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In [[Television in the United States|American television]] in 2008, notable events included television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.

==Notable events==

===January===
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! 1
|CourtTV is rebranded as [[TruTV]].
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! 2
|An 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 [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike|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 [[American Broadcasting Company|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).
|-
! rowspan=2| 4
|Jason Luna become the program's first (and only) $1,000,000 winner in the [[NBC]]'s game show ''[[1 vs. 100 (American game show)|1 vs. 100]]'' during the program's second-season premiere titled ''Battle of the Sexes''.<ref name="NBC2Premiere">((cite episode|season=2|number=1|series=1 vs. 100|network=NBC|date=January 4, 2008))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/March-2008/Front-Pages/|title=Mr. Trivia|work=San Diego Magazine|date=February 28, 2008|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924094041/http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/March-2008/Front-Pages/))</ref>
|-
|[[Nick Jr. (TV programming block)|Nick Jr.]] celebrates its 20th anniversary.
|-
! 7
|Due to the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike|writers strike]], it is announced that plans to hold the [[65th Golden Globe Awards]] ceremony will be scrapped. A press conference that announced the winners is substituted for the program, and [[NBC]], which would have broadcast the ceremony, airs Golden Globe-related programming in its place.<ref>((cite news| url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/globes/env-lauer-nbc-globes9jan09,0,1850272.story | title='Dateline' presents Golden Globes pre-show - The Envelope - LA Times | work=Los Angeles Times)) ((Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot))</ref>
|-
!27
|Discovery Times was renamed "[[Investigation Discovery]]".<ref>((cite news |title=Discovery Investigates |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-torchwood5550766jan26,0,5830607.column |quote=Tomorrow, the Discovery Times digital channel morphs into Investigation Discovery. (ID, get it?) Premiere night features "Deadly Women" (tomorrow at 8 p.m.), about female killers, and a related episode of "48 Hours: Hard Evidence" (tomorrow at 9 p.m., all on ID). Read the new channel's case file at blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report |newspaper=[[Long Island Newsday]] |access-date=January 27, 2008 |date=January 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129093635/http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-torchwood5550766jan26%2C0%2C5830607.column |archive-date=January 29, 2008 |df=mdy ))</ref> 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===
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! 2
|[[VH1 Uno]] is discontinued by [[MTV Networks]] to expand distribution of [[mtvU]] beyond college campuses and onto regular cable systems.
|-
! rowspan=2 | 3
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'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 (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' [[Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen|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."<ref name="PR Week">((cite news|url=http://www.prweekus.com/Animal-Planet-presents-new-face-to-the-world/article/104257|title=Animal Planet presents new face to the world|work=PR Week|date=January 16, 2008|last=Brune|first=Adrian|access-date=February 2, 2008))</ref> 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.<ref name="BC">((cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6522304.html|title=Animal Planet Changes Its Stripes|work=Broadcasting & Cable|last=Becker|first=Anne|date=January 14, 2008|access-date=February 2, 2008))</ref> 
|-
! 8
|The [[CW Television Network]] and the [[WWE]] announced that ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown]]'' would leave the CW primetime 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.
|-
! 9
|Both the [[Writers Guild of America]] and [[Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers]] [https://www.variety.com/VR1117980589.html reach a tentative deal] resolving the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike|strike]]. Members vote three days later to end the strike.
|-
! rowspan="2"|17
|The conversion of NTSC analog channels to DT channels using the [[ATSC Standards|ATSC]] system [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6533109.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2228 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 (2008 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]].
|-
! 18
|[[Nickelodeon]] 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 (American game show)|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 [[The Price Is Right (Australian game show)|Australian version]] as the franchise's largest winnings record in the show's history. Until [[James Holzhauer]]'s ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' appearance in 2019, Rose was placed in the [[American game show winnings records|top ten largest game show winners in history]] until April 24, 2019 (Holzhauer's total game show career winnings at the time after the episode was $1,193,508.33 (including J!'s career winnings of $1,135,175; Holzhauer's final winnings were $2,464,216 after his defeat on his 33rd game on June 3, and $3,022,549 as of ''[[Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time]]'' tournament, the latter currently was placed third in the top ten list)).<ref>((Cite episode |series=The Price Is Right |title=The Price Is Right |network=CBS |date=22 February 2008 |season=36 |number=24SP |url=http://www.priceisright.com/calendar/))</ref>
|-
! 24
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'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 [[75th Academy Awards|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.
|-
! 25
|[[Fox News Channel]] rebrands its ''[[Fox News Live]]'' and ''[[Weekend Live]]'' telecasts as ''[[America's Election Headquarters]]'', a news program related to the [[2008 United States presidential election|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.
|-
! 29
|[[CBS]]'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 (state)|New York]].
