2000 in American television

In American television in 2000, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel initiations, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and disputes.

Events

January

Date	Event
5	All My Children celebrates its 30th anniversary on ABC.
8	The series finale of Saved by the Bell: The New Class airs on NBC, ending a consecutive run for the Saved by the Bell franchise that began on July 11, 1987, when NBC broadcast the pilot for Good Morning, Miss Bliss. The franchise would remain dormant until 2020.
15	David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery in New York-Presbyterian Hospital, following an angiogram that revealed that one of his arteries was constricted seriously.
17	Robin Givens replaces Mother Love as host of the talk show series Forgive or Forget.

February

Date	Event
8	Chris-Craft Broadcasting (the 50% owner of UPN) filed a lawsuit against Viacom in the New York Supreme Court to block it's partner's merger with CBS, claiming that a pact signed between the two partners in 1997 had prevented either from owning "any interest, financial or otherwise" in "any competing network," including CBS, for a four-year period through January 2001. The following month, New York Supreme Court ruled against Chris-Craft's move for a permanent injunction to curtail the Viacom-CBS merger and the enforcement of Viacom's ultimatum.
15	Rick Rockwell marries stranger Darva Conger watched by 22 million viewers on the Fox reality show Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? While he and Darva are honeymooning, it becomes apparent that Rockwell—who is sometimes a comedian—had a restraining order against a former girlfriend, and he was not really a multi-millionaire. As a result, Fox cancels a rerun scheduled the next week, and does not broadcast any new installments. In addition the couple end their relationship soon after the show's taping.
	David Legler wins a combined $1,765,000 from the six episodes he appeared on the NBC game show, Twenty One, surpassing Curtis Warren's total of $1,546,988, and becoming, at the time, the largest winner in game show winnings totals. (Warren had set the record 4 days earlier on Fox's Greed, winning $1,000,000 by correctly answering a special Million Dollar Moment question.)
21	David Letterman resumes hosting Late Show with David Letterman on CBS following his quintuple heart bypass surgery in January. On the show, Letterman (whose father died of heart failure in his 50s) brings all of the doctors that had performed the operation out on stage with him, including Dr. O. Wayne Isom and physician Louis Aronne, who makes frequent appearances on the show. In an unusual show of emotion, Letterman is nearly in tears as he thanks the doctors. The episode will earn an Emmy Award nomination.
18	Just as FCC's duopoly rules relaxed, Fox Television Stations buy out KDFI from Dallas Media Inventors, creating the first television duopoly to be owned by Fox (the same strategy was used when Fox bought the Chris-Craft company and WPWR-TV the following year).
22	Paramount Stations Group and ACME Communications sign an agreement to broadcast shared WB and UPN affiliations in markets without competition. This results in UPN affiliates WWHO in Columbus, Ohio, WTVX in West Palm Beach, Florida and WLWC in Providence, Rhode Island taking secondary WB affiliations, and WB affiliates WBUI-TV in Champaign, Illinois, WBXX in Knoxville, Tennessee, and KPLR-TV in St. Louis, Missouri taking secondary UPN affiliations.

March

Date	Event
20	Viacom acquired Chris-Craft Broadcasting's 50% share of UPN for $5 million, making Chris-Craft's UPN stations (including New York and Los Angeles) the network's de facto owned-and-operated flagship stations.

April

Date	Event
1	Boomerang, a satuday-morning block from Cartoon Network, is launched as a cable television channel. The channel's visual identity (made by Primal Screen) would become well-known for its bumpers involving vintage Hanna-Barbera toys from the 1960s to 1980s. The bumpers have remained the same for almost fifteen years until the channel relaunched with a new logo in January 2015.
3	WWHO in Columbus, Ohio and WLWC in Providence, Rhode Island became primary UPN affiliates, and eventually becoming secondary WB affiliates.
12	The Fox series Get Real airs its 20th and final aired episode (leaving 2 more unaired). Both Annie Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg subsequently appeared in successful movie roles.

