2007 in American television
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{{USTV year|2007}}
In American television in 2007, notable events included television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.
Notable events
=January=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 2
|Major American networks cover the state funeral of Gerald Ford.{{Cite news |last=Shane |first=Scott |date=2007-01-03 |title=Ford Is Remembered at Funeral in Washington |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/us/03ford.html |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} |
| 8
|i: Independent Television debuts the national Qubo channel. |
| 29
|i: Independent Television was relaunched as ION Television. |
=February=
=March=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 1
|NBC Universal launches Chiller, the first US cable/satellite channel devoted to horror programming. |
| 17
|Cartoon Network's Toonami commemorates its 10th anniversary. |
| 31
|Playhouse Disney rebrands with a new branding; Ooh and Ahh become the official hosts of the block. |
=April=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 1
|NBC Nightly News weekend anchor John Seigenthaler retires after 6 years. |
| 11
|MSNBC announces its simulcast of radio's Imus in the Morning would be canceled, effective immediately, after public outcry against host Don Imus' derogatory remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. Imus' relationship with his show's radio distributor, CBS Radio, would be terminated later in the spring over the same incident. |
=May=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 1
|A headend, owned by Comcast, accidentally replaces an episode of Handy Manny on the Disney Channel with footage of graphic pornography for viewers in Lincroft, New Jersey. The incident is reported to Comcast, which investigates, but no findings are announced to the public. |
| 5
|For the first time in 5 years, WNBC, NBC's New York flagship station, revives the "We're 4 New York" campaign after they return for a brief time during 2002 Winter Olympics. The song promos was stopped after the 2008 Summer Olympics in 2008 in the wake of the "Lend America" incident. |
| 20
|Fox airs the 18th-season finale of The Simpsons, "You Kent Always Say What You Want". With this episode, The Simpsons reaches the landmark 400 episode milestone. |
| 23
|On Fox, Jordin Sparks wins the 6th season of the popular singing competition American Idol; Blake Lewis is the runner up. |
| 27
|ABC's New York flagship station, WABC-TV, is knocked off the air due to a newsroom studio fire that happened minutes before its scheduled 11:00 p.m. newscast. The station briefly returned to carry an ABC West Coast flagship feed and a rebroadcast of ABC World News. |
=June=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 14
|Trace Gallagher resigns as anchorman of Fox Report Weekend on the Fox News Channel and is replaced by Laurie Dhue. Studio B Weekend, which was also anchored by Gallagher, has already been pulled from the schedule. |
| 15
|83 year-old Bob Barker hosts The Price Is Right for the 6,727th and last time, ending his 35-year tenure on the show and a 50-year run on television. (His last ever Pricing Game was his first: Any Number.) CBS airs Barker's final episode in both its regular daytime slot and in prime time (the latter airing as a lead-in to the 34th Daytime Emmy Awards, at which two of the network's soap operas, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless, share honors for Outstanding Drama Series). |
| 24
|Professional wrestler Chris Benoit murders his wife Nancy and son Daniel before hanging himself to death. WWE cancels Raw the following night and is replaced with a tribute to Benoit. |
| 25
|WWE replaces that day's scheduled Raw episode with a 3-hour tribute to Chris Benoit who murdered his wife and son and killed himself the night before. |
| 25
|Four Points Media Group took over LMAs of mid-sized CBS and CW affiliates. |
| rowspan="2" |26
|In an on-air protest over trivial journalism (specifically MSNBC producers ranking Paris Hilton's release from jail ahead of developments in the Iraq War), newsreader Mika Brzezinski attempts to set fire to a news script, tears up a second, and shreds a third. |
