2005 in American television

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In American television in 2005, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

Date Event
1 The U.S. channel package PT East, originally created by the New York, New York, company PrimeTime 24, and used by satellite TV viewers where over-the-air TV is unavailable, changes its ABC affiliate from WKRN-TV (Nashville, Tennessee) to flagship station WABC-TV (New York City).
DirecTV removed Trio from its EPG lineup. The network loses two-thirds of its 20 million viewers, putting in doubt the future of the NBCUniversal-owned channel.
2 Fox cancels the reality show Who's Your Daddy? after only one episode.
3 Craig Ferguson replaces Craig Kilborn as the host of The Late Late Show on CBS, becoming the first foreign-born host to have his own late-night talk show.
5 The 35th anniversary episode of the series All My Children is broadcast by ABC. The special episode, which used former characters Mark Dalton (Mark LaMura) and Nick Davis (Larry Keith), was also unique in that it was the last appearance of ailing actress Ruth Warrick. She died less than two weeks after the episode was broadcast.
7 Tamala Edwards resigns as co-anchor of ABC's World News Now and heads to the network's O&O WPVI/Philadelphia.
8 CBS airs the first episode of the reality series The Will. Ratings for the show are so low, it is canceled after only one episode, following Fox's Who's Your Daddy? which was cancelled six days ago.
Cartoon Network airs Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers: Ignition, the first of four computer-animated films of Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers, as part of the channel's Toonami block.
17 After over 6 years, Big Tigger hosts Rap City: Tha Bassment for the last time on BET. He reveals that his mother has sold the basement and forced him out to live with his father. The following day, the show is retitled as Rap City with Mad Linx taking over as the new host.
Heather Cabot becomes the new co-anchor of ABC's World News Now.
22 FoxBox, Fox's Saturday morning programming block owned by 4Kids Entertainment, is rebranded as 4Kids TV.
29 Nickelodeon's successful Saturday night block, SNICK, is discontinued after 12 years. It would then be revamped as a Saturday night edition of TEENick for the 2004-05 television season and onward until the TEENick name was dropped in February 2009 and shifted into a 24-hour channel (rebranding The N) months later.

February[edit]

Date Event
2 Paramount Television and UPN announce the cancellation of the series Star Trek: Enterprise. Soon afterward, fan efforts begin to save the show, climaxing in a campaign that raises more than $3 million (US) towards funding further production, an offer Paramount ultimately rejects.
6 Super Bowl XXXIX is telecast by Fox. Following the game, Fox airs The Simpsons episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", followed by the pilot of American Dad!.
7 MTV2 revamps the two-headed dog symbol.
9 Jeopardy! held its Ultimate Tournament of Champions and concluded on May 25; Brad Rutter emerged as the champion of the tournament and won the grand prize of $2,000,000; with his career winnings of $3,270,102 (which include another $15,000 for winning a match), Rutter surpassed Ken Jennings's $3,022,700 as the new largest winner in the show's program, as well as the all-time biggest game show winner in the history of American and international television, a title which Rutter held on until October 10, 2008, where Jennings regained the status (Rutter would later top Jennings' record on May 16, 2014, after winning another Jeopardy! tournament, Battle of the Decades; Rutter would later lose the record to Jennings on January 14, 2020, after losing to another Jeopardy! tournament, The Greatest of All Time).
21 Avatar: The Last Airbender airs its hour-long series premiere on Nickelodeon.

March[edit]

Date Event
9 On the 24th anniversary of his debut, Dan Rather retires as main anchorman of the CBS Evening News and is succeeded by Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer on an interim basis.
18 G4 broadcasts the final episode of the former TechTV series The Screen Savers; the series was replaced by a new show known as Attack of the Show! the following week.
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody premieres on Disney Channel.
26 After a 16-year hiatus, Doctor Who returns to BBC television in the UK. Around this time efforts are under way to get the cult program a berth on an American network, however Sci-Fi Channel rejects it for the entire first two seasons on its revival run. The following Doctor Who episodes were returned to the air on BBC America in December 2009.

