aired in the prime time lineup on The WB Television Network and later as a part of the Kids' WB programming block...
  
  
• July 4 - X-Play
  X-Play
  X-Play is a TV program about video games, known for its reviews and comedy skits...
  
  
• July 19 - The Net
  The Net (TV series)
  The Net is a 1998 television drama series based on the 1995 film of the same name. The series starred Brooke Langton as Angela Bennett, the character Sandra Bullock played in the film...
  
  
• July 19 - Oh Yeah! Cartoons
  Oh Yeah! Cartoons
  Oh Yeah! Cartoons is an American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Oh Yeah! was an animation project guided by Fred Seibert, former Creative Director of MTV Networks and President of Hanna-Barbera...
  
  
• August 1 - WWF Heat
• August 1 - Emergency Vets
  Emergency Vets
  Emergency Vets is a reality television series that airs on the U.S. cable network Animal Planet. First aired in 1998, it depicts the working and outside lives of the veterinarians at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado, USA, plus the animals that they treat...
  
  
• August 1 - Rude Awakening
  Rude Awakening (TV series)
  Rude Awakening is a TV series created by Claudia Lonow, aired by Showtime on 55 22-min episodes for 3 seasons .-Story:Rude Awakening tells the story of Billie Frank, an out of work alcoholic ex-soap opera actress. She tries to go sober and become a writer but continues to struggle with her...
  
  
• August 5 - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for the UK's Channel 4, for a 10 series run...
  
  
• August 15 - Donkey Kong Country
  Donkey Kong Country (TV series)
  Donkey Kong Country is a French/Canadian computer-generated animated television series. It is based on the Nintendo franchise Donkey Kong as portrayed in the Donkey Kong Country video game series by Rare. Created by France 2 and Nelvana, it was originally titled La Planète de Donkey Kong...
  
  
• August 17 - Welcome to Paradox
• August 18 - Any Day Now
• August 18 - Maggie
  Maggie (1998 TV series)
  Maggie is an American comedy television series starring Ann Cusack. The series premiered August 18, 1998, on Lifetime Television.-Cast and characters:...
  
  
• August 19 - Upright Citizens Brigade
  Upright Citizens Brigade
  The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The most recent incarnation consists of Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh...
  
  
• August 23 - That '70s Show
  That '70s Show
  That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
  
  
• August 26 - Oh Baby
  Oh Baby
  Oh Baby is an American situation comedy series that ran on Lifetime from August 26, 1998 to March 4, 2000. It also ran from 1999 to 2003 on Canada's W Network...
  
  
• August 31 - Hercules
• September 7 - The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
  The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
  The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg is an American television series set in a fantasy version of ancient Ireland, created by Saban Entertainment. It was loosely based on actual Irish mythology. The name derives from Tír na nÓg, one of the Otherworlds of Irish mythology. It was Saban's first fantasy...
  
  
• September 8 - Pokémon
  Pokémon
  is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
  
  
• September 9 - First Wave
• September 11 - Living in Captivity
  Living in Captivity
  Living in Captivity is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox Network on Friday night from September 11, 1998 to October 16, 1998.-Premise:The series centered around the residents of the gated community of Woodland Heights, California...
  
  
• September 12 - Godzilla: The Series
  Godzilla: The Series
  Godzilla: The Series is an American/Japanese animated television series which originally aired on Fox in the United States. The show premiered on September 12, 1998, and is a direct sequel to the American Godzilla remake.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 12 - One World
  One World (TV series)
  One World is a half-hour comedy series on TNBC about the everyday issues of a large family. The show focuses on the Blakes, a household living in Miami with six teens of various ethnic and racial backgrounds, who are adopted by ex-baseball player Dave Blake and his artist wife, Karen. The show was...
  
  
• September 12 - Young Hercules
  Young Hercules
  Young Hercules is a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998, to May 12, 1999. It lasted one season with 50 episodes and starred Ryan Gosling in the title role.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 13 - The Army Show
  The Army Show
  The Army Show was an American comedy television series that aired on the WB Network, first shown on 13 September, 1998. The plot follows an army sergeant who must take charge of a group of soldiers at Fort Bendix, Florida, while hiding his profitable schemes from his higher class officers. The show...
  
  
• September 14 - Histeria!
  Histeria!
  Histeria! is a 1998 American animated series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Unlike other animated series produced by Warner Bros. in the 1990s, Histeria! stood out as the most explicit edutainment program in order to meet FCC requirements for...
  
  
• September 15 - Costello
• September 16 - Mad Jack the Pirate
  Mad Jack the Pirate
  Mad Jack the Pirate is a short lived 1990s cartoon. The show was created by Bill Kopp and was directed by Jeff DeGrandis...
  
  
• September 21 - The King of Queens
  The King of Queens
  The King of Queens is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007.This show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions , CBS Paramount Television ,and CBS Television Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television , and Sony Pictures...
  
  
• September 21 - Hyperion Bay
  Hyperion Bay
  Hyperion Bay is an American drama series that ran for one season on The WB Television Network from September 1998 to March 1999.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 21 - L.A. Doctors
  L.A. Doctors
  L.A. Doctors was an American medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It ran on CBS during the 1998-99 season.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 21 - Will & Grace
  Will & Grace
  Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
  
  
• September 22 - Encore! Encore!
  Encore! Encore!
  Encore! Encore! is an American sitcom starring Nathan Lane as an opera singer. On the verge of becoming "The Fourth Tenor", Lane's character injures his vocal cords and must move in with his family, who run a vineyard in Northern California. The series premiered on NBC on September 22, 1998.Encore!...
  
  
• September 22 - The Hughleys
  The Hughleys
  The Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000 and on the UPN network from September 11, 2000 to May 20, 2002. It starred comedian D. L...
  
  
• September 22 - Sports Night
  Sports Night
  Sports Night is an American television series about a fictional sports news show also called Sports Night. It focuses on the friendships, pitfalls, and ethical issues the creative talent of the program face while trying to produce a good show under constant network pressure...
  
  
• September 24 - Jesse
  Jesse (TV series)
  Jesse is an American sitcom which ran on NBC from September 1998 to May 2000. The show was created by Ira Ungerleider. It aired on Trouble in the UK.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 25 - Brother's Keeper
  Brother's Keeper (TV series)
  Brother's Keeper is an American television series that was originally broadcast from 1998 to 1999 on ABC. It was produced by Axelrod-Widdoes Productions and Donald Todd Productions in association with Studios USA Television....
  
  
• September 25 - Buddy Faro
• September 25 - Two of a Kind
• September 26 - Cupid
  Cupid (TV series)
  Cupid is a 1998–1999 American comedy-drama series created by Rob Thomas, which featured Paula Marshall as Dr. Claire Allen, a Chicago psychologist who is given charge of a man named Trevor Hale . Hale believes he is Cupid, sent down from Mt...
  
  
• September 26 - Martial Law
  Martial Law (TV series)
  Martial Law was a TV crime drama that ran on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US.The show was a...
  
  
• September 26 - V.I.P.
  V.I.P. (TV series)
  V.I.P. is an American action/comedy-drama series starring Pamela Anderson. Created by J. F...
  
  
• September 29 - Felicity
• September 29 - Vengeance Unlimited
  Vengeance Unlimited
  Vengeance Unlimited was a TV series broadcasted during 1998-1999 on ABC which lasted for just one season of sixteen episodes. The show starred Michael Madsen as Mr. Chapel, a mysterious and pragmatic character keen on serving justice to those who have been ignored by the law...
  
  
• September 30 - Maggie Winters
  Maggie Winters
  Maggie Winters was a short-lived CBS sitcom that ran from 1998 to early 1999. The title character was played by Faith Ford.-Plot:Recently divorced from her dentist husband, Maggie Winters moved in with her mother Estelle in her home town of Shelbyville, Indiana and got a job at Hanley's, a local...
  
  
• September 30 - The Secret Lives of Men
• September 30 - To Have & to Hold
  To Have & to Hold
  To Have & to Hold was a short-lived American television series that aired on CBS during the fall of 1998.The drama series starred Moira Kelly as Annie Cornell, an attorney, and Jason Beghe as her husband, an Irish police officer, Sean McGrail...
  
  
• October 5 - CatDog
  CatDog
  CatDog is an American animated television series which premiered on April 4, 1998, and ended with an unaired episode on September 22, 2004. The series was created for Nickelodeon by Peter Hannan. It was also shown as a sneak peek in theaters with The Rugrats Movie...
  
  
• October 5 - DiResta
  DiResta
  DiResta is an American comedy television series which premiered on UPN on October 5, 1998, on its Monday schedule. It was cancelled after its March 1, 1999 airing...
  
  
• October 5 - Guys Like Us
  Guys Like Us
  Guys Like Us is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on UPN from October 5, 1998 to January 18, 1999. The series starred Bumper Robinson, Maestro Harrell, and Chris Hardwick.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 5 - Inquizition
  Inquizition
  Inquizition is an American game show created by Game Show Network and Sande Stewart Television that ran on the network's schedule from October 5, 1998 to October 19, 2001.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• October 5 - The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
  The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
  The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer is an American sitcom that aired on UPN in 1998. Before it was even debuted, the series set off a storm of controversy because of a perceived light-hearted take on the issue of American slavery.-Story:...
  
  
• October 6 - Mercy Point
  Mercy Point
  Mercy Point was a science fiction series that ran from the fall of 1998 to the midsummer of 1999 on UPN. The series, set in the mid-23rd century, took place on a deep-space medical space station that catered to the medical needs of both humans and aliens, and served as a crossroads for both human...
  
  
• October 7 - Charmed
  Charmed
  Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
  
  
• October 7 - Seven Days
• October 9 - Legacy
  Legacy (TV series)
  Legacy is an American western drama series starring Brett Cullen which aired on UPN for eighteen episodes from 1998-1999. The series is set on a Kentucky horse farm soon after the American Civil War. Cullen's character of Ned Logan is the 42-year-old widowed patriarch of the family...
  
  
• October 10 - Brats of the Lost Nebula
  Brats of the Lost Nebula
  Brats of the Lost Nebula is a puppet and computer animated series originally broadcast on the Kids' WB block of Saturday morning programming in 1998. Created by Dan Clark, the sci-fi series for kids used puppets from Jim Henson's Creature Shop and state of the art computer graphics from C.O.R.E....
  
  
• October 11 - Malibu, CA
  Malibu, CA (TV series)
  Malibu, CA is an American teen sitcom television program produced by Saved by the Bell creator Peter Engel that aired from 1998 to 2000 on syndication...
  
  
• October 17 - Wind on Water
  Wind on Water
  Wind on Water was a short-lived American TV-series by Zalman King and NBC. Although the series had already shot six episodes, only the first two aired in October 1998.-Plot:...
  
  
• October 23 - Brimstone
  Brimstone (TV series)
  Brimstone was a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season....
  
  
• October 25 - The Famous Jett Jackson
  The Famous Jett Jackson
  The Famous Jett Jackson is a joint Canadian and American Disney Channel Original Series coming-of-age television series for children ages 12–16 about a boy named Jett Jackson who plays a teenage secret-agent on a fictional TV show-within-a-show called Silverstone...
  
  
• November 2 - Becker
  Becker (TV series)
  Becker is an American television sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2004 on CBS. Set in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the show starred Ted Danson as John Becker, a misanthropic doctor who operates a small practice and is constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically...
  
  
• November 18 - The Powerpuff Girls
  The Powerpuff Girls
  The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network...
  
  
• December 1 - Comedy Central Presents
  Comedy Central Presents
  Comedy Central Presents is a half-hour long stand-up show that features various stand-up comedians in each episode.-DVDs:Starting in 2008, Comedy Central started releasing "Best of" compilation DVDs, with uncensored audio...
  
  
• December 26 - Rolie Polie Olie
  Rolie Polie Olie
  Rolie Polie Olie is a children's television series produced by Nelvana and created by William Joyce. The show centers on a little boy who is composed of several spheres and other three-dimensional geometric shapes...
  
  
• - A Baby Story
  A Baby Story
  A Baby Story is a program that airs daily on The Learning Channel . There are more than 100 episodes in the series. The program follows a couple through the late days of their pregnancy, sometimes showing the baby shower, final family outing, or dinner party. Then, it always shows the family...
  
  

1997

• January 1 - Cooking Live
  Cooking Live
  Cooking Live was an American television cooking show on Food Network. Hosted by Sara Moulton, the show was broadcast live daily and featured Moulton preparing various dishes and taking calls from viewers....
  
  
• January 4 - WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
  WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
  WWF Shotgun Saturday Night is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It aired from January 4, 1997 through August 21, 1999 as a syndicated broadcast...
  
  
• January 6 - Sunset Beach
  Sunset Beach (TV series)
  Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...
  
  
• January 9 - Orleans
  Orleans (TV series)
  Orleans is a short lived American drama series that aired on CBS from January 7, 1997 through April 10, 1997. It ran for only 8 episodes. The series was said to be inspired by the experiences of creater producer Toni Graphia, who was the daughter of a Louisiana judge.-Synopsis:The show was...
  
  
• January 12 - King of the Hill
• January 13 - La Femme Nikita
• January 14 - Henry's Amazing Animals
  Henry's Amazing Animals
  Henry's Amazing Animals is an educational children's nature program produced by Dorling Kindersley and originally broadcasted on the Disney Channel in 1996. Its following program was Audubon's Animal Adventures. It currently plays in syndication on Treehouse TV...
  
  
• February 7 - The Chris Rock Show
  The Chris Rock Show
  The Chris Rock Show is a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock and featured various guests. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program in 1999. It ran for three seasons from 1997 to 2000. Seasons 1 and 2 were released as a DVD set...
  
  
• March 3 - Daria
  Daria
  Daria is an American animated television series produced by Paramount Television, and created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her...
  
  
• March 4 - The Practice
  The Practice
  The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful and lighter spin-off series Boston...
  
  
• March 4 - Just Shoot Me!
  Just Shoot Me!
  Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997 to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.-Description:...
  
  
• March 10 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• March 17 - Trivia Track
  Trivia Track
  Trivia Track was an interactive live game show that premiered on the Game Show Network March 17, 1997 and ran until October 2, 1998; it was taped at the network's Sony Pictures Studios facilities in Culver City, California...
  
  
• March 18 - Social Studies
• April 1 - Viva Variety
  Viva Variety
  Viva Variety is an American sketch comedy series that aired on Comedy Central from April 1997 to December 1999. The series satirizes European variety shows.-Overview:...
  
  
• April 2 - Smart Guy
• April 9 - Pacific Palisades
  Pacific Palisades (TV series)
  Pacific Palisades is an American soap opera that aired on Fox during prime time from April to July 1997. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the show was cancelled after just thirteen episodes despite a last-minute attempt to increase ratings by casting Joan Collins.-Plot summary:Set in the Los Angeles...
  
  
• April 10 - Fired Up
  Fired Up (TV series)
  Fired Up is a short-lived 1997–1998 situation comedy airing on NBC. It lasted for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence and Leah Remini. The series was about a self-centered promotions executive and her mouthy assistant...
  
  
• April 15 - Soul Man
  Soul Man (TV series)
  Soul Man is an American sitcom that aired on ABC in 1997 that lasted two seasons and starred Dan Aykroyd.The series premiered on April 15, 1997, and was picked up for a second season of 22 episodes after only three episodes aired for the first season...
  
  
• April 19 - The Angry Beavers
  The Angry Beavers
  The Angry Beavers is an American animated television series created by Mitch Schauer for the Nickelodeon channel. The series revolves around Daggett and Norbert Beaver, two young beaver brothers who have left their home to become bachelors in the forest near Wayouttatown, Oregon. The show premiered...
  
  
• April 19 - Nightmare Ned
  Nightmare Ned
  Nightmare Ned was a short-lived animated television series which ran from April 19, 1997 to August 9, 1997 on ABC. Based on a homonymous video game developed by Creative Capers Entertainment, the show focuses on the life of Ned Needlemeyer , a 10-year-old boy that deals with his daily problems...
  
  
• May 16 - Spawn
• June 1 - Port Charles
  Port Charles
  Port Charles was a daytime soap opera which aired on ABC from June 2, 1997 to October 3, 2003. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital, which has been running since 1963 and takes place in the fictional city of Port Charles, New York...
  
  
• June 7 - Perversions of Science
  Perversions of Science
  Perversions of Science is a science fiction/horror television series that ran on the cable channel HBO for one season in 1997.It is a spin-off of popular horror series Tales from the Crypt also shown on HBO, and its episodes are based on EC's Weird Science comic book series.The format of...
  
  
• July 7 - Figure It Out
  Figure It Out
  Figure It Out is an American children's game show hosted by Summer Sanders that aired on Nickelodeon for four seasons from July 7, 1997 to December 12, 1999....
  
  
• July 7 - Johnny Bravo
  Johnny Bravo
  Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...
  
  
• July 11 - Spicy City
• July 12 - Oz
  Oz (TV series)
  Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
  
  
• July 13 - Apartment 2F
  Apartment 2F
  Apartment 2F, often written Apt. 2F, is a 1997 MTV sitcom, sketch comedy, and stand-up television series based around Randy and Jason Sklar's characters living in New York City...
  
  
• July 14 - Roar
  Roar (TV series)
  Roar is an American television show that originally aired on the Fox network in the summer of 1997. In the year AD 400, a young Irish man, Conor , sets out to rid his land of the invading Romans, but in order to accomplish this, he must unite the Celtic clans.-Premise:Roar chronicles the...
  
  
• July 14 - Sifl and Olly
  Sifl and Olly
  The Sifl and Olly Show is a comedy TV series that used sock puppets, animation, and music. Musicians Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco, friends since childhood, created and performed the series. The first episode aired on MTV in 1997. The show was cancelled in 1999...
  
  
• July 15 - Cow and Chicken
  Cow and Chicken
  Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series shows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them...
  
  
• July 27 - Stargate SG-1
  Stargate SG-1
  Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
  
  
• July 27 - Cartoon Sushi
  Cartoon Sushi
  Cartoon Sushi was an animation showcase program that aired on MTV from 1997 to 1998. It was produced by Nick Litwinko. As a collection of animation shorts, Cartoon Sushi was a spiritual successor to MTV's Liquid Television...
  
  
• July 28 - Win Ben Stein's Money
  Win Ben Stein's Money
  Win Ben Stein's Money is an American television game show that ran from July 28, 1997 to January 31, 2003 on the Comedy Central cable network with episodes airing until May 8, 2003. It featured three contestants who competed in a general knowledge quiz contest to win the grand prize of $5,000 from...
  
  
• July 29 - I Am Weasel
  I Am Weasel
  I Am Weasel is an American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios in co-production with Hanna-Barbera, created by David Feiss, and broadcast on Cartoon Network....
  
  
• August 4 - USA High
  USA High
  USA High is an American teen sitcom which ran from August 1997 to June 1999, ended after 95 episodes, and reran until August 4, 2001 on USA Network.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 11 - The View
• August 13 - South Park
  South Park
  South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
  
  
• August 25 - Good News
  Good News (TV series)
  Good News is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from 1997 to 1998. The series is a spin-off of the UPN series Sparks.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 26 - Head Over Heels
  Head Over Heels (UPN TV series)
  Head over Heels is a 1997 TV series, that aired briefly on UPN.Jack and Warren Baldwin are two brothers who take over the operation of "Head over Heels", a South Beach, Florida, video dating service founded by their mother....
  
  
• August 26 - Hitz
  Hitz
  Hitz is an American comedy television series that premiered August 26, 1997 on UPN. The series follows two record industry executives and their boss at Hitower Records in Los Angeles.-Cast:...
  
  
• September 1 - Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  Pensacola: Wings of Gold is a syndicated American action/adventure drama series based at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida. Episodes aired in several countries outside the US including Portugal, France, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Italy, Hungary and Australia...
  
  
• September 1 - Extreme Ghostbusters
  Extreme Ghostbusters
  Extreme Ghostbusters is an animated television series and a follow-up to the animated series Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters. It is a part of the film/TV Ghostbusters franchise...
  
  
• September 1 - 101 Dalmatians: The Series
  101 Dalmatians: The Series
  101 Dalmatians: The Series is a animated television series produced by the Walt Disney Company based on the classic 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name and its 1996 live-action remake.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 6 - City Guys
  City Guys
  City Guys is a United States television sitcom that aired from 1997 to December 2001. It lasted five seasons, and ended its airing time around the dissolution of TNBC.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 7 - Alright Already
• September 7 - The Tom Show
  The Tom Show
  The Tom Show is an American sitcom that aired on The WB on Sunday nights from September 7, 1997 to March 15, 1998.-Premise:The series focused on Tom Amross, a TV producer who moved back to his home town of St...
  
  
• September 8 - Ally McBeal
  Ally McBeal
  Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
  
  
• September 8 - Mr. Men Show
• September 10 - Austin Stories
  Austin Stories
  Austin Stories is MTV's first ever prime time situation comedy, which debuted September 10, 1997, and aired Wednesday nights at 10:30 pm. The show aired twelve episodes filmed on location in Austin, Texas....
  
  
• September 11 - 413 Hope St.
  413 Hope St.
  413 Hope St. is an American drama series which aired on the Fox network in the fall of 1997. The series was co-created by actor/comedian Damon Wayans, who made a stark departure from his usual comedic work....
  
  
• September 11 - Between Brothers
  Between Brothers
  Between Brothers is an American television situation comedy centered around four middle-class African American men in their late twenties, living in Chicago. It premiered on September 11, 1997 on Fox, with the second season airing on UPN, until March 2, 1999. The lead characters were portrayed...
  
  
• September 13 - The New Batman/Superman Adventures
  The New Batman/Superman Adventures
  The New Batman/Superman Adventures is a name given to a rerun package series that combined Superman: The Animated Series with The New Batman Adventures produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It aired from 1997-2000 on Kids' WB...
  
  
• September 13 - Pepper Ann
  Pepper Ann
  Pepper Ann is an American animated series created by Sue Rose and aired on ABC. It debuted on September 13, 1997.Pepper Ann starred cartoon adolescents and charted their ups and downs at Hazelnut Middle School. It aired as part of the Disney's One Saturday Morning block...
  
  
• September 13 - Recess
  Recess (TV series)
  Recess is an American animated television series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series focuses on six elementary school students and their interaction with other classmates and teachers...
  
  
• September 13 - The Weird Al Show
  The Weird Al Show
  The Weird Al Show is a television show hosted by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Produced in association with Dick Clark Productions, it aired Saturday mornings on the CBS TV network from September to December 1997. The show was released on DVD on August 15, 2006...
  
  
• September 15 - Breaker High
  Breaker High
  Breaker High was a Canadian teen comedy-drama series that ran from 1997 to 1998, airing on YTV in Canada and on UPN in the United States.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 15 - George & Leo
  George & Leo
  George & Leo is a short-lived American sitcom starring Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch. Set on Martha's Vineyard, the series aired on CBS from September 15, 1997 to March 16, 1998.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 15 - The Gregory Hines Show
  The Gregory Hines Show
  The Gregory Hines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997 before airing on September 19, 1997 as a part of the network's Block Party Friday night lineup...
  
  
• September 15 - Michael Hayes
  Michael Hayes (TV series)
  Michael Hayes was a TV series that ran on CBS from 1997 to 1998. It starred David Caruso and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.This series spotlighting surveys Michael Hayes, a former policeman became Deputy Prosecutor of the City of New York....
  
  
• September 15 - Talkshow with Spike Feresten
  Talkshow with Spike Feresten
  Talkshow with Spike Feresten is an American late-night talk show television program on Fox starring Spike Feresten that aired from September 16, 2006 to May 16, 2009. It was the longest-running late night talk show in Fox's history, with three seasons...
  
  
• September 18 - Cracker
• September 18 - Nothing Sacred
  Nothing Sacred (TV series)
  Nothing Sacred is an American drama series that aired from 1997 to 1998 on ABC. The series was created by a Jesuit priest named Bill Cain and producer David Manson.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 19 - The Visitor
  The Visitor (TV series)
  The Visitor was a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin which aired on Fox from 1997–1998. It starred John Corbett as Adam McArthur who was abducted by extraterrestrials 50 years earlier and escapes back to Earth to help improve life for...
  
  
• September 19 - Meego
• September 22 - Brooklyn South
  Brooklyn South
  Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997-98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the creator of many well-known police dramas such as Hill...
  
  
• September 22 - Timecop
  Timecop (TV series)
  Timecop is an American science fiction television series. The show was broadcast on the ABC network and first aired in 1997. The series was based on the Timecop movie and the "Time Cop" feature which had appeared in the comic book series Dark Horse Comics.- Cast :* Officer Jack Logan – Ted...
  
  
• September 23 - Dharma & Greg
  Dharma & Greg
  Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002.It starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who married instantly on their first date despite being complete opposites...
  
  
• September 23 - Dellaventura
• September 23 - Hiller and Diller
• September 25 - Veronica's Closet
  Veronica's Closet
  Veronica's Closet is a sitcom which aired on NBC from September 25, 1997, to June 27, 2000.The show starred Kirstie Alley as Veronica “Ronnie” Chase, the head of her own lingerie company.- Season one :...
  
  
• September 25 - Union Square
  Union Square (TV series)
  Union Square is a 1997 television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for one season. It followed the story of a lawyer-turned-playwright in New York City, who attempted to gain inspiration from a host of characters populating the fictitious Union Square cafe in Manhattan, obviously inspired by the...
  
  
• September 26 - Teen Angel
• September 26 - You Wish
• September 27 - C-16: FBI
• September 27 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show is an American syndicated science fiction sitcom based on the 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. It expands upon the original film's concept of a shrinking experiment gone wrong to include a myriad of experiments gone awry...
  
  
• September 27 - Total Security
• September 28 - Jenny
  Jenny (TV series)
  Jenny is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1998. The series was intended to be a star vehicle for Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 30 - Dangerous Minds
  Dangerous Minds (TV series)
  Dangerous Minds is an American drama television series that aired on ABC network between September 1996 and March 1997. The series is based on the motion picture film, Dangerous Minds...
  
  
• October 1 - Ned's Newt
  Ned's Newt
  Ned's Newt is a Canadian/German cartoon series produced by Nelvana and TMO Film GmbH. The program aired from 1993 to 1996 in Germany, and on Teletoon from 1997 to 1998 in Canada. In the United States, the program aired on Fox Kids from 1998 to 1999, and was later rerun on Fox Family Channel...
  
  
• October 4 - The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
  The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
  The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police or Sam & Max: Freelance Police!!! is an American animated television series starring Sam & Max, a duo of private investigators composed of Sam, an anthropomorphic dog, and Max, a lagomorph or "hyperkinetic rabbity-thing." The show was created by Steve...
  
  
• October 8 - Working
  Working (TV series)
  Working was an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1999. The series was created and executive produced by Michael Davidoff and Bill Rosenthal.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 11 - Men in Black: The Series
  Men in Black: The Series
  Men in Black: The Series also known as Men in Black: The Animated Series is an American animated television series that aired during The WB's Kids' WB programming block for four seasons from 1997 through 2001.The show features characters from 1997's science fiction film Men in Black, which was...
  
  
• October 17 - 12 Angry Viewers
  12 Angry Viewers
  12 Angry Viewers was a television show in the United States on MTV which aired from 1997 to 1998. The title is a play of title of the movie 12 Angry Men. Its first host was Jancee Dunn, with Ananda Lewis replacing her later on.-Premise:...
  
  
• October 17 - Players
• October 17 - Pulp Comics
  Pulp comics
  Pulp Comics was a television show that aired on Comedy Central from 1996–2000. The show featured stand-up comedians performing their acts, interspersed with original short films related to their rantings.-Episodes:...
  
  
• October 20 - Bear In The Big Blue House
  Bear in the Big Blue House
  Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Playhouse Disney channel by Mitchell Kriegman and The Jim Henson Company. It first aired in 1997, and re-runs of the show continue to air on Playhouse Disney . It is produced by The Jim Henson Company and Shadow...
  
  
• October 25 - Channel Umptee-3
  Channel Umptee-3
  Channel Umptee-3 was a Saturday morning animated television series created by Jim George and produced by Norman Lear that aired on The WB in 1997. Ogden Ostrich, Sheldon S...
  
  
• November 1 - Sleepwalkers
  Sleepwalkers (TV series)
  Sleepwalkers was a science fiction series which began airing on NBC in late 1997. It told the story of a team of researchers who used technology to enter the dreams of psychiatric patients in order to diagnose their problems....
  
  
• November 29 - Premium Blend
  Premium Blend
  Premium Blend was a television show that aired on the American cable television channel Comedy Central from 1997 to 2005.The program features a well-known stand up comedian as an emcee who introduces four or five lesser known comedians looking for a big break on television...
  
  

1996

• January 1 - FOX News Sunday
  Fox News Sunday
  Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace is a public affairs program on the Fox network, hosted by Chris Wallace and airing on Sunday mornings. The show began on April 28, 1996, which predated the launch of Fox News Channel, and usually talks about items similar to Sunday morning talk shows...
  
  
• January 9 - 3rd Rock from the Sun
  3rd Rock from the Sun
  3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet...
  
  
• January 21 - Savannah
  Savannah (TV series)
  Savannah is an American prime time television drama that ran from January 21, 1996 to February 24, 1997 on The WB. It was created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling.-Plot:...
  
  
• January 23 - Moesha
  Moesha
  Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show...
  
  
• January 24 - Tracey Takes On...
  Tracey Takes On...
  Tracey Takes On... is an HBO sketch comedy series created by British-American comedienne Tracey Ullman.In 1993, Ullman returned to television after her hit Fox comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show, was canceled, with two comedy specials for HBO. Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, and Tracey Ullman:...
  
  
• January 31 - Remember WENN
  Remember WENN
  Remember WENN is a comedy-drama television series that aired from 1996 to 1998 on the cable channel American Movie Classics. Created and written by Rupert Holmes and set at the fictional Pittsburgh radio station WENN in the early 1940s, it depicted events in the personal and professional lives of...
  
  
• February 1 - Second Noah
  Second Noah
  Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997-Premise:...
  
  
• February 24 - The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
  The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
  The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper was an animated television spin-off of the feature film Casper, which, in turn, was based on the Harvey Comics character of Casper the Friendly Ghost....
  
  
• March 1 - Hypernauts
  Hypernauts
  Hypernauts was a proof of concept show produced by Foundation Imaging and Netter Digital Entertainment. To further prove that the computer-generated imagery and visual effects created in Babylon 5 were easily applied to other venues, the Hypernauts were born...
  
  
• March 2 - Pacific Blue
  Pacific Blue (TV series)
  Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes...
  
  
• March 8 - Muppets Tonight
  Muppets Tonight
  Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theater.-Format:The...
  
  
• March 12 - The Dana Carvey Show
  The Dana Carvey Show
  The Dana Carvey Show is an American sketch comedy television show that aired on ABC during the spring of 1996. Dana Carvey was the host and principal player on the show while Louis CK served as head writer....
  
  
• March 13 - Swift Justice
  Swift Justice
  Swift Justice is an American television series which aired on UPN from March 13, 1996 to July 31, 1996.The series starred James McCaffrey as a former NYPD detective and Navy SEAL, who after getting kicked off the force, handles cases the police can't by becoming a private eye.-Cast:* James...
  
  
• March 17 - Dexter's Laboratory
  Dexter's Laboratory
  Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios . The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions...
  
  
• March 20 - The Sentinel
  The Sentinel (TV series)
  The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series that aired on UPN in the United States from 1996 to 1999. It premiered on March 20, 1996, and ran for 65 episodes . The series later reaired on Syfy.-Plot and characters:...
  
  
• March 21 - Boston Common
  Boston Common (TV series)
  Boston Common is a television sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996–1997. It starred Anthony Clark and took place in the city of Boston. It was one of the 10 highest rated shows in its first season as it ranked 8th in the yearly ratings and was viewed by an average of 14.96 million households per episode...
  
  
• March 29 - Nash Bridges
  Nash Bridges
  Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
  
  
• April 1 - The Home and Family Show
  The Home and Family Show
  The Home and Family Show is an American reality TV show hosted by Cristina Ferrare, Chuck Woolery and Michael Burger. It was shown on the Family Channel from April 1, 1996 to August 14, 1998....
  
  
• April 2 - Kindred: The Embraced
  Kindred: The Embraced
  Kindred: The Embraced is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for eight episodes before it was canceled on May 9, 1996. The...
  
  
• April 8 - Profit
  Profit (TV series)
  Profit is an American television series that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1996. The series was created by David Greenwalt and John McNamara, and starred Adrian Pasdar as the titular character, Jim Profit. In February 2008, episodes began airing on Chiller in the USA...
  
  
• April 21 - Poltergeist: The Legacy
  Poltergeist: The Legacy
  Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...
  
  
• April 28 - Dexter's Laboratory
  Dexter's Laboratory
  Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios . The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions...
  
  
• April 28 - What-A-Cartoon! Show
• April - Boxing After Dark
  Boxing After Dark
  Boxing After Dark is an HBO boxing program, premiering in April 1996, that usually shows fights between well-known contenders, but usually not "championship" or "title" fights. Unlike its sister program, HBO World Championship Boxing, BAD features fighters who are usually moving up from ESPN's...
  
  
• June 3 - Debt
  Debt (game show)
  Debt is an American game show hosted by Wink Martindale, which aired on Lifetime from June 3, 1996 to August 14, 1998. The show featured contestants who were trying to earn money to get out of debt.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• June 10 - The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  The Rosie O'Donnell Show is an Emmy Award-winning American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002...
  
  
• July 22 - The Daily Show
  The Daily Show
  The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
  
  
• August 10 - Arliss
  Arliss
  -Criticism:This show, which ran for seven seasons, is a prime example of how HBO differs from traditional networks due to its nature as a network its viewers specifically pay to be able to watch. Arliss was cited by so many viewers as the sole reason that they paid for the network that its...
  
  
• August 25 - The Steve Harvey Show
  The Steve Harvey Show
  The Steve Harvey Show is an American sitcom that aired for six seasons from August 25, 1996 to February 17, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It was created by Winifred Hervey and directed by Stan Lathan.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 26 - 7th Heaven
  7th Heaven
  7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...
  
  
• August 26 - Goode Behavior
  Goode Behavior
  Goode Behavior is an American sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on UPN. The series was cancelled after its first season, airing its last episode on May 19, 1997, for a total of 23 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 26 - Malcolm & Eddie
  Malcolm & Eddie
  Malcolm & Eddie is an American television sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on the UPN Network, and ran for four seasons. This series starred Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin in the lead roles. This show was canceled after its fourth season, and aired its final episode on May 22, 2000...
  
  
• August 26 - Sparks
  Sparks (TV series)
  Sparks is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 26, 1996 to March 2, 1998. The series stars James Avery, Robin Givens, Terrence Howard, and Miguel A. Núñez, Jr.. The sitcom is set in Compton, California, and is about the every day lives of a family of lawyers running a family owned law...
  
  
• August 27 - Homeboys in Outer Space
  Homeboys in Outer Space
  Homeboys in Outer Space is an American science fiction/fantasy sitcom that aired on UPN from 1996 to 1997. The series stars comedian Flex and Darryl Bell.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 28 - The Jamie Foxx Show
  The Jamie Foxx Show
  The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series starred Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 28 - Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
  Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
  Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher is an American sitcom which aired on the WB from 1996 until 1998. The executive producers of the program, Dennis Rinsler and Marc Warren, drew on their own experiences as former teachers in New York and actually based the character that Mitch Mullany played on their...
  
  
• August 31 - Women: Stories of Passion
  Women: Stories of Passion
  Women: Stories of Passion is a dramatic series that aired on the American cable television network Showtime and distributed by Playboy Entertainment overseas.The episodes were based on stories of love, and passion from a women's point of view....
  
  
• September 1 - Big Deal
  Big Deal (game show)
  Big Deal is a television game show that aired in the United States for six weeks in 1996 on FOX. It was hosted by Mark DeCarlo and packaged by Stone-Stanley Productions, with swing group Big Bad Voodoo Daddy as the house band....
  
  
• September 1 - Hannity & Colmes
  Hannity & Colmes
  Hannity & Colmes was a live television show on Fox News Channel in the United States, hosted by Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, who respectively presented a conservative and liberal perspective. The series premiered on October 6, 1996, and the final episode aired on January 9, 2009. It was the...
  
  
• September 2 - Arthur
  Arthur (TV series)
  Arthur is an American/Canadian animated educational television series for children, created by Cookie Jar Group and WGBH for the Public Broadcasting Service...
  
  
• September 2 - Quack Pack
  Quack Pack
  Quack Pack is an animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company, featuring Donald Duck and his nephews. The show debuted in September 1996 as a part of the Disney Afternoon weekday afternoon programming block. Unlike other Disney Afternoon shows, it was aimed at an older audience,...
  
  
• September 2 - Road Rovers
  Road Rovers
  Road Rovers is an American 2D animated television series written and produced by Warner Bros. Animation that premiered on Kids' WB on September 7, 1996. It lasted one season and ended on February 22, 1997. Reruns continued to air until September 6, 1997. It was then on Cartoon Network from February...
  
  
• September 3 - The Burning Zone
  The Burning Zone
  The Burning Zone is a television drama broadcast on the UPN network as part of its 1996–97 lineup. It ran for 19 episodes. The series was rerun on SciFi Channel in the mid to late 90's....
  
  
• September 6 - Superman: The Animated Series
  Superman: The Animated Series
  Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series starring DC Comics' flagship character, Superman. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on The WB from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. Warner Bros...
  
  
• September 7 - Big Bad Beetleborgs
  Big Bad Beetleborgs
  Big Bad Beetleborgs is an American television series produced by Saban Entertainment. It aired for two seasons on Fox Kids between September 7, 1996 and March 2, 1998. Reruns later aired on UPN Kids during 1998-1999...
  
  
• September 8 - Bureau of Alien Detectors
  Bureau of Alien Detectors
  Bureau of Alien Detectors is an American animated series that once aired on the UPN network's weekend-morning cartoon block UPN Kids. Repeats of the series were aired as part of Jetix on Toon Disney as well as part of the Fox Kids Lineup....
  
  
• September 8 - Life with Roger
  Life with Roger
  Life with Roger is an American sitcom that aired on the WB as part of its 1996-97 schedule.-Synopsis:Life with Roger starred Mike O'Malley as Roger Hoyt, a formerly suicidal homeless young man dissuaded from jumping off of a bridge by Jason Fuller , a man whose car had coincidentally broken down on...
  
  
• September 9 - Access Hollywood
  Access Hollywood
  Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
  
  
• September 9 - Blue's Clues
  Blue's Clues
  Blue's Clues is an American children's television show airing on the Nickelodeon family of channels. The show premiered on September 8, 1996 and airs on Nick Jr. and other channels, although production of new episodes ceased by 2006. Versions of the show have been produced in other countries,...
  
  
• September 9 - Lush Life
• September 9 - The Pretender
  The Pretender (TV series)
  The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...
  
  
• September 9 - Real TV
  Real TV
  Real TV is a reality television program that ran in syndication from September 9, 1996 to September 7, 2001. It aired footage of extraordinary events that were not usually covered in mainstream news. It was often played on Spike TV and the Fox Reality Channel.-The Idea:Real TV usually showed home...
  
  
• September 9 - Party Girl
  Party Girl (TV series)
  Party Girl is an American sitcom based on the 1995 film of the same name that aired on Fox in September 1996. The series stars Christine Taylor and Swoosie Kurtz.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 13 - Everybody Loves Raymond
  Everybody Loves Raymond
  Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
  
  
• September 14 - Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.
  Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.
  Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. was a US children's television series that aired in 1996 on CBS Saturday Mornings, starring Michael Galeota, John Achorn, Meg Wittner. It lasted for only 13 episodes of 30 mins length each. At one time this show had a slot on the BBC's CBBC program which was on Fridays mostly...
  
  
• September 14 - Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
  Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
  Project G.eeK.eR. is an animated television series that premiered on CBS on September 14, 1996. It was created by Douglas TenNapel, creator of Earthworm Jim, with original music by Shawn Patterson...
  
  
• September 14 - Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House
  Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House
  Secrets of the Cryptkeeper’s Haunted House is a Children's Saturday-morning game show that ran on CBS. It premiered on September 14, 1996 and lasted until August 23, 1997. It featured the Cryptkeeper of Tales from the Crypt now serving as an announcer...
  
  
• September 16 - Judge Judy
  Judge Judy
  Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
  
  
• September 16 - Pearl
  Pearl (TV series)
  This article is about the television series. For other uses, see Pearl .Pearl is an American situation comedy, which was broadcast by CBS as part of its 1996-97 lineup.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 16 - Planet Groove
  Planet Groove
  Planet Groove was a music oriented talk show that premiered in late-1996 on BET, when the short-lived Unreal was cancelled. This show's hostess was...
  
  
• September 17 - Spin City
  Spin City
  Spin City is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996 until April 30, 2002 on the ABC network. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike...
  
  
• September 17 - Life's Work
  Life's Work
  Life's Work was a situation comedy that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on the American Broadcasting Company channel; the show starred Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, the assistant district attorney....
  
  
• September 17 - Something So Right
  Something So Right
  Something So Right is an American television situation comedy which ran on two different networks during its time on the air, and in reruns on the USA Network for a number of years after its cancellation....
  
  
• September 17 - Promised Land
• September 18 - Men Behaving Badly
  Men Behaving Badly (U.S. TV series)
  Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996 to 1997. It was based on the earlier British sitcom of the same name....
  
  
• September 18 - Townies
  Townies
  Townies is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September to December 1996. Created by Matthew Carlson, the series stars Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman and Lauren Graham.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 19 - Molony
• September 19 - The Pretender
  The Pretender (TV series)
  The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...
  
  
• September 20 - Clueless
  Clueless (TV series)
  Clueless is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name . The series originally premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996 as a part of the TGIF lineup during its first season...
  
  
• September 20 - Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  Mr. & Mrs. Smith (TV series)
  Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a short-lived American crime drama series that aired on CBS. Starring Scott Bakula and Maria Bello, the series aired from September 1996 to December 1996. Mr. & Mrs. Smith was set and filmed in Seattle, Washington. The series was produced by Page Two Productions and Bakula...
  
  
• September 21 - Dark Skies
  Dark Skies
  Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this...
  
  
• September 21 - Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
  Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
  Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, also known as Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series, is a cartoon series based on the popular Mortal Kombat video game series...
  
  
• September 23 - Mr. Rhodes
  Mr. Rhodes
  Mr. Rhodes is an American television situation comedy which was aired by NBC as part of its 1996-97 lineup.Mr. Rhodes starred comedian Tom Rhodes as an eponymous character who taught at a small-town preparatory school after having failed as a novelist...
  
  
• September 24 - Relativity
  Relativity (TV series)
  Relativity is an American drama television series which followed a twenty-something couple, Isabel Lukens and Leo Roth , and the lives and loves of their friends and siblings...
  
  
• September 25 - Pulp Comics
  Pulp comics
  Pulp Comics was a television show that aired on Comedy Central from 1996–2000. The show featured stand-up comedians performing their acts, interspersed with original short films related to their rantings.-Episodes:...
  
  
• September 27 - Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
  Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...
  
  
• September 28 - Common Law
• September 28 - Early Edition
  Early Edition
  Early Edition is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 28, 1996 to May 27, 2000. Set in the city of Chicago, Illinois, it follows the adventures of a man who mysteriously receives each Chicago Sun-Times newspaper the day before it is actually published, and who uses this...
  
  
• September 28 - Love and Marriage
  Love and Marriage (1996 TV series)
  Love and Marriage was an American situation comedy television series starring Anthony Denison and Patricia Healy as a New York working couple trying to raise a family. The series premiered September 28, 1996 on Fox...
  
  
• September 30 - Shopping Spree
  Shopping Spree
  Shopping Spree is a game show that aired on the Family Channel for two seasons from September 30, 1996 to August 14, 1998. It was hosted by Ron Pearson, announced by Burton Richardson and produced by Jay Wolpert Enterprises and MTM Enterprises.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 30 - Wait 'Til You Have Kids
  Wait 'Til You Have Kids
  Wait 'til You Have Kids!! was a game show on the Family Channel. It was hosted by Tom Parks and announced by Burton Richardson. The show, produced by Jay Wolpert, premiered on September 30, 1996 and lasted until January 31, 1997 with two cycles of shows airing.Three male/female couples matched...
  
  
• September 30 - A Wedding Story
  A Wedding Story
  A Wedding Story is a television series produced by Banyan Productions and shown on the TLC network since 1996.-External links:*...
  
  
• October 5 - Jungle Cubs
  Jungle Cubs
  Jungle Cubs is an animated series produced by Disney for ABC in 1996. It was based on their 1967 feature film The Jungle Book, but set in the youth of the animal characters. The show was a hit, running for two seasons in syndication before moving its re-runs to the Disney Channel...
  
  
• October 7 - Hey Arnold!
  Hey Arnold!
  Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. The show's premise focuses on a fourth grader named Arnold who lives with his grandparents. Episodes center on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends...
  
  
• October 7 - The O'Reilly Factor
  The O'Reilly Factor
  The O'Reilly Factor, originally titled The O'Reilly Report from 1996 to 1998 and often called The Factor, is an American talk show on the Fox News Channel hosted by commentator Bill O'Reilly, who often discusses current controversial political issues with guests.The program was the most watched...
  
  
• October 13 - The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
  The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
  The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss is an American live-action/puppet television series based on characters created by Dr. Seuss, produced by Jim Henson Productions. It aired for two seasons on the Nick Jr. Block on Nickelodeon...
  
  
• October 19 - Waynehead
  Waynehead
  Waynehead was a Saturday morning animated series created by American actor Damon Wayans. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Nelvana. It ran on Kids' WB from 1996-1997. It is about a young boy named Damien "Damey" Wayne from a poor background with a club foot and was based on Wayans' own...
  
  
• October 21 - Ink
  Ink (TV series)
  Ink is a television sitcom which aired on CBS from 1996-1997 that starred real-life husband and wife Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen as newspaper journalists, allegedly inspired by the film His Girl Friday. The show was also produced by Danson and Steenburgen. The show was canceled after one season...
  
  
• October 25 - Millennium
  Millennium (TV series)
  Millennium is an American television series created by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files. Millennium aired on the Fox Network from 1996 to 1999. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though most episodes were ostensibly set in or around Seattle, Washington...
  
  
• October 27 - EZ Streets
  EZ Streets
  EZ Streets is an American television drama series created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot telefilm...
  
  
• October 30 - Public Morals
  Public Morals (TV series)
  Public Morals is an American situation comedy that aired on the CBS network in October 1996. Created and executive produced by Steven Bochco, the series was poorly received and was canceled after airing only one episode.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• - WWF LiveWire
  WWF LiveWire
  WWF LiveWire is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It aired from 1996 to 2001 on the USA Network and later TNN.-History:...
  
  

1995

• January 1 - Modern Marvels
  Modern Marvels
  Modern Marvels is a documentary television series that premiered on January 1, 1995 on History. The program focuses on how technologies affect and are used in today's society....
  
  
• January 2 - Cybill
  Cybill
  Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995 to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the series revolves around Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her show...
  
  
• January 3 - Intimate Portrait
  Intimate Portrait (TV series)
  Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject....
  
  
• January 4 - Women of the House
  Women of the House
  Women of the House is an American situation comedy television series. It is a spin-off of Designing Women and stars Delta Burke, who had reconciled with producers after a bitter, highly publicized, off-screen battle.- Premise :...
  
  
• January 11 - The Wayans Bros.
  The Wayans Bros.
  The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from 1995 to 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. Both brothers were already well-known from the sketch comedy show In Living Color...
  
  
• January 11 - Unhappily Ever After
  Unhappily Ever After
  Unhappily Ever After is an American sitcom that aired for 100 episodes on The WB network from January 11, 1995, to May 23, 1999, for a total of four and a half seasons...
  
  
• January 14 - Fudge
  Fudge (TV series)
  Fudge is an American children's television series produced by Amblin Entertainment in association with MTE, based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons , with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-A-Mania,...
  
  
• January 16 - Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
  Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
  Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...
  
  
• January 16 - Star Trek: Voyager
  Star Trek: Voyager
  Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
  
  
• January 17 - Marker
  Marker (TV series)
  Marker was an American hour long television drama that premiered on the UPN on March 20, 1995. It was set in and filmed in Hawaii.The series focused on Richard DeMorra , a man given a strange inheritance from his late father: markers which were given in the past by his father to those who had...
  
  
• January 17 - The Watcher
  The Watcher (TV series)
  The Watcher is an American anthology drama series that premiered on UPN in January 1995, during the network's inaugural season.-Synopsis:Set in Las Vegas, the series stars rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot as "The Watcher", an omniscient narrator who watches the activities of others via surveillance monitors in...
  
  
• January 18 - The Parent 'Hood
  The Parent 'Hood
  The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July 25, 1999. The series starred Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglas....
  
  
• January 23 - Pig Sty
  Pig Sty
  Pig Sty is a sitcom that premiered on UPN on January 23, 1995 during that network's first season. Only 13 episodes were made. Pig Sty ran on Monday nights, after Star Trek: Voyager and Platypus Man...
  
  
• January 23 - Platypus Man
  Platypus Man
  Platypus Man is an American sitcom that aired on UPN in 1995. Starring comedian Richard Jeni, the television series was based on an hour-long HBO special of Jeni's filmed in 1992. The series lasted for only one season, with a total of thirteen episodes....
  
  
• January 31 - The Marshal
  The Marshal
  The Marshal is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation...
  
  
• February 20 - The Cartoon Cartoon Show
  The Cartoon Cartoon Show
  What a Cartoon! , is an American animation showcase project created by Fred Seibert for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons to be run on Cartoon Network...
  
  
• March 9 - Hope and Gloria
  Hope and Gloria
  Hope and Gloria is an American sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Television and aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. The show was canceled after 35 episodes...
  
  
• March 21 - NewsRadio
  NewsRadio
  NewsRadio is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1995 to 1999. The series was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was filmed in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios...
  
  
• March 22 - Sliders
  Sliders
  Sliders is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast for five seasons, beginning in 1995 and ending in 2000. The series follows a group of travelers as they use a wormhole to "slide" between different parallel universes. The show was created by Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé...
  
  
• April 2 - Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
  Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
  Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel is a monthly sports newsmagazine on HBO that debuted on April 2, 1995. The show was "spawned by the fact that sports have changed dramatically, that it's no longer just fun and games, and that what happens off the field, beyond the scores, is worthy of some serious...
  
  
• April 8 - The Maxx
  The Maxx
  The Maxx is an American comic book series created by Sam Kieth and published originally monthly by Image Comics and now collected in trade paperback collections from DC Comic's Wildstorm imprint. The comic book, which stars a character of the same name, spawned an animated series that aired on the...
  
  
• April 10 - In the House
  In the House (TV series)
  In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 on NBC. The series moved to UPN after its second season where it remained for an additional three seasons until it was canceled on August 11, 1999. In the House starred LL Cool J and Maia Campbell.-Synopsis:Marion Hill is a former...
  
  
• April 18 - Legend
  Legend (TV series)
  Legend was a science fiction Western television show that ran on UPN from April 18, 1995 until August 22, 1995, with one final re-airing of the pilot on July 3, 1996. It was Richard Dean Anderson's first major role after the successful MacGyver series, and also starred John de Lancie, best known...
  
  
• May 28 - Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
  Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
  Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an American animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999,–with a final set of three shelved episodes airing in 2002–starring Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman...
  
  
• June 5 - Singled Out
  Singled Out
  Singled Out was a game show that ran on MTV from 1995-1998. Each episode featured a group of 50 men and a group of 50 women competing for a date with one main contestant of the opposite sex.The original hosts were Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy...
  
  
• June 12 - Singled Out
  Singled Out
  Singled Out was a game show that ran on MTV from 1995-1998. Each episode featured a group of 50 men and a group of 50 women competing for a date with one main contestant of the opposite sex.The original hosts were Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy...
  
  
• July 8 - The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show
  The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show
  The Rudy and GoGo World Famous Cartoon Show was a programming block of cartoons for TNT during the mid 1990s. Hosted by "Rowdy" Rudy R. Moore , and his pet goat Gogo , the show featured a variety of cartoon short subjects from Turner Entertainment's library, including pre-July 1948...
  
  
• August 12 - The Mask: The Animated Series
  The Mask: The Animated Series
  The Mask: The Animated Series is a television animated series based on the comic book superhero, The Mask, but is a sequel to the 1994 film adaptation. The show ran for three seasons, from August 12, 1995 to March 8, 1997, and spawned its own short-run comic book series, Adventures of The Mask....
  
  
• August 23 - Kirk
  Kirk (TV series)
  Kirk is an American family sitcom which aired for two seasons on The WB from August 23, 1995 to January 12, 1997.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Kirk Hartman, played by Kirk Cameron, an aspiring illustrator and recent college graduate living in Greenwich Village. After his aunt decides to move...
  
  
• August 28 - Nowhere Man
  Nowhere Man (TV series)
  Nowhere Man is an American television series that aired from 1995 to 1996 starring Bruce Greenwood. Created by Lawrence Hertzog, the series aired Monday nights on UPN. Despite critical acclaim, including TV Guides label of "The season's coolest hit," the show was cancelled after only one...
  
  
• August 29 - Live Shot
• August 31 - The Crew
  The Crew (TV series)
  The Crew is an American television sitcom that aired from August 31, 1995 to June 30, 1996 on the FOX Network.-Synopsis:The show followed the lives of a group of flight attendants working for the fictitious Regency Airlines. Jess Jameson and Maggie Reynolds are roommates and work together and...
  
  
• September 1 - JAG
  JAG (TV series)
  JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...
  
  
• September 1 - Timon & Pumbaa
  Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)
  The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is an American animated television series made by the Walt Disney Company. It centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog from the Disney film franchise The Lion King, without most of the other characters in the franchise...
  
  
• September 4 - Xena: Warrior Princess
  Xena: Warrior Princess
  Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
  
  
• September 4 - WCW Monday Nitro
  WCW Monday Nitro
  WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly professional wrestling telecast produced by World Championship Wrestling, created by Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff. The show aired Monday nights on TNT, going head-to-head with the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night Raw from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001...
  
  
• September 5 - Deadly Games
  Deadly Games
  Deadly Games was an American sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game characters that come to life, re-enacting their deadly plans in the real world.-Story:...
  
  
• September 9 - Cleghorne!
  Cleghorne!
  Cleghorne! is an American sitcom starring comedienne Ellen Cleghorne that aired on The WB in 1995.-Synopsis:The series focused on the life of Ellen Carlson , a single mom who is raising her nine-year-old daughter Akeyla on Manhattan's Upper West Side...
  
  
• September 9 - Freakazoid!
  Freakazoid!
  Freakazoid! is an American animated television series created by Steven Spielberg, Bruce Timm, and Paul Dini for the Kids' WB programming block of The WB. The series chronicles the adventures of the title character, Freakazoid, a manic, insane superhero who battles with an array of super villains....
  
  
• September 9 - Hang Time
  Hang Time (TV series)
  Hang Time is an American teen sitcom that aired from 1995–2000. The teen-oriented program aired on Saturday mornings on NBC as part of the network's TNBC morning block. It was created by Troy Searer, Robert Tarlow, and Mark Fink. Producer Peter Engel took over Fink's duties at the start of Season 2...
  