| During installation of a new satellite receiver in Illinois, the Emergency Alert System is accidentally activated at 7:35 AM CDT. An Emergency Action Notification is issued for the United States, followed by dead air. This was played on almost every television and radio station in the Chicago area and throughout large portions of the state. The signal then switched to WGN radio. Garry Meier, then the announcer for WCKG, comes on the air, not knowing what has happened. |
=July=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 6
|Cartoon Network announces its new Friday night block, Fried Dynamite. |
| 23
|Drew Carey is announced as the new host of The Price Is Right; his first episode as host aired on October 15. |
=August=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 7
|On the premiere episode of the CBS game show Power of 10, contestant Jamie Sadler wins $1,000,000. This was the first time that a contestant won $1,000,000 or more on the first episode of an American game show. |
| 17
|The Disney Channel's premiere showing of High School Musical 2 becomes the most-watched made-for-cable movie ever, drawing in 17.24 million viewers. A preview episode of Phineas and Ferb premieres afterwards. |
| 30
|The Big Ten Network formally launches, but its debut is marred by its failure to reach carriage agreements with Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Cable, and several other smaller providers serving the conference's geographical footprint. The dispute goes unsolved for nearly a year, causing millions of fans to miss several games seen in previous years via local syndication, public broadcasting stations connected to universities, and ESPN's family of networks. |
=September=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 1
|In one of the first football games to air on the Big Ten Network, Appalachian State University upsets the University of Michigan, 34–32, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, the first time an NCAA Division I FCS school defeats an AP-ranked school from the Bowl subdivision. |
| 7
|The soap opera Passions airs for the final time on NBC, only to resurface on September 17 as an exclusive presentation of DirecTV's 101 Network. The cancellation leaves Days of Our Lives as the last remaining soap opera on NBC. |
| 8
|The original Live at Five aired its final news broadcast on WNBC after 25 years it was renamed. |
| rowspan="3" |10
|Noggin, which was initially co-founded by Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon, ends its relationship with Sesame Workshop. Play With Me Sesame, its last remaining co-produced original preschool series, already left the channel on September 2 as Nickelodeon lost the rights to air it. |
| Nick Jr. received yet another rebrand. The block's bumpers encouraged preschoolers to "Play With Us" and featured the Nick Jr. logo in the form of two stuffed animals animated in stop-motion. |
| The 1999 incarnation of Family Feud surpasses the original incarnation of the show, making it the longest running incarnation of the franchise itself. |
| 15
|CBS' Saturday morning cartoon block, KOL Secret Slumber Party, is renamed KEWLopolis. |
| 16
|The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony airs on Fox. |
| 21
|Former CBS Evening News anchor, Dan Rather, files for bankruptcy. |
=October=
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| Date
! Event |
|---|
| rowspan="5" |1
|TBS becomes exclusively a national cable network after WTBS, the Atlanta, Georgia "superstation" from which it was born, becomes an Atlanta-only TV station as WPCH-TV (Peachtree TV). |
| TBN and Smile of a Child begins airing the long-awaited God Rocks state of the art cartoon series. |
| The Tube Music Network officially ceases broadcasting. |
| KQET/Watsonville (the satellite of KTEH) switched programming sources from KTEH to KQED. |
| Cartoon Network celebrates its 15th anniversary. |
| 12
|Wizards of Waverly Place debuts on Disney Channel. |
| rowspan="2" |15
|Fox Business Network launches. |
| Drew Carey replaces Bob Barker as the new host on The Price Is Right and airs his first show. |
| 22
|The new studio and new format of NBC Nightly News and joined MSNBC. |
| 28
|Game 4 of the World Series is broadcast on Fox. The Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies. It was the team's second title since the "breaking the curse" in 2004 and seventh in franchise history. |