May

Date	Event
1	The WWF receives the 2nd highest rated episode of Raw is War with a 7.4 rating, where The Rock defeated Shane McMahon.
14	After four years (since KEVN-TV left the network to join Fox in 1996), NBC returns to the Black Hills area of South Dakota when KNBN signs-on from Rapid City.
17	16.8 million American viewers watch the 2-hour final episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 on FOX.
19	The 27th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation is broadcast by ABC.
24	The WB broadcasts the third-season finale of Dawson's Creek, entitled "True Love". The episode features the first male gay kiss on U.S. primetime television, which has been called "a milestone in the timeline of gay representation in pop culture".
31	The first season of CBS's long-running reality competition of Survivor, titled Survivor: Borneo, based on Sweden's game show Expedition Robinson, premieres its first episode. Sonja Christopher was the first contestant to be eliminated.

July

Date	Event
3	KNTV (channel 11) in San Jose, California drops its ABC affiliation for the Monterey Bay area and begins carrying minimal programming from The WB. (At that time, The WB affiliate for the Bay Area was KBWB channel 20).
5	The first season of CBS's long-running reality competition of Big Brother, based on the Dutch series of the same name, premieres its first episode. It was the only televised U.S. season to use the traditional format to eliminate contestants via televoting, however, as the season received negative reception.
11	The Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Atlanta's Turner Field is broadcast on NBC. This ultimately proved to be NBC's final telecast of the "Midsummer Classic" to date. All subsequent Major League Baseball All-Star Games would air on Fox.
14	After over a year of rotating guest critics, Buena Vista Television announces that Richard Roeper, columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, will become permanent co-host alongside Roger Ebert on the newly renamed program Ebert & Roeper and the Movies (renamed to Ebert & Roeper the following year) as Gene Siskel's (who died from complications following his May 1998 brain surgery in early 1999) successor.
15	CBS broadcasts its final NASCAR event, the Chevy Silverado 200. Dennis Setzer would win the race.
20	Will & Grace moves permanently to Thursday nights, ending two years of airing the series on different nights. On July 25, Frasier moves back to Tuesday nights after two years on Thursday nights due to competition from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, confirming the swap NBC had discussed their schedule in May.
28	Kathie Lee Gifford made her final appearance as co-host on Live!, after 17 years (eleven and a half years for national syndication). Regis Philbin will continue to serve the only host until Kelly Ripa introduced as new co-host the following year.

August

Date	Event
3	KBEJ Channel 2, (now KCWX) commences programming in Fredericksburg, Texas, taking the Austin market's UPN affiliation from low-powered station KVC 13 and returning full-time UPN service to San Antonio (between KRRT (now KMYS)'s switch to The WB in 1998 and KBEJ's sign-on, NBC affiliate KMOL-TV aired UPN programming on a secondary basis).
23	In CBS, corporate trainer Richard Hatch was declared the inaugural "Sole Survivor" in Survivor and won the $1,000,000 grand prize; Kelly Wiglesworth was named the runner-up.

September

Date	Event
10	The 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards presentation is broadcast on ABC.
15	The 2000 Summer Olympics are televised by NBC. Opening ceremonies are watched by 27 and a half million viewers.
16	After the completion of Viacom's $37 billion merger with the CBS Corporation, the CBS Kidshow block is replaced with Nick Jr. on CBS, programmed by new corporate sister Nickelodeon.
21	ABC Sports celebrates the 30th anniversary of Monday Night Football on this night.
26	NBC declines to renew its broadcast agreement with Major League Baseball. After 50 seasons — 1947–1989 and 1994–2000 — Game 6 of the 2000 American League Championship Series is the last Major League Baseball game that NBC would televise for the next 22 years. The New York Yankees would defeat the Seattle Mariners 9–7 to advance to the World Series (which they would beat the New York Mets in five games). In Houston, due to the coverage of the 2000 Presidential Debate, KPRC-TV elected to carry NBC News' coverage of the debate while KNWS-TV carried NBC's final baseball game.
29	Eddie McGee wins the first U.S. season of Big Brother and won the $500,000 grand prize. It is the only season at the time the final vote was determined by public viewers instead of a Jury vote.
30	PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch debuts. The block is programmed for PBS by Canada-based Nelvana, which had programmed the CBS Kidshow until the block was cancelled by CBS on September 16.