  
• September 9 - Klutter!
  Klutter!
  Klutter is a segment that ran on Eek! Stravaganza's fourth season from 1995 to 1996 on the Fox Kids block. It was created by David Silverman and Savage Steve Holland. The segment was animated by the same people who used to work for Fox's The Critic, which was canceled that year...
  
  
• September 9 - The Preston Episodes
• September 9 - The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
• September 10 - First Time Out
  First Time Out
  First Time Out is an American situation comedy that aired on the The WB Television Network. Originally holding the working title Girlfriends and described as a "Latino Living Single", the series first aired on September 10, 1995 and last aired on December 17, 1995.-Plot:The sitcom followed an...
  
  
• September 10 - Simon
• September 11 - Ned and Stacey
• September 11 - Partners
  Partners (TV series)
  Partners is an American sitcom that aired on FOX from 1995 to 1996.-Synopsis:The series centered a pair of young architects, Bob and Owen , and Owen's fiancée Alicia . Much of the show's humor derived from Bob's lack of success with women and his competition with Alicia for Owen's attention...
  
  
• September 12 - The Monroes
  The Monroes (1995 TV series)
  The Monroes is a primetime soap opera that ran from September 12, 1995 to October 19, 1995 on ABC. The Monroes capitalizes on the rise of high drama in politics.-Cast:...
  
  
• September 13 - Bless This House
  Bless This House (US TV series)
  Bless This House was an American CBS sitcom which starred Andrew Dice Clay and Cathy Moriarty.-Cast:* Andrew Dice Clay as Burt Clayton* Cathy Moriarty as Alice Clayton* Raegan Kotz as Danny Clayton* Sam Gifaldi as Sean Clayton* Molly Price as Phyllis...
  
  
• September 13 - Central Park West
  Central Park West (TV series)
  Central Park West is an American prime time television soap opera that ran from September 1995 to June 1996 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by Melrose Places Darren Star. As the title suggests, CPW was set in New York, in the affluent Central Park West area of Manhattan...
  
  
• September 13 - Courthouse
  Courthouse (TV series)
  Courthouse is a short-lived drama television series that ran from September to November 1995 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by Deborah Joy LeVine. The series ranked during the Nielsen Media Research...
  
  
• September 13 - The Drew Carey Show
  The Drew Carey Show
  The Drew Carey Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004. The show was set in Cleveland, Ohio, and revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalized version of the actor....
  
  
• September 13 - The Naked Truth
  The Naked Truth (TV series)
  The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and co-starred Holland Taylor...
  
  
• September 14 - Charlie Grace
• September 14 - Kirk
  Kirk (TV series)
  Kirk is an American family sitcom which aired for two seasons on The WB from August 23, 1995 to January 12, 1997.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Kirk Hartman, played by Kirk Cameron, an aspiring illustrator and recent college graduate living in Greenwich Village. After his aunt decides to move...
  
  
• September 15 - Maybe This Time
  Maybe This Time
  Maybe This Time is an American sitcom which aired on ABC from September 1995 to February 1996. Created by veteran TV creator Michael Jacobs and his longtime colleague, Bob Young....
  
  
• September 15 - Strange Luck
  Strange Luck
  Strange Luck is an American television series that aired on FOX, created by Karl Schaefer and starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper, a freelance photographer afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time. As Chance himself says, "If I go to a...
  
  
• September 16 - Brotherly Love
• September 16 - The Jeff Foxworthy Show
  The Jeff Foxworthy Show
  The Jeff Foxworthy Show is the name of two short-lived television series starring comedian Jeff Foxworthy and based on Foxworthy's stand-up comedy routine...
  
  
• September 16 - Masked Rider
  Masked Rider (TV series)
  Masked Rider is an American adaptation of the Japanese television series Kamen Rider Black RX, the ninth in a line of series in the popular Kamen Rider Series franchise. It was produced by Saban and aired on FOX part of the Fox Kids program block from September 16, 1995 to August 31, 1996 and then...
  
  
• September 16 - Timon & Pumbaa
  Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)
  The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is an American animated television series made by the Walt Disney Company. It centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog from the Disney film franchise The Lion King, without most of the other characters in the franchise...
  
  
• September 16 - The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
  The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
  The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an animated series starring the classic 1919 feline character, Felix the Cat produced for television by Film Roman. It aired from September 9, 1995 to November 25, 1997 on CBS.-History:...
  
  
• September 17 - Almost Perfect
  Almost Perfect
  Almost Perfect is an American situation comedy that aired on the CBS television network from 1995 to 1996.-Synopsis:Almost Perfect starred Nancy Travis as Kim Cooper, a television writer on the hit show Blue Justice who had just been promoted to executive producer, and Kevin Kilner as her...
  
  
• September 18 - Can't Hurry Love
• September 19 - Hudson Street
  Hudson Street (TV series)
  Hudson Street is an American sitcom that aired on ABC for one season, from 1995 to 1996. The series starred and was executive produced by Tony Danza.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 19 - Murder One
  Murder One (TV series)
  Murder One is an American legal drama series that first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995. The series was created by Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, and Channing Gibson.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 19 - The Pursuit of Happiness
• September 21 - Caroline in the City
  Caroline in the City
  Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
  
  
• September 21 - The Single Guy
  The Single Guy
  The Single Guy is an American television sitcom that ran for two seasons on NBC, from September 1995 to April 1997. It starred Jonathan Silverman as struggling New York City writer Jonathan Eliot, and followed several of his close friends The series also starred Joey Slotnick as Eliot's best...
  
  
• September 22 - American Gothic
  American Gothic (TV series)
  American Gothic is an American horror series created by Shaun Cassidy and executive produced by Sam Raimi. The show first aired on CBS on September 22, 1995, and was cancelled after a single season on July 11, 1996.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 22 - Dweebs
• September 24 - Space: Above and Beyond
  Space: Above and Beyond
  Space: Above and Beyond was a short-lived mid-90s American science fiction television show on the FOX Network, created and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Originally planned for five seasons, it ran only for the single 1995–1996 season. It was nominated for two Emmy Awards and one Saturn...
  
  
• September 28 - New York News
  New York News
  New York News was a newspaper drama which was broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1995 fall lineup.-Premise:New York News was the story of the fictional New York Reporter, a struggling tabloid in the nation's largest, most competitive newspaper market, New York City...
  
  
• September 30 - The Home Court
• October 1 - Misery Loves Company
  Misery Loves Company
  Misery Loves Co. was a Swedish industrial metal duo of the 1990s and early 2000s. The band combined the hostility of thrash metal riffs with electronic samples usually associated with industrial music...
  
  
• October 1 - Pinky and the Brain
  Pinky and the Brain
  Pinky and the Brain is an American animated television series.The characters Pinky and the Brain first appeared in 1993 as a recurring segment on the show Animaniacs...
  
  
• October 1 - Too Somthing
• October 14 - The Adventures of Hyperman
  The Adventures of Hyperman
  The Adventures of Hyperman is an American animated series that aired from October 14, 1995 to August 10, 1996 on CBS. It was based on an edutainment computer game of the same name The property was created by Kevin O'Donnell and Ken Corr...
  
  
• October 14 - MADtv
  MADtv
  MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
  
  
• October 30 - High Society
  High Society (TV series)
  High Society is the title of an American television sitcom that aired Monday nights on CBS in 1995 and early 1996; it was entered into the CBS schedule as a replacement for If Not for You, a sitcom starring Elizabeth McGovern, which was quickly canceled by the network...
  
  
• November 3 - Mr. Show
  Mr. Show
  Mr. Show with Bob and David is an American sketch comedy series featuring former Saturday Night Live writer/actor Bob Odenkirk and stand up comedian/actor David Cross...
  
  
• November 13 - The City
• December 9 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series)
  Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an animated television series based on the film of the same name. The series was produced by Morgan Creek Productions and Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. It aired for two seasons from 1995 to 1997 on CBS...
  
  
• - WCW Prime
• - Exit 57
  Exit 57
  Exit 57 was a 30-minute sketch comedy series that aired on the American television channel Comedy Central from 1995 to 1996; its cast was composed of comedians Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, Jodi Lennon, and Mitch Rouse, all of whom had previously studied improv at The Second City in...
  
  
• - Dinner and a Movie
  Dinner and a Movie
  Dinner and a Movie is a cooking and entertainment television program produced in the U.S. by TBS from 1995 to 2011.Each episode included a movie and the preparation of a creative dinner to go with the theme of the movie, generally via a pun...
  
  
• - Santa Bugito

1994

• January 6 - Turning Point
• January 7 - Ancient Mysteries
• January 16 - The Puzzle Place
  The Puzzle Place
  The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California and Lancit Media in New York City, New York...
  
  
• January 16 - The George Carlin Show
  The George Carlin Show
  The George Carlin Show is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995. It was created jointly by veteran TV producer Sam Simon and the show's namesake, comedian George Carlin.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• January 17 - Leeza
  Leeza
  Leeza is a daytime television talk show hosted by Leeza Gibbons. The show ran on NBC between 1994 and 2000, and was also shown on other stations in markets where the local NBC affiliate pre-empted it in favor of other programming...
  
  
• January 24 - The Critic
  The Critic
  The Critic is an American prime time animated series revolving around the life of film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, both of whom had worked as writers on The Simpsons. The Critic had 23 episodes produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994,...
  
  
• January 31 - The Cosby Mysteries
  The Cosby Mysteries
  The Cosby Mysteries is a American television mystery series that starred Bill Cosby. It was the first television series to star Cosby since The Cosby Show and lasted only one season...
  
  
• February 5 - Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
  Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
  Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? is an American animated television series based on the series of computer games. It should not be confused with the PBS game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?. The Earth show was made by DIC/Program Exchange and originally aired Saturday mornings on FOX...
  
  
• March 5 - Conan and the Young Warriors
  Conan and the Young Warriors
  Conan and the Young Warriors was a 1994 television cartoon series, produced by Sunbow Entertainment and aired by CBS aired as a spin-off to the popular Conan the Adventurer animated series...
  
  
• March 5 - Duckman
  Duckman
  Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997, created by Everett Peck and developed by Peck. The sitcom is based on characters created by Peck in his Dark Horse comic...
  
  
• March 9 - Thunder Alley
  Thunder Alley
  Thunder Alley is an American sitcom which aired from March 9, 1994 to July 4, 1995 on ABC.-Premise:The show stars Edward Asner as retired race-car driver Gil Jones. The unaired original pilot episode featured Felicity Huffman in the role of Bobbi Turner, Gil's daughter. When ABC picked up the...
  
  
• March 29 - Ellen
• April 1 - Sister, Sister
  Sister, Sister (TV series)
  Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom about identical twin girls Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell , who were separated and adopted at birth, when one day they come face-to-face after 14 years apart....
  
  
• April 5 - South Central
  South Central (TV series)
  South Central is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Fox network from April 5, 1994 to June 7, 1994. It was cancelled following its first season, and the airing of only 10 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• April 15 - Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  Space Ghost Coast to Coast is an American animated parody talk show hosted by the 60s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. The show premiered on April 15, 1994 on Cartoon Network...
  
  
• April 16 - All That
  All That
  All That is an American live-action, sketch comedy-variety show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable television network featuring short comedic sketches and weekly musical guests. The theme song for All That was performed by TLC...
  
  
• April 22 - Dennis Miller Live
  Dennis Miller Live
  Dennis Miller Live is a weekly talk show on HBO, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. The show ran 215 episodes from 1994 to 2002, and received five Emmy awards, plus an additional 11 Emmy nominations...
  
  
• June 15 - Dead at 21
  Dead at 21
  Dead at 21 is a television series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The series ran for eleven thirty-minute episodes with a two part final episode. The series was created by Jon Sherman , and written by Sherman, P.K. Simonds and Manny Coto Dead at 21 is a television series broadcast by MTV in 1994. The...
  
  
• June 27 - Free 4 All
  Free 4 All
  Free 4 All was a short-lived Stone-Stanley game show hosted by Mark Walberg that aired on USA Network from June 27 to November 4, 1994. For its first month, it was paired with another Stone-Stanley game show Quicksilver which aired immediately before Free 4 All on the network's afternoon game show...
  
  
• June 29 - Models, Inc.
  Models, Inc.
  Models Inc. is an American prime time soap opera that aired on the Fox television network during the 1994-1995 television season. It is the third series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise. The series was created by Charles Pratt, Jr. and Frank South, and executive produced by Aaron Spelling,...
  
  
• July 12 - Allegra's Window
  Allegra's Window
  Allegra's Window is a children's television series that aired on Nick Jr. from July 12, 1994 to May 1, 1996, with reruns airing from May 2, 1996 to August 30, 2000 and later airing on Noggin from February 2, 1999 to April 2003...
  
  
• August 14 - Inside the Actors Studio
  Inside the Actors Studio
  Inside the Actors Studio is a series on the Bravo cable television channel, hosted by James Lipton. It is produced and directed by Jeff Wurtz; the executive producer is James Lipton. The program, which premiered in 1994, is distributed internationally by CABLEready and is broadcast in 125 countries...
  
  
• August 15 - The Brothers Grunt
  The Brothers Grunt
  The Brothers Grunt is an animated TV series that aired from August 15, 1994 to February 20, 1995 on MTV. The series was created by Danny Antonucci .-Premise:...
  
  
• August 25 - My So-Called Life
  My So-Called Life
  My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995 and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions. Set at the...
  
  
• August 26 - M.A.N.T.I.S.
  M.A.N.T.I.S.
  M.A.N.T.I.S. is an American Science fiction television series that aired for one season on the Fox Network between August 1994 and March 1995. The original two-hour pilot was produced by Sam Raimi and developed by Sam Hamm. It stars actor Carl Lumbly. The show is unique in that it depicts an...
  
  
• September - The Tom Green Show
  The Tom Green Show
  The Tom Green Show is a North American television show that first aired in September 1994 on Rogers Television 22, a community channel in Ottawa, Ontario, until 1996, and was later picked up by The Comedy Network in 1997...
  
  
• September 1 - The Head
  The Head
  The Head began as an ongoing series that originally ran under the title MTV's Oddities, on MTV. It has begun airing on MTV2 in August 2009. It was released on DVD on December 15, 2009.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 1 - Street Sharks
  Street Sharks
  Street Sharks is an American animated television series about crime-fighting half-man/half-sharks. It was produced by DIC Entertainment and aired from 1994 to 1995, originally as a part of the Amazin' Adventures lineup. Later, in 1996, the Street Sharks teamed up with the Dino Vengers and the...
  
  
• September 3 - VR Troopers
  VR Troopers
  VR Troopers was a syndicated live action show produced by Saban from 1994 to 1996...
  
  
• September 4 - Fortune Hunter
• September 4 - NFL on Fox
  NFL on FOX
  NFL on Fox is the brand name of the Fox Broadcasting Company's coverage of the National Football League's National Football Conference games, produced by Fox Sports...
  
  
• September 4 - Wild Oats
  Wild Oats (TV series)
  Wild Oats was a short-lived American television sitcom that aired in 1994 on Fox.-Overview:The series focused on a group of twenty something friends in Chicago, Jack, a photographer, Brian, a social worker, Shelly, a fifth grade teacher, and Liz, a hairdresser.- Cast :*Tim Conlon - Jack...
  
  
• September 5 - Extra
  Extra (TV series)
  Extra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution...
  
  
• September 8 - New York Undercover
  New York Undercover
  New York Undercover is an American police drama that aired on the FOX television network from 1994 to 1998. The series starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's 4th Precinct who were assigned to...
  
  
• September 10 - Bump in the Night
• September 11 - The Boys Are Back
• September 11 - The Magic School Bus
  The Magic School Bus
  The Magic School Bus is a series of children's books about science written by author Joanna Cole. They feature the antics of Ms. Valerie Frizzle, an elementary school teacher, and her class, who board a magical school bus which takes them on field trips to impossible locations such as the solar...
  
  
• September 12 - Blue Skies
• September 12 - Party of Five
  Party of Five
  Party of Five is an American teen drama television series that aired on Fox for six seasons, from September 12, 1994, until May 3, 2000.Critically acclaimed, the show suffered from low ratings and after its first season was slated for cancellation...
  
  
• September 13 - On Our Own
  On Our Own (1994 TV series)
  On Our Own is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1994-1995 season. The series starred six real life siblings: Jazz, Jocqui, Jake, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jussie Smollett....
  
  
• September 14 - All American Girl
• September 15 - Due South
  Due South
  Due South is a Canadian crime drama series with elements of comedy. The series was created by Paul Haggis, produced by Alliance Communications, and stars Paul Gross, David Marciano, and latterly Callum Keith Rennie...
  
  
• September 17 - Beethoven
  Beethoven (TV series)
  Beethoven is an animated sitcom, loosely based on the 1992 motion picture of the same name. The series was produced by Northern Lights Entertainment Universal Animation Studios and Universal Media Studios, and aired for one season on CBS, with 24 half-hour episodes produced.-Premise:Unlike the...
  
  
• September 17 - Gladiators 2000
  Gladiators 2000
  Gladiators 2000 was a spin-off television show of American Gladiators. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Maria Sansone . Season 5 American Gladiators grand champion Peggy Odita served as head referee. It premiered on September 17, 1994 and ran until May 11, 1996...
  
  
• September 18 - Chicago Hope
  Chicago Hope
  Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr...
  
  
• September 19 - ER
  ER (TV series)
  ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
  
  
• September 20 - Dave's World
  Dave's World
  Dave's World is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1997. The series was based on the writing of Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 20 - Me and the Boys
• September 21 - Daddy's Girls
  Daddy's Girls (1994 TV series)
  Daddy's Girls is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in the fall of 1994. The series followed Dudley Walker , the owner of a New York fashion house who loses his wife and his business partner when, after a years-long secret affair, they run off together leaving him as the primary caretaker to his...
  
  
• September 21 - Touched by an Angel
  Touched by an Angel
  Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
  
  
• September 22 - Friends
  Friends
  Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
  
  
• September 22 - Madman of the People
  Madman of the People
  Madman of the People was a short-lived sitcom broadcast on the American network NBC from 1994 to 1995. It had the Thursday 9:30 timeslot, part of Must See TV. It starred veteran character actor Dabney Coleman as Jack "Madman" Buckner, an outspoken newspaper columnist who had written a popular...
  
  
• September 24 - The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
• September 24 - Free Willy
  Free Willy (TV series)
  For the 1954-1955 CBS situation comedy starring June Havoc, see Willy.Free Willy is an animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film of the same name....
  
  
• October 1 - Wild C.A.T.s
• October 3 - Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills
  Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills
  Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills is an original live-action series which was released by DIC Entertainment and aired on the USA Network during the 1994-1995 season. The show was a low budget attempt to emulate the success of Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.-Synopsis:The show...
  
  
• October 22 - Silver Surfer
  Silver Surfer (TV series)
  Silver Surfer, also known as Silver Surfer: The Animated Series, is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero which aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.-Overview:...
  
  
• October 24 - Gargoyles
  Gargoyles (TV series)
  Gargoyles is an American animated series created by Greg Weisman. It was produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997. Gargoyles is known for its dark tone, complex story arcs and melodrama...
  
  
• October 29 - Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
  AAAHH!!! Real Monsters
  Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is an American animated television series about adolescent monsters in training, developed by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon...
  
  
• November 5 - Earth 2
  Earth 2 (TV series)
  Earth 2 is an American science fiction television series which aired on NBC from November 6, 1994 to June 4, 1995. The show was canceled after one season of 22 episodes...
  
  
• November 19 - Spider-Man
  Spider-Man (1994 TV series)
  Spider-Man, also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated series starring the Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man. The show ran on Fox Kids from November 19, 1994, to January 31, 1998. The producer/story editor was John Semper, Jr. and production company was Marvel Films...
  
  
• December 1 - Prime Games
  Prime Games
  Prime Games was a live Interactive television show produced by Game Show Network, in the mid 1990s. The show was hosted by Peter Tomarken, later joined by Marianne Curan as co-host. The format was similar to GSN Live, with the evening's live interactive segments aired in between classic game shows....
  
  
• December 18 - Life with Louie
  Life with Louie
  Life with Louie is an American animated series. The show is based on the childhood of stand-up comedian Louie Anderson, growing up with his family in Wisconsin.The first two episodes aired in primetime on Fox....
  
  
• - WWF Action Zone
• - Understanding
  Understanding (TV series)
  Understanding was a documentary television series that aired from 1994 to 2002 on TLC. The program covered various things understood from a scientific perspective and was narrated by Jane Curtin and Peter Coyote. It originally aired on TLC and is currently being shown on the Science Channel...
  
  
• - The State
  The State (TV series)
  The State is a half-hour sketch-comedy television show, originally broadcast on MTV between December 17, 1993 and July 1, 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target teenaged audience...
  
  

1993

• January 1 - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American post-Civil War western/drama series created by Beth Sullivan. Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, played by Jane Seymour, left Boston in search of adventure. She goes to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she establishes herself as doctor/adviser.The show ran on CBS...
  
  
• January 3 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
  
  
• January 11 - WWF Monday Night Raw
  WWE RAW
  WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
  
  
• January 19 - Class of '96
  Class of '96
  Class of '96 is an American drama series that aired on Fox from January to May 1993. The series was created by John Romano and filmed mostly at the University of Toronto.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• January 31 - Homicide: Life on the Street
  Homicide: Life on the Street
  Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale...
  
  
• February 22 - Babylon 5
  Babylon 5
  Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
  
  
• March 5 - Getting By
  Getting By
  Getting By is an American sitcom produced by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, with the format created by William Bickley and Michael Warren. The show debuted on ABC's TGIF block, running its first twelve-episode season from March 5, 1993 through May 21, 1993. Shortly after the spring season...
  
  
• March 5 - Where I Live
  Where I Live
  Where I Live is an American sitcom that premiered in 1993 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. The series was created and executive produced by Michael Jacobs and Ehrich Van Lowe.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• March 7 - Day One
  Day One (TV news series)
  Day One was a television news magazine produced by ABC News from 1993 to 1995, hosted by Forrest Sawyer and Diane Sawyer.One of its stories, titled "Smoke Screen", was an important report on the cigarette industry's manipulation of nicotine during the manufacturing process...
  
  
• March 8 - Beavis and Butt-Head
  Beavis and Butt-Head
  Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...
  
  
• April 5 - ECW Hardcore TV
  ECW Hardcore TV
  ECW Hardcore TV was the weekly professional wrestling television program of Philadelphia-based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling composed of footage from live shows and recorded interviews....
  
  
• April 21 - Walker, Texas Ranger
  Walker, Texas Ranger
  Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full...
  
  
• May 22 - Saved by the Bell: The College Years
  Saved by the Bell: The College Years
  Saved by the Bell: The College Years is a sequel to the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 14, 1993 to February 8, 1994, lasting one season...
  
  
• June 23 - Family Dog
• June 26 - Front Page
• July 12 - Brains & Brawn
• July 25 - Politically Incorrect
  Politically Incorrect
  Politically Incorrect is a late-night, half-hour political talk show hosted by Bill Maher that ran from 1993 to 2002. It premiered on Comedy Central from 1993 to 1997, and later on ABC in 1997, which cancelled it in 2002....
  
  
• August 9 - Big Wave Dave's
  Big Wave Dave's
  Big Wave Dave's was a sitcom that ran from August 9, 1993 until September 13, 1993. In it, three friends decide to drop everything and run a surf shop in Hawaii. When they arrive, they find out that it's not as easy as they thought...
  
  
• August 22 - Living Single
  Living Single
  Living Single is an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 29, 1993 to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone.Throughout its run, Living...
  
  
• August 25 - The Trouble with Larry
• August 26 - Angel Falls
• August 27 - The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
  The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
  The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., often referred to as just Brisco or Brisco County,The series is referred to as just Brisco or by Brisco County by the creator and executive producer Carlton Cuse, actors involved with the show, and by many critics. Some examples include:* Cuse, Carlton, DVD extra...
  
  
• August 28 - Power Rangers
  Power Rangers
  Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...
  
  
• August 30 - Missing Persons
  Missing Persons (TV series)
  Missing Persons is an American television show set in Chicago. The show is about a fictitious missing persons unit. Each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases....
  
  
• September 1 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am...
  
  
• September 1 - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
  Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
  The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series that was first broadcast in September 1993, and only for one season...
  
  
• September 1 - Biker Mice from Mars
  Biker Mice from Mars
  Biker Mice from Mars is a science fiction animated series created by Rick Ungar that began airing in 1993 in the United States and lasted for three seasons before it was cancelled...
  
  
• September 2 - The John Larroquette Show
  The John Larroquette Show
  The John Larroquette Show is a situation comedy that ran on the NBC network from 1993 to 1996. The show, created by Don Reo, was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Court. The series took place in a seedy bus terminal in St. Louis, Missouri and focused on the...
  
  
• September 3 - Thea
  Thea (TV series)
  Thea is an American sitcom that premiered September 3, 1993 on ABC, and last aired on February 14, 1994, for a total of 19 episodes. Starring comedienne Thea Vidale, the series marked the first time an African American female comedienne was the star of a series named after her.-Synopsis:Thea Vidale...
  
  
• September 4 - Bonkers
  Bonkers (TV series)
  Bonkers is an animated American television series that aired from September 4, 1993 to February 23, 1994 in first-run syndication . The syndicated run was available both separately, and as part of The Disney Afternoon...
  
  
• September 5 - 2 Stupid Dogs
  2 Stupid Dogs
  2 Stupid Dogs was an American animated television series created by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Program Services that originally ran from September 5, 1993 to February 13, 1995 on TBS. The main segments of the show featured two dogs, "Big Dog" and "Little Dog". The Big Dog...
  
  
• September 7 - The Second Half
• September 10 - The X-Files
  The X-Files
  The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...
  
  
• September 10 - Bill Nye the Science Guy
  Bill Nye the Science Guy
  Bill Nye the Science Guy is an educational television program that originally aired from September 10, 1993 to June 20, 1998, hosted by Bill Nye and produced by Buena Vista Television. The show aired on PBS Kids and was also syndicated to local stations, making it the second first-run television...
  
  
• September 11 - Legends of the Hidden Temple
  Legends of the Hidden Temple
  Legends of the Hidden Temple is an action-adventure game show for children. The show centers around a "Temple" that is "filled with lost treasures protected by mysterious Mayan Temple Guards"...
  
  
• September 11 - Saved by the Bell: The New Class
  Saved by the Bell: The New Class
  Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise...
  
  
• September 11 - Running the Halls
  Running the Halls
  Running the Halls is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC's TNBC Saturday morning lineup. The series was created by Steve Slavkin , being the first TNBC sitcom not to be executive produced by Peter Engel....
  
  
• September 11 - SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
  SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
  SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is an animated series for television created by Christian and Yvon Tremblay and produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Program Services. Every episode of the series was directed by Robert Alvarez. The bulk of the series was written by either Glenn Leopold or Lance Falk...
  
  
• September 12 - Baby Races
  Baby Races
  Baby Races is a game show that aired on the Family Channel from September 12, 1993 to August 27, 1994. It was hosted by comedian/impressionist Fred Travalena, and the announcer was Gene Wood. The executive producer was longtime Goodson-Todman employee Robert Sherman.-Gameplay:The contestants on the...
  
  
• September 12 - Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
• September 12 - seaQuest DSV
  SeaQuest DSV
  seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...
  
  
• September 12 - Townsend Television
  Townsend Television
  Townsend Television is an American sketch comedy television show that aired on Fox on Sunday nights from September 12, 1993 to December 26, 1993.-Overview:Each episode featured stand up comedy from star Robert Townsend...
  
  
• September 13 - Animaniacs
  Animaniacs
  Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as simply Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros. Television and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven...
  
  
• September 14 - Bakersfield P.D.
  Bakersfield P.D.
  Bakersfield P.D. was a short-lived American television comedy series that aired on the Fox network in 1993-94.The show was based in the police department of the city of Bakersfield, California. It was shot with naturalistic lighting and without a laugh track...
  
  
• September 14 - Phenom
  Phenom (TV series)
  Phenom is an American sitcom about a tennis wunderkind that aired on ABC from September 14, 1993 to May 10, 1994. The series stars Angela Goethals, Judith Light, and William Devane.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 15 - Moon Over Miami
  Moon Over Miami (TV series)
  Moon Over Miami is a short-lived American comedy series that aired on ABC.-Synopsis:Gwen Cross runs away from her own wedding and Walter Tatum , a private detective, is hired to find her. Wanting her life to take a new direction, Gwen suggests working as a secretary at Walter's firm...
  
  
• September 16 - Frasier
  Frasier
  Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
  
  
• September 16 - The Sinbad Show
  The Sinbad Show
  The Sinbad Show is an American sitcom starring comedian Sinbad that premiered on September 16, 1993 on Fox. The show's main plot is about a bachelor taking in two orphaned children. Chuck Brown performed this sitcom's theme music...
  
  
• September 18 - Sonic SatAM
• September 18 - Rocko's Modern Life
  Rocko's Modern Life
  Rocko's Modern Life is an animated series created by Joe Murray. The show aired for four seasons between 1993 and 1996 on Nickelodeon. Rocko's Modern Life is based around the surreal, parodic adventures of an anthropomorphic wallaby named Rocko, and his life in the city of O-Town...
  
  
• September 18 - Beakman's World
  Beakman's World
  Beakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution....
  
  
• September 18 - Café Americain
  Café Americain
  Café Americain is an American sitcom starring Valerie Bertinelli which aired on NBC during the 1993-1994 television season. It was filmed at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 18 - CityKids
  CityKids
  CityKids is a television series that aired late Saturday Mornings on ABC from 1993 to 1994. The show consisted primarily of live action performances, with Muppet portions of the show, courtesy of Jim Henson Productions, interspersed in between...
  
  
• September 18 - Cro
  Cro
  Cro is an American animated television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop and Film Roman. It debuted on September 18, 1993 as part of the Saturday morning line-up for fall 1993 on ABC. Cro did not do well with the viewers...
  
  
• September 18 - The Mommies
  The Mommies (TV series)
  The Mommies is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1993 to June 1995. Produced by Paramount Television, the series ran for two seasons with a total of 38 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 18 - Tales from the Cryptkeeper
  Tales from the Cryptkeeper
  Tales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made byNelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. It was shown on TVO and ABC,and is still shown near Halloween on Teletoon. It was based on the live-action television...
  
  
• September 19 - It Had to Be You
  It Had to Be You (TV series)
  It Had to Be You is an American sitcom starring Faye Dunaway and Robert Urich. The series premiered September 19, 1993 on CBS. It centered on Dunaway's character, a Network-like businesswoman, who hires blue-collar Urich to do some carpentry work at her New York office, and their ensuing romance...
  
  
• September 21 - NYPD Blue
  NYPD Blue
  NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
  
  
• September 24 - Boy Meets World
  Boy Meets World
  Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...
  
  
• September 24 - Family Album
  Family Album (TV series)
  Family Album is an American single-camera comedy television pilot that was in development for Fox as a midseason replacement in the 2011–12 television season, where it would serve as a fill-in for Glee during its break. The pilot was created and executive produced by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman for...
  
  
• September 25 - Harts of the West
  Harts of the West
  Harts of the West is an American Western/comedy–drama series starring Beau Bridges and his father, Lloyd Bridges, set on a dude ranch in Nevada. The series aired on CBS from September 1993, to June 1994.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 29 - Grace Under Fire
• September 29 - Joe's Life
  Joe's Life
  Joe's Life was a short-lived American sitcom which aired on ABC during the first half of the 1993-94 season. Nat Bernstein and Mitchel Katlin served as supervising producers on the series, while Lee Aronsohn and Rita Dillon were producers.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 29 - Dino Babies
  Dino Babies
  Dino Babies was a family-friendly educational cartoon spotlighting six young dinosaurs who share stories and adventures. It was a BBC television series that aired from September 29, 1993 to May 4, 1995...
  
  
• October 1 - Against the Grain
• October 25 - The Jon Stewart Show
  The Jon Stewart Show
  The Jon Stewart Show was a short-lived talk show hosted by comedian Jon Stewart on MTV. It premiered in 1993 and became the second highest-rated program on the network behind Beavis and Butt-Head....
  
  
• October 27 - South of Sunset
  South of Sunset
  South of Sunset is an American TV detective series, starring musician/actor Glenn Frey, that only aired one episode on CBS in 1993.Frey played Cody McMahon, a private eye whose offices were located just south of Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills. As a result, he calls his business the Beverly Hills...
  
  
• October 29 - Diagnosis: Murder
  Diagnosis: Murder
  Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman...
  
  
• October 30 - The Paula Poundtone Show
• November 3 - The Nanny
  The Nanny (TV series)
  The Nanny is an American television sitcom co-produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc., and Fran Drescher in association with TriStar Television for the CBS network...
  
  
• November 20 - The Terrible Thunderlizards
  The Terrible Thunderlizards
  The Terrible Thunderlizards is a segment that aired in Canada on YTV and in the United States as part of Eek! Stravaganza on the Fox Kids programming block. It aired from November 20, 1993 to July 28, 1997. The series was originally intended as a spin off from Eek! The Cat...
  
  
• December 5 - The Moxy Show
  The Moxy Show
  The Moxy Show was an animation anthology television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and is the first Cartoon Network original series. The show ran on December 5, 1993, originally as The Moxy Pirate Show, and consisted of classic cartoons divided by 3-D animated interstitials featuring Moxy, a dog,...
  
  
• - WWF Mania
  WWF Mania
  WWF Mania is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It aired on Saturday mornings on the USA Network between 1993 and 1996 and summarized the weekly events in WWF programming. In its earlier years, Mania usually featured a show exclusive wrestling...
  
  
• - Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
  Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
  Real Stories of the Highway Patrol was a half hour syndicated television series which ran in the United States for six seasons from 1993 to 1999 for a total of 780 episodes, capitalizing on the success of "real-life" police series such as COPS...
  
  
• - Mr. Bogus
  Mr. Bogus
  Mr. Bogus was an animated television series from the 1990s. Each episode was separated into two distinct parts, one using traditional cel-based animation and another using stop-motion. Characters often walked around on a kitchen counter having various adventures with common household items.Mr...
  
  
• - Intimate Portrait
  Intimate Portrait (TV series)
  Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject....
  
  
• - America Undercover
  America Undercover
  America Undercover is a television series of documentaries that airs on the cable television network HBO. Within the series are several sub-series, such as "Autopsy", "Real Sex" and "Taxicab Confessions". The series began in 1983 and, after a brief time being broadcast weekly in 2001, is now...
  
  

1992

• January 4 - Nick Arcade
• January 31 - Billy
• January 31 - Capitol Critters
  Capitol Critters
  Capitol Critters is an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House in Washington, D.C...
  
  
• February 28 - Fish Police
  Fish Police
  Fish Police is the name of a comic book series by cartoonist Steven Moncuse. The plot centers on law and crime in a fictional underwater metropolis with the protagonist, Inspector Gill, trying to solve various, often Mafia-related, crimes while avoiding being seduced by the extremely well endowed...
  
  
• March 1 - Dateline NBC
  Dateline NBC
  Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC. It previously was NBC's flagship news magazine, but now focuses on true crime stories. It airs Friday at 9 p.m. EST and after football season on Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.-History:Dateline is historically notable for...
  
  
• March 4 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with...
  
  
• April 6 - Barney & Friends
  Barney & Friends
  Barney and Friends, also referred to by HiT Entertainment as Barney the Friendly Dinosaur, is an independent children's television show produced in the United States, aimed at children from ages 1-8...
  
  
• April 17 - Sightings
• May 21 - The Real World
  The Real World
  The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...
  
  
• May 25 - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• May 30 - Vinnie & Bobby
  Vinnie & Bobby
  Vinnie & Bobby is an Americam sitcom that aired on Fox on Sunday night from May 30, 1992 to September 5, 1992. The series was a spin-off of the short-lived 1991 sitcom Top of the Heap, which was itself a spin-off of Married... With Children. Series star Matt LeBlanc played the character of Vinnie...
  
  
• June 15 - Grapevine
  Grapevine (TV series)
  -Plot Synopsis:David owned a restaurant in Miami, while his girlfriend Susan worked for a cruise line, and his brother Thumper was a sportscaster. The series was a 1990s take on Love, American Style in its couple-of-the-week format. Each episode presented the regular characters telling a story...
  
  
• June 21 - Down the Shore
  Down the Shore
  Down the Shore is an American situation comedy that ran on Fox from June 21, 1992 to May 27, 1993.-Synopsis:The series revolves around three childhood friends, Aldo, Zack, and Eddie. In hopes of meeting women at the Jersey Shore over the summer, they decided to get a beach house in Belmar, New Jersey...
  
  
• June 24 - Raven
• June 27 - Red Shoe Diaries
  Red Shoe Diaries
  Red Shoe Diaries is an erotic drama series that aired on the American cable television network Showtime from 1992 to 1997 and distributed by Playboy Entertainment overseas...
  
  
• July 1 - Def Comedy Jam
  Def Comedy Jam
  Def Comedy Jam is a HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from July 1, 1992 to January 1, 1997. The show returned on HBO's fall lineup in 2006. Def Comedy Jam helped to launch the careers of several African-American stand-up comedians...
  
  
• July 8 - Melrose Place
• August 15 - The Larry Sanders Show
  The Larry Sanders Show
  The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders, and centered on the running of his TV show, and the...
  
  
• August 15 - Roundhouse
  Roundhouse (TV series)
  Roundhouse is an American sketch comedy television series that aired on Nickelodeon from August 15, 1992 through January 27, 1996.-Background:...
  
  
• August 15 - Are You Afraid of the Dark?
  Are You Afraid of the Dark?
  Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...
  
  
• August 17 - Secret Service
  Secret Service (TV Series)
  Secret Service was an American action drama television series, created by Gilbert M. Shilton and George Mendeluk, which premiered on NBC on August 16, 1992 and ended on November 17, 1993. The show was a re-enactment of real Secret Service cases. It aired 21 episodes...
  
  
• August 18 - Arresting Behavior
  Arresting Behavior
  Arresting Behavior is a half-hour American television police comedy that aired on ABC from August 18 to September 2, 1992.-Synopsis:The series centered on partners Bill Ruskin and Donny Walsh who were followed by hand-held cameras as they worked in Vista Valley, California.-Cast:*Leo Burmester ......
  
  
• August 27 - Martin
  Martin (TV series)
  Martin is an American sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions that aired for five seasons, from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on Fox...
  
  
• August 27 - The Heights
  The Heights (TV series)
  The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired on the Fox network from August to November 1992.-Synopsis:The Heights centers on a fictional band made up of mostly middle-class young adults...
  
  
• September 1 - World News Now
  World News Now
  World News Now is an American overnight news program broadcast on American Broadcasting Company's television network. Its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous...
  
  
• September 5 - Batman: The Animated Series
  Batman: The Animated Series
  Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated series based on the DC Comics character Batman. The series featured an ensemble cast of many voice-actors including Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Arleen Sorkin, and Loren Lester. The series won four Emmy Awards and was nominated...
  
  
• September 7 - Goof Troop
  Goof Troop
  Disney's Goof Troop is an American animated television series from The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and bonding with his son Max.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 7 - Screen Scene
  Screen Scene
  Screen Scene was a live, half hour, prime-time, urban entertainment and celebrity news magazine series on BET highlighting on the works of African-Americans in Hollywood and abroad. The series premiered on October 15, 1990 and ran thru 1997...
  
  
• September 12 - Beakman's World
  Beakman's World
  Beakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution....
  
  
• September 12 - California Dreams
  California Dreams
  California Dreams is an American teen-oriented sitcom that aired from 1992 to 1996 on Saturday mornings during NBC's TNBC programming block. It was created by writers Brett Dewey and Ronald B. Solomon and executive produced by Peter Engel, all known for their work on Saved by the...
  
  
• September 12 - Eek! The Cat
  Eek! The Cat
  Eek! The Cat is an American and Canadian animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp and produced by Fox Kids and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana, that ran from September 11, 1992, to August 1, 1997.-Premise:Eek! the Cat is about a purple cat named Eek whose motto is...
  
  
• September 12 - Name Your Adventure
  Name Your Adventure
  Name Your Adventure is an American reality series that aired on Saturday mornings during NBC's TNBC line-up. Hosted by Mario Lopez, Jordan Brady, and Tatyana Ali, the series ran from September 1992 to September 1995.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 13 - Flying Blind
• September 13 - Frannie's Turn
  Frannie's Turn
  Frannie's Turn is a short-lived American situation comedy on CBS that premiered on September 13, 1992 and ended on October 10, 1992.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 13 - Likely Suspects
• September 14 - ComicView
  ComicView
  ComicView was an American stand-up comedy show that aired on BET on Tuesdays and Fridays from September 1992 to December 2008. The show has been the launching pad for such comedians as Dante, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Sommore, and Rodney Perry....
  
  
• September 14 - Crossroads
• September 14 - Hearts Afire
  Hearts Afire
  Hearts Afire is a sitcom that aired from September 14, 1992 to February 1, 1995 on CBS. It starred John Ritter and Markie Post, with Post portraying a journalist and Ritter playing a senator's aide....
  
  
• September 15 - American Justice
  American Justice
  American Justice is an American criminal justice television program on the A&E Network, hosted by Bill Kurtis. The show features interesting or notable cases, such as the Selena Murder of a Star, Scarsdale Diet doctor murder, the Hillside Stranglers, Matthew Shepard, or the Wells Fargo heist, with...
  
  
• September 15 - Angel Street
• September 15 - Delta
  Delta (TV series)
  Delta is a short-lived U.S television sitcom series produced by ABC starring Delta Burke. Burke plays a woman who leaves her life behind to pursue her dream as a country music singer...
  
  
• September 16 - The Hat Squad
  The Hat Squad
  The Hat Squad is a crime drama television series that ran for only one season on CBS, during the 1992-1993 season. 13 episodes were made, but only 11 of them aired.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 18 - Bob
  Bob (TV series)
  Bob is an American television situation comedy starring Bob Newhart. It was the actor's third series for CBS and proved to be far less successful than The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, his previous outings with the network. It lasted a season and a half, running from September 18, 1992 until...
  
  
• September 18 - Camp Wilder
  Camp Wilder
  Camp Wilder is an American sitcom about a family living in suburban Los Angeles, California, airing as part of ABC's TGIF lineup for half a season ....
  
  
• September 18 - Final Appeal: From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries
• September 18 - The Golden Palace
  The Golden Palace
  The Golden Palace is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1992, to May 14, 1993. The show was a spin-off and continuation of the sitcom The Golden Girls....
  
  
• September 18 - Picket Fences
  Picket Fences
  Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...
  
  
• September 18 - The Round Table
  The Round Table (TV series)
  The Round Table is an American television series that aired on NBC on friday nights from September 18, 1992 to October 16, 1992.The 1992 TV-series The Round Table set in Washington D.C. focused on the lives of a group of 20-30 youths who frequently met at the bar The Round Table...
  
  
• September 19 - The Edge
  The Edge (FOX TV series)
  The Edge is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Mirkin which ran on the Fox Network from 1992 to 1993.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 19 - Nickelodeon GUTS
  Nickelodeon GUTS
  Nickelodeon GUTS is an American television reality "action sports" competition series hosted by actor/comedian Mike O'Malley and officiated by British actress Moira "Mo" Quirk. The series was broadcast by the cable television network Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1995...
  
  
• September 19 - Out All Night
  Out All Night
  Out All Night is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1992 to July 9, 1993 for one season. The series stars Patti LaBelle, and was created by Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz, and Rob Edwards.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 21 - Love & War
• September 22 - Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
  Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
  Hangin' with Mr. Cooper is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992 to 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. The show took place in Curry's hometown of Oakland, California. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper was produced by Jeff Franklin Productions, in association with...
  
  
• September 23 - Mad About You
  Mad About You
  Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist...
  
  
• September 24 - Rhythm & Blues
  Rhythm & Blues (TV series)
  Rhythm & Blues was a short-lived 1992 American sitcom that aired on NBC for only five weeks from September 24, 1992 to October 22, 1992. The show stars Roger Kabler, Anna Maria Horsford, Ron Glass, Troy Curvey Jr., Vanessa Bell Calloway, Miguel A...
  
  
• September 25 - What Happened?
• September 27 - The Ben Stiller Show
  The Ben Stiller Show
  The Ben Stiller Show was the name of two sketch comedy television shows that aired on MTV from 1990 to 1991, and then on Fox from September 1992 to January 1993. The Fox show starred Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo and Bob Odenkirk. Character actor John F. O'Donohue also appeared in every...
  
  
• September 27 - Woops!
  Woops!
  Woops! is an American post-apocalyptic sitcom that aired on the Fox network from September 27 to December 6, 1992.-Synopsis:The series centered around the six survivors of a world nuclear holocaust. The six of them live together in an abandoned farm house while trying to survive and re-establish...
  
  
• September 30 - Laurie Hill
  Laurie Hill
  Laurie Hill was a short-lived sitcom that ran on ABC in 1992. It starred DeLane Matthews as Laurie, a pediatrician who tried balancing her roles as a doctor and a mother to her son Leo. Her husband Jeff was a writer who worked out of their home....
  
  
• October 4 - Ghostwriter
  Ghostwriter (TV series)
  Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nelson and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995...
  
  
• October 4 - Great Scott
• October 5 - Born Lucky
  Born Lucky
  Born Lucky is an American television series in which contestants earned mall money and prizes. It was hosted by Bob Goen and announced by Jonathan Coleman. Four contestants competed in a stunt game show taped at various shopping malls for a chance at $2,000 in mall money...
  
  
• December 1 - The Jackie Thomas Show
  The Jackie Thomas Show
  The Jackie Thomas Show is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from December 1992 to March 1993. The series received widespread attention due to its creators Roseanne Arnold, then starring in the fifth season of her top-rated comedy Roseanne, and her husband and Roseanne co-producer Tom...
  
  
• - Name Your Adventure
  Name Your Adventure
  Name Your Adventure is an American reality series that aired on Saturday mornings during NBC's TNBC line-up. Hosted by Mario Lopez, Jordan Brady, and Tatyana Ali, the series ran from September 1992 to September 1995.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• - FTL Newsfeed
  FTL Newsfeed
  FTL Newsfeeds, shown on the Sci-Fi Channel, was the channel's first original program and was the first show seen on the channel before the movie Star Wars a New Hope was aired. The micro series format gave viewers 30 second snippets of fictitious news info that were supposed to have come from the...
  
  
• - Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
  Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
  Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures is a reality television series about animals and their exciting adventures. This series is hosted by Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium...
  
  
• - Dial MTV
  Dial MTV
  Dial MTV was a television series on MTV that played music videos. It premiered February 17,1986. Much like Total Request Live, Dial MTV played the top five or top ten most requested videos of the day, as requested by viewers who dialed in to vote for their favorite video...
  
  
• - You Wrote It, You Watch It
  You Wrote It, You Watch It
  You Wrote It, You Watch It was a short-lived MTV sketch comedy series starring members of The State comedy troupe before they were given their own show by the network...
  
  

1991

• January 3 - Blossom
  Blossom (TV series)
  Blossom is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC from January 3, 1991 to May 22, 1995. The series stars Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenage girl living with her father and two brothers. It was created by Don Reo.- Synopsis :...
  
  
• January 7 - Talk Soup
  Talk Soup
  Talk Soup was a television show produced for cable network E! that debuted on January 7, 1991, and aired until August 2002. Talk Soup aired selected clips of the previous day's daily talk shows—ranging from daytime entries like The Jerry Springer Show and to celebrity interview shows like The...
  
  
• February 25 - The Pirates of Dark Water
  The Pirates of Dark Water
  The Pirates of Dark Water is a fantasy animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1991.-Premise:The alien world of Mer is being devoured by an evil substance known as Dark Water. Only Ren, a young prince, can stop it by finding the lost Thirteen Treasures of Rule...
  
  
• March 18 - Get the Picture
• March 23 - Clarissa Explains It All
  Clarissa Explains It All
  Clarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Mitchell Kriegman, it aired for five seasons for a total of 65 episodes from March 23, 1991, to December 3, 1994, and then went into reruns....
  
  
• April 5 - Dark Justice
  Dark Justice
  The series began airing in 1991 and ran for three seasons finishing in 1993.Tagline: "Justice may be blind... but it can see in the dark."- Production and filming :...
  
  
• April 14 - Top of the Heap
  Top of the Heap
  Top of the Heap is a 1991 Fox television sitcom that was spun off from Married... with Children. Though it lasted seven episodes, it was nonetheless the most successful of three attempted Married...With Children spin-offs during the main series' run. The pilot was episode 20 of the 5th season of...
  
  
• April 20 - Dinosaurs
  Dinosaurs (TV series)
  Dinosaurs is an American family sitcom that was originally broadcast on ABC from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994. The show, about a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Television in association with Walt Disney Television and Buena Vista...
  
  
• April 20 - Swamp Thing
  Swamp Thing (1991 TV series)
  Swamp Thing was an American animated television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. The series was short-lived, with the pilot episode airing on October 31, 1990 followed by four additional episodes airing weekly from April 20 to May 11, 1991...
  
  
• April 28 - The Sunday Comics
  The Sunday Comics
  The Sunday Comics was a prime time showcase of comedy broadcast in the United States by Fox Broadcasting Company in 1991 and 1992.The Sunday Comics showcased not only standup comedy but also variety acts, and film shorts produced by comics including Bruce Baum, Gilbert Gottfried, Rich Hall, and...
  
  
• May 11 - Sisters
  Sisters (TV series)
  Sisters is a television drama which aired on NBC for six seasons, from 1991 to 1996. The series was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who also created the Showtime series Queer as Folk and wrote the acclaimed Emmy and Peabody Award winning drama An Early Frost, also for NBC...
  
  
• June 2 - Liquid Television
  Liquid Television
  Liquid Television is an Emmy Award–winning 1990s animation showcase that appeared on MTV. The first season of Liquid Television also aired on BBC Two in co-production with MTV. Ultimately, MTV commissioned three seasons of the show, which was produced by Colossal Pictures...
  
  
• July 8 - Shop 'til You Drop
  Shop 'Til You Drop
  Shop 'til You Drop is an American game show that aired on various broadcast television networks from 1991–2006. The series was hosted by Pat Finn from 1991–2002, followed by JD Roberto from 2003–2005. Co-hosts/announcers included Mark L...
  
  
• July 19 - Hi Honey, I'm Home!
  Hi Honey, I'm Home!
  Hi Honey, I'm Home! is an American television sitcom that ran from July 19, 1991, to July 12, 1992 for thirteen episodes. The series was television's first "instant" rerun. Each week, a new episode of the series aired on ABC as part of their Friday night TGIF lineup. The same episode would re-air...
  
  
• August 11 - Doug
  Doug
  Doug is an American animated sitcom created by Jim Jinkins and co-produced by his studio, Jumbo Pictures . Doug centers on the surreal and imaginative exploits of its title character, Douglas "Doug" Funnie, who experiences common predicaments while attending middle school. The series lampoons...
  
  
• August 11 - Rugrats
  Rugrats
  Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004....
  
  
• August 11 - The Ren and Stimpy Show
  The Ren and Stimpy Show
  The Ren & Stimpy Show, often simply referred to as Ren & Stimpy, is an American animated television series, created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. The series focuses on the titular characters: Ren Höek, a psychotic chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat, a good-natured, dimwitted cat...
  
  
• August 17 - Best of the Worst
  Best of the Worst
  Best of the Worst is a show aired by Fox Broadcasting Company as a part of its 1991-92 schedule.Best of the Worst, hosted by Greg Kinnear, was a lighthearted celebration of the worst elements of life — the worst movies, the worst places to get married, the worst museums, the worst airline...
  
  
• August 24 - Roc
  Roc (TV series)
  Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.-Early episodes:...
  
  
• August 31 - What Would You Do?
  What Would You Do?
  What Would You Do? is a 30-minute television show hosted by Marc Summers shown on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1993. Robin Marrella acted as the on-camera stagehand for the show's first season. Both Summers and Marrella performed their respective duties on Double Dare, also on Nickelodeon...
  
  
• September - Jenny Jones
• September 1 - Taz-Mania
  Taz-Mania
  Taz-Mania is a American cartoon sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Animation from 1991–1993, broadcast in the United States on Fox from 1991-1995...
  
  
• September 7 - Little Shop
  Little Shop
  Little Shop is a 1991 animated television series about a teenager and a giant talking plant that eats everything in sight. Little Shop was based on the off-broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors, which was based on the 1960 Roger Corman film The Little Shop of Horrors...
  
  
• September 8 - Darkwing Duck
  Darkwing Duck
  DarkWing Duck is an American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991–1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured the eponymous anthropomorphic duck superhero whose alter ego is mild-mannered...
  
  
• September 8 - Herman's Head
  Herman's Head
  Herman's Head is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from 1991 to 1994. The series stars William Ragsdale as the titular character, Herman Brooks.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 9 - The Adventures of Mark & Brian
• September 9 - Maury
  Maury (TV series)
  Maury is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Maury Povich.When the series first aired in 1991, the show was called The Maury Povich Show and was produced by MoPo Productions in association with Paramount Domestic Television...
  
  
• September 14 - Back to the Future: The Animated Series
  Back to the Future: The Animated Series
  Back to the Future: The Animated Series is an animated series for television based on the Back to the Future trilogy of feature films. The series lasted two seasons, each featuring 13 episodes, and ran on CBS from September 7, 1991 to November 28, 1992. It reran until August 14, 1993...
  
  
• September 14 - Hammerman
  Hammerman
  Hammerman is a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by DIC Entertainment and starring pop rapper MC Hammer, which aired for thirteen episodes on ABC.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 14 - Nurses
  Nurses (TV series)
  Nurses is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1991 to 1994, developed and produced by Susan Harris as a spin-off of Empty Nest .-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 14 - ProStars
  ProStars
  ProStars was a Saturday morning cartoon show produced by DiC that aired on NBC from September 14 to December 7, 1991.-Synopsis:Originally intended to air on ESPN, the show centers on Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson and Wayne Gretzky fighting crime and helping children, often protecting the environment...
  
  
• September 14 - Space Cats
  Space Cats
  Space Cats is a cartoon series for television that aired on NBC in 1991. It is a comedy show about alien felines helping mankind. It was from Paul Fusco, the creator of ALF.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 14 - Super Mario World
  Super Mario World (TV series)
  Super Mario World was a short-lived animated television series loosely based on the Super NES video game of the same name. It was the third and thus far last Saturday morning cartoon based on the Super Mario Bros. NES and Super NES series of video games...
  
  
• September 14 - Where's Waldo
  Where's Waldo? (TV series)
  Where's Wally?: The Animated Series was a joint venture between American/Canadian/British animated television series productions, distributed by DiC Entertainment and The Waldo Film Company...
  
  
• September 14 - Wish Kid starring Macaulay Culkin
• September 14 - Yo Yogi!
  Yo Yogi!
  Yo Yogi! is an animated series first aired on NBC on Saturday mornings during the 1991-92 season. It is, to date, the last television series to feature or star Yogi Bear. It is also the last Hanna-Barbera show to premiere on NBC to this date...
  
