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词条 2008 in American television
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  1. Events

     January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 

  2. Programs

     Debuts (including scheduled)  Entering syndication this year  Changes of network affiliation  Returning this year  Ending this year  Made-for-TV movies  Miniseries 

  3. Births

  4. Deaths

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2008. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.

Events

January

Date Event
1CourtTV is rebranded as TruTV
2An interim agreement between Worldwide Pants Incorporated and the Writers Guild of America allows the Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, both on CBS, to return with their full writing staffs, in spite of the ongoing WGA strike. By contrast, NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Last Call with Carson Daly and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which are all produced by their respective networks, went back on the air without writers (except for Jay Leno, who writes his own material).
4Jason Luna become the program's first (and only) $1,000,000 winner in the NBC's game show 1 vs. 100 during the program's second season premiere titled Battle of the Sexes.
7Due to the writers strike, it is announced that plans to hold the 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be scrapped. A press conference which announced the winners is substituted for the program, and NBC, which would've broadcast the ceremony, airs Golden Globe-related programming in its place.[1]
27[2] In addition to the television network, an Investigation Discovery website was also launched. Contributors to the website include crime writers David Lohr, Corey Mitchell, and Gary C. King.{{citation needed>date=October 2013}}

February

Date Event
2VH1 Uno is discontinued by MTV Networks to expand distribution of mtvU beyond college campuses and onto regular cable systems.
3Fox's telecast of Super Bowl XLII surpasses Super Bowl XXX as the most watched Super Bowl game on television (up to this point), and the most watched program in the network's history. It also becomes the second most watched television program trailing the 1983 M*A*S*H series finale and the highest rated telecast in Nielsen ratings since Super Bowl XXXIV.
Animal Planet "relaunched" itself as part of a new branding campaign that "sheds its soft and furry side for programming and an image with more bite."[3] As part of the relaunch, Animal Planet replaced its elephant and spinning globe logo for a starker text image that allows more flexibility in its usage.[4]
8The CW Television Network and the WWE announced that WWE Friday Night SmackDown would leave the CW prime time schedule at the end of the 2007–2008 season. The news stepped in after negotiations between the CW and WWE failed to reach a deal to keep the show on the CW lineup. Three weeks later on February 26, MyNetworkTV announced that they would pick up the program and would add it to its lineup in September.
9Both the Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reach a tentative deal resolving the strike. Members vote three days later to end the strike.
17The conversion of NTSC analog channels to DT channels using the ATSC system begins in the United States, with TV stations making last minute filings and their intentions about when they will start their switchover ahead of the February 17, 2009, mandatory date. Also, the US government starts mailing out (USD)$40.00 coupons/rebates to consumers to use in buying DTV converters before the switchover.
In a two-hour television film, Knight Rider returned to NBC with a new KITT being portrayed as a black 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang and voiced by actor Val Kilmer.
18Nickelodeon celebrates the revival of its hit show The Fairly OddParents with the television film Fairly OddBaby. This has been the first new episode since 2006.
22 Adam Rose become the first $1,000,000 winner in Drew Carey's first primetime episode of The Price is Right on CBS. At $1,153,908 cash & prizes won, Rose surpassed Joanne Segeviano's winnings of A$664,667 (about $406,274.45; or $475,593 by Inflation as of {{Currentyear}}) from the Australian version as the franchise's largest winnings record in the show's history. As of {{Currentyear}}, Rose was currently the tenth-largest game show winner in history.
24ABC's telecast of the 80th Academy Awards draws record low ratings in the history of the ceremony's telecast surpassing the ratings from the ceremony that took place in 2003. 31.76 million on average watched the show over its entire run with a Nielsen rating of 18.66 households watching.
25Fox News Channel rebrands its Fox News Live and Weekend Live telecasts as America's Election Headquarters, a news program related to the 2008 presidential election. The weekday edition replaces The Big Story in the 5 p.m. timeslot. The Fox News Live name would still be used for headline segments through November.
29CBS's soap opera Guiding Light unveils a new opening for the town of Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, while still filming in New York City, New York.