| 29
|Hulu subscription video on demand service launches. |
=November=
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| Date
! Event |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 5
|The Writers Guild of America commences a strike against television and movie production studios; the strike lasts until February 2008, but not before production on TV shows are halted and networks' schedules are severely disrupted. |
| Kathleen Herles leaves as the voice of Dora the Explorer for 7 years since 2000. |
| 12
|Nickelodeon airs its first SpongeBob SquarePants TV movie, Atlantis SquarePantis, attracting 8.8 million viewers. |
| 15
|Jorja Fox appears for the last time as a regular cast member as investigator Sara Sidle on the CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. |
| 19
|Firebrand, a nightly television program broadcast television advertising from around the world, debuts on Ion Television. |
=December=
Programs
=Debuts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Show ! Network |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|January 1
|MTV |
| High Maintenance 90210
|E! |
| January 2
|Dirt |FX |
| rowspan="2"|January 3
|rowspan="2"|ABC |
| The Knights of Prosperity |
| rowspan="3"|January 7
|Grease: You're the One That I Want! |NBC |
| I'm from Rolling Stone
|MTV |
| Just Jordan |
| rowspan="3"|January 8
|Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show |rowspan="3"|VH1 |
| I Love New York |
| The Surreal Life: Fame Games |
| January 10
|CBS |
| January 12 |
| rowspan="2"|January 17 |
| Maui Fever
|rowspan="2"|MTV |
| January 20 |
| January 21 |
| rowspan="2"|January 22 |
| The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet |
| January 23
|Disney Channel |
| January 24
|Food Network |
| January 30
|rowspan="2"|MTV |
| rowspan="2"|February 1 |
| The Sarah Silverman Program
|Comedy Central |
| February 3
|Nickelodeon |
| February 5
|CBS |
| February 6
|New Family |NBC |
| rowspan="2"|February 11
|rowspan="2"|Adult Swim |
| Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! |
| February 12 |
| February 20
|GSN |
| February 21 |
| February 23
|GSN |
| rowspan="3"|February 26 |
| The Black Donnellys
|NBC |
| Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
|Jetix (Toon Disney) |
| February 27
|Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? |rowspan="2"|Fox |
| rowspan="2"|March 2 |
| Cities of the Underworld
|History |
| March 3 |
| rowspan="2"|March 4
|VH1 |
| The Winner
|Fox |
| March 5
|Cartoon Network |
| March 6 |
| March 7
|IFL Battleground |MyNetworkTV |
| March 12
|FX |
| rowspan="2"|March 13 |
| American Heiress
|rowspan="2"|MyNetworkTV |
| rowspan="2"|March 14 |
| Halfway Home
|Comedy Central |
| rowspan="3"|March 15
|ABC |
| Raines
|rowspan="2"|NBC |
| Andy Barker, P.I. |
| March 22 |
| March 23
|VH1 |
| March 27
|The Great American Dream Vote |ABC |
| March 29
|1,000 Places to See Before You Die |Travel Channel |
| rowspan="2"| April 1
|A&E |
| The Tudors |
| April 3
|rowspan="2"|MTV |
| April 5 |
| April 6
|Friday Night Premiere Thunder |
| rowspan="2"| April 7
|rowspan="2"|MTV |
| Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz |
| rowspan="2"|April 9
|Culture Shock |Travel Channel |
| Thank God You're Here
|NBC |
| rowspan="2"| April 10
|Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno 3 |rowspan="2"|MTV |
| Scarred |
| April 12
|ABC |
| rowspan="2"| April 13 |
| Drive
|Fox |
| April 15
|Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School |VH1 |
| |April 16
|TLC |
| April 21
|History |
| April 23
|NBC |
| April 25 |
| May 7 |
| May 10
|ABC |
| May 12 |
| rowspan="3"| May 13
|rowspan="3"|Adult Swim |
| Fat Guy Stuck in Internet |
| Superjail! |
| May 18
|ABC |
| May 21 |
| May 22
|Fox |
| May 25
|Cartoon Network |
| May 28
|ABC |
| rowspan="2"| May 30 |
| The Next Best Thing
|ABC |
| May 31
|rowspan="2"|CBS |
| June 1 |
| June 3 |
| rowspan="2"|June 4
|CBS |
| The 5ive
|BET |
| rowspan="3"|June 6
|MTV |
| Passport to Latin America |
| Tyler Perry's House of Payne
|TBS |
| June 7
|Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race |ABC |
| June 8
|Bet the House |
| June 9 |
| June 10
|HBO |
| rowspan="2"|June 13 |
| Lil' Bush
|Comedy Central |
| rowspan="4"|June 17