  
• September 15 - Eerie, Indiana
  Eerie, Indiana
  Eerie, Indiana is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992 and then on syndication on Fox from 1997 to 1998. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 15 - Man of the People
• September 15 - Pacific Station
  Pacific Station (TV series)
  Pacific Station is a situation comedy aired in the United States by NBC as part of its 1991 fall lineup. The series was created by the team of Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 15 - P.S. I Luv U
  P.S. I Luv U
  P.S. I Luv U is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS as a part of its 1991-92 schedule. The title derived from the phone number of fictitious Palm Security and Investigations, which was 774-5888, which can be reached by dialing "PSI-LUVU" on a standard North American...
  
  
• September 16 - James Bond Jr.
  James Bond Jr.
  James Bond Jr. is a fictional character described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's masterspy James Bond. The name "James Bond Junior" was first used in 1967 for an unsuccessful spinoff novel entitled 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior written under the pseudonym R. D. Mascott...
  
  
• September 17 - Home Improvement
• September 17 - Flesh 'n' Blood
• September 17 - Sibs
  Sibs
  Sibs was an American sitcom broadcast by ABC as part of its 1991-92 prime time lineup.Sibs starred veteran actress Marsha Mason as Nora Rusico, a successful accountant and Alex Rocco as her longsuffering husband, Howie. The source of most of Howie's suffering was his wife's younger sisters , Audie...
  
  
• September 18 - The Royal Family
  The Royal Family (TV series)
  The Royal Family is an American sitcom starring Redd Foxx and Della Reese. The series was created and produced by Eddie Murphy , who had previously worked with Redd Foxx and Della Reese in the 1989 film Harlem Nights. It ran for one season on CBS from 1991-1992...
  
  
• September 18 - Teech
  Teech
  Teech is an American situation comedy that briefly aired on CBS as part of its 1991 Fall lineup. The series was co-produced by Kid'n'Graph Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 19 - Drexell's Class
  Drexell's Class
  Drexell's Class is an American sitcom aired by Fox as part of its 1991-92 lineup. The show was created by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 20 - Brooklyn Bridge
  Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)
  Brooklyn Bridge is an American television program which aired on CBS between 1991 and 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the middle 1950s...
  
  
• September 20 - Step by Step
• September 21 - The Torkelsons
• September 24 - Homefront
• September 26 - FBI: The Untold Stories
  FBI: The Untold Stories
  F.B.I.:The Untold Stories was a police drama anthology series which was aired in the United States by ABC from 1991 to 1993.Unlike ABC's The F.B.I., which was one of the network's major successes of the late 1960s and early 1970s, F.B.I.:The Untold Stories had no ongoing characters or storylines;...
  
  
• September 26 - Reasonable Doubts
  Reasonable Doubts
  Reasonable Doubts is a police drama broadcast in the United States by NBC that ran from 1991 to 1993.-Synopsis:Reasonable Doubts is primarily about the working relationship between Assistant District Attorney Tess Kaufman , a prosecutor very sensitive to the rights of the accused, and...
  
  
• September 27 - Princesses
  Princesses (TV series)
  Princesses was a short-lived American situation comedy that aired on CBS in 1991. The series was produced by Universal Television and only lasted five episodes because of low ratings, likely due to direct competition from ABC's Top 30 hit Family Matters and NBC's Top 40 show Matlock. The series...
  
  
• September 28 - The Commish
  The Commish
  The Commish is a television series that aired on ABC in the United States from 1991 to 1996. The series focused on the work and home life of a suburban police commissioner in upstate New York....
  
  
• September 29 - Street Justice
  Street Justice
  Street Justice is an American action crime drama series starring Carl Weathers and Bryan Genesse. The series began airing in syndication in 1991, and was canceled in 1993 after two seasons.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 30 - The Jerry Springer Show
  The Jerry Springer Show
  The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries...
  
  
• October 4 - Beyond Reality
  Beyond Reality (TV series)
  Beyond Reality is a Canadian/American science fiction television series which originally aired between October 4, 1991 and March 20, 1993. The series is about two university parapsychologists investigate reports of paranormal phenomena that occur in ordinary people's lives....
  
  
• October 7 - I'll Fly Away
  I'll Fly Away (TV series)
  I'll Fly Away is a television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for district attorney Forrest Bedford and his family...
  
  
• October 17 - Palace Guard
  Palace Guard
  Palace Guard was a drama series that was briefly broadcast by CBS as part of its 1991 fall lineup. It was produced by Stephen J. Cannell.Palace Guard was the story of a reformed jewel thief and cat burglar, Tommy Logan Palace Guard was a drama series that was briefly broadcast by CBS as part of its...
  
  
• November 7 - Silk Stalkings
  Silk Stalkings
  Silk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package, and rebroadcast on the USA Network. After CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in 1993, the series ran exclusively on USA until its finale in the...
  
  
• November 12 - Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind
  Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind
  Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind was an interview program hosted and produced by comedian Alan King for the American cable channel Comedy Central. As opposed to a humorous talk show focused on entertainment value, King limited his interviewee pool to standup comics, and kept the focus of the...
  
  
• November 28 - American Detective
  American Detective
  American Detective was a police documentary television series broadcast by ABC in the United States from 1991 to 1993.American Detective featured detectives in major U.S. urban areas working on high-profile criminal cases which were often drug-related...
  
  
• - The Statler Brothers Show
  The Statler Brothers Show
  The Statler Brothers Show was an hour American variety show hosted by the country music group The Statler Brothers broadcast on The Nashville Network...
  
  
• - Breakfast with Arts
• - GamePro TV
  GamePro TV
  GamePro TV was a syndicated weekly video game television show that ran from 1990 through 1991. The show was a low-budget partner to GamePro magazine.-First-run syndication version:...
  
  
• - The Idiot Box
  The Idiot Box (MTV)
  The Idiot Box was an American sketch comedy television series created by Alex Winter , Tom Stern and Tim Burns, which ran on MTV from 1990-1991....
  
  

1990

• January 1 - The Baby-Sitters Club
  The Baby-Sitters Club (TV series)
  The Baby-Sitters Club is a 1990 American television series based on Ann M. Martin's children's book series of the same name. The series originally aired on the The Disney Channel, but was also broadcast on HBO and Nickelodeon; all thirteen thirty minute episodes were also released to home video...
  
  
• January 26 - Pirate TV
  Pirate TV
  Pirate TV was a show on MTV that premiered January 26, 1990. Set on a boat that beamed illegal television signals, Pirate TV consisted of skits and parodies of commercials and television programs, including Rastapiece Theater, a takeoff of Masterpiece Theatre with a dreadlocked, patois-speaking...
  
  
• February 5 - Rodeo Drive
  Rodeo Drive (game show)
  Rodeo Drive was a cable game show that pitted three contestants against each other in a game based on the world famous street of the same name. It was recorded in CBS Television City's Stage 43 in Los Angeles....
  
  
• February 9 - The Bradys
  The Bradys
  The Bradys is a six-episode American drama series that aired on CBS in 1990. It was a revival of the early 1970s sitcom, The Brady Bunch , and was about the trials and tribulations of the extended Brady family some 15 years after the end of the earlier series...
  
  
• February 19 - Nasty Boys
  Nasty Boys (TV series)
  The Nasty Boys was a television action drama series based on the real life Narcotics Officers of the North Las vegas Police Department.-Background:...
  
  
• March 1 - Carol & Company
  Carol & Company
  Carol & Company is a comedy program airing on NBC-TV in the United States during 1990 and 1991.Carol & Company applied an unusual repertory approach to television comedy. Every week, Carol Burnett and her fellow players performed a different half-hour comedy playlet...
  
  
• March 3 - H.E.L.P.
  H.E.L.P.
  H.E.L.P. was a United States ABC television drama series which appeared for only one season, as a mid-season replacement in March 1990. John Mahoney starred as Chief Patrick Meacham of the New York City Fire Department...
  
  
• March 19 - Baseball Tonight
  Baseball Tonight
  Baseball Tonight is a program that airs on ESPN. The show, which recapitulates the day's Major League Baseball action, has been on the air since 1990.-Air times:...
  
  
• March 27 - Equal Justice
• March 30 - Bagdad Cafe
  Bagdad Cafe (TV series)
  Bagdad Cafe is an American television sitcom starring Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton. The series premiered March 30, 1990 on CBS. The show is based on the 1987 Percy Adlon film Bagdad Cafe.-Cast:*Whoopi Goldberg as Brenda...
  
  
• March 30 - Sugar and Spice
  Sugar and Spice (US TV series)
  Sugar and Spice was a short-lived American sitcom that premiered on March 30, 1990 on CBS.-Premise:The small town of Ponca City, Oklahoma, was the setting for this blue collar series about two middle-aged African American sisters. Loretta and Vickilyn had very different personalities...
  
  
• April 8 - Twin Peaks
  Twin Peaks
  Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
  
  
• April 12 - Down Home
• April 15 - In Living Color
  In Living Color
  In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series, which originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote, and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century...
  
  
• April 19 - Wings
• May 1 - Clash!
  Clash!
  Clash! is a comedy game show which aired on Ha! from May 1, 1990 to March 31, 1991 and on Comedy Central from April 1 to December 28. The show was produced and hosted by Billy Kimball, and the theme song was composed by Carter Burwell....
  
  
• May 5 - TaleSpin
  TaleSpin
  TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series based in the fictional city of Cape Suzette, that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book. The name of the show is a play on "tailspin", the rapid,...
  
  
• May 31 - Seinfeld
  Seinfeld
  Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
  
  
• June 1 - Great Getaway Game
  Great Getaway Game
  The Great Getaway Game was a game show which aired on The Travel Channel from June 1, 1990 to April 1991. Currently, this is the network’s sole attempt at a game show...
  
  
• July 12 - Northern Exposure
  Northern Exposure
  Northern Exposure is an American television series that ran on CBS from 1990 to 1995, with a total of 110 episodes.-Overview:The series was given a pair of consecutive Peabody Awards: in 1991–92 for the show's "depict[ion] in a comedic and often poetic way, [of] the cultural clash between a...
  
  
• July 18 - Top Cops
  Top Cops
  Top Cops was a documetary program broadcast in the United States on the CBS television network from 1990 to 1993.Each episode of Top Cops consisted of two to three segments featuring commended police officers and dramatic recreations of the events leading to their having been honored.One episode...
  
  
• July 27 - Swamp Thing
  Swamp Thing (TV series)
  Swamp Thing, also known as Swamp Thing: The Series, is a science fiction, action/adventure television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. It debuted on USA Network on July 27, 1990 and lasted three seasons for a total of 72 episodes...
  
  
• August 20 - Hull High
  Hull High
  Hull High is an American musical teen drama series which aired on the NBC television network in 1990. The series was created and executive produced by Gil Grant.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 20 - Lifestories
  Lifestories
  Lifestories is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen narration by Robert Prosky, Lifestories was an attempt to make an extremely realistic medical drama answering questions like, "Exactly what goes on during...
  
  
• August 20 - Parenthood
• August 22 - Working It Out
  Working It Out
  Working It Out is an American situation comedy broadcast by NBC as part of its 1990 fall lineup. The series was created and executive produced by Bill Persky.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• August 23 - Ferris Bueller
  Ferris Bueller (TV series)
  Ferris Bueller is an American sitcom based on the 1986 John Hughes's film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It debuted on August 23, 1990, on NBC and was cancelled within its first season, a few months after its debut....
  
  
• August 27 - Guys Next Door
  Guys Next Door
  Guys Next Door was an American television series aired on NBC in the 1990-1991 season as part of its Saturday lineup.The show starred Patrick J. Dancy, Eddie Garcia, Bobby Leslie, Damon Sharpe and Christopher Wolf....
  
  
• September 1 - Haywire
  Haywire (TV series)
  Haywire is a sketch comedy television series which was aired by Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its 1990-91 lineup. Haywire included segments such as:...
  
  
• September 2 - Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  Parker Lewis Can't Lose is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on FOX from September 1990 to June 1993. During the last season, the series sported the simpler title Parker Lewis. The series was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and was strongly influenced by the feature film Ferris...
  
  
• September 2 - True Colors
  True Colors (TV series)
  True Colors is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from September 2, 1990 to April 12, 1992 for a total of 45 episodes. The series was created by Michael J...
  
  
• September 7 - DEA
• September 7 - Tom & Jerry Kids
• September 8 - The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
  The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
  The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is an American animated television series based on the video game Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired on NBC with Captain N: The Game Master in a programming block titled Captain N & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 from September 8, 1990 through December 1,...
  
  
• September 8 - America's Funniest People
  America's Funniest People
  America's Funniest People is an American reality series on ABC that debuted on May 1, 1990 as an hour-long special, and later as a weekly half-hour prime time series from September 8, 1990 to August 28, 1994. It was hosted by Dave Coulier and Arleen Sorkin from 1990 to 1992. Tawny Kitaen replaced...
  
  
• September 8 - American Chronicles
  American Chronicles
  American Chronicles is a documentary television program which was run by Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its 1990 fall lineup.American Chronicles was produced by David Lynch and Mark Frost, perhaps best known as the producers of the contemporary program on ABC, Twin Peaks, and featured many of...
  
  
• September 8 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series
  Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series
  Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is an animated television series based on the movies Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Return of the Killer Tomatoes. It aired on Fox Kids from September 8, 1990 to November 23, 1991. Repeats continued to air until September 5, 1992. Three years later, repeats were...
  
  
• September 8 - Bobby's World
  Bobby's World
  Bobby's World is an American animated television series, which ran from 1990 to 1998, on FOX Kids. It was about the daily life of Bobby Generic and his very overactive imagination on how he sees the world. The show was created by Canadian actor-comedian Howie Mandel...
  
  
• September 8 - The Fanelli Boys
  The Fanelli Boys
  The Fanelli Boys is an American sitcom that aired on NBC as part of its 1990-91 prime time schedule. The series was created by the team of Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Kathy Speer, and Terry Grossman, all of whom previously worked on The Golden Girls....
  
  
• September 8 - Gravedale High
  Gravedale High
  Gravedale High is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera for NBC Productions...
  
  
• September 8 - Little Rosey
• September 8 - Peter Pan and the Pirates
  Peter Pan and the Pirates
  Peter Pan & the Pirates is an American animated television series based on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan that originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company from September 8, 1990 to September 10, 1991. Repeats continued to air until September 11, 1992. A repeat of the series' Christmas episode was aired...
  
  
• September 8 - Piggsburg Pigs!
  Piggsburg Pigs!
  Piggsburg Pigs! was a Fox Kids animated comedy series from Ruby-Spears Productions, which aired in 1990.On July 23rd, 2001, Piggsburg Pigs! and other properties of Saban Entertainment were sold to The Walt Disney Company.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 8 - The Wizard of Oz
• September 10 - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their...
  
  
• September 10 - Lenny
• September 10 - Uncle Buck
  Uncle Buck (TV series)
  Uncle Buck is the name of a TV series based on the 1989 film of the same name starring John Candy. The TV series debuted in 1990 on CBS. Uncle Buck joined NBC's Ferris Bueller on the 1990 fall television schedule...
  
  
• September 11 - The Family Man
• September 11 - The Little Mermaid
  The Little Mermaid (TV series)
  The Little Mermaid is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based on the 1989 Disney film of the same name. It features the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the film. This series is the first Disney television series to be spun...
  
  
• September 12 - Fievel's American Tails
  Fievel's American Tails
  Fievel's American Tails is an American/Canadian animated television series, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film An American Tail: Fievel Goes West...
  
  
• September 12 - Gabriel's Fire
  Gabriel's Fire
  Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 12 - Raw Toonage
  Raw Toonage
  Disney's Raw Toonage is a half hour Disney animated cartoon series that aired on the CBS network in the fall of 1992.-History and production:...
  
  
• September 12 - Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
  Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
  Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa is an American animated television series created by comic book artist Ryan Brown, known for his work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The show was produced by King World and ABC's Greengrass Productions and animated by Gunther-Wahl Productions for its first season...
  
  
• September 13 - American Dreams
• September 13 - Babes
  Babes
  Babes is an American situation comedy series that ran for one season on the Fox Television Network from September 13, 1990 to August 10, 1991. It was created by Gail Parent and executive produced by Dolly Parton and Sandy Gallin's Sandollar Productions for Twentieth Century Fox Television...
  
  
• September 13 - Law & Order
  Law & Order
  Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
  
  
• September 15 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990 TV series)
  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures is a 1990 spin-off animated television series following the misadventures of two time-travelling slackers as they travel into the distant past and future...
  
  
• September 15 - Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  Captain Planet is the title character of the series. In the beginning of the series, Gaia assembles a modern-day team of "Planeteers" from several nations...
  
  
• September 16 - E.A.R.T.H. Force
  E.A.R.T.H. Force
  E.A.R.T.H. Force is an American action adventure television series starring Gil Gerard. The series aired 3 episodes on CBS from September 16, 1990, to September 29, 1990, before being canceled due to low ratings...
  
  
• September 17 - The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
  The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
  The Trials of Rosie O'Neill is an American television drama series, which aired on CBS from 1990 to 1992. The show starred Sharon Gless as Fiona Rose "Rosie" O'Neill, a lawyer working in the public defender's office for the City of Los Angeles...
  
  
• September 18 - Married People
  Married People
  Married People is an American television situation comedy that aired on ABC as part of its 1990-91 schedule.-Synopsis:The series follows three couples in different stages of their relationships who lived in the same building in New York City...
  
  
• September 20 - The Flash
  The Flash (TV series)
  The Flash is a 1990 American television series that starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, the Flash , and co-starred Amanda Pays. The series was developed from the DC Comics characters by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, and produced by their company, Pet Fly Productions, in...
  
  
• September 21 - Going Places
• September 21 - Evening Shade
  Evening Shade
  Evening Shade was an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994. The series starred Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who returns to rural Evening Shade, Arkansas to coach a high school football team with a long...
  
  
• September 23 - Dream On
  Dream On (TV series)
  Dream On is an American adult-themed situation comedy about single New Yorker, Martin Tupper. The show used a gimmick where old black and white clips were used to punctuate the main character's feelings or thoughts...
  
  
• September 23 - Get a Life
  Get a Life (TV series)
  Get a Life is a television sitcom that was broadcast in the United States on the Fox Network from September 23, 1990, to March 8, 1992. The show starred Chris Elliott as a 30-year-old paperboy named Chris Peterson. Peterson lived in an apartment above his parents' garage...
  
  
• September 26 - Cop Rock
  Cop Rock
  Cop Rock is an American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was co-created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer...
  
  
• September 30 - Good Grief
  Good Grief (TV series)
  Good Grief is a 1990 Fox television sitcom that aired for one season of 13 episodes.The show was about a funeral home called 'The Sincerity Mortuary' in Dacron, Ohio run by straight-laced Warren Pepper , his sister Debbie , and her flamboyant husband Ernie Lapidus , who was determined to "put the...
  
  
• October 4 - Beverly Hills, 90210
  Beverly Hills, 90210
  Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...
  
  
• October 15 - Screen Scene
  Screen Scene
  Screen Scene was a live, half hour, prime-time, urban entertainment and celebrity news magazine series on BET highlighting on the works of African-Americans in Hollywood and abroad. The series premiered on October 15, 1990 and ran thru 1997...
  
  
• October 24 - WIOU
• October 26 - Over My Dead Body
• October 27 - NBA Inside Stuff
  NBA Inside Stuff
  NBA Inside Stuff is a television program that now airs on NBA TV and previously aired on NBC for many years, then on ABC, featuring behind the scenes activities of NBA players. The program also includes features on fitness and fundamentals of basketball...
  
  
• November 3 - The NBA on NBC
  The NBA on NBC
  NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company television network from 1955 to 1962, and again from 1990 to 2002. The NBA on NBC succeeded the NBA on CBS...
  
  
• - Afterdrive
  Afterdrive
  Afterdrive was a comedy talk show hosted by Denis Leary and Billy Kimball. It was originally broadcast on Ha! and later, after the merger with The Comedy Channel, continued on Comedy Central....
  
  
• - Clash!
  Clash!
  Clash! is a comedy game show which aired on Ha! from May 1, 1990 to March 31, 1991 and on Comedy Central from April 1 to December 28. The show was produced and hosted by Billy Kimball, and the theme song was composed by Carter Burwell....
  
  

1989

• January 1 - Short Attention Span Theater
  Short Attention Span Theater
  Short Attention Span Theater, which ran on Comedy Central from 1989–1994, was a pastiche of various comedians and clips from movies airing on HBO and Cinemax that month along with entertainment news and commentary from the show's host. Various celebrity guests also appeared on occasion....
  
  
• January 3 - The Arsenio Hall Show
  The Arsenio Hall Show
  The Arsenio Hall Show is an American variety/talk show that aired late weeknights in syndication from January 3, 1989 to May 27, 1994. The show was created and hosted by comedian/actor Arsenio Hall.- Background :...
  
  
• January 7 - The New Yankee Workshop
  The New Yankee Workshop
  The New Yankee Workshop was a woodworking program produced by WGBH Boston, which aired on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program was hosted by Norm Abram, a regular fixture on Morash's This Old House...
  
  
• January 9 - Inside Edition
  Inside Edition
  Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...
  
  
• January 9 - The Pat Sajak Show
  The Pat Sajak Show
  The Pat Sajak Show is an American late-night television talk show which aired on CBS from January 9, 1989 to April 13, 1990.-Cast:The show was hosted by Pat Sajak, best known as host of the game show Wheel of Fortune...
  
  
• January 21 - Dolphin Cove
• January 28 - A Man Called Hawk
  A Man Called Hawk
  A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. The series was a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in...
  
  
• January 29 - Shining Time Station
  Shining Time Station
  Shining Time Station is an American children's television series co-created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York for New York City PBS Station WNET, and was filmed first in New York and then in Toronto...
  
  
• February 3 - Unsub
  Unsub (TV series)
  Unsub was an American television series that aired on NBC from February 3, 1989 to April 14, 1989. The series centered around an elite FBI forensic team that investigates serial murderers and other violent crimes. Unsub is an abbreviation for the unknown subject of an...
  
  
• February 13- B.L. Stryker
  B.L. Stryker
  B.L Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 1990 as part of the ABC Mystery Movie along with Gideon Oliver, Columbo and Kojak. The series was executive produced by Tom Selleck.-Premise:...
  
  
• February 15 - Just Say Julie
  Just Say Julie
  Just Say Julie was an American combination comedy/music video show starring and created by comedian and singer Julie Brown. The series aired from 1989 to 1992 on MTV in the United States, where it aired on Friday nights during its run.-Series background:...
  
  
• February 28 - Coach
  Coach (TV series)
  Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles...
  
  
• March 1 - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
  Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
  Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured the established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting. The series premiered on the Disney Channel on March 4, 1989,...
  
  
• March 1 - Hard Time on Planet Earth
  Hard Time on Planet Earth
  Hard Time on Planet Earth is a short-lived American science fiction series that aired on CBS as a midseason replacement in 1989. Airing for 13 episodes, the series starred Martin Kove and was created by Jim and John Thomas....
  
  
• March 7 - Anything But Love
  Anything but Love
  Anything But Love was an American television sitcom, which aired on ABC from March 7, 1989 to June 3, 1992, spanning four seasons and 56 episodes. The show starred Richard Lewis as Marty Gold and Jamie Lee Curtis as Hannah Miller, coworkers at a Chicago magazine with a mutual romantic attraction to...
  
  
• March 11 - COPS
  COPS (TV series)
  Cops is an American documentary/reality television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities...
  
  
• March 26 - Quantum Leap
• March 27 - Generations
• April 3 - Top Card
  Top Card
  Top Card was a game show that aired on TNN and produced by Reid-Land Productions, replacing TNN's original game show Fandango. The show aired from April 3, 1989 to March 26, 1993 and was based on the card game Blackjack....
  
  
• April 5 - The Robert Guillaume Show
  The Robert Guillaume Show
  The Robert Guillaume Show is a short-lived sitcom vehicle for Robert Guillaume, the former star of the ABC hit series Benson and of the popular Soap...
  
  
• April 10 - Nearly Departed
• April 14 - The Jim Henson Hour
  The Jim Henson Hour
  The Jim Henson Hour was a short-lived television series that aired on NBC in 1989. It was developed as a showcase for The Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. Only nine of the twelve episodes produced managed to air on NBC before the low-rated...
  
  
• April 18 - Rescue 911
  Rescue 911
  Rescue 911 is an informational reality-based television series, hosted by William Shatner. Originally intended to be only a set of three TV specials, Rescue 911 was picked up by CBS for the 1989 fall season after two specials aired on April 18, 1989 and May 9, 1989...
  
  
• April 24 - The New Mickey Mouse Club
• May 1 - Think Fast!
  Think Fast!
  Think Fast is an American children's game show which aired on Nickelodeon from May 1, 1989 to June 29, 1991.For the first two seasons, the show was hosted by Michael Carrington, and announced by James Eoppolo...
  
  
• June 10 - Tales from the Crypt
  Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
  Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...
  
  
• June 23 - WCW Power Hour
  WCW Power Hour
  WCW Power Hour was the original Friday night wrestling show for World Championship Wrestling, airing on TBS.Unlike most television shows that started their program either at the top or bottom of the hour, WCW Power Hour aired 10 minutes before the bottom of the hour at 10:20 p.m...
  
  
• August 3 - Primetime
  Primetime (TV series)
  Primetime is an American news magazine show which debuted on ABC in 1989 with co-hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer and originally had the title Primetime Live.-Early history:...
  
  
• August 27 - Open House
  Open House (TV series)
  Open House is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from August 27, 1989 to July 21, 1990. The series was a spin-off of the Fox series Duet...
  
  
• September 1 - Beetlejuice
  Beetlejuice
  Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros...
  
  
• September 4 - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
  The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
  The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is an American television series based upon Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 video games. It was originally broadcast via first-run syndication to mostly independent or Fox television stations from September 4, 1989, to December 1, 1989, with...
  
  
• September 9 - Beetlejuice
  Beetlejuice (TV series)
  Beetlejuice is an American-Canadian animated television series which ran from September 9, 1989 to May 7, 1992 on ABC and, later on, on Fox. Loosely based on the 1988 homonymous film of the same name, it was developed and executive-produced by the film's director, Tim Burton...
  
  
• September 9 - Camp Candy
  Camp Candy
  Camp Candy was a 1989-1992 animated television series produced by DiC Entertainment, with comedian John Candy providing the voice for an animated version of himself.-Overview:The show was set in a fictional summer camp run by Candy...
  
  
• September 9 - Captain N: The Game Master
  Captain N: The Game Master
  Captain N: The Game Master was an American animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show incorporated elements from many of the most popular Nintendo games of the time...
  
  
• September 9 - The New Lassie
  The New Lassie
  The New Lassie was an American television series which aired in first-run syndication for two seasons beginning in 1989, reviving the beloved "Lassie" collie character who debuted in the 1943 film Lassie Come Home, followed by several more movies and a long-running earlier Lassie television series...
  
  
• September 11 - The Karate Kid
  The Karate Kid (TV series)
  The Karate Kid was a thirteen episode animated series which debuted on NBC's Saturday morning lineup. It starred Joey Dedio, Robert Ito, and Janice Kawaye. It was based on the popular Karate Kid series of films...
  
  
• September 12 - The Chicken Soup
  Chicken Soup (TV series)
  Chicken Soup is an American sitcom that aired on ABC, starring Jackie Mason and Lynn Redgrave.-Overview:The series focuses on the interfaith relationship of a middle-aged Jewish man, Jackie , and an Irish Catholic woman, Maddie...
  
  
• September 12 - Life Goes On
  Life Goes On (TV series)
  Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989 to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thacher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, who is known as Corky...
  
  
• September 13 - Wolf
  Wolf (TV series)
  Wolf was a 1989 CBS television series starring Jack Scalia and Nicolas Surovy. It featured Scalia as Tony Wolf, a former San Francisco cop turned private detective and Surovy as the district attorney who had caused him to be discharged from the force...
  
  
• September 16 - American Gladiators
• September 16 - Dink, the Little Dinosaur
  Dink, the Little Dinosaur
  Dink, the Little Dinosaur is an animated series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. The series originally aired on the CBS Kids block on CBS from 1989 to 1991. The series was developed for television by Karen Willson and Chris Weber....
  
  
• September 16 - Island Son
  Island Son
  Island Son was a CBS television medical drama during its 1989-90 schedule.Island Son marked the return to regular weekly series television of Richard Chamberlain, who had not so appeared since his Dr. Kildare series almost 25 years earlier...
  
  
• September 16 - Sister Kate
• September 16 - Teen Summit
  Teen Summit
  Teen Summit is an American talk show/youth show that aired on BET. It dealt with the everyday issues of teens and attempted to bring them into a positive, uplifting light and motivate the teen viewers. Various hosts have appeared on the show throughout the years, including Ananda Lewis.The show...
  
  
• September 17 - Major Dad
  Major Dad
  Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly...
  
  
• September 18 - Alien Nation
  Alien Nation (TV series)
  Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, loosely based on the movie of the same name. Gary Graham starred as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco , played by Eric Pierpoint...
  
  
• September 18 - The Famous Teddy Z
  The Famous Teddy Z
  The Famous Teddy Z is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the fall of 1989. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and inspired by the true story of Jay Kantor, who was a mailroom clerk at MCA and later became Marlon Brando's agent.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 18 - The People Next Door
  The People Next Door
  The People Next Door is an American situation comedy which aired briefly on CBS as part of its Fall 1989 schedule.-Synopsis:Set in Covington, Ohio, The People Next Door stars Jeffrey Jones, previously regarded as a character actor, as cartoonist Walter Kellogg, a man whose imagination was so vivid...
  
  
• September 19 - Doogie Howser, M.D.
  Doogie Howser, M.D.
  Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American television comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a 16-year-old doctor who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, ABC aired the show from 1989 to 1993 for four seasons totaling 97 episodes.-Plot:Dr....
  
  
• September 20 - The Nutt House
  The Nutt House
  The Nutt House is a short-lived situation comedy that aired on NBC as part of its 1989 Fall lineup.-Overview:The Nutt House was the creation of executive producers Mel Brooks and Alan Spencer and was a broad farce about a once-prestigious New York City hotel which had of late fallen on hard times,...
  
  
• September 20 - A Peaceable Kingdom
  A Peaceable Kingdom
  A Peaceable Kingdom is an American television drama series that aired in 1989. The series was short-lived and was cancelled after only seven episodes .-Series history:...
  
  
• September 20 - The Young Riders
  The Young Riders
  The Young Riders is an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War...
  
  
• September 21 - Hardball
  Hardball (1989 TV series)
  Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.-Synopsis:Hardball is a variation of the buddy cop genre that focused on two cops, Charlie "C.B." Battles and Joe "Kaz" Kaczierowski . Battles is a 45-year-old hard-nosed veteran cop who...
  
  
• September 21 - Top of the Hill
  Top of the Hill
  Top of the Hill is a short-lived political drama series aired by CBS as part of its 1989 fall lineup.-Synopsis:Top of the Hill starred William Katt as U.S...
  
  
• September 22 - Baywatch
  Baywatch
  Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...
  
  
• September 22 - Family Matters
  Family Matters (TV series)
  Family Matters is an American sitcom about a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago, Illinois, which ran on national television for nine full seasons. The series was a spin-off of Perfect Strangers, but revolves around the Winslow family...
  
  
• September 22 - Free Spirits
  Free Spirit (TV series)
  Free Spirit is an American fantasy sitcom series that ran on ABC during the 1989-1990 television season. The series was originally produced by ELP Communications. It ran from September 22, 1989 to January 14, 1990.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 22 - Snoops
• September 24 - Booker
  Booker (TV series)
  Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series was a spin-off of 21 Jump Street...
  
  
• September 24 - Homeroom
• September 26 - Living Dolls
  Living Dolls
  Living Dolls is an American situation comedy featured on the fall 1989 schedule of ABC. It was a spin-off created by a writer from Who's the Boss? and featuring characters introduced during an episode of that show. The show is notable as the acting debut of Halle Berry...
  
  
• October 2 - Make the Grade
  Make the Grade
  Make the Grade is a children's game show that aired from October 2, 1989 through December 29, 1991 on Nickelodeon.- Broadcast history :Make the Grade premiered on Nickelodeon on October 2, 1989 and ended on December 29, 1991...
  
  
• October 13 - Mancuso, F.B.I.
  Mancuso, F.B.I.
  Mancuso, F.B.I. was a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90 schedule.Mancuso, F.B.I. starred veteran actor Robert Loggia as Nick Mancuso, a hardened veteran of the Bureau now assigned to Washington, D.C., where he was largely regarded by his superiors and bureaucratic types as a...
  
  
• October 31 - Great Pretenders
  Great Pretenders
  Great Pretenders is an American half-hour television music game show on Fox Family that ran for about four seasons beginning in 1999. It is hosted by former pop trio Wild Orchid. On the show, teenagers lip sync and dance to their favorite songs for the chance to win prizes...
  
  
• November 26 - America's Funniest Home Videos
  America's Funniest Home Videos
  America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps...
  
  
• December 3 - True Blue
  True Blue (TV series)
  True Blue was a short-running NBC Television series set in New York City which aired on Friday evenings in 1989 and 1990. The hour-long drama followed the exploits of a squad of uniformed officers assigned to the specialized trucks of the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit.-Starring:* John Bolger as...
  
  
• December 17 - The Simpsons
  The Simpsons
  The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
  
  
• - Camp Midnite
  Camp Midnite
  Camp Midnite is a late night, ninety-minute variety/talk show on the USA Network from 1988 to 1989. Its twenty-six episodes were hosted by Dick Wilson, a radio personality from Kansas City, Missouri .The show featured skits that were done by cast members Tony Forkush and Caroline Schlitt...
  
  
• - Rap City
  Rap City (TV series)
  Rap City is a music video television program block aired on the Black Entertainment Television network. The program was an exclusive showcase for hip hop music videos, and features interviews with and freestyles from popular rappers, and often has guest DJs serve as co-hosts.-Conception:The show...
  
  

1988

• January 1 - 48 Hours
  48 Hours (TV series)
  48 Hours is a documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS television network since January 19, 1988. The program originally presented documentaries of various events related to a particular subject occurring within a 48-hour period, and is credited as one of the first to air a "reality show"...
  
  
• January 2 - High Mountain Rangers
  High Mountain Rangers
  High Mountain Rangers was a weekly television series about a group of highly-trained wilderness search and rescue/law enforcement officers in Tahoe, Nevada....
  
  
• January 15 - The Thorns
• January 18 - Home
• February 7 - America's Most Wanted
  America's Most Wanted
  America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...
  
  
• February 12 - Sonny Spoon
  Sonny Spoon
  Sonny Spoon was a detective program aired in the United States on the NBC television network in 1988. The series was created by Michael Daly, Dinah Prince, Stephen J. Cannell and Randall Wallace and produced by Stephen J...
  
  
• February 29 - Day by Day
  Day by Day (TV series)
  Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith , and Thora Birch...
  
  
• March 6 - In the Heat of the Night
  In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
  In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...
  
  
• March 6 - Supercarrier
  Supercarrier (TV series)
  Supercarrier was a 1988 ABC television series aired during the Top Gun trend of the late 1980s. It featured US Navy Pilots aboard the fictional aircraft carrier USS Georgetown, and ran for eight episodes before being cancelled.-Cast:...
  
  
• March 7 - Probe
• March 9 - Aaron's Way
  Aaron's Way
  Aaron's Way is a 1988 American family drama series that aired on NBC. The series starred Merlin Olsen as Aaron Miller, the husband and father of an Amish family that moves to California. The series followed the attempts of family members to adapt to California culture while retaining their...
  
  
• March 14 - Eisenhower and Lutz
  Eisenhower and Lutz
  Eisenhower and Lutz is an American sitcom which aired for thirteen episodes on CBS in 1988.-Overview:The series starred Scott Bakula as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr., a shiftless ambulance-chasing lawyer...
  
  
• March 15 - Coming of Age
• March 15 - Trial and Error
• March 15 - The Wonder Years
  The Wonder Years
  The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988 after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII....
  
  
• March 18 - Family Man
• March 23 - HeartBeat
  HeartBeat (U.S. TV series)
  HeartBeat is an American television series in the medical drama genre. The series followed the staff of Women's Medical Arts, a medical center founded by three women who are frustrated with how women's health concerns are addressed in the male-dominated medical field. The fictional WMA was based on...
  
  
• April 6 - Just in Time
• April 22 - Just the Ten of Us
  Just the Ten of Us
  Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series was a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same...
  
  
• April 26 - China Beach
  China Beach
  China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam, which was nicknamed "China Beach" by unknown foreigners, most likely Americans...
  
  
• May 15 - The Storyteller
  The Storyteller
  The StoryTeller is a live-action/puppet television series. It was an American/British co-production which originally aired in 1988 and was created and produced by Jim Henson....
  
  
• June 13 - Blue Skies
• June 30 - Hothouse
• July 30 - The Reporters
  The Reporters
  The Reporters was a newsmagazine show aired by FOX Television in the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons.The Reporters was much in the style of the syndicated show A Current Affair, except that there was no regular "host" role...
  
  
• August 6 - Yo! MTV Raps
  Yo! MTV Raps
  Yo! MTV Raps was a two-hour American television music video program, which ran from August 1988 to August 1995 through its original Yo! MTV Raps name and later by Yo! . The program was the first hip hop music show on the network, based on the original MTV Europe show, aired one year earlier. The U.S...
  
  
• August 22 - Later
  Later (talk show)
  Later was a nightly half hour-long talk show that ran on NBC from 1988 until 2001. Later typically aired for half an hour at 1:30 a.m. following Late Night with David Letterman from 1988 to 1993, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993 to 2001...
  
  
• September 1 - Denver, the Last Dinosaur
  Denver, the Last Dinosaur
  Denver, the Last Dinosaur is a U.S.-French cartoon for children originally released in 1988 by World Events Productions . It was nationally syndicated throughout the United States in 1988 with reruns airing until 1990...
  
  
• September 6 - Count Duckula
  Count Duckula
  Count Duckula is a British animated television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall, and a spin-off from DangerMouse, a show in which the Count Duckula character was a recurring villain. The series first aired on September 6, 1988 and was produced by Thames Television for 3 seasons and...
  
  
• September 9 - Encyclopedia
  Encyclopedia (TV series)
  Encyclopedia was a television series created by the HBO Network and the for-profit branch of the Children's Television Workshop , Distinguished Productions. The series premiered on the HBO network in 1988....
  
  
• September 10 - ALF Tales
• September 10 - Baby Boom
  Baby Boom (TV series)
  Baby Boom is an American sitcom series starring Kate Jackson. The series is based on the 1987 film Baby Boom. The pilot premiered September 10, 1988 on NBC, and the series began on November 2, 1988.-Cast:*Kate Jackson as J. C...
  
  
• September 10 - C.O.P.S.
  C.O.P.S.
  C.O.P.S. is an American animated television series released by DIC Entertainment and Celebrity Home Entertainment...
  
  
• September 10 - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television that ran from 1988 to 1991, inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 10 - A Pup Named Scooby Doo
• September 10 - Police Academy
  Police Academy (TV series)
  Police Academy, also known as Police Academy: The Animated Series, is a 1988 American animated television series based on the Police Academy series of films. The show was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for Warner Bros. Television. It aired on Saturday mornings and lasted two seasons for a...
  
  
• September 11 - Fantastic Max
  Fantastic Max
  Fantastic Max is an animated cartoon series created by Kalisto Ltd. and Hanna-Barbera Productions and in association with S4C. It centres on a diaper-wearing toddler with a mohawk named Max , who has adventures in outer space with two of his toys: FX, a pull string alien doll from a planet called...
  
  
• September 17 - Garfield and Friends
  Garfield and Friends
  Garfield and Friends is an American animated television series based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. The show was produced by Film Roman, in association with United Feature Syndicate and Paws, Inc., and ran on CBS Saturday mornings from September 17, 1988 to December 10, 1994, with...
  
  
• September 17 - Hey Vern, It's Ernest!
  Hey Vern, It's Ernest!
  Hey Vern, It's Ernest! is a short lived American children's television program. It aired on Saturday mornings on CBS for one season in 1988. Each episode involved short sketches based around a certain theme or scenario , featuring the popular fictional character Ernest P. Worrell , his unseen...
  
  
• September 17 - Superman
• October 1 - Monsters
  Monsters (TV series)
  Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller in sporadic weekday marathons.In a similar vein to Tales from the...
  
  
• October 4 - American Experience
  American Experience
  American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service Public television stations in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American history...
  
  
• October 4 - High Risk
• October 5 - Unsolved Mysteries
  Unsolved Mysteries
  Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008...
  
  
• October 6 - Dear John
  Dear John (US TV series)
  Dear John is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992. The series was originally based on the British sitcom of the same name. Dear John was retitled Dear John USA when it was shown in the UK. During its four-season run, the series was bounced to and from various time periods on...
  
  
• October 8 - Empty Nest
• October 10 - War of the Worlds
  War of the Worlds (TV series)
  War of the Worlds is a television program that ran for two seasons, from 1988 to 1990. The series is an extension of the original 1953 film The War of the Worlds, using the same War Machine, often incorporating aspects from the film, radio adaptation, and original novel into its mythology.Though...
  
  
• October 18 - Roseanne
  Roseanne (TV series)
  Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
  
  
• October 21 - Something Is Out There
  Something is Out There
  Something Is Out There is the title of a 1988 American science fiction television miniseries that aired on NBC, and a short-lived weekly series that followed in the fall of 1988....
  
  
• October 23 - Mission Impossible
  Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series)
  Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name...
  
  
• October 25 - Midnight Caller
  Midnight Caller
  Midnight Caller is a dramatic NBC television series created by Richard DiLello, which ran from 1988 to 1991. It was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio...
  
  
• October 26 - Annie McGuire
• October 26 - Tattingers
  Tattingers
  Tattingers is a comedy-drama aired by the NBC television network as part of its 1988 fall lineup. After failing in the Nielsen ratings as an hour-long program, the plot and characters were briefly revived in the spring of 1989 as the half-hour situation comedy Nick & Hillary.Tattingers is the...
  
  
• October 26 - The Van Dyke Show
  The Van Dyke Show
  The Van Dyke Show is a short-lived 1988 U.S. situation comedy, starring Dick Van Dyke. It was cancelled after one season due to low ratings, possibly due to competition from the Top 20 hits Growing Pains on ABC and the first half of Unsolved Mysteries on NBC.The series marked the first time...
  
  
• October 27 - Paradise
  Paradise (TV series)
  Paradise is an American Western family television series, broadcast by CBS from 1988 to 1991. Created by David Jacobs and Robert Porter, the series presents the adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.-Synopsis:Paradise...
  
  
• October 29 - Dirty Dancing
  Dirty Dancing (1988 TV series)
  Dirty Dancing is a 1988 television series on the CBS network. It was based on the film Dirty Dancing but had none of the original cast or staff. It starred Patrick Cassidy as Johnny and Melora Hardin as Baby...
  
  
• November 2 - Murphy's Law
  Murphy's Law (American TV series)
  Murphy's Law is an American television series starring George Segal and Maggie Han. The series premiered November 2, 1988 on ABC. On March 9, 1989, ABC announced that it had canceled the series and that the final episode would air on March 18, 1989....
  
  
• November 5 - Raising Miranda
  Raising Miranda
  Raising Miranda was a television series aired on CBS in 1988 as part of its fall lineup.Raising Miranda was the story of Donald Marshack , a Racine, Wisconsin contractor who suddenly found himself a single parent when his wife Bonnie had abandoned him and their 15 year old daughter, Miranda , in...
  
  
• November 11 - Knightwatch
  Knightwatch
  Knightwatch was a television drama aired by ABC as part of its fall 1988 lineup. It had been promoted as an original series in light of summer reruns continuing into the fall due to the 1988 Writers Guild of America Strike....
  
  
• November 14 - Murphy Brown
  Murphy Brown
  Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television...
  
  
• November 24 - Mystery Science Theater 3000
  Mystery Science Theater 3000
  Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc., that ran from 1988 to 1999....
  
  
• November 27 - Almost Grown
• November 29 - TV 101
  TV 101
  TV 101 is an American drama series that aired on CBS from 1988 until 1989. The series starred Sam Robards, Brynn Thayer, Leon Russom and Andrew Cassese. Other notable cast members include Stacey Dash, Teri Polo, Alex Désert and Matt LeBlanc...
  
  
• November 30 - Good Morning, Miss Bliss
  Good Morning, Miss Bliss
  Good Morning, Miss Bliss is an American teen sitcom that aired on the Disney Channel from 1988 to 1989 , starring Hayley Mills as a teacher at John F...
  
  
• November 30 - Saved by the Bell
  Saved by the Bell
  Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...
  
  
• - WCW Main Event
  WCW Main Event
  WCW Main Event is a televised wrestling program of World Championship Wrestling that aired from 1988 to 1998. For most of its run, it was the promotion's secondary show and aired on Sunday evenings on TBS. The show originally aired in 1988 as NWA Main Event...
  
  

1987

• January 8 - Shell Game
• January 17 - Ohara
  Ohara (TV series)
  Ohara is an American television series that first aired on the ABC television network from January 17, 1987, until May 7, 1988, starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt. Ohara. Morita also co-created the series along with Michael Braveman and John A. Kuri. Kevin Conroy, Jon Polito, Rachel...
  
  
• January 21 - The Tortellis
  The Tortellis
  The Tortellis is an American sitcom that aired from January to May 1987 on NBC. A spin-off of the hit series Cheers, The Tortellis stars Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem....
  
  
• March 3 - Spies
• March 11 - Houston Knights
  Houston Knights
  Houston Knights was a television crime drama set in Houston, Texas. The show ran on CBS from 1987 to 1988 and had 31 episodes. The core of the show was the partnership between two very different cops from two different cultures...
  
  
• March 15 - Rags to Riches
• March 19 - The Bronx Zoo
  The Bronx Zoo (TV series)
  The Bronx Zoo is a 1987 NBC drama series directed by Allan Arkush and Paul Lynch. It lasted two seasons before cancellation.-Plot:Benjamin Harris High School is set in the impoverished, unruly inner-city Bronx. Principal Joe Danzig does his best to maintain optimism, while dealing with the lack of...
  
  
• March 19 - Roomies
  Roomies (TV series)
  Roomies is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from March 19, 1987 to May 15, 1987. Reruns of the series later aired on Saturday morning.-Plot:...
  
  
• March 20 - The Charmings
  The Charmings
  The Charmings is an American fantasy sitcom that aired from March 1987 to February 1988 on ABC.-Synopsis:The opening voice-over set-up the premise:...
  
  
• March 23 - The Bold and the Beautiful
  The Bold and the Beautiful
  The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
  
  
• March 23 - The Popcorn Kid
• March 31 - Max Headroom
  Max Headroom
  Max Headroom may refer to:* Max Headroom , a fictional artificial intelligence, played by Matt Frewer* The Max Headroom Show, a 1985 music video TV show* Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future, a 1985 British cyberpunk television film...
  
  
• April 1 - Roxie
• April 1 - Take Five
• April 5 - Married... with Children
  Married... with Children
  Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...
  
  
• April 5 - The Tracey Ullman Show
  The Tracey Ullman Show
  The Tracey Ullman Show was an American television variety show, hosted by British comedian and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children, and ran until May 26, 1990. The show blended sketch comedy shorts...
  
  
• April 12 - 21 Jump Street
  21 Jump Street
  21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...
  
  
• April 18 - Headbangers Ball
  Headbangers Ball
  Headbangers Ball is a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV...
  
  
• April 18 - Sweet Surrender
  Sweet Surrender (TV series)
  Sweet Surrender is an American television sitcom that aired for one season on NBC from 18 April, 1987 to 8 July, 1987.-Cast:* Mark Blum as Ken Holden* Dana Delany as Georgia Holden* Viveka Davis as Cak* David Doyle as Frank Macklin...
  
  
• April 19 - Bionic Six
  Bionic Six
  Bionic Six is an American/Japanese animated television series from 1987, produced by TMS Entertainment and distributed by MCA TV...
  
  
• April 19 - Duet
  Duet (TV series)
  Duet is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from April 19, 1987 to August 20, 1989...
  
  
• May 3 - Mr. President
  Mr. President (TV series)
  Mr. President was a United States television series starring George C. Scott that premiered on May 3, 1987. It was part of the Fox Broadcasting Company's premiere season of prime time entertainment, alongside Married... With Children, The Tracey Ullman Show, and Duet.-Cast:*George C. Scott ... ...
  
  
• May 21 - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd is an NBC/Lifetime comedy-drama that aired from 1987 to 1991. It was created by Jay Tarses and starred Blair Brown in the title role.-Premise:...
  
  
• July 11 - Werewolf
  Werewolf (TV series)
  Werewolf is an American horror series, and one of the original shows in the Fox network's broadcast line-up during its inaugural season of 1987–1988.The show follows the adventures of Eric Cord Werewolf is an American horror series, and one of the original shows in the Fox network's broadcast...
  
  
• July 18 - Karen's Song
  Karen's Song
  Karen's Song is an American situation comedy television series starring Patty Duke. The series premiered July 18, 1987 on Fox.-Plot:Forty-year-old divorcee Karen Matthews cautiously begins dating 28-year-old Steven Foreman...
  
  
• July 18 - The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
  The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
  The New Adventures of Beans Baxter is an adventure/comedy television series that aired between 1987 and 1988 on the Fox television network. It was created by Savage Steve Holland who also wrote and directed most of the seventeen episodes...
  
  
• August 8 - Animal Crack-Ups
  Animal Crack-Ups
  Animal Crack-Ups was an ABC game show which aired in primetime from August 8 to September 12, 1987, after which it aired on Saturday mornings from September 12, 1987 to December 30, 1989 and again from June 2 to September 1, 1990....
  
  
• August 25 - Beauty and the Best
  Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
  Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent , a mythic, noble man-beast, and his Catherine , a savvy assistant District attorney in New York; and a...
  
  
• September 1 - The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
  The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
  The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin is an American animated television series based on Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic teddy bear created by Ken Forsse and distributed by toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder...
  
  
• September 7 - The Comic Strip
  The Comic Strip (TV series)
  The Comic Strip was an American animated series which featured four rotating cartoon segments. The 30-minute series ran in first-run syndication during the 1987-1988 season and was also seen on RPN-9 in the Philippines....
  
  
• September 11 - Duck Tales
• September 12 - The New Archies
  The New Archies
  The New Archies was a children's television cartoon, based upon the long-running Archie comic books and characters. The series, produced by DiC Entertainment and originally airing on NBC, reimagined Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, and the other teenage...
  
  
• September 12 - Popeye and Son
  Popeye and Son
  Popeye and Son is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and King Features Entertainment, and aired for one season and thirteen episodes on CBS. Maurice LaMarche supplied the voice of Popeye in this series, succeeding Jack Mercer in that role...
  
  
• September 12 - Showtime at the Apollo
  Showtime at the Apollo
  Showtime at the Apollo is a syndicated music television show, first broadcast on September 12, 1987 to May 24, 2008 with 1093 episodes, and is produced by the Apollo Theater...
  
  
• September 12 - I'm Telling!
• September 13 - Private Eye
• September 14 - BraveStarr
  Bravestarr
  BraveStarr is an American space Western animated television series. The original episodes aired from September 1987 to February 1988 in syndication. It was created simultaneously with a collection of action figures. BraveStarr was the last animated series produced by Filmation and Group W...
  
  
• September 14 - Dinosaucers
  Dinosaucers
  Dinosaucers Dinosaucers Dinosaucers (known in Japan as: is an animated television series co-produced in the United States, Canada and Japan. It was created by DIC Entertainment and Madhouse which has done the overseas animation and in association with Ellipse Programmé and Nelvana. This animated...
  
  
• September 14 - Frank's Place
  Frank's Place
  Frank's Place is an American comedy-drama series which aired on CBS for 22 episodes during the 1987-1988 television schedule. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and executive produced by Wilson and series star Tim Reid.-Plot:Set in New Orleans, Frank's Place chronicles the life of Frank Parrish...
  
  
• September 16 - The Oldest Rookie
• September 16 - Wiseguy
  Wiseguy
  Wiseguy is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to December 8, 1990 for a total of four seasons. Starring Ken Wahl, the series was produced by Stephen J...
  
  
• September 17 - A Different World
• September 18 - DuckTales
  DuckTales
  DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Based on Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge comic book series, it premiered on September 18, 1987 and ended on November 28, 1990 with a total of four seasons and 100 episodes...
  
  
• September 19 - Beverly Hills Teens
  Beverly Hills Teens
  Beverly Hills Teens is an animated children's television program which debuted in 1987, animated by DiC Entertainment. The namesake teenagers have exaggerated wealth, and face stereotypical teenage concerns. They represent a variety of European backgrounds. There are sixty-five episodes all in one...
  
  
• September 19 - Once a Hero
  Once a Hero
  Once a Hero was an ABC 1987 science fiction comedy television series. The series starred Milo O'Shea as Abner Bevis, a down on his luck comic strip artist whose life is turned upside down when his creation, Captain Justice , comes to life...
  
  
• September 20 - The Highwayman
  The Highwayman (TV series)
  The Highwayman is an action-adventure themed television series starring Sam J. Jones, set in "the near future." It was created by Glen A. Larson and Douglas Heyes. The pilot aired in September 1987, and was followed by a short-lived series of nine episodes, with significant changes to the cast and...
  
  
• September 20 - My Two Dads
  My Two Dads
  My Two Dads is an American sitcom that starred Staci Keanan, Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan. It aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990 and was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with TriStar Television and distributed by TeleVentures.-Show synopsis:The show begins when Marcy Bradford , the...
  
  
• September 22 - Full House
  Full House
  Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...
  
  
• September 22 - I Married Dora
  I Married Dora
  I Married Dora is an American sitcom which appeared on the ABC television network. It premiered on September 22, 1987, and its final first-run episode aired on December 18, 1987. The series was created by Michael J...
  
  
• September 23 - Hooperman
  Hooperman
  Hooperman is a U.S. television series starring John Ritter. It ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1987 to 1989. A comedy-drama, the series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law....
  
  
• September 23 - The Slap Maxwell Story
  The Slap Maxwell Story
  The Slap Maxwell Story was a situation comedy broadcast in the United States by ABC as part of its 1987-88 lineup....
  
  
• September 24 - A Different World
• September 24 - Tour of Duty
  Tour of Duty (TV series)
  Tour of Duty is an American drama television series on CBS. It ran for three seasons from September 1987 to April 1990 as 58 one–hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark, and produced by Zev Braun....
  
  
• September 25 - Beauty and the Beast
  Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
  Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent , a mythic, noble man-beast, and his Catherine , a savvy assistant District attorney in New York; and a...
  
  
• September 26 - ALF: The Animated Series
  Alf: The Animated Series
  ALF: The Animated Series was an animated cartoon spin-off based on the live-action Sitcom series ALF. It premiered on September 26, 1987 and ran for 26 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 26 - J.J. Starbuck
  J.J. Starbuck
  J.J. Starbuck was a short lived NBC series about a cornpone-spouting J.J. Starbuck, a Texan millionaire who wears ten-gallon hats, cowboy boots and fancy western shirts...
  
  
• September 26 - Jake and the Fatman
  Jake and the Fatman
  Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series...
  