|}

===March===
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! 7
|Michael Hanes, a former contestant on ''[[Press Your Luck]]'', wins $1,127,062 on a prime-time episode of ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price is Right]]'' on [[CBS]].<ref>((Cite episode |series=The Price Is Right |title=The Price Is Right |network=CBS |date=7 March 2008 |season=36 |number=28SP |url=http://www.priceisright.com/calendar/))</ref>
|-
! 10
|Fox 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.<ref name="FSNtoMSGPlus">((cite web|title=FSNY to be renamed MSG Plus|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-spmedia265592087feb26,0,661191.column?track=rss|author=Neil Best|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|publisher=[[Cablevision|Cablevision Systems Corporation]]|date=February 26, 2008|access-date=February 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426204438/http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-spmedia265592087feb26,0,661191.column|archive-date=April 26, 2008|df=mdy-all))</ref>
|-
! 12
|The USA TV website ''[[Hulu]]'' went live.
|-
! 15
|[[Laurie Dhue]], anchor of ''[[Fox Report|Fox Report Weekend]]'', leaves [[Fox News Channel]] after opting not to renew her contract.<ref>[http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/laurie-dhue-leaves-fnc/19609 Laurie Dhue leaves FNC] ''TVNewser'', March 15, 2008</ref> She is replaced by [[Julie Banderas]], co-anchor of ''[[America's Election Headquarters]]'' on weekends.
|-
! 20
|As part of that same rebranding effort, The History Channel dropped "The" and "Channel" from its name to become simply "[[History (American TV channel)|History]]".<ref>International Herald Tribune [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/20/arts/TV-History-Channel.php Television's The History Channel Drops 'The' and 'Channel' from Its Name, Keeps History] March 20, 2008</ref>
|-
! 26
|[[CBS]]'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.
|-
! 27
|[[WNBC]]/[[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.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/channel-4-lends-lend-america-article-1.288478|title=Ch.4 lends itself out for 'Loan newscast'|work=NY Daily News|access-date=August 16, 2015))</ref> 6 days after the incident, the station restored the "''4 New York''" branding for non-news programming and ''[[News 4 New York]]'' for news programming.<ref>((cite web|url=http://gothamist.com/2008/04/01/wnbc_does_the_t.php|title=WNBC Does the Time Warp Again|work=Gothamist|date=April 2008 |access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405183748/http://gothamist.com/2008/04/01/wnbc_does_the_t.php|archive-date=April 5, 2008|df=mdy-all))</ref>
|}

===April===
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! 1
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'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]]''.
|-
! 4
| In CBS, Cynthia Azevedo became the third and final $1,000,000 winner (the only winner who won the $1,000,000 bonus from a Pricing Game, ''Clock Game'') on a prime-time episode of ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price is Right]]'' with a total winning of $1,089,017. Another contestant from the same episode won an $87,910 [[Dodge Viper]] on ''Golden Road'', and this was the game's last win until December 23, 2014. ''Price'' would later cancel the $1,000,000 spectacular on May 7 due to budget.<ref>((Cite episode |series=The Price Is Right |title=The Price Is Right |network=CBS |date=4 April 2008 |season=36 |number=26SP |url=http://www.priceisright.com/calendar/))</ref>
|-
! 7
|[[Bill Self]]'s [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas Jayhawks]] defeat [[John Calipari]]'s [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|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 [[College Basketball on CBS|CBS]].<ref>((cite news|url=http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=284000063|title=After 20-year drought, Kansas rallies to beat Memphis for NCAA title|work=ESPN.com|date=7 April 2008|access-date=3 May 2014))</ref>
|-
! 17
| In [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], former ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant [[Kimberley Locke]] became the first contestant in history to attempt, but unsuccessfully, the final level ($1,000,000 song; [[Ringo Starr]]'s ''[[You're Sixteen#Ringo Starr version|You're Sixteen]]'') in the game show ''[[Don't Forget the Lyrics! (American game show)|Don't Forget the Lyrics!]]'' and left with $100,000 that was raised for Camp Heartland. Locke, however, announced after the game that she would raise the $400,000 that she risked earlier along with the help of host [[Wayne Brady]].
|-
!18
| [[Disney Channel]] celebrates its 25th anniversary.
|-
! 28
|[[The WB|The WB Television Network]], a former television channel launches again as an online website only.
|}

===May===
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! 11
| On [[CBS]], former model [[Parvati Shallow]] was announced the winner of ''[[Survivor: Micronesia]]''. It was also announced that the [[Survivor: Gabon|next season]] will be filmed in [[high-definition television|high definition]].
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! 14
| Spike premieres the TV Show, [[1000 Ways To Die]].
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! 16
| The [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] television market is selected by the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] to be the first television market in the United States to sign off their analog channels for [[ATSC Standards|ATSC]] early, starting September 8.
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! 21
| On [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] became the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh winner]] of ''[[American Idol]]''.