April[edit]

Date Event
1 ABC news anchorman Peter Jennings anchors what will turn out to be his final World News Tonight telecast. Four days later, Jennings informs viewers of World News Tonight, via a taped segment, that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer and beginning of chemotherapy. He dies four months later at the age of 67.
15 PBS Kids Go! celebrates Tax Day with the first two-hour Cyberchase special "Know Your Dough".

May[edit]

Date Event
1 Family Guy begins airing new episodes on Fox with "North by North Quahog". Initially cancelled by Fox in 2002, the unexpected popularity of the show's reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block and DVD releases, as well as letters addressed to Fox, forces the network to renew the show. Fox's revival of Family Guy coincides with the launch of the network's Animation Domination block, which also debuts on this night and pairs Family Guy with King of the Hill, The Simpsons, and the official series premiere of American Dad!.
2 Hunter Tylo resumes her role as Dr. Taylor Forrester on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, after the character was "killed off" three years ago. The revelation that she was alive surprises many viewers as it had not been hinted by any other sources, print or online.
6 SpongeBob SquarePants debuts its fourth season on Nickelodeon after a 7-month hiatus. Originally set to end in 2004, the success of the third season forces Nickelodeon to renew the series for a fourth season before the development of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
13 The controversial final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise is broadcast in the United States on UPN, ending an 18-year, uninterrupted run of four consecutive or concurrent Star Trek series dating back to 1987.
23 Tom Cruise appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which made several public pronouncements of his relationship with Katie Holmes, and most notably "the couch incident."
24 CBS aired a special, Rob and Amber Get Married, featuring the marriage of Survivor and The Amazing Race contestants Amber Brkich and Rob Mariano, in The Bahamas. They were earlier engaged on May 9 last year on the live finale of Survivor: All-Stars, in which Brkich won the season.
25 On Fox, Carrie Underwood wins season four of the popular singing competition, American Idol.

June[edit]

Date Event
30 Viacom launches Logo TV, a TV channel intended for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults. The channel space of defunct sister network VH1 Mega Hits provides the bulk of the new channel's carriage.

July[edit]

Date Event
1 The PAX network is renamed as i: Independent Television.
8 The first episode of Camp Lazlo airs on Cartoon Network.
28 After 5 years, AJ and Free retire as hosts of BET's 106 & Park and are succeeded by Big Tigger (co-host of BET Style) and Julissa (host of The Center) on an interim basis.

August[edit]

Date Event
1 Current TV, a 24-hour youth-oriented news channel owned by the former U.S. vice president Al Gore, is initiated. The channel replaces Newsworld International.
7 ABC's acclaimed news anchor Peter Jennings dies of lung cancer. He is succeeded by Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas for World News Tonight in December.
Oregon-based model Sara Jean Underwood makes her national television debut on the premiere night of The Girls Next Door.
13 In response to Linda Vester's year-long maternity leave, Fox News Channel announces that she will not be hosting DaySide again.
29 Hurricane Katrina strikes the Greater New Orleans area, causing major disruption of the region's television broadcasts. Local television news programs relocate to other cities to cover the story, though most are interrupted by the storm; some continue to broadcast reports by the Internet.

September[edit]

Date Event
2 While presenting for the NBC telecast of A Concert for Hurricane Relief, music producer and rapper Kanye West ignores his script and addresses what he perceives as the racism of both the government and of the media, stating: George Bush doesn't care about black people, and calls for the media to stop labeling African-American families as "looters" while white families were depicted as "looking for food."
5 In Champaign, Illinois, NBC affiliates WICS/WICD end their 46-year relationship with the network and swap affiliations with ABC affiliate WAND due to an affiliation deal between LIN Media, operators of WAND, and NBC.
10 The Naruto franchise makes its North American television debut on Cartoon Network's Toonami block.
18 The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are given at the Shrine Auditorium in a ceremony broadcast by CBS.
19 Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy take over as new hosts of DaySide on Fox News Channel.
20 Maggie Ausburn is the winner of the American version of Big Brother 6 on CBS, and wins the $500,000 prize. Runner-Up Ivette Corredero wins $50,000.
23 Nicktoons is rebranded as Nicktoons Network (but will revert to the Nicktoons name in 2009).
26 Sprout (now Universal Kids) is launched by a joint venture between PBS, Comcast, HIT Entertainment, and Sesame Workshop. The new network replaces PBS Kids, allowing for an initial reach of 16.5 million subscribers.