  
• September 27 - Buck James
• September 27 - Dolly
  Dolly (TV series)
  Dolly is a television variety show that ran on ABC during the 1987-1988 season featuring Dolly Parton.-Overview:The show was an attempt at a traditional variety show, featuring music, comedy skits and various guest stars...
  
  
• September 27 - The Law & Harry McGraw
  The Law & Harry McGraw
  The Law & Harry McGraw is an American TV series that ran on CBS from September 27, 1987 to February 10, 1988. It is a spin-off from the mystery series Murder, She Wrote....
  
  
• September 28 - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
  
  
• September 28 - Friday the 13th: The Series
  Friday the 13th: The Series
  Friday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication....
  
  
• September 29 - Thirtysomething
• October 3 - Everything's Relative
  Everything's Relative (TV series)
  Everything's Relative is a sitcom from 1987 starring Jason Alexander as Julian Beeby, Gina Hecht as Emily Cabot, Anne Jackson as Rae Beeby, John Bolger as Scott Beeby, and Tony Deacon Nittoli as Mickey Murphy. It was not a ratings success, for it had to directly compete with NBC's Top 10 hit 227...
  
  
• October 3 - Leg Work
  Leg Work
  Leg Work is an American detective drama television series created by Frank Abatemarco that premiered on CBS on October 3, 1987. The show was short-lived and only 10 episodes were produced, of which only six were aired prior to the show's cancellation. The final episode aired on November 7, 1987...
  
  
• October 11 - Women in Prison
  Women in Prison (TV series)
  Women in Prison is an American television sitcom, which aired on Fox from October 11, 1987 to April 2, 1988.-Synopsis:Set in cell-block J of the Bass Women's prison in Wisconsin, the show focuses on the interactions among the prison inmates...
  
  
• November 2 - Finders Keepers
• November 5 - Beverly Hills Buntz
  Beverly Hills Buntz
  Beverly Hills Buntz was a short-lived spinoff from Hill Street Blues. It aired on NBC during the 1987-88 season.-Overview:The show was a 30-minute 'dramedy', that was a hybrid between light private eye fare and a sit-com. The main character, Norman Buntz, was previously seen as a morally and...
  
  
• November 7 - Sable
  Sable (TV series)
  Sable was a short-lived television program that aired on ABC during the 1987-1988 season, and was based on the comic book, Jon Sable: Freelance, by Mike Grell. Only seven episodes ever aired....
  
  
• November 22 - Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
  Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
  Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures is a 1987 revival of the classic Mighty Mouse cartoon character. Produced by Bakshi-Hyde Ventures , it aired on CBS on Saturday mornings from fall 1987 through the 1988-89 season...
  
  
• November 30 - Father Dowling Mysteries
  Father Dowling Mysteries
  Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that appeared between November 30, 1987 and May 2, 1991. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC network for its last two seasons...
  
  
• December 7 - Remote Control
  Remote Control (game show)
  Remote Control is a TV game show that ran on MTV for three seasons from 1987 until 1990. It was MTV's first original non-musical program. New episodes were made for first-run syndication in 1989 which were distributed by Viacom...
  
  
• December 10 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 28, 1987 in syndication as a five part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, 1988...
  
  
• - Softnotes
  Softnotes
  SOFTNOTES was a multi-hour music video block created for Black Entertainment Television. It debuted in the fall of 1987, and was created & produced by Alvin Jones , former host of Video Vibrations. This video block focused on the genre known as Smooth Jazz, mixed up with R&B, Soft Rock, & Easy...
  
  

1986

• January 1 - Bertha
  Bertha (TV series)
  Bertha is a British stop motion animated children's television series about a factory machine. It was produced by Woodland Animations and aimed primarily at pre-school children.-Story:...
  
  
• January 5 - Blacke's Magic
  Blacke's Magic
  Blacke's Magic was a short-lived American TV show about a magician, Alexander Blacke , who, with some help from his con-man father, Leonard , solves mysteries that get in the way of his performances. It ran for one season in 1986 for 13 episodes and featured crimes that tested logic against...
  
  
• January 10 - He's the Mayor
  He's the Mayor
  He's the Mayor is an American television sitcom that first aired on ABC on January 10, 1986. It starred Kevin Hooks as a 25-year-old man who is elected mayor of his hometown.-Cast and characters:*Kevin Hooks as Mayor Carl Burke*Al Fann as Alvin Burke...
  
  
• January 18 - The Redd Foxx Show
  The Redd Foxx Show
  The Redd Foxx Show is a short-lived sitcom that premiered January 18, 1986 on ABC. The show ended after four months on air.-Overview:It followed the life of Al Hughes , a New York City newsstand owner who adopted a "street-wise" teenager named Toni...
  
  
• January 26 - The Last Precinct
  The Last Precinct
  The Last Precinct was a short lived TV series on NBC that starred Adam West as Capt. Rick Wright, leading a group of misfit police academy rejects. The pilot for the Stephen J. Cannell series debuted after Super Bowl XX in 1986, but the show was canceled within two months of its April premiere....
  
  
• February 2 - You Again?
  You Again?
  You Again? is an American situation comedy that was broadcast by NBC from February 27, 1986 to March 30, 1987 for two seasons.-Plot:You Again? stars Jack Klugman as Henry Willows, a man still embittered from his divorce ten years earlier, who had made no effort to see his son Matt during that time...
  
  
• February 15 - Fortune Dane
  Fortune Dane
  Fortune Dane was a short-lived 1986 television series starring Carl Weathers as Fortune Dane, the title character....
  
  
• March - Showtime Championship Boxing
  Showtime Championship Boxing
  Showtime Championship Boxing is a television boxing program airing on Showtime. Debuting in March 1986, it is broadcast live on the first Saturday of every month...
  
  
• March 1 - The Hogan Family
  The Hogan Family
  The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired from March 1, 1986 to July 20, 1991...
  
  
• March 5 - Fast Times
  Fast Times
  Fast Times is a seven-episode 1986 television sequel to the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High that was produced by Amy Heckerling, who directed the original film. Cameron Crowe, who penned the original Fast Times novel and film screenplay, served as creative consultant. Moon Unit Zappa...
  
  
• March 5 - Tough Cookies
• March 10 - 120 Minutes
  120 Minutes
  120 Minutes is a television show in the United States dedicated to alternative music, originally airing on MTV from 1986 to 2000, and then on MTV's sister channel MTV2 from 2001 to 2003....
  
  
• March 20 - All Is Forgiven
• March 25 - Perfect Strangers
• March 28 - Joe Bash
  Joe Bash
  Joe Bash is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from March 28 to May 10, 1986. Starring Peter Boyle as a weary and embittered New York City Police Department beat cop, it was created by veteran TV producer Danny Arnold following his successful New York City police detective...
  
  
• March 28 - Mr. Sunshine
• April 4 - The Centurions
  The Centurions (TV series)
  The Centurions is a syndicated 30 minute American science fiction animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears and animated in Japan by Sunrise. Comic book legends Jack Kirby and Gil Kane contributed to the design and concepts of the show....
  
  
• April 24 - Bridges to Cross
• May - Canned Film Festival
  Canned Film Festival
  The Canned Film Festival was a nationally syndicated late night television comedy series that aired in the United States for a single season in the summer of 1986. With only a one-letter difference in the spelling, the name is an intentional play on the name for the Cannes Film Festival, the...
  
  
• June 30 - Code of Vengeance
  Code of Vengeance
  Code of Vengeance is the umbrella title for a series of American television programs, produced by Universal Television, that aired on NBC in 1985 and 1986. Charles Taylor stars as David Dalton, a Vietnam veteran who has become a drifter, travelling across the United States in a camper van with only...
  
  
• September 1 - The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
  The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
  The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers was an American animated Space Western television series created by Robert Mandell and Gaylord Entertainment Company....
  
  
• September 6 - WWF Superstars of Wrestling
  WWF Superstars of Wrestling
  WWF Superstars of Wrestling is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It debuted on September 6, 1986...
  
  
• September 6 - The Flintstone Kids
  The Flintstone Kids
  The Flintstone Kids is a 30-minute animated television series spin-off of The Flintstones which followed the adventures of Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty as children with their pet Dino.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 8 - The Oprah Winfrey Show
  The Oprah Winfrey Show
  The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
  
  
• September 8 - Defenders of the Earth
  Defenders of the Earth
  Defenders of the Earth is an animated television series produced in 1986, narrated by Corey Burton and featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features Syndicate—Flash Gordon, the Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician—battling the Flash Gordon villain Ming the Merciless in the...
  
  
• September 8 Silverhawks
  Silverhawks
  SilverHawks is an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986. The animation was provided by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation. In total, 65 episodes were made...
  
  
• September 9 - The Wizard
  The Wizard (TV series)
  The Wizard is a live-action, family friendly, action/adventure series created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Paul B. Radin...
  
  
• September 10 - It's Garry Shandling's Show
  It's Garry Shandling's Show
  It's Garry Shandling's Show is an American sitcom which was initially broadcast on Showtime from 1986 to 1990. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The show is notable for its frequent use of breaking the fourth wall to allow characters to speak directly to the audience...
  
  
• September 11 - Our House
  Our House (NBC TV series)
  Our House is an American television drama series that aired on NBC for two seasons from September 11, 1986 to May 8, 1988. The series centers on the Witherspoon family and the challenges they face adjusting to life with three generations living in the same house.- Synopsis :After his son dies, Gus...
  
  
• September 13 - Easy Street
  Easy Street (TV series)
  Easy Street is a short-lived American sitcom that aired for 22 episodes on NBC during the 1986-87 television season.-Overview:The series starred Loni Anderson as L.K. McGuire, a onetime showgirl who manages to nab a young wealthy husband, only to have him die and leave her fending for herself...
  
  
• September 13 - Foofur
  Foofur
  Foofur is a children's animated series made by Hanna-Barbera and Freddy Monnickendam. It aired on NBC from 1986 to 1988. The protagonist and title character was a skinny blue dog. The animated series was produced in part by William Hanna...
  
  
• September 13 - Galaxy High
  Galaxy High
  Galaxy High is an American science fiction animated series that premiered on September 13, 1986 on CBS and ran for 13 episodes until December 6, 1986. The series was created by movie director Matthew Noakes and featured music and a theme song composed by Eagles member Don Felder...
  
  
• September 13 - Kissyfur
  Kissyfur
  Kissyfur is a 1980s animated children's television series which aired on NBC. It was produced by Jean Chalopin & Andy Heyward and created by Phil Mendez for DIC. The series was based on a half-hour NBC prime-time special called Kissyfur: Bear Roots and was followed by three more specials until...
  
  
• September 13 - Lazer Tag Academy
  Lazer Tag Academy
  Lazer Tag Academy was an animated television series inspired by Worlds of Wonder's Lazer Tag that was created by Ruby-Spears Productions.-Synposis:...
  
  
• September 13 - Pee-wee's Playhouse
  Pee-wee's Playhouse
  Pee-wee's Playhouse is an American children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the child-like Pee-wee Herman. The show was developed from Reubens' popular stage show and the one-off TV special The Pee-wee Herman Show, produced for HBO, which was similar in style but featured much more...
  
  
• September 13 - The Real Ghostbusters
  The Real Ghostbusters
  The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Enterprises, and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. "The Real" was added to the title after a dispute with...
  
  
• September 13 - Wildfire
• September 14 - Jonny Quest
  Jonny Quest (TV series)
  Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures...
  
  
• September 15 - Karate Kommandos
  Karate Kommandos
  Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos is an American animated television series from the 1980s. It originally aired in 1986 as a syndicated five episode mini-series...
  
  
• September 15 - L.A. Law
  L.A. Law
  L.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,...
  
  
• September 16 - Jack and Mike
• September 17 - Head of the Class
  Head of the Class
  Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. The series follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program at the fictional Monroe High School in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore...
  
  
• September 17 - Filmation's Ghostbusters
• September 18 - Crime Story
  Crime Story (TV series)
  Crime Story is an NBC TV drama created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and direct the film Manhunter. The show premiered with a two hour pilot — a movie which had been exhibited theatrically —...
  
  
• September 19 - Starman
  Starman (TV series)
  Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987...
  
  
• September 20 - Matlock
  Matlock (TV series)
  Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar...
  
  
• September 20 - The Ellen Burstyn Show
  The Ellen Burstyn Show
  The Ellen Burstyn Show is an American sitcom starring Ellen Burstyn. The series was produced by Touchstone Television and debuted on ABC on September 20, 1986 The series was canceled after 13 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 20 - Life with Lucy
  Life With Lucy
  Life with Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The show ran on the ABC network in 1986, and unlike Ball's previous hits on television, it was a critical and ratings flop.- Premise :...
  
  
• September 20 - Heart of the City
  Heart of the City (TV series)
  Heart of the City was a crime drama that aired on the ABC television network from September 1986 to January 1987. It focused on the duties of a police detective in a Los Angeles-styled city who also has to take care of his two teenaged children after his wife's murder...
  
  
• September 22 - ALF
  ALF (TV series)
  ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max...
  
  
• September 22 - Together We Stand
  Together We Stand
  Together We Stand, also known as Nothing Is Easy, is an American television series that aired on the CBS network from 1986 to 1987. It was written by Stephen Sustarsic and directed by Andrew D. Weyman....
  
  
• September 22 - Zoobilee Zoo
  Zoobilee Zoo
  Zoobilee Zoo is an Emmy Award-winning children's television program featuring costumed performers dressed as animal characters. It originally aired from 1986–1987, then in syndication until 2001 on several television channels including commercial network television stations, public television...
  
  
• September 23 - Sledge Hammer!
  Sledge Hammer!
  Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character,...
  
  
• September 25 - Our World
• September 26 - Kay O'Brien
  Kay O'Brien
  Kay O'Brien is an American television series set at fictional Manhattan General Hospital, that aired for one season on CBS during the 1986-87 television season.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 26 - Sidekicks
  Sidekicks (TV series)
  Sidekicks is a 1986-1987 Disney Channel martial arts TV series, a spin-off of the original Walt Disney one-time special, The Last Electric Knight. The series starred Ernie Reyes, Jr. as Ernie Lee, the Last Electric Knight, and Gil Gerard as Sergeant Jake Rizzo...
  
  
• September 27 - Amen
  Amen (TV series)
  Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen starred Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s...
  
  
• September 27 - Downtown
• September 28 - WWF Wrestling Challenge
  WWF Wrestling Challenge
  WWF Challenge is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It was syndicated weekly and aired from 1986 to 1996. The show premiered as WWF Wrestling Challenge and became simply known as WWF Challenge in 1995. The show featured matches, pre-match...
  
  
• September 29 - Designing Women
  Designing Women
  Designing Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until May 24, 1993. The show was created by head writer...
  
  
• October 1 - Better Days
  Better Days (TV series)
  -Summary:Brian McGuire was a California teenager who moves in with his grandfather, Harry in Brooklyn, New York to ease his parents' financial problems. Helping Brian adjust to his new surroundings were Luther Cain and Anthony "The Snake" Johnson, two of his street-smart teammates on the Braxton...
  
  
• October 6 - Double Dare
• October 6 - My Sister Sam
  My Sister Sam
  My Sister Sam is an American situation comedy series that aired on CBS from 1986 to 1988. It was created by Stephen Fischer and executive produced by Diane English.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• November 1 - Hometime
• December 5 - Dads
• December 5 - Gung Ho
  Gung Ho (TV series)
  Gung Ho was a short-lived TV series, based on the 1986 film of the same name. The series aired on ABC during the 1986-87 season.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• December 28 - Outlaws
  Outlaws (1986 TV series)
  Outlaws is a short-lived action-adventure American television series which aired Saturday nights on CBS. The original series began as a 2-hour pilot movie, and was followed by eleven one-hour episodes.- Origins :...
  
  
• - Dance Party USA
  Dance Party USA
  Dance Party USA is an American dance television show that aired on cable's USA Network from April 12, 1986, to June 27, 1992. It was originally a half-hour, but was expanded to an hour in 1987....
  
  
• - Video LP
  Video LP
  Video LP was a half-hour, live viewer call-in program that debuted in 1986 on BET . It primarily showcased R&B/Soul and Hip-Hop music videos. The original hostess was Robin Breedon, but the most well-known host was Sherry Carter from 1989 until 1992, when she moved on to co-host Video Soul from...
  
  

1985

• January - Club MTV
  Club MTV
  Club MTV was a half hour television show molded after American Bandstand that aired on MTV between the years 1985 and 1992. Club MTV was part of MTV's second generation of programming when they were phasing out the original 5 VJs and introducing new ones.-Background and format:Hosted by Downtown...
  
  
• January 4 - Street Hawk
  Street Hawk
  Street Hawk is an American television series that aired for 13 episodes on ABC in 1985. The series was a Limekiln and Templar Production in association with Universal Television. Its central characters were created by Paul M. Belous and Robert "Bob" Wolterstorff, and its core format was developed...
  
  
• January 5 - Berrenger's
  Berrenger's
  Berrenger's is an American primetime television soap opera created by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick that aired on NBC in 1985. The series revolved around the Berrenger family, a New York dynasty which owned the glamorous department store which bore their name.Following in the tradition of...
  
  
• January 7 - Larry King Live
  Larry King Live
  Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
  
  
• January 7 - Time Machine
  Time Machine (game show)
  Time Machine is an American game show where contestants competed to answer trivia questions about popular culture and recent history to win prizes. The show aired on NBC from January 7 through April 26, 1985 and was hosted by John Davidson. Charlie Tuna was the announcer, with Rich Jeffries as his...
  
  
• January 20 - MacGruder and Loud
  MacGruder and Loud
  MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC in 1985.The series starred John Getz and Kathryn Harrold as married police officers Malcolm MacGruder and Jenny Loud in a Los Angeles Police Department-styled police agency...
  
  
• January 23 - Sara
  Sara (US TV series)
  Sara is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on NBC in 1985. Starring Geena Davis in the title role, the series featured early performances from several actors who went on to greater acclaim, including Alfre Woodard, Bronson Pinchot and Bill Maher...
  
  
• January 23 - ThunderCats
  ThunderCats
  ThunderCats is an American animated television series that was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions debuting in 1984, based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf. The series follows the adventures of a group of cat-like humanoid aliens...
  
  
• January 26 - Otherworld
  Otherworld (TV series)
  Otherworld is a short-lived American science fiction series that aired for only eight episodes from January 26 to March 16, 1985 on CBS. It was created by Roderick Taylor as a sort of Lost in Space on Earth...
  
  
• January 27 - Code Name: Foxfire
• March - Robotech
  Robotech (TV series)
  Robotech is an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series made between 1982-1984 in Japan, the adaptation was aired in 1985. Within the combined and edited story, Robotechnology refers to the scientific advances discovered in an alien starship that crashed on a South Pacific...
  
  
• March 1 - Television Parts
  Television Parts
  Michael Nesmith in Television Parts was a summer TV series run by NBC in 1985. It was a 30-minute comedy-variety series created by Michael Nesmith as a sort of continuation of his Grammy Award-winning video production Elephant Parts, and earlier series PopClips. The first episode was a stand-alone...
  
  
• March 3 - Moonlighting
  Moonlighting (TV series)
  Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...
  
  
• March 15 - Detective in the House
• March 15 - Mr. Belvedere
  Mr. Belvedere
  Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...
  
  
• March 15 - Off the Rack
  Off the Rack (TV series)
  Off The Rack was a comedy television series set in the Los Angeles garment industry that aired on ABC between 1984 and 1985. The series starred Ed Asner and Eileen Brennan and was originally directed by Noam Pitlik. Its taping location was the Warner Bros...
  
  
• March 24 - Half Nelson
• March 30 - CBS Storybreak
  CBS Storybreak
  CBS Storybreak is a Saturday morning anthology television series that originally aired on the CBS network during the 1985 season. Hosted by Captain Kangaroo's Bob Keeshan , the episodes are half-hour animated adaptations of some of the most beloved children's books published at the time of airing,...
  
  
• April 2 - The Lucie Arnaz Show
• April 5 - Me and Mom
• April 7 - National Geographic Explorer
  National Geographic Explorer
  National Geographic Explorer is an American documentary television series that originally premiered on Nickelodeon on April 7, 1985, after having been produced as a less costly and intensive alternative to PBS's National Geographic Specials by Pittsburgh station WQED...
  
  
• April 9 - Hail to the Chief
  Hail to the Chief (TV series)
  Hail to the Chief is an American sitcom about the first woman President of the United States, portrayed by Academy Award-winning actress Patty Duke...
  
  
• April 15 - Lady Blue
  Lady Blue (TV series)
  Lady Blue is a crime drama starring Jamie Rose as a Chicago female homicide detective Katy Mahoney. The show was produced by MGM/UA Television and aired on ABC-TV from September 26, 1985 to January 25, 1986 for 13 episodes...
  
  
• April 19 - The Best Times
  The Best Times (TV show)
  -Summary:The show was about single mother\widow Joanne Braithwaite returning to teach English at Southern California's John F. Kennedy High School. Joanne's daughter, Mia just started at JFK High School, trying hard to fit in. Joanne found support in science teacher Mr. Dan Bragen...
  
  
• May 21 -The Ray Bradbury Theater
  The Ray Bradbury Theater
  The Ray Bradbury Theater is an anthology series that ran for two seasons on HBO, three episodes per season from 1985 to 1986, and four additional seasons on USA Network from 1988 to 1992. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel...
  
  
• July 14 - Stingray
  Stingray (NBC TV series)
  Stingray is an NBC television series produced by Stephen J. Cannell that ran from 1985 to 1987. It stars Nick Mancuso, who plays the mysterious character known only as Ray, whose trademark is a black 1965 Corvette Sting Ray.-Plot:...
  
  
• August 13 - West 57th
  West 57th (TV series)
  West 57th was a newsmagazine series which aired on CBS from August 13, 1985, through September 9, 1989. Thought by Don Hewitt to be the younger rival of 60 Minutes, he campaigned internally against the show. West 57th originally premiered as a summer series, and took its name from the New York...
  
  
• August 14 - I Had Three Wives
• August 18 - Oceanquest
• August 22 - Hometown
  Hometown (TV series)
  Hometown was an hour-long dramedy series than ran on CBS for 9 episodes, premiering on a head-start to the 1985-86 fall season on August 22, 1985, and running until October 15, 1985...
  
  
• September 1 - Berenstain Bears
  Berenstain Bears
  The Berenstain Bears is a series of children's books created by Stan and Jan Berenstain. The books feature a family of anthropomorphic bears who generally learn a moral or safety-related lesson in the course of each story...
  
  
• September 1 - Care Bears
  Care Bears
  The Care Bears are characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik. In 1983, Kenner turned the Care Bears into plush teddy bears...
  
  
• September 2 - Attitudes
  Attitudes (TV series)
  Attitudes was an American television talk show on Lifetime Television from 1985–1991. Hosted originally by Linda Dano and Nancy Glass, it was taped before a live studio audience at EUE Screen Gems Studios, 222 East 44th Street in New York City...
  
  
• September 4 - Hell Town
• September 6 - Return to the Planet of the Apes
  Return to the Planet of the Apes
  Return to the Planet of the Apes is a short-lived animated series, by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television, based upon Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel had previously been adapted in a series of movies, beginning with the 1968 Planet of the...
  
  
• September 7 - The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
  The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
  The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is the seventh incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, and the final first-run version of the original 1969-86 broadcast run of the series. It premiered on and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program. Thirteen episodes of the show...
  
  
• September 7 - Small Wonder
• September 7 - Star Wars: Droids
  Star Wars: Droids
  Star Wars: Droids, also known as Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, was an animated television series that featured the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids who have appeared in all six Star Wars films...
  
  
• September 7 - Star Wars: Ewoks
  Star Wars: Ewoks
  Star Wars: Ewoks is an American/Canadian animated television series featuring the Ewok characters introduced in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi....
  
  
• September 7 - The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
  The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
  The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1985 to 1986. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics.-Summary:In the fall of 1985,...
  
  
• September 7 - What's Happening Now!!
  What's Happening Now!!
  What's Happening Now!! is an American television sitcom spinoff of What's Happening!!. It ran in syndication from 1985 to 1988. Like the previous series, What's Happening Now!! is loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High...
  
  
• September 9 - Dennis the Menace (U.S.)
  Dennis the Menace (U.S.)
  Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written and illustrated by Hank Ketcham. It debuted on March 12, 1951 in 16 newspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall Syndicate...
  
  
• September 9 - She-Ra: Princess of Power
  She-Ra: Princess of Power
  She-Ra: Princess of Power is an American animated television series produced in 1985 by Filmation. It is a spinoff of Filmation's highly successful He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series, aimed primarily at a young girls' audience to counter-balance the latter show's popularity with boys...
  
  
• September 14 - 227
  227 (TV series)
  227 is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, until May 6, 1990. The series starred Marla Gibbs as a sharp-tongued, inner-city resident gossip and housewife, Mary Jenkins...
  
  
• September 14 - Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
  Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
  Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the early 1990s...
  
  
• September 14 - The Golden Girls
  The Golden Girls
  The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris, which originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida...
  
  
• September 14 - Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
• September 14 - It's Punky Brewster
  It's Punky Brewster
  It's Punky Brewster is an animated spin off of the live action television show Punky Brewster. The show was animated by Ruby-Spears Productions.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 14 - The Wuzzles
  The Wuzzles
  Disney's Wuzzles is an American animated television series created for Saturday morning television, and was first broadcast on September 14, 1985 on CBS. An idea of Michael Eisner for his new Disney television animation studio, the Wuzzles are crossbred animals which sport a combined appearance of...
  
  
• September 17 - Our Family Honor
  Our Family Honor
  Our Family Honor is an American dramatic television series aired in the United States on ABC as part of its 1985 fall lineup.Launched as a two-hour TV-movie, Our Family Honor was about two New York City families who had known each other since their childhoods and who were involved in competing...
  
  
• September 18 - Charlie & Co.
  Charlie & Co.
  Charlie & Co. is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1985 to May 16, 1986. Created by Allan Katz, the series starred Flip Wilson and Gladys Knight. Charlie & Co. is regarded as CBS' answer to The Cosby Show, which was a ratings success for NBC at the time...
  
  
• September 18 - The Equalizer
  The Equalizer
  The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past...
  
  
• September 18 - George Burns Comedy Week
  George Burns Comedy Week
  George Burns Comedy Week was a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup.As he was age 89 when the show premiered, George Burns was billed as the oldest person ever to "star" in a television series...
  
  
• September 18 - Stir Crazy
• September 20 - Spenser: For Hire
  Spenser: For Hire
  Spenser: For Hire is a mystery television series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. The series, developed for TV by John Wilder, differs from the novels, mostly in its lesser degree of detail....
  
  
• September 21 - Hollywood Beat
  Hollywood Beat
  Hollywood Beat was a mid-1980s American television police drama starring Jack Scalia, Jay Acovone, Edward Winter and John Matuszak.-Cast:* Jack Scalia as Det. Nick McCarren* Jay Acavone as Det. Jack Rado* John Matuszak as George Grinsky...
  
  
• September 21 - Lime Street
• September 24 - Growing Pains
  Growing Pains
  Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...
  
  
• September 25 - The Insiders
  The Insiders
  The Insiders was a mid-1980s American television detective series starring Nicholas Campbell, Stoney Jackson and Gail Strickland.-Notes:The one season program aired on Tuesday nights on ABC in the fall of 1985...
  
  
• September 29 - Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories (TV series)
  Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987, and was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes...
  
  
• September 29 - MacGyver
  MacGyver
  MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles...
  
  
• September 29 - The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989...
  
  
• September 30 - M.A.S.K.
  M.A.S.K.
  M.A.S.K. is an animated television series directed by several uncredited Japanese studios, KK C&D Asia, Studio Juno, Studio World, Ashi Production , and produced by the French-American DIC Enterprises, Inc and also the toyline of the same name sold by Kenner.-History:A total of 75...
  
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• October 4 - Misfits of Science
  Misfits of Science
  Misfits of Science is an American superhero fantasy television series that aired on NBC from October 1985 to February 1986. It featured a cast of super-powered humans and their madcap adventures...
  
  
• October 6 - Jem
  Jem (TV series)
  Jem, also known as Jem and the Holograms, is an American animated television series that ran from 1985 to 1988 in U.S. first-run syndication...
  
  
• October 31 - Paw Paws
  Paw Paws
  Paw Paws, sometimes known as Paw Paw Bears, debuted as one of the original segments of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. A group of small bears that lived in a tribal society, the cubs spent every day defending themselves from their enemies, The Meanos, led by the evil sorcerer, Dark Paw...
  
  
• November 14 - Shadow Chasers
  Shadow Chasers
  Shadow Chasers is a 1985 American mystery television series created by Brian Grazer and Kenneth Johnson. It includes 13 episodes, nine of which were shown on the ABC television network, the remaining four on the Armed Forces Network...
  
  
• November 20 - The Colbys
  The Colbys
  The Colbys is an American prime time soap opera, which originally aired on ABC from November 20, 1985 to March 26, 1987. The Aaron Spelling-produced series was a spin-off of Dynasty, which had been the highest rated series for the 1984-1985 U.S. television season...
  
  
• December 11 - Mary
• - WWF Prime Time Wrestling
  WWF Prime Time Wrestling
  WWF Prime Time Wrestling is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It aired on the USA Network from 1985-1993. A precursor to Monday Night Raw, Prime Time Wrestling was a two-hour long, weekly program that featured stars of the World Wrestling...
  
  
• - WCW Pro
  WCW Pro
  WCW Pro was a televised wrestling show presented by World Championship Wrestling. Along with WCW WorldWide, it was part of the WCW Disney tapings...
  
  
• - The New Leave It to Beaver
  The New Leave It to Beaver
  The New Leave It to Beaver is an American sitcom sequel to the 1950s and '60s series, Leave It to Beaver. The New Leave It to Beaver began with the 1983 CBS TV movie Still the Beaver, and was picked up in 1984 as a Disney Channel series with the same name; however, it only lasted one season...
  
  
• - The Raccoons
  The Raccoons
  The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with four preceding television specials beginning in 1980. The series was created by Kevin Gillis, and produced at Atkinson Film-Arts first-hand from 1984 to 1985, then at Hinton Animation Studios...
  
  

1984

• January 3 - Riptide
  Riptide (TV series)
  Riptide is a TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. Riptide was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter...
  
  
• January 4 - Empire
• January 4 - Night Court
  Night Court
  Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984, to May 20, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone...
  
  
• January 6 - Blue Thunder
  Blue Thunder (TV series)
  Blue Thunder is a 1984 ABC TV series based on the movie of the same title featuring the Blue Thunder helicopter.The series used the converted Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopter and large portions of stock footage from the 1983 film. A ground unit named "Rolling Thunder" backed up the helicopter in...
  
  
• January 9 - The New Show
  The New Show
  The New Show was a NBC sketch comedy show produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, which ran for only one season from January 6 to March 23, 1984. Apart from being 60 minutes in length and entirely pre-recorded, the show is similar in format to SNL...
  
  
• January 9 - TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes
  TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes
  TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes is a television series and a group of television specials that aired in the United States by NBC and, later, ABC from the 1980s to the mid-2000s...
  
  
• January 10 - Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders
  Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders
  Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders is the title of a comedy series that aired on ABC for two short seasons in the mid-1980s. The series was hosted by Steve Lawrence and Don Rickles....
  
  
• January 20 - Legmen
• January 20 - The Master
  The Master (TV series)
  The Master is a short-lived ninja-themed action-adventure TV series created by Michael Sloan which aired on NBC. The show focused on the adventures of John Peter McAllister, an aging ninja master , and his young pupil, Max Keller...
  
  
• January 22 - Airwolf
  Airwolf
  Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme....
  
  
• January 28 - Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
  Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
  Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer...
  
  
• January 29 - The Four Seasons
• March 6 - A.k.a. Pablo
  A.k.a. Pablo
  a.k.a. Pablo is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March to April 1984.-Synopsis:Produced by Norman Lear, it focuses on struggling Hispanic stand-up comic Paul Rivera and his large Mexican American family, who still called him by his given name Pablo...
  
  
• March 7 - Mama Malone
• March 19 - Kate & Allie
  Kate & Allie
  Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984 to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS...
  
  
• March 20 - Shaping Up
  Shaping Up
  Shaping Up is a short-lived American sitcom created by writer-producers Sam Simon and Ken Estin, which ran for five weeks on ABC.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• March 27 - The American Parade
• April 1 - Al TV
  Al TV
  Al TV is a series of comedy/music video specials created by and starring singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic.-Overview:The premise of the show is that Yankovic uses his private satellite transmitter to commandeer the airwaves of a music video station in order to show the videos that he wants to...
  
  
• April 4 - Double Trouble
• April 12 - The Duck Factory
  The Duck Factory
  The Duck Factory is a 1984 NBC television series produced by MTM Enterprises that is perhaps most notable for being Jim Carrey's first lead role in a Hollywood production....
  
  
• May 28 - Tuesday Night Titans
  Tuesday Night Titans
  Tuesday Night Titans is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation...
  
  
• July 2 - Scrabble
  Scrabble (game show)
  Scrabble is an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. The show was co-produced by Exposure Unlimited and Reg Grundy Productions. It ran from July 2, 1984 to March 23, 1990, and again from January 18 to June 11, 1993, both runs on NBC. A total of 1,335 episodes were...
  
  
• July 13 - Brothers
  Brothers (TV series)
  Brothers is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the cable network Showtime from July 13, 1984 to July 25, 1989, totaling 115 episodes. It was produced by Gary Nardino Productions, in association with two separate divisions of Paramount; first by the Paramount Video division and...
  
  
• August 13 - Call to Glory
  Call to Glory
  Call to Glory was an American television series that aired 23 episodes during the 1984-1985 TV season on the ABC-TV network. Starring Craig T. Nelson as a USAF pilot, Colonel Raynor Sarnac. In the course of its production run, it drifted away from its original reasonably authentic setting and...
  
  
• August 17 - Comedy Zone
• August 19 - Highway to Heaven
  Highway to Heaven
  Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...
  
  
• September 8 - Pink Panther and Sons
  Pink Panther and Sons
  Pink Panther and Sons is an animated Pink Panther television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and MGM/UA Television. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from 1984 to 1985. The original Pink Panther cartoons were produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, is in the TV animation industry, but in...
  
  
• September 9 - Turbo Teen
  Turbo Teen
  Turbo Teen was an animated series about a teenager with the ability to literally transform into a sports car. It aired Saturday mornings on the ABC Network for twelve episodes between 1984 and 1985...
  
  
• September 13 - Glitter
  Glitter (TV series)
  Glitter was an American television drama series screened on the ABC network during the 1984-1985 season.The series was produced by Aaron Spelling and was set behind the scenes of a top entertainment magazine titled "Glitter" and attempted to combine the urgency of journalism and business politics...
  
  
• September 15 - The Get Along Gang
• September 15 - Going Bananas
  Going Bananas
  Going Bananas is a live-action superhero/comedy series made by Hanna-Barbera and ran from September 15, 1984 to December 1984 on NBC.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 15 - Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
• September 15 - Kidd Video
  Kidd Video
  Kidd Video was a Saturday morning cartoon created by DiC Entertainment in association with Saban Entertainment. Its original run was on NBC from 1984 to 1985, but continued in reruns on the network until 1987, when CBS picked the show up...
  
  
• September 15 - Pole Position
  Pole Position (TV series)
  Pole Position is an animated cartoon series produced by DIC Entertainment.The name Pole Position was used under license from Namco, who held the rights to the name due to the video game Pole Position. The show sought to capitalize on the popularity of the video game...
  
  
• September 15 - Snorks
• September 16 - E/R
  E/R
  E/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from a successful play of the same name, the series was produced by Embassy Television and lasted a single season.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 16 - Punky Brewster
  Punky Brewster
  Punky Brewster was an American sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent...
  
  
• September 17 - Transformers
• September 17 - Let's Make a Deal
  Let's Make a Deal
  Let's Make a Deal is a television game show which originated in the United States and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world. The show is based around deals offered to members of the audience by the host. The traders usually have to weigh the possibility of an offer being...
  
  
• September 18 - Hunter
• September 19 - Highway to Heaven
  Highway to Heaven
  Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...
  
  
• September 20 - The Cosby Show
  The Cosby Show
  The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...
  
  
• September 20 Who's the Boss?
  Who's the Boss?
  Who's the Boss? is an American sitcom created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, which aired on ABC from September 20, 1984 to April 25, 1992...
  
  
• September 22 - Cover Up
• September 22 - Finder of Lost Loves
  Finder of Lost Loves
  Finder of Lost Loves is an American drama series aired by the ABC network during the 1984-1985 season.-Synopsis:After Cary Maxwell's wife Kate dies, he decides to set up a private detective agency specializing in reuniting clients with a former loved one...
  
  
• September 22 - Pryor's Place
  Pryor's Place
  Pryor's Place is a short-lived children's television series that aired on CBS. The live-action series starred comedian, Richard Pryor as himself.-Overview:Despite a reputation for profanity from Richard Pryor, Pryor's Place was aimed at children...
  
  
• September 23 - Paper Dolls
  Paper Dolls
  Paper Dolls is an American prime time soap opera which aired for 14 episodes on ABC from September 23, 1984 to December 25, 1984. Set in New York's fashion industry, the show centered around top modeling agency owner Racine , her conflicts with the family of cosmetics tycoon Grant Harper , and the...
  
  
• September 25 - Three's a Crowd
  Three's a Crowd
  Three's a Crowd is an American television sitcom spinoff of Three's Company...
  
  
• September 26 - It's Your Move
  It's Your Move
  It's Your Move is an American sitcom starring Jason Bateman, Tricia Cast, Caren Kaye, Ernie Sabella, David Garrison, and Garrett Morris. The show originally aired on NBC from 1984 to 1985.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 27 - Partners in Crime
  Partners in Crime (American TV series)
  Partners in Crime is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on NBC during the 1984-85 television season. NBC pulled the plug after 13 episodes on December 29, 1984 .-Overview:...
  
  
• September 28 - Miami Vice
  Miami Vice
  Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
  
  
• September 30 - People Do the Craziest Things
• September 30 - Tales from the Darkside
  Tales from the Darkside
  Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot...
  
  
• October - Video Vibrations
  Video Vibrations
  Video Vibrations was a multi-hour long video block that showcased some of hottest music videos. It is also among one of BET's early video shows. The show debuted on BET in October 1984 and continued through the 1997. In 1997, it was changed to Vibrations.-Hosts:The show's host consisted of a VJ who...
  
  
• October 3 - Charles in Charge
  Charles in Charge
  Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series which starred Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board...
  
  
• October 3 - Dreams
  Dreams (TV series)
  Dreams is an American television series that aired in 1984-1985 for one season on CBS. It follows the story of a fictional rock band that tries to get a recording contract.- Cast :* John Stamos - Gino Minnelli * Jami Gertz - Martha Spino...
  
  
• October 7 - Murder, She Wrote
  Murder, She Wrote
  Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
  
  
• October 8 - Trivia Trap
  Trivia Trap
  Trivia Trap is an American game show produced by Mark Goodson Productions. It was created by producer Goodson and originally ran from October 8, 1984 to April 5, 1985 on ABC. The game featured two teams of three contestants each who competed against each other to answer trivia questions in various...
  
  
• October 26 - V
• December 1 - Spencer
• December 2 - 1st & Ten
• December 30 - Crazy Like a Fox
  Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)
  Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986.-Overview:...
  
  
• - Puttin' on the Hits
  Puttin' On the Hits
  Puttin' on the Hits was an American syndicated music/variety competition show hosted by Allen Fawcett. The show featured amateur acts lip-synching to popular songs. The show aired on weekends from 1984 through 1988....
  
  
• - NBA on TBS
  NBA on TBS
  The NBA on TBS debuted in the 1984-1985 season under a four year contract, where they shared the NBA package along with CBS.-Coverage:...
  
  

1983

• January 3 - Hit Man
  Hit Man (game show)
  Hit Man is an American television game show that ran from January 3 to April 1, 1983 on NBC. Peter Tomarken hosted this Jay Wolpert production in association with Metromedia Video Productions, while Rod Roddy was the announcer.-Round 1:...
  
  
• January 8 - Not Necessarily the News
  Not Necessarily the News
  Not Necessarily the News was a satirical sketch comedy series that ran on HBO from 1983 to 1990. It featured sketches, parody news items, commercial parodies, and humorous bits made from overdubbing or editing actual news footage. It was based on the British series, Not the Nine O'Clock News...
  
  
• January 10 - Fraggle Rock
  Fraggle Rock
  Fraggle Rock is a children's live action puppet television program series created by Jim Henson. The central characters were a set of "Muppet" creatures called Fraggles. The show ran from January 10, 1983, to March 30, 1987, on CBC Television in Canada, ITV in the UK, HBO in the United States,...
  
  
• January 17 - Frontline
  Frontline (TV series)
  FRONTLINE is a public affairs television program that produces and broadcasts in-depth documentaries about various subjects. Produced at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts and distributed through the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, the program has been critically acclaimed and...
  
  
• January 22 - The Family Tree
  The Family Tree
  The Family Tree - a short-lived television series made in 1983. It was preceded by The Six of Us, a 1982 television movie that served as a pilot episode.-Plot:...
  
  
• January 22 - Mama's Family
  Mama's Family
  Mama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It was cancelled in May 1984, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985. In September 1986, Mama's Family returned in first-run syndication, where it aired for an additional four seasons,...
  
  
• January 23 - The A-Team
  The A-Team
  The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was created by...
  
  
• February 5 - The Dukes
  The Dukes
  The Dukes is an animated series which ran on CBS in 1983 based directly on the popular live-action television series The Dukes of Hazzard.-Plot:...
  
  
• February 10 - Condo
• February 26 - Wizards and Warriors
  Wizards and Warriors (TV series)
  Wizards and Warriors was a CBS television series from 1983, starring Jeff Conaway, Julia Duffy, Walter Olkewicz, Duncan Regehr, and Clive Revill. Only eight one hour episodes were made of this offbeat fantasy-comedy. The series was created by Don Reo for Warner Bros. Television and most of the...
  
  
• March 2 - High Performance
• March 4 - At Ease
  At Ease (TV series)
  At Ease is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from March to June 1983. The series features an ensemble cast led by Jimmie Walker.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• March 4 - Renegades
• March 7 - Small & Frye
• March 8 - Nashville Now
  Nashville Now
  Nashville Now is a television talk show that focused on country music performers. It aired live weeknights on The Nashville Network from 1983-1993. The host was Nashville TV/radio personality Ralph Emery. The show won several Emmy awards during its run. A frequent guest and substitute host was...
  
  
• March 15 - Ace Crawford, Private Eye
  Ace Crawford, Private Eye
  Ace Crawford, Private Eye is a 1983 television program that parodied the “hard-boiled detective” genre; Tim Conway starred as a trench-coated private detective who always solved the case and caught the bad guy, despite his constant bumbling...
  
  
• March 15 - Gun Shy
• March 19 - The New Leave It to Beaver
  The New Leave It to Beaver
  The New Leave It to Beaver is an American sitcom sequel to the 1950s and '60s series, Leave It to Beaver. The New Leave It to Beaver began with the 1983 CBS TV movie Still the Beaver, and was picked up in 1984 as a Disney Channel series with the same name; however, it only lasted one season...
  
  
• March 25 - The Mississippi
• April 1 - Baby Makes Five
  Baby Makes Five
  Baby Makes Five is an American comedy television series starring Peter Scolari. The series premiered April 1, 1983 on ABC.-Cast:*Peter Scolari as the father Eddie Riddle*Louise Williams as the mother Jennie Riddle*Andre Gower as the son Michael Riddle...
  
  
• April 2 - Goodnight, Beantown
  Goodnight, Beantown
  Goodnight, Beantown is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for two brief seasons in 1983 and 1984.-Synopsis:The series starred Bill Bixby as Matt Cassidy and Mariette Hartley as Jennifer Barnes, two news anchors at a fictional Boston, Massachusetts television station...
  
  
• April 4 - The Catlins
  The Catlins (TV series)
  The Catlins was an American prime-time soap opera on Superstation TBS that ran from April 1, 1983 to May 31, 1985. Created by Chris McIntyre, it focused on the lives of two wealthy and feuding families; the Catlin family and the Quinn family. The show was set in Atlanta, Georgia.Catlin family...
  
  
• April 6 - Ryan's Four
• April 6 - Zorro and Son
• April 10 - Casablanca
• April 15 - Bare Essence
  Bare Essence
  Bare Essence is an American television soap opera which aired on the NBC network during the 1982-1983 season.Bare Essence starred popular daytime soap actress Genie Francis and dealt with the intrigues of the perfume industry...
  
  
• April 18 - You and Me Kid
  You and Me Kid
  You and Me Kid is an American children's television series which premiered on The Disney Channel on April 18, 1983. The series was hosted by Sonny Melendrez who was joined by the You and Me Players...
  
  
• May 31 - Buffalo Bill
  Buffalo Bill (TV series)
  Buffalo Bill is an American television situation comedy that featured the misadventures of an egotistical talk show host and his staff at WBFL-TV, a small TV station in Buffalo, New York. It premiered May 31, 1983 on NBC and ran for only part of two seasons...
  
  
• June - Video Soul
  Video Soul
  Video Soul was a 2-hour long American music video program that aired on BET from 1981 to 1996.-History:Video Soul premiered in June 1981 and was originally a half hour show. It was devoted to helping showcase new R&B/soul recording artists and performers...
  
  
• June 1 - Sewing with Nancy
  Sewing with Nancy
  Sewing with Nancy is an American television show about sewing, hosted by Nancy Zieman. It made its debut on the now-defunct Satellite Program Network in September 1982. Later in the 1980s, September 1, 1982 PBS began airing the series, which is distributed by NETA...
  
  
• June 3 - Night Tracks
  Night Tracks
  Night Tracks was an American television series which ran from 1983 to 1992 on SuperStation WTBS on late night weekends...
  
  
• June 27 - Loving
  Loving (TV series)
  Caden Grant Carlton loves Mika Ayako Ryan more.Loving is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC's daytime lineup from June 26, 1983 to November 10, 1995 for 3,169 episodes...
  
  
• July 27 - The Hamptons
  The hamptons (tv series)
  The Hamptons was a limited run prime-time soap opera which aired during the summer of 1983 for 5 episodes on ABC. It was produced by Gloria Monty, the producer credited with turning "General Hospital" from a low-rated daytime serial to a soap phenomenon...
  
  
• July 29 - Friday Night Videos
  Friday Night Videos
  Friday Night Videos is an American music video show broadcast on the NBC television network from July 29, 1983 to December 30, 2000, and was the network's attempt to capitalize on the emerging popularity of music videos as seen on MTV...
  
  
• September - WWF All American Wrestling
• September 1 - Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
  Dungeons & Dragons is an American fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A co-production of Marvel Productions and TSR, the show originally ran from 1985 through 1987 for three seasons on CBS for a total of twenty seven episodes.The show focused on a...
  
  
• September 1 - G.I. Joe
  G.I. Joe
  G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...
  
  
• September 5 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's successful toy line Masters of the Universe...
  
  
• September 8 - We Got it Made
  We Got it Made
  We Got It Made is an American sitcom that aired on NBC during the 1983-1984 season, and in syndication .-1983 NBC version:The show focuses on Mickey Mackenzie , a stunningly beautiful woman in her early 20s who applies for a housekeeping job in Manhattan...
  
  
• September 9 - Lottery!
  Lottery!
  Lottery! is an American drama series premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush...
  
  
• September 10 - Rubik, the Amazing Cube
  Rubik, the Amazing Cube
  Rubik, the Amazing Cube was a Saturday morning cartoon that aired from 10 September 1983–1 September 1984 in the United States, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. The program, broadcast as part of The Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour block on ABC, featured a magic Rubik’s Cube named Rubik...
  
  
• September 12 - Inspector Gadget
  Inspector Gadget
  Inspector Gadget is an animated television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy, simple-witted cyborg detective named Inspector Gadget – a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr...
  
  
• September 16 - Webster
  Webster (TV series)
  Webster is an American situation comedy that premiered on ABC on September 16, 1983, and ran on that network until September 11, 1987, but continued in first-run syndication until 1989...
  
  
• September 17 - Alvin and the Chipmunks
  Alvin and the Chipmunks (TV series)
  Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated television series featuring The Chipmunks, produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983–87, and DIC Entertainment from 1988-90....
  
  
• September 17 - Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince
  Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince
  Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince was a live-action Hanna-Barbera/Mulberry Square children's science fiction television series created by Joe Camp, the creator of the Benji film franchise...
  
  
• September 17 - The Biskitts
  The Biskitts
  The Biskitts is an animated cartoon TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1983 to 1984 and aired on CBS. The series lasted for only one season, Shirt Tales replaced the show in its time slot on the following 1984-85 Saturday Morning season...
  
  
• September 17 - The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
  The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
  The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is an animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. It aired Saturday mornings on the CBS network from 1983 to 1985. It re-aired on The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon in the 1990s...
  
  
• September 17 - Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
  Dungeons & Dragons is an American fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A co-production of Marvel Productions and TSR, the show originally ran from 1985 through 1987 for three seasons on CBS for a total of twenty seven episodes.The show focused on a...
  
  
• September 17 - Mister T
  Mister T (TV series)
  Mister T was an animated series that aired on NBC from 1983 to 1986. A total of 30 episodes were produced during the first two seasons, with the final season consisting entirely of reruns...
  
  
• September 17 - Saturday Supercade
  Saturday Supercade
  Saturday Supercade is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran for two seasons on CBS beginning in 1983...
  
  
• September 18 - Hardcastle and McCormick
  Hardcastle and McCormick
  Hardcastle and McCormick is a 1980s action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983–1986, starring Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick.The show's premise involves the...
  
  
• September 19 - Press Your Luck
  Press Your Luck
  Press Your Luck is an American television daytime game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack. It premiered on September 19, 1983 on CBS and ended on September 26, 1986. In the show, contestants collected "spins" by answering trivia questions and then used the spins on an 18-space game...
  
  
• September 19 - Wheel of Fortune
• September 19 - Love Connection
  Love Connection
  Love Connection is an American television game show, hosted by Chuck Woolery, in which singles attempted to connect with a compatible partner of the opposite gender. The show debuted in syndication on September 19, 1983 and ended on July 1, 1994, after more than 2,000 shows. Reruns continued to air...
  
  
• September 20 - Just Our Luck
  Just Our Luck
  Just Our Luck was a short-lived American sitcom which aired on the American Broadcasting Company in the fall of 1983. Created by brothers Lawrence and Charles Gordon, it was considered a modernized version of the classic 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. The series starred Richard Gilliland as a...
  
  
• September 21 - Hotel
  Hotel (TV series)
  Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty....
  
  
• September 23 - Mr. Smith
  Mr. Smith (TV series)
  Mr. Smith is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23 through December 16, 1983. The series was based around the premise of a talking orangutan. Mr. Smith was canceled after thirteen episodes were aired.The orangutan who played Mr...
  
  
• September 26 - AfterMash
  AfterMASH
  AfterMASH was an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983 to December 11, 1984. A spin-off of the series M*A*S*H , the show took place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicled the adventures of three characters from the original series: Colonel...
  
  
• September 26 - Boone
  Boone (TV series)
  Boone is a 13-week dramatic television series which was broadcast on NBC from 1983–1984. It starred, principally, Tom Byrd and Barry Corbin. Byrd played teenager Boone Sawyer, who aspired to a career in rock and roll music, despite the advice of his stern father, Merit Sawyer, played by Corbin, who...
  
  
• September 26 - Gloria
  Gloria (TV series)
  Gloria is an American situation comedy that lasted one season on CBS, from September 1982 to September 1983. It stars Sally Struthers, reprising her role as Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie Bunker on the hugely successful 1970s sitcom All in the Family...
  
  
• September 29 - It's Not Easy
• September 30 - Manimal
  Manimal
  Manimal is an American action–adventure series that ran from September 30 to December 17, 1983 on NBC. The show centers on the character Dr Jonathan Chase , a shape-shifting man who possessed the ability to turn himself into any animal he chose...
  
  
• October 1 - Bananaman
  Bananaman
  Bananaman is a British comic book fictional character. He originally appeared in Nutty as the backpage strip in Issue 1, dated 16 February 1980 drawn by John Geering.-Original strip:...
  
  
• October 1 - Cutter to Houston
  Cutter to Houston
  Cutter to Houston is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from October 1 to December 31, 1983. The series was created by Sandor Stern.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 1 - The Rousters
  The Rousters
  The Rousters is a 1983 NBC television series about a group of modern-day bounty hunters who are descendants of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp. Despite advertising claims that this series would "sink The Love Boat" in the ratings, it ran for only one season of 13 episodes.-Premise:Wyatt Earp III works...
  
  
• October 2 - The Yellow Rose
  The Yellow Rose
  The Yellow Rose is an American television series. It was broadcast on the NBC network during the 1983-1984 season. It was produced by Paul Freeman....
  
  
• October 3 - Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance,...
  
  
• October 5 - Whiz Kids
  Whiz Kids (TV series)
  Whiz Kids is an American action/adventure television series which aired on CBS for one season during the 1983-1984 television season. The show follows the adventures of a group of four teenagers — Richie, Alice, Hamilton and Jeremy — who are amateur computer experts and detectives...
  
  
• October 21 - Jennifer Slept Here
  Jennifer Slept Here
  Jennifer Slept Here is an American fantasy sitcom series that ran for one season on NBC from October 21, 1983 to September 5, 1984.-Overview:...
  
  
• October 25 - Bay City Blues
  Bay City Blues
  Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama series that aired on NBC from October 1983 to November 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri, Dennis Franz, and Pat Corley, and was created and produced by Steven Bochco.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• November 22 - The Puppy's Further Adventures
  The Puppy's Further Adventures
  The Puppy’s Further Adventures was an animated television show based on The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy, a children's book by Catherine Woolley about Petey, a young dog who attached himself to a lonely orphan boy named Tommy.-Production background:...
  
  
• November 23 - The Hitchhiker
• December 3 - Riptide
  Riptide (TV series)
  Riptide is a TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. Riptide was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter...
  
  
• December 15 - Automan
  Automan
  Automan is an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It aired for only 12 episodes on ABC between 1983 and 1984.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• December 15 - Masquerade
  Masquerade (TV series)
  Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.-Synopsis:Considered an amalgam of Mission: Impossible and The Love Boat, the tongue-in-cheek series starred Rod Taylor as Mr...
  
  

1982

• January 1 - Crossfire
  Crossfire (TV series)
  Crossfire was a current events debate television program that aired from 1982 to 2005 on CNN. Its format was designed to present and challenge the opinions of a politically liberal pundit and a conservative pundit.-Format:...
  
  
• January 1 - The McLaughlin Group
  The McLaughlin Group
  The McLaughlin Group is a syndicated half-hour weekly public affairs television program in the United States, where a group of five pundits discuss current political issues in a round table format. It has been broadcast since 1982, and is currently sponsored by MetLife...
  
  
• January 7 - Fame
  Fame (1982 TV series)
  Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...
  
  
• January 12 - American Playhouse
  American Playhouse
  American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart...
  