March

Date Event
7Michael Hanes, a former contestant on Press Your Luck, wins $1,127,062 on a prime-time episode of The Price is Right on CBS.
10Fox Sports New York rebranded MSG Plus because Cablevision announced that it would be (branded in logos as "MSG+"), restructuring it as a spin-off of MSG Network.[5]
12The USA TV website Hulu went live.
15Laurie Dhue, anchor of Fox Report Weekend, leaves Fox News Channel after opting not to renew her contract.[6] She is replaced by Julie Banderas, co-anchor of America's Election Headquarters on weekends.
20As part of that same rebranding effort, The History Channel dropped "The" and "Channel" from its name to become simply "History".[7]
26CBS's soap opera The Young and the Restless celebrates its 35th anniversary, a year after its sister soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful marks 20 years.
27WNBC/New York City, NBC's flagship station, scraps the scheduled airing of Access Hollywood in favor of an infomercial for Lend America. Station GM Frank Comerford resigned in the wake of the controversy and the station management apologized a day after the incident.[8] 6 days after the incident, the station restored the "4 New York" branding for non-news programming and News 4 New York for news programing.[9]

April

Date Event
1ABC's soap opera General Hospital celebrates its 45th anniversary, two years after the April 2, 2006 50th Anniversary of CBS's As the World Turns.
7Bill Self's Kansas Jayhawks defeat John Calipari's Memphis Tigers 75–68 at the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and celebrate their victory in front of a national television audience on CBS.[10]
28The WB Television Network, a former television channel launches again as an online website only.

May

Date Event
11 On CBS, former model Parvati Shallow was announced the winner of Micronesia. It was also announced that the next season will be filmed in high definition.
16 The Wilmington, North Carolina television market is selected by the FCC to be the first television market in the United States to sign off their analog channels for ATSC early, starting September 8.
21 On Fox, David Cook became the winner of American Idol: season seven.
24 After over thirteen years, Kids' WB, The CW's children's programming block, ceases airing and becomes The CW4Kids when the network sells the air time to Grupo Clarin (through its subsidiary 4Kids Entertainment).[11] (Kids' WB, like The WB Television Network that the block originated, then relaunches as an online-only video on demand service.)
Superstation WGN changed its name to WGN America (initially, the use of the new name was limited to on-air promotions, as the Superstation WGN channel IDs remained in place). The new WGN America name and logo went into full-time use on May 26, 2008. The new logo was also the first used by the superstation feed to not incorporate WGN-TV's on-air logo branding in some capacity (the "WGN" text was similar in resemblance, although the "G" was not formed into an ovular arrow as it is in WGN-TV's logo), and its design featured the eyes of a female, which was used alongside the new slogan "TV You Can't Ignore".

June

Date Event
1 A large fire damages portions of Universal Studios Hollywood near Los Angeles, south of Burbank where NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives is filmed.
4Facing increased competition in the home-oriented programming sector, Discovery Communications planned a 24-hour channel focused on eco-friendly living in an attempt to capitalize on a rising environmental movement.[12] Discovery Home was relaunched as the environmentally-themed Planet Green at 6:00 p.m. ET.
19Big Ten Network and Comcast announced a carriage agreement deal. The channel was added to Comcast on August 15.
28The first episode of Saturday Night Live is rerun on NBC following the death of first host George Carlin, who died six days earlier on June 22.

July

Date Event
7The Jewelry Channel, a U.S. home shopping service that was shown mostly on DirecTV and Dish Network, launches a going-out-of-business sale for its remaining items that was shown on the channel that would last until December 1. From December 1 onwards, TJC is now doing business as The Liquidation Channel.
15ABC's soap opera One Life to Live (created by Agnes Nixon) celebrates its 40th anniversary, two years before another ABC soap opera All My Children (also created by Agnes Nixon) celebrates 40 years in 2010.
21MGM Television and Weigel Broadcasting announce the launching of a new broadcast network designed for digital subchannels in the United States called This TV.

August

Date Event
1Bowing to concerns by the Fox network over its Mexican-based operations, XETV, its affiliate in San Diego licensed to Tijuana, Mexico, swaps affiliations with CW affiliate KSWB-TV.
7The Florence/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina television market gets its first-ever NBC affiliate, WMBF-TV. This move also gives Florence/Myrtle Beach in-market affiliates of all four major commercial networks.
8After 50 years of being served by WTAE-TV/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Wheeling-Steubenville and Clarksburg-Fairmont TV markets get their first full-time ABC affiliates (as well as in-market affiliates of all four major commercial networks), as CBS affiliate WTRF/Wheeling, West Virginia adds an ABC affiliate on its DT3 subchannel and sister station & NBC affiliate WBOY-TV/Clarksburg, West Virginia does the same on its DT2 subchannel. Both stations had been ABC secondary affiliates in the past.
28ESPNU launches its HD version to only five American cable television or satellite carriers.[13]
31Big Ten Network reached carriage deal agreements with Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Brighthouse Networks, Mediacom and Cox Communications, ending the "cable carriage controversies" that the network had in its first year of existence. The network is now on all major cable TV systems in The Big Ten Region.
After 10 years on the air, PBS pulls Teletubbies off the PBS Kids block. The show remains off the air until 2015.