October

Date	Event
3	Jim Lehrer moderates the first 2000 presidential debate between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
5	CNN's Bernard Shaw moderates the 2000 vice presidential debate with Senator Joe Lieberman and former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney.
11	The second presidential debate is held at Wake Forest University.
17	NBC broadcasts Game 6 of the American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners. With Bob Costas and Joe Morgan at the call, the Yankees would defeat the Mariners 9–7, to advance to the World Series against their cross–town rivals, the Mets. As previously mentioned, this proved to be NBC's final Major League Baseball telecast until the 2022 season.
26	The Game 5 of the World Series airs on Fox. The New York Yankees win their third consecutive title (and first three-peat since the Oakland Athletics from 1972 to 1974) and 26th in franchise history, defeating their crosstown opponent the New York Mets 4–2.
30	Lancaster, Pennsylvania's college student Brad Rutter made his historical first appearance in the Jeopardy! game show, and he would go on set a record for its largest J! career winnings as of 2005 ($4,788,440), and as of 2020, becoming one of the largest winners in American game show history with winnings accumulating over $5,000,000, including $100,000 he won from Million Dollar Mind Game in 2014.
31	Charles Barkley makes his debut as an analyst on TBS/TNT's Inside the NBA.

November

Date

Event

4

The final episode of All That's first-run airs on Nickelodeon. After 13 episodes the show was put on hiatus. To keep the show running, the producers compiled a series called Best of All That. Eventually, Nickelodeon canceled All That, due to crew disputes and a general desire to move on. However, All That still had a strong following and was one of the most popular shows on the network. Nickelodeon planned to revive the show, starting from scratch.

December

Date	Event
14	Barker's Beauties Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley both quit CBS' series The Price Is Right. (On her broadcast run, Pennington has been on the series since its premiere during 1972.) Starting the following day, auditions to find new Barker's Beauties are held for several months. In the end, Claudia Jordan and Heather Kozar are selected as permanent models.
22	Bianca Montgomery, played by Eden Riegel for the soap opera All My Children, reveals herself as a lesbian to her mother, Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci).
31	ABC broadcasts "Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve" at 10 p.m. ET for the first time, followed by local news or programming and then the main "New Year's Rockin' Eve".