|HBO |
| Ice Road Truckers |
| Man Caves |
| Meadowlands |
| rowspan="2"|June 18
|NBC |
| Heartland
|TNT |
| June 22 |
| June 24
|MTV2 |
| June 25 |
| June 26
|ABC |
| June 28 |
| rowspan="2"|June 29 |
| The Best Years |
| July 2
|GSN |
| July 8
|Comedy Central |
| rowspan="2"|July 9 |
| Take the Cake
|rowspan="2"|BET |
| rowspan="2"|July 10 |
| The Singing Bee
|NBC |
| July 11
|G4 |
| July 12 |
| July 15
|Rock of Love with Bret Michaels |VH1 |
| July 16
|Victoria Beckham: Coming to America |NBC |
| July 17
|TBS |
| July 17
|ABC |
| July 19
|AMC |
| July 20
|ABC |
| July 22
|Spike TV |
| July 23
|TNT |
| July 24
|FX |
| July 25
|TLC |
| rowspan="2"|July 26
|VH1 |
| Welcome to the Parker
|Bravo |
| rowspan="2"|August 4
|GSN |
| Masters of Science Fiction
|ABC |
| August 5
|TNT |
| August 6
|ABC |
| rowspan="3"|August 7
|TLC |
| I-Caught
|ABC |
| Power of 10
|CBS |
| August 8
|MTV |
| August 10 |
| rowspan="3"|August 13 |
| Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County
|MTV |
| Slacker Cats |
| August 17 |
| rowspan="2"|August 20
|TruTV |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! |
| August 22
|Fox |
| August 26
|Disney Channel |
| August 27
|rowspan="2"|MTV |
| August 30 |
| rowspan="2"|August 31
|Fried Dynamite |
| Tak and the Power of Juju
|Nickelodeon |
| rowspan="3"|September 3
|rowspan="2"|PBS Kids |
| WordWorld |
| WordGirl |
| September 6 |
| rowspan="2" |September 8
|Nickelodeon |
| Torchwood |
| September 9
|HBO |
| rowspan="5"|September 10
|rowspan="5"|Syndication |
| Merv Griffin's Crosswords |
| The Steve Wilkos Show |
| Temptation |
| TMZ |
| rowspan="2" |September 12
|Decision House |
| Most Daring |
| rowspan="2"|September 14
|Fox |
| Out of Jimmy's Head |
| rowspan="2" |September 15
|Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot | rowspan="2" |KEWLopolis |
| Sabrina's Secret Life |
| September 17
|rowspan="3"|Fox |
| rowspan="5"|September 19 |
| Kitchen Nightmares |
| Gossip Girl
|The CW |
| Kid Nation
|CBS |
| Manswers
|Spike |
| rowspan="2"|September 22
|rowspan="2"|Kids' WB |
| Skunk Fu! |
| rowspan="2"| September 23
|rowspan="2"|The CW |
| Online Nation |
| rowspan="3"|September 24
|rowspan="2"|NBC |
| Journeyman |
| The Big Bang Theory
|rowspan="2"|CBS |
| rowspan="2"|September 25
|Cane |
| Reaper |
| rowspan="4"|September 26
|rowspan="2"|NBC |
| Life |
| Dirty Sexy Money
|rowspan="3"|ABC |
| Private Practice |
| September 27 |
| September 28
|CBS |
| September 29
|Nickelodeon |
| rowspan="6"|October 1
|The CW |
| Celebrity Exposé
|rowspan="2"|MyNetworkTV |
| Control Room Presents |
| Happy Monster Band
|Playhouse Disney |
| God Rocks: BibleToons |
| Dr. Steve-O
|USA Network |
| rowspan="3"|October 2
|BET |
| Carpoolers
|rowspan="3"|ABC |
| Cavemen |
| October 3 |
| October 4 |
| October 5 |
| October 6 |
| rowspan="3"|October 7
|America's Most Smartest Model |VH1 |
| Edgar & Ellen |
| Life Is Wild
|The CW |
| October 9
|A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila |MTV |
| rowspan="3"| October 12
|TLC |
| Wizards of Waverly Place
|Disney Channel |
| Women's Murder Club
|ABC |
| rowspan="2"| October 13 |
| The Search for the Next Elvira |
| October 14
|Keeping Up with the Kardashians |E! |
| rowspan="4"|October 15
|Fox Business Morning |rowspan="2"|Fox Business Network |
| Money for Breakfast |
| The Salt-N-Pepa Show
|VH1 |
| Samantha Who?
|ABC |
| October 17
|Discovery Channel |
| October 18
|CBS |
| October 19
|Fox |
| October 22
|Kaya |MTV |
| October 24
|NBC |
| October 31
|History |
| rowspan="2"| November 2 |
| Orangutan Island |
| rowspan="2"| November 3
|rowspan="2"| KEWLopolis |
| Sushi Pack |
| November 4 |
| rowspan="2"|November 5
|America's Pulse with E.D. Hill |rowspan="2"|Fox News Channel |
| Happening Now |
| November 10 |
| December 12 |
| rowspan="2"|December 17
|Duel |ABC |
| Clash of the Choirs
|NBC |
| December 26 |
=Returning this year=
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| "
! Show | Previous network | Last aired | New network | Returning |
| King of the Hill
|Fox |rowspan="3"|2006 |rowspan="3"|Same |January 28 | ||||
| Ed, Edd n Eddy
|April 16 | ||||
| Unfabulous
|August 10 | ||||
| Cash Explosion
|October 6 |
=Ending this year=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date ! Show ! Channel ! Debut ! Status | |
| January 5