September

Date Event
1Music: High Definition (MHD) is renamed Palladia.
PBS Kids re-brands its idents and promos, which are created by Primal Screen; Primal Screen had produced promotional elements for PBS Kids since 2000.
Jessica Robinson become the program's first (of two) $1,000,000 winner in NBC's Deal or No Deal during the Million Dollar Mission special.
4Stand Up to Cancer, an event designed to raise cancer awareness, airs on ABC, CBS, NBC and E! in the United States, and on CTV, Citytv and Global in Canada.
Then-Georgian superintendent Kathy Cox became the program's first (of two) $1,000,000 winner in FOX's game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?.
8The Wilmington, North Carolina television market officially becomes the first TV market in the United States to have all of its stations broadcast exclusively in digital, using the ATSC system.
The 26th season of Wheel of Fortune premiered with a new wedge introduced from the Australian version where contestants acquiring said wedge can win up to $1,000,000 in the bonus round, replacing with the usual $100,000 top prize. Its first such bonus round did not occur until October 3, and was not won until the October 14 episode. The first top prize loss happened on April 2, 2015.
15WTMJ-TV/Milwaukee drops almost all syndicated programming except for Better and weekend niche programs in late night, featuring a lineup that consists of local news (including a four-hour afternoon news block from 3 to 7 pm, a first in the United States Central Time Zone) and NBC programming.
20After 11 years run on the Cartoon Network, the successful action-adventure block, Toonami, has been canceled, effective 11 pm EST and later it returned in 2012.
21The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards broadcasts on ABC.
29Programming block Ready Set Learn ends on TLC and children's programming are moved over to Discovery Kids. It would re-branded as The Hub two years later.

October

Date Event
7NBC announces that NBC Weather Plus would sign off at the end of the year.
10 Jeopardy! veteran Ken Jennings won $500,000 in the FOX's game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? though he chose not to risk his $475,000 winnings to attempt the $1,000,000 question (in which he answered correctly); with the total winnings accounted to $3,623,414.29, Jennings, for the first time since 2005, surpassed Brad Rutter's (another Jeopardy! veteran and current All-time champion) record of $3,455,102 as the biggest game show winner in the history of American and international television, a record which he would hold on until Rutter regained his status after winning the finals of Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades, which held on May 16, 2014.
14 Michelle Lowenstein become the program's first $1,000,000 winner in the game show Wheel of Fortune. At $1,026,080 can & prizes won, Lowenstein surpassed Peter Argyropolous and Deborah Cohen's $146,529 all-time record back in February 1996 (and Christine Denos and Jack Wagner's single-day record of $142,100 in February 2006) to become the then-largest single-day winner in the show's history until the May 30, 2013's episode, where another contestant Autumn Erhard (who won $1,030,340) surpassed Lowenstein's total.
17United States Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota 6th) makes headlines when she asks for an investigation into whether of members of the United States Congress are anti-American during a live interview on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.
20CBS announces it has signed an affiliation deal with ABC affiliate WENY-TV in Elmira, New York, giving the Elmira-Corning market both its first locally based CBS affiliate and in-market affiliates of all four major commercial networks. The affiliation takes effect on cable February 17, 2009 (when WENY-TV requests a flash-cut from analog to digital broadcasting), and over-the-air on WENY-DT2 at the end of May (when WENY-TV performs its flash-cut).
24Barack Obama airs a 30-minute infomercial that airs on CBS, NBC, Fox, BET, Univision, MSNBC and TV One. The infomercial is seen by 33.6 million viewers.
25K07YM in Bend, Oregon, a translator of CBS affiliate KOIN in Portland, Oregon, is converted to a stand-alone station as KBNZ-LD, giving the Bend market both its first-ever CBS affiliate and in-market affiliates of all four major commercial networks.