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| 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 [[Kids WB]] was shut down [[4Licensing Corporation|4Kids Entertainment]]).<ref>((cite web| title =CW turns to 4Kids on Saturdays| work =Variety| date =October 2, 2007| url =https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973235?refCatId=14| access-date =September 5, 2012))</ref> (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 [[station identification|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===
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! 1
| A [[Universal Studios#Explosion and fire|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.
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! 4
|Facing 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.<ref>((cite web |title=Discovery to Start Channel Focusing on Green Movement (Published 2007) |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826064911/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/media/05green.html?ex=1333425600 |archive-date=2019-08-26 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/media/05green.html?ex=1333425600&en=0fad6ec663c1b914&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss))</ref> Discovery Home was relaunched as the environmentally-themed [[Destination America|Planet Green]] at 6:00&nbsp;p.m. ET.
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! 19
|[[Big Ten Network]] and [[Comcast]] announced a carriage agreement deal. The channel was added to Comcast on August 15.
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! 28
|The 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===
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! 7
|The 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.
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! 15
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'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.
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! 21
|[[MGM Television]] and [[Weigel Broadcasting]] announce the launching of a new broadcast network designed for digital subchannels in the United States called [[This TV]].
|}

===August===
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! Event
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! 1
|Bowing to concerns by the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network over its Mexican-based operations, [[XETV]], its affiliate in [[San Diego]] licensed to [[Tijuana, Baja California|Tijuana]], [[Mexico]], swaps affiliations with [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[KSWB-TV]].
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! 6
|Disney-ABC Television Group announced they would close [[Toon Disney]] in early 2009 and replace it with [[Disney XD]], which would be aimed at kids from ages 6 and up.
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! 7
|The [[Florence, South Carolina|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.
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! 8
|After 50 years of being served by [[WTAE-TV]]/[[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, the Wheeling-Steubenville and Clarksburg-Fairmont TV markets get their first full-time [[American Broadcasting Company|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 [[WTRF-DT3|DT3]] subchannel and sister station & [[NBC]] affiliate [[WBOY-TV]]/[[Clarksburg, West Virginia]] does the same on its [[WBOY-DT2|DT2]] subchannel. Both stations had been ABC secondary affiliates in the past.
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! 11
|''[[Sesame Street]]'' is broadcast in [[High-definition television|HD]] for the first time.
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! 28
|[[ESPNU]] launches its HD version to only five American cable television or satellite carriers.<ref>[http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6590153.html ESPNU Counts Five Distributors as Launch Nears]</ref>
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! 29
|After 10 years on the air, [[PBS]] pulls ''[[Teletubbies]]'' off the [[PBS Kids]] block. The show remains off the air until 2015.
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! 31
|[[Big Ten Network]] reached [[Big Ten Network#Carriage deal agreements|carriage deal agreements]] with [[Time Warner Cable]], [[Charter Communications]], [[Brighthouse Networks]], [[Mediacom]] and [[Cox Communications]], ending the "[[Big Ten Network#Carriage|cable carriage controversies]]" that the network had in its first year of existence. The network is now on all major cable TV systems in [[Big Ten Conference|The Big Ten Region]].
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===September===
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|Music: High Definition (MHD) is renamed [[Palladia]].
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|[[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.
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| Jessica Robinson become the program's first (of two) $1,000,000 winner in [[NBC]]'s ''[[Deal or No Deal (American game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'' during the ''Million Dollar Mission'' special. Nearly two months later on October 29, Winnow "Tomorrow" Rodriquez became the second $1,000,000 winner after Rodriquez opened the last non-million briefcase before the final deal.
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! rowspan="2"| 4
|''[[Stand Up to Cancer]]'', an event designed to raise cancer awareness, airs on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[NBC]] and [[E!]] in the United States, and on CTV, Citytv and Global in Canada.
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| Then-[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgian]] [[Superintendent (education)|superintendent]] [[Kathy Cox (American politician)|Kathy Cox]] became the program's first (of two) $1,000,000 winner in [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]'s game show ''[[Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (American game show)|Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?]]''.
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! rowspan="2"|8
|The [[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 Standards|ATSC]] system.
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|The 26th season of ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' premiered with a new wedge introduced from the ''[[Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show)|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.
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! 15
|[[WTMJ-TV]]/[[Milwaukee]] drops almost all syndicated programming except for ''[[Better (talk show)|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&nbsp;pm, a first in the United States Central Time Zone) and [[NBC]] programming.
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! 20
|After 11 years of run on the [[Cartoon Network]], the successful action-adventure block, [[Toonami]], has been canceled, effective 11 pm EST and later it returned in 2012.
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! 21
|The ''[[60th Primetime Emmy Awards]]'' broadcasts on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
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! 23
| The pilot episode of The Mentalist airs on CBS.