Programs

Debuts

Date	Show	Network
January 3	Your Weather Today	The Weather Channel
January 8	Rainbow Fish	HBO
	Winning Lines	CBS
January 9	Malcolm in the Middle	Fox
January 10	The Ainsley Harriott Show	Syndication
January 12	18 Wheels of Justice	TNN
	Higher Ground	Fox Family
January 13	EGG, the Arts Show	PBS
January 16	City of Angels	CBS
January 17	I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge	UPN
	Cleopatra 2525	Syndication
January 22	Jack of All Trades
January 24	Brutally Normal	The WB
	Hollywood Showdown	PAX TV
	Slime Time Live	Nickelodeon
February 5	The Others	NBC
February 11	Miracle Pets	PAX TV
February 12	Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue	Fox Kids
February 16	Diary	MTV
February 25	Max Steel	Kids' WB
February 26	The Weekenders	ABC
March 5	Cover Me	USA Network
March 7	Secret Agent Man	UPN
March 9	God, the Devil and Bob	NBC
March 11	Caitlin's Way	Nickelodeon
March 14	Son of the Beach	FX
March 20	First Outlook	The Weather Channel
March 20	Titus	Fox
March 21	The Beat	UPN
March 22	Then Came You	ABC
March 23	Battery Park	NBC
	Daddio
March 24	Making the Band	ABC
March 27	Crush	USA Network
March 30	Wonderland	ABC
March 31	Call of the Wild	Animal Planet
April 1	MasterChef USA	PBS
April 2	D.C.	The WB
April 3	Between the Lions	PBS Kids
	The Dooley and Pals Show	Syndication
April 4	Falcone	CBS
April 11	Talk to Me	ABC
April 13	Food 911	Food Network
April 23	Genesis	PAX TV
April 30	A Walk In Your Shoes	Nick Jr. Channel
May 15	Secrets of the Dead	PBS
May 31	Clerks: The Animated Series	ABC
	Survivor	CBS
June 5	Maggie and the Ferocious Beast	Nickelodeon
June 6	M.Y.O.B.	NBC
June 16	Strip Mall	Comedy Central
	Totally Circus	Disney Channel
June 17	Even Stevens	Disney Channel
June 20	Shooting Gallery	Outdoor Channel
June 26	Spy Groove	MTV
	Resurrection Blvd.	Showtime
June 28	Soul Food
July 3	Masters of Illusion	PAX TV
July 5	Big Brother	CBS
July 10	Crossing Over with John Edward	Sci-Fi Channel
July 12	Young Americans	The WB
July 17	Opposite Sex	Fox
July 23	The Brothers García	Nickelodeon
	Strong Medicine	Lifetime
	The War Next Door	USA Network
July 24	Mysterious Ways	PAX TV
July 28	Baby Blues	The WB
August 8	Sammy	NBC
August 9	Live Through This	MTV
August 12	BattleBots	Comedy Central
August 14	Dora the Explorer	Nickelodeon
Summer	Oobi	Noggin
August 25	Encounters With the Unexplained	PAX TV
August 26	In a Heartbeat	Disney Channel
	Generation O!	Kids' WB
September 4	Clifford the Big Red Dog	PBS Kids
	Caillou
	Judge Hatchett	Syndication
September 9	Jackie Chan Adventures	Kids' WB
	Teacher's Pet	ABC
September 11	106 & Park	BET
	2 Minute Drill	ESPN
	Dr. Laura	Syndication
	Girlfriends	UPN
September 12	MTV Cribs	MTV
September 22	Grosse Pointe	The WB
	Fear	MTV
September 23	Static Shock	Kids' WB
	Just Deal	NBC
September 30	Corduroy	PBS Kids
	Elliot Moose
	George Shrinks
	Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
	Seven Little Monsters
	Timothy Goes to School
October 1	That's Life	CBS
	Jackass	MTV
October 2	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	UPN and ABC
	Yes, Dear	CBS
	Deadline	NBC
	Tucker
	History IQ	The History Channel
	Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda	Syndication
	Moral Court
	Street Smarts
October 3	Dark Angel	Fox
October 4	Titans	NBC
October 5	Gilmore Girls	The WB
	Pelswick	Nickelodeon
October 6	FreakyLinks	Fox
	Madigan Men	ABC
	The Trouble with Normal
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	CBS
	The Fugitive
October 7	The District
	Noah Knows Best	Nickelodeon
	Maximum Exposure	Syndication
	Queen of Swords
	Sheena
October 8	Ed	NBC
	Hype	The WB
October 9	Nikki
October 10	The Geena Davis Show	ABC
	Gideon's Crossing
October 11	Bette	CBS
	Welcome to New York
	A Makeover Story	TLC
October 13	Trading Spaces
October 15	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO
October 21	Cheaters	Syndication
	The Fearing Mind	Fox Family
October 23	Scariest Places on Earth
	Boston Public	Fox
October 24	The Michael Richards Show	NBC
October 25	As Told By Ginger	Nickelodeon
October 26	Cursed	NBC
October 27	Freedom	UPN
	Level 9
November 1	Normal, Ohio	Fox
	The Street
November 4	X-Men: Evolution	Kids' WB
November 14	DAG	NBC
November 17	Sheep in the Big City	Cartoon Network
December 3	The Living Century	PBS
	Queer as Folk	Showtime
December 6	TV Funhouse	Comedy Central
December 7	The Jeff Corwin Experience	Animal Planet
December 8	Dot Comedy	ABC
December 21	The Brak Show	Cartoon Network
	Sealab 2021
December 30	Aqua Teen Hunger Force
	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Returning this year

Show	Last aired	Previous network	New title	New network	Returning
Twenty One	1958	NBC	Same	NBC	January 9
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	1986	ABC		TBS	January 12
Double Dare	1993	Nickelodeon, Fox	Double Dare 2000	Same	January 24
Grapevine	1992	CBS	Same		February 28
Supermarket Sweep	1995	Lifetime		PAX TV	April 3
Shop 'til You Drop	1998	The Family Channel
Cartoon Cartoon Weekend	1999	Cartoon Network	The Cartoon Cartoon Show (Cartoon Cartoons or The Big Pick)	Same	June 9
This Week in Baseball	1998	Syndication	Same	Fox	July 12
To Tell the Truth	1991	NBC		Syndication	September 18
The Critic	1995	Fox		Comedy Central	November