  
• January 16 - King's Crossing
  King's Crossing
  King's Crossing is a short-lived 1982 nighttime soap opera which aired on ABC from January 16, 1982 to February 27, 1982 for seven episodes.Its roots can be found in the 1980 drama Secrets of Midland Heights, which aired on CBS for eight episodes...
  
  
• January 23 - One of the Boys
  One of the Boys (TV series)
  One of the Boys is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from January to April 1982. Starring Mickey Rooney, Dana Carvey, Nathan Lane, and Scatman Crothers, TV Guide ranked it number 24 on its TV Guide's 50 Worst Shows of All Time list in 2002.-Synopsis:Oliver Nugent was a spry senior...
  
  
• January 29 - Cassie & Co.
• February 2 - Late Night with David Letterman
  Late Night with David Letterman
  Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night...
  
  
• March 1 - Chicago Story
• March 4 - Police Squad!
  Police Squad!
  Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...
  
  
• March 13 - T.J. Hooker
• March 17 - Baker's Dozen
• March 17 - Herbie the Matchmaker
  Herbie the Matchmaker
  Herbie the Matchmaker, also known as Herbie, The Love Bug, was a short-lived situation comedy that aired on CBS in the spring of 1982. The series was based on Walt Disney Productions' popular Herbie film series, about a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own...
  
  
• March 19 - The Phoenix
  The Phoenix (1982 TV series)
  The Phoenix is a 1982 television series starring Judson Scott which was on ABC for about one month. The plot revolved around an ancient extraterrestrial named Bennu of the Golden Light, who is discovered in a sarcophagus in Peru and awakened in the 20th Century...
  
  
• March 23 - Q.E.D.
• March 25 - Cagney & Lacey
  Cagney & Lacey
  Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...
  
  
• March 25 - Nine to Five
  Nine to Five (TV series)
  9 to 5 is an American situation comedy based on the 1980 film of the same name. The series aired on ABC from 1982 to 1983, and in first-run syndication from 1986 to 1988....
  
  
• March 26 - Capitol
  Capitol (TV series)
  Capitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1,270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usually revolved around the political intrigues of people whose lives intertwined in Washington D.C....
  
  
• April 5 - Report to Murphy
  Report to Murphy
  Report to Murphy is an American situation comedy television series starring Michael Keaton that premiered on CBS on April 5, 1982.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• April 14 - Teachers Only
  Teachers Only
  Teachers Only is an NBC television sitcom centered around the faculty of a Los Angeles high school; in the first season the school was named Millard Fillmore High, but in the second it was Woodrow Wilson High with a changed cast...
  
  
• July 5 - America This Morning
• August 9 - Filthy Rich
  Filthy Rich (1982 TV series)
  Filthy Rich is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from August 1982 to July 1983. Starring Dixie Carter and Delta Burke, the series satirized prime-time soap operas such as Dallas and Dynasty.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 17 - The Powers of Matthew Star
  The Powers of Matthew Star
  The Powers of Matthew Star is an American sci-fi television series that aired from September 17, 1982 through April 8, 1983, on NBC. It starred Peter Barton The Powers of Matthew Star is an American sci-fi television series that aired from September 17, 1982 through April 8, 1983, on NBC. It...
  
  
• September 18 - The Flintstone Funnies
  The Flintstone Funnies
  The Flintstone Funnies was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 18, 1982 to September 8, 1984 on NBC...
  
  
• September 18 - The Gary Coleman Show
  The Gary Coleman Show
  The Gary Coleman Show is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that originally aired on NBC during the 1982-1983 season.-Synposis:...
  
  
• September 18 - Gilligan's Planet
  Gilligan's Planet
  Gilligan's Planet is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by the Filmation animation studio and MGM/UA Television which aired during the 1982-1983 season on CBS...
  
  
• September 18 - Pandamonium
  Pandamonium (TV series)
  -Synopsis:When an evil alien named Mondraggor attempted to steal an ancient object called the Pyramid of Power, the pyramid shattered into many pieces, which scattered around the world. Each week, Mondraggor would race against two human siblings, Peter and Peggy Darrow, who were accompanied by...
  
  
• September 19 - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series)
  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an American musical television series loosely based on the film, which ran on CBS from September 19, 1982 to March 23, 1983.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 22 - Family Ties
  Family Ties
  Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young...
  
  
• September 22 - Tales of the Gold Monkey
  Tales of the Gold Monkey
  Tales of the Gold Monkey is a 1982 television show broadcast by ABC. Most critics saw it as the network's attempt to capitalize on the fame of the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark the previous year, in the same vein as Bring 'Em Back Alive on CBS...
  
  
• September 24 - Bring 'Em Back Alive
  Bring 'Em Back Alive
  Bring 'Em Back Alive is an adventure television series starring Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan and Ron O'Neal. The series was shown in the United States from September 1982 to May 1983. Set in Singapore, it was one of several shows like Tales of the Gold Monkey to try and capture the success of...
  
  
• September 25 - The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour
  The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour
  Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour is a 1982 cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears Productions, featuring animated versions of characters from Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, and Happy Days...
  
  
• September 25 - Pac-Man
  Pac-Man (TV series)
  Pac-Man is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera based on the video game Pac-Man by Namco, which premiered on ABC and ran from 1982 to 1983. During the first airing of the show, the large number of advertisers sponsoring it caused commercial breaks to be double their normal length...
  
  
• September 25 - Silver Spoons
  Silver Spoons
  Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987...
  
  
• September 26 - Knight Rider
• September 26 - Matt Houston
  Matt Houston
  Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 27 - Square Pegs
  Square Pegs
  Square Pegs is an American comedy series that aired on CBS during the 1982–1983 season. The series follows Patty Greene and Lauren Hutchinson , two awkward teenage girls desperate to fit in at Weemawee High School....
  
  
• September 30 - Cheers
  Cheers
  Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...
  
  
• September 30 - Star of the Family
  Star of the Family
  Star of the Family was a short-lived television situation comedy starring veteran actor, Brian Dennehy, as fire chief Leslie "Buddy" Krebs, and Kathy Maisnik as his singer daughter, Jennie Lee Krebs...
  
  
• October 1 - Remington Steele
  Remington Steele
  Remington Steele is an American television series, co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic...
  
  
• October 1 - USA Tuesday Night Fights
  USA Tuesday Night Fights
  USA Tuesday Night Fights is a television boxing show. It aired from October 1, 1982 through August 25, 1998 on the USA Network; at one time it was the longest continually-running boxing show on television....
  
  
• October 2 - The Devlin Connection
• October 6 - Tucker's Witch
  Tucker's Witch
  Tucker's Witch is a 12-episode comedy-detective series which aired on CBS television from October 6, 1982, to November 10, 1982, and again sporadically from March 31 to June 9, 1983...
  
  
• October 14 - It Takes Two
• October 25 - Newhart
  Newhart
  Newhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and wife who owned and operated an inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was home to many eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to May 21, 1990...
  
  
• October 26 - Gavilan
  Gavilan (TV series)
  -Plot:Robert Gavilan is a former CIA agent, who now works for the Oceanographic Institute headed by Marion Jaworski. Every now and then, someone from his past as a spy comes to him asking for his help, or on one of the jobs that he is on, somehow turns into trouble, or someone just needs his help...
  
  
• October 26 - St. Elsewhere
  St. Elsewhere
  St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...
  
  
• October 29 - The New Odd Couple
  The New Odd Couple
  The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982 to 83, and was an updated version of the 1970s television series The Odd Couple. The New Odd Couple was the second attempt to remake a series of one of Neil Simon's plays with a primarily African-American cast...
  
  
• October 30 - Voyagers!
  Voyagers!
  Voyagers! is an American science fiction time travel-based television series that aired on NBC during the 1982–1983 season. The series stars Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce.-Plot:...
  
  
• December 12 - Powerhouse
  Powerhouse (TV series)
  Powerhouse is a United States television series produced by the Educational Film Center at Northern Virginia ETV and aired on PBS for 16 episodes in 1982. It billed itself as "a 16-part series for young people and their families," with the target audience being primarily preteens and teenagers, and...
  
  
• December 27 - Starcade
  Starcade
  Starcade was a game show where contestants competed against one another by playing arcade video games. The series originally aired on WTBS from 1982–1983, followed by a run in syndication for the following season....
  
  

1981

• January 12 - Dynasty
  Dynasty (TV series)
  Dynasty is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989. It was created by Richard & Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, and revolved around the Carringtons, a wealthy oil family living in Denver, Colorado...
  
  
• January 15 - Hill Street Blues
  Hill Street Blues
  Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...
  
  
• January 16 - Harper Valley PTA
  Harper Valley PTA (TV series)
  Harper Valley PTA is an early 1980s American television sitcom based on the 1978 film Harper Valley PTA, which was itself based on the 1968 song recorded by country singer Jeannie C. Riley, written by Tom T...
  
  
• February 2 - The Gangster Chronicles
  The Gangster Chronicles
  The Gangster Chronicles is an NBC American television crime drama mini series starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo and narrated by E.G. Marshall.-Overview:...
  
  
• February 25 - Aloha Paradise
• March 18 - The Greatest American Hero
  The Greatest American Hero
  The Greatest American Hero is an American comedy-drama television series that aired for three seasons from 1981 to 1983 on ABC. Created by producer Stephen J. Cannell, it premiered as a two-hour movie pilot on March 18, 1981...
  
  
• April 9 - Checking In
  Checking In
  Checking In was a short-lived 1981 television sitcom and spin-off of The Jeffersons, which itself had spun off from All in the Family....
  
  
• April 9 - Park Place
• April 26 - American Dream
• June - Night Flight
  Night Flight (TV series)
  Night Flight is a variety show that originated on the USA Network. An eclectic mix of short films, cartoons, B movies, stand up comedy, documentaries, music videos and more, Night Flight was broadcast, in various incarnations, from 1981 to 1996....
  
  
• August 7 - The Krypton Factor
  The Krypton Factor (US game show)
  The Krypton Factor was a United States game show based on the UK series of the same name. The series originally ran on ABC from August 7 to September 4, 1981 and NBC from 15th December 1982 to present...
  
  
• September 1 - DangerMouse
  DangerMouse
  Danger Mouse is a British animated television series which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. It features the eponymous Danger Mouse, an English mouse who works as a superhero/secret agent. The show is a loose parody of British spy fiction, particularly James Bond and the...
  
  
• September 10 - Best of the West
  Best of the West
  Best of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982.-Synopsis:The Old West spoof featured the misadventures of Sam Best, a Civil War veteran who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico...
  
  
• September 12 - Blackstar
• September 12 - Goldie Gold and Action Jack
  Goldie Gold and Action Jack
  Goldie Gold and Action Jack was a 1981 animated series produced by Ruby-Spears that aired for one season on ABC. It followed the random adventures of wealthy teenager girl Goldie Gold, who owned the Gold Street Journal, and her ace reporter companion, Action Jack Travis, who worked under Goldie...
  
  
• September 12 - The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!
• September 12 - The Smurfs
• September 12 - Space Stars
  Space Stars
  Space Stars is a 1981 NBC Saturday morning cartoon created by Hanna-Barbera which ran from 1981-1982.-Format:Space Stars ran four cartoon segments each week: Space Ghost, The Herculoids, Teen Force, and Astro and the Space Mutts. The cartoons would occasionally cross-over into one another...
  
  
• September 12 - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
  Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
  Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an animated series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar...
  
  
• September 12 - Trollkins
  Trollkins
  Trollkins is a 1981 animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired for one season on CBS. The show was inspired from The Dukes of Hazard and the Troll Dolls, only in Trolltown....
  
  
• September 14 - Entertainment Tonight
  Entertainment Tonight
  Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
  
  
• October 7 - Mr. Merlin
  Mr. Merlin
  Mr. Merlin, a Larry Larry Company Production in association with Columbia Pictures Television, was a 1981–82 sitcom starring Barnard Hughes as Merlin the wizard, disguised as Max Merlin, a mechanic in modern-day San Francisco.-Plot:...
  
  
• October 25 - Today's F.B.I.
  Today's F.B.I.
  Today's F.B.I. is an American crime drama television series, an updated and revamped version of the earlier series The F.B.I.Like the original program, this series was based on actual cases from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the F.B.I. was involved in the making of the show...
  
  
• October 28 - The Fall Guy
  The Fall Guy
  The Fall Guy is an American action/adventure television program produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981 to May 2, 1986. It starred Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas. Majors and Barr are the only two actors to appear in all 112 episodes of the series...
  
  
• October 28 - Love, Sidney
  Love, Sidney
  Love, Sidney was an American situation comedy television series about a gay man, Sidney Shorr, and his relationship with a single mother and her five year-old daughter whom he invites to live with him...
  
  
• October 29 - Gimme a Break!
  Gimme a Break!
  Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC from October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.-Premise:...
  
  
• October 29 - Lewis & Clark
  Lewis & Clark (TV series)
  Lewis & Clark was a short-lived situation comedy that ran on NBC for one season from October 29, 1981 to July 30, 1982.-Plot:For a naive New Yorker, Stewart Lewis has a strange—some would say twisted—ambition: he wants to own a country-music club. His wife and kids hate the idea...
  
  
• November 1 - Code Red
  Code Red (TV series)
  Code Red is an American television series that ran from 1981 to 1982 on ABC and was produced by Irwin Allen. This was Allen's sixth and final television series....
  
  
• November 3 - Father Murphy
  Father Murphy
  Father Murphy is an American television drama series that aired on the NBC network from November 3, 1981 to September 18, 1983. Michael Landon created the series, was the executive producer, and also directed the show in partnership with William F...
  
  
• November 5 - Jessica Novak
  Jessica Novak
  Jessica Novak is a 1981 drama television series that aired on CBS from November 5, 1981 till December 3, 1981 and was written by Ira Steven Behr...
  
  
• November 11 - Shannon
  Shannon (1981 TV series)
  Shannon is an hour-long 9-episode CBS crime drama starring Kevin Dobson as Jack Shannon, a former New York City police officer who, after the death of his wife, relocates with his ten-year-old son, John, to San Francisco, California...
  
  
• November 13 - Strike Force
• November 20 - McClain's Law
  McClain's Law
  McClain's Law is an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC during the 1981-1982 season. New episodes ended on March 20, and rebroadcasts continued until August 24, 1982.-Summary:...
  
  
• November 24 - Simon & Simon
  Simon & Simon
  Simon & Simon is an American detective television series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker.-History:The original 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key was set in Florida...
  
  
• November 27 - Darkroom
  Darkroom (TV series)
  Darkroom was an American television thriller series that aired on ABC from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Each 60 minute episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a new story and...
  
  
• November 28 - Open All Night
• December 1 - Bret Maverick
  Bret Maverick
  Bret Maverick is an American Western series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon...
  
  
• December 4 - Falcon Crest
  Falcon Crest
  Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced....
  
  
• - The People's Court
  The People's Court
  The People's Court is a US television court show in which small claims court cases are heard, though what is shown is actually a binding arbitration....
  
  

1980

• January 4 - B.A.D. Cats
  B.A.D. Cats
  B.A.D. Cats is an American action/police drama that aired on ABC from January until February 1980 on Friday nights at 8 PM Eastern time. The series stars Asher Brauner, Steve Hanks, and Michelle Pfeiffer in one of her first major acting roles....
  
  
• January 8 - One in a Million
  One in a Million (US TV series)
  One In A Million is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for one season in 1980. The show was developed as a starring vehicle for comedienne Shirley Hemphill after the success of What's Happening!! in which she played a supporting role...
  
  
• January 14 - Chain Reaction
  Chain Reaction (game show)
  Chain Reaction is an American game show created by Bob Stewart, in which players compete to form chains composed of two-word phrases.The show aired three separate runs: Bill Cullen hosted the original series on NBC from January 14 to June 20, 1980...
  
  
• January 17 - Skag
• January 22 - Goodtime Girls
  Goodtime Girls
  Goodtime Girls was a short-lived situation comedy produced by Garry Marshall and his associates, Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis, and Robert L. Boyett, which ran on ABC from January 22, 1980 to August 29, 1980...
  
  
• January 24 - 3-2-1 Contact
  3-2-1 Contact
  3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show that aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications. Dr. Edward G...
  
  
• January 27 - Bobby Jones Gospel
• January 27 - Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
  Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
  Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January through June 1980. The series was created and executive produced by Stephen J. Cannell.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• February 5 - Mystery!
  Mystery!
  Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH...
  
  
• March 1 - Pink Lady and Jeff
  Pink Lady and Jeff
  Pink Lady is an American variety show that aired for five weeks on NBC in 1980, starring the musical duo of the same name. The show is most commonly referred to by the title Pink Lady and Jeff, which refers to co-star Jeff Altman...
  
  
• March 3 - That's Incredible!
  That's Incredible!
  That's Incredible! was an American reality television show that aired on the ABC television network from 1980 to 1984.-Synopsis:In the tradition of You Asked For It, Ripley's Believe It or Not! and Real People, the show featured people performing stunts and reenactments of allegedly paranormal events...
  
  
• March 4 - The Big Show
  The Big Show (TV series)
  The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by NBC for several months in 1980.The series aimed to revitalize the moribund variety television genre, which had been in a downward spiral since the cancellations of the Ed Sullivan Show and The Carol...
  
  
• March 5 - Beyond Westworld
  Beyond Westworld
  Beyond Westworld is a short-lived 1980 television series that carried on the stories of the two feature films, Westworld and Futureworld. It features Jim McMullan as Security Chief John Moore of the Delos Corporation. The story revolves around John Moore having to stop the evil scientist, Quaid, as...
  
  
• March 11 - United States
  United States (TV series)
  United States was a short-lived half-hour comedy-drama that NBC added to its Tuesday primetime schedule in March 1980.Larry Gelbart, the show's executive producer and chief writer, said the name United States was not a reference to the country but rather to "the state of being united in a...
  
  
• March 14 - Here's Boomer
  Here's Boomer
  Here's Boomer is an American adventure/drama series produced by Paramount that aired on the NBC beginning in March 1980. A television movie called A Christmas for Boomer aired on December 6, 1979 and served as the pilot. The show ran for two seasons, ending its run in August 1982...
  
  
• March 15 - Sanford
  Sanford (TV series)
  Sanford is an American situation comedy, which was the revival of the 1972–1977 sitcom Sanford and Son.-Background:In 1977, after six seasons of Sanford and Son, Redd Foxx decided to leave the NBC show to star in a variety show for ABC. His new show, The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour, was cancelled...
  
  
• March 16 - Galactica 1980
  Galactica 1980
  Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the 1978–1979 series Battlestar Galactica. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980.-Development:...
  
  
• March 21 - Flo
  Flo
  Flo is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1980 to 1981. The series is a spin-off for Polly Holliday who portrayed the sassy and street-smart waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the sitcom Alice...
  
  
• March 22 - Me and Maxx
  Me and Maxx
  Me and Maxx was an American sitcom broadcast on NBC starting in 1980. The plot involved a young girl, Maxx , moving in with her dad, Norman , who had created a life for himself as a swinging bachelor.-Cast:...
  
  
• March 22 - The Tim Conway Show
• March 24 - Nightline
• March 24 - The Stockard Channing Show
  The Stockard Channing Show
  The Stockard Channing Show is an American sitcom starring Stockard Channing, Ron Silver, Sydney Goldsmith , Max Showalter and Jack Somack....
  
  
• April 11 - Fridays
• May 12 - Flamingo Road
• May 26 - Phyl & Mikhy
• June 26 - Nobody's Perfect
  Nobody's Perfect (TV series)
  Nobody's Perfect is a situation comedy television series, broadcast on ABC, about a bumbling police detective; it aired for two months in 1980, for a total of eight episodes. In the UK this program is known as Hart of the Yard...
  
  
• July 19 - Good Time Harry
• August 4 - Texas
  Texas (TV series)
  Texas is an American daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. Created by John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, and Paul Rauch, the show was a spinoff of Another World...
  
  
• August 9 - That's My Line
  That's My Line
  That's My Line was a summer CBS reality show developed by Mark Goodson, one of the creators of What's My Line? The show highlighted the unusual occupations of ordinary people, but unlike What's My Line? it had no panel or game components; the show was rather along the same lines as NBC's Real...
  
  
• August 21 - Games People Play
  Games People Play (TV series)
  Games People Play was an NBC television show that ran from 1980 to 1981, hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Cyndy Garvey. The format centered on unusual sports competitions, including a belly flop contest and a taxicab demolition derby. Sylvester Stallone discovered Mr. T, whom he subsequently cast as...
  
  
• August 24 - Those Amazing Animals
  Those Amazing Animals
  Those Amazing Animals was a reality television series about animals and their extraordinary lives. It was hosted by Burgess Meredith, Priscilla Presley and Jim Stafford. A spinoff of That's Incredible!, this series aired on ABC from 1980 to 1981....
  
  
• September 6 - Drak Pack
  Drak Pack
  Drak Pack was an animated television series. It aired in the United States on CBS Saturday Morning between September 6, 1980 and September 12, 1982. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera's Australian subsidiary, listed in the credits as "Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd"...
  
  
• September 13 - Solid Gold
  Solid Gold (TV series)
  Solid Gold is an American syndicated music television series that debuted on September 13, 1980. Like many other shows of its genre, such as American Bandstand, Solid Gold featured musical performances and various other elements such as music videos...
  
  
• October 4 - Thundarr the Barbarian
  Thundarr the Barbarian
  Thundarr the Barbarian is a Saturday morning animated television series, created by Steve Gerber and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. The series ran 2 seasons, 1980-1981 and 1981-1982...
  
  
• October 27 - Blockbusters
  Blockbusters (US game show)
  Blockbusters is an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s. Created by Steve Ryan for Mark Goodson Productions, the first series debuted on NBC on October 27, 1980 and aired until April 23, 1982. In the first series, a team of two family members competed against a solo contestant...
  
  
• October 28 - Too Close for Comfort
  Too Close for Comfort (TV series)
  Too Close for Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran on the ABC network and later in first-run syndication from November 11, 1980 to September 27, 1986. It was modeled after the British series Keep It in the Family, which debuted nine months before Too Close for Comfort debuted in the U.S...
  
  
• October 30 - It's a Living aka Making a Living
• October 31 - I'm a Big Girl Now
  I'm a Big Girl Now
  I'm a Big Girl Now was an American television series that ran one season during the strike-shortened 1980-1981 season. The series starred Diana Canova as Diana Cassidy and Danny Thomas as Dr...
  
  
• November 5 - Enos
  Enos (TV series)
  Enos is an American television series from the 1980–1981 season that aired on the CBS network. A spinoff of The Dukes of Hazzard, Enos focused on the adventures of Enos Strate, a former small-town deputy in Hazzard County, now having moved to Los Angeles to join the L.A.P.D...
  
  
• November 8 - The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
• November 11 - Too Close for Comfort
  Too Close for Comfort (TV series)
  Too Close for Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran on the ABC network and later in first-run syndication from November 11, 1980 to September 27, 1986. It was modeled after the British series Keep It in the Family, which debuted nine months before Too Close for Comfort debuted in the U.S...
  
  
• November 27 - Bosom Buddies
  Bosom Buddies
  Bosom Buddies is an American sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller and Chris Thompson. It ran from 1980 to 1982 on ABC and in reruns in the summer of 1984 on NBC....
  
  
• November 29 - Breaking Away
• December 6 - Secrets of Midland Heights
  Secrets of Midland Heights
  Secrets of Midland Heights is a short-lived nighttime soap opera which ran on CBS from December 6, 1980 to January 24, 1981 for eight episodes...
  
  
• December 11 - Magnum, P.I.
  Magnum, P.I.
  Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network....
  
  
• - The Bozo Show
  The Bozo Show
  The Bozo Show is a locally-produced children's television program that aired on WGN-TV in Chicago and nationally on what is now WGN America. Recognized as the most popular and successful locally-produced children's program in the history of television, it only aired under this title for 14 of its...
  
  
• - Richie Rich
  Richie Rich (1980 TV series)
  Richie Rich is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from 1980 to 1984. Based upon Harvey Comics' popular Richie Rich comic book characters, shared time slots with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Little Rascals, and Pac-Man over its original broadcast...
  
  

1979

• January 18 - Delta House
• January 20 - Salvage 1
  Salvage 1
  Salvage 1 is an American science fiction series that aired for 16 episodes on ABC during 1979. The pilot film, Salvage, aired on January 20, 1979 to high ratings....
  
  
• January 21 - Brothers and Sisters
  Brothers and Sisters (1979 TV series)
  Brothers and Sisters is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from January to April 1979. The series attempted to capitalize on the success of the 1978 motion picture National Lampoon's Animal House...
  
  
• January 22 - Nightly Business Report
  Nightly Business Report
  Nightly Business Report is a Business news television magazine broadcast live Monday to Friday evenings on most public television stations in the United States. Every weeknight, Nightly Business Report distills the essence of what matters in the business world, and provides analysis and reflection...
  
  
• January 26 - The Dukes of Hazzard
  The Dukes of Hazzard
  The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.- Overview :The Dukes of Hazzard...
  
  
• January 26 - Turnabout
  Turnabout (TV series)
  Turnabout is a television situation comedy that first aired on NBC in 1979, and was based on a 1931 novel of the same name by Thorne Smith...
  
  
• January 26 - Hello, Larry
  Hello, Larry
  Hello, Larry is an American sitcom which aired on NBC from January 26, 1979, to April 30, 1980.-First season:Larry Alder is a radio talk show host who left Los Angeles after being divorced and moved to Portland, Oregon, with his two teenage daughters, Diane and...
  
  
• January 28 - CBS Sunday Morning
• February 1 - Makin' It
  Makin' It
  Makin' It is an American sitcom starring David Naughton as a disco dancer in the late 1970s. The series only lasted nine episodes, airing on Fridays at 8:00PM on ABC from February 1 through March 23, 1979 before being canceled...
  
  
• February 7 - Supertrain
  Supertrain
  Supertrain is an American television drama/adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode.-Overview:...
  
  
• February 8 - Angie
  Angie (TV series)
  Angie is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast by the ABC network from February 1979 until October 1980.-Premise:Philadelphia coffee shop waitress Angie Falco starts a romance with customer Bradley Benson...
  
  
• February 10 - B.J. and the Bear
  B.J. and the Bear
  B.J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Created by Christopher Crowe and Glen A. Larson, the series stars Greg Evigan and Claude Akins.-Plot:Greg Evigan stars as B.J...
  
  
• February 26 - Billy
  Billy (1979 TV series)
  Billy is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February to April 1979. The series was based on Keith Waterhouse's 1960 British play Billy Liar.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• February 26 - Flatbush
  Flatbush (TV series)
  Flatbush is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for three weeks from February 26, 1979 to March 12, 1979.-Plot:The series followed five recent high school graduates living in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, Presto, a cab driver, Socks, who worked in a clothing store, Figgy, a supermarket...
  
  
• February 27 - Cliffhangers
  Cliffhangers (TV series)
  Cliffhangers was an American television series that debuted on February 27, 1979 on NBC.Cliffhangers attempted to revive the genre of movie serials in a made-for-TV format. Each hour-long episode was divided into three 20-minute segments featuring different storylines...
  
  
• March 4 - The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
  The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
  The Mary Tyler Moore Hour was a television series broadcast by CBS in the spring of 1979.Like her first series, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Moore's eponymous sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show , had been highly-rated, critically acclaimed, and the recipient of many Emmy Awards...
  
  
• March 13 - The Ropers
  The Ropers
  The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spinoff of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred...
  
  
• March 15 - Harris and Company
  Harris and Company
  Harris and Company is an American television drama series which aired on NBC during March and April of 1979. The series starred Bernie Casey as Mike Harris, a working-class African American father of five who relocates his family from Detroit, Michigan to Los Angeles, California after the death of...
  
  
• March 24 - The Bad News Bears
• March 28 - Dear Detective
• March 28 - Miss Winslow and Son
• March 29 - The Chisholms
  The Chisholms
  The Chisholms is a CBS western miniseries starring Robert Preston, which aired thirteen episodes from March 29, 1979, to April 19, 1979, and from January 19, 1980, to March 15, 1980. The 1979 episodes showed the family moving from Virginia to Wyoming...
  
  
• April 12 - Highcliffe Manor
• April 18 - Real People
  Real People
  Real People is an NBC reality television series that aired from 1979 to 1984, on Wednesday and then Sunday nights. Its initial episodes aired live in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• July 31 - Detective School
  Detective School
  Detective School is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for four months in 1979, for a total of 13 episodes....
  
  
• August 9 - Hanging In
  Hanging In
  Hanging In is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1979, executive produced by Norman Lear.-Synopsis:After his failed attempt to launch the sitcom Mr. Dugan, Lear reworked the project, finally coming up with Hanging In, the story of Lou Harper, a former pro football star who becomes president of...
  
  
• August 24 - The Facts of Life
  The Facts of Life (TV series)
  The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious...
  
  
• August 25 - Hart to Hart
  Hart to Hart
  Hart to Hart is an American television series, starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a wealthy couple who also moonlighted as amateur detectives. The series was created by writer Sidney Sheldon and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg...
  
  
• August 28 - 240-Robert
  240-Robert
  240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 1 - Rickety Rocket
  Rickety Rocket
  Rickety Rocket was an animated television series, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, and ran from 1979 to 1980 as a segment on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 8 - The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
  The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
  The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, also known as The Adventures of Flash Gordon, is an animated television series. The series is actually called Flash Gordon, but the expanded title is used in official records to distinguish it from previous versions.Filmation produced the series in 1979, partly...
  
  
• September 9 - Out of the Blue
  Out of the Blue (1979 TV series)
  Out Of The Blue is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the fall of 1979. It is chiefly notable as having featured a Mork & Mindy crossover, and for the controversy surrounding its status as a spin-off of Happy Days....
  
  
• September 13 - Benson
  Benson (TV series)
  Benson is an American television sitcom which aired from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986, on ABC. The series was a spin-off from the soap opera parody Soap ; however, Benson discarded the...
  
  
• September 15 - Working Stiffs
  Working Stiffs (TV series)
  Working Stiffs is a short-lived 1979 television series which starred James Belushi and Michael Keaton as brothers Ernie and Mike O'Rourke. The pair were janitors who aspired to work their way up in the field of business. The brothers worked in an office building owned by their Uncle Harry...
  
  
• September 16 - A New Kind of Family
  A New Kind of Family
  A New Kind of Family is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1979 to January 1980. The series stars Eileen Brennan, Rob Lowe, and Telma Hopkins.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 18 - The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
  The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
  The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo is an American action/adventure sitcom that ran on NBC from 1979 to 1981. For its second season the show was renamed Lobo. The program aired Tuesday nights, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. The lead character, Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo, played by Claude Akins, was a spin-off...
  
  
• September 19 - The Last Resort
  The Last Resort (1979 TV series)
  The Last Resort was a 1979 American television sitcom, centered around a group of college students working in a hotel kitchen; the humor was in the style of Animal House, and it ran for one season of 15 episodes on CBS.-Cast and characters:...
  
  
• September 19 - Struck by Lightning
  Struck by Lightning (TV series)
  Struck by Lightning was a 1979 American television sitcom about Frankenstein's monster, which aired on CBS.Like Working Stiffs, another 1979 CBS sitcom, this show was canceled after only three episodes were aired in the United States, although all completed episodes did end up being shown in...
  
  
• September 20 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
  Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between 1979–1981, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film several months before the series aired....
  
  
• September 21 - Eischied
  Eischied
  Eischied is an American crime drama broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1979 to January 20, 1980. It was based on the starring character from the 1978 miniseries To Kill a Cop, which was based on the novel by Robert Daley.-Snyopsis:...
  
  
• September 22 - A Man Called Sloane
  A Man Called Sloane
  A Man Called Sloane was an American secret agent adventure television series that aired on NBC during the 1979-1980 television season. It was a Woodruff Production in association with QM Productions, and became the final series produced by Quinn Martin's company to debut .The series starred Robert...
  
  
• September 22 - Casper and the Angels
  Casper and the Angels
  Casper and the Angels was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and aired for one season on NBC. Casper the Friendly Ghost was a guardian angel for two female motorcycle space cops named Minnie and Maxie in the year 2179...
  
  
• September 22 - Spider-Woman
  Spider-Woman (TV series)
  Spider-Woman is an animated television series, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Woman. The series was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation, and aired on September 22, 1979 to January 3, 1980, one season of sixteen episodes, on the ABC-TV network...
  
  
• September 22 - The Super Globetrotters
  The Super Globetrotters
  The Super Globetrotters is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. It premiered on September 22, 1979 and ran for 13 episodes.It was a spin-off series from Hanna-Barbera's Harlem Globetrotters....
  
  
• September 23 - Archie Bunker's Place
  Archie Bunker's Place
  Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983...
  
  
• September 23 - The Associates
  The Associates (U.S. TV series)
  The Associates is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1979-1980. The series starred Martin Short and was cancelled after nine of its thirteen episodes aired, but was nominated for two Golden Globes after its cancellation...
  
  
• September 23 - Trapper John, M.D.
  Trapper John, M.D.
  Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986....
  
  
• September 25 - California Fever
  California Fever
  California Fever is an American teen drama series that ran on CBS in 1979. The show featured a group of Los Angeles teenagers living an exotic life of disco, the beach, the opposite sex and music. The series was short-lived, lasting only 10 episodes....
  
  
• September 29 - Big Shamus, Little Shamus
  Big Shamus, Little Shamus
  Big Shamus, Little Shamus is an American detective drama series that aired on CBS on Saturday nights for two weeks from September 29, 1979 to October 6, 1979.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 29 - Paris
  Paris (1979 TV series)
  Paris was an American television series that appeared on the CBS television network from September 29, 1979 to January 15, 1980. A crime drama, the show is notable as the first-ever appearance of renowned actor James Earl Jones in a lead role on television and as the first program on which Steven...
  
  
• November 4 - Nightline
• December 17 - House Calls
  House Calls (TV series)
  House Calls is an American sitcom that lasted three seasons and 57 episodes, from December 17, 1979 to May 27, 1982, on CBS television, produced by Universal Television and based upon the 1978 feature film of the same name.-Scenario:...
  
  
• December 27 - Knots Landing
  Knots Landing
  Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...
  
  
• December 28 - Joe's World
• - This Old House
  This Old House
  This Old House is an American home improvement magazine and television series aired on the American television station Public Broadcasting Service which follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks.-Overview:...
  
  

1978

• April 2 - Dallas
  Dallas (TV series)
  Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
  
  
• April 24 - Card Sharks
  Card Sharks
  Card Sharks is an American television game show created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Two contestants compete for control of a row of oversized playing cards by answering questions posed by the host and then guessing if the next card is higher or lower in value than...
  
  
• March 10 - The Incredible Hulk
• June 6 - 20/20
• June 10 - ABC World News Tonight
• September 1 - Battle of The Planets
  Battle of the Planets
  Battle of the Planets is an American animated television adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman . Of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets adaptation, produced by Sandy Frank Entertainment...
  
  
• September 7 - Grandpa Goes to Washington
  Grandpa Goes to Washington
  Grandpa Goes to Washington is an American sitcom that aired on NBC on Tuesday night from September 7, 1978 to January 16, 1979.-Plot:The series centered on Joe Kelley, a political science teacher who was forced to retire when he turned 66, who then got himself elected to the U.S senate.-Cast:*Jack...
  
  
• September 7 - The Waverly Wonders
  The Waverly Wonders
  The Waverly Wonders was a short-lived TV sitcom, starring retired pro football star Joe Namath, that lasted less than a month on NBC in 1978....
  
  
• September 8 - The Eddie Capra Mysteries
• September 10 - Kaz
  Kaz (TV series)
  Kaz is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1978 to April 22, 1979.-Overview:Ron Leibman starred as Martin "Kaz" Kazinsky, a former convict who became a criminal defense attorney after he was released from prison. Leibman won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in...
  
  
• September 10 - Sword of Justice
  Sword of Justice (TV series)
  Sword Of Justice is an American action-adventure television series that aired on NBC for one season during 1978 and 1979. The series was considered a mix of The Saint, It Takes a Thief, and The Rockford Files.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 13 - W.E.B.
  W.E.B.
  W.E.B. was an American TV series that aired for less than a month on NBC in 1978.W.E.B. showed the sharkish inner workings of the TV industry, centering on brash female programming executive Ellen Cunningham at fictional network Trans-Atlantic Broadcasting...
  
  
• September 12 - Taxi
  Taxi (TV series)
  Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series, which won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for "Outstanding Comedy Series", focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher...
  
  
• September 14 - Mork & Mindy
• September 17 - Battlestar Galactica
  Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
  Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, created by Glen A. Larson. It starred Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict and ran for one season in 1978–79. After cancellation, its story was continued in 1980 as Galactica 1980 with Adama, Lieutenant Boomer and...
  
  
• September 18 - WKRP in Cincinnati
  WKRP in Cincinnati
  WKRP in Cincinnati is an American situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show was created by Hugh Wilson and was based upon his experiences working in advertising sales at Top 40 radio station WQXI in Atlanta...
  
  
• September 20 - Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday
  Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday
  Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday was a 1978 NBC variety television series, sometimes called simply Live Wednesday. Hosted by Dick Clark, it was a musical show much like Clark's American Bandstand. Guests included musical artists and actors such as Frankie Avalon, Bo Diddley, Connie Francis, Annette...
  
  
• September 20 - In the Beginning
• September 20 - Vega$
  Vega$
  Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series, was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas...
  
  
• September 23 - The American Girls
  The American Girls (TV series)
  The American Girls is an American drama series that aired on CBS on Saturday night from September 23, 1978 to November 10, 1978.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 23 - Apple Pie
  Apple Pie (TV series)
  Apple Pie is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on the ABC network from September 23, 1978 until September 30, 1978. It is based on the play Nourish the Beast, by Steve Tesich, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for 1979's Breaking Away.Apple Pie starred Rue...
  
  
• September 24 - Mary
• September 29 - Flying High
• November 2 - David Cassidy: Man Under Cover
  David Cassidy: Man Under Cover
  David Cassidy: Man Under Cover is an American police drama starring David Cassidy, four years after his run starring in the The Partridge Family. The series pilot first aired as a two-hour episode of another show, Police Story, which featured Cassidy playing an undercover police officer...
  
  
• November 3 - Diff'rent Strokes
  Diff'rent Strokes
  Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986...
  
  
• November 27 - The White Shadow
  The White Shadow
  The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981.-Overview:...
  
  
• - WWWF Championship Wrestling
  WWWF Championship Wrestling
  WWF Championship Wrestling is a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It aired from 1978 to 1986 and was the original television show of the WWF...
  
  

1977

• January 4 - Who's Who
• January 13 - The Andros Targets
• January 30 - The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC...
  
  
• February 3 - The Fantastic Journey
  The Fantastic Journey
  The Fantastic Journey is an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977.-Premise:...
  
  
• February 5 - Fish
  Fish (TV series)
  Fish was a spin-off television series of the sitcom Barney Miller. It starred Abe Vigoda as New York Police Department Detective Phil Fish and Florence Stanley as his wife Bernice.- Overview :...
  
  
• February 12 - Blansky's Beauties
  Blansky's Beauties
  Blansky's Beauties is an American sitcom which aired on the ABC network in 1977. The main character of the series was introduced in an episode of Happy Days.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• March 7 - The Feather and Father Gang
• March 7 - Quark
  Quark (TV series)
  Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the...
  
  
• March 15 - Eight is Enough
  Eight Is Enough
  Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name...
  
  
• March 15 - Three's Company
  Three's Company
  Three's Company is an American sitcom that aired from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984, on ABC. It is based on the British sitcom, Man About the House....
  
  
• March 15 - Westside Medical
• June 20 - Mulligan's Stew
  Mulligan's Stew
  Mulligan's Stew was an NBC drama/comedy that was on the air in 1977. It focused on the lives of the Mulligan family. Lawrence Pressman starred as Michael Mulligan, a high school teacher and football coach, and Elinor Donahue played his wife, Jane, who works as a school nurse...
  
  
• July 4 - Fernwood 2 Night
• July 22 - Dog and Cat
  Dog and Cat
  Dog and Cat is an American television series that aired on ABC in 1977.Lou Antonio played Sgt. Jack Ramsey, an undercover detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, who found himself teamed with a very green partner named J.Z. Kane...
  
  
• September 5 - The Fitzpatricks
  The Fitzpatricks
  The Fitzpatricks was a short lived drama series which ran on CBS during the 1977–78 season.The focus was on the Fitzpatricks, an Irish Catholic family of six who lived in Flint, Michigan...
  
  
• September 10 - Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics
  Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
  -DVD release:On January 19, 2010, Warner Home Video released Scooby's All-Star Laff-A Lympics - Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1. The single disc release features the first four episodes of the Laff-a-Lympics segment of the package. Target released an exclusive second volume with the next four episodes...
  
  
• September 10 - Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
  Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
  Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels is an animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 10, 1977 to June 21, 1980 on ABC....
  
  
• September 10 - Space Academy
  Space Academy
  Space Academy was a live-action sci-fi children's television program produced by Filmation that originally aired Saturday mornings on the CBS television network, from September 10, 1977, to December 17, 1977. A total of fifteen half-hour episodes were made.-Cast:The program starred veteran actor...
  
  
• September 12 - The Betty White Show
  The Betty White Show
  The Betty White Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 12, 1977, to January 2, 1978. Fourteen episodes were transmitted. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 12 - Lucan
  Lucan (TV series)
  The television drama Lucan aired on ABC from 1977 to 1978. The core cast was Kevin Brophy, John Randolph, and Don Gordon.A 20-year old man spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by wolves. Lucan is taken to a research institute and taught the ways of...
  
  
• September 12 - Young Dan'l Boone
  Young Dan'l Boone
  Young Dan'l Boone was a short-lived TV series broadcast on CBS for only four episodes from September 12 to October 10, 1977. The series followed Daniel Boone on his adventures before he was married. His 3 companions were Peter Dawes, a 12-year-old English boy, a runaway slave named Hawk, and a...
  
  
• September 13 - The Richard Pryor Show
  The Richard Pryor Show
  The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days....
  
  
• September 13 - Soap
  Soap (TV series)
  Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981.The show was created as a parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a serial format and included melodramatic plot elements such...
  
  
• September 15 - Carter Country
  Carter Country
  Carter Country is an American television sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1979 on ABC.-Synopsis:Carter Country was set in the fictional small town of Clinton Corners in Georgia Carter Country is an American television sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1979 on ABC.-Synopsis:Carter Country was set in the...
  
  
• September 15 - CHiPs
  CHiPs
  CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
  
  
• September 16 - The Sanford Arms
  The Sanford Arms
  The Sanford Arms is an American sitcom that aired from September to October 1977 on NBC. The series is an attempted continuation of the sitcom Sanford and Son.After six seasons, Redd Foxx left Sanford and Son to star in a variety show for ABC...
  
  
• September 17 - Operation Petticoat
  Operation Petticoat
  Operation Petticoat is a 1959 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. It was the basis for a television series in 1977 starring John Astin in Grant's role...
  
  
• September 19 - Cos
  Cos (TV series)
  Cos was an American sketch comedy/variety TV series that debuted on the ABC Network in September 1976. It was hosted by comedian Bill Cosby and featured an ensemble cast who would perform sketches each week...
  
  
• September 19 - The San Pedro Beach Bums
• September 20 - Lou Grant
  Lou Grant (TV series)
  Lou Grant is an American television drama series starring Ed Asner in the titular role as a newspaper editor. Unusual in American television, this drama series was a spinoff from a sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Aired from 1977 to 1982, Lou Grant won 13 Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Drama...
  
  
• September 21 - Big Hawaii
• September 21 - The Oregon Trail
• September 22 - Man from Atlantis
• September 22 - Rosetti and Ryan
• September 24 - The Love Boat
  The Love Boat
  The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
  
  
• October 1 - We've Got Each Other
• October 9 - On Our Own
  On Our Own (1977 TV series)
  On Our Own is a television series broadcast on CBS as part of their 1977-78 schedule. It featured Maria Bonino and Julia Peters, two employees in the Bedford Advertising Agency in New York who also share an apartment. Toni McBain was their boss, while April Baxter and Phil Goldstein were their...
  
  
• October 27 - James at 15
  James at 15
  James at 15 is an American drama series that aired on NBC in the 1977-1978 season. The series was preceded by the 1977 made-for-TV movie James at 15, intended as a pilot for the series...
  
  
• November 4 - The Incredible Hulk
• - The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)
  The Amazing Spider-Man is the first live-action TV series based on the popular comic book The Amazing Spider-Man, not counting his appearances on the educational The Electric Company series, and was shown in the USA between 1977-1979...
  
  
• - The New Archie and Sabrina Hour
  The New Archie and Sabrina Hour
  The New Archie and Sabrina Hour was the seventh and final animated series featuring Archie Comics characters under the Filmation banner. The series premiered on NBC in September 1977, rebroadcasting segments from The Archie Show, as well as brand-new segments featuring Sabrina, the Teenage Witch...
  
  
• - This Week in Baseball
  This Week in Baseball
  This Week in Baseball is a weekly television program, originally designed to show highlights of the previous week's Major League Baseball action. TWIB debuted in .-Genesis of the series:...
  
  

1976

• January 6 - Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
  Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
  Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is an American soap opera parody that aired in daily syndication from January 1976 to May 1977. The series was produced by Norman Lear, directed by Joan Darling and starred Louise Lasser...
  
  
• January 14 - The Bionic Woman
  The Bionic Woman
  The Bionic Woman is an American television series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired for three seasons between 1976 and 1978 as a spin off from The Six Million Dollar Man. Wagner stars as tennis pro Jaime Sommers who is nearly killed in a skydiving accident. Sommers' life is saved by Oscar Goldman ...
  
  
• January 23 - Donny & Marie
  Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)
  Donny & Marie was an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond...
  
  
• January 27 - Laverne & Shirley
  Laverne & Shirley
  Laverne & Shirley is an American television situation comedy that ran on ABC from January 26, 1976, to May 10, 1983...
  
  
• March 9 - Family
  Family (TV series)
  Family is an American television drama series that aired on ABC from 1976 to 1980. Creative control of the show was split between executive producers Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling and Mike Nichols...
  
  
• April 24 - Tabitha
  Tabitha (TV series)
  Tabitha is an American fantasy sitcom that aired during the 1977-1978 season on ABC. It is a spin-off of Bewitched, which had ended its run several years earlier...
  
  
• May 1 - Future Cop
  Future Cop (TV series)
  Future Cop is an American science fiction television series which starred Ernest Borgnine and Michael Shannon. It was based on the TV movie of the same name and predated RoboCop by ten years. The series was aired on ABC in 1976 and was re-piloted as "Cops and Robin" on NBC in 1978...
  
  
• July 12 - Family Feud
  Family Feud
  Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
  
  
• August 5 - What's Happening!!
  What's Happening!!
  What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly...
  
  
• August 14 - Clue Club
  Clue Club
  Clue Club is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from August 14, 1976 to September 3, 1977 on CBS....
  
  
• September - In Search of...
• September - Cos
  Cos (TV series)
  Cos was an American sketch comedy/variety TV series that debuted on the ABC Network in September 1976. It was hosted by comedian Bill Cosby and featured an ensemble cast who would perform sketches each week...
  
  
• September 6 - The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
  The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
  The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour was a 60-minute package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1976 for ABC Saturday mornings. It marked the first new installments of the cowardly canine since 1973, and contained the following segments:...
  
  
• September 9 - Delvecchio
  Delvecchio (TV series)
  Delvecchio is an American television series that aired on CBS during the 1976-77 season. It starred Judd Hirsch as ther title character, Dominick Delvecchio, an Italian-American lawyer who worked for the LAPD and also studied to become a lawyer.-Cast:...
  
  
• September 9 - Switch
  Switch (TV series)
  Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who worked as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation...
  
  
• September 11 - Jabberjaw
  Jabberjaw
  Jabberjaw is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera and aired from September 11, 1976 to September 3, 1978 on ABC.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 17 - Spencer's Pilots
  Spencer's Pilots
  Spencer's Pilots is an American adventure series that aired on CBS from September 17 to November 19, 1976. Created by Larry Rosen, the series stars Gene Evans.-Synopsis:Evans stars as Spencer Parish, the owner of Spencer Aviation...
  
  
• September 20 - All's Fair
  All's Fair
  All's Fair is an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1976 to 1977. The show co-starred Richard Crenna as a conservative political columnist and Bernadette Peters as a liberal photographer...
  
  
• September 20 - Executive Suite
• September 20 - Van Dyke and Company
• September 21 - Baa Baa Black Sheep
  Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)
  Baa Baa Black Sheep is a television series that aired on NBC from 1976 until 1978. Its premise was based on the experiences of United States Marine Corps aviator Pappy Boyington and his World War II "Black Sheep Squadron". The series was created and produced by Stephen J. Cannell...
  
  
• September 22 - Ball Four
  Ball Four (TV series)
  Ball Four is a 1976 American situation comedy that aired on CBS in 1976. The series is inspired by the 1970 book of the same name by Jim Bouton. Bouton co-created the show with humorist and television critic Marvin Kitman and sportswriter Vic Ziegel...
  
  
• September 22 - Charlie's Angels
  Charlie's Angels
  Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
  
  
• September 23 - Gemini Man
  Gemini Man
  Gemini Man is an American action/adventure drama series that aired on NBC in 1976. This is the third of four weekly television series based on the H. G. Wells science fiction novel, The Invisible Man.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 23 - The Tony Randall Show
  The Tony Randall Show
  The Tony Randall Show is an American television sitcom that debuted on September 23, 1976 and aired on ABC during its first season and on CBS for its second and final season.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 25 - Holmes & Yo-Yo
  Holmes & Yo-Yo
  Holmes & Yo-Yo is an American comedy television series that aired on ABC for 13 episodes during the 1976-1977 season. The series follows Detective Holmes and his new android partner Yo-Yo, on their adventures and misadventures, as Holmes teaches Yo-Yo what it is like to be human, while trying to...
  
  
• September 25 - Mr. T and Tina
  Mr. T and Tina
  Mr. T and Tina is an American sitcom that aired for five episodes on ABC in the fall of 1976. Starring Pat Morita, the series was a spin-off of the then-hit series Welcome Back, Kotter...
  
  
• September 29 - Alice
  Alice (TV series)
  Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to July 2, 1985 on CBS. The series was based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job...
  
  
• September 30 - The Nancy Walker Show
  The Nancy Walker Show
  The Nancy Walker Show was a short-lived situation comedy produced by Norman Lear and starring Nancy Walker. It aired for half a season on ABC, premiering on September 30, 1976 and running until December 23, 1976. The series was a starring vehicle provided to Ms...
  
  
• October 3 - Quincy, M.E.
  Quincy, M.E.
  Quincy, M.E., also called Quincy, is a United States television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC...
  
  
• October 16 - Most Wanted
  Most Wanted (TV series)
  Most Wanted is an American crime drama series shown on ABC from October 16, 1976 until August 20, 1977. It starred Robert Stack, Jo Ann Harris, Shelly Novack, and Hari Rhodes...
  
  
• December 1 - C.P.O. Sharkey
  C.P.O. Sharkey
  C.P.O. Sharkey is an American sitcom which aired from 1976 to 1978 on NBC.-Premise:The series starred Don Rickles as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. C.P.O. Otto Sharkey was an abrasive, sharp-tongued veteran in charge of a company of new Seaman Recruits on a San Diego naval base...
  
  

1975

• January 6 - Wheel of Fortune
• January 17 - Baretta
  Baretta
  Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma...
  
  
• January 18 - The Jeffersons
  The Jeffersons
  The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...
  
  
• January 23 - Barney Miller
  Barney Miller
  Barney Miller is a situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker...
  
  
• January 24 - Hot l Baltimore
  Hot l Baltimore
  Hot l Baltimore was a short-lived 1975 television situation comedy series adapted from the hit off-Broadway play by Lanford Wilson.-Premise and run:...
  
  
• April 15 - Braves TBS Baseball
  Braves TBS Baseball
  Braves TBS Baseball or Braves Baseball on TBS is a Major League Baseball broadcast on the TBS cable network by Turner Sports, featuring Atlanta Braves regular season games...
  
  
• April 16 - The Victory Garden
  The Victory Garden (TV series)
  The Victory Garden is an American public television program about gardening and other outdoor activities, produced by station WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, and distributed by PBS...
  
  
• April 30 - Starsky and Hutch
  Starsky and Hutch
  Starsky and Hutch is a 1970s American cop thriller television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot movie and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC...
  
  
• May 4 - Barbary Coast
• June 16 - Spin-Off
• June 16 - Musical Chairs
• July 7 - Ryan's Hope
  Ryan's Hope
  Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC...
  
  
• August 23 - Big Eddie
• August 23 - Beacon Hill
• September 1 - NBC's Saturday Night, later retitled Saturday Night Live
  Saturday Night Live
  Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
  
  
• September 4 - Fay
  Fay (TV series)
  Fay was a TV series starring Lee Grant as Fay Stewart, a woman in her 40s who after 25 years of marriage to attorney Jack Stewart started a new job and begin dating....
  
  
• September 4 - Medical Story
• September 6 - The Great Grape Ape Show
  The Great Grape Ape Show
  The Great Grape Ape Show is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that was broadcast on ABC from 1975 to 1978.-Summary:...
  
  
• September 6 - The New Tom and Jerry Show
• September 7 - The Family Holvak
• September 8 - Phyllis
  Phyllis (TV series)
  Phyllis is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 11, 1975 to March 13, 1977.Created by Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels. it was the second spin-off series from The Mary Tyler Moore Show . The show starred Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom, who was previously Mary Richards'...
  
  
• September 9 - Joe and Sons
  Joe and Sons
  Joe and Sons was a short-lived television series broadcast on CBS from September 9, 1975 to January 13, 1976. It had 15 episodes.The show focused on an Italian-American widower Joe Vitalie who lived in Hoboken, New Jersey with his two teenage sons, Mark and Nick. Gus Duzik worked with him as a...
  
  
• September 9 - Joe Forrester
• September 9 - Welcome Back, Kotter
  Welcome Back, Kotter
  Welcome Back, Kotter was an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta.It originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979.-Premise:...
  
  
• September 10 - Doctors' Hospital
  Doctors' Hospital
  Doctors' Hospital is an American medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975-1976 season. It followed the neurosurgery team at the fictional Lowell Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, led by Dr. Jake Goodwin and his staff, including residents Norah Purcell , and Felipe Ortega , and Nurse Hestor...
  
  
• September 10 - Kate McShane
• September 10 - When Things Were Rotten
  When Things Were Rotten
  When Things Were Rotten was an American situation comedy television series created in 1975 by Mel Brooks and aired for half a season by ABC....
  
  
• September 11 - Ellery Queen
  Ellery Queen (TV series)
  Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series that ran for one season from 1975 to 1976 on NBC. It starred Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, and David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen...
  
  
• September 13 - Three for the Road
  Three for the Road (TV series)
  Three for the Road was a 12-episode CBS drama television series about a recently widowed father and his two sons who in an attempt to assuage their grief, sell their house, procure a recreational vehicle, called the "Zebec", and travel around the United States...
  