October[edit]

Date Event
1 NBC's Saturday Night Live begins broadcasting in HDTV format.
3 Rap City host Mad Linx temporarily leaves the show to host BET's The Road Show. For the next several months his place is taken by J-Nicks, until Mad Linx returns the following February.
9 Little Einsteins premieres on Playhouse Disney.
20 Neon Genesis Evangelion makes its U.S. television debut on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block.
22 Tina Fey returns from maternity leave to resume her duties for Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update skit.
The last episode of All That airs on Nickelodeon. First-run episodes of All That wouldn't be produced again for another nearly 15 years causing Dan's sex abuse.
26 Game 4 of the World Series airs on Fox. The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros, winning their first title since 1917.

November[edit]

Date Event
8 Days of Our Lives celebrates its 40th anniversary on NBC.
13 Professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero dies at the age of 38 after being found unconscious in his hotel room.
22 Ted Koppel resigns as host of ABC's Nightline after 25 years. Six days later, Koppel is succeeded by a three-anchor team of Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden, and Terry Moran.

December[edit]

Date Event
1 Oprah Winfrey appears on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman, making her first appearance on a David Letterman-hosted show in sixteen years.
2 A Knots Landing retrospective, Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again, is broadcast (appropriately) by CBS.
ABC World News Now anchor Heather Cabot leaves the program due to her pregnancy.
5 Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas unofficially begin anchoring duties for ABC News's World News Tonight, replacing Peter Jennings, who died of cancer almost four months ago.
6 The 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS. 8.9 million people tune in.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
24 TBN's kid-aimed, faith-based channel Smile of a Child is launched.
26 The first episode of My Gym Partner's a Monkey airs as a sneak peek before officially premiering on February 24, 2006.
ABC broadcasts its 555th and final telecast of Monday Night Football, a game between the New England Patriots and New York Jets.
31 The original Viacom officially divides into two companies, with the CBS television network and Showtime Networks becoming part of CBS Corporation, and the MTV Networks group of channels (which includes MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central) and BET (Black Entertainment Television) becoming part of the new Viacom. Eventually, the greatest casualty of the division was that Paramount Television, which became part of CBS Corporation, would cease to exist after 38 years of television production, as it was rebranded as CBS Paramount Television in January 2006, using that name until it became CBS Television Studios three years later.

Programs[edit]

Debuts[edit]