Ending this year

Date	Show	Network	Debut	Status
January 1	Random Acts of Comedy	Fox Family	1999	Cancelled
January 5	It's Like, You Know...	ABC
January 7	Odd Man Out
January 8	The Brothers Flub	Nickelodeon
	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	NBC	1993	Ended
January 22	Science Court	ABC	1997	Cancelled
	Flying Rhino Junior High	CBS	1998
	KaBlam!	Nickelodeon	1996
January 30	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	CBS	1995
February 4	Sliders	Sci Fi Channel
February 12	Superman: The Animated Series	Kids' WB	1996
	The New Batman/Superman Adventures		1997
February 13	Linc's	Showtime	1998
February 14	Brutally Normal	The WB	2000
February 16	Noddy	PBS Kids	1998
February 18	Winning Lines	CBS	2000
February 22	Pulp Comics	Comedy Central	1996
	Archie's Weird Mysteries	PAX TV	1999
February 26	The Avengers: United They Stand	Fox Kids
February 27	Animorphs	Nickelodeon	1998
March 2	I Am Weasel	Cartoon Network	1997
March 4	Oh Baby	Lifetime	1998
March 7	Gullah Gullah Island	Nickelodeon	1994
March 15	Tenacious D	HBO	1997
March 25	Detention	Kids' WB	1999
March 28	God, the Devil and Bob (returned in 2011)	NBC	2000
March 31	Histeria!	Kids' WB	1998
April 1	Crashbox	HBO Family	1999
April 3	Hope Island	PAX TV
April 6	Wonderland	ABC	2000
April 9	Pacific Blue	USA Network	1996
April 12	Get Real	Fox	1999
	Falcone	CBS	2000
April 13	Battery Park	NBC
April 22	Godzilla: The Series	Fox Kids	1998
April 23	The Journey of Allen Strange	Nickelodeon	1997
	The Beat	UPN	2000
April 25	D.C.	The WB
	Talk to Me	ABC
April 26	Then Came You
April 28	Cosby	CBS	1996
May 1	George and Martha	HBO Family	1999
May 3	Party of Five (returned in 2020)	Fox	1994	Ended
May 4	Chicago Hope	CBS		Cancelled
May 5	Now and Again	ABC	1999
	Boy Meets World (returned in 2014)		1993	Ended
	A Little Curious	HBO	1998	Cancelled
May 11	Mobile Suit Gundam Wing	Cartoon Network	2000
May 12	G vs E	Sci Fi Channel	1999
May 13	The Pretender	NBC	1996
	Martial Law	CBS	1998
May 16	Sports Night	ABC
May 17	Beverly Hills, 90210 (returned in 2008)	Fox	1990
May 19	Harsh Realm	FX	1999
	Donny & Marie	Syndication	1998
May 20	Malibu, CA
	Pensacola: Wings of Gold		1997
May 22	Grown Ups	UPN	1999
	Malcolm & Eddie		1996
May 25	The Dooley and Pals Show	Syndication	2000
	Jesse	NBC	1998
May 26	Forgive or Forget	Syndication
	Storytime with Thomas	Fox Family	1999
May 27	Early Edition	CBS	1996
May 28	Twenty-One	PAX	2000
May 30	I Dare You: The Ultimate Challenge	UPN	2000
June 9	The Dating Game	Syndication	1965
June 10	The Others	NBC	2000
June 11	Are You Afraid of the Dark? (returned in 2019)	Nickelodeon	1992
	Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane	The WB	1999
June 16	Higher Ground	Fox Family	2000
June 21	Time of Your Life	Fox	1999
June 23	Kids Say the Darndest Things (returned in 2019)	CBS	1998
June 26	Call of the Wild	Animal Planet	2000
June 27	M.Y.O.B.	NBC
	Veronica's Closet		1997
July 1	Profiler		1996
July 3	The Magnificent Seven	CBS	1998
July 7	The Strip	UPN	1999
July 8	Freaks and Geeks	Fox Family
July 13	Stark Raving Mad	NBC
July 15	Kenan & Kel	Nickelodeon	1996
July 16	Mission Hill (returned in 2002)	The WB	1999
July 18	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	HBO	1995
	Love & Money	CBS	1999
July 25	Dilbert	UPN
July 28	Secret Agent Man		2000
August 1	Shasta McNasty		1999
August 18	WCW Saturday Night	TBS	1971
August 24	Baby Blues (returned in 2002)	The WB	2000
August 30	Young Americans
September 1	Jep!	GSN	1998
September 2	The Bugs Bunny Show	ABC	1960
September 4	Opposite Sex	Fox	2000
September 24	Totally Circus	Disney Channel
	The War Next Door	USA Network
October 2	Strangers with Candy	Comedy Central	1999
October 6	ECW on TNN	The Nashville Network
October 17	Major League Baseball on NBC (returned in 2022)	NBC	1947
October 23	PB&J Otter	Playhouse Disney	1998
	Daddio	NBC	2000
	Tucker
November 10	The Trouble with Normal	ABC
	Double Dare 2000 (returned in 2018)	Nickelodeon	1986
November 18	Pepper Ann	UPN	1997
	Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue	Fox Kids	2000
	Beast Machines		1999
November 24	The Roseanne Show	Syndication	1998
November 25	The Chris Rock Show	HBO	1997
December 2	The Fearing Mind	Fox Family	2000
	Jack of All Trades	Syndication
December 8	Dot Comedy	ABC
December 13	Normal, Ohio	Fox	2000
	The Street
December 15	Madigan Men	ABC
December 16	Hang Time	NBC	1995
	Mickey Mouse Works	ABC	1999
December 17	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	PBS	1996
December 18	Titans	NBC	2000
December 19	The Michael Richards Show
December 21	City of Angels	CBS
December 26	Suddenly Susan	NBC	1996
December 31	ECW Hardcore TV	Syndication	1993