  
• September 14 - The Swiss Family Robinson
• September 20 - Matt Helm
  Matt Helm (TV series)
  Matt Helm is a short-lived American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the 1975-1976 season. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 20 - Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
  Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
  Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell was a program that ran on ABC from September 1975 to January 1976, hosted by Howard Cosell and executively produced by Roone Arledge. The series ran for 18 episodes before being cancelled...
  
  
• September 21 - Bronk
  Bronk (TV series)
  Bronk was an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series was set in the fictional Ocean City, California....
  
  
• October 20 - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
  The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
  PBS NewsHour is an evening television news program broadcast weeknights on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. The show is produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, a company co-owned by former anchors Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil, and Liberty Media, which owns a 65% stake in the...
  
  
• November 1 - Good Morning America
  Good Morning America
  Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
  
  
• November 7 - Wonder Woman
  Wonder Woman (TV series)
  Wonder Woman is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book superhero of the same name. Starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor, the show originally aired from 1975 to 1979....
  
  
• November 30 - McCoy
  McCoy (TV series)
  McCoy is the title of an American action-adventure television series that aired on NBC during the 1975-1976 season.The series starred Tony Curtis as a con man who "out-cons" bad guys in order to steal back their ill-gotten gains and return the loot to its rightful owners...
  
  
• December 16 - One Day at a Time
  One Day at a Time
  One Day at a Time is an American situation comedy on the CBS network that aired from December 16, 1975 until May 28, 1984. It portrays Ann Romano, a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters Julie and Barbara Cooper and Schneider, their building superintendent .The show...
  
  
• - WCW Worldwide
  WCW WorldWide
  WCW WorldWide was a syndicated TV show produced by World Championship Wrestling.-Wide World Wrestling:The show began in 1975 , a syndicated one-hour program produced by Charlotte, North Carolina-based Jim Crockett Promotions...
  
  
• - U.S. Farm Report
  U.S. Farm Report
  The U.S. Farm Report is a weekly syndicated United States television news program, presented in magazine format, which has a focus on agriculture and agribusiness....
  
  

1974

• January 7 - How to Survive a Marriage
  How to Survive a Marriage
  How to Survive a Marriage is a soap opera which aired on the NBC television network from January 7, 1974 to April 17, 1975. The serial was created by Anne Howard Bailey, with much input from then-NBC Vice President Lin Bolen...
  
  
• January 11 - Dirty Sally
  Dirty Sally
  Dirty Sally is a short-lived comedy-drama Western series which ran on CBS from January 11 until April 5, 1974. The program was a spin-off of a two-part 1971 episode of Gunsmoke in which Sally nursed a young gunfighter back to health.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• January 15 - Happy Days
  Happy Days
  Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....
  
  
• February 1 - Good Times
  Good Times
  Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Michael Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer...
  
  
• February 10 - Apple's Way
  Apple's Way
  Apple's Way is a television dramedy which aired on CBS from 1974-1975. It was created by Earl Hamner, Jr..-Premise:The Apples, a family from Los Angeles, seek refuge from the hectic pace of city living and relocate to the father's hometown of Appleton, Iowa, which was founded by the father's...
  
  
• February 18 - Tattletales
  Tattletales
  Tattletales is a game show which first aired on the CBS daytime schedule on February 18, 1974. It was hosted by Bert Convy, with several announcers, including Jack Clark, Gene Wood, Johnny Olson and John Harlan, providing the voiceover at various times...
  
  
• March 13 - Nova
  NOVA (TV series)
  Nova is a popular science television series from the U.S. produced by WGBH Boston. It can be seen on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries...
  
  
• May 8 - Movin' On
  Movin' On (TV series)
  Movin' On is an American drama series that ran for two seasons , between 1974 and 1976. It originally appeared on the NBC television network...
  
  
• September 4 - That's My Mama
  That's My Mama
  That's My Mama is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the ABC network from September 1974 until December 1975. There are 39 episodes of this series.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 7 - The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine
  The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine
  The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine was a Saturday morning variety show featuring players from the basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters singing, dancing, and performing comedy sketches...
  
  
• September 7 - Hong Kong Phooey
  Hong Kong Phooey
  Hong Kong Phooey is a 16-episode Hanna-Barbera animated series that first aired on ABC Saturday morning from to . The main character, Hong Kong Phooey, is a superhero who uses Chinese martial arts to fight crime. Hong Kong Phooey is the secret alter ego of Penrod "Penry" Pooch, a "mild-mannered"...
  
  
• September 7 - Korg: 70,000 B.C.
• September 7 - Land of the Lost
  Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)
  Land of the Lost is a children's television series co-created and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. During its original run, it was broadcast on the NBC television network....
  
  
• September 7 - The New Adventures of Gilligan
  The New Adventures Of Gilligan
  The New Adventures of Gilligan is an animated series produced by Filmation and was aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It was based on the 1964-1967 CBS television series Gilligan's Island and featured almost all the actors from the show, except for Tina Louise, who was determined to distance...
  
  
• September 7 - Partridge Family 2200 A.D.
  Partridge Family 2200 A.D.
  Partridge Family 2200 A.D. is an animated television series based on The Partridge Family created by Hanna-Barbera.-Production:This version started out as Hanna-Barbera's updated version of The Jetsons, where Elroy was now a teenager, and Judy now had a steady job as an ace reporter...
  
  
• September 7 - These Are the Days
• September 7 - Valley of the Dinosaurs
  Valley of the Dinosaurs
  Valley of the Dinosaurs is an animated television series from Hanna-Barbera that ran for 16 half-hour installments on CBS Saturday Morning from September 7, 1974 to September 4, 1976...
  
  
• September 7 - Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
  Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
  Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch is a 30-minute cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired for one season on NBC from September 7, 1974 to August 30, 1975...
  
  
• September 9 - Born Free
  Born Free (TV series)
  Born Free was a short-lived drama based on the 1966 movie of the same name. It aired on the NBC television network from September 9 to December 30, 1974 produced by Columbia Pictures Television....
  
  
• September 9 - Dinah!
  Dinah!
  Dinah! is a daytime talk show hosted by singer and actress Dinah Shore, which aired in American syndication markets through 20th Century Fox Television from its premiere on September 9, 1974 until the summer of 1980...
  
  
• September 9 - Rhoda
  Rhoda
  Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which ran for five seasons, from 1974 to 1978 airing in 109 episodes. The show was a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky,...
  
  
• September 11 - Little House on the Prairie
  Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
  Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
  
  
• September 11 - Lucas Tanner
  Lucas Tanner
  Lucas Tanner is an NBC television drama that aired during the 1974-75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who became an english teacher at the fictional Harry S. Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis...
  
  
• September 11 - The Manhunter
  The Manhunter
  The Manhunter is an American crime drama that was part of CBS' lineup for the 1974 - 1975 television season. The series was produced by Quinn Martin and starred Ken Howard as Dave Barret, a 1930s-era private investigator from Idaho...
  
  
• September 11 - Petrocelli
  Petrocelli
  Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976.-Plot:Tony Petrocelli was an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who grew up in South Boston and gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a...
  
  
• September 11 - Sons and Daughters
  Sons and Daughters (1974 U.S. TV Series)
  Sons and Daughters is a 9-episode 1974 CBS series launched from the pilot television movie called Senior Year. The show was set in California during the middle-1950s and portrayed the trials of life for two young people — Jeff, portrayed by 24-year-old Gary Frank and Anita, played by...
  
  
• September 12 - Harry O
• September 12 - Paper Moon
  Paper Moon (TV series)
  Paper Moon is a short-lived situation comedy which aired on ABC during the fall of 1974, starring Christopher Connelly and Jodie Foster in the roles of Moses Pray and his presumed daughter, Addie...
  
  
• September 12 - Sierra
  Sierra (TV series)
  Sierra was a short-lived 1974 television crime drama series focusing on the efforts of National Park Service rangers to enforce federal law and to effect wilderness rescues. The program aired on NBC and was packaged by Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television. John Denver wrote the...
  
  
• September 13 - Chico and the Man
  Chico and the Man
  Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974 to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown , the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano...
  
  
• September 13 - Kodiak
  Kodiak (TV series)
  Kodiak was a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season. The show revolved around the main character of Cal "Kodiak" McKay , an Alaska State Trooper...
  
  
• September 13 - Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter — Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin — who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly ones law...
  
  
• September 13 - Planet of the Apes
  Planet of the Apes (TV series)
  Planet of the Apes was a short-lived American science fiction television series that aired on Friday evenings at 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central on CBS in 1974. The series starred Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper, and James Naughton, Mark Lenard and Booth Colman...
  
  
• September 13 - Police Woman
  Police Woman (TV series)
  Police Woman is an American television police drama starring Angie Dickinson that ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to March 29, 1978.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 13 - The Rockford Files
  The Rockford Files
  The Rockford Files is an American television drama series which aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980. It has remained in regular syndication to the present day. The show stars James Garner as Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford and features Noah...
  
  
• September 13 - The Texas Wheelers
  The Texas Wheelers
  The Texas Wheelers was an ABC situation comedy television series that aired in 1974 and 1975. The series, produced by MTM Enterprises, was about the cantankerous but lovable Zack Wheeler, a long-lost father who returned to raise his children Truckie, Doobie, Boo, and T.J...
  
  
• September 17 - McMillan & Wife
• October 1 - Roobarb
  Roobarb
  Roobarb is a British animated television programme for children, originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon, written by Grange Calveley and animated by Bob Godfrey, was about five minutes long. Thirty episodes were made, and the show was first shown on October 21, 1974...
  
  
• December 1 - Amy Prentiss
  Amy Prentiss
  Amy Prentiss is an American police drama television series which aired on NBC. It is a spinoff of Ironside, and aired as part of the NBC Mystery Movie from 1974-1975. Jessica Walter stars as Amy Prentiss, a relatively young investigator who becomes Chief of Detectives for the San Francisco Police...
  
  
• - Jackpot
  Jackpot (game show)
  Jackpot! is a television game show seen in three different runs between 1974 and 1990. Geoff Edwards hosted the original version of this Bob Stewart production from January 7, 1974 until September 26, 1975 on NBC. A second version, produced in Canada, aired from September 30, 1985 to December 30,...
  
  

1973

• January 1 - Schoolhouse Rock
• January 28 - Barnaby Jones
  Barnaby Jones
  Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. A spin-off from Cannon, the show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement...
  
  
• February 2 - The Midnight Special
  The Midnight Special (TV series)
  The Midnight Special is an American musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981...
  
  
• March 20 - Police Story
• March 26 - The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
  
  
• July 2- Match Game
  Match Game
  Match Game is an American television game show in which contestants attempted to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions...
  
  
• July 17 - The Wizard of Odds
  The Wizard of Odds
  The Wizard of Odds is an American game show hosted by Alex Trebek that aired on NBC from July 16, 1973 to June 28, 1974 in which people from the studio audience vied in a number of rounds, primarily games revolving around statistical questions...
  
  
• July 17 - The New Treasure Hunt
  The New Treasure Hunt
  Treasure Hunt is an American television game show that ran in the 1950s, 1970s, and 1980s...
  
  
• September 8 - Goober and the Ghost Chasers
  Goober and the Ghost Chasers
  Goober and the Ghost Chasers was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired on ABC from September 8, 1973 to August 30, 1975. A total of 16 half-hour episodes of Goober and the Ghost Chasers were produced. The show's episodes were later serialized as part of the syndicated...
  
  
• September 8 - Inch High, Private Eye
  Inch High, Private Eye
  Inch High, Private Eye was a 1973 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show originally ran from September 8, 1973 to August 31, 1974 on NBC Saturday morning for 13 episodes...
  
  
• September 8 - Lassie's Rescue Rangers
  Lassie's Rescue Rangers
  Lassie's Rescue Rangers is an animated TV show produced by Filmation and featuring Lassie, running from 1973 to 1975. The hour-long pilot, Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain, was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 8 - Speed Buggy
  Speed Buggy
  Speed Buggy is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on CBS from September 8, 1973 to August 30, 1975.-Production:...
  
  
• September 8 - SuperFriends
• September 8 - Star Trek: The Animated Series
  Star Trek: The Animated Series
  Star Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe following the events of Star Trek: The Original Series of the 1960s...
  
  
• September 8 - Yogi's Gang
  Yogi's Gang
  Yogi's Gang is a 30-minute animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired 16 half-hour episodes on ABC from , to . The show began as Yogi's Ark Lark, a special TV movie on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie in 1972...
  
  
• September 10 - Diana
• September 13 - NBC Follies
• September 14 - Adam's Rib
• September 14 - Calucci's Department
  Calucci's Department
  Calucci's Department was an American television sitcom broadcast by CBS on Friday at 8:00pm Eastern Time. It premiered on September 14, 1973 and, after struggling to compete in the ratings against Sanford and Son on NBC, was cancelled after the December 28 episode.The series focused on Joe Calucci,...
  
  
• September 14 - The Girl with Something Extra
  The Girl with Something Extra
  The Girl with Something Extra is an American fantasy-based sitcom that aired on NBC for one season during 1973-1974. The series was created by Bernard Slade and produced by Screen Gems Television.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 16 - The New Adventures of Perry Mason
• September 18 - Getting Together
  Getting Together (TV series)
  Getting Together was a musical situation comedy, which aired on the ABC television network during the 1971-72 season. It starred Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway and Lionel Poindexter, a songwriting duo...
  
  
• September 21 - Needles and Pins
  Needles and Pins (TV series)
  Needles and Pins was a 1973 United States comedic television series about a women's clothing manufacturer & his employees in New York.The series had 14, 30 minute episodes that centred around Nathan Davidson and his mismatched employees. The first episode, Endangered Species premiered on 23...
  
  
• September 26 - Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
  Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
  Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is a 1969 comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky. It stars Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon....
  
  
• September 26 - Faraday & Company
  Faraday & Company
  Faraday & Company is a crime drama television series that was part of the NBC Mystery Movie. It lasted for only four episodes, which were rotated with Banacek, The Snoop Sisters, and Tenafly on Wednesday nights during the 1973-1974 season....
  
  
• September 29 - Griff
  Griff (TV series)
  Griff is a 13-episode ABC crime drama starring Lorne Greene and Ben Murphy, which aired from September 29, 1973, to January 4, 1974. Nine months after the expiration of his nearly 14-year role as Ponderosa Ranch patriarch Ben Cartwright on NBC's Bonanza western series, the Canadian native Greene...
  
  
• October 2 - Hawkins
  Hawkins (TV series)
  Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The mystery, created by Robert Hamner and David Karp, starred James Stewart as rural-bred lawyer Billy Jim Hawkins, who investigated the cases he was involved in...
  
  
• October 3 - Love Story
• October 4 - Toma
  Toma (TV series)
  Toma was a short-lived television series that ran on ABC in 1973 and 1974.-Overview:The series starred Tony Musante and Susan Strasberg and was based on the real-life story and published biography of police detective David Toma. Toma had compiled an amazing arrest record during his years on the...
  
  
• October 5 - Roll Out
  Roll Out
  Roll Out is an American sitcom that aired Friday evenings on CBS during the 1973-1974 television season. Starring nightclub comedian Stu Gilliam and Hilly Hicks, and featuring Ed Begley, Jr...
  
  
• October 9 - Shaft
• October 10 - Tenafly
  Tenafly (TV series)
  Tenafly is a drama series and one of the TV shows for the NBC Mystery Movie for the 1973-74 season.-Overview:It starred James McEachin as Harry Tenafly, a former cop turned detective who finds himself in one pickle after another. It was also one of the few series that had a main black character on...
  
  
• October 15 - The Tomorrow Show
• October 20 - The Six Million Dollar Man
  The Six Million Dollar Man
  The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for the OSI...
  
  
• October 24 - Kojak
  Kojak
  Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...
  
  
• December 19 - The Snoop Sisters
  The Snoop Sisters
  The Snoop Sisters was an American mystery television show that aired on NBC during the 1973–1974 season.-Plot:The show starred Hollywood film legends Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick as two elderly sisters who routinely stumbled across mysteries which they solved...
  
  

1972

• January - WCW Saturday Night
  WCW Saturday Night
  WCW Saturday Night was a weekly Saturday night TV show on TBS produced by World Championship Wrestling. The program existed through various incarnations under different names before becoming WCW Saturday Night in 1992...
  
  
• January 14 - Sanford and Son
  Sanford and Son
  Sanford and Son is an American sitcom, based on the BBC's Steptoe and Son, that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977....
  
  
• January 15 - Emergency!
  Emergency!
  Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...
  
  
• September 1 - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
  Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
  Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created, produced, and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972 and ran until 1985...
  
  
• September 1 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
  Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
  Wait Till Your Father Gets Home was an animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to 1974...
  
  
• September 4 - The Joker's Wild
  The Joker's Wild
  The Joker's Wild is an American television game show that aired at different times during the 1970s through the 1990s. Contestants answered questions based on categories that were determined randomly by a mechanism resembling a slot machine....
  
  
• September 4 - Gambit
  Gambit (game show)
  Gambit is a television game show, created by Wayne Cruseturner and produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions, that originally ran on CBS from September 4, 1972 to December 10, 1976. A slightly retooled version, Las Vegas Gambit, aired on NBC from October 27, 1980 to November 27, 1981, originating...
  
  
• September 9 - The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
  The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
  The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan The voice of Mr...
  
  
• September 9 - Sealab 2020
  Sealab 2020
  Sealab 2020 is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series is about the crew of an underwater research base and has an environmental theme. The series premiered on the television network NBC on September 9, 1972...
  
  
• September 9 - The Roman Holidays
  The Roman Holidays
  The Roman Holidays is a Hanna-Barbera animated television series that was broadcast in 1972 on NBC. It ran for 13 episodes before being cancelled...
  
  
• September 9 - Runaround
• September 11 - The New Bill Cosby Show
  The New Bill Cosby Show
  The New Bill Cosby Show was a variety television series aired in the United States by CBS as part of its 1972-73 lineup.The New Bill Cosby Show was an attempt to exploit the widespread popularity of Bill Cosby, who had previously starred in an eponymous sitcom and the drama I Spy and who had been...
  
  
• September 11 - The Rookies
  The Rookies
  The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It followed the exploits of three rookie police officers in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department .-History:...
  
  
• September 12 - Maude
  Maude (TV series)
  Maude was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978.Maude starred Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with...
  
  
• September 12 - Temperatures Rising
  Temperatures Rising
  Temperatures Rising is an American television situation comedy that ran from September 12, 1972 to August 29, 1974 on the ABC network.The network had a good deal of faith in the low-rated series, which went through three cast changes, two different formats, and two time slots during its...
  
  
• September 13 - Banacek
  Banacek
  Banacek is a short-lived, light-hearted detective TV series starring George Peppard on NBC from 1972 to 1974. It alternated in its timeslot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season...
  
  
• September 13 - Hec Ramsey
  Hec Ramsey
  Hec Ramsey is a television Western, a production of Jack Webb's production company, Mark VII Limited, in association with Universal Studios, broadcast in the United States by NBC as part of the NBC Mystery Movie wheel show during the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons.-Overview:This series was...
  
  
• September 13 - The Paul Lynde Show
  The Paul Lynde Show
  The Paul Lynde Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC. The series stars Paul Lynde and aired from September 13, 1972 to September 8, 1973.-Setting:...
  
  
• September 13 - Search
  Search (TV series)
  Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe...
  
  
• September 14 - The Waltons
  The Waltons
  The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...
  
  
• September 15 - Banyon
  Banyon
  Banyon is a detective series broadcast in the United States by NBC as part of its 1972-73 television schedule, though a standalone two-hour television movie was broadcast first in March 1971. The series was a Quinn Martin Production Banyon is a detective series broadcast in the United States by NBC...
  
  
• September 15 - The Brian Keith Show
  The Brian Keith Show
  The Brian Keith Show is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1972 to March 1974. The series stars Brian Keith and Shelley Fabares.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 16 - The Bob Newhart Show
  The Bob Newhart Show
  The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, , to April 1, . Comedian Bob Newhart portrayed a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers...
  
  
• September 16 - Bridget Loves Bernie
  Bridget Loves Bernie
  Bridget Loves Bernie is an American television comedy program created by Bernard Slade, the creator of the 1970–74 ABC sitcom, The Partridge Family, based loosely on the premise of the 1920s’ Broadway play and 1940s’ radio show Abie's Irish Rose...
  
  
• September 16 - The Streets of San Francisco
  The Streets of San Francisco
  The Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s television police drama filmed on location in San Francisco, California, and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros...
  
  
• September 17 - Anna and the King
  Anna and the King (TV series)
  Anna and the King is a short-lived sitcom broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1972 fall lineup.-Overview:Anna and the King is a non-musical adaptation of the 1956 film of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, which was in turn based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam by...
  
  
• September 17 - M*A*S*H
• September 28 - Assignment Vienna
  Assignment Vienna
  Assignment Vienna is a drama television series aired in the United States by ABC as an element in its 1972-73 wheel series The Men.Assignment Vienna told the story of Jake Webster , an American expatriate in Vienna who was the operator of Jake's Bar & Grill, an American-style establishment near the...
  
  
• October 3 - 4 Country Reporter
• October 5 - The Delphi Bureau
  The Delphi Bureau
  The Delphi Bureau was a dramatic television series aired in the United States by ABC as one of three elements of The Men, a wheel series shown as part of its 1972-73 schedule....
  
  
• October 12 - Jigsaw
• October 14 - Kung Fu
  Kung Fu (TV series)
  Kung Fu is an American television series that starred David Carradine. It was created by Ed Spielman, directed and produced by Jerry Thorpe, and developed by Herman Miller, who was also a writer for, and co-producer of, the series...
  
  
• October 25 - Cool Million
  Cool Million
  Cool Million was a detective drama aired in the United States by NBC as an element in its "wheel series" The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie during its 1972-73 schedule....
  
  

1971

• January 10 - Masterpiece Theatre
  Masterpiece Theatre
  Masterpiece is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service on January 10, 1971, making it America's longest-running weekly prime time drama series. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions...
  
  
• January 12 - All in the Family
  All in the Family
  All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...
  
  
• August 1 - The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
• September 11 - Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch
  Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch
  Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! is a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1971 for CBS.-Production:The show was developed under the name The Yo Yo Bears, a title which many sources inaccurately list as its name in syndication. The show never went into syndication...
  
  
• September 11 - The Jackson 5ive
• September 11 - Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm
• September 11 - The Funky Phantom
  The Funky Phantom
  The Funky Phantom was a Saturday morning cartoon, produced for Hanna-Barbera Productions by Australian production company, Air Programs International in 1971 for ABC.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 14 - Cannon
  Cannon (TV series)
  Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976.The primary protagonist was the title character, Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad....
  
  
• September 15 - The Man and the City
  The Man and the City
  The Man and the City was a dramatic television series which was aired on the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1971 lineup from September 15, 1971 to January 5, 1972....
  
  
• September 15 - Shirley's World
  Shirley's World
  Shirley's World was a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the U.S. 1971-72 television season. The sitcom was co-produced by the British ATV Network and American producer Sheldon Leonard; it starred Shirley MacLaine as a photojournalist and John Gregson as her...
  
  
• September 16 - Bearcats!
• September 16 - Longstreet
  Longstreet (TV series)
  Longstreet is an American crime drama series that was broadcast on the ABC in the 1971-1972 season . A 90-minute pilot movie of the same name aired prior to the debut of the series as an ABC Movie of the Week.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 16 - Nichols
• September 16 - Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
  Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
  Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law is an American legal drama, jointly created by David Victor and former law professor Jerry McNeely, that starred actor Arthur Hill. The series was broadcast on ABC from 1971 to 1974...
  
  
• September 17 - The Chicago Teddy Bears
  The Chicago Teddy Bears
  The Chicago Teddy Bears is an American sitcom that aired on CBS. The series was part of the network's 1971 fall lineup, premiering on September 17, 1971.-Synopsis:Unlike other shows set in Prohibition-era Chicago, The Chicago Teddy Bears was a sitcom...
  
  
• September 17 - The D.A.
• September 17 - The Jimmy Stewart Show
  The Jimmy Stewart Show
  The Jimmy Stewart Show is an American sitcom starring James Stewart as a professor at a small town university called Josiah Kesser College. Twenty-four episodes of the show were broadcast in the 1971–1972 season on the NBC network's Sunday night schedule , under the sponsorship of Procter &...
  
  
• September 17 - McMillan & Wife
• September 17 - O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  O'Hara, U.S. Treasury is an American television crime drama broadcast by CBS during the 1971-72 television season. Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited packaged the program for Universal Television. Webb and longtime colleague James E. Moser created the show; Leonard B. Kaufman was the...
  
  
• September 18 - Getting Together
  Getting Together (TV series)
  Getting Together was a musical situation comedy, which aired on the ABC television network during the 1971-72 season. It starred Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway and Lionel Poindexter, a songwriting duo...
  
  
• September 18 - The Good Life
  The Good Life (1971 TV series)
  The Good Life is an American situation comedy which was aired on NBC as part of its 1971-72 lineup. The series stars Larry Hagman and Donna Mills, and was produced by Lorimar, in association with Screen Gems.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 18 - The New Dick Van Dyke Show
  The New Dick Van Dyke Show
  The New Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom starring Dick Van Dyke that aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974. This was Van Dyke's first return to series television since The Dick Van Dyke Show.-Production:...
  
  
• September 18 - The Partners
  The Partners
  The Partners is an American sitcom that aired on September 18, 1971 through September 8, 1972 on NBC.-Synopsis:The program featured Don Adams and Rupert Crosse as bumbling detectives...
  
  
• September 19 - Cade's County
  Cade's County
  Cade's County is a modern-day Western/crime drama which aired on CBS during the 1971–72 television season. There were 24 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 21 - The Funny Side
  The Funny Side
  The Funny Side is an American sketch comedy program that aired on NBC as part of its 1971 fall lineup.-Synopsis:The Funny Side was hosted by Gene Kelly and starred five pairs of actors and actresses who were presented as married couples...
  
  
• September 21 - Sarge
  Sarge (TV series)
  Sarge was a Universal Television / Harbour Productions television series starring George Kennedy as Samuel Patrick Cavanaugh, a San Diego police detective sergeant who decides to retire and enter the priesthood after his wife is murdered...
  
  
• October 2 - Soul Train
  Soul Train
  Soul Train is an American musical variety show that aired in syndication from October 1971 to March 2006. In its 35-year history, the show primarily featured performances by R&B, soul, and hip hop artists, although funk, jazz, disco, and gospel artists have also appeared.As a nod to Soul Trains...
  
  
• October 25 - The Electric Company
  The Electric Company
  The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977...
  
  

1970

• January 5 - All My Children
  All My Children
  All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
  
  
• January 21 - Nanny and the Professor
  Nanny and the Professor
  Nanny and the Professor is a U.S. fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do. The series first aired as a mid-season replacement on January 21, 1970, on ABC and was last telecast...
  
  
• March 21 - The Bold Ones: The Senator
  The Bold Ones: The Senator
  The Bold Ones: The Senator is an American political television drama series that aired on NBC from 1970 through 1971, lasting for nine episodes . The series stars Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe.The Senator was part of The Bold Ones, a rotating series of dramas that also included The New...
  
  
• March 30 - Somerset
  Somerset (TV series)
  Somerset is an American television soap opera which ran on NBC from March 30, 1970 until December 31, 1976. The show was a spinoff of another NBC serial, Another World.-Overview :...
  
   aka Another World: Somerset
• March 30 - A World Apart
  A World Apart (TV series)
  A World Apart is an American daytime drama which ran from March 30, 1970 to June 25, 1971 on the ABC television network.-Overview:The initial stories were written by Katherine Phillips, adopted daughter of soap legend Irna Phillips...
  
  
• March 30 - The Best of Everything
  The Best of Everything
  The Best of Everything is the first novel by Rona Jaffe. It is the story of five young employees of a New York publishing company.-Adaptions:...
  
  
• August 1 - NBC Nightly News
  NBC Nightly News
  NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center...
  
  
• September 11 - The Bugaloos
  The Bugaloos
  The Bugaloos is an American children's television series produced by brothers Sid and Marty Krofft, airing on NBC on Saturday mornings from 1970 to 1972. The show featured a musical group composed of four British-accented teenagers, who lived in fictional Tranquility Forest...
  
  
• September 12 - Doctor Doolittle
• September 12 - Groovie Goolies
  Groovie Goolies
  Groovie Goolies is an American animated television show that had its original run on network television between 1970 and 1972. Produced by Filmation, Groovie Goolies was a spinoff of Sabrina the Teenage Witch...
  
  
• September 12 - The Harlem Globetrotters
• September 12 - Hot Dog
  Hot Dog (TV series)
  Hot Dog was a Saturday morning documentary series for children, seen on NBC from September 12, 1970 to September 4, 1971. Created by Frank Buxton and co-produced by Buxton and Lee Mendelson, the program was notable for its hosts -- Jo Anne Worley, comedian Jonathan Winters and writer and actor...
  
  
• September 12 - Josie and the Pussycats
  Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)
  Josie and the Pussycats is an American animated television series, based upon the Archie Comics comic book series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo....
  
  
• September 12 - Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
  Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
  Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American action/adventure comedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970, to September 2, 1972...
  
  
• September 12 - Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
• September 15 - The Don Knotts Show
  The Don Knotts Show
  The Don Knotts Show was a variety program aired by NBC as part of its 1970-71 lineup.Long relegated to the role of sidekick, which he had portrayed for many years in several television series and films, Don Knotts was the headliner here. Each week, he and his guests put on standard TV variety fare...
  
  
• September 16 - McCloud
• September 16 - Storefront Lawyers
• September 17 - The Flip Wilson Show
  The Flip Wilson Show
  The Flip Wilson Show is a variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, 1974. The show starred American comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black person in the title role to become highly successful with a...
  
  
• September 17 - Nancy
  Nancy (TV series)
  Nancy is a 1970-1971 NBC sitcom starring Renne Jarrett as Nancy Smith, the daughter of the President of the United States, who, according to the story line, while she is on vacation in fictitious Center City, Iowa, meets and marries a veterinarian, played by John Fink in the role of Dr...
  
  
• September 18 - The Headmaster
  The Headmaster (TV series)
  Headmaster is a half-hour television comedy-drama starring Andy Griffith and broadcast by CBS in the United States during the 1970-71 season....
  
  
• September 18 - The Interns
• September 19 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• September 19 - Arnie
  Arnie (TV series)
  Arnie was a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It starred Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen....
  
  
• September 20 - The Tim Conway Comedy Hour
  The Tim Conway Comedy Hour
  The Tim Conway Comedy Hour was a variety and sketch comedy show broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1970 fall lineup.The Tim Conway Comedy Hour was one of several attempts to develop a starring vehicle for Tim Conway, who had been very popular as a sidekick in McHale's Navy and in...
  
  
• September 20 - The Young Rebels
  The Young Rebels
  The Young Rebels is an American adventure series that was broadcast by ABC as part of its 1970 fall lineup.-Plot:The Young Rebels was the story of a group of youthful guerrillas fighting on the Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War. They were part of the fictional "Yankee Doodle Society",...
  
  
• September 21 - Monday Night Football
  Monday Night Football
  Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
  
  
• September 21 - The Silent Force
• September 21 - The Young Lawyers
  The Young Lawyers
  The Young Lawyers is an American legal drama that was aired on the ABC network as part of its 1970-71 lineup.-Plot:Aaron Silverman is part of a group of young, idealistic students at a top Boston law school who open a legal aid center, the "Neighborhood Law Office," to help the poor...
  
  
• September 23 - Dan August
  Dan August
  Dan August is a short-lived 1970-1971 crime drama television series, which starred Burt Reynolds as the title character: a police lieutenant who investigated homicide cases in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California...
  
  
• September 24 - The Immortal
  The Immortal (TV series)
  The Immortal is an American television series, which aired on ABC from September 1970 to January 1971. The series is based on a pilot movie of the same name, which aired in September 1969. The pilot is based on the science fiction novel The Immortals, by James Gunn. Although the series was canceled...
  
  
• September 24 - Matt Lincoln
  Matt Lincoln
  Matt Lincoln was a television medical drama which was aired by ABC as part of its 1970-71 lineup.Matt Lincoln starred Vince Edwards as Dr. Matt Lincoln, a psychiatrist who had founded a telephone hotline for troubled teenagers...
  
  
• September 24 - The Odd Couple
  The Odd Couple (TV series)
  The Odd Couple is a television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970 to July 4, 1975 on ABC. It starred Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison. It was based upon the play of the same name, which was written by Neil Simon.Felix and Oscar are two divorced men....
  
  
• September 24 - Barefoot in the Park
• September 25 - The Partridge Family
  The Partridge Family
  The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...
  
  
• September 29 - San Francisco International Airport
  San Francisco International Airport (TV series)
  San Francisco International Airport was a television drama aired in the United States by NBC as a part of its 1970-71 wheel series Four in One....
  
  
• October 10 - The Most Deadly Game
  The Most Deadly Game
  The Most Deadly Game is an American drama television series that ran for 12 episodes on ABC from 1970 to 1971. The series was produced by Aaron Spelling Productions, with Aaron Spelling being the executive producer. It starred Yvette Mimieux , Ralph Bellamy, and George Maharis....
  
  
• December 14 - The Psychiatrist
  The Psychiatrist (TV series)
  The Psychiatrist is an American television series about a young psychiatrist with unorthodox methods of helping his patients. Roy Thinnes played the title role of Dr. James Whitman. Luther Adler co-starred as Dr. Bernard Altman, the older psychiatrist with whom Whitman worked...
  
  
• December 16 - Night Gallery
  Night Gallery
  Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although...
  
  

1969

• February 17 - This Is Tom Jones
  This Is Tom Jones
  This is Tom Jones is an ATV variety series starring Tom Jones. The series was exported to the United States by ITC Entertainment and was networked there by ABC....
  
  
• February 22 - The Bold Ones: The Protectors
  The Bold Ones: The Protectors
  The Bold Ones: The Protectors is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970; it lasted for seven episodes ....
  
  
• June 7 - The Johnny Cash Show
  The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
  The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No...
  
  
• June 15 - Hee Haw
  Hee Haw
  Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...
  
  
• September 6 - H.R. Pufnstuf
  H.R. Pufnstuf
  H.R. Pufnstuf was a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast September 6, 1969 to September 4, 1971...
  
  
• September 6 - Here Comes the Grump
  Here Comes The Grump
  Here Comes the Grump is an animated cartoon series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and aired on NBC from 1969 to 1971.-History:The main character was a small, grumpy wizard named Susanne who put a spell of melancholy on the kingdom of the Princess Dawn...
  
  
• September 8 - Where the Heart Is
  Where the Heart Is (1969 TV series)
  Where the Heart Is is an American soap opera telecast on the CBS television network from September 8, 1969 to March 23, 1973. Created by Lou Scofield and Margaret DePriest, the program ran for 25 minutes, the remaining five minutes of its timeslot ceded to a CBS news break.Scofield and DePriest...
  
  
• September 11 - Room 222
  Room 222
  Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC from September 17, 1969, to January 11, 1974, for 112 episodes...
  
  
• September 13 - Archie's Comedy Hour
• September 13 - Cattanooga Cats
  Cattanooga Cats
  Cattanooga Cats is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC. It aired from September 6, 1969 until September 4, 1971.-Segments:...
  
  
• September 13 - The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
  The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
  The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show lasted two full seasons, with a total of 17 half-hour episodes produced and released, the last first-run episode airing on January...
  
  
• September 13 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
  Scooby-Doo, Where are You!
  Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on September 13, 1969 at 10:30 a.m. EST and ran for two seasons on CBS as a half-hour long show. Twenty-five episodes were produced...
  
  
• September 14 - The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC, from 1969 to 1973.-Overview:The series focuses on the life of Dr. David Craig The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (also known as The New Doctors) is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on...
  
  
• September 15 - My World and Welcome to It
  My World and Welcome to It
  My World and Welcome to It was a US-made half-hour sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine that closely resembles The New Yorker, called The Manhattanite...
  
  
• September 16 - The Debbie Reynolds Show
  The Debbie Reynolds Show
  The Debbie Reynolds Show is an American situation comedy which aired on the NBC television network during the 1969-70 television season. The series was produced by Filmways, but the distribution rights are currently owned by Universal Media Studios through its ownership of NBC Productions...
  
  
• September 17 - The Courtship of Eddie's Father
  The Courtship of Eddie's Father
  The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which was based on the book written by Mark Toby...
  
  
• September 17 - Then Came Bronson
  Then Came Bronson
  Then Came Bronson is a short-lived adventure/drama television series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970, and was produced by MGM Television. The series, created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, began with a movie pilot on Monday, March 24, 1969. The series was greenlit for one year and began its first...
  
  
• September 19 - Bracken's World
  Bracken's World
  Bracken's World is an American drama series broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1969 to December 25, 1970. The series was created and produced by Dorothy Kingsley.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 22 - Harold Robbins' The Survivors
  Harold Robbins' The Survivors
  The Survivors was a prime time soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1969 lineup.This program is probably most noted now for having been the only appearance as a regular series character of major Hollywood actress Lana Turner, and also starred other "big names" such as...
  
  
• September 22 - The Music Scene
  The Music Scene
  The Music Scene was a television series aired by ABC as part of its Fall 1969 lineup, in the Monday, 7:30 to 8:15 timeslot, primarily featuring rock and pop music.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 22 - The New People
  The New People
  The New People was a short-lived 1969 American television series on ABC that focused on a group of young college students who were returning from a trip in Southeast Asia when their plane crashed on an island in the south Pacific Ocean. The crash killed several of the college students, and all but...
  
  
• September 23 - Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell...
  
  
• September 23 - The Governor & J.J.
  The Governor & J.J.
  The Governor & J.J. is a television series that ran from 1969 to 1970 on CBS in the United States and in Canada, where it ran on CBC. Selected episodes were rerun by CBS during the summer of 1972. It was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions...
  
  
• September 24 - Medical Center
  Medical Center (TV series)
  Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976.-Synopsis:The show starred James Daly as Dr. Paul Lochner and Chad Everett as Dr. Joe Gannon, surgeons working in an otherwise unnamed university hospital in Los Angeles. The show focused both on the lives of the doctors...
  
  
• September 25 - The Jim Nabors Hour
  The Jim Nabors Hour
  The Jim Nabors Hour was a variety television series hosted by Jim Nabors that aired on the CBS television network from 1969 to 1971.Fresh from his success with Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., which put his backwoods "Gomer Pyle" character from The Andy Griffith Show in a military context, the show not only...
  
  
• September 26 - The Brady Bunch
  The Brady Bunch
  The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. The series revolved around a large blended family...
  
  
• September 28 - The Leslie Uggams Show
  The Leslie Uggams Show
  The Leslie Uggams Show is an American variety television series starring actress/singer Leslie Uggams. The series aired on CBS as part of its 1969 fall lineup, and was the second variety series to feature an African American host since 1956's The Nat King Cole Show.-Synopsis:The Leslie Uggams Show...
  
  
• September 28 - To Rome With Love
  To Rome With Love
  To Rome With Love is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 1969 to September 1971.-Synopsis:To Rome With Love is the story of a widowed college professor, Michael Endicott, who decided to leave his native Iowa following the death of his wife and accept a new position as an instructor...
  
  
• September 29 - Bright Promise
  Bright Promise
  Bright Promise is an American daytime soap opera that ran on NBC from September 29, 1969 to March 31, 1972. It aired weekdays at 3:30 PM Eastern/2:30 PM Central.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 29 - Love, American Style
  Love, American Style
  Love, American Style is an hour-long TV anthology produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974...
  
  
• October 5 - Monty Python's Flying Circus
  Monty Python's Flying Circus
  Monty Python’s Flying Circus is a BBC TV sketch comedy series. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines...
  
  
• November 10 - Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
  Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
  
  

1968

• January 9 - It Takes a Thief
• January 22 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...
  
  
• February 18 - Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
  Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
  Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, also known as Mister Rogers, is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages, 2-5, but has been stated by Public Broadcasting Service as "appropriate for all ages"...
  
  
• February 20 - Columbo
• March 4 - The Dick Cavett Show
  The Dick Cavett Show
  The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including:* ABC daytime ...
  
  
• July 15 - One Life to Live
  One Life to Live
  One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
  
  
• September 7 - Arabian Knights
  Arabian Knights
  Arabian Knights is an animated segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series is based on Arabian Nights, a classic work of Middle Eastern literature.-Plot :...
  
  
• September 7 - Banana Splits
  Banana Splits
  The Banana Splits were four comedic animal characters who featured in a late 1960s children's variety show made for television. The costumed hosts of the show were Fleegle , Bingo , Drooper and Snork .The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television program that featured both...
  
  
• September 14 - The Adventures of Gulliver
  The Adventures of Gulliver
  The Adventures of Gulliver was a television cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, created in 1968. The show is based on the novel Gulliver's Travels. The show originally aired Saturday mornings on ABC-TV between September 14, 1968 and September 5, 1970...
  
  
• September 14 - The Archie Show
  The Archie Show
  The Archie Show is a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation. Based on the Archie comic books, created by Bob Montana in 1941, The Archie Show debuted on CBS in September 1968 and lasted for one season. A total of 17 half-hour shows, each containing two 11 minute segments,...
  
  
• September 14 - Wacky Races
  Wacky Races
  Wacky Races is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies throughout North America, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer." Wacky Races ran on CBS from September...
  
  
• September 14 - Fantastic Voyage
  Fantastic Voyage (TV series)
  Fantastic Voyage is an American animated science fiction TV series based on the famous 1966 film directed by Richard Fleischer. The series consists of 17 episodes each running 30 minutes. It was run on ABC-TV from September 14, 1968 through January 4, 1969. The series was produced by Filmation...
  
  
• September 15 - The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a half-hour live-action/animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions on NBC primetime in 1968, based on the famous Mark Twain characters.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 17 - Julia
  Julia (TV series)
  Julia is an American sitcom notable for being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role. Previous television series featured African American lead characters, but the characters were usually servants. The show starred actress and singer Diahann...
  
  
• September 20 - The Name of the Game
  The Name of the Game (TV series)
  The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for the likes of The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s...
  
  
• September 21 - Adam-12
  Adam-12
  Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...
  
  
• September 22 - Land of the Giants
  Land of the Giants
  Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968 and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was...
  
  
• September 23 - Here's Lucy
  Here's Lucy
  Here's Lucy is Lucille Ball's third network television sitcom. It ran on CBS from 1968 to 1974.-Background:Though The Lucy Show was still hugely popular during the previous season, finishing in the top five of the Nielsen Ratings , Ball opted to end that series at the end of that season and create...
  
  
• September 23 - Mayberry R.F.D.
  Mayberry R.F.D.
  Mayberry R.F.D. is a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title, for the same sponsor, General Foods...
  
  
• September 23 - The Outcasts
  The Outcasts (TV series)
  The Outcasts is a short-lived Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season. The series co-starred Don Murray and Otis Young, and is probably most notable for being the first television Western with a Black co-star and the first bi-racial Western action...
  
  
• September 24 - The Doris Day Show
  The Doris Day Show
  The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until September 1973. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run...
  
  
• September 24 - The Mod Squad
  The Mod Squad
  The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III, and Tige Andrews...
  
  
• September 24 - That's Life
  That's Life (1968 TV series)
  That's Life is a musical comedy series which appeared on the ABC television network from 1968-69 and starred Robert Morse and E. J. Peaker as Bobby and Gloria Dickson....
  
  
• September 24 - 60 Minutes
  60 Minutes
  60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....
  
  
• September 25 - Here Come the Brides
  Here Come the Brides
  Here Come the Brides is an American comedy Western series from Screen Gems that aired on the ABC television network from September 25, 1968 to April 3, 1970...
  
  
• September 25 - The Good Guys
• September 26 - Blondie
  Blondie (1968 TV series)
  Blondie is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1968-1969 television season. The series is an updated version of the 1957 TV series that was based on the comic strip of the same name. The series starred Will Hutchins as Dagwood Bumstead and Jim Backus as his boss Mr...
  
  
• September 26 - Hawaii Five-O
  Hawaii Five-O
  Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,...
  
  
• September 26 - The Ugliest Girl in Town
  The Ugliest Girl in Town
  The Ugliest Girl in Town was a short-lived American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC. It ran from September 26, 1968 to January 30, 1969....
  
  
• September 28 - The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
  The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
  The Ghost & Mrs. Muir is a situation comedy based on the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was based on the 1945 novel by R.A. Dick. It starred Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir, a young widow who rents Gull Cottage, near the fictional fishing village of Schooner Bay, Maine along with her two...
  
  
• October 2 - Huckleberry Hound
  Huckleberry Hound
  The Huckleberry Hound Show is a 1958 syndicated animated series and the second from Hanna-Barbera following The Ruff & Reddy Show, sponsored by Kellogg's. Three segments were included in the program: one featuring Huckleberry Hound; another starring Yogi Bear and his sidekick Boo Boo; and a third...
  
  
• December 10 - The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  The Bold Ones: The Lawyers is an American legal drama that aired for three season on NBC from December 1968 through February 1972.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• December 30 - Hidden Faces
  Hidden Faces
  Hidden Faces is an American soap opera that aired on NBC from December 30, 1968 to June 27, 1969. The series was created by Irving Vendig, who also created the long-running Procter & Gamble serial The Edge of Night....
  
  

1967

• January 7 - The Newlywed Game
  The Newlywed Game
  The Newlywed Game is an American television game show that pits newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know each other. The program, originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir The Newlywed Game is an American...
  
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  Prime time
  Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
  
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• January 10 - The Invaders
  The Invaders
  The Invaders, a Quinn Martin Production , is an ABC science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that ran in the United States for two seasons, from January 10, 1967 to March 26, 1968...
  
  
• February 5 - The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
  The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
  The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.-History:...
  
  
• February 23 - Washington Week in Review
• March 28 - Ironside
  Ironside (TV series)
  Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the...
  
  
• September 1 - Spider-Man
  Spider-Man (1967 TV series)
  Spider-Man is an animated television series that ran from September 9, 1967 to June 14, 1970. It was jointly produced in Canada and the United States and was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko...
  
  
• September 5 - Garrison's Gorillas
  Garrison's Gorillas
  Garrison's Gorillas was an ABC TV series broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long episodes were produced. It was inspired by the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen, which featured a similar scenario of training Allied prisoners for World War II military missions.The Garrison's Gorillas pilot...
  
  
• September 5 - Good Morning, World
  Good Morning, World
  Good Morning, World is an American sitcom broadcast on CBS-TV during the 1967–1968 season, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble in their 9:30 p.m...
  
  
• September 5 - N.Y.P.D.
• September 6 - Custer
  Custer (TV series)
  Custer, also known as The Legend of Custer, is a 17-episode military-western television series which ran on ABC from September 6 to December 27, 1967, with Wayne Maunder in the starring role of then Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. During the American Civil War, Custer had risen to the...
  
  
• September 6 - He & She
  He & She
  He & She is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network as part of its 1967-68 lineup, originally sponsored by General Foods and Lever Brothers. This landmark sitcom is widely considered to be ahead of its time by broadcast historians...
  
  
• September 6 - The Second Hundred Years
• September 7 - The Flying Nun
  The Flying Nun
  The Flying Nun is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios, which starred Sally Field as Sister Bertrille...
  
  
• September 7 - Cimarron Strip
  Cimarron Strip
  Cimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to March 1968. Starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Crown, the series was produced by the creators of Gunsmoke...
  
  
• September 7 - Dundee and the Culhane
  Dundee and the Culhane
  Dundee and the Culhane is a Western television series starring John Mills and Sean Garrison that aired on the CBS television network from September 7 to December 13, 1967....
  
  
• September 8 - The Guns of Will Sonnett
  The Guns of Will Sonnett
  The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series set in the 1870s which ran on the ABC television network from 1967 to 1969. The series was the first production collaboration between Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas, who would later go on to produce one of ABC's most-memorable hits, The Mod...
  
  
• September 8 - Hondo
  Hondo (TV series)
  Hondo is a Western television series starring Ralph Taeger, that aired in the United States on ABC during the 1967 fall season.-Overview:Hondo was based on the film of the same name starring John Wayne, which was in turn based on an early Louis L'Amour novel...
  
  
• September 8 - Judd, for the Defense
  Judd, for the Defense
  Judd, for the Defense is an American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to September 19, 1969.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 8 - Off to See the Wizard
  Off to See the Wizard
  Off The See The Wizard was a part-animated but mostly live action television anthology series produced by MGM Television and telecast on ABC-TV between 1967 and 1968.-History:...
  
  
• September 9 - Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
  Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
  Birdman and the Galaxy Trio is an animated science fiction TV series created by Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera. It debuted on NBC on September 9, 1967, and ran on Saturday mornings until September 6, 1969...
  
  
• September 9 - Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor
  Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor
  Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor is a science fiction animated series created by Alex Toth for Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran on CBS from 1967 to 1969. Despite Moby's name coming first, he had only one short per half-hour episode, sandwiched between two with Mightor; the same structure was used...
  
  
• September 9 - The Herculoids
  The Herculoids
  The Herculoids is a Saturday morning animated television series that was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show debuted on September 9, 1967 on CBS...
  
  
• September 9 - Shazzan
  Shazzan
  Shazzan is an animated television series, created by Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1967 for CBS. The series follows the adventures of two teenage siblings, Chuck and Nancy, traveling around a mystical Arabian world, mounted on Kaboobie the flying camel...
  
  
• September 9 - Super Chicken
  Super Chicken
  Super Chicken is a segment that ran on the animated television series George of the Jungle. It was produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who earlier had created the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons...
  
  
• September 9 - Young Samson and Goliath
• September 9 - Journey to the Center of the Earth
  Journey to the Center of the Earth (TV series)
  Journey to the Center of the Earth is an American science fiction animated television series, consisting of 17 episodes, each running 30 minutes. Produced by Filmation in association with 20th Century Fox, it aired from September 9, 1967 to September 6, 1969 on ABC Saturday Morning. It featured the...
  
  
• September 10 - The High Chaparral
  The High Chaparral
  The High Chaparral is a Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The show was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network...
  
  
• September 10 - The Mothers-in-Law
  The Mothers-in-Law
  The Mothers-in-Law is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard as two matriarchs who were friends and next-door neighbors whose children's elopement rendered them in-laws. The show aired on NBC from September 1967 to April 1969; it was produced by Desi Arnaz after the dissolutions...
  
  
• September 11 - The Carol Burnett Show
  The Carol Burnett Show
  The Carol Burnett Show is a variety / sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33...
  
  
• September 11 - Cowboy in Africa
  Cowboy in Africa
  Cowboy in Africa is an ABC television series produced in 1967-1968 by Ivan Tors and starring Chuck Connors. A 1966 television pilot turned into a movie and released to cinemas starring Hugh O'Brian as Jim Sinclair was called Africa - Texas Style.-Plot:...
  
  
• September 11 - The Danny Thomas Hour
  The Danny Thomas Hour
  The Danny Thomas Hour is an American anthology television series that was broadcast on NBC during the 1967-68 television season.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 15 - Accidental Family
  Accidental Family
  Accidental Family is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC during the first part of the 1967-68 U.S. television season.-Synopsis:The series stars Jerry Van Dyke as a widowed comedian, Jerry Webster, who bought a farm in the San Fernando Valley to serve as a place for him to raise his son, Sandy, when...
  
  
• September 16 - Mannix
  Mannix
  Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors...
  
  
• September 16 - Maya
  Maya (TV series)
  Maya was an hour-long U.S. adventure television series that aired on NBC, Saturdays from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. from September 16, 1967 until February 10, 1968...
  
  
• September 18 - Love is a Many Splendored Thing

1966

• January 12 - Batman
  Batman (TV series)
  Batman is an American television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin — two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City. It aired on the American Broadcasting Company network for three seasons from January 12, 1966 to...
  
  
• April 1 - The 700 Club
  The 700 Club
  The 700 Club is the flagship news talk show of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing in syndication throughout the United States and Canada. In production since 1966, it is currently hosted by Pat Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, Kristi Watts, and Gordon P. Robertson, two of whom will host on any...
  
  
• June 27 - Dark Shadows
  Dark Shadows
  Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements...
  
  
• June 11 - The Newlywed Game
  The Newlywed Game
  The Newlywed Game is an American television game show that pits newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know each other. The program, originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir The Newlywed Game is an American...
  
  
• September 6 - Love on a Rooftop
  Love on a Rooftop
  Love on a Rooftop is an American sitcom about a newlywed couple, Dave and Julie Willis, and their humorous struggles to survive in San Francisco on Dave's apprentice architect's salary of $85.37 a week...
  
  
• September 6 - The Pruitts of Southampton
  The Pruitts of Southampton
  The Pruitts of Southampton was a situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The show was based on the novel House Party by Patrick Dennis....
  
  
• September 6 - The Rounders
  The Rounders (TV series)
  The Rounders is a 17-episode western-style situation comedy about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas, starring Ron Hayes , as Ben Jones and Patrick Wayne , a son of John Wayne, as Howdy Lewis. The M-G-M television series aired on ABC from September 6, 1966, to January 3, 1967...
  
  
• September 7 - The Monroes
  The Monroes (1966 TV series)
  The Monroes is a 26-segment Western television series which ran on ABC during the 1966-1967 season – the story of five orphans trying to survive as a family on the frontier in the area about what is now Grand Teton National Park near Jackson in northwestern Wyoming.Michael Anderson, Jr., then 24,...
  
  
• September 8 - Star Trek
  Star Trek: The Original Series
  Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
  
  
• September 8 - That Girl
  That Girl
  That Girl is an American television situation comedy that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character, Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who had moved from her hometown of Brewster, New York to make it big in New York City...
  
  
• September 8 - Tarzan
• September 9 - The Time Tunnel
  The Time Tunnel
  The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen, his third science fiction television series. The show's main theme was Time Travel Adventure. The Time Tunnel was released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran...
  
  
• September 10 - Space Ghost and Dino Boy
  Space Ghost and Dino Boy
  Space Ghost is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It first aired on CBS from September 10, 1966 to September 7, 1968. The series was composed of two unrelated segments, Space Ghost and Dino Boy in the Lost Valley...
  
  
• September 10 - Shane
  Shane (TV series)
  Shane is an American Western television series based on the 1949 book of the same name by Jack Schaefer . The series was created by Herschel Daugherty and Gary Nelson, and starred David Carradine as the title character...
  
  
• September 11 - Hey, Landlord
  Hey, Landlord
  Hey, Landlord is an American sitcom appearing on NBC during the 1966-1967 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in the 8:30-9pm Eastern time period on Sunday nights.-Plot, cast, and characters:...
  
  
• September 11 - It's About Time
• September 12 - The Monkees
  The Monkees (TV series)
  The Monkees is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 1966 to March 1968. The series follows the adventures of four young men trying to make a name for themselves as rock 'n roll singers. The show introduced a number of innovative new-wave film techniques to series...
  
  
• September 12 - Family Affair
  Family Affair
  Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional...
  
  
• September 12 - Felony Squad
  Felony Squad
  Felony Squad is a half-hour television crime drama originally broadcast on the ABC network from September 12, 1966 to January 31, 1969, a span encompassing seventy-three episodes.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 12 - The Iron Horse
• September 12 - The Jean Arthur Show
  The Jean Arthur Show
  The Jean Arthur Show is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September to December 1966. The series stars Jean Arthur and Ron Harper, and was under the primary sponsorship of General Foods.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 12 - The Rat Patrol
  The Rat Patrol
  The Rat Patrol is an American television program that aired on ABC during the 1966–1968 seasons. The show follows the exploits of four Allied soldiers who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II...
  