Date Show Network
January 3 Who's Your Daddy? Fox
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson CBS
Medium NBC
January 4 Committed NBC
January 5 The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott UPN
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search NBC
January 8 The Will CBS
January 9 Strange Love VH1
Zoey 101 Nickelodeon
January 11 Queer Eye for the Straight Girl Bravo
January 13 Jonny Zero Fox
January 14 Tilt ESPN
January 17 Supernanny ABC
January 19 Point Pleasant Fox
January 21 American Dragon: Jake Long Disney Channel
January 22 D.I.C.E. Cartoon Network
January 23 Numbers CBS
Pet Alien Cartoon Network
Young Blades PAX TV
January 24 Digging for the Truth History
February 2 It Takes a Thief Discovery Channel
February 5 Power Rangers S.P.D. ABC Family (Jetix)
February 6 American Dad! Fox
February 8 Most Outrageous Moments NBC
February 14 Kudlow & Company CNBC
Cuts UPN
February 20 Robot Chicken Adult Swim
February 21 Avatar: The Last Airbender Nickelodeon
February 23 Unique Whips Speed
March 3 Law & Order: Trial By Jury NBC
The Contender
March 6 Damage Control MTV
Iron Chef America Food Network
The Starlet The WB
March 7 Fat Actress Showtime
March 8 Blind Justice ABC
Lie Detector PAX TV
March 11 Wonder Showzen MTV2
March 13 Jake in Progress ABC
March 14 Mad Money CNBC
March 18 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Disney Channel
March 24 The Office NBC
Life on a Stick Fox
March 25 Kojak USA Network
Krypto the Superdog Cartoon Network
March 27 Grey's Anatomy ABC
March 28 Attack of the Show! G4
March 30 Eyes ABC
April 1 The Eyes of Nye PBS
April 4 Lost Worlds History
Next MTV
April 5 Pinky Dinky Doo Noggin
April 6 Con Comedy Central
Meet the Barkers MTV
April 8 Living with Fran The WB
April 12 Deadliest Catch Discovery Channel
April 13 Revelations NBC
Stacked Fox
April 16 The Doodlebops Playhouse Disney
April 24 Strip Search VH1
April 30 Showdog Moms & Dads Bravo
May 3 The Search for the Funniest Mom in America Nick at Nite
May 9 Xtreme Fakeovers PAX TV
May 14 Game Show Moments Gone Bananas VH1
May 17 Britney and Kevin: Chaotic UPN
May 24 The Bad Girl's Guide
May 26 Kept VH1
May 30 Hell's Kitchen Fox
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee Cartoon Network
June 1 Dancing with the Stars ABC
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time NBC
Sports Kids Moms & Dads Bravo
June 2 Beauty and the Geek The WB
June 6 Fire Me...Please CBS
June 7 The Scholar ABC
June 8 The Inside Fox
June 9 The Cut CBS
June 17 The Buzz on Maggie Disney Channel
June 19 12 oz. Mouse Adult Swim
June 20 Wildfire ABC Family
June 21 I Want To Be a Hilton NBC
June 26 The Andy Milonakis Show MTV
June 29 Stella Comedy Central
June 30 Being Bobby Brown Bravo
July 6 Mind of Mencia Comedy Central
July 8 Camp Lazlo Cartoon Network
Stankervision MTV2
July 9 Catscratch Nickelodeon
Time Warp Trio Discovery Kids
July 10 Hogan Knows Best VH1
The Princes of Malibu Fox
July 11 Rock Star CBS
July 15 Ooh, Aah & You Playhouse Disney
July 20 Criss Angel Mindfreak A&E
So You Think You Can Dance Fox
July 27 R U the Girl UPN
July 28 The Law Firm NBC
August 2 Hi-Jinks Nick at Nite
August 3 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Bravo
August 4 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia FX
August 7 American Princess We TV
Carl² Cartoon Network
The Girls Next Door E!
Man, Moment, Machine The History Channel
August 8 Beautiful People ABC Family
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer CNN
Weeds Showtime
August 14 Barbershop Showtime
Delilah and Julius Cartoon Network
My Kind of Town ABC
August 16 Tommy Lee Goes to College NBC
August 22 Tickle-U Cartoon Network
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!
Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
Peppa Pig
Firehouse Tales
Gerald McBoing-Boing
Little Robots
Gordon the Garden Gnome
August 27 A.T.O.M. Jetix
August 28 Palmetto Pointe PAX TV
August 29 Prison Break Fox
September 3 Danger Rangers Syndicated through PBS Kids
September 4 The Zula Patrol
September 6 Go, Diego, Go! Nick Jr.
September 8 Reunion Fox
September 10 Bratz 4Kids TV
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
September 11 Breaking Bonaduce VH1
My Fair Brady
The War at Home Fox
September 12 Judge Alex Syndication
Jack's Big Music Show Noggin
Meerkat Manor Animal Planet
The Tyra Banks Show Syndication
The Martha Stewart Show Syndication
September 13 Bones Fox
Supernatural The WB
Engineering an Empire The History Channel
September 14 Head Cases Fox
September 16 Twins The WB
Threshold CBS
September 17 Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island Kids' WB
Loonatics Unleashed
Johnny Test
The Showbiz Show with David Spade Comedy Central
September 18 Life with Derek Disney Channel
September 19 How I Met Your Mother CBS
Out of Practice
Just Legal The WB
Surface NBC
Kitchen Confidential Fox
September 20 My Name Is Earl NBC
September 21 E-Ring NBC
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart NBC
Invasion ABC
September 22 Everybody Hates Chris UPN
Love, Inc.
Criminal Minds CBS
September 23 Ghost Whisperer
Inconceivable NBC
Killer Instinct Fox
Three Wishes NBC
September 24 Get Ed Jetix
America's Heartland Syndication
September 27 Commander in Chief ABC
Sex, Love & Secrets UPN
September 29 Night Stalker ABC
October 1 Flight 29 Down Discovery Kids
October 2 Sunday Pants Cartoon Network
October 3 The Road Show BET
October 4 Close to Home CBS
October 5 The Adam Carolla Project TLC
Related The WB
Freddie ABC
October 7 Hot Properties
October 9 Little Einsteins Playhouse Disney
Johnny and the Sprites
October 13 Run's House MTV
October 16 Squidbillies Adult Swim
October 17 The Colbert Report Comedy Central
Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
Miss Seventeen MTV
October 28 I Shouldn't Be Alive Discovery Channel
Masters of Horror Showtime
October 30 But Can They Sing? VH1
Homewrecker MTV
Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil Adult Swim
November 4 South of Nowhere Noggin (during "The N" block)
November 5 IGPX Toonami
November 6 The Boondocks Adult Swim
Minoriteam
November 7 Charlie and Lola Playhouse Disney
November 25 The X's Nickelodeon
December 4 Sleeper Cell Showtime
December 6 Madden Nation ESPN2
Party/Party Bravo
December 15 Celebrity Eye Candy VH1
December 18 Moral Orel Adult Swim
December 19 Deal or No Deal NBC
December 26 My Gym Partner's a Monkey Cartoon Network
December 27 Ben 10
December 30 Mr. Meaty Nickelodeon