Entering syndication this year

Show	Seasons	In Production	Source
7th Heaven	4	Yes
Cosby	4	No
Early Edition	4	No
The Jamie Foxx Show	5	Yes
Moesha	5	Yes
Nash Bridges	5	Yes
The Pretender	4	No
Sabrina the Teenage Witch	4	Yes
Spin City	4	Yes
Suddenly Susan	4	No

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
Forensic Files	TLC	Court TV
Budgie the Little Helicopter	Fox Kids	Fox Family
The Hughleys	ABC	UPN
Ripley's Believe It or Not!		TBS
Sabrina the Teenage Witch		The WB
The PJs	Fox	The WB
This Week in Baseball	Syndication	Fox
Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular		NBC
Twenty One	NBC	Pax TV
Supermarket Sweep	Lifetime
Shop 'til You Drop	Fox Family
WWF Raw Is War	USA Network	TNN
WWF LiveWire
WWF Superstars
WWF Sunday Night Heat		MTV
To Tell the Truth	NBC	Syndication
The Critic	Fox	Comedy Central

Miniseries

Title	Channel	Premiere
The 10th Kingdom	NBC	February 27
The Corner	HBO	April 16
Arabian Nights	ABC	April 30
Jesus	CBS	May 14

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
Hispanic Television Network	Cable television	Unknown
VH1 Uno	Cable and satellite	Unknown
BYU TV	Cable and satellite	January 1
PBS YOU	Cable television	January 15
Soapnet	Cable and satellite	January 20
Oxygen	Cable and satellite	February 2
V-Me	Cable television	March 5
Boomerang	Cable and satellite	April 1	Boomerang was originally a programming block on Cartoon Network, which continued until 2004.
New Urban Entertainment Television	Cable television	July 17
Azteca America	Cable television	July 28
Venevisión Continental	Cable television	August 28
HBO Latino	Cable television	November 1
RFD-TV	Cable and satellite	December 1

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion Date	Notes	Source
SportsChannel Florida	Fox Sports Net Florida	Cable television	March 1
VH1 Classic Rock	VH1 Classic	Cable and satellite	May 8
CBS Telenoticias	Telemundo Internacional	Cable television	September
ZDTV	TechTV	Cable and satellite	September 18
The Nashville Network	The National Network	Cable television	September 25
ValueVision	ShopNBC	Cable television	November

Closures

Network name	Type	Closure Date	Notes	Source
Discovery People	Cable television	Unknown
Z Music Television	Cable television	Unknown
Boyz Channel	Cable television	August 18
Girlz Channel	Cable television	August 18
Romance Classics	Cable and satellite	December 31

