2007 in television

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The year 2007 in television involves some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.

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[edit] Events

[edit] January-March

Date Event
January 2 This Life returns for a ten-year reunion special.
January 7 The top prize of £250,000 is won on the United Kingdom version of the game show Deal or No Deal.
January 17 Protests in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara are alleged to be racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
January 23 It is announced by Channel Nine that, after 31 years of airing The Young and the Restless, the network would drop the series, which was then picked up by Foxtel's W. Channel.
January 28 Final edition of the BBC's Grandstand after 49 years.
February 4 A Canadian edition of Deal or No Deal debuts, also hosted by Howie Mandel.
February 9 Paul Merton presents his last edition of Room 101.
February 18 BBC Two launches 14 new idents designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, with the "2" becoming a "Windows of the World" a portal through which the world is seen differently.
February 18 Richard and Judy is scrutinised when it is claimed that it already chosen it's winners for it's premium-rate phone-in quiz, "You Say, We Pay". This results in the start of the 2007 British television phone-in scandal.
March 17 Cartoon Network's Toonami celebrates its 10th Anniversary.
March 31 2007 Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon.
March 31 Series 3 of Doctor Who begins on BBC One.

[edit] April-June

Date Event
April 11 MSNBC announced that its simulcast of Imus in the Morning was being canceled immediately after public outcry against the host's remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
April 13 Have I Got News for You starts to produce a video podcast featuring unbroadcast material.
May 2 The New Zealand free-to-air digital television platform Freeview begins broadcasting over DVB-S, breaking the digital television monopoly held by pay network SKY Television.
May 3 Queen Elizabeth II visits America (fifth time in 50 years) for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia and also meets with families from the Virginia Tech Massacre. It becomes U.S. national & local TV news.
May 8 HolbyBlue debuts on BBC One as a spin off from Casualty and Holby City
May 14 BBC One broadcasts "Scientology and Me" a Panorama investigation into Scientology by journalist John Sweeney. A clip from the programme of Sweeney losing his temper and shouting at a disruptive scientologist representative is widely released on the internet and on DVD by scientologists prior to airing.
May 20 The Simpsons reaches its landmark 400th episode.
May 23 Jordin Sparks wins the 6th season of the popular singing competition American Idol, with Blake Lewis as the runner up.
June 15 Bob Barker retires from The Price Is Right after 35 years as host and after 50 years on television. Barker's final episode aired both in its regular daytime slot and in prime time leading into the Daytime Emmy Awards.
June 26 Mika Brzezinski attempted to set fire to a script, screwed up another, and shredded a third, in a protest about having to lead her news broadcast with a story about Paris Hilton's release from prison, rather than about the Iraq War.

[edit] July-September

Date Event
July 23 Drew Carey is announced as Bob Barker's successor on The Price Is Right.
August 22 The BBC celebrates their 75-year service in television.
August 31 Finland switches off its analogue television signal.

[edit] October-December

Date Event


[edit] Debuts (including scheduled)

