2004 in television

Events

February 9 - Kerry McFadden wins ITV's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!.
March 28 - Maori Television starts broadcasting in New Zealand.
April 2 to 8 - TV Tokyo premieres eight shows during the first week of the month.
April 17 - Toonami moves from 5 PM to 7 PM (primary time) and extends by four hours (from two to six).
May 15 - Jimmy Fallon makes his last appearance as a cast member of Saturday Night Live on its season finale.
June 2 - a contestant on Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah, begins a long and ongoing (as of November) run as champion.
June 4 - Kitten Pinder is evicted from the Big Brother house, shouting against the Queen and the aristocracy on the way out.
June 16 - In the UK, Big Brother is taken off air as the housemates threaten to kill each other.
September 28 - Longtime veteran Marcy Walker makes what has been termed by soap sources as her final appearance on All My Children after two decades of being affiliated with the program.
November 1 - The Young and the Restless airs its milestone 8,000th episode.
November 18 - The video for new charity single Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 20 airs simultaenously on all five main UK television networks, as well as over twenty satellite and cable stations. This unprecedented broadcast attracts over fourteen million viewers between 5:50 and 6 PM.
December 16 - All My Children airs its milestone 9,000th episode. [1] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041117/ap_en_tv/tv_all_my_children)
General Electric, owner of NBC, purchases Universal Studios from Vivendi, leaving all six US broadcast networks part of a company which also owns a film studio.

Debuts

January 7 - The Apprentice premieres on NBC (2004-present)
January 17 - Astro Boy premieres on Kids WB (2004-present)
January 22 - Corner Gas debuts on CTV (2004-present)
April 3 - Danny Phantom premieres on Nickelodeon (2004-present)
June 16 - Quintuplets premieres on the Fox network (2004-present)
September 3 - Green Wing premieres on Channel 4 (2004-present)
September 9 - Joey premieres on NBC (2004-present)
September 12 - Jack & Bobby premieres on The WB! (2004-present)
September 22 - CSI: New York premieres (2004-present)
September 22 - Lost on ABC (2004-present)
Blue Collar TV airs on WB and Comedy Central (2004-present)
Boston Legal premieres (2004-present)
Miguzi introduces and premieres on Cartoon Network during the old Toonami time slot (2004-present)

Television shows

Meet the Press (1947-present)
Candid Camera (1948-present)
Guiding Light (1952-present)
The Today Show (1952-present)
Panorama (UK) (1953-present)
Face the Nation (1954-present)
The Tonight Show (1954-present)
As the World Turns (1956-present)
What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present)
The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present)
Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present)
Grandstand (UK) (1958-present)
Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present)
The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present)
General Hospital (1963-present)
Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present)
Days of Our Lives (1965-present)
Play School (1966-present)
60 Minutes (1968-present)
One Life to Live (1968-present)
Sesame Street (1969-present)
All My Children (1970-present)
Monday Night Football (1970-present)
Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present)
Emmerdale (UK) (1972-present)
Newsround (UK) (1972-present)
The Price Is Right (1972-present)
Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present)
The Young and the Restless (1973-present)
Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present)
Good Morning America (1975-present)
Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present)
Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)
20/20 (1978-present)
Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present)
Entertainment Tonight (1981-present)
Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present)
The Bill (UK) (1984-present)
EastEnders (UK) (1985-present)
Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present)
The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present)
The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present)
Cops (1989-present)
The Simpsons (1989-present)
Law & Order (1990-present)
The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present)
Dateline NBC (1992-present)
The Real World (1992-present)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
NYPD Blue (1993-present)
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
ER (1994-present)
JAG (1995-present)
7th Heaven (1996-present)
Dexter's Laboratory (1996-present)
Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present)
Hey Arnold! (1996-present)
The Daily Show (1996-present)
Johnny Bravo (1997-present)
King of the Hill (1997-present)
South Park (1997-present)
Stargate SG-1 (1997-present)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997-present)
Toonami (1997-present)
That '70s Show (1998-present)
The King of Queens (1998-present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK) (1998-present)
Will & Grace (1998-present)
Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present)
Judging Amy (1999-present)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-present)
Rocket Power (1999-present)
Shocking Behavior: Caught on Tape (1999-present)
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present)
Tenacious D (1999-present)
The Sopranos (1999-present)
The West Wing (1999-present)
Third Watch (1999-present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (US) (1999-present)
As Told by Ginger (2000-present)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000-present)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-present)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-present)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000-present)
Survivor (2000-present)
The Weakest Link (UK) (2000-present)
Yes, Dear (2000-present)
24 (2001-present)
According to Jim (2001-present)
Adult Swim (2001-present)
Alias (2001-present)
Braceface (2001-present)
Fear Factor (2001-present)
Home Movies (1999, 2001-present)
JR Digs (Canada) (2001-present)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001-present)
My Wife and Kids (2001-present)
Pop Idol (UK) (2001-present)
Scrubs (2001-present)
Smallville (2001-present)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-present)
The Bernie Mac Show (2001-present)
The Fairly OddParents (2001-present)
8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002-present)
Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002-present)
American Dreams (2002-present)
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002-present)
Codename: Kids Next Door (2002-present)
CSI: Miami (2002-present)
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (UK) (2002-present)
Kim Possible (2002-present)
Less Than Perfect (2002-present)
Spooks (UK) (2002-present)
The Bachelor (2002-present)
The George Lopez Show (2002-present)
The Osbournes (2002-present)
Without a Trace (2002-present)
All Grown Up! (2003-present)
Arrested Development (2003-present)
Battlestar Galactica (UK) (2003-present)
Chappelle's Show (2003-present)
Cold Case (2003-present)
Dead Like Me (2003-present)
Eve (2003-present)
Hope and Faith (2003-present)
Joan of Arcadia (2003-present)
Las Vegas (2003-present)
Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003-present)
My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003-present)
Navy NCIS (2003-present)
Nip/Tuck (2003-present)
One Tree Hill (2003-present)
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-present)
Reno 911! (2003-present)
Romeo! (2003-present)
Superstars (UK) (1975-1985, 2003-present)
The O.C. (2003-present)
Two and a Half Men (2003-present)
Xiaolin Showdown (2003-present)