Returning this year[edit]

Show Channel Last aired Returning
A Current Affair Syndication 1996 March 21
Family Guy Fox 2002 May 1
The Dating Game Syndication 2000 May 4
SpongeBob SquarePants Nickelodeon 2004 May 6
Dirty Jobs Discovery Channel 2003 June 26
Zoboomafoo PBS Kids 2001 July 16
Rugrats Nickelodeon 2004 September 24

Ending this year[edit]

Date Show Debut Status
January 1 Fraternity Life 2003 Cancelled
January 2 The Mountain 2004
Who's Your Daddy? 2005
January 9 The Will
January 10 Battle for Ozzfest 2004
January 11 Celebrity Blackjack
January 15 Megas XLR
January 19 Center of the Universe
January 20 Life as We Know It
Century City
January 22 Dave the Barbarian
January 24 Second Time Around
January 26 The Club
January 28 I Love the '90s: Part Deux 2005
Grounded for Life 2001
February 11 Kudlow & Cramer 2002
Oobi 2000
February 19 Kenny the Shark 2003
February 26 ¡Mucha Lucha! 2002
March 1 NYPD Blue 1993 Ended
March 11 Bullseye 2003 Cancelled
Tru Calling
Wanna Come In? 2004
March 13 Tilt 2005
March 15 Committed
March 18 The Screen Savers 1998
March 21 The Osbournes 2002
March 25 Medical Investigation 2004
The Powerpuff Girls (returned in 2016) 1998
Star Wars: Clone Wars 2003
March 27 Carnivàle
March 30 Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
American Dreams 2002
The Ashlee Simpson Show 2004
April 8 EGG, the Arts Show 2000
April 12 Curious Buddies 2004
April 13 Scientific American Frontiers 1990
April 15 8 Simple Rules 2002
April 16 LAX 2004
April 18 Fat Actress 2005
April 20 Baby Looney Tunes 2002
April 22 Joan of Arcadia 2003
April 24 Damage Control 2005
Strange Love
April 25 Sealab 2021 2000
Listen Up 2004
April 29 JAG 1995
May 1 Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge 2003
May 3 Judging Amy 1999
May 6 Third Watch
Zoom
May 8 Queer Eye for the Straight Girl 2005
May 11 Con
Da Boom Crew 2004
Jack & Bobby
May 12 Project Greenlight (returned in 2015) 2001
May 13 Andromeda 2000
Star Trek: Enterprise 2001
May 15 Page to Screen 2002
May 16 Everybody Loves Raymond 1996 Ended
May 18 Kevin Hill 2004 Cancelled
Showdog Moms & Dads 2005
My Wife and Kids 2001
May 20 Texas Justice
May 22 Kojak 2005
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 2002
May 25 Street Smarts 2000
The Jane Pauley Show 2004
May 26 Pet Alien 2005
May 27 Father of the Pride 2004
Shop 'til You Drop 1991
U-Pick Live 2002
June 15 CatDog 1998
June 17 Complete Savages 2004
June 18 Skin 2003
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas 2005
June 21 Blind Justice
June 26 The Eyes of Nye
June 28 Average Joe 2003
July 1 Train 48
July 8 Jackie Chan Adventures 2000
July 15 America's Castles 1994
July 16 Wild Card 2003
July 18 Summerland 2004
July 20 Sports Kids Moms & Dads 2005
July 22 Video Mods 2004
August 4 Kept 2005
August 7 Queer as Folk 2000
August 14 Viva La Bam 2003
August 19 The Proud Family 2001
August 21 Six Feet Under Ended
August 30 Stella 2005 Cancelled
September 2 60 Minutes II 1999
September 3 Midnight Love 1985
September 30 Inconceivable 2005
October 1 Intimate Portrait 1994
October 7 Girls v. Boys 2003
October 16 Barbershop 2005
October 18 A Walk in Your Shoes 1999
October 22 All That (returned in 2019) 1994
October 28 A Current Affair 1986
October 30 Sunday Pants 2005
November 4 NewsNight with Aaron Brown 2001
November 8 Drew Carey's Green Screen Show 2004
November 11 Duck Dodgers 2003
November 14 Power Rangers S.P.D. 2005
November 25 Dragon Tales 1999
Jay Jay the Jet Plane 1998
November 27 Fatherhood 2004
December 2 The Road Show 2005
$40 a Day 2002
December 3 Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls 2003
December 4 But Can They Sing? 2005
December 6 Rubbadubbers 2003
December 9 Three Wishes 2005
December 10 City Confidential (returned in 2021) 1998
December 15 Reunion 2005
December 18 Homewrecker
December 19 Miss Seventeen
December 20 The Adam Carolla Project
December 21 Being Bobby Brown
December 24 Little Britain 2003
December 25 Stroker and Hoop 2004
December 30 Hot Properties 2005