November

Date Event
1Cookie Jar Toons/This is for Kids debuts on This TV.
4CNN becomes the first channel in the history to use hologram technology on television, during the 2008 United States Presidential Election. CNN's Jessica Yellin became the first person ever to be transmitted via hologram, followed by Will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas.[14]
5At the end of the 2008 presidential election, Fox News Channel rebrands America's Election Headquarters as America's News Headquarters. Also, the headline segments now use that name.
17Kathy Cox, who earlier appeared in Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? as the first $1,000,000 winner on September 4, along with his husband, declared Chapter 7 Bankruptcy because of a $3.5 million debt that came from the failure of her husband's home construction business. Fidelity Investments, who's responsible for charging a fund for the donor schools, donated the winnings back to Fox in December 2008 from the schools and placed the $1,000,000 prize won in a limbo that would not benefit anyone.[15]
19Flint, Michigan PBS member station WFUM-TV (a.k.a. Michigan Television) permanently turns off its analog signal and begins broadcasting exclusively in digital, 9 months before the federally mandated analog shut off date of June 12, 2009, becoming the first station in its market, as well as the first PBS station in Michigan, to do so.[16][17]
20The CW announces that it has terminated its Sunday night deal with Media Rights Capital. At the end of the season, the network returns its Sunday night programming time to its local affiliates.[18]
29To settle a court dispute between itself and rival NBC affiliate WLIO, Metro Video Productions, owners of three low-power stations in Lima, Ohio (Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate WOHL-CA, CBS affiliate WLMO-LP, and ABC affiliate WLQP-LP), sells all three stations to West Central Ohio Broadcasting, a division of Block Communications (parent company of WLIO). The dispute stems from Fox's plans in late 2007 to leave WOHL-CA and enter into talks to join a digital subchannel of full-power WLIO, despite WOHL-CA outrating WLIO in primetime. The sale is finalized on February 5, 2009.

December

Date Event
1WBQC-CA/Cincinnati, Ohio asks the FCC permission to change its callsign to WKRP in honor of the television series that was set in the city.
3The 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS. 8.7 million people tune in.[19][20][21][22][23]
4For the first time ever, a live music special is used to announce the nominees for the 51st Grammy Awards. As usual for the Grammies, the special is broadcast by CBS.
7In CBS, siblings Nicholas "Nick" Spangler and Emily "Starr" Spangler won the thirteenth season of the five-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning reality show The Amazing Race, with a record of becoming the youngest winning team in the show's history, and a record seven legs won in one season (which would later tie with the winners of the fifteenth season nearly a year later) unti the twentieth season, where winners Rachel & Dave Brown Jr. surpassed the record of winning eight legs (tying Rovilson Fernanzes & Marc Nelson's record of eight legs from The Amazing Race Asia 2 in last year) in May 2012.
8HD versions of Comcast's cable channels The Style Network, E! Entertainment Television and G4 launch. Golf Channel and Versus also break apart from their combined HD network to full simulcasts of their regular schedule on separate HD networks.
The Tribune Company, owners of WGN-TV/Chicago and KTLA/Los Angeles, among other properties, files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
27 After over eighteen years, Fox drops children's programming. Its final children's programming block, 4Kids TV, goes off the air, and 4Kids Entertainment directs its programming to The CW4Kids, the block it programs for The CW. 4Kids TV would later launch as an online-only website on the same day.
29After four years, Adult Swim adds an hour to its operating day (the block, which used to begin at 11:00 p.m., now starts at 10:00 p.m. and runs to 6:00 a.m.)
31Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks announce they are no longer carrying Viacom channels unless they come to an agreement with Viacom. They come to an agreement at the last minute.
NBC Weather Plus is shut down.

Programs

Debuts (including scheduled)