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! 26
|Programming block Ready Set Learn ends on [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] and children's programming are moved over to [[Discovery Kids]]. It would be re-branded as [[Discovery Family|The Hub]] two years later.
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===October===
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!2
|[[Gwen Ifill]] moderates the [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] debate between [[Sarah Palin]] and [[Joe Biden]] which ends up being the most watched vice [[2008 United States presidential debates|presidential debate]] of all time.
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! 7
|[[NBC]] 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? (American 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 then-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 till this day (Jennings' record was surpassed by Rutter between May 16, 2014, after the finals of ''Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades'' until January 14, 2020, on ''[[Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time]]'').
|-
! 14
| Michelle Lowenstein became the first $1,000,000 winner in the game show ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]''. At $1,026,080 in cash & prizes won, Lowenstein surpassed Peter Argyropolous and Deborah Cohen's all-time winnings record of $146,529 back in February 1996, and Christine Denos and [[Jack Wagner (actor)|Jack Wagner]]'s<!--Do not remove the internal link, it is actually the actor--> single-day record of $142,550 on February 28, 2006, to become the largest single-day winner in the show's history until on May 30, 2013, where another contestant Autumn Erhard (who won $1,030,340) surpassed Lowenstein's total.<ref>[http://www.wheeloffortune.com/announcements/?article=20 Everything is Coming Up Roses for Wheel of Fortune $1,000,000 winner] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004140647/http://www.wheeloffortune.com/announcements/?article=20 |date=October 4, 2009 )). From Sony's Web site.</ref>
|-
! 17
|[[United States House of Representatives|United States Congresswoman]] [[Michele Bachmann]] ([[Minnesota's 6th congressional district|R-Minnesota 6th]]) makes headlines when she asks for an investigation into whether members of the United States Congress are [[McCarthyism|anti-American]] during a live interview on [[MSNBC]]'s ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews]]''.
|-
! 20
|[[CBS]] announces it has signed an affiliation deal with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WENY-TV]] in [[Elmira, New York]], giving the Elmira-[[Corning, New York|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 on 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).
|-
! 24
|[[Barack Obama]] airs a 30-minute infomercial that airs on [[CBS]], [[NBC]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], [[Univision]], [[MSNBC]] and [[TV One (Radio One)|TV One]]. The infomercial is seen by 33.6 million viewers.
|-
! 25
|K07YM 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.
|-
! 29
|Game 5 of the [[2008 World Series|World Series]] is broadcast on [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]]. The [[2008 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]] win their second title in franchise history and first since [[1980 World Series|1980]], defeating the [[2008 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]].
|}

===November===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
! 1
|[[Cookie Jar Toons|Cookie Jar Toons/This is for Kids]] debuts on [[This TV]].
|-
! 4
|[[CNN]] becomes the first channel in 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]].<ref>((cite web|title=Multichannel News November 5, 2008 CNN goes holographic |author=Todd Spangler |url=http://www.multichannel.com/blog/BIT_RATE/6608-CNN_Goes_Holographic.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616065954/http://www.multichannel.com/blog/BIT_RATE/6608-CNN_Goes_Holographic.php |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=live|access-date=April 15, 2009 |df=mdy ))</ref>
|-
! 5
|At the end of the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], [[Fox News Channel]] rebrands ''[[America's Election Headquarters]]'' as ''[[America's News Headquarters]]''. Also, the headline segments now use that name.
|-
!17
|[[Kathy Cox (American politician)|Kathy Cox]], who earlier appeared in ''[[Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (American game show)|Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?]]'' as the first $1,000,000 winner on September 4, along with his husband, declared [[Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code|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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090927045215/http://www.ajc.com/news/fayette/protest-set-today-over-118789.html Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Protest set today over Cox's winnings: Superintendent won game show jackpot, then filed bankruptcy", 8/18/2009.]</ref>
|-
! 19
|[[Flint, Michigan]] [[PBS]] member station [[WCMZ-TV|WFUM-TV]] (a.k.a. Michigan Television) permanently turns off its [[analog signal]] and begins broadcasting exclusively in [[digital terrestrial television|digital]], 9 months before the federally mandated [[DTV transition in the United States|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.<ref>[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=662755 WFUM-TV report to FCC]</ref><ref>[http://www.michigantelevision.org/ Michigan Television Homepage] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014095735/http://www.michigantelevision.org/ |date=October 14, 2008 ))</ref>
|-
! 20
|[[The CW]] announces that it has terminated its Sunday night deal with [[MRC (company)|Media Rights Capital]]. At the end of the season, the network returns its Sunday night programming time to its local affiliates.<ref>Andreeva, Nellie (2009-05-06). [https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE54514E20090506 CW Drops Sundays In Another Blow to Broadcast Model]. Reuters. Retrieved March 11, 2017.</ref>
|-
! 29
|To settle a court dispute between itself and rival [[NBC]] affiliate [[WLIO]], Metro Video Productions, owners of three low-power stations in [[Lima, Ohio]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]/[[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[WOHL-CD|WOHL-CA]], [[CBS]] affiliate [[WAMS-LD|WLMO-LP]], and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WPNM-LD|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===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
! 1
|[[WBQC-LD|WBQC-CA]]/[[Cincinnati]], Ohio asks the FCC permission to change its callsign to [[WKRP]] in honor of the [[WKRP in Cincinnati|television series]] that was set in the city.