  
• September 12 - The Road West
  The Road West
  The Road West is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 12, 1966 to May 1, 1967 for twenty-nine episodes with rebroadcasts continuing until August 28. The hour-long series, sponsored by Kraft Foods, aired in the 9 p.m...
  
  
• September 12 - The Roger Miller Show
  The Roger Miller Show
  The Roger Miller Show was an American music variety television show hosted by Roger Miller. The NBC program aired on Monday nights from 8:30–9 p.m. ET from September 12–December 26, 1966. The house band was the Eddie Karam Orchestra....
  
  
• September 12 - Run, Buddy, Run
  Run, Buddy, Run
  Run, Buddy, Run is a 16-episode situation comedy starring Jack Sheldon, which ran on CBS television from September 12, 1966, until January 2, 1967. Sheldon, also a trumpet player, portrayed Buddy Overstreet, an "ordinary guy", an accountant, on the run from a group of comical gangsters. As the plot...
  
  
• September 13 - Occasional Wife
  Occasional Wife
  Occasional Wife is an American sitcom that aired on NBC on September 13, 1966, and ran until May 9, 1967 . It was originally on NBC's Tuesday night schedule; in the Eastern Time Zone it aired from 8:30-9:00 p.m...
  
  
• September 14 - ABC Stage 67
  ABC Stage 67
  ABC Stage 67 was the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals....
  
  
• September 15 - Jericho
  Jericho (1966 TV series)
  Jericho was a short-lived 1966 CBS World War II espionage American television series. It starred John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents.-Plot and production:...
  
  
• September 16 - T.H.E. Cat
• September 16 - The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
  The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
  The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a spin-off from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and used the same theme music composed by Jerry Goldsmith, which was rearranged into a slightly different,...
  
  
• September 17 - Mission: Impossible
  Mission: Impossible
  Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...
  
  
• September 17 - Pistols 'n' Petticoats
  Pistols 'n' Petticoats
  Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom that ran on CBS during the 1966-1967 television season. It was produced by Kayro/Universal Television for CBS Productions and ran from September 17, 1966 to March 11, 1967. The series was created by George Tibbles, who wrote the show's theme song...
  
  
• October 9 - Rocket Robin Hood
  Rocket Robin Hood
  Rocket Robin Hood is a Canadian animated television series, placing the characters and conflicts of the classic Robin Hood legend in a futuristic, outer space setting, produced by Krantz Films, Inc...
  
  
• December 23 - Big Chuck and Lil' John

1965

• January 1 - ABC World News Tonight
• January 24 - Branded
• April 3 - Secret Agent
  Danger Man
  Danger Man is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the program and wrote many of the scripts...
  
  
• September 13 - The Legend of Jesse James
  The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)
  The Legend of Jesse James is a 34-episode western television series starring Christopher Jones in the tile role of notorious outlaw Jesse James which aired on ABC from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966...
  
  
• September 13 - A Man Called Shenandoah
  A Man Called Shenandoah
  A Man Called Shenandoah is a Western series that aired on ABC-TV from 1965 to 1966 by MGM Television.-Synopsis:The series starred Robert Horton as a man who was found shot and left for dead on the trail and is revived...
  
  
• September 13 - Run for Your Life
  Run for Your Life (TV series)
  Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.-Synopsis:Gazzara plays lawyer...
  
  
• September 14 - F Troop
  F Troop
  F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC-TV. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965 and concluded its run on April 6, 1967 with a total of 65 episodes. The first season of 34 episodes was filmed in black-and-white, but the show...
  
  
• September 14 - My Mother, the Car
  My Mother, The Car
  "My Mother, the Car" is the seventh episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.-Plot:Michael Bluth, fed up with his mother Lucille's extravagant spending, says she cannot throw a lavish birthday party for herself. But when Lindsay, prompted by Lucille, suggests a surprise party, Michael...
  
  
• September 14 - Please Don't Eat the Daisies
  Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)
  Please Don't Eat the Daisies is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 14, 1965 to April 22, 1967. The series was based upon the 1957 book by Jean Kerr and 1960 film starring Doris Day and David Niven....
  
  
• September 15 - Green Acres
  Green Acres
  Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm...
  
  
• September 15 - Lost in Space
  Lost in Space
  Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, filmed by 20th Century Fox Television, and broadcast on CBS. The show ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes airing between September 15, 1965, and March 6, 1968...
  
  
• September 15 - The Big Valley
  The Big Valley
  The Big Valley is an American television Western which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969, which starred Barbara Stanwyck, as a California widowed mother. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman...
  
  
• September 15 - I Spy
• September 15 - Gidget
  Gidget (TV series)
  Gidget is an American sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as Gidget with Don Porter as her father. The series was first broadcast on ABC from September 15, 1965 through April 21, 1966...
  
  
• September 16 - The Dean Martin Show
  The Dean Martin Show
  The Dean Martin Show is a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes. It was broadcast by NBC and hosted by crooner Dean Martin...
  
  
• September 16 - Laredo
  Laredo (TV series)
  Laredo is an NBC Western television series starring Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. The program premiered on September 16, 1965, and the final new episode was broadcast on April 7, 1967. The series was produced by Universal Television.-Synopsis:Laredo...
  
  
• September 16 - The Long, Hot Summer
• September 16 - Mona McCluskey
  Mona McCluskey
  Mona McCluskey is an American sitcom that aired on NBC as part of its 1965-1966 schedule. The series stars Juliet Prowse in the title role, and aired from September 16, 1965 to April 14, 1966.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 17 - Camp Runamuck
  Camp Runamuck
  Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David Swift, and aired for 26 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 17 - Convoy
  Convoy (TV series)
  Convoy is a 13-episode American television show set during World War II that appeared on NBC for the 1965–1966 television season.The series starred John Gavin as Commander Dan Talbot of the US Navy destroyer escort "DD181" and John Larch as civilian merchant Captain Ben Foster of the cargo ship...
  
  
• September 17 - Hogan's Heroes
  Hogan's Heroes
  Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to March 28, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War. Bob Crane had the starring role as Colonel Robert E...
  
  
• September 17 - Mister Roberts
  Mister Roberts (TV series)
  Mister Roberts is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 17, 1965 to April 8, 1966. Based on the best selling novel, 1948 play, and the 1955 film of the same name, the series starred Roger Smith in the title role.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 17 - Tammy
  Tammy (TV series)
  Tammy is an American sitcom, starring Debbie Watson in the title role. Produced by Universal City Studios, 26 color half-hour episodes were aired on ABC from September 17, 1965 to March 11, 1966....
  
  
• September 17 - The Wild Wild West
  The Wild Wild West
  The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969....
  
  
• September 17 - Honey West
  Honey West (TV series)
  Honey West is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series stars Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West and John Ericson as her partner Sam Bolt....
  
  
• September 18 - I Dream of Jeannie
  I Dream of Jeannie
  I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...
  
  
• September 18 - The Loner
  The Loner
  The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 18 - Get Smart
  Get Smart
  Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...
  
  
• September 18 - The Trials of O'Brien
  The Trials of O'Brien
  The Trials of O'Brien was a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a seedy Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later...
  
  
• September 19 - The F.B.I.
• September 19 - The Wackiest Ship in the Army
  The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series)
  The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American comedy series that aired for one season on NBC between September 19, 1965, and April 17, 1966. Produced by Harry Ackerman and Herbert Hirschman, the series is loosely based on the 1960 film starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson.-Synopsis:The series is...
  
  
• September 24 - Hank
• September 25 - The Beatles
  The Beatles
  The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
  
  
• September 27 - Never Too Young
  Never Too Young
  Never Too Young is an American teen soap opera that aired on ABC from September 27, 1965 to June 24, 1966 and was the first soap opera geared towards a teen audience.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 27 - The Nurses
  The Nurses
  The Nurses is a soap opera that aired on ABC from September 27, 1965 to March 31, 1967. The show was a continuation of a serialized primetime drama which aired on CBS originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962, later called The Doctors and the Nurses.The setting was Alden General...
  
  
• September 27 - Morning Star
  Morning Star (TV series)
  Morning Star is a daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from September 27, 1965 to July 1, 1966. The show was created by Ted Corday who created the long-running soap opera Days of our Lives....
  
  
• September 27 - Paradise Bay
• October 2 - Atom Ant
  Atom Ant
  Atom Ant is a cartoon ant and superhero, created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965. Atom costarred in The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show...
  
  
• November 8 - Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
  
  
• December 20 - Supermarket Sweep
  Supermarket Sweep
  Supermarket Sweep is an American television game show. Part of the format was similar to other team-based quiz shows; the other part was a live-action race through a supermarket, a novel concept at the time...
  
  
• December 20 - The Dating Game
  The Dating Game
  The Dating Game is an ABC television show that first aired on December 20, 1965 and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s...
  
  

1964

• January 4 - The Hollywood Palace
  The Hollywood Palace
  The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. It began as a mid-season replacement for the short-lived Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months...
  
  
• March 3 - Jeopardy!
  Jeopardy!
  Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
  
  
• May 4 - Another World
  Another World (TV series)
  Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...
  
  
• September 1 - Jonny Quest
  Jonny Quest (TV series)
  Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures...
  
  
• September 14 - The Bing Crosby Show
  The Bing Crosby Show
  The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode situation comedy television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby and actress Beverly Garland as a middle-aged couple, Bing and Ellie Collins, rearing two teenaged daughters during the early 1960s...
  
  
• September 14 - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is an American science fiction film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, released by 20th Century Fox in 1961. The story was written by Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett. Walter Pidgeon starred as Admiral Harriman Nelson, with Robert Sterling as Captain Lee Crane...
  
  
• September 14 - Wendy and Me
  Wendy and Me
  Wendy and Me is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964–1965 television season, primarily sponsored by Consolidated Cigar's "El Producto"...
  
  
• September 15 - Peyton Place
  Peyton Place (TV series)
  Peyton Place is an American prime-time soap opera which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969.Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. A total of 514 episodes were broadcast, in...
  
  
• September 15 - The Tycoon
  The Tycoon (TV series)
  The Tycoon is a 32-episode American situation comedy television series broadcast by ABC. It starred Walter Brennan as the fictitious businessman Walter Andrews...
  
  
• September 16 - Mickey
  Mickey (TV series)
  Mickey is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 1964 to January 1965. Created and produced by Bob Fisher and Arthur Marx, the series stars Mickey Rooney.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 16 - Peter Potamus
  Peter Potamus
  Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and first broadcast on September 16, 1964. -Premise:Peter Potamus was a syndicated series divided into three segments; one of Peter Potamus and So-So, one of...
  
  
• September 16 - Shindig!
  Shindig!
  Shindig! was an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz....
  
  
• September 17 - Bewitched
  Bewitched
  Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban...
  
  
• September 18 - The Addams Family
  The Addams Family (TV series)
  The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 installments on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966...
  
  
• September 18 - Jonny Quest
  Jonny Quest (TV series)
  Jonny Quest – often casually referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest – is an American science fiction/adventure animated television series about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures...
  
  
• September 18 - Twelve O'Clock High
  Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)
  Twelve O'Clock High or 12 O'Clock High is an American drama series set in World War II. This TV series originally broadcasted on ABC-TV for two-and-one-half TV seasons from September 18, 1964, through January 13, 1967; was based on the motion picture Twelve O'Clock High...
  
  
• September 18 - Valentine's Day
• September 19 - The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
  The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
  The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season...
  
  
• September 19 - Flipper
  Flipper (1964 TV series)
  Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park...
  
  
• September 19 - Kentucky Jones
  Kentucky Jones
  Kentucky Jones is a half-hour comedy/drama starring Dennis Weaver as Kenneth Yarborough "K.Y. or Kentucky" Jones, D.V.M., a recently widowed former horse trainer and active rancher, who becomes the guardian of Dwight Eisenhower "Ike" "Wong, a 10-year-old Chinese orphan, played by Ricky Der...
  
  
• September 20 - Broadside
  Broadside (TV series)
  Broadside is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964-1965 TV season. The series, produced by McHale's Navy creator Edward Montagne, starred Kathleen Nolan, formerly of The Real McCoys .-Synopsis:The series centered around the women of the Navy circa World War II,...
  
  
• September 21 - Many Happy Returns
  Many Happy Returns (TV series)
  Many Happy Returns is a situation comedy television series that ran on CBS for twenty-six episodes, from September 21, 1964 to April 12, 1965, under the sponsorship of General Foods.-Cast:The show starred character actor John McGiver...
  
  
• September 21 - Slattery's People
  Slattery's People
  Slattery's People is a 1964-1965 American television series about local politics starring Richard Crenna as title character James Slattery, a state legislator, co-starring Ed Asner and Tol Avery, and featuring Carroll O'Connor and Warren Oates in a couple of episodes each. James E. Moser was...
  
  
• September 22 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968. It follows the exploits of two secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious secret international espionage and law-enforcement...
  
  
• September 22 - World War One
  World War One (TV series)
  World War One was an American documentary television series that was shown on CBS during the 1964-1965 television season to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the war. The series, produced by CBS News, which featured 26 half-hour episodes, was narrated by Robert Ryan...
  
  
• September 24 - The Baileys of Balboa
  The Baileys of Balboa
  The Baileys of Balboa is an American sitcom that appeared on CBS in the 1964-1965 season on Thursdays at 9:30pm ET. The series lasted only one 26-episode season...
  
  
• September 24 - The Munsters
  The Munsters
  The Munsters is a 1960s American family television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of monsters. It starred Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and popular family entertainment of the era,...
  
  
• September 24 - Daniel Boone
  Daniel Boone (TV series)
  Daniel Boone is an American action/adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Native American friend, for the...
  
  
• September 25 - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
  Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
  Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.The show renders the title as Gomer Pyle - USMC. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy...
  
  
• September 25 - The Entertainers
  The Entertainers
  The Entertainers was a one-hour American variety show that aired on CBS from September 25, 1964 through March 27, 1965 on the 1964–1965 United States network television schedule. The series, produced by Joe Hamilton, featured three stars, Hamilton's wife Carol Burnett, Caterina Valente, and Bob...
  
  
• September 25 - The Reporter
  The Reporter (TV series)
  The Reporter is an American drama series that aired on CBS from September 25 to December 18, 1964. The series was created by Jerome Weidman and developed by executive producers Keefe Brasselle and John Simon.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 26 - Gilligan's Island
  Gilligan's Island
  Gilligan's Island is an American television series created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The situation comedy series featured Bob Denver; Alan Hale, Jr.; Jim Backus; Natalie Schafer; Tina Louise; Russell Johnson; and Dawn Wells. It aired for...
  
  
• September 26 - Mr. Broadway
  Mr. Broadway
  Mr. Broadway is a 13-episode CBS adventure and drama television series starring Craig Stevens , formerly of Peter Gunn, as New York City public relations specialist Mike Bell. The program aired at 9 p.m. Eastern time Saturdays from September 26 to December 26, 1964...
  
  
• September 27 - My Living Doll
  My Living Doll
  My Living Doll is an American science fiction sitcom that aired for 26 episodes on CBS from September 27, 1964 to September 8, 1965. This series was produced by Jack Chertok and was filmed at Desilu studios by Jack Chertok Television, Inc., in association with the CBS Television Network...
  
  
• October 3 - Underdog
• October 5 - The Young Marrieds
  The Young Marrieds
  The Young Marrieds was an American daytime soap opera which aired on ABC from October 5, 1964, to March 25, 1966.The program was created by James Elward and written by Elward with Frances Rickett. Authors John Pascal and Francine Pascal also wrote for the series. It was produced in Hollywood by...
  
  
• October 5 - Karen
• October 5 - Harris Against the World
• October 5 - Tom, Dick and Mary
• November 8 - Profiles in Courage
  Profiles in Courage (TV series)
  Profiles in Courage was a historical anthology series that appeared on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965 . The series was based on the recently assassinated President John F...
  
  
• November 11 - ABC Scope
  ABC Scope
  ABC Scope is a public affairs program that appeared on the ABC television network from 1964–1968, hosted by Howard K. Smith, the future anchor of the ABC Evening News. News reporters Louis Rukeyser, Frank Reynolds and John Scali also appeared...
  
  
• December 28 - A Flame in the Wind
  A Flame in the Wind
  A Flame in the Wind is a soap opera that aired on ABC Daytime from December 28, 1964 to December 16, 1966.-Synopsis:The show focused on the community of Haviland and it's citizens...
  
  

1963

• January 6 - Wild Kingdom
  Wild Kingdom
  Wild Kingdom, sometimes known as Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, is an American television show that features wildlife and nature. It was originally produced from 1963 until 1988, and was revived in 2002...
  
  
• April 1 - General Hospital
• April 1 - The Doctors
• September 1 - The Mighty Hercules
  The Mighty Hercules
  The Mighty Hercules was an animated series based loosely on the Greek mythological character of Heracles, under his Roman Mythology name, Hercules. It was created in 1962 and then debuted on TV in 1963 and ran until 1966 coinciding with the sword and sandal genre of films popular at the...
  
  
• September 13 - Harry's Girls
  Harry's Girls
  Harry's Girls is an American situation comedy which appeared on NBC from September 13, 1963, to January 3, 1964. The series stars Larry Blyden portraying Henry Burns, the leader of a vaudeville troupe consisting of three young women. The co-stars were Dawn Nickerson as Lois, Susan Silo as Rusty,...
  
  
• September 14 - The Lieutenant
  The Lieutenant
  The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired on NBC on Saturday evenings in the 1963-1964 television schedule. It was produced by Arena Productions, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most successful in-house production companies of the 1960s. Situated...
  
  
• September 14 - Redigo
  Redigo (TV series)
  Redigo is a 15-week Western dramatic series, set on a New Mexico ranch during the early 1960s, which aired over NBC from September 24 to December 31, 1963. It starred Richard Egan as ranch owner Jim Redigo, Roger Davis as Mike the ranch hand, and Elena Verdugo as Gerry...
  
  
• September 15 - Arrest and Trial
  Arrest and Trial
  Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American Police procedural/legal drama that ran during the 1963-64 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.The majority of episodes consisted of two segments...
  
  
• September 15 - Grindl
  Grindl
  Grindl is an American situation comedy that began in the fall of 1963 on NBC, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show, starring Imogene Coca in the title role, lasted for one season.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 16 - Breaking Point
• September 16 - The Outer Limits
  The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)
  The Outer Limits is an American television series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1965. The series is similar in style to the earlier The Twilight Zone, but with a greater emphasis on science fiction, rather than fantasy stories...
  
  
• September 17 - The Fugitive
  The Fugitive (TV series)
  The Fugitive is an American drama series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor from the fictional town of Stafford, Indiana, who is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death...
  
  
• September 17 - The Greatest Show on Earth
  The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
  The Greatest Show on Earth is an American drama series starring Jack Palance about the American circus, which aired on ABC from September 17, 1963, to April 28, 1964...
  
  
• September 18 - The Patty Duke Show
  The Patty Duke Show
  The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963, until May 4, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The show was created as a vehicle for rising star Patty Duke...
  
  
• September 20 - The Farmer's Daughter
  The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
  The Farmer's Daughter is an American situation comedy series that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on ABC from September 20, 1963 to April 22, 1966. It was sponsored by Lark cigarettes and Clairol for whom the two leading stars often appeared at show's end promoting the products...
  
  
• September 20 - Burke's Law
  Burke's Law
  Burke's Law is a detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud...
  
  
• September 21 - The Jerry Lewis Show
• September 22 - The Bill Dana Show
  The Bill Dana Show
  The Bill Dana Show was a United States comedy series starring Bill Dana and Jonathan Harris. The plot followed the daily lifestyle of Latin American, Jose Jiminez, as a bellhop in a New York hotel...
  
  
• September 24 - Mr. Novak
  Mr. Novak
  Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 24 - Petticoat Junction
  Petticoat Junction
  Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Filmways which originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1970. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning; the others are The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres.The setting for the series...
  
  
• September 24 - The Richard Boone Show
  The Richard Boone Show
  The Richard Boone Show is a short-lived, award-winning anthology television series. It aired on NBC during the 1963-64 season.-Synopsis:Richard Boone hosted the series and starred in about half of the episodes, garnering an Emmy nomination for himself and a Golden Globe award for the show...
  
  
• September 25 - Glynis
  Glynis
  Glynis is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 25 to December 18, 1963.-Synopsis:The series stars Welsh actress Glynis Johns as Glynis Granville, a mystery writer. Keith Andes appeared as Keith Granville, Glynis' husband who works as a successful criminal defense attorney....
  
  
• September 26 - Here's Edie
• September 27 - The Great Adventure
  The Great Adventure (TV series)
  The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, hosted each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented each week a one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important...
  
  
• September 28 - The New Phil Silvers Show
  The New Phil Silvers Show
  The New Phil Silvers Show is an American situation comedy starring comedian Phil Silvers which aired thirty episodes on CBS from September 28, 1963, to April 25, 1964, under the sponsorship of General Foods.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 28 - Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
  Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
  Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is a popular, semi-educational animated cartoon TV series that originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1966. It was produced by Total Television, the same company that produced the earlier King Leonardo and the later Underdog, and primarily sponsored by General Mills...
  
  
• September 29 - The Judy Garland Show
  The Judy Garland Show
  The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star...
  
  
• September 29 - My Favorite Martian
  My Favorite Martian
  My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to May 1, 1966 for 107 episodes...
  
  
• September 29 - The Travels of Jamie McPheeters
  The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
  The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is a 26-episode western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television....
  
  
• October 4 - Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
  Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
  Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an anthology television series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967...
  
  

1962

• January 1 - Beany and Cecil
  Beany and Cecil
  Beany and Cecil was an animated cartoon series created by Bob Clampett, who had previously worked for Warner Bros.. As a puppet show entitled Time for Beany, it originally aired in 1949, with the animated series first appearing in Matty's Funday Funnies in 1959, later renamed Matty's Funnies with...
  
  
• January 2 - Our Five Daughters
  Our Five Daughters
  Our Five Daughters is a daytime soap opera which ran on NBC from January 2, 1962–September 28, 1962. The show was written by Leonard Stadd and directed by Paul Lammers, and aired for a half hour, five days a week, at 3:30 PM EST, right after Young Doctor Malone.The show starred former silent film...
  
  
• January 2 - Password (weekly prime time version
  Prime time
  Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
  
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• September 1 - CBS Evening News
  CBS Evening News
  CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963....
  
  
• September 11 - The Lloyd Bridges Show
  The Lloyd Bridges Show
  The Lloyd Bridges Show is an American anthology drama series produced by Aaron Spelling, which aired on CBS from September 11, 1962 to May 28, 1963, starring and hosted by Lloyd Bridges.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 11 - McHale's Navy
  McHale's Navy
  McHale's Navy is an American television sitcom series which ran for 138 half-hour episodes from October 11,1962, to August 31, 1966, on the ABC network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated in a one-hour drama called Seven Against the Sea, broadcast on April 3, 1962...
  
  
• September 15 - Sam Benedict
  Sam Benedict
  Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman....
  
  
• September 17 - It's a Man's World
  It's a Man's World (TV series)
  It's a Man's World is a 19-episode comedy/drama television series centered on four young men who live in a houseboat called the Elephant, which is moored at an Ohio River town named Cordella, in Ohio...
  
  
• September 17 - Saints and Sinners
  Saints and Sinners (1962 TV series)
  Saints and Sinners is an 18-episode American television series that appeared on NBC for the 1962-63 television season. The program starred 31-year-old Nick Adams as newspaper reporter Nick Alexander, and John Larkin as his mentor, newspaper editor Mark Grainger...
  
  
• September 19 - The Virginian
  The Virginian (TV series)
  The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series...
  
  
• September 20 - The Wide Country
  The Wide Country
  The Wide Country is an American Western television series which aired on NBC from September 20, 1962 to April 25, 1963.-Synopsis:The series stars Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine as brothers, Mitch and Andy Guthrie, respectively, who are traveling rodeo competitors...
  
  
• September 21 - Don't Call Me Charlie
  Don't Call Me Charlie
  Don't Call Me Charlie is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on NBC during the 1962-1963 TV season. Created by Don McGuire, the 18-episode series starred Josh Peine, Linda Lawson, John Hubbard, Arte Johnson, Penny Santon, Cully Richards, Louise Glenn, and Alan Napier.-Synopsis:The series is...
  
  
• September 21 - Fair Exchange (TV series)
• September 23 - Ensign O'Toole
  Ensign O'Toole
  Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with 31-year-old Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones, born in 1931 in Alabama and a Navy veteran of the Korean War, played an officer aboard the...
  
  
• September 23 - The Jetsons
  The Jetsons
  The Jetsons is a animated American sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in prime-time from 1962–1963 and again from 1985–1987...
  
  
• September 24 - The New Loretta Young Show
  The New Loretta Young Show
  The New Loretta Young Show, which aired for twenty-six weekly episodes on CBS television from September 24, 1962 to March 18, 1963, featured Loretta Young in a combination drama and situation comedy about a free-lance writer in suburban Connecticut named Christine Massey, the widowed mother of...
  
  
• September 25 - Empire
  Empire (1962 TV series)
  Empire, an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s ranch in New Mexico, starred Richard Egan , Terry Moore , and Ryan O'Neal . It ran on NBC for a season between September 25, 1962, and May 14, 1963...
  
  
• September 26 - The Beverly Hillbillies
  The Beverly Hillbillies
  The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr....
  
  
• September 27 - The Nurses
  The Nurses (Primetime CBS drama)
  The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama which aired on CBS from September 27, 1962 to May 11, 1965. It was originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962; for the second season, the title was expanded to The Doctors and the Nurses and it ran until 1965, when it was transformed...
  
  
• September 28 - I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
  I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
  I'm Dickens, He's Fenster is an American sitcom that ran on ABC during the 1962-1963 season , and was created and produced by Leonard Stern, filmed at Desilu.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 29 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)
  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1962-1963 ABC sitcom starring Fess Parker as Eugene Smith, an honest but unsophisticated U.S. senator from an unidentified small-populated state. The half-hour program is based on the 1939 Frank Capra film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring James Stewart in...
  
  
• September 29 - The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show
  The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show
  The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was a Western comedy and variety program that ran on ABC television for 13 episodes from September 29 to December 29, 1962...
  
  
• September 30 - GE True
  GE True
  GE True is an American anthology series sponsored by General Electric. Telecast on CBS, the series presented stories previously published in True magazine. Articles from the magazine were adapted to TV by Gene Roddenberry and other screenwriters.Jack Webb produced and hosted the 33 episodes during...
  
  
• October 1 - The Lucy Show
  The Lucy Show
  The Lucy Show is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1962 until 1968. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965-66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program...
  
  
• October 1 - Stoney Burke
  Stoney Burke (TV series)
  Stoney Burke is a short-lived Western television series broadcast on the ABC television network from October 1, 1962 until May 20, 1963. The series starred Jack Lord, who would later go on to star in the popular television series, Hawaii Five-O....
  
  
• October 2 - Combat!
• October 3 - The Eleventh Hour
  The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)
  The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, and Ralph Bellamy, which aired sixty-two new episodes plus selected rebroadcasts on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.-Series premise:...
  
  
• October 3 - Going My Way
  Going My Way (TV series)
  Going My Way is an American comedy-drama series starring dancer and actor Gene Kelly. Based on the 1944 film of the same name starring Bing Crosby, the series aired on ABC with new episodes from October 3, 1962 to April 24, 1963. The program was Kelly's first and only attempt at a weekly television...
  
  
• October 3 - Our Man Higgins
  Our Man Higgins
  Our Man Higgins is a 34-episode situation comedy, the story of an English butler — portrayed by Stanley Holloway, who is inherited by a suburban American family, resulting in a cultural clash that grows into a cultural blending. A Screen Gems presentation, Our Man Higgins was seen on ABC television...
  
  
• October 5 - The Gallant Men
  The Gallant Men
  The Gallant Men is a 1962-1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.-Description:...
  
  
• December 31 - Match Game
  Match Game
  Match Game is an American television game show in which contestants attempted to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions...
  
  

1961

• March 17- Five Star Jubilee
  Five Star Jubilee
  Five Star Jubilee was an American country music variety show carried by NBC-TV from March 17–September 22, 1961. The live program, a spin-off of ABC-TV's Jubilee USA, was the first network color television series to originate outside New York City or Hollywood.From March 17 to May 5, the...
  
  
• April 29 - Wide World of Sports
  Wide World of Sports (US TV series)
  ABC's Wide World of Sports is a sports anthology series on American television that ran from 1961 to 1998 and was originally hosted by Jim McKay. The title continued to be used for general sports programs until 2006...
  
  
• September 16 - The Defenders
• September 17 - Car 54, Where Are You?
  Car 54, Where Are You?
  Car 54, Where Are You? is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1961 to 1963. Episodes had various directors, the most recognized being Al De Caprio. Stanley Prager and Nat Hiken also directed several episodes. Most of its filming was on location in The Bronx, and at Biograph...
  
  
• September 17 - Follow the Sun
  Follow the Sun (TV series)
  Follow the Sun is an American drama series which ran for thirty episodes on the ABC television network from September 17, 1961, through April 8, 1962.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 18 - The Space Explorers
  The Space Explorers
  The Space Explorers was an animated feature film which was later converted to a cartoon serial. First shown on television during the Space Race era of the late 1950s by publisher Bill Cayton and animator Fred Ladd...
  
  
• September 19 - Cain's Hundred
  Cain's Hundred
  Cain's Hundred is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from 1961 to 1962. The series was produced by Vanadas Productions, Inc. in association with MGM Television.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 20 - The Joey Bishop Show
• September 24 - The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
  The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
  The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959 to June 28, 1964 on the ABC and NBC television networks...
  
  
• September 25 - 87th Precinct
  87th Precinct (TV series)
  87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 26 - The Dick Powell Show
  The Dick Powell Show
  The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended...
  
  
• September 26 - Ichabod and Me
  Ichabod and Me
  Ichabod and Me is a 36-episode situation comedy series set in a small New England town and starring Robert Sterling and George Chandler. It aired on CBS from September 26, 1961, to June 5, 1962, and was produced by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, in association with Jack Benny's "JaMco...
  
  
• September 27 - Top Cat
  Top Cat
  Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated television series which ran from September 27, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang.-History:...
  
  
• September 27 - Dr. Kildare
  Dr. Kildare
  Dr. James Kildare is a fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on the TV show, and a short-lived 1970s television series...
  
  
• September 28 - Hazel
  Hazel (TV series)
  Hazel is a Screen Gems television series about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired in primetime from September 1961 until April 1966...
  
  
• September 29 - Father of the Bride
  Father of the Bride (TV series)
  Father of the Bride is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1961-62 season. Produced by MGM Television, the series was based on the 1950 film of the same title...
  
  
• September 29 - Target: The Corruptors!
  Target: The Corruptors!
  Target: The Corruptors! is a 35-episode crime drama starring Stephen McNally as newspaper reporter Paul Marino, which aired on ABC from September 29, 1961 to June 8, 1962. The character Jack Flood, Marino's undercover agent, was portrayed by Robert Harland...
  
  
• October 2 - Ben Casey
  Ben Casey
  Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, *, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph...
  
  
• October 2 - Window on Main Street
  Window on Main Street
  Window on Main Street is an American comedy-drama series starring Robert Young, which aired on CBS during the 1961-1962 season. The series was created by Roswell Rogers and produced by series star Robert Young.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 3 - Calvin and the Colonel
  Calvin and the Colonel
  Calvin and the Colonel was an animated cartoon television series in 1961 about Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon, a shrewd fox and Calvin T. Burnside, a dumb bear. Their lawyer was Oliver Wendell Clutch, who was a weasel . The colonel lived with his wife Maggie Belle and her sister Sue, who did not...
  
  
• October 3 - The Dick Van Dyke Show
  The Dick Van Dyke Show
  The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. It was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff....
  
  
• October 3 - The New Breed
  The New Breed (TV series)
  The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June 5, 1962, with thirty-six episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 4 - The Alvin Show
  The Alvin Show
  The Alvin Show is an American animated television series. It was the first to feature the singing characters Alvin and the Chipmunks, although a series with a similar concept The Nutty Squirrels Present had aired a year earlier...
  
  
• October 4 - Mrs. G. Goes to College
  Mrs. G. Goes to College
  Mrs. G. Goes To College is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 4, 1961 to April 5, 1962...
  
  
• October 5 - Frontier Circus
  Frontier Circus
  For the NBC program similarly named, see Frontier .Frontier Circus is a short-lived Western television series about a traveling circus roaming the American West in the 1880s...
  
  
• October 5 - The Investigators
  The Investigators (U.S. TV series)
  The Investigators is a short-lived American adventure/drama television series that aired on CBS from October 5, to December 28, 1961.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 6 - The Hathaways
  The Hathaways
  The Hathaways is a 26-episode situation comedy which aired on ABC from October 6, 1961, to March 30, 1962, starring Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as suburban Los Angeles "parents" to a trio of performing chimpanzees. Weston portrays Walter Hathaway, a real estate agent. Cass is his wife Elinore, the...
  
  
• October 6 - Straightaway
  Straightaway
  Straightaway is a 26-week half-hour drama series which ran on ABC television during the 1961–1962 season –the story of two young men who operate a garage and engage in auto racing. John Ashley and Brian Kelly played race car designers Clipper Hamilton and Scott Ross, respectively. Scott...
  
  
• October 10 - Alcoa Premiere
  Alcoa Premiere
  Alcoa Premiere is the title of a TV drama series that aired from 1961 to 1963 and hosted by Fred Astaire and directed by Norman Lloyd. Each episode presented a new drama which often offered powerful stories on painful or controversial subjects as opposed to classic drama...
  
  
• October 10 - The Bob Newhart Show
  The Bob Newhart Show (1961 TV series)
  The Bob Newhart Show is an American comedy variety show starring comedian Bob Newhart. It originally ran from October 1961 through June 1962 on NBC, airing on Wednesday nights at 10pm Eastern time, immediately following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall...
  
  
• October 12 - Margie
  Margie (TV series)
  Margie is a television situation comedy starring Cynthia Pepper that was broadcast on ABC from October 12, 1961 to April 12, 1962 in the 9:30 Eastern Thursday time slot, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was adapted from a 1946 film of the same name starring Jeanne Crain.- Plot :The show...
  
  
• - It's Academic
  It's Academic
  It's Academic is a televised academic quiz competition for high school students, currently airing on two NBC affiliates in Washington, D.C. and Central Virginia and one CBS affiliate Baltimore, Maryland . The show has been on the air since October 7, 1961, making it the longest...
  
  
• - The Mike Douglas Show
  The Mike Douglas Show
  The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that aired in syndication from 1961 to 1982, distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations.The program featured light banter with...
  
  
• - Mister Ed
  Mister Ed
  Originally produced in late 1960, Mister Ed is an American television situation comedy produced by Filmways that first aired in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961, and then on CBS from October 1, 1961, to February 6, 1966....
  
  

1960

• January 1 - Felix the Cat
  Felix the Cat
  Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in the silent film era. His black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combine to make Felix one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history...
  
  
• July 5 - Diagnosis: Unknown
  Diagnosis: Unknown
  Diagnosis: Unknown is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from July 5 to September 20, 1960. Produced by Bob Banner, the series aired as a summer replacement for The Garry Moore Show, a variety program.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• July 11 - The Clear Horizon
  The Clear Horizon
  The Clear Horizon is a soap opera which ran on CBS Daytime from July 11, 1960 to March 10, 1961 and from February 26, 1962 to June 11, 1962. The show was created and head written by Manya Starr. -Premise:...
  
  
• September 1 - The Flintstones
  The Flintstones
  The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that screened from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones was about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. It...
  
  
• September 10 - The Tall Man
  The Tall Man (TV series)
  The Tall Man is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1960 to 1962. The series was produced by Revue Productions.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 13 - Thriller
• September 14 - The Aquanauts
  The Aquanauts (TV series)
  The Aquanauts is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960-1961 season. The series stars Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate and Ron Ely .-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 17 - Checkmate
  Checkmate (TV series)
  Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television from 1960 to 1962 for a total of 70 episodes and was produced by Jack Benny's production company, "JaMco Productions" in co-operation with Revue...
  
  
• September 18 - National Velvet
• September 18 - Pete and Gladys
  Pete and Gladys
  Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy broadcast by CBS on Monday night at 8:00pm Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons, beginning on September 19, 1960...
  
  
• September 18 - The Tab Hunter Show
  The Tab Hunter Show
  The Tab Hunter Show is a 32-episode situation comedy starring former teen idol Tab Hunter. The series ran new episodes on NBC from September 18, 1960, to April 30, 1961; rebroadcasts then aired from May until September 18.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 19 - The Barbara Stanwyck Show
  The Barbara Stanwyck Show
  The Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from September 1960 to September 1961. Barbara Stanwyck served as hostess, and starred in all but four of the half-hour productions. The four she did not star in were actually pilot episodes of potential...
  
  
• September 20 - Expedition!
  Expedition!
  Expedition! was a travel documentary television series that was broadcast in the United States on ABC-TV Tuesday nights in the 1960-61 television season and Monday nights in the 1961-62 television season.- Summary :Producer John D...
  
  
• September 23 - Dan Raven
  Dan Raven
  Dan Raven is a crime drama starring Skip Homeier , a former child actor in films, which aired on NBC between January 23, 1960, and January 6, 1961. The setting of the series is the famous Sunset Strip of West Hollywood, California...
  
  
• September 26 - Outlaws
• September 27 - The Tom Ewell Show
  The Tom Ewell Show
  The Tom Ewell Show was a television situation comedy broadcast in the United States in the 1960-61 television season.-Summary:The Tom Ewell Show was created by Madelyn Martin and Bob Carroll, Jr. , and produced by Tom Ewell's own production company...
  
  
• September 28 - Hong Kong
  Hong Kong (TV series)
  Hong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into a major film star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds...
  
  
• September 29 - Guestward, Ho!
  Guestward, Ho!
  Guestward, Ho! is a situation comedy which aired on the ABC network in the 1960-1961 television season, based on the 1956 book of the same title by Patrick Dennis, author of Auntie Mame....
  
  
• September 29 - My Three Sons
  My Three Sons
  My Three Sons is an American situation comedy. The series ran from 1960 to 1965 on ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of a widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas , raising his three sons.The series was a cornerstone of the CBS...
  
  
• September 29 - The Witness
  The Witness (TV series)
  The Witness was a television show broadcast on the CBS network in the United States within the 1960-61 television season, in which a fictional "Committee" of lawyers cross-examined actors portraying actual people from the recent past of the United States who had been considered criminal or...
  
  
• September 30 - Eyewitness to History
  Eyewitness to History
  Eyewitness to History was a CBS Friday night public affairs program which was initially hosted by veteran broadcaster Charles Kuralt , followed by Walter Cronkite , and Charles Collingwood . It aired from September 30, 1960 through July 26, 1963, sponsored by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company...
  
  
• September 30 - Michael Shayne
  Michael Shayne
  Michael Shayne is a fictional private detective character created during the late 1930s by writer Brett Halliday. It was the title of a series of 12 films starring Lloyd Nolan, a radio series under a variety of names, between 1944 and 1953, and later in 1960-1961, a 32 episode NBC television series...
  
  
• September 30 - The Westerner
  The Westerner (TV series)
  The Westerner is a 1960 Four Star Television Western series on NBC created by Sam Peckinpah. The series stars Brian Keith as Dave Blassingame and features John Dehner as semi-regular Burgundy Smith...
  
  
• October 1 - Mister Ed
  Mister Ed
  Originally produced in late 1960, Mister Ed is an American television situation comedy produced by Filmways that first aired in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961, and then on CBS from October 1, 1961, to February 6, 1966....
  
  
• October 2 - The Bugs Bunny Show
  The Bugs Bunny Show
  The Bugs Bunny Show is a long-running American television anthology series hosted by Bugs Bunny, that was mainly composed of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons released by Warner Bros. between August 1, 1948 and the end of 1969. The show originally debuted as a primetime half-hour program on...
  
  
• October 2 - The Islanders
  The Islanders (TV series)
  The Islanders, an adventure television series on ABC from 1960-1961, starred William Reynolds , James Philbrook , and Diane Brewster ....
  
  
• October 3 - The Andy Griffith Show
  The Andy Griffith Show
  The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina...
  
  
• October 3 - Dante
  Dante (TV series)
  Dante is a short-lived NBC adventure/drama television series starring Howard Duff as Willie Dante, a former gambler who operates Dante's Inferno, a San Francisco, California, nightclub. Alan Mowbray co-starred as Stewart Styles, the Maitre d'; Tom D'Andrea as Biff, Dante's "man Friday", and Mort...
  
  
• October 3 - Surfside 6
  Surfside 6
  Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered around a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield, II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison ; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne...
  
  
• October 4 - Stagecoach West
  Stagecoach West (TV series)
  Stagecoach West is a highly-acclaimed Western drama television series which ran for thirty-eight episodes on the ABC network from October 4, 1960, until June 27, 1961. Characters Luke Perry and Simon Kane operate the Timberland Stage Line from Missouri to San Francisco...
  
  
• October 5 - My Sister Eileen
  My Sister Eileen (TV series)
  My Sister Eileen is an American situation comedy based on a series of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney originally published in The New Yorker, as well as the 1940 play and 1942 and 1955 film adaptations they inspired....
  
  
• October 6 - Angel
  Angel (1960 TV series)
  Angel is an American sitcom that aired for one season on CBS during the 1960–1961 season. The series was created and executive produced by Jess Oppenheimer, and stars Annie Fargé as the title character.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 7 - The Law and Mr. Jones
  The Law and Mr. Jones
  The Law and Mr. Jones is a 45-episode half-hour television crime drama starring James Whitmore. The series aired on ABC in two nonconsecutive seasons from October 7, 1960, to September 22, 1961, and again from April 19 to July 5, 1962...
  
  
• October 7 - Mr. Garlund
  Mr. Garlund
  Mr. Garlund, also known as The Garlund Touch, was a television drama broadcast on the CBS network in the United States on Friday nights in the 1960-61 television season.-Production:...
  
  
• October 7 - Route 66
  Route 66 (TV series)
  Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America. The show ran weekly on CBS from 1960 to 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod...
  
  
• October 8 - Make That Spare
  Make That Spare
  Make That Spare was a fifteen-minute bowling program that aired on ABC from October 8, 1960 to June 30, 1962 and again from October 6, 1962 to September 11, 1964....
  
  
• October 10 - Bringing Up Buddy
  Bringing Up Buddy
  Bringing Up Buddy is a 39-episode situation comedy television series which aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 season. In the story line, Frank Aletter, a native of Queens, New York, plays the orphaned Buddy Flower, a bachelor stockbroker, who is reared by his overprotective and meticulous aunts,...
  
  
• October 10 - Klondike
  Klondike (TV series)
  Klondike is a 17-episode half-hour Western television series that aired on NBC. The series premiered on October 10, 1960 and ran until February 13, 1961. It faced stiff competition from The Danny Thomas Show on CBS and the second half of the first-season detective series Surfside 6 starring Troy...
  
  
• October 15 - The Roaring 20s

1959

• January 9 - Jackpot Bowling
  Jackpot Bowling
  Jackpot Bowling is a professional bowling show on NBC from January 9, 1959 to June 24, 1960 and again from September 19, 1960 to March 13, 1961....
  
  
• January 9 - Rawhide
  Rawhide (TV series)
  Rawhide is an American Western series that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes...
  
  
• January 25 - The Kate Smith Show
  The Kate Smith Show
  The Kate Smith Show is a half-hour, short-lived variety program which aired on CBS television from January 25 to July 18, 1960. The program features singer Kate Smith and the Harry Simeone Chorale.-Background:...
  
  
• March 9 - Clutch Cargo
  Clutch Cargo
  Clutch Cargo is an animated television series produced by Cambria Productions and syndicated beginning on March 9, 1959. Notable for its very limited animation, yet imaginative stories, the series was a surprise hit at the time, and could be seen on 65 stations nationwide in 1960.- Plot :The...
  
  
• September 10 - Johnny Staccato
  Johnny Staccato
  Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from September 10, 1959 through March 24, 1960.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 11 - The Troubleshooters
  The Troubleshooters (1959 TV series)
  The Troubleshooters is a 26-segment half-hour adventure series starring Keenan Wynn as Kodiak and Bob Mathias as Frank Dugan, which aired new episodes on NBC Television from September 11, 1959, to April 10, 1960. Based on unusual events at international construction sites, the program was...
  
  
• September 12 - Bonanza
  Bonanza
  Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...
  
  
• September 12 - The Deputy
  The Deputy (TV series)
  The Deputy is a 1959-1961 half-hour NBC western series featuring Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.-Production:...
  
  
• September 12 - The Man and the Challenge
  The Man and the Challenge
  The Man and the Challenge is a 36-segment half-hour television adventure/science fiction series which ran new episodes on NBC from September 12, 1959, to June 11, 1960. It starred George Nader as Dr. Glenn Barton, a research scientist for the Institute of Human Factors, an agency that conducted...
  
  
• September 13 - Riverboat
  Riverboat (TV series)
  Riverboat is a western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds that was broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January 2, 1961....
  
  
• September 15 - Laramie
  Laramie (TV series)
  Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. Laramie was a Revue Studios production which originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert Crawford, Jr...
  
  
• September 19 - Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
  Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
  Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy are Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters who debuted on The Quick Draw McGraw Show and appeared in their own segment of that show.-Summary:The segments centered around the misadventures of a dachshund father-and-son team...
  
  
• September 21 - The DuPont Show with June Allyson
  The DuPont Show with June Allyson
  The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts continuing until June 12, 1961...
  
  
• September 21 - Love and Marriage
  Love and Marriage (1959 TV series)
  Love and Marriage is an American situation comedy which aired on NBC from September 21, 1959, to January 25, 1960, starring William Demarest.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 22 - The Dennis O'Keefe Show
  The Dennis O'Keefe Show
  The Dennis O'Keefe Show is a 1959-1960 sitcom produced by United Artists Television which aired on CBS for sponsor General Motors' Oldsmobile division. It was not a ratings success during its original run, and was largely forgotten until a "Best Of" DVD release by Alpha Video during 2004. Certain...
  
  
• September 27 - Dick Clark's World of Talent
  Dick Clark's World of Talent
  Dick Clark's World of Talent is a talent/variety television show produced by Irving Mansfield and broadcast weekly in theUnited States on the ABC television network 10:30-11 pm on Sundays in the 1959–60 season.-History:...
  
  
• September 28 - Hennesey
  Hennesey
  Hennesey is an American military sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1962. The series, which aired for three seasons, stars Jackie Cooper in the title role.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 29 - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
  The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
  The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and some episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, that also inspired the 1953 film The Affairs of Dobie Gillis with Debbie...
  
  
• September 30 - Charley Weaver's Hobby Lobby
  Charley Weaver's Hobby Lobby
  Charley Weaver's Hobby Lobby is a half-hour television interview show produced by Allan Sherman and the American Broadcasting Company , and broadcast weekly in...
  
  
• September 30 - Men into Space
  Men Into Space
  Men Into Space is an American sci-fi television series broadcast from September 30, 1959 to September 7, 1960 by CBS which depicted future efforts by the United States Air Force to explore and develop outer space. The black-and-white filmed show starred William Lundigan as Col...
  
  
• October 1 - The Betty Hutton Show
  The Betty Hutton Show
  The Betty Hutton Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS's Thursday night schedule during the 1959-1960 season. The show was sponsored by General Foods' Post Cereals, and was produced by Desilu and Hutton Productions....
  
  
• October 1 - Law of the Plainsman
  Law of the Plainsman
  Law of The Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the NBC television network from October 1, 1959, until May 5, 1960. The character of Native American U.S...
  
  
• October 2 - Hotel de Paree
  Hotel de Paree
  Hotel de Paree is a Western television series that aired on the CBS Friday schedule from October 2, 1959, until June 3, 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of Liggett & Myers and Kellogg's....
  
  
• October 2 - Johnny Ringo
  Johnny Ringo (TV series)
  Johnny Ringo is a Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It was loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter Johnny Ringo, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, John "Doc" Holliday, and "Buckskin" Franklin Leslie.This fictional...
  
  
• October 2 - The Twilight Zone
  The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
  The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...
  
  
• October 4 - The Alaskans
  The Alaskans
  The Alaskans is a 1959 television series set in the port of Skagway, Alaska during the 1890s. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold...
  
  
• October 4 - Dennis the Menace
• October 4 - Five Fingers
  Five Fingers (TV series)
  For other uses see 5 Fingers Five Fingers is an NBC adventure/drama series set in Europe during the Cold War loosely based on the 1952 film 5 Fingers, starring James Mason and Danielle Darrieux...
  
  
• October 4 - The Rebel
  The Rebel (TV series)
  The Rebel is an American Western television series that ran originally on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The program was produced by Goodson-Todman Productions, marking one of their few non-game show ventures...
  
  
• October 5 - Adventures in Paradise
  Adventures in Paradise
  Adventures in Paradise is an American television series which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962. It starred Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. The show was created by James Michener...
  
  
• October 5 - Bourbon Street Beat
  Bourbon Street Beat
  Bourbon Street Beat is a private detective series which aired on the ABC network from 1959-1960 and featured Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which...
  
  
• October 6 - Startime
  Startime (TV series)
  Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC Television network in the 1959-60 television season....
  
  
• October 7 - Hawaiian Eye
  Hawaiian Eye
  Hawaiian Eye is an American television series that ran from October 1959 to September 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company television network.-Premise:...
  
  
• October 9 - The Man From Blackhawk
  The Man From Blackhawk
  The Man From Blackhawk is a Western television series starring Robert Rockwell that aired on the ABC television network from October 9, 1959, until September 9, 1960. The Man From Blackhawk was created by Academy Award winning screenwriter Stirling Silliphant.In The Man From Blackhawk, Rockwell...
  
  
• October 11 - Matty's Funday Funnies
  Matty's Funday Funnies
  Matty's Funday Funnies is an American animated cartoon compilation television series.The original Matty's Funday Funnies aired from 1959-1961 on ABC's Sunday afternoon schedule , and originally featured 1950-59 Famous Studios theatrical cartoons starring Casper the...
  
  
• October 14 - Harrigan and Son
  Harrigan and Son
  Harrigan and Son is an ABC sitcom about a father-and-son team of lawyers, played by Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry as Jim Harrigan, Sr., and Jim, Jr. In supporting roles, as secretaries, are Georgine Darcy as Gypsy and Helen Kleeb as Miss Claridge. The series aired 34 episodes at 8 p.m. Eastern Time...
  
  
• October 16 - The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season...
  
  
• October 22 - Take a Good Look
  Take a Good Look (TV series)
  Take a Good Look is a comedy television game show created by and starring Ernie Kovacs, and shown 1959-61 in the United States.-Broadcast history:...
  
  
• October 24 - Mr. Lucky
• - The Bell Telephone Hour
  The Bell Telephone Hour
  The Bell Telephone Hour is a long-run concert series which began April 29, 1940 on NBC Radio and was heard on NBC until June 30, 1958. Sponsored by Bell Telephone, it showcased the best in classical and Broadway music, reaching eight to nine million listeners each week. It continued on television...
  
  
• - The Untouchables
  The Untouchables (1959 TV series)
  The Untouchables is an American crime drama that ran from 1959 to 1963 on ABC. Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it fictionalized the experiences of Eliot Ness, a real-life Prohibition agent, as he fought crime in Chicago during the 1930s with the help of a...
  
  

1958

• January 12 - Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Shirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was...
  
  
• February 15 - The Dick Clark Show
  The Dick Clark Show
  The Dick Clark Show is an American musical variety show broadcast weekly in the United States on the ABC television network 7:30-8 PM on Saturdays from February 15, 1958 through September 10, 1960, sponsored by Beechnut Gum.- Summary :Given that the show ran...
  
  
• June 19 - The Confession
  Confession (TV series)
  Confession is a short-lived ABC crime/police reality show which aired from June 19, 1958, to January 13, 1959, with interviewer Jack Wyatt questioning criminals from assorted backgrounds. The program was carried by videotape from WFAA-TV, the network affiliate in Dallas, Texas, the first station to...
  
  
• June 30 - From These Roots
  From These Roots
  From These Roots is an American soap opera which ran from June 30, 1958 to December 29, 1961. It was created and written by Frank Provo and John Pickard . The show was seen on NBC, and was the first successful soap opera vehicle for Ann Flood who later became well known for, and spend the better...
  
  
• September 6 - Wanted: Dead or Alive
• September 13 - Brains & Brawn
• September 14 - Northwest Passage
  Northwest Passage (TV series)
  Northwest Passage is a 26-episode half-hour adventure television series produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer about Major Robert Rogers during the time of the French and Indian War . The show derived its title and the main characters Rogers, Towne, and Marriner from the 1937 novel of the same name by...
  
  
• September 22 - Peter Gunn
  Peter Gunn
  Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. The show's creator was Blake Edwards...
  
  
• September 23 - Bronco
  Bronco (TV series)
  Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James,...
  
  
• September 24 - The Donna Reed Show
  The Donna Reed Show
  The Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the upper middle class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz appears as her pediatrician husband Alex, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children Mary and Jeff. The show originally aired on ABC at 10 pm from September...
  
  
• September 27 - Cimarron City
  Cimarron City (TV series)
  Cimarron City is an American Western television series starring George Montgomery and John Smith that aired on NBC from October 11, 1958 until April 4, 1959...
  
  
• September 29 - The Texan
  The Texan (TV series)
  The Texan is a Western television series starring popular B movie star Rory Calhoun. It aired on the CBS television network from 1958-1960.-Production notes:...
  
  
• September 30 - Naked City
  Naked City (TV series)
  Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic "semi-documentary" format....
  
  
• September 30 - The Rifleman
  The Rifleman
  The Rifleman is an American Western television program that starred Chuck Connors as homesteader Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show, filmed in black-and-white with a half hour running time, ran...
  
  
• October 1 - Yogi Bear
  Yogi Bear
  Yogi Bear is a fictional bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than...
  
  
• October 2 - Behind Closed Doors
  Behind Closed Doors (1958 TV series)
  Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander Matson. The series, which aired on NBC from October 2, 1958, to April 9, 1959, focuses, among other themes, on how the former Soviet Union stole American...
  
  
• October 2 - The Huckleberry Hound Show
• October 2 - Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
  Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
  Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that featured as a regular segment of the television series The Huckleberry Hound Show from 1958 to 1962.-History:...
  
  
• October 2 - The Rough Riders
  The Rough Riders (TV series)
  The Rough Riders is an American Western television series set in the West after the American Civil War. It aired on ABC for the 1958-1959 television season...
  
  
• October 2 - Yancy Derringer
  Yancy Derringer
  Yancy Derringer is an American Western series that ran on CBS from 1958 to 1959, with Jock Mahoney in the title role. It was produced by Derringer Productions and filmed in Hollywood by Desilu Productions...
  