Date Title Network
January 6Biz Kid$PBS Kids Go!
January 9Ghost Hunters InternationalSci Fi
January 13The Sarah Connor ChroniclesFox
January 20Breaking BadAMC
January 23The Moment of TruthFox
January 28Captain FlamingoJetix
In TreatmentHBO
January 31Eli StoneABC
February 4The Mr. Men ShowCartoon Network
Welcome to The CaptainCBS
February 7America's Best Dance CrewMTV
Lipstick JungleNBC
February 18Power Rangers Jungle FuryJetix
March 2UnhitchedFox
March 4New Amsterdam
March 7Chop Socky ChooksCartoon Network
March 8The Spectacular Spider-ManKids' WB
March 10Canterbury's LawFox
March 14The Return of Jezebel James
March 16John AdamsHBO
March 18Miss GuidedABC
March 30Tracey Ullman's State of the UnionShowtime
April 12Groomer Has ItAnimal Planet
April 18Alien ForceCartoon Network
April 22A Shot at Love II with Tila TequilaMTV
The Big Green HelpNickelodeon
April 26The Mighty B!
April 27The Next GenerationNicktoons Network
April 30Farmer Wants a WifeThe CW
May 8The Sprout Sharing ShowPBS Kids Sprout
May 141000 Ways to DieSpike TV
May 24The CW4KidsThe CW
It's ComplicatedE!
Living Lohan
June 1Million Dollar PasswordCBS
June 5Swingtown
The Marvelous Misadventures of FlapjackCartoon Network
Total Drama Island
June 9Monster Buster ClubJetix
June 24I Survived a Japanese Game ShowABC
Wipeout
June 27Dance Machine
Three DeliveryNicktoons Network
July 1The Secret Life of the American TeenagerABC Family
July 11FlashpointCBS
Queen BeesTeenNick
July 13Generation KillHBO
July 14The Wendy Williams ShowSyndication
July 15Must Love KidsTLC
July 21Wanna Bet?ABC
July 29Jurassic Fight ClubHistory Channel
August 3Pam: Girl on the Loose!E!
August 15Outsiders InnCMT
August 21The Principal's OfficetruTV
September 1Raising the BarTNT
Martha SpeaksPBS Kids
Sid the Science Kid
September 290210The CW
September 3Sons of AnarchyFX
September 6Imagination MoversPlayhouse Disney
September 7Hole in the WallFox
Little AmadeusPBS Kids
True BloodHBO
September 8The Bonnie Hunt ShowSyndication
The Doctors
Family Court with Judge Penny
The Rachel Maddow ShowMSNBC
September 9PrivilegedThe CW
FringeFox
September 10Do Not Disturb
September 13Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'sThe CW4Kids
September 15My Family's Got GutsNickelodeon
September 22Worst WeekCBS
September 23Opportunity KnocksABC
The MentalistCBS
September 24Gary Unmarried
Knight RiderNBC
September 26The Suite Life on DeckDisney Channel
September 28Little Britain USAHBO
September 30Paris Hilton's My New BFFMTV
October 3The Ex ListCBS
Sanctuaryci Fi
The Secret SaturdaysCartoon Network
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
October 41st LookNBC
Making FiendsNicktoons Network
October 5Easy MoneyThe CW
In Harm's Way
Valentine
October 7The Real Housewives of AtlantaBravo
October 8The Tony Rock ProjectMyNetworkTV
October 9Eleventh HourCBS
Kath & KimNBC
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
Life on MarsABC
TesteesFX
October 11Dogs 101Animal Planet
October 13My Own Worst EnemyNBC
Unsolved MysteriesSpike
October 15Chocolate NewsComedy Central
October 17CrashStarz
CrusoeNBC
World of QuestCartoon Network
Ghost AdventuresTravel Channel
October 18Giada at HomeFood Network
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship WrestlingCMT
October 20Rita RocksLifetime
Real Chance of LoveVH1
Scream Queens
October 22StylistaThe CW
October 25D. L. Hughley Breaks the NewsCNN
Kid vs. KatToon Disney
October 27Cars ToonsDisney Channel
Dead SetE4
October 30Lost TapesAnimal Planet
November 1Cookie Jar Toons/This is for KidsThis TV
Legend of the SeekerSyndication
November 5America's News HeadquartersFox News Channel
November 8True Jackson, VPNickelodeon
November 14The Brave and the BoldCartoon Network
November 29The Penguins of MadagascarNickelodeon
December 6Random! CartoonsNicktoons Network
December 7LeverageTNT
December 9A Double Shot at LoveMTV
December 29Bromance
The City

Entering syndication this year

Show Seasons In Production Source
Boston Legal41>No
NY41>Yes
Desperate Housewives41>Yes
Monk61>Yes
Storm Stories71>Yes

Changes of network affiliation

Show Moved from Moved to
The Zula PatrolPBS Kids Qubo
Franny's Feet PBS Kids Sprout
1st and 10ESPN ESPN2
The Contender Versus
Emeril Live Food Network Fine Living
Friday Night Lights NBC The 101 Network
High School Reunion The WB TV Land
Inside the NFL HBO Showtime
Phineas and FerbDisney ChannelToon Disney (second-run airings)
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
The Whitest Kids U' Know Fuse IFC
Jon & Kate Plus 8 Discovery Health Channel TLC
Nashville Star USA NBC
One Piece Toonami Adult Swim and  
Futurama Fox, TBS, and Adult Swim Comedy Central
Paradise Hotel FoxMyNetworkTV
WWE Friday Night SmackDown The CW
World Poker Tour Travel Channel and GSN GSN and Fox Sports Net
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 4KidsTV and Cartoon NetworkThe CW4Kids
Dinosaur King4KidsTV
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Viva Piñata
The Spectacular Spider-ManKids' WB
Johnny Test Cartoon Network
Unsolved Mysteries Lifetime Spike
Mr. MeatyNickelodeonNicktoons Network
My Life as a Teenage Robot