|-
!3
|The [[Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2008|2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show]] is broadcast on [[CBS]]. 8.7 million people tune in.<ref>((cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12483FE0EB1DEEF0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Stars come out for Fontainebleau|access-date=March 7, 2009|date=November 17, 2008|work=[[The Miami Herald]]))</ref><ref name="StFsb">((cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12526F9ECD581B70&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Singin' the Fontainebleau shut-out blues?|access-date=March 7, 2009|date=November 14, 2008|work=[[The Miami Herald]]|author=Abravanel, Lesley))</ref><ref name="IMDB08">((cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1328650/|title=The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2008) |access-date=March 7, 2009|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]))</ref><ref name="BS">((cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:NYPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=124DB16FA3BB4EF0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Backstage Secrets – Behind The Brassieres At The Victoria's Secret Fashion|access-date=March 7, 2009|date=December 3, 2008|work=[[New York Post]]|author=Micchandani, Raakhee))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:NYPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=124910BFDAE13DA8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Quick Chemistry|date=November 19, 2008|access-date=March 7, 2009|work=[[New York Post]]))</ref>
|-
! 4
|For 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]].
|-
! 7
|In [[CBS]], siblings Nicholas "Nick" Spangler and Emily "Starr" Spangler won the [[The Amazing Race 13|thirteenth season]] of the five-time [[Primetime Emmy Award]]-winning reality show [[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|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 [[The Amazing Race 15|fifteenth season]] nearly a year later) until the [[The Amazing Race 20|twentieth season]], where it was first surpassed by winners Rachel & Dave Brown Jr. with eight legs in May 2012 (tying Rovilson Fernanzes & Marc Nelson's record of eight legs from ''[[The Amazing Race Asia 2]]'' in last year, and Tom & Tyler later on ''[[The Amazing Race Australia 4]]'' in November 2019).
|-
! rowspan="2"|8
|[[High-definition television|HD]] versions of [[Comcast]]'s cable channels [[Style Network|The Style Network]], [[E! Entertainment Television]] and [[G4 (American TV channel)|G4]] launch. [[Golf Channel]] and [[Versus (TV channel)|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.
|-
!16
|Contestant Terry Kniess became the first contestant to achieve a perfect showcase bid on ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price is Right]]'' by guessing the exact price ($23,743) of the showcase he was offered, amid allegations of cheating.<ref name="Kniess">((cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Chris|title=TV's Crowning Moment of Awesome|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a7922/price-is-right-perfect-bid-0810/|magazine=Esquire|date=July 11, 2010|access-date=March 7, 2015))</ref>
|-
! 27
| After over eighteen years, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|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.
|-
! 29
|After four years, [[Adult Swim]] adds an hour to its operating day (the block, which used to begin at 11:00&nbsp;p.m., now starts at 10:00&nbsp;p.m. and runs to 6:00&nbsp;a.m.)
|-
! rowspan="2"|31
|[[Time Warner Cable]] and [[Bright House Networks]] announce they are no longer carrying [[Viacom (2005–present)|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===
The following is a list of shows that premiered in 2008.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date || Show || Network
|-
|January 6
|''[[Biz Kid$]]''
|[[PBS Kids Go!]]
|-
|January 8
|''[[How Much Is Enough?]]''
|GSN
|-
|January 8
|''Street Patrol''
|MyNetworkTV
|-
|January 9
|''[[Ghost Hunters International]]''
|[[Syfy|Sci Fi]]
|-
|January 10
|''[[Amas de Casa Desesperadas (American TV series)|Amas de Casa Desesperadas]]''<ref>((cite news|title=Univision gets Spanish 'Housewives'|url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/news/univision-gets-spanish-housewives-1117964896/|access-date=September 20, 2013|newspaper=Variety|date=May 14, 2007|author=Anna Marie de la Fuente))</ref>
|[[Univision]]
|-
|January 13
|''[[Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|January 14
|''[[Fifi and the Flowertots]]''
|[[Universal Kids|PBS Kids Sprout]]
|-
|January 20
|''[[Breaking Bad]]''
|[[AMC (TV network)|AMC]]
|-
|January 23
|''[[The Moment of Truth (American game show)|The Moment of Truth]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|January 25
|''[[Gone Country (TV series)|Gone Country]]''
|[[Country Music Television|CMT]]
|-
|January 28
|''[[In Treatment (American TV series)|In Treatment]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|January 31
|''[[Eli Stone]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 4
|''[[The Mr. Men Show]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|''[[Welcome to The Captain]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|February 7
|''[[America's Best Dance Crew]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|''[[Lipstick Jungle (TV series)|Lipstick Jungle]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Ni Hao, Kai-lan]]'' 
|[[Nick Jr. (TV programming block)|Nick Jr.]]