  
• October 5 - Encounter
  Encounter (TV series)
  Encounter is a five-week anthology television series aired from Toronto, Canada, and carried by both the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and ABC from October 5 to November 2, 1958.The one-hour dramas were either romance, adventure, or mystery stories...
  
  
• October 5 - Lawman
  Lawman (tv series)
  Lawman is an American Western television series originally telecast from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay on the ABC Television Network. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during the mid to late 1870s. Warner Bros....
  
  
• October 6 - The Ann Sothern Show
  The Ann Sothern Show
  The Ann Sothern Show is an American sitcom starring Ann Sothern that aired on CBS for 93 episodes. The series began on October 6, 1958, and ended on September 25, 1961. The Ann Sothern Show was Sothern's second sitcom for CBS...
  
  
• October 8 - Bat Masterson
  Bat Masterson (TV series)
  Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black and white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961...
  
  
• October 10 - 77 Sunset Strip
  77 Sunset Strip
  77 Sunset Strip is an hour-length American television private detective series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes....
  
  
• October 10 - Man with a Camera
• October 22 - Pursuit
  Pursuit (TV series)
  Pursuit is the title of a 30 minute American television anthology drama series which aired on the CBS from 1955—1956.Among the presentations were Kiss Me Again,Stranger starring Jeffrey Hunter, and Margaret O'Brien, Epitaph For a Golden Girl starring Michael Rennie, Rip Torn, and Sally Forrest,...
  
  

1957

• January 1 - Captain Pugwash
  Captain Pugwash
  Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate in a series of British children's comic strips and books created by John Ryan. The character's adventures were adapted into a TV series, using cardboard cut-outs filmed in live-action , also called Captain Pugwash, first shown on the BBC in 1957, a later colour...
  
  
• January 4 - Mr. Adams and Eve
  Mr. Adams and Eve
  Mr. Adams and Eve is a CBS sitcom starring Howard Duff and his then wife, Ida Lupino, as a fictitious acting couple, Howard and Eve Adams, residing in Beverly Hills, California. In the television series, Lupino is known professionally as Eve Drake. The program aired sixty-six episodes from January...
  
  
• July 2 - Meet McGraw
  Meet McGraw
  Meet McGraw is an American dramatic television series starring Frank Lovejoy in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program. Forty-one half-hour episodes aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was...
  
  
• September 14 - Have Gun - Will Travel
• September 15 - Bachelor Father
• September 17 - The Eve Arden Show
  The Eve Arden Show
  The Eve Arden Show is a 26-segment American television sitcom which aired during the 1957-1958 season on CBS, alternately sponsored by Lever Brothers and Shulton, Inc. .-Overview:...
  
  
• September 17 - Sugarfoot
  Sugarfoot
  Sugarfoot is the title of a TV western that aired from 1957 to 1961. The series featured Will Hutchins as fledgling frontier lawyer Tom Brewster and Jack Elam as sidekick Toothy Thompson...
  
  
• September 18 - Wagon Train
  Wagon Train
  Wagon Train is an American Western series that ran on NBC from 1957–62 and then on ABC from 1962–65...
  
  
• September 20 - M Squad
  M Squad
  M Squad is an American police drama television series that ran from 1957 to 1960 on NBC. Its format would later inspire the creation of spoof TV show Police Squad! Its sponsor was the Pall Mall cigarette brand; Lee Marvin, the program's star, appeared in its commercials during the...
  
  
• September 20 - The Thin Man
  The Thin Man (TV series)
  The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and shown on NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening.-Overview:...
  
  
• September 21 - Perry Mason
  Perry Mason (TV series)
  Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...
  
  
• September 21 - The Polly Bergen Show
  The Polly Bergen Show
  The Polly Bergen Show is a half-hour 18-episode comedy/variety show, starring then 27-year-old Polly Bergen, which aired on NBC in the 1957-1958 television season. The program is remembered for its impressive guest-star lineup as well as its closing theme song, "The Party's Over" .The Polly Bergen...
  
  
• September 22 - Maverick
  Maverick (TV series)
  Maverick is a western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother...
  
  
• September 23 - The Restless Gun
  The Restless Gun
  The Restless Gun is a western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a wandering cowboy in the era after the American Civil War. A skilled gunfighter, Bonner is an idealistic person who prefers peaceful resolutions of conflict...
  
  
• September 24 - The Californians
  The Californians (TV series)
  The Californians is a 54-episode half-hour Western television series, set in the San Francisco gold rush of the 1850s, which aired on NBC from September 24, 1957, to May 26, 1959...
  
  
• September 26 - Harbormaster
• September 28 - Club Oasis
  Club Oasis
  Club Oasis is a 24-episode half-hour comedy-variety show, set in a chic simulated nightclub, which appeared on NBC in the 1957–1958 television season. The series alternated with The Polly Bergen Show in the 9 p.m. EST time slot on Saturday evenings...
  
  
• September 28 - Dick and the Duchess
  Dick and the Duchess
  Dick and the Duchess is a rare 1950s CBS situation comedy filmed and set in London, England, and starring Patrick O'Neal and Hazel Court. O'Neal, a cousin of actor Ryan O'Neal, starred as Dick Starrett, an American insurance claims investigator based in London, who is married to Jane, an attractive...
  
  
• September 28 - The Gisele MacKenzie Show
  The Gisele MacKenzie Show
  The Gisele MacKenzie Show in an American variety show hosted by Gisele MacKenzie. The series aired live on NBC from September 28, 1957, to March 29, 1958. The Curfew Kids appeared on the program as semi-regulars....
  
  
• September 30 - Suspicion
  Suspicion (TV series)
  Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1959. The executive producer of Suspicion was film director Alfred Hitchcock.-Overview:...
  
  
• October 2 - The Walter Winchell File
  The Walter Winchell File
  The Walter Winchell File is the title of a TV crime drama that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror. The series featured Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert...
  
  
• October 3 - The Real McCoys
  The Real McCoys
  The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus's "Westgate" company...
  
  
• October 4 - The Court of Last Resort
  The Court of Last Resort
  The Court of Last Resort is an American television drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. It was co-produced by Erle Stanley Gardner's Paisano Productions, which also brought forth the long-running hit television program, Perry Mason on CBS.Its approach to dealing with...
  
  
• October 4 - Leave It to Beaver
  Leave It to Beaver
  Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood...
  
  
• October 4 - Trackdown
  Trackdown
  Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. The series offered more than seventy episodes and was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio...
  
  
• October 7 - The Guy Mitchell Show
  The Guy Mitchell Show
  The Guy Mitchell Show is a short-lived half-hour television variety program hosted by and starring 30-year-old recording artist Guy Mitchell , which was broadcast from October 7, 1957, to January 13, 1958. The series aired on Monday evenings at 8 p.m. Eastern time on ABC following a half-hour...
  
  
• October 10 - Zorro
• October 12 - Keep It in the Family
  Keep It In The Family (game show)
  Keep It in the Family is an American television game show hosted by Bill Nimmo and announced by Johnny Olson which ran on ABC from October 12, 1957 to February 8, 1958....
  
  
• October 16 - Tombstone Territory
  Tombstone Territory
  Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959...
  
  
• October 18 - Colt. 45
  Colt .45 (TV series)
  Colt .45 is an American Western television series shown on ABC between 1957 and 1960. The half-hour show derives from the 1950 Warner Brothers film of the same name starring Randolph Scott and formed part of the William T...
  
  
• October 18 - The Frank Sinatra Show
  The Frank Sinatra Show (ABC)
  The Frank Sinatra Show is an ABC variety and drama series, starring Frank Sinatra, premiering on October 18, 1957, and last airing on June 27, 1958.- Summary :...
  
  
• October 23 - The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
  The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
  The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom is a half-hour variety show that aired on ABC from October 3, 1957 to June 23, 1960, starring the young singer Pat Boone and a host of top-name guest stars. The program was of course sponsored by Chevrolet...
  
  
• November 17 - Scotland Yard
  Scotland Yard (TV series)
  Scotland Yard is a half-hour ABC crime/drama television series, which uses police files from the British Scotland Yard investigative force in the shaping of each episode. The series aired on Sunday evenings in the 1957-1958 season, having premiered on November 17, 1957, but the sixty-three episodes...
  
  
• - Hotel Cosmopolitan

1956

• February 10 - My Friend Flicka
  My Friend Flicka (TV series)
  My Friend Flicka is a 39-episode western television series set at the fictitious Goose Bar Ranch in Wyoming at the turn of the 20th century. The program was filmed in color but initially aired in black and white on CBS at 7:30 p.m. Fridays from February 10, 1956, to February 1, 1957. It was a...
  
  
• April 2 - As the World Turns
  As the World Turns
  As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
  
  
• April 2 - The Edge of Night
  The Edge of Night
  The Edge of Night is an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984...
  
  
• April 26 - The Eddy Arnold Show
  The Eddy Arnold Show
  The Eddy Arnold Show is the name of three similar American network television summer variety programs during the 1950s hosted by Eddy Arnold and featuring popular music stars of the day...
  
   (ABC)
• June 24 - The Steve Allen Show
  The Steve Allen Show
  The Steve Allen Show is an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen from June 1956 to June 1960 on NBC, from September 1961 to December 1961 on ABC, and in first-run syndication from 1962 to 1964....
  
  
• July 30 - Tic-Tac-Dough
  Tic-Tac-Dough
  Tic-Tac-Dough is an American television game show based on the pen-and-paper game of tic-tac-toe. Contestants answer questions in various categories to put up their respective symbol, X or O, on the board. Three versions were produced: the initial 1956–59 run on NBC, a 1978–1986 run initially on...
  
  
• September 7 - The Adventures of Jim Bowie
  The Adventures of Jim Bowie
  In September of 1956 a TV series named "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" was aired on ABC. The show was only on the air for two years from 1956 to 1958. The series' music was unique in that is was primarily vocal, provided by Ken Darby and The King's Men .-Synopsis:The series stars Scott Forbes as the...
  
  
• September 7 - Treasure Hunt
• September 8 - Hey, Jeannie!
  Hey, Jeannie!
  Hey, Jeannie! is a 32-episode half-hour situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six segments aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke.Six...
  
  
• September 12 - Twenty One
  Twenty One (game show)
  Twenty One is an American game show which aired in the late 1950s. While it included the most popular contestant of the quiz show era, it became notorious for being a rigged quiz show which nearly caused the demise of the entire genre in the wake of United States Senate investigations...
  
  
• September 14 - The Joseph Cotten Show
  The Joseph Cotten Show
  The Joseph Cotten Show is an American anthology series series hosted by and occasionally starring Joseph Cotten. The series, which first aired on NBC, aired 31 episodes from September 14, 1956, to September 13, 1957...
  
  
• September 18 - Conflict
  Conflict (TV series)
  Conflict is a 1956 ABC series that directly succeeded Warner Brothers Presents. It is most famous for having hosted the effective pilots of 77 Sunset Strip and Maverick....
  
  
• September 18 - Noah's Ark
  Noah's Ark (1956 TV series)
  Noah's Ark is a 24-episode half-hour drama television series which aired on NBC in the 1956-1957 season. It stars Paul Burke in the title role of the young veterinarian Dr. Noah McCann, partner with the older Dr. Sam Rinehart, played by Victor Rodman , who in the series uses a wheelchair...
  
  
• September 23 - Circus Boy
  Circus Boy
  Circus Boy is an American action/adventure/drama series that aired in prime time on NBC, and then on ABC, from 1956 to 1958. It was then rerun by NBC on Saturday mornings, from 1958 to 1960...
  
  
• September 25 - Broken Arrow
  Broken Arrow (TV series)
  Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season...
  
  
• September 29 - The Gale Storm Show
  The Gale Storm Show
  The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 143 half-hour black-and-white episodes, initially on CBS and in its last year on ABC...
  
  
• October 2 - The Brothers
• October 2 - The Jonathan Winters Show
  The Jonathan Winters Show (1956 TV series)
  The Jonathan Winters Show is the first of two American television network Variety show television programs to be hosted by comedian Jonathan Winters...
  
  
• October 3 - The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
  The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
  Adventures of Hiram Holliday is a 1939 novel by Paul Gallico, later adapted to a TV series, The Adventures of Hiram Holliday, a half-hour filmed comedy/adventure series which ran for 20 episodes on the NBC Television Network and is now better known than the literary original.-Broadcast dates:The...
  
  
• October 4 - The Ford Show
  The Ford Show
  The Ford Show is a half-hour comedy/variety program, starring singer and folk humorist Tennessee Ernie Ford, which aired in color on NBC television on Thursday evenings from October 4, 1956 to June 29, 1961....
  
  
• October 4 - Playhouse 90
  Playhouse 90
  Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California...
  
  
• October 4 - Wire Service
  Wire Service
  Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.-Synopsis:Wire Service focuses on three reporters for the fictional Trans-Globe wire service, which was similar to real-life news wire services such as the Associated Press and United Press International...
  
  
• October 5 - Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater
  Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater
  Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.-Overview:Zane Grey Theatre was created by Luke Short and Charles A. Wallace...
  
  
• October 5 - The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song, sung by Shore, was "See the U.S.A...
  
  
• October 5 - The West Point Story
  The West Point Story (TV series)
  The West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by Columbia Broadcasting System during the 1956-57 season and by ABC during the 1957-58 season....
  
  
• October 21 - Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
  Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
  Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC during its 1956-57 season.In a period in which much of the programming on U.S. television consisted of Westerns, Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers could best be described as an "Eastern"...
  
  
• November 26 - The Price Is Right
• - Jungle Jim
  Jungle Jim
  Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media. The series began in 1934 as an American newspaper comic strip chronicling the adventures of Asia-based hunter Jim Bradley, who was nicknamed Jungle Jim...
  
  
• - Stanley
  Stanley (1956 TV series)
  Stanley is an American situation comedy starring Buddy Hackett, Carol Burnett, and the voice of Paul Lynde. It aired on NBC during the 1956–57 television season, produced by Max Liebman, who had previously produced Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, co-sponsored by American Tobacco and The...
  
  

1955

• January 1 - Queen for a Day
  Queen for a Day
  Queen for a Day is an American radio and television game show that helped to usher in American listeners' and viewers' fascination with big-prize giveaway shows. Queen for a Day originated on the Mutual Radio Network on April 30, 1945 in New York City before moving to Los Angeles a few months...
  
  
• January 1 - Eddy Arnold Time
  Eddy Arnold Time
  Eddy Arnold Time is an American musical television series syndicated to local stations from 1955 through 1957. The show consisted of 26 half-hour filmed episodes starring Eddy Arnold in different roles within a musical narrative...
  
   (syndicated)
• January 2 - The Bob Cummings Show
  The Bob Cummings Show
  The Bob Cummings Show is an American sitcom starring Robert "Bob" Cummings which was produced from January 2, 1955 to September 15, 1959, and originally sponsored by R.J. Reynolds' Winston cigarettes...
  
  
• January 11 - Ozark Jubilee
  Ozark Jubilee
  Ozark Jubilee is the first U.S. network television program to feature country music's top stars, and was the centerpiece of a strategy for Springfield, Missouri to challenge Nashville, Tennessee as America's country music capital...
  
  
• January 24 - Love That Bob
• June 28 - Talent Varieties
  Talent Varieties
  Talent Varieties is a country music talent show on American network television and radio in 1955 that featured performers hoping to achieve fame in the entertainment business....
  
  
• June 30 - The Johnny Carson Show
  The Johnny Carson Show
  The Johnny Carson Show is a 1955-56 half hour prime time television variety show starring Johnny Carson.While working as a staff writer on The Red Skelton Show , local Los Angeles television comedian Johnny Carson filled in as host when Skelton was injured during a show rehearsal...
  
  
• July 2 - The Lawrence Welk Show
  The Lawrence Welk Show
  The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years , then nationally for another 27 years via the ABC network and first-run syndication .In the years since first-run syndication...
  
  
• October 1 - The Honeymooners
  The Honeymooners
  The Honeymooners is an American situation comedy television show, based on a recurring 1951–'55 sketch of the same name. It originally aired on the DuMont network's Cavalcade of Stars and subsequently on the CBS network's The Jackie Gleason Show hosted by Jackie Gleason, and filmed before a live...
  
  
• September 6 - The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a Western television series loosely based on the adventures of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black and white series ran on ABC-TV from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian as Earp. An off-camera barbershop quartet sang the theme song and hummed...
  
  
• September 10 - Gunsmoke
  Gunsmoke
  Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
  
  
• September 10 - It's Always Jan
  It's Always Jan
  It's Always Jan is an American situation comedy starring Janis Paige, which aired on CBS in the 1955-1956 season. It was the lead-in program at 9:30 p.m...
  
  
• September 12 - Medical Horizons
  Medical Horizons
  Medical Horizons is a public affairs television series, focusing on advancements in medical technology, which aired on ABC from September 12, 1955 to March 5, 1956. The program, broadcast live, sometimes offered surgical scenes as well as information about new medical equipment.The series was...
  
  
• September 14 - MGM Parade
  MGM Parade
  MGM Parade is the title of a documentary television series produced by the MGM studio and broadcast by the ABC network during the 1955-56 season....
  
  
• September 20 - Cheyenne
• September 20 - Navy Log
  Navy Log
  Navy Log is an American anthology series that initially aired on CBS. The series featured over 70 regular guests and told about the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955. The following year, it was moved to ABC, where it...
  
  
• September 20 - The Phil Silvers Show
  The Phil Silvers Show
  The Phil Silvers Show is a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G...
  
  
• September 23 - The Adventures of Champion
• September 25 - Frontier
  Frontier (1955 TV series)
  This program should not be confused with Frontiers , the British program Frontier , Frontier Justice , Frontier Circus, or Frontier Doctor....
  
  
• September 28 - Brave Eagle
  Brave Eagle
  Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour western television series which aired on CBS from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 6. Keith Larsen , who was of Norwegian descent, starred as Brave Eagle, a peaceful young Cheyenne chief...
  
  
• October 2 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...
  
  
• October 3 - Captain Kangaroo
  Captain Kangaroo
  Captain Kangaroo is a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running children's television program of its day...
  
  
• October 3 - The Mickey Mouse Club
• October 5 - The 20th Century Fox Hour
  The 20th Century Fox Hour
  The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars...
  
  
• October 6 - The People's Choice
  The People's Choice (TV series)
  The People's Choice is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1958, primarily sponsored by The Borden Company.It stars Jackie Cooper as Socrates "Sock" Miller, an ex-Marine and New City, California politician with a basset hound named "Cleo", whose thoughts , as she balefully...
  
  
• October 7 - Crossroads
  Crossroads (1955 TV series)
  Crossroads is the title of a 30-minute American television religion drama series which aired from 1955–1957, the first season on ABC and the second via syndication....
  
  
• October 7 - Crusader
  Crusader (TV series)
  Crusader is a half-hour black-and-white American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS for two seasons from October 7, 1955 to December 28, 1956.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 8 - The Big Surprise
  The Big Surprise
  The Big Surprise is a television quiz show broadcast in the United States by NBC from October 8, 1955 to June 9, 1956 and from September 18, 1956 to April 2, 1957. It was hastily created by NBC in response to the overwhelming ratings success of The $64,000 Question, which had premiered on CBS in...
  
  
• October 20 - Wanted
  Wanted (1955 TV series)
  Wanted is a short-lived half-hour CBS crime documentary television series hosted by the late Walter McGraw, which aired in the 1955-1956 season at 10:30 EST on Thursdays following the original version of The Johnny Carson Show, not to be confused with the subsequent The Tonight Show.This "Wanted"...
  
  
• December 10 - The Mighty Mouse Playhouse
  Mighty Mouse
  Mighty Mouse is an animated superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox.-History:The character was created by story man Izzy Klein as a super-powered housefly named Superfly. Studio head Paul Terry changed the character into a cartoon mouse instead...
  
  

1954

• January - Annie Oakley
  Annie Oakley (TV series)
  Annie Oakley is an American Western television series which fictionalized the life of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. It ran from January 1954 to February 1957 in syndication. ABC showed reruns on Saturday and Sunday daytime from 1959–1960 and from 1964-1965...
  
  
• January 14 - The Brighter Day
  The Brighter Day
  The Brighter Day is an American daytime soap opera which aired on CBS from January 4, 1954 to September 28, 1962. Originally created for NBC radio by Irna Phillips in 1948, the radio and television versions ran simultaneously from 1954-1956...
  
  
• January 23 - The Martha Raye Show
  The Martha Raye Show
  The Martha Raye Show is an hour-long comedy/variety show which aired live on NBC from January 23, 1954, to May 29, 1956. The series was hosted by the late Martha Raye, a Montana native, who often called herself "The Big Mouth." Her boyfriend on the program and a foil for her humor was portrayed by...
  
  
• February 1 - Woman With A Past
  Woman with a Past
  Woman with a Past is an American daytime soap opera that aired on CBS from February 1, 1954 to July 2, 1954.-Synopsis:The soap focuses on Lynn Sherwood , a Manhattan dress designer and her tribulations.-Cast:...
  
  
• March 11 - The Public Defender
  The Public Defender (TV series)
  The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.-Premise:...
  
  
• April 10 - That's My Boy
  That's My Boy (1954 TV series)
  That's My Boy is a largely forgotten 1954-1955 CBS situation comedy television series based on the 1951 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film of the same name....
  
  
• June 30 - The World Of Mr. Sweeney
  The World of Mr. Sweeney
  The World of Mr. Sweeney is an American sitcom that aired on NBC in primetime and daytime. The series first aired live in primetime from June 30, 1954 to August 20, 1954, four nights a week from Tuesday to Friday, and from October 1954 to December 1955 five days a week in daytime. A total of 345...
  
  
• July 5 - First Love
• July 5 - Golden Windows
  Golden Windows
  Golden Windows is a daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1954 to April 1, 1955 from 3:15 to 3:30 PM/ET. The program was sponsored by Procter and Gamble, for Cheer....
  
  
• August 27 - Time Will Tell
  Time Will Tell (TV series)
  Time Will Tell is an early American game show which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from August 27 to October 15, 1954. The show's host, Ernie Kovacs, would go on to host other shows on both DuMont and NBC....
  
  
• August 28 - The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan
  The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan
  The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan is an American sitcom that aired from 1954 to 1955 on NBC. The series stars Mickey Rooney who was particularly remembered for his starring role in numerous Andy Hardy films made between 1937 and 1958, which overlapped with Hey Mulligan.-Synopsis:Rooney stars...
  
  
• September 10 - Dear Phoebe
  Dear Phoebe
  Dear Phoebe is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1954 to April 1955. The series stars Peter Lawford, and was created and produced by Alex Gottlieb.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• September 12 - Lassie
  Lassie (1954 TV series)
  Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...
  
  
• September 13 - Medic
  Medic (TV series)
  Medic is an American medical drama that aired on NBC beginning in 1954. Medic was television's first doctor drama to focus attention on medical procedures, establishing the style for later medical series.Created by its principal writer James E...
  
  
• September 15 - The Best of Broadway
  The Best of Broadway
  The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute television anthology series telecast on CBS from 1954 to 1955 for a total of 9 episodes.*Episode 1: The Royal Family *Episode 2: The Man Who Came to Dinner...
  
  
• September 18 - Willy
  Willy (TV series)
  Not to be confused with Free Willy Willy is a 1954-1955 situation comedy which aired on CBS with June Havoc in the role of Wilma "Willy" Dodger, an unlikely name for a lawyer from rural New Hampshire who because of the lack of clientele relocates to New York City to represent a vaudeville troupe...
  
  
• September 27 - Caesar's Hour
  Caesar's Hour
  Caesar's Hour is a live, hour-long American sketch comedy television program that aired on NBC from 1954 until 1957. The program starred, among others, Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Janet Blair and Milt Kamen, and featured a number of cameo roles by famous entertainers...
  
  
• September 27 - The Tonight Show
  The Tonight Show
  The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. It is the longest currently running regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States, and the third longest-running show on NBC, after Meet the Press and Today.The Tonight Show has been hosted by...
  
  
• September 30 - Shower of Stars
  Shower of Stars
  Shower of Stars is an American variety television series broadcast in the United States from 1954 to 1958 by CBS. The series was also known as Chrysler Shower of Stars. Unusually at the time for CBS, the series was telecast in color.-Overview:...
  
  
• October 2 - The Imogene Coca Show
  The Imogene Coca Show
  The Imogene Coca Show is a half-hour NBC television series starring Imogene Coca in both situation comedy and variety show formats. The program debuted on October 2, 1954, after the ending of Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, on which Coca had been a popular regular performer.The first two episodes...
  
  
• October 2 - The Jimmy Durante Show
  The Jimmy Durante Show
  The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956.-Production background:...
  
  
• October 4 - December Bride
  December Bride
  December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.-Overview:...
  
  
• October 7 - Climax!
• October 7 - The Mail Story
  The Mail Story
  The Mail Story, subtitled Handle with Care, is a half-hour dramatic television anthology series which aired on ABC for thirteen weeks from October 7 to December 30, 1954....
  
  
• October 9 - The Donald O'Connor Show
  The Donald O'Connor Show
  The Donald O'Connor Show is an American musical situation comedy television series starring singer/dancer Donald O'Connor...
  
  
• October 10 - Honestly, Celeste!
  Honestly, Celeste!
  Honestly, Celeste! is an eight-episode 1954 CBS situation comedy starring Celeste Holm as Celeste Anders, a 37-year-old college journalism professor from Minnesota who accepts a reporter’s position on the staff of the fictitious New York Express newspaper.-Synopsis:In the series premiere, Celeste...
  
  
• October 27 - Disneyland
• November 7 - Face the Nation
  Face the Nation
  Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer is an American Sunday-morning political interview show which premiered on the CBS television network on November 7, 1954. It is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television...
  
  
• - The Secret Storm
  The Secret Storm
  The Secret Storm is a soap opera which ran on CBS from February 1, 1954 to February 8, 1974. The series was created by Roy Winsor, who also created the long-running soap operas Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life...
  
  
• - The Road of Life
  The Road of Life
  The Road of Life is a 1956 Mexican drama film directed by Alfonso Corona Blake. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Honourable Mention award....
  
  
• - Portia Faces Life
  Portia Faces Life
  Portia Faces Life is a soap opera which began in syndication on April 1, 1940. It was broadcast on some stations that carried NBC programs, although it does not seem to have been an official part of that network's programming...
  
  

1953

• February 1 - General Electric Theater
  General Electric Theater
  General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald W. Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.-Radio:...
  
  
• February 1 - Private Secretary
  Private Secretary (TV series)
  Private Secretary is an American sitcom that aired from February 1, 1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack Benny Program on Sundays at 7:30pm EST...
  
  
• June 29 - Name That Tune
  Name That Tune
  Name That Tune is a television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs. Premiering in the United States on NBC Radio in 1952, the show was created and produced by Harry Salter and his wife Roberta....
  
  
• July 7 - The Eddy Arnold Show
  The Eddy Arnold Show
  The Eddy Arnold Show is the name of three similar American network television summer variety programs during the 1950s hosted by Eddy Arnold and featuring popular music stars of the day...
  
   (NBC)
• August 3 - Three Steps to Heaven
  Three Steps to Heaven (TV series)
  Three Steps to Heaven was a soap opera that aired on NBC from August 3, 1953 to December 31, 1954. It was created by Irving Vendig. Don Pardo was the announcer....
  
  
• September 9 - On Your Way
  On Your Way
  On Your Way is an American game show that aired on the DuMont Television Network from September 9, 1953 to January 20, 1954 before moving to ABC from January 23 to April 17.The series originated from New York City, and was sponsored by Welch's Wine....
  
  
• September 12 - Bonino
  Bonino (TV series)
  Bonino is an ethnic situation comedy television series starring Ezio Pinza as an Italian-American opera singer trying to rear his six children after the death of their mother. The program aired on NBC from September 12 to December 26, 1953....
  
  
• September 13 - Jukebox Jury
  Jukebox Jury
  Jukebox Jury was an hour-long television series hosted by disc jockey Peter Potter which aired in the 1953-54 season on the American Broadcasting Company. It was thereafter syndicated in 1959....
  
  
• September 17 - Meet Mr. McNutley
  Meet Mr. McNutley
  Meet Mr. McNutley is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS Television from 1953–1955, with Ray Milland in the role of fastidious Professor Ray McNutley, the head of the English Department at the fictitious Lynnhaven College for girls...
  
  
• September 20 - Dollar a Second
  Dollar a Second
  Dollar a Second is a comedy game show hosted by Jan Murray which originally aired from September 20, 1953 to June 14, 1954 on the DuMont Television Network.-Game play:...
  
  
• September 20 - Letter to Loretta
• September 21 - Marge and Jeff
  Marge and Jeff
  Marge and Jeff is an early American sitcom broadcast on the DuMont Television Network during the 1953-1954 television season.-Broadcast history:...
  
  
• September 22 - Melody Street
  Melody Street
  Melody Street is an early American television series, hosted by Elliot Lawrence, which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The program aired from September 23, 1953 to February 4, 1954. Each episode was 30 minutes long. One guest star was guitarist Tony Mottola.-Criticism:Melody...
  
  
• September 29 - Make Room for Daddy, later retitled The Danny Thomas Show
  The Danny Thomas Show
  The Danny Thomas Show is an American sitcom which ran from 1953-1957 on ABC and from 1957-1964 on CBS...
  
  
• October 2 - The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
  The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
  The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl , Anita Colby , and, finally, Polly Bergen -Guest stars:* Claude Akins...
  
  
• October 2 - The Comeback Story
  The Comeback Story
  The Comeback Story is a half-hour drama reality show which aired on ABC from October 2, 1953 to February 5, 1954, in which celebrities explain how they overcame physical disabilities or other kinds of adverse fortunes in their lives.-Production history:...
  
  
• October 2 - The Pride of the Family
  The Pride of the Family
  The Pride of the Family was a half-hour situation comedy starring Paul Hartman, Fay Wray, Natalie Wood, and Robert Hyatt, which aired for forty episodes on ABC in the 1953–1954 season....
  
  
• October 5 - Jamie
  Jamie (TV series)
  Jamie is a sitcom television series, created by David Susskind's Talent Associates, that was telecast live in the United States of America by ABC-TV from October 5, 1953, until October 4, 1954. The series was the result of the success of the pilot, an episode of the ABC Album/Plymouth Playhouse...
  
  
• October 5 - Of Many Things
  Of Many Things
  Of Many Things is a half-hour panel discussion television series which aired on ABC from October 5, 1953, to January 11, 1954. It was hosted by Dr. Bergen Evans....
  
  
• October 7 - Colonel Humphrey Flack
  Colonel Humphrey Flack
  Colonel Humphrey Flack is an early American television series which ran from October 7, 1953 to July 2, 1954 on the DuMont Television Network, then revived from 1958 to 1959 for first-run syndication....
  
  
• October 8 - Where's Raymond?
  Where's Raymond?
  Where's Raymond? is a 1953-1954 ABC situation comedy television series starring Ray Bolger as Raymond Wallace, a song-and-dance man who is consistently barely on time for his performances...
  
  
• October 9 - Topper
  Topper (TV series)
  Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film of the same name. The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955, and stars Leo G. Carroll in the title role.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• October 11 - The Man Behind the Badge
  The Man Behind the Badge
  The Man Behind the Badge is the title of a half-hour American television police drama series which aired on the CBS from 1953-1955 starring and hosted by character actor Charles Bickford. Years later, Bickford appeared as one of the owners of Shiloh Ranch in the NBC western series, The Vrginian.In...
  
  
• October 22 - Back That Fact
  Back That Fact
  Back That Fact is a short-lived American game show that aired on ABC from October 22 to November 26, 1953. This was the first TV game show for creator/producers Jack Barry and Dan Enright...
  
  
• November 4 - Stars on Parade
  Stars on Parade
  -Broadcast history:Stars on Parade was aired Wednesdays at 10pm EST from November 4, 1953 to June 30, 1954. The host for the first two episodes was Don Russell, who was the host of DuMont's series Guide Right and the announcer for DuMont's The Morey Amsterdam Show...
  
  
• November 11 - Answers for Americans
  Answers for Americans
  Answers for Americans is an American public affairs program which aired briefly, first in prime time and then on Sunday afternoons on ABC from November 1953 to February 1954...
  
  
• - Flash Gordon
  Flash Gordon
  Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash...
  
  
• - Romper Room
  Romper Room
  Romper Room is a children's television series that ran in the United States from 1953 to 1994 as well as at various times in Australia, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and the United Kingdom...
  
  
• - Valiant Lady
  Valiant Lady
  Valiant Lady is an American soap opera which ran daily on CBS radio and television from October 12, 1953 through August 1957 at 12:00 PM . The show's title was taken from a 1930s radio soap opera about a young woman struggling through life but is otherwise very different...
  
  

1952

• January 3 - Dragnet
  Dragnet (series)
  Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners...
  
  
• January 8 - My Friend Irma
• January 14 - Today
• February 12 - Life Is Worth Living
  Life is Worth Living
  Life is Worth Living is an inspirational American television series which ran on the DuMont Television Network from February 12, 1952 to April 26, 1955, then on ABC until 1957.-Broadcast history:Hosted by Bishop Fulton J...
  
  
• June 16- My Little Margie
  My Little Margie
  My Little Margie is an American situation comedy that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series was created by Frank Fox and produced in Los Angeles, California at Hal Roach Studios by Hal Roach, Jr. and Roland D...
  
  
• June 19 - I've Got a Secret
  I've Got a Secret
  I've Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?...
  
  
• June 30 - Guiding Light
  Guiding Light
  Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
  
  
• July 3 - Mr. Peepers
  Mr. Peepers
  Mr. Peepers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from July 3, 1952 to June 12, 1955.-Overview:Mr. Peepers starred Wally Cox as Jefferson City's junior high school science teacher Robinson J. Peepers...
  
  
• July 14 - Masquerade Party
  Masquerade Party
  A syndicated revival was produced by Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall in 1974, hosted by Richard Dawson and announced by Jay Stewart. The basic premise was the same as the original show. Bill Bixby, Lee Meriweather, and Nipsey Russell were regular panelists. Col. Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried...
  
  
• July 14 - The Eddy Arnold Show
  The Eddy Arnold Show
  The Eddy Arnold Show is the name of three similar American network television summer variety programs during the 1950s hosted by Eddy Arnold and featuring popular music stars of the day...
  
   (CBS)
• September - This Is the Life
  This is the Life (TV series)
  This Is the Life is an American Christian television dramatic series. This anthology series aired in syndication from the 1950s through 1980s. The series was originally produced by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, and distributed by the International Lutheran Laymen's League.-Format:This Is...
  
  
• September 2 - Where Was I?
  Where Was I?
  Where Was I? is a TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from September 2, 1952 to October 6, 1953. The series was a panel show in which panelists would have to guess a location by listening to clues and viewing photos...
  
  
• September 19 - Adventures of Superman
  Adventures of Superman (TV series)
  Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show is the first television series to feature Superman and began filming in 1951 in California...
  
  
• September 20 - The Jackie Gleason Show
  The Jackie Gleason Show
  The Jackie Gleason Show is the name of a series of popular American network television shows that starred Jackie Gleason, which ran from 1952 to 1970.-Cavalcade of Stars:...
  
   on CBS
  CBS
  CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
  
  
• September 25 - Four Star Playhouse
  Four Star Playhouse
  Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953...
  
  
• September 30 - Heaven for Betsy
  Heaven for Betsy
  Heaven for Betsy is an American sitcom that aired live on CBS twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday for fifteen minutes from September 30, 1952 to December 23, 1952. The series starred real-life husband and wife Jack Lemmon and Cynthia Stone...
  
  
• September 30 - Two for the Money
  Two for the Money (game show)
  Two for the Money is an American game show television program which ran from 1952 to 1957. The show ran for one season on NBC, and four seasons on CBS. It was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production, and was initially sponsored by Old Gold cigarettes...
  
  
• October 1 - This Is Your Life
  This Is Your Life
  This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience including friends and family.Edwards...
  
  
• October 3 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
  The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
  The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and TV for a couple of years...
  
  
• October 3 - Our Miss Brooks
  Our Miss Brooks
  Our Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television , it became one of the medium's earliest hits...
  
  
• October 5 - Doc Corkle
  Doc Corkle
  Doc Corkle is an American Television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC on Sunday nights for three weeks from October 5 to October 19, 1952. The show's sponsor, Reynolds Metals, was so disappointed with the program that it was canceled and replaced by Mr...
  
  
• October 7 - American Bandstand
  American Bandstand
  American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
  
  
• October 7 - Death Valley Days
  Death Valley Days
  Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. It continued from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series...
  
  
• October 14 - Leave It to Larry
  Leave It to Larry
  Leave It to Larry is a 1952-1953 CBS sitcom starring Eddie Albert as Larry Tucker, a shoe salesman who lives with his own family in the residence of his employer and father-in-law, played by Ed Begley, Sr. , in the role of Mr...
  
  
• October 15 - I Married Joan
  I Married Joan
  I Married Joan is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne Joan Davis as the manic wife of a mild-mannered community judge, Bradley Stevens .-Synopsis:...
  
  
• November 6 - Biff Baker, U.S.A.
  Biff Baker, U.S.A.
  Biff Baker, U.S.A. is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS from November 6, 1952, to March 26, 1953 starring Alan Hale, Jr. as Cold War spy Biff Baker.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• November 9 - Anywhere, U.S.A.
• December 5 - The Abbott and Costello Show
  The Abbott and Costello Show
  The Abbott and Costello Show is an American television sitcom starring the popular comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that premiered in syndication in the fall of 1952 and ran until May 1954....
  
  
• - The Ernie Kovacs Show
  The Ernie Kovacs Show
  The Ernie Kovacs Show is an American comedy show hosted by comedian Ernie Kovacs first shown in Philadelphia during the early 50s, then nationally.In 1953, Kovacs had an evening show by the same name on CBS...
  
  
• - Meet the Masters
  Meet the Masters
  Meet the Masters is a classical music television program aired in 1952 on NBC. The national broadcast premiere has yet to be confirmed, but the series is known to have debuted on then-NBC affiliate WGN Chicago on February 24, 1952 , so likely aired nationwide that day, too...
  
  
• - The Doctor
  The Doctor (1952 TV series)
  The Doctor is a half-hour medical anthology series that aired Sunday evenings on the NBC television network from 1952-1953. Hosted by Warner Anderson, the program revolved around emotional problems stemming from medical cases rather than the medical case itself. The show is notable for having Rod...
  
  

1951

• March 12 - Miss Susan
  Miss Susan
  Miss Susan is a daytime drama which aired on NBC from March 12 to December 28, 1951. The show, originating from Philadelphia and later retitled Martinsville, U.S.A., aired for fifteen minutes at 3:00 p.m. ET on weekdays...
  
  
• March 31 - Watch Mr. Wizard
  Watch Mr. Wizard
  Mr. Wizard's World, a faster-paced version of the show developed by Don Herbert, was shown three times a week on the then rising kids cable channel Nickelodeon. Once again, the revival was produced in Canada . The show produced 78 episodes from 1983 onwards, and continued to run thereafter as...
  
  
• June 28 - Amos & Andy
• August 29 - Young Mr. Bobbin
  Young Mr. Bobbin
  Young Mr. Bobbin is an American television situation comedy that aired live on the NBC network during the 1951-1952 season.-Synopsis:The series stars Jackie Kelk as Alexander Hawthorne Bobbin, a young high school graduate that lived with his maiden aunts and was in love with the girl next door,...
  
  
• August 31 - Crime with Father
• September 3 - Search for Tomorrow
  Search for Tomorrow
  Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera which premiered on September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast it was the...
  
  
• September 6 - Crawford Mystery Theatre
  Crawford Mystery Theatre
  Crawford Mystery Theatre is an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network and also seen in first-run syndication...
  
  
• September 8 - Lesson in Safety
• September 24 - Love of Life
  Love of Life
  Love of Life is an American soap opera which aired on CBS Daytime from September 24, 1951 to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation Search for Tomorrow had premiered three weeks before Love of Life, and who would go on to create The Secret Storm two and a half years...
  
  
• September 27 - Gruen Playhouse
  Gruen Playhouse
  Gruen Playhouse is a dramatic series on ABC and the now-defunct DuMont Television Network sponsored by the Gruen Watch Company. The series aired on ABC on Thursdays at 9:30pm EST, and on DuMont on Thursdays at 9pm EST...
  
  
• September 30 - Hour of Decision
• September 30 - The Red Skelton Show
  The Red Skelton Show
  The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as...
  
  
• October 5 - Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, is a weekly CBS anthology television series, was telecast on Friday nights from 1951 until 1959. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by Schlitz beer...
  
  
• October 14 - Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Goodyear Television Playhouse
  The Goodyear Television Playhouse produced live television dramas from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television".Sponsored by Goodyear, the hour-long anthology series was telecast Sundays at 9pm on NBC...
  
  
• October 15 - I Love Lucy
  I Love Lucy
  I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on the Columbia Broadcasting System...
  
  
• November 18 - See It Now
  See It Now
  See It Now is an American newsmagazine and documentary series broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1958. It was created by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly, Murrow being the host of the show. From 1952 to 1957, See It Now won four Emmy Awards and was nominated three times...
  
  
• December 16 - Dragnet
  Dragnet (series)
  Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners...
  
  
• December 24 - Hallmark Hall of Fame
  Hallmark Hall of Fame
  Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The second longest-running television program in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2011...
  
  
• December 30 - The Roy Rogers
  Roy Rogers
  Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye , was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain...
  
   Show

1950

• February 2 - What's My Line?
  What's My Line?
  What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations....
  
  
• February 25 - Your Show of Shows
  Your Show of Shows
  Your Show of Shows is a live 90-minute variety show that appeared weekly in the United States on NBC , from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca....
  
  
• March 6 - The Cisco Kid
  The Cisco Kid
  The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in the collection Heart of the West...
  
  
• March 23 - Beat the Clock
  Beat the Clock
  Beat the Clock is a Goodson-Todman game show which has aired on American television in several versions since 1950.The original show, hosted by Bud Collyer, ran on CBS from 1950–1958 and ABC from 1958–1961. The show was revived in syndication as The New Beat the Clock from 1969–1974, with Jack Narz...
  
  
• May 29 - Broadway Open House
  Broadway Open House
  Broadway Open House, network television's first late-night comedy-variety series, was telecast live on NBC from May 29, 1950 to August 24, 1951, airing weeknights from 11pm to midnight...
  
  
• June 17 - Hawkins Falls
  Hawkins Falls
  Hawkins Falls, Population 6200 is the first successful American television soap opera. Sponsored by Unilever's blue detergent, Surf, the program began as a one hour comedy-drama on June 17, 1950, and ran in prime time on the NBC network until October 12, 1950.On April 2, 1951, the series was moved...
  
  
• July 3 - Pantomime Quiz
• July 4 - The Joan Edwards Show
  The Joan Edwards Show
  The Joan Edwards Show is a short-lived American television show broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast History:...
  
  
• July 10 - Your Hit Parade
  Your Hit Parade
  Your Hit Parade, is an American radio and television music program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1955 on radio, and seen from 1950 to 1959 on television. It was sponsored by American Tobacco's Lucky Strike cigarettes. During this 24-year run, the show had 19 orchestra leaders and 52 singers or...
  
  
• July 20 - Arthur Murray Party Time aka The Arthur Murray Party
  The Arthur Murray Party
  The Arthur Murray Party is an American television variety show which ran from July 1950 until September 1960. The show was hosted by famous dancers Arthur and Kathryn Murray, and was basically one long advertisement for their chain of dance studios...
  
  
• July 23 - The Gene Autry Show
  The Gene Autry Show
  The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.-Overview:...
  
  
• August 1 - Crusader Rabbit
  Crusader Rabbit
  Crusader Rabbit is the first animated series produced specifically for television. The concept was test marketed in 1948, while the initial episode - Crusader vs. the State of Texas - aired on KNBH in Los Angeles, California on August 1, 1950....
  
  
• September 5 - Star Time
  Star Time (TV series)
  Star Time is a short-lived TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from September 5, 1950 to February 27, 1951, and starred singer-actress Frances Langford...
  
  
• September 7 - Truth or Consequences
  Truth or Consequences
  Truth or Consequences is an American quiz show originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards and later on television by Edwards , Jack Bailey , Bob Barker , Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson . The television show ran on CBS, NBC and also in syndication...
  
  
• September 10 - The Colgate Comedy Hour
  The Colgate Comedy Hour
  The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show stars many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou...
  
  
• September 11 - Treasury Men in Action
  Treasury Men in Action
  Treasury Men in Action, a.k.a. Federal Men, is the title of a TV crime drama series broadcast live and which aired from 1950 through 1955 on ABC and starred Walter Greaza, Ross Martin, and Tom McKee. It was directed by William Beaudine, Leigh Jason, and Will Jason among others.The series centers on...
  
  
• September 19 - Danger
  Danger (TV series)
  Danger is an anthology series which brought half hour-long dramas to television from 1950 to 1955.-Television:It first aired on September 19, 1950 on CBS. The first episode, entitled "The Black Door", was directed by Yul Brynner with a story by Henry Norton and a teleplay by Irving Elman. It...
  
  
• October 2 - Lux Video Theatre
  Lux Video Theatre
  Lux Video Theatre, is a weekly television anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays....
  
  
• October 3 - Beulah
  Beulah (series)
  The Beulah Show is an American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC television from 1950 to 1952. The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African American actress.-Radio:...
  
  
• October 3 - The Billy Rose Show
• October 5 - You Bet Your Life
  You Bet Your Life
  You Bet Your Life is an American quiz show that aired on both radio and television. The original and best-known version was hosted by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers, with announcer and assistant George Fenneman. The show debuted on ABC Radio in October 1947, then moved to CBS Radio in September...
  
  
• October 7 - The Frank Sinatra Show
  The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)
  The Frank Sinatra Show is a CBS musical variety TV series which aired from 1950 to 1952. As with many variety shows of the time, The show was broadcast live and was recorded via kinescope. Some episodes were 30 minutes long while others were 60 minutes. As its title suggests, it was hosted by...
  
  
• October 12 - The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
• October 18 - The Most Important People
  The Most Important People
  The Most Important People is a 15-minute musical variety show on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network, hosted by orchestra leader Jimmy Carroll and his wife Rita Carroll. The show aired Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30pm EST from October 18, 1950 to April 13, 1951...
  
  
• October 28 - The Jack Benny Show
• December 4 - The First Hundred Years
  The First Hundred Years
  The First Hundred Years is the first ongoing TV soap opera in the United States that began as a daytime serial, airing on CBS from December 4, 1950 until June 27, 1952...
  
  

1949

• January 10 - The Goldbergs
  The Goldbergs
  The Goldbergs is a comedy-drama broadcast from 1929 to 1946 on American radio, and from 1949 to 1956 on American television. It was adapted into a 1948 play, Me and Molly, and a 1973 Broadway musical, Molly.-Radio:...
  
  
• January 11 - Stand By For Crime
  Stand By For Crime
  Stand By for Crime is an American police drama that aired on television ABC network on Saturday nights from January 11, 1949 to August 27, 1949. The series starred veteran newsman Mike Wallace under his real name Myron Wallace...
  
  
• January 17 - Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room
  Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room
  Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room is a television variety show hosted by Johnny Olson that aired from January 17, 1949 to July 4, 1952 on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. The show was the first daytime television show broadcast from New York City to DuMont's small network of East Coast cities...
  
  
• January 31 - These Are My Children
  These Are My Children
  These Are My Children is a short-lived American television soap opera which ran on NBC from January 21, 1949 to February 25, 1949. The show was broadcast live from Chicago, Illinois, airing fifteen minutes a day, five days a week, at 5:00 p.m. EST....
  
  
• June 24 - Hopalong Cassidy
  Hopalong Cassidy
  Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of popular short stories and twenty-eight novels based on the character....
  
  
• June 27 - Captain Video and His Video Rangers
• July 1 - Mama
  Mama (TV series)
  Mama is a weekly Maxwell House-sponsored CBS television comedy-drama series which ran from July 1, 1949 until March 17, 1957.Based on the Kathryn Forbes memoir Mama's Bank Account, which was also adapted for the 1944 John Van Druten play and subsequent 1948 film I Remember Mama, it told the...
  
  
• September 5 - The Voice of Firestone
  The Voice of Firestone
  The Voice of Firestone, is a long-running radio and television program of classical music. The show featured leading singers in selections from opera and operetta. Originally titled The Firestone Hour, it was first broadcast on the NBC Radio network December 3, 1928 and was later also shown on...
  
  
• September 15 - The Lone Ranger
  The Lone Ranger
  The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....
  
  
• October 4 - The Life of Riley
  The Life of Riley
  The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a long-run 1950s television series , and a 1958 Dell comic book...
  
  
• November 4 - One Man's Family
  One Man's Family
  One Man's Family, is a long-running American radio soap opera. It was heard for almost three decades, from 1932 to 1959. Created by Carlton E. Morse, it was the longest-running uninterrupted serial in the history of American radio...
  
  

1948

• January 18 - The Original Amateur Hour
• June 20 - Toast of the Town, later retitled The Ed Sullivan Show
  The Ed Sullivan Show
  The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan....
  
  
• August 10 - Candid Camera
  Candid Camera
  Candid Camera is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947...
  
  
• August 15 - CBS-TV News, later retitled CBS Evening News
  CBS Evening News
  CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963....
  
  
• September 21 - Texaco Star Theater
  Texaco Star Theater
  Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr...
  
   starring Milton Berle
  Milton Berle
  Milton Berlinger , better known as Milton Berle, was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater , in 1948 he was the first major star of U.S. television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr...
  
  
• October 22 - Break the Bank
  Break the Bank (1948)
  Break the Bank is an American quiz show which aired variously on Mutual Radio and ABC, CBS and NBC television from 1945 to 1957.-Radio:Sponsored by Vicks, the series began on radio October 20, 1945, heard Saturdays on Mutual until April 13, 1946. Initially, it featured different hosts each week,...
  
   with host Bert Parks
  Bert Parks
  Bert Parks, born Bertram Jacobson , was an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer, best known for hosting the annual Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979....
  
  
• November 7 - Studio One
• November 29 - Kukla, Fran and Ollie
  Kukla, Fran and Ollie
  Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed...
  
  

1947

• March 11 - Small Fry Club
  Small Fry Club
  The Small Fry Club, also known as Movies for Small Fry, is one of the earliest TV series made for children. Aired from 11 March 1947 to 15 June 1951 on the DuMont Television Network, it was hosted by "Big Brother Bob Emery".-Broadcast history:...
  
  
• May 2 - Doorway to Fame
  Doorway to Fame
  Doorway to Fame is an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:The series ran from May 1947 to July 1949. It was a talent show hosted by Johnny Olson, who would go on to host the DuMont daytime variety show Johnny Olson's Rumpus...
  
  
• May 7 - Kraft Television Theatre
  Kraft Television Theatre
  Kraft Television Theatre is an American drama/anthology television series that began May 7, 1947 on NBC, airing at 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings until December of that year. In January 1948, it moved to 9pm on Wednesdays, continuing in that timeslot until 1958. Initially produced by the J...
  
  
• May 15 - King Cole's Birthday Party
  King Cole's Birthday Party
  King Cole's Birthday Party is an early American children's television series which aired on the DuMont Television Network. The program was broadcast from 1947 to 1949. Little is known about the series. Each 30-minute episode featured the real birthday of a child...
  
  
• August 25 - The Walter Compton News
  DuMont Evening News
  The DuMont Evening News is an American news program which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network during the 1954-1955 season. Presented by Morgan Beatty, the 15-minute show was the network's third and final attempt at a nightly news broadcast....
  
  
• November 6 - Meet the Press
  Meet the Press
  Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been...
  
  
• November 18 - Mary Kay and Johnny
  Mary Kay and Johnny
  Mary Kay and Johnny is the first situation comedy broadcast on network television in the United States. Starring real-life married couple Mary Kay Stearns and Johnny Stearns, the series is the first program to show a couple sharing a bed, and the first television series to show a woman's pregnancy...
  
  
• December 4 -Charade Quiz
  Charade Quiz
  Charade Quiz is an American game show hosted by Bill Slater which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from November 27, 1947 to June 23, 1949.-Overview:...
  
  
• December 27 - Howdy Doody
  Howdy Doody
  Howdy Doody is an American children's television program that was created and produced by E. Roger Muir and telecast on NBC in the United States from 1947 until 1960. It was a pioneer in children's television programming and set the pattern for many similar shows...
  
  

1946

• May 9 - Hour Glass
• June 9 - Face to Face
  Face to Face (US TV series)
  Face to Face is an early American television game show running 15 minutes. It began broadcasting on the NBC Television network on June 9, 1946 and ran until January 26, 1947 on Sundays at 8:00 pm EST, immediately before Geographically Speaking....
  
  
• June 18 - Serving Through Science
  Serving Through Science
  Serving Through Science is the first educational television series broadcast in the United States. It debuted on the DuMont Television Network on August 15, 1946 and was shown Tuesdays at 9 p.m. EST. The weekly program starred Dr. Guthrie McClintock showing short films produced by Encyclopædia...
  
  
• June 20 - Cash and Carry
  Cash and Carry (TV series)
  Cash and Carry is an American television game show hosted by Dennis James that ran on the then-both affiliates of the DuMont Television Network from June 20, 1946 to July 1, 1947...
  
  
• August 30 - I Love to Eat
  I Love to Eat
  I Love to Eat is a live television series on NBC which aired from 30 August 1946 to 1947, and was a cooking show hosted by chef and cookbook author James Beard. When the show started, each episode was 15 minutes long and presented at 8:30pm EST on Fridays, immediately before The World in Your Home...
  
  
• September 24 - Play the Game
• October 2 - Faraway Hill
  Faraway Hill
  Faraway Hill is the first soap opera broadcast on an American television network, running on the DuMont Television Network.-Broadcast history:...
  
  
• October 22 - Geographically Speaking
  Geographically Speaking
  Geographically Speaking is an American travel series that debuted on June 9, 1946 on NBC, and aired Sundays at 8:15 pm EST immediately following the game show Face to Face....
  
  
• November 1 - You Are an Artist
  You Are an Artist
  You Are an Artist is an NBC television series, which first aired on NBC flagship station WNBT-TV in New York City on November 1, 1946 and then on the NBC Television network until 1950.-Production history:...
  
  
• November 15 - Let's Rhumba
  Let's Rhumba
  Let's Rhumba is an American dance instruction program that aired on NBC from November 1946 to January 1947. Each 15 minute episode was hosted by D'Avalos. No episodes are known to survive as NBC had no archival policy at the time....
  
  
• November 17 - Television Screen Magazine
  Television Screen Magazine
  Television Screen Magazine is a NBC Television Network series which debuted 17 November 1946 and ran from 1946 to 1949. Hosts and panelists included John McCaffery, Millicent Fenwick, and George F. Putnam. The program featured a magazine-type format with various subjects and guests...
  
  

External links

• 100 Favorite Moments in Television at scrubbles.net

Further reading

• The Complete Guide to TV69: Who's Who and What's What in the New TV Season by Dave Kaufman (Signet, 1968). Of historic interest as a time capsule from 1968. Contains information on new and returning shows for the 1968-1969 TV season in the USA, plus more data of interest.