Entering syndication this year[edit]

Show Seasons In Production Source
24 4 Yes [citation needed]
Alias 4 Yes [citation needed]
The Bernie Mac Show 4 Yes [citation needed]
My Wife and Kids 4 Yes [citation needed]
Sex and the City 6 No [citation needed]
Smallville 4 Yes [citation needed]
Star Trek: Enterprise 4 No [citation needed]
South Park 8 Yes [citation needed]

Changes of network affiliation[edit]

Show Moved from Moved to
Journal Editorial Report PBS Fox News Channel
Project Greenlight HBO Bravo
TNA iMPACT! Fox Sports Net Spike TV
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show The WB Comedy Central
Whose Line is it Anyway? ABC ABC Family
Wildboyz MTV MTV2
WWE Raw Spike TV USA Network
6teen Cartoon Network Nickelodeon
Kipper Nick Jr. PBS Kids Sprout
Bob the Builder
Teletubbies PBS Kids
Boohbah
Zoboomafoo
Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
Sesame Street Noggin
Baby Looney Tunes Cartoon Network Boomerang
American Casino Discovery Channel Travel Channel

Television films[edit]

Title Channel Date of airing
Lackawanna Blues HBO February 12
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama Disney Channel April 8
Warm Springs HBO April 30
Life Is Ruff Disney Channel July 15
The Proud Family Movie Disney Channel August 19
The Flight That Fought Back Discovery Channel September 11
Mrs. Harris HBO September 16
Twitches Disney Channel October 14
The Batman vs. Dracula Cartoon Network October 22

Miniseries[edit]

Title Channel Premiere date
Thief FX March 28
Elvis CBS May 8
Empire Falls HBO May 28
Into the West TNT June 10
Elizabeth I HBO September 29
Sleeper Cell Showtime December 4
The Triangle Sci Fi Channel December 5
The Lost Prince PBS December 18

Networks and services[edit]

Launches[edit]

Network name Type Launch Date Notes Source
Military History Channel Cable television January 5
Starz Comedy Cable television Unknown
ESPNU Cable television March 4
Crime & Investigation Cable television April 1
Fox Soccer Plus Cable and satellite April 26
The Tube Music Network Cable television June
Logo TV Cable television June 30
Retro TV Cable television July
Current TV Cable television August 1
KBS America Cable television October 6
mHz Worldview Cable television October 19
Latele Novela Network Cable television November 1
MTV Chi Cable television December 6
NRB TV Cable television December 21
Smile of a Child Cable television December 24