|-
|February 18
|''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]''
|[[Jetix]] on [[Toon Disney]]
|-
|February 24
|''[[Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'' 
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|March 2
|''[[Unhitched]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|March 4
|''[[New Amsterdam (2008 TV series)|New Amsterdam]]''
|-
|March 8
|''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)|The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
|March 10
|''[[Canterbury's Law]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|March 14
|''[[The Return of Jezebel James]]''
|-
|March 16
|''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|March 18
|''[[Miss Guided]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|March 30
|''[[Tracey Ullman's State of the Union]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
|April 1
|''[[Delocated]]''
|[[Adult Swim]]
|-
|April 12
|''[[Groomer Has It]]''
|[[Animal Planet]]
|-
|April 16
|''[[Under One Roof (2008 TV series)|Under One Roof]]''
|MyNetworkTV
|-
|April 18
|''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 22
|''[[A Shot at Love II with Tila Tequila]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|''[[The Big Green Help]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 26
|''[[The Mighty B!]]''
|-
|''[[Farmer Wants a Wife (American TV series)|Farmer Wants a Wife]]''
|[[The CW]]
|-
|May 2
|''[[Speed Racer: The Next Generation]]''
|[[Nicktoons (American TV channel)|Nicktoons Network]]
|-
|May 14
|''[[1000 Ways to Die]]''
|[[Spike TV]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 26
|''[[Denise Richards: It's Complicated]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[E!]]
|-
|''[[Living Lohan]]''
|-
|June 1
|''[[Million Dollar Password]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 5
|''[[Swingtown]]''
|-
|''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|June 15
|''[[Surviving History]]''
|History
|-
|June 21
|''[[Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?]]''
|[[Playhouse Disney]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|June 24
|''[[I Survived a Japanese Game Show]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[Wipeout (2008 American game show)|Wipeout]]''
|-
|''[[Atom TV]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 27
|''[[Dance Machine]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[Three Delivery]]''
|[[Nicktoons (United States)|Nicktoons Network]]
|-
|July 1
|''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]''
|[[ABC Family]]
|-
|July 6
|''[[I Love Money]]''
|[[VH1]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 11
|''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|''[[Queen Bees (TV series)|Queen Bees]]''
|[[Noggin (brand)#The N|The N]]
|-
|July 13
|''[[Generation Kill (miniseries)|Generation Kill]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|July 14
|''[[The Wendy Williams Show]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|July 15
|''[[Must Love Kids]]''
|[[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 21
|''[[Wanna Bet?]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire''
|[[History (American TV channel)|History Channel]]
|-
|July 23
|''[[Buzzin' (TV series)|Buzzin']]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|July 29
|''[[Jurassic Fight Club]]''
|[[History (American TV channel)|History Channel]]
|-
|August 3
|''[[E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!|Pam: Girl on the Loose!]]''
|[[E!]]
|-
|August 4
|''[[New York Goes to Hollywood]]''
|[[VH1]]
|-
|August 15
|''[[Outsiders Inn]]''
|[[Country Music Television|CMT]]
|-
|August 18
|''[[Gemini Division]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|August 21
|''[[The Principal's Office]]''
|[[truTV]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 1
|''[[Raising the Bar (2008 TV series)|Raising the Bar]]''
|[[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]
|-
|''[[Martha Speaks (TV series)|Martha Speaks]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[PBS Kids]]
|-
|''[[Sid the Science Kid]]''
|-
|September 2
|''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''
|[[The CW]]
|-
|September 3
|''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''
|[[FX (TV channel)|FX]]
|-
|September 6
|''[[Imagination Movers (TV series)|Imagination Movers]]''
|[[Playhouse Disney]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 7
|''[[Hole in the Wall (American game show)|Hole in the Wall]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|''[[True Blood]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 8
|''[[The Bonnie Hunt Show]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|''[[The Doctors (talk show)|The Doctors]]''
|-
|''[[The Rachel Maddow Show]]''
|[[MSNBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 9
|''[[Privileged (TV series)|Privileged]]''
|[[The CW]]
|-
|''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|September 10
|''[[Do Not Disturb (TV series)|Do Not Disturb]]''
|-
|September 15
|''[[My Family's Got Guts]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 22
|''[[Worst Week]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|''[[Judge Jeanine Pirro]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 23