Returning this year

Show Previous network Last aired New network Returning
Yin Yang Yo!Jetix2007SameJanuary 1
Kim PossibleDisney ChannelJanuary 4
One Tree HillThe CWJanuary 8
Paradise HotelFox2003MyNetworkTVFebruary 4
Bratz4Kids TV2006Same
The Fairly OddParentsNickelodeonNicktoons NetworkFebruary 18
FuturamaFox2003Comedy CentralMarch 23
The BacheloretteABC2005SameMay 19
The Mole2004June 2
ChalkZoneNickelodeon2005June 11

Ending this year

Date Show Debut
January 6I Love New York2007
January 7Higglytown Heroes2004
January 18Game Head2005
January 21Kids Next Door2002
January 23The Land Before Time2007
Power of 10
January 24Big Shots
January 28Madre Luna
January 30The Mother of All Pageants
February 1Star Jones
February 3Life Is Wild
February 8Flash Gordon
February 11Notes from the Underbelly
Girlfriends2000
February 15Las Vegas2003
February 20Cashmere Mafia2008
February 221 vs. 1002006
The Big Story2000
February 24CW Now2007
Fox News Live1996
Weekend Live2002
February 29About a Girl2007
March 1Eon Kid
March 3The Palace2008
Welcome to The Captain
March 8The Batman2004
March 9The Wire2002
Quarterlife2008
March 10October Road2007
March 13The NightCap2008
March 14Tucker2005
March 15Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!2006
Control Room Presents2007
March 21Wilbur
The Return of Jezebel James2008
March 22Tom and Jerry Tales2006
March 23Frisky Dingo
The Boondocks (returned in 2010)2005
Blood+2007
March 24The Salt-N-Pepa Show
March 25Jericho2006
March 27Camp Lazlo2005
March 28In the Loop with iVillage2006
March 29The Mint2007
How Much Is Enough?2008
March 30Unhitched
April 1Jack's Big Music Show2005
April 3Miss Guided2008
April 5Just Jordan2007
Legion of Super Heroes2006
April 6Here Come the Newlyweds2008
April 7My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad
April 8Secret Talents of the Stars
April 11Amnesia
April 13Dirt2007
April 14New Amsterdam2008
April 15Ben 10 (original series)2005
Rob & Big2006
April 16Human Giant2007
April 18Canterbury's Law2008
April 20Oprah's Big Give
April 23Pussycat Dolls Present2007
April 27John Adams2008
April 28High School Confidential
April 29The Riches2007
May 2Zoey 1012005
May 9Merv Griffin's Crosswords2007
May 13Beauty and the Geek2005
Women's Murder Club2007
May 14Back to You
May 15Lil' Bush
May 16Moonlight
The Montel Williams Show1991
May 18Aliens in America2007
May 19Life of Ryan
Paradise Hotel2003
May 20Shark2006
May 25Class of 3000
May 26Flavor of Love
Wildfire2005
May 29Out of Jimmy's Head2007
May 30WWE Heat1998
May 31HolbyBlue2007
My Kid's a Star2008
Space Ghost Coast to Coast1994
June 8Day Break2006
June 10ToddWorld2004
June 11Men in Trees2006
June 13America's Pulse with E.D. Hill2007
Pecados Ajenos
Temptation
June 14World of Quest2008
June 21Dance on Sunset
Growing Up Creepie2006
June 25Farmer Wants a Wife2008
June 28Endurance2002
June 30Robson Arms2005
July 4Just In2008
Death Note2007
July 5The Future Is Wild
July 6Assy McGee2006
Di-Gata Defenders
July 11Duel2007
Dance Machine2008
July 19The Last Airbender2005
July 23Mind of Mencia
July 27Living Lohan2008
July 28Pucca2006
July 29Celebrity Family Feud (returned in 2015)2008
August 2Engaged and Underage2007
August 4American Gladiators2008
August 7Passions1999
August 11The Mole2001
August 17All Grown Up!2003
Shootout
Code Monkeys2007
Fat Guy Stuck in Internet
August 22Richard & Judy2001
August 24Generation Kill2008
August 29Queen Bees
September 1The Suite Life of Zack & Cody2005
Wayside2007
September 4Chop Socky Chooks2008
September 5Swingtown
Judge Maria Lopez2006
Northwest Afternoon1984
September 12Cory in the House2007
September 13The Adventures of Manny Rivera
The Planet's Funniest Animals1999
September 15Grange Hill1978
September 20Kappa Mikey2006
Toonami (returned in 2012)1997
Girl on the Loose!2008
September 24Do Not Disturb
Thrillville2007
September 26Fried Dynamite
The Paz Show2003
September 27Robotboy2005
My Family's Got Guts2008
October 2MTV's Top Pop Group
October 11Tutenstein2003
October 12The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
October 21Night Shift2007
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency2006
October 24The Ex List2008
October 25America's Toughest Jobs
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
October 26In Harm's Way
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends2004
October 28LazyTown (returned in 2013)
October 29Rap City1989
October 30Edgar & Ellen2007
November 1Digimon Data Squad
Making Fiends2008
November 3Power Rangers Jungle Fury
November 16Total Request Live (returned in 2017)1998
November 20The Emperor's New School2006
November 25The Shield2002
November 27My Gym Partner's a Monkey2005
December 6Horseland2006
Adventures in Care-a-lot2007
DinoSquad
December 7Rugrats Pre-School Daze2008
Trailer Park Boys (returned in 2014)2001
December 8Boston Legal2004
December 12South of Nowhere2005
December 13Trading Spaces (returned in 2018)2000
December 15My Own Worst Enemy2008
December 17Chocolate News
Stylista
December 18DragonflyTV2002
Moral Orel2005
December 24The Black Carpet2006