|Syndication |2006 |rowspan="13"|Cancelled | |
| January 8
|History |2005 | |
| January 23
|Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks |PBS Kids |2003 | |
| January 24
|CBS |2007 | |
| January 25
|BET |2003 | |
| January 30
|ABC |2006 | |
| February 2
|Oxygen |2006 | |
| February 2
|Showtime |2005 | |
| February 9
|MXC |TNN/Spike |2003 | |
| February 10
|Nickelodeon |2005 | |
| February 12
|E! |2007 | |
| February 14
|Playhouse Disney |2003 | |
| February 18
|Reba |The CW |2001 | |
| February 22
|rowspan="2"|Fox |2003 |Ended | |
| February 23
|Nanny 911 (returned in 2009) |2004 |rowspan="58"|Cancelled | |
| February 26
|Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show |VH1 |2007 | |
| rowspan="2"|February 28
|Syndication |rowspan="2"|2006 | |
| Justice
|Fox | |
| March 1
|Turner Classic Movies |2004 | |
| March 4
|Fox Kids |2001 | |
| March 5
|CBS |rowspan="3"|2006 | |
| rowspan="2"|March 6
|rowspan="2"|MyNetworkTV | |
| Wicked Wicked Games | |
| March 7
|rowspan="3"|MTV |rowspan="7"|2007 | |
| March 14 | |
| rowspan="2"|March 18 | |
| The Winner
|Fox | |
| March 22
|MTV | |
| rowspan="4"|March 25
|Grease: You're the One that I Want! |NBC | |
| The Surreal Life: Fame Games
|VH1 | |
| The George Michael Sports Machine
|NBC |1980 | |
| Rome
|HBO |2005 | |
| March 26
|ABC |rowspan="2"|2006 | |
| rowspan="2"|March 27
|MTV | |
| Austin Stevens: Snakemaster (returned in 2009)
|Discovery |2004 | |
| March 28
|The Great American Dream Vote |ABC |2007 | |
| March 29
|Nick Jr. |2004 | |
| rowspan="4"|March 30
|rowspan="2"|MTV2 |1998 | |
| Crank Yankers (returned in 2019)
|2002 | |
| Falcon Beach
|ABC Family |rowspan="3"|2006 | |
| Six Degrees
|ABC | |
| rowspan="4"|April 1
|rowspan="2"|Noggin | |
| Miffy and Friends
|2003 | |
| Perfect Hair Forever
|Adult Swim |2004 | |
| Dice: Undisputed
|VH1 |rowspan="4"|2007 | |
| April 2
|NBC | |
| April 3
|MTV | |
| rowspan="2"|April 6
|Fox | |
| Cinematech
|G4 |2002 | |
| rowspan="2"|April 9
|The Life and Times of Juniper Lee |Cartoon Network |2005 | |
| Hilary Duff: This Is Now
|MTV |rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| April 11
|ABC | |
| April 13
|Discovery Channel |2005 | |
| April 14
|NBC |rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| April 15
|Sci Fi Channel | |
| April 20
|Fox-owned MyNetworkTV stations |2006 | |
| April 22
|rowspan="2"|Fox |2005 | |
| rowspan="2"|April 23
|rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| Adventures in Hollyhood
|MTV/MTV2 | |
| rowspan="2"|April 27
|rowspan="2"|NBC |2006 | |
| Identity
|2006 | |
| April 29
|A&E |2007 | |
| May 1
|MTV2 |2005 | |
| May 3
|Fox |2004 | |
| May 4
|ESPN2 |2003 | |
| May 5
|The CW |2005 | |
| May 8
|ABC |2002 | |
| May 9
|MTV |1995 | |
| rowspan="2"|May 11
|VH1 |2007 | |
| Close to Home
|CBS |2005 | |
| May 13
|rowspan="2"|The CW |1996 | |
| rowspan="3"|May 14
|2003 | |
| The King of Queens
|CBS |1998 |Ended | |
| Thank God You're Here
|NBC |2007 |Cancelled | |
| May 15
|The CW |2000 |Ended | |
| rowspan="3"|May 16
|12 oz. Mouse (returned in 2020) |Adult Swim |2005 |rowspan="11"|Cancelled | |
| Crossing Jordan
|NBC |2001 | |
| Halfway Home
|Comedy Central |2007 | |
| May 22
|Veronica Mars (returned in 2019) |The CW |rowspan="2"|2004 | |
| May 24
|MTV | |
| rowspan="2"|May 25
|BET |rowspan="2"|2006 | |
| Shorty McShorts' Shorts
|Disney Channel | |
| May 28
|NBC |2007 | |
| May 29
|Punk'd (returned in 2012) |MTV |2003 | |
| June 8
|Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide |Nickelodeon |2004 | |
| June 9
|Chain Reaction (returned in 2015) |GSN |1980 | |
| June 10
|HBO |1999 |Ended | |
| June 13
|GSN |2007 |rowspan="54"|Cancelled | |
| June 16
|PBS Kids |2002 | |
| June 18
|CBS |2007 | |
| June 21
|The Showbiz Show with David Spade |Comedy Central |2005 | |
| rowspan="2"|June 22
|Sci Fi |1997 | |
| National Bingo Night
|rowspan="2"|ABC |rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| June 25 | |
| June 28
|Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip |NBC |2006 | |
| rowspan="2"|June 29
|Lingo (returned in 2011) |GSN |1987 | |
| Free Stuff
|G4 |2007 | |
| July 1
|Fox |2006 | |
| July 3
|Animal Planet |2002 | |
| July 4
|The CW |rowspan="4"|2007 | |
| July 5
|MTV | |
| July 8
|MTV2 | |
| July 15
|Adult Swim | |
| July 16
|ABC |2002 | |
| July 17
|CBS |2007 | |