Conversions and rebrandings[edit]

Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source
International Channel AZN Television Cable television Unknown
Black Starz! Starz in Black Cable television Unknown
Starz! Theater Starz Edge Cable television March 25
Starz! Kids Starz Kids & Family Cable television Unknown
Starz! Family Starz Kids & Family Cable television Unknown
Action Encore Action Cable television Unknown
Love Stories Encore Love Cable television March 25
True Stories Encore Drama Cable television March 25
WAM! America's Kidz Network Encore Wam Cable television Unknown
Mystery Encore Mystery Cable television Unknown
Westerns Encore Westerns Cable television Unknown
Fox Sports World Fox Soccer Channel Cable television March 28
Speed Channel Speed Cable television Unknown
VH1 MegaHits Logo Cable television June 30
Pax TV i: Independent Television Cable television July 1
PBS Kids Channel PBS Kids Sprout Cable television September 26
Freeview The 101 Network Cable television Unknown
Goodlife TV Network AmericanLife TV Network Cable television Unknown

Closures[edit]

Network name Type Closure Date Notes Source
G4TechTV Cable television February 15
Newsworld International Cable television July 31

Television stations[edit]

Station launches[edit]

Date City of License/Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/Ref.
January 1 Columbia, South Carolina WZRB 47 UPN
March 24 Walsenburg, Colorado K28HN 28 America One
June 1 Alexandria, Louisiana KBCA 41 The WB
June 15 Hattiesburg, Mississippi WHPM-LP 23 Fox
July Boise, Idaho KKJB 39 America One
July 1 Great Falls, Montana KTGF-LP 50 NBC Translator of KTVH/Helena
August Lake Havasu City, Arizona KBBA-LP 10 Independent
October Holbrook, Arizona KNJO-LP 6 America One
November 29 Ames/Des Moines, Iowa KEFB 34 TBN
Unknown date Albany, Georgia WALB-DT2 10.2 NBC Weather Plus
Charlotte, North Carolina WCEE-LP 16 TBN
Chicago, Illinois W55DF 55 MTV Tr3s
Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands WEON-LP 60 Fox
Marquette, Michigan WLUC-DT2 6.2 The Tube Music Network
Pittsburg, Kansas
(Joplin, Missouri)
KPJO-LP 49 TBN
Spokane, Washington K09FZ 11 ABC Translator of KXLY-TV/Spokane

Births[edit]

Date Name Notability
January 8 Collin Dean Voice actor (Over the Garden Wall, The Loud House)
January 20 Carter Thorne Canadian voice actor (PAW Patrol, PJ Masks)
January 31 Mallory James Mahoney Actress (Bunk'd)
February 14 Jailen Bates Actor (WITS Academy)
February 15 Nicolas Bechtel Actor (Stuck in the Middle)
February 23 Arica Himmel Actress (Mixed-ish)
March 14 Aiden Lewandowski Actor
March 17 Flynn Morrison Actor (Last Man Standing)
March 18 Ryan Alessi Actor (All That)
March 26 Ella Anderson Actress (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger)
March 29 Brooklyn Shuck Actress (Evil)
April 7 Nathan Janak Actor (All That, Drama Club)
April 13 Brandon Severs Actor (Walk the Prank)
April 19 Olivia Presti Canadian actress (Odd Squad)
May 4 Navia Robinson Actress (Raven's Home)
May 5 Gabrielle Nevaeh Green Actress (All That, That Girl Lay Lay)
May 12 Ava Acres Actress (Adventure Time, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
May 14 Maxwell Acee Donovan Actor (Gabby Duran and the Unsittables)
May 19 Jack Gore Actor (Billions, The Kids Are Alright)
June 2 Jadah Marie Actress
June 14 Tamara Smart Actress (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
June 25 Kylie Cantrall Actress (Gabby Duran & the Unsittables) and singer
June 27 Isaiah Crews Actor (Side Hustle)
July 12 Issac Ryan Brown Actor (Raven's Home, Puppy Dog Pals, The Owl House)
July 20 Alison Fernandez Actress
July 22 Israel Johnson Actor (Bunk'd)
August 3 Ramon Reed Actor (Just Roll with It)
September 6 Shay Rudolph Actress (The Baby-Sitters Club)
September 7 Ruth Righi Actress (Sydney to the Max) and singer
Andrew Ortega Actor (WITS Academy)
September 10 Sophia Forest Actress (I Am Frankie)
September 30 Nathan Arenas Actor (Bunk'd)
October 7 Lulu Wilson Actress
October 16 Ruby Rose Turner Actress (Coop & Cami Ask the World) and dancer
December 10 Kyliegh Curran Actress (Secrets of Sulphur Springs)
December 14 Mia Sinclair Jenness Actress (Fancy Nancy)
December 24 Jaxon Mercey Canadian voice actor (Ryder on PAW Patrol)
December 30 Brady Noon Actor (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers)