Television stations

Station launches

Date	City of License/Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes/Ref.
January 3	Palm Springs, California	KPSE-LP	38	UPN
April 23	Orlando, Florida	WRDQ	27	Independent
May 24	Scranton, Pennsylvania	W26CD	26	TBN
May 25	Stuart/West Palm Beach, Florida	WHDT	9	Deutsche Welle
June 17	Grand Junction, Colorado	KFQX	4	Fox
June 19	Eureka Springs/Fort Smith, Arkansas	KWBS-TV	34	Pax TV
	Syracuse, New York	WAWA-LP	14	Independent
August 3	San Antonio, Texas	KBEJ	2	UPN
September 6	Tacoma/Seattle, Washington	KWDK	56	Daystar
October 1	Duluth, Minnesota	K60EZ	60	UPN (primary) AIN (secondary)
October 18	Wichita Falls, Texas	KUWF-LP	36	Univision
November	Grand Forks, North Dakota	KXJC-LP	35	CBS
November 24	Montgomery, Alabama	WRJM-TV	67	UPN
December	Flagstaff, Arizona	KTFL	4	FamilyNet
	Los Angeles, California	KXLA	44	America One
December 12	Orlando, Florida	WLCB-TV	45	Christian independent
December 20	Flagstaff, Arizona	KCFG	9	America One
Unknown date	Binghamton, New York	W10CO	10	UPN
	Calipatria, California	KAJB	54	Independent
	Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands	WVIF	15	Pax TV
	Farmington, New Mexico	KOBG-TV	6	NBC	Satellite of KOB-TV/Albuquerque
	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	WMMF-TV	68	FamilyNet
	Madison, Wisconsin	WISC-DT2	3.2 (digital)	The WB	Over-the-air digital relaunch of the cable-only TVW; one of the first digital subchannels to launch in the United States
	Naples/Fort Myers, Florida	W43AY	43	Telemundo
	Las Vegas, Nevada	KNVV-LP	41	Univision
	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	KAUN	36	Pax TV