Ending this year

Rugrats (1991-2004)
Frasier (1993-2004)
Friends (1994-2004)
The Drew Carey Show (1995-2004)
The Practice (1997-2004)
Becker (1998-2004)
Sex and the City (1998-2004)
The Powerpuff Girls (1998-2004)
Angel (1999-2004)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999-2004)
Boston Public (2000-2004)
Ed (2000-2004)
The District (2000-2004)
Mutant X (2001-2004)
The Guardian (2001-2004)
Hack (2002-2004)
Life with Bonnie (2002-2004)
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002-2004)
10-8: Officers on Duty (2003-2004)
Happy Family (2003-2004)
I'm with Her (2003-2004)
It's All Relative (2003-2004)
Karen Sisco (2003-2004)
Married to the Kellys (2003-2004)
The Handler (2003-2004)
The Newsroom (Canada) (1996-1997, 2003-2004)
Threat Matrix (2003-2004)
Whoopi (2003-2004)

Deaths

January 2 - Lynn Cartwright, 76, US actor
January 19 - Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief
January 23 - Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, Captain Kangaroo
January 27 - Jack Paar, 85, The Tonight Show host
January 29 - Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, producer and co-creator of The Real World
February 23 - Carl Anderson, 58, US actor
February 24 - John Randolph, 88, US actor
March 7 - Paul Winfield, 62, Emmy-winning actor
March 8 - Robert Pastorelli, 50, actor on Murphy Brown
March 17 - J. J. Jackson, 62, former MTV VJ
March 26 - Jan Sterling, 82, US actor
March 27 - Art James, 74, game show host and announcer
March 28 - Sir Peter Ustinov, 82, British actor
March 30 - Alistair Cooke, 95, BBC broadcaster and transatlantic commentator
March 30 - Hubert Gregg, 89, BBC broadcaster
April 1 - Carrie Snodgress, 57, character actress
May 9 - Alan King, comedian
May 17 - Tony Randall, actor and star of television version of The Odd Couple
May 21 - Gene Wood, 78, announcer of Family Feud and other US game shows
July 9 - Isabel Sanford, 86, actress most famous for her role on The Jeffersons, from natural causes
July 28 - Eugene Roche, 75, actor with recurring roles on Soap and many other series
November 6 - Howard Keel, 85, actor/singer, Dallas

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