| rowspan="3"|July 18
|rowspan="2"|MyNetworkTV |2007 | |
| Saints & Sinners
|2007 | |
| Traveler
|ABC |2007 | |
| July 20
|Fox |2006 | |
| July 22
|Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (returned in 2018) |Adult Swim |2000 | |
| July 25
|ABC |rowspan="4"|2007 | |
| July 26
|Bravo | |
| July 27
|GSN | |
| rowspan="2"|July 31
|ABC | |
| Blowin' Up
|MTV |2006 | |
| August 5
|Fox |2003 | |
| August 6
|NBC |rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| rowspan="2"|August 7
|Showtime | |
| Morning Call
|CNBC |2002 | |
| August 11
|NBC |2006 | |
| August 12
|HBO |rowspan="5"|2007 | |
| August 19
|TNT | |
| August 21
|rowspan="2"|Fox | |
| August 22 | |
| August 23
|ABC | |
| rowspan="2"|August 24
|Friday Night Premiere Thunder |Cartoon Network |2007 | |
| Danny Phantom
|Nickelodeon |2004 | |
| rowspan="2"|August 25
|Discovery Kids |2005 | |
| Masters of Science Fiction
|ABC |rowspan="4"|2007 | |
| August 26
|Spike TV | |
| August 30
|Bravo | |
| August 31
|TNT | |
| September 1
|Disney Channel |2005 | |
| September 2
|Noggin |2002 | |
| September 4
|Animal Planet |1996 | |
| September 7
|Disney Channel |2002 | |
| rowspan="2"|September 8
|CBS |2006 | |
| Grand Slam
|GSN |rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| September 13
|VH1 | |
| rowspan="3"|September 16
|rowspan="2"|USA Network |2002 | |
| The 4400
|rowspan="2"|2004 | |
| Drake & Josh
|Nickelodeon |Ended | |
| rowspan="2"|September 17
|Comedy Central |rowspan="3"|2007 |rowspan="30"|Cancelled | |
| Slacker Cats
|ABC Family | |
| September 18
|MTV | |
| September 20
|A&E |2006 | |
| rowspan="2"|September 21
|Fox |rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| Painkiller Jane
|Sci-Fi Channel | |
| September 23
|Fox News Channel |2007 | |
| rowspan="2"|September 27
|TLC/Discovery Channel |2004 | |
| Squirrel Boy
|Cartoon Network |rowspan="2"|2006 | |
| September 29
|Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich |Syndication | |
| September 30
|TBS |1975 | |
| October 7
|We TV |2005 | |
| October 9
|SOAPnet |rowspan="2"|2004 | |
| October 10
|PBS Kids GO! | |
| rowspan="3"|October 14
|Fox News Channel |2006 | |
| Online Nation
|The CW | 2007 |
| Mystery!
|PBS |1980 | |
| October 18
|MTV |2007 | |
| October 20
|Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes |Nicktoons |2006 | |
| rowspan="2"|October 21
|VH1 |2005 | |
| Viva Laughlin
|CBS |2007 | |
| October 29
|BBQ with Bobby Flay |Food Network |2004 | |
| October 30
|Bravo |2003 | |
| rowspan="2"|October 31
|rowspan="2"|GSN |2007 | |
| PlayMania
|2006 | |
| November 1
|VH1 |2006 | |
| November 2
|BET |2007 | |
| rowspan="2"|November 9
|A Haunting (returned in 2012) |Discovery Channel |2002 | |
| The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
|rowspan="2"|Cartoon Network |rowspan="3"|2003 | |
| rowspan="2"|November 10 | |
| That's So Raven
|Disney Channel |Ended | |
| rowspan="2"|November 11
|Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil |Adult Swim |2005 |rowspan="24"|Cancelled | |
| Tell Me You Love Me
|HBO |rowspan="3"|2007 | |
| November 12
|USA Network | |
| November 13
|ABC | |
| November 14
|Comedy Central |2004 | |
| November 17
|Playhouse Disney |2005 | |
| November 21
|rowspan="2"|NBC |rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| rowspan="2"|November 28 | |
| Gerald McBoing-Boing
|Cartoon Network |2005 | |
| November 30
|BET |rowspan="2"|2007 | |
| December 12
|CBS | |
| December 14
|The Biography Channel |2004 | |
| rowspan="2"|December 15
|Kaya |MTV |2007 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (returned in 2013)
|ABC Family |1998 | |
| rowspan="2"|December 16
|Nickelodeon |2004 | |
| America's Most Smartest Model
|VH1 |rowspan="4"|2007 | |
| December 17
|Fox | |
| December 18
|Cane |CBS | |
| December 19
|rowspan="2"|NBC | |
| December 20
|rowspan="3"|2007 | |
| December 21
|Fox | |
| December 23
|A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila |rowspan="2"|MTV | |
| December 27
|2006 | |
| December 30
|Shorts in a Bunch |Nicktoons |2007 |
=Shows changing networks=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Show
! Moved from ! Moved to | |
|---|---|
| American Chopper
| TLC | |
| Batman: The Animated Series
|rowspan="3"|Jetix | |
| Pinky and the Brain | |
| Superman: The Animated Series | |
| Crank Yankers