Date Show
January 1 Engaged and Underage on MTV
January 1 High Maintenance 90210 on E!
January 1 Poker After Dark on NBC
January 1 The Sarah Jane Adventures on BBC One
January 2 Dirt on FX Network
January 3 The Knights of Prosperity on ABC
January 3 In Case of Emergency on ABC
January 7 Grease: You're The One That I Want on NBC
January 7 I'm From Rolling Stone on MTV
January 7 Just Jordan on Nickelodeon
January 8 I Love New York on VH1
January 8 The (White) Rapper Show on VH1
January 8 The Surreal Life: Fame Games on VH1
January 10 Armed and Famous on CBS
January 12 Cory in the House on Disney Channel
January 17 The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show on Comedy Central
January 21 The Dresden Files on the SciFi Channel
January 23 Disney's Really Short Report on Disney Channel
January 25 Skins on E4
January 20 Bam's Unholy Union on MTV
January 30 Wrestling Society X on MTV
February 1 Juvies on MTV
February 1 The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central
February 3 The Naked Brothers Band on Nickelodeon
February 5 Rules of Engagement on CBS
February 11 Saul of the Mole People on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
February 11 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
February 20 100 Winners on GSN
February 23 quiznation on GSN
February 26 The Black Donnelys on NBC
February 26 Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive on Toon Disney
February 27 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on FOX
March 3 El Tigre:The adventures of Manny Rivera on Nickelodeon
March 4 Dice: Undisputed on VH1
March 5 The Land Before Time on Cartoon Network
March 6 The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll on The CW
March 7 The Wedding Bells on FOX
March 10 Blood+ on adult swim
March 12 The Riches on FX
March 13 Bullrun on Spike TV
March 14 Halfway Home on Comedy Central
March 15 Raines on NBC
March 15 October Road on ABC
March 22 This American Life on Showtime
March 23 Acceptable.TV on VH1
March 28 The Apprentice on BBC One, previously on BBC Two from 2005-2006
March 27 The Great American Dream Vote on ABC
April 1 Sons of Hollywood on A&E
April 1 The Tudors on Showtime
April 5 Adventures in Hollyhood on MTV
April 7 Human Giant on MTV
April 7 Short Circuitz on MTV
April 10 Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno III on MTV
April 10 Scarred on MTV
April 12 Notes from the Underbelly on ABC
April 12 Roman's Empire on BBC One
April 13 Painkiller Jane on Sci Fi
April 15 Drive on FOX
April 15 Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School on VH1
May 8 Holby Blue on BBC One
May 10 Traveler on BBC One
May 12 My Friends Tigger & Pooh on Disney Channel
May 13 Fat Guy Stuck in Internet on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
May 13 Superjail on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
May 18 National Bingo Night on ABC
May 25 Storm Hawks on Cartoon Network
May 30 Hidden Palms on The CW
May 30 The Next Best Thing on ABC
May 30 Traveler on ABC
May 31 Pirate Master on CBS
June 1 Demons on CBS
June 4 Creature Comforts on CBS
June 6 Tyler Perry's House of Payne on TBS
June 10 John From Cincinnati on HBO
June 13 First Annual Guys' Choice Awards on Spike TV
June 13 Lil' Bush on Comedy Central
June 17 Flight of the Conchords on HBO
June 17 Meadowlands on Showtime
June 18 Age of Love on NBC
June 18 Heartland on TNT
June 25 Tak and the Power of Juju on Nickelodeon
June 25 Wayside on Nickelodeon
June 26 Shaq's Big Challenge on ABC
July 2 Camouflage on GSN
July 8 American Body Shop on Comedy Central
July 9 Greek on ABC
July 15 Rock of Love with Bret Michaels on VH1
July 16 Victoria Beckham: Coming to America on NBC
July 17 The Bill Engvall Show on TBS
July 19 Mad Men on AMC
July 23 Saving Grace on TNT
July 24 Damages on FX
August 5 The Company on TNT
August 8 The Real World: Sydney on MTV
August 13 Californication on Showtime
August 13 Slacker Cats on ABC Family
August 20 Yo Gabba Gabba! on Nickelodeon
August 31 Back at the Barnyard on Nickelodeon
September Carpoolers on ABC
September The Big Bang Theory on CBS
September Viva Laughlin on CBS
September 1 Cavemen on ABC
September 1 Eurovision Dance Contest on EBU
September 1 Kid Nation on CBS
September 10 Steve Wilkos, a talk show hosted by Jerry Springer's former security head, debuts in syndication in the United States and Canada
September 11 Cane on CBS
September 13 Kitchen Nightmares on FOX
September 14 Nashville on FOX
September 14 The Search for the Next Great American Band on FOX
September 17 K-Ville on FOX
September 19 Back to You on FOX
September 24 Journeyman on NBC
September 25 Chuck on NBC
September 25 New Amsterdam on FOX
September 26 Bionic Woman on NBC
September 26 Life on NBC
September 26 Pushing Daisies on ABC
October I Love New York 2 on VH1
October Private Practice on ABC
October 7 The Adventures of Over the Hedge on FOX
Fall Two Dreadful Children on FOX
Fall/Winter Cashmere Mafia on ABC
Fall/Winter Miss/Guided on ABC

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See also: 2006-07 United States network television schedule