Births

Date	Name	Notability
January 7	Marcus Scribner	Actor (Black-ish, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
January 8	Noah Cyrus	Actress (Hannah Montana) and daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus
January 20	Montse Hernandez	Voice actress (Gwen Tennyson on Ben 10)
January 26	Anthony Turpel	Actor (Love, Victor)
January 28	Julia Lester	Actress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
February 1	Paris Smith	Actress (Every Witch Way)
February 10	Yara Shahidi	Actress (Black-ish, Grown-ish)
February 23	Christian Martyn	Canadian actor (Anne With An E, Home Alone: The Holiday Heist)
February 25	Angelina Wahler	Voice actress (Fee on Harvey Beaks)
	Tucker Albrizzi	Actor (Big Time Rush, Good Luck Charlie)
March 5	Gabby Barrett	Singer (American Idol)
March 6	Jacob Bertrand	Actor (Bubble Guppies, Marvin Marvin, Kirby Buckets, Cobra Kai)
March 21	Jace Norman	Actor (Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger, Danger Force)
March 27	Sophie Nélisse	Canadian actress (Yellowjackets)
March 30	Regan Mizrahi	Voice actor (Boots on Dora the Explorer (2008–12))
May 4	Amara Miller	Actress
May 7	Maxwell Perry Cotton	Actor (Brothers & Sisters)
May 18	Addison Holley	Actress
May 30	Jared S. Gilmore	Actor (Once Upon a Time)
May 31	Gable Steveson	Wrestler
June 2	Lilimar Hernandez	Venezuelan actress (Bella and the Bulldogs, Knight Squad)
June 13	Daniella Perkins	Actress (Legendary Dudas, Knight Squad)
June 17	Odessa A'zion	Actress (Fam, Grand Army)
June 22	Maliq Johnson	Actor (Grand Army)
July 8	Benjamin Stockham	Actor (Sons of Tucson, 1600 Penn, About a Boy)
July 19	Owen Joyner	Actor (100 Things to Do Before High School, Knight Squad)
July 25	Mason Cook	Actor (Speechless)
	Meg Donnelly	Actress (American Housewife) and singer
July 27	Savannah Lee Smith	Actress (Gossip Girl)
August 3	Landry Bender	Actress (Crash & Bernstein, Best Friends Whenever, The Lion Guard, Looking for Alaska)
	Chandler Kinney	Actress (Zombies 2, Pretty Little Liars)
August 5	Augie Isaac	Actor (Mighty Med)
August 12	Savannah May	Actress (Knight Squad)
August 19	Trenton Rogers	Voice actor (Leo on Little Einsteins (2007–09))
August 20	Fátima Ptacek	Voice actress (Dora the Explorer, Dora and Friends: Into the City!)
August 24	Griffin Gluck	Actor (Private Practice, Red Band Society)
August 26	Brady Reiter	Actress (100 Things to Do Before High School)
September 28	Frankie Jonas	Actor (Jonas)
	Brenna D'Amico	Actress (Descendants: Wicked World)
September 12	Laine Hardy	Singer (American Idol)
September 30	Amina Alzouma	Actress (I Am Frankie)
October 10	Aedin Mincks	Actor (A.N.T. Farm)
October 11	Hayden Byerly	Actor (The Fosters)
October 13	Gail Soltys	Actress (Talia in the Kitchen)
October 14	Mekai Curtis	Actor (Kirby Buckets, Milo Murphy's Law)
October 31	Willow Smith	Actress, singer and daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
November 7	Dara Reneé	Actress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
November 8	Jade Pettyjohn	Actress (School of Rock)
November 10	Mackenzie Foy	Actress
November 11	Kristi Beckett	Actress (I Am Frankie)
November 13	Armani Barrett	Actor (I Am Frankie)
November 22	Ariel Martin	Actress and singer
	Auliʻi Cravalho	Actress and singer
December 16	Lance Lim	Actor (School of Rock)
December 21	Lucas Jade Zumann	Actor (Anne With An E, Sinister 2, 20th Century Women)
December 22	Joshua Bassett	Actor (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Notability
January 15	Fran Ryan	83	American character actress (Doris Ziffle #2 on Green Acres)
January 16	By Saam	85	American sportscaster
January 18	Nancy Coleman	87	American film, stage, television and radio actress
	Jester Hairston	98	American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor (Amen)
February 10	Jim Varney	50	American actor; creator of the Ernest P. Worrell character (Hey Vern, It's Ernest!)
February 12	Charles M. Schulz	77	American cartoonist, creator of Peanuts
March 11	Alex Dreier	83	American news reporter
March 15	Durward Kirby	88	American television host and announcer
March 25	Helen Martin	90	American character actress (Pearl Shay on 227)
April 10	Larry Linville	60	American actor (Major Frank Burns on M*A*S*H)
April 12	Christopher Pettiet	24	American television and film actor (The Young Riders)
May 7	Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	90	American actor and producer (Douglas Fairbanks Presents), son of Douglas Fairbanks
May 10	Craig Stevens	81	American film and television actor (Peter Gunn)
June 18	Nancy Marchand	71	American actress (Livia Soprano on The Sopranos, Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant)
July 1	Walter Matthau	79	American actor and comedian
July 14	Meredith MacRae	56	American actress and singer (Billie Jo Bradley #3 on Petticoat Junction)
July 28	Jaime Cardriche	32	American actor (Malcolm & Eddie)
August 12	Loretta Young	87	American actress (The Loretta Young Show)
September 14	Beah Richards	80	American stage, screen, and television actress
September 26	Richard Mulligan	67	American television and film actor (Burt Campbell on Soap, Dr. Harry Weston on Empty Nest)
October 6	Richard Farnsworth	80	American actor and stuntman
October 9	David Dukes	55	American actor
October 16	Rick Jason	77	American actor (Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat!)
October 18	Julie London	74	American singer and actress (Nurse Dixie McCall on Emergency!)
October 30	Steve Allen	78	American comedian, composer (original The Tonight Show host)
December 2	Gail Fisher	65	American actress (Peggy Fair on Mannix)
December 6	Werner Klemperer	80	German-American actor (Colonel Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes)
December 12	George Montgomery	84	American actor, director, producer, writer and stuntman
December 23	Victor Borge	91	Danish comedian and pianist
December 26	Jason Robards	78	American stage, film and television actor (The Day After)

See also

• 2000 in the United States
• List of American films of 2000

External links

• List of 2000 American television series at IMDb