| MTV2 | |
| Kenny vs. Spenny
| GSN | |
| Gerald McBoing Boing | |
| Marvin The Tap Dancing Horse
|rowspan="2"|PBS Kids |rowspan="2"|Qubo | |
| Elliot Moose | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|rowspan="2"|NBC | |
| Passions
| The 101 | |
| Tim Russert
| CNBC | MSNBC | |
| Imus in the Morning
| MSNBC | RFD-TV | |
| Little Bill | Noggin |
| Strawberry Shortcake
|CBS | |
| Play with Me Sesame | |
| NFL Films Game of the Week
|NFL Network |PAX TV |
=Made-for-TV movies and television specials=
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| style="background:#ccc;"
! Date of airing | Title | Channel |
| January 12 | ||
| January 14
|rowspan="2"|Cartoon Network | ||
| February 18 | ||
| March 20
|Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt | ||
| March 30 | ||
| June 8 | ||
| June 9 | ||
| July 20
|rowspan="2"|Nickelodeon | ||
| August 3 | ||
| August 17 | ||
| October 6 | ||
| October 12 | ||
| October 30 | ||
| November 21 |
=Entering syndication this year=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| style="background:#ccc;"
! Show | Seasons | In Production | Source |
| Cold Case | 4 | rowspan=1|Yes | |
| Family Guy | 7 | rowspan=1|Yes | |
| George Lopez | 5 | rowspan=1|No | |
| Half & Half | 4 | rowspan=1|No | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 6 | rowspan=1|Yes | |
| Reno 911! | 4 | rowspan=1|Yes | |
| Two and a Half Men | 4 | rowspan=1|Yes |
Networks and services
=Network launches=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network ! Type ! Launch date ! Notes ! Source |
| CaribeVision
| Cable television | Unknown | | |
| qubo
| Cable television | January 8 | | |
| Ion Life
| Cable television | February 19 | | |
| myxTV
| Cable and satellite | February 28 | | |
| Chiller
| Cable television | March 1 | | |
| LATV
| Cable television | April 23 | | |
| German Kino Plus
| Cable television | May 4 | | |
| TuVision
| Cable television | July 1 | | |
| KET ED: The Education Channel
| Over-the-air multicast and local cable (Kentucky) | August | Created as a merger of KET3 and KET4, KET ED provides instructional television programming tailor-made for schools and libraries, operating with the same duties as the service's predecessors KET Star Channels 703 and 704. | |
| Discovery Familia
| Cable television | August 9 | | |
| Big Ten Network
| Cable television | August 30 | | |
| Minnesota Channel
| Cable television | September 16 | | |
| Smithsonian Channel
| Cable television | September 26 | | |
| NHL Network
| Cable television | October 1 | | |
| Fox Business
| Cable television | October 15 | | |
| Penthouse TV
| Cable television | December | | |
| Retro Jams
| Cable television | December | | |
=Conversions and rebrandings=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Old network name ! New network name ! Conversion date ! Type ! Notes ! Source |
| i: Independent Television
| Cable television | January 29 | | |
=Closures=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network ! Type ! Closure date ! Notes ! Source |
| MTV Chi
| Cable television | April 30 | | |
| The Tube Music Network
| Cable television | October 1 | | |
| Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids
| Cable television | December 31 | | |
Television stations
=Station launches=
=Network affiliation changes=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date ! Station ! Channel ! Old affiliation ! New affiliation ! Notes/Ref. |
| September 13
| WVIR-DT2 | 29.2 | CW+ moves to DT3 subchannel |
| July
| WBKP | | ABC | The CW | |
| October 1
| WLUC-DT2 | 6.2 | |
| rowspan=4| November 9
| rowspan=4| Hagåtña, Guam (Agana) | K28HS | 28 | rowspan=4| TBN | rowspan=4| NBC |
| K30HB
| 30 |
| K32GB
| 32 |
| K36GJ
| 36 |
| Unknown date
| Rehoboth Beach, Delaware | WRDE-LP | 59 | Retro Television Network (primary) | |
=Station closures=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date ! City of license/Market ! Station ! Channel ! Affiliation ! Sign-on date ! Notes |
| February 8
| WYLE | 26 | Jewelry Television | April 19, 1986 | |
Births
| class="wikitable" | ||
| "
! Date | Name | Notability |
| rowspan="2"| January 19
|Jackson Dollinger |Actor (Sydney to the Max) | ||
| Lidya Jewett
|Actress (WITS Academy) | ||
| January 24
|Peyton Z. Basnight |Actress (Saturdays) | ||
| January 28