Made-for-TV movies

Date of airing Title Channel
January 25MinutemenDisney Channel
February 17Knight RiderNBC
February 18Fairly OddBabyNickelodeon
March 16Chasing the DreamABC Family
April 20Princess
June 8The Circuit
June 20Camp RockDisney Channel
July 13Picture ThisABC Family
August 22One WorldDisney Channel
September 6Samurai GirlABC Family
September 12The MovieNickelodeon
October 18Living ProofLifetime

Miniseries

Premiere Title Channel
March 16John AdamsHBO
May 26The Andromeda StrainA&E
July 13Generation KillHBO
November 16Rugrats Pre-School DazeNickelodeon

Births

Date Name Notability
July 15Iain ArmitageActor (Young Sheldon)
September 17Mia TalericoActress (Good Luck Charlie)

Deaths

Date Name Age Notability
January 6Bob LeMond94 Radio and TV announcer (Ozzie and Harriet, Leave it to Beaver)
January 15Brad Renfro25 Actor
January 17Allan Melvin84 Actor (Magilla Gorilla, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family)
January 18Lois Nettleton80 Actress (In the Heat of the Night)
January 19Suzanne Pleshette70 Actress (Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show)
January 22Heath Ledger28 Australian actor
January 24Jahna Steele49 Transgender entertainer (was "outed" on A Current Affair in 1992, guest-starred on NYPD Blue)
February 1Shell Kepler49 Actress and presenter (General Hospital, HSN host)
February 4Augusta Dabney89 Actress (Another World, A World Apart, Loving)
February 6John McWethy60 ABC News correspondent from 1979 to 2006
February 10Ron Leavitt60 Writer and producer (Happy Days, Married... with Children)
Roy Scheider75 Actor (Capt. Bridger on seaQuest)
Steve Gerber60 Illustrator/animator (Thundarr The Barbarian)
February 12David Groh68 Actor (Joe Gerard on Rhoda)
February 14Perry Lopez78 Character actor (Star Trek)
February 18Grits Gresham85 Outdoor sportscaster (The American Sportsman)
February 27Myron Cope79 Sportscaster at WTAE/Pittsburgh and color commentator for Pittsburgh Steelers broadcasts
William F. Buckley, Jr.82 Host and commentator (Firing Line)
March 16Ivan Dixon76 Actor, producer and director (Hogan's Heroes)
April 5Charlton Heston84 Actor (The Colbys)
April 8Stanley Kamel65 Actor (Monk)
May 1Hager Twins66 One-half of Hager Twins and a regular on Hee Haw
May 2Beverlee McKinsey72 Soap opera actress (Another World, Texas, Guiding Light)
May 11Dick Sutcliffe90 Christian children's' TV producer/animator (Davey and Goliath)
May 15Alexander Courage88 Composer (Star Trek theme song)
May 18Joseph Pevney96 Director (Bonanza)
May 24Dick Martin86 Comedian and director (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
May 25Mitch Mullany39 Actor (Licensed Teacher)
May 26Earle Hagen88 Music composer (The Andy Griffith Show)
Sydney Pollack73 Producer, director and actor (The Fugitive, Will & Grace, The Sopranos)
May 29Harvey Korman81 Actor and comedian (The Carol Burnett Show, The Flintstones)
June 2Mel Ferrer90 Actor, producer and director (Falcon Crest, Return of the Saint)
June 7Jim McKay86 Sportscaster and journalist for ABC, CBS and NBC Sports
Neil MacNeil85 Journalist (Washington Week in Review)
June 12Charlie Jones77 Sportscaster for NBC and ABC Sports; play-by-play TV announcer for AFL and NFL games