|''[[Family Court with Judge Penny]]''
|-
|''[[Opportunity Knocks (game show)|Opportunity Knocks]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[The Mentalist]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 24
| rowspan="2" |''[[Gary Unmarried]]''
|-
|[[NBC]]
|-
|September 26
|''[[The Suite Life on Deck]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|September 28
|''[[Little Britain USA]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|September 30
|''[[Paris Hilton's My New BFF]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|rowspan="4"|October 3
|''[[The Ex List]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|''[[The Secret Saturdays]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]''
|-
|''You Are Here''
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 4
|''[[1st Look]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Making Fiends (TV series)|Making Fiends]]''
|[[Nicktoons (United States)|Nicktoons Network]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 5
|''[[Easy Money (TV series)|Easy Money]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[The CW]]
|-
|''[[In Harm's Way (TV series)|In Harm's Way]]''
|-
|''[[Valentine (TV series)|Valentine]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 6
|''[[Lomax, the Hound of Music]]''
|[[PBS Kids]]
|-
|''[[Worldfocus]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
|October 7
|''[[The Real Housewives of Atlanta]]''
|[[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]]
|-
|October 8
|''[[The Tony Rock Project]]''
|[[MyNetworkTV]]
|-
|rowspan="5"|October 9
|''[[Eleventh Hour (American TV series)|Eleventh Hour]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|''[[Kath & Kim (American TV series)|Kath & Kim]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday]]''
|-
|''[[Life on Mars (American TV series)|Life on Mars]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[Testees]]''
|FX
|-
|October 10
|''[[The Starter Wife (miniseries)|The Starter Wife]]''
|USA
|-
|October 11
|''[[Dogs 101]]''
|[[Animal Planet]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 13
|''[[My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)|My Own Worst Enemy]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]''
|[[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]]
|-
|October 15
|''[[Chocolate News]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
|rowspan="4"|October 17
|''[[Crash (2008 TV series)|Crash]]''
|[[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]]
|-
|''[[Crusoe (TV series)|Crusoe]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Ghost Adventures]]''
|[[Travel Channel]]
|-
|''[[Jane Velez-Mitchell (TV program)|Jane Velez-Mitchell]]''
|HLN
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 18
|''[[Giada at Home]]''
|[[Food Network]]
|-
|''[[Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling]]''
|[[Country Music Television|CMT]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|October 20
|''[[Rita Rocks]]''
|[[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]]
|-
|''[[Real Chance of Love]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[VH1]]
|-
|''[[Scream Queens (2008 TV series)|Scream Queens]]''
|-
|October 22
|''[[Stylista]]''
|[[The CW]]
|-
|October 25
|''[[D. L. Hughley Breaks the News]]''
|[[CNN]]
|-
|October 27
|''[[Cars Toons]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|October 30
|''[[Lost Tapes]]''
|[[Animal Planet]]
|-
|November 1
|''[[Legend of the Seeker]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|November 3
|''[[Pajanimals]]''
|[[PBS Kids Sprout]]
|-
|November 5
|''[[America's News Headquarters]]''
|[[Fox News Channel]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |November 8
|''[[True Jackson, VP]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|''[[Tasty Time with ZeFronk]]''
|[[Playhouse Disney]]
|-
|November 14
|''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|November 29
|''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|December 6
|''[[Random! Cartoons]]''
|[[Nicktoons (United States)|Nicktoons Network]]
|-
|December 7
|''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]''
|[[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]
|-
|December 9
|''[[A Double Shot at Love]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|December 16
|''[[Momma's Boys]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 29
|''[[Bromance (American TV series)|Bromance]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
|''[[The City (2008 TV series)|The City]]''
|[[MTV]]
|}

===Entering syndication this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! Show || Seasons || In Production || Source 
|-
|''[[Boston Legal]]''||4||rowspan=''1''|No||
|-
|''[[CSI: NY]]''||4||rowspan=''1''|Yes||
|-
|''[[Desperate Housewives]]''||4||rowspan=''1''|Yes||
|-
|''[[Tyler Perry's House of Payne]]''||5||rowspan=''1''|Yes||
|-
|''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''||6||rowspan=''1''|Yes||
|-
|''[[Punk'd]]''||8||rowspan= ''1''|No||
|-
|''[[Storm Stories]]''||7||rowspan=''1''|Yes||
|}

===Changes of network affiliation===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Show
! Moved from
! Moved to
|-
| ''[[Maisy]]''