|Actress (That Girl Lay Lay) | ||
| January 31
|Tex Hammond |Actor (Lincoln Loud on The Loud House (Episode 114 onwards)) | ||
| February 23
|Leah Mei Gold |Actress (The Casagrandes, Pretty Freekin Scary) | ||
| February 28
|Scarlet Spencer |Actress (Cousins for Life) | ||
| March 4
|Actress (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Astronauts) | ||
| March 6
|Lili Brennan |Actress (Drama Club) | ||
| March 10
|Malachi Barton |Actor (Stuck in the Middle, Fancy Nancy) | ||
| March 25
|Will Buie Jr |Actor (Bunk'd) | ||
| March 28
|Luke Roessler |Actor | ||
| April 20
|Terrence Little Gardenhigh |Actor (Danger Force) | ||
| April 21
|Bryan Blanco |Actor (Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion) | ||
| May 1
|Artyon Celestine |Actor (Drama Club) | ||
| May 21
|Actor (The Astronauts) | ||
| June 6
|Actress (Modern Family) | ||
| June 14
|Actor (The Spiderwick Chronicles) | ||
| July 17
|Callan Farris |Actor (Gabby Duran and the Unsittables) | ||
| July 24
|Elie Samouhi |Actor (Bizaardvark) | ||
| July 28
|Danielle Jalade |Actress (Saturdays) | ||
| July 31
|Singer (America's Got Talent) | ||
| August 16
|Seth Carr |Actor (Knight Squad) | ||
| August 22
|Raphael Alejandro |Actor (Bunk'd) | ||
| August 24
|Actor (Punky Brewster) | ||
| August 27
|Actress (Stuck in the Middle) | ||
| August 28
|August Maturo |Actor (Girl Meets World) | ||
| August 31
|Jason Maybaum |Actor (Raven's Home, Blue Bloods) | ||
| September 9
|Mitchell Berg |Actor (Side Hustle) | ||
| September 25
|Zelia Ankrum |Actress (Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion) | ||
| October 16
|Kaylin Hayman |Actress (The Mick, Just Roll with It) | ||
| November 8
|Micah Abbey |Actor (Cousins for Life) | ||
| November 20
|Havan Flores |Actress (Danger Force) | ||
| November 30
|Kayden Grace Swan |Actress (The Astronauts) | ||
| December 4
|Actress (Bunk'd, Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion) | ||
| December 21
|Daria Johns |Actress (The Upshaws, Saturdays) | ||
| December 26
|Christian J. Simon |Voice actor (Darwin on The Amazing World of Gumball (2018–present), Sydney to the Max) |
Deaths
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| "
! Date | Name | Age | class="unsortable" |Notability |
| January 8
|align="center"|84 |Actress (Lily Munster on The Munsters) | |||
| January 14
|align="center"|72 | Actress (The Bold and the Beautiful) | |||
| January 16
|align="center"|65 | Race car driver, TV announcer / analyst | |||
| January 22
|align="center"|44 | Personal trainer (Work Out) | |||
| January 30
|align="center"|89 | Writer, creator (I Dream of Jeannie) | |||
| January 31
|align="center"|88 | Actor (Dynasty) | |||
| February 8
|align="center"|39 | Model and actress (The Anna Nicole Show) | |||
| April 5
|align="center"|51 | Singer (Kiss) | |||
| April 7
|align="center"|89 | Actor (James Bond on Climax!) | |||
| April 11
|align="center"|81 | Actor (voice of Kingpin on Spider-Man) | |||
| May 7
|align="center"|69 | Actor | |||
| May 15
|align="center"|73 | Pastor, televangelist | |||
| May 25
|align="center"|76 | Actor and game show panelist (The Match Game) | |||
| May 27
|align="center"|75 | Actress | |||
| June 12
|align="center"|89 | Creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard | |||
| June 21
|align="center"|80 | Actor | |||
| June 24
|align="center"|40 | Professional wrestler and star of ECW (WWE) | |||
| July 11
|align="center"|94 | First Lady of the United States and spouse of President Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
| July 29
|align="center"|71 | Talk show host (Tomorrow Show) | |||
| August 28
|align="center"|78 |Japanese actress (The Courtship of Eddie's Father) | |||
| August 29
|align="center"|44 |Man falsely accused of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing by the press | |||
| September 10
|align="center"|90 |Actress (Falcon Crest) | |||
| September 21
|align="center"|84 | Actress, singer (Bewitched, Mayberry R.F.D., Designing Women) | |||
| November 14
|align="center"|72 | Actor (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show) |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2007-01-01,2007-12-31&countries=us&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2007 American television series] at IMDb
{{Years in TV by country|2007}}