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[edit] Ending this year

Date Show Debut
January 4 Green Wing 2004
January 5 The Megan Mullally Show 2006
January 15 Quizmania 2006
January 24 Armed & Famous 2007
January 25 On the Road Again 1987
January 28 Grandstand 1958
January 30 Big Day 2006
February 14 JoJo's Circus 2003
February 18 PlayMania 2006
February 18 Reba 2001
February 22 The O.C. 2003
February 26 The (White) Rapper Show 2007
March 5 The Class 2006
March 6 Wicked Wicked Games 2006
March 6 Watch Over Me 2006
March 13 Stargate SG-1 1997
March 16 The Vicar of Dibley 1994
March 18 I'm From Rolling Stone 2007
March 18 The Winner 2007
March 25 The George Michael Sports Machine 1983
March 25 Grease: You're the One that I Want! 2007
March 25 Rome 2005
March 28 The Great American Dream Vote 2007
March 30 Falcon Beach 2006
April 2 The Black Donnellys 2007
April 2 Miffy 2003
April 3 Bam's Unholy Union 2007
April 4 CBC News: Country Canada 1954
April 6 The Wedding Bells 2007
April 10 Life on Mars 2006
April 11 In Case of Emergency 2007
April 15 The Dresden Files 2007
April 23 Drive 2007
April 27 Raines 2007
April 29 Sons of Hollywood 2007
May 6 Bear in the Big Blue House 1997
May 8 George Lopez 2002
May 11 Acceptable.TV 2007
May 12 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2006
May 13 7th Heaven 1996
May 14 All of Us 2003
May 14 The King of Queens 1998
May 15 Gilmore Girls 2000
May 16 Crossing Jordan 2001
May 16 Halfway Home 2007
May 17 Roman's Empire 2007
May 22 Veronica Mars 2004
May 29 Punk'd 2003
June 1 Bert's Family Feud 2006
June 3 Dream Team 1997
June 8 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide 2004
June 10 The Sopranos 1999
June 13 100 Winners 2007
June 15 The Catch-Up 2007
June 18 Creature Comforts 2007
June 26 Deadliest Catch 2006
June 28 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 2006
June 29 Marina 2006
July 1 The Loop 2006
July 4 Hidden Palms 2007
July 5 Short Circuitz 2007
July 8 Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School 2007
July 16 Extreme Makeover 2002
July 17 Pirate Master 2007
July 18 Traveler 2007
July 20 Standoff 2006
July 22 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law 2000
July 23 Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa 2007
August 5 The Simple Life 2003
August 22 The Knights of Prosperity 2007
September 1 American Dragon: Jake Long 2005
September 5 The Nine 2006
September 7 Dame Chocolate 2007
September 7 Kim Possible 2002
September 30 Braves TBS Baseball 1975
November 7 Codename: Kids Next Door 2002
Unknown Ben 10 2005
Unknown Danny Phantom 2004
Unknown The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy 2001
Unknown Pimp My Ride 2004
Unknown That's So Raven 2003

[edit] Deaths

Date Name Age Cinematic Credibility
January 7 Magnús Magnússon 77 Icelandic-born television presenter (Mastermind)
January 8 Iwao Takamoto 81 Japanese-American animator (Scooby Doo)
January 8 Yvonne De Carlo 84 Canadian-born US actress (The Munsters)
January 14 Darlene Conley 72 Irish-born US soap opera actress (The Bold and the Beautiful)
January 16 Ron Carey 71 US actor and comedian (Barney Miller)
January 27 Bob Carroll 88 US sitcom writer (I Love Lucy, Alice)
January 30 Sidney Sheldon 89 US writer (creator of I Dream of Jeannie)
February 8 Anna Nicole Smith 39 US model, actress (The Anna Nicole Show)
February 15 Ray Evans 92 US songwriter (theme songs to Bonanza and Mister Ed)
March 8 John Inman 71 UK actor, best known for playing Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?
March 19 Calvert DeForest 85 US actor (Late Night with David Letterman)
April 11 Roscoe Lee Browne 81 US actor (Soap)
April 30 Tom Poston 85 US actor (Newhart)
May 15 Jerry Falwell 73 US televangelist (The Old-Time Gospel Hour)
May 25 Charles Nelson Reilly 76 US actor, game show panelist (Match Game)
May 27 Gretchen Wyler 75 US actress (Dallas, several TV series guest appearances)
June 12 Don Herbert 89 US TV host (Mr. Wizard)
June 17 Ed Friendly 85 US producer (Laugh-In, Little House on the Prairie)
June 24 Chris Benoit 40 Canadian pro wrestler
June 29 Joel Siegel 63 US film reviewer on Good Morning America
July 9 Charles Lane 102 US character actor with decades of guest appearances ranging from I Love Lucy to Soap
July 20 Tammy Faye Messner 65 US televangelist (The PTL Club)
July 29 Marvin Zindler 85 Investigative reporter for KTRK-TV Houston; helped closed the Chicken Ranch brothel
July 29 Tom Snyder 71 Hosted NBC's The Tomorrow Show and CBS's The Late Late Show
July 29 Mike Reid 67 British comedian and actor, best known for playing Frank Butcher in British soap opera Eastenders
July 29 Phil Drabble 93 British television presenter, author and countryman, best known as the presenter of sheepdog trial show One Man and His Dog.


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