Deaths[edit]

Date Name Age Notability
January 19 Lamont Bentley 31 Actor (Moesha, The Parkers) and rapper
January 23 Johnny Carson 79 Comedian, host of The Tonight Show
January 29 Bill Shadel 96 News anchor (ABC News)
February 12 Brian Kelly 73 Actor (Straightaway, Flipper)
March 25 Paul Henning 93 Producer (The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres)
April 5 Debralee Scott 52 Actress, game show panelist (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Match Game)
April 26 Mason Adams 86 Actor (Charlie Hume on Lou Grant)
May 17 Frank Gorshin 72 Actor (The Riddler on Batman)
May 21 Howard Morris 85 Actor, director (Your Show of Shows, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Andy Griffith Show, DuckTales, Garfield and Friends, Cow and Chicken)
May 22 Thurl Ravenscroft 91 Actor (Tony the Tiger of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes commercials)
May 26 Eddie Albert 99 Actor (Oliver Wendell Douglas on Green Acres, Frank MacBride on Switch)
June 24 Paul Winchell 82 Ventriloquist, actor (Wacky Races, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Heathcliff, The Smurfs, Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)
June 25 John Fiedler 80 Actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Buffalo Bill, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)
July 20 James Doohan 85 Actor (Scotty on original Star Trek)
August 4 Ileen Getz 43 Actress (3rd Rock from the Sun)
August 7 Peter Jennings 67 ABC news anchor
August 8 Barbara Bel Geddes 82 Actress ("Miss Ellie" on Dallas)
August 9 Matthew McGrory 32 Actor
August 23 Brock Peters 78 Actor
September 2 Bob Denver 70 Actor (Gilligan on Gilligan's Island and Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis)
September 25 Don Adams 82 Actor (Get Smart, Tennessee Tuxedo, Inspector Gadget, Gadget Boy & Heather, Pepper Ann)
October 2 Nipsey Russell 87 Actor, comedian and game-show panelist
October 6 Ray Bumatai 52 Actor (Tito Makani on Rocket Power)
October 7 Charles Rocket 56 Actor (Saturday Night Live)
October 21 Tara Correa-McMullen 16 Actress
November 13 Eddie Guerrero 38 Professional wrestler and star of WWE SmackDown
November 24 Pat Morita 73 Actor (Sanford and Son, Happy Days, Ohara)
November 29 Wendie Jo Sperber 47 Actress (Babes, Bosom Buddies)
December 10 Richard Pryor 65 Actor, comedian (The Richard Pryor Show)
December 16 John Spencer 58 Actor (Leo McGarry on The West Wing and Tommy Mullaney on L.A. Law)
December 26 Vincent Schiavelli 57 Actor (Hey Arnold!)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Grossman, Ben (December 8, 2005). "UPN Shares Victoria's Secret". BroadcastingCable.com. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  2. ^ de Moraes, Lisa (December 8, 2005). "Viewers Are Scanty for 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show'". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Robertson, Campbell (November 11, 2005). "Boldface". The New York Times. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Critchell, Samantha (November 27, 2005). "Camp On The Catwalk – Victoria's Secret puts on a show – How to make a supermodel smile". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
  5. ^ "The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2005)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
  6. ^ Amodio, Joseph V. (December 5, 2005). "Prime-Time Catwalk Are supermodels a dying breed? Victoria's Secret may be the last launching pad for the next big name". Newsday. Retrieved March 7, 2009.

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