June 13Tim Russert58 Journalist for NBC News and host of Meet the Press from 1991 to 2008
June 15Tony Schwartz84 Sound archivist, ad executive and creator of Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 "Daisy" political ad
June 17Cyd Charisse86 Actress, dancer (The Love Boat, Frasier, Fantasy Island, Burke's Law)
June 21Kermit Love91 Puppeteer, costume designer, actor (Sesame Street)
June 22Dody Goodman93 Actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
George Carlin71 Actor, writer, comedian (The George Carlin Show, Shining Time Station)
June 29Don S. Davis65 Actor (Stargate SG-1, Twin Peaks)
July 3Larry Harmon83 Entertainer (Bozo the Clown)
July 4Jesse Helms86 Politician and journalist for WRAL-TV, Raleigh, North Carolina
July 12Tony Snow53 Commentator (Fox News Sunday) and White House Press Secretary
July 17Larry Haines89 Actor (Search for Tomorrow)
July 21K-Swift29 Club radio DJ, hip-hop producer and remixer (The Wire, BET's Rap City)
July 22Estelle Getty84 Actress (The Golden Girls)
August 6John K. Cooley80 Journalist and author (ABC News)
August 7Bernie Brillstein77 Producer and agent (Buffalo Bill, ALF, The Larry Sanders Show, NewsRadio)
August 9Bernie Mac50 Actor and comedian (The Bernie Mac Show)
August 10Isaac Hayes65 Singer, songwriter and voiceover artist (South Park)
August 12Bill Stulla97 "Engineer Bill" – children's show host ("Cartoon Express" on KHJ-TV/Los Angeles from 1954 to 1966)
August 19Julius Carry56 Actor (Doctor, Doctor, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.)
August 22Jeff MacKay59 Actor (Magnum, P.I.)
August 31Ike Pappas75 News reporter (CBS News)
September 1Don LaFontaine68 Voice-over announcer (Entertainment Tonight)
Jerry Reed71 Actor and singer (The New Scooby-Doo Movies, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The Concrete Cowboys, Hee Haw)
September 12George Putnam94 News personality
October 5Lloyd Thaxton81 Host and producer (The Lloyd Thaxton Show, Fight Back! With David Horowitz)
October 11Neal Hefti85 Theme music composer (Batman, The Odd Couple (the film) and the TV series))
October 15Jack Narz85 Game show host (Beat the Clock, Concentration)
October 25Anne Pressly26 Anchorwoman and special assignment reporter for KATV/Little Rock, Arkansas
November 4Michael Crichton66 Author and screenwriter (ER)
November 11Herb Score75 Baseball player and TV/Radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Indians
December 1Paul Benedict70 Character actor, writer and director (The Jeffersons, Sesame Street)
December 5Beverly Garland82 Actress, singer and businesswoman (My Three Sons, Scarecrow and Mrs. King)
December 8Robert Prosky77 Actor (Hill Street Blues)
December 12Van Johnson92 Actor and singer (Batman, Here's Lucy, The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 television film))
December 13Maddie Blaustein48 Voice actress (Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King)
December 18Majel Barrett76 Actress (The Original Series)
December 25Eartha Kitt81 Actress, dancer and singer (Batman, The Emperor's New School)
{{Years in TV by country|2008}}{{Years in television}}

See also

  • 2008 in the United States
  • List of American films of 2008

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