| [[Noggin (brand)|Noggin]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Qubo]]
|-
| ''[[The Zula Patrol]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[PBS Kids]]
|-
| ''[[Franny's Feet]]''
| [[PBS Kids Sprout]]
|-
| ''[[1st and 10 (ESPN TV series)|1st and 10]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[ESPN]]
| [[ESPN2]]
|-
|''[[The Contender (TV series)|The Contender]]''
| [[Versus (TV channel)|Versus]]
|-
|''[[Emeril Live]]''
| [[Food Network]]
| [[Fine Living (US)|Fine Living]]
|-
|''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]''
| [[NBC]]
| [[The 101 Network]]
|-
| ''[[High School Reunion (TV series)|High School Reunion]]''
| [[The WB]]
| [[TV Land]]
|-
| ''[[Inside the NFL]]''
| [[HBO]]
| [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
| ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[Disney Channel]] 
|rowspan="2"| [[Toon Disney]] (second-run airings)
|-
|''[[The Suite Life of Zack & Cody]]''
|-
| ''[[The Whitest Kids U' Know]]''
| [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]]
| [[IFC (American TV network)|IFC]]
|-
| ''[[Jon & Kate Plus 8]]''
| [[Discovery Health Channel]]
| [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]]
|-
| ''[[Nashville Star]]''
| [[USA Network|USA]]
| [[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Futurama]]''
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]], and [[Adult Swim]]
| [[Comedy Central]]
|-
| ''[[Paradise Hotel]]''
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|rowspan="2"| [[MyNetworkTV]]
|-
| ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown]]''
| [[The CW Television Network|The CW]]
|-
|''[[World Poker Tour]]''
| [[Travel Channel]] and [[Game Show Network|GSN]]
| [[Game Show Network|GSN]] and [[Fox Sports Net]]
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[4KidsTV]]
| rowspan="3" |The CW4Kids
|-
| ''[[Viva Piñata (TV series)|Viva Piñata]]''
|-
|''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)|The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''
|rowspan="6"| [[Kids' WB]]
|-
| ''[[Johnny Test]]''
|rowspan="5"| [[Cartoon Network]]
|-
| ''[[Skunk Fu!]]''
|-
| ''[[Legion of Super Heroes]]''
|-
| ''[[Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!]]''
|-
| ''[[Tom and Jerry Tales]]''
|-
| ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]''
| [[Lifetime Television|Lifetime]]
| [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]]
|-
|''[[Mr. Meaty]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Nickelodeon]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Nicktoons (American TV channel)|Nicktoons]]
|-
|''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]''
|}

===Returning this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Show || Previous network || Last aired || New Title || New network || Returning
|-
|''[[Yin Yang Yo!]]''
|[[Jetix]] 
|rowspan="2"|2007
|rowspan="9"|Same
|rowspan="2"|Same
|January 1
|-
|''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]''
|[[The CW]] 
|January 8
|-
|''[[Paradise Hotel]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|2003
|[[MyNetworkTV]]
|rowspan="2"|February 4
|-
|''[[Bratz (TV series)|Bratz]]''
|[[4Kids TV]]
|rowspan="2"|2005
|rowspan="2"|[[Nicktoons]]
|-
|''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|rowspawn="2"|October 4
|-
|''[[Futurama]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|2003
|[[Comedy Central]]
|March 23
|-
|''[[The Bachelorette (American TV series)|The Bachelorette]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|2005
|rowspan="3"|Same
|May 19
|-
|''[[The Mole (American TV series)|The Mole]]''
|2004
|June 2
|-
|''[[ChalkZone]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]] 
|2005
|August 23
|-
|''[[The Batman (2004)|The Batman]]''
|[[Kids WB]]
|2008
|''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|November 14
|-
|[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|''Knight Rider'']]
|NBC
|1986
|Same
|Same
|September 24
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
! Status
|-
|January 6
|''[[I Love New York (TV series)|I Love New York]]''
|2007
|rowspan="31"|Cancelled
|-
|January 7
|''[[Higglytown Heroes]]''
|2004
|-
|January 15
|''[[SeeMore's Playhouse]]''
|2006
|-
|January 18
|''[[Game Head]]''
|2005
|-
|January 21
|''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''
|2002
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 23
|''[[The Land Before Time (TV series)|The Land Before Time]]''
|rowspan="7"|2007
|-
|''[[Power of 10 (American game show)|Power of 10]]''
|-
|January 24
|''[[Big Shots (TV series)|Big Shots]]''
|-
|January 28
|''[[Madre Luna]]''
|-
|January 30
|''[[Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants]]''
|-
|February 1
|''[[Star Jones (TV series)|Star Jones]]''
|-
|February 3
|''[[Life Is Wild]]''
|-
|February 4
|''[[Animal Precinct]]''
|2001
|-
|February 8
|''[[Flash Gordon (2007 TV series)|Flash Gordon]]''
|rowspan="2"|2007
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 11
|''[[Notes from the Underbelly]]''
|-
|''[[Girlfriends (2000 TV series)|Girlfriends]]''
|2000
|-
|February 15
|''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''
|2003
|-
|February 20
|''[[Cashmere Mafia]]''
|2008
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 22
|''[[1 vs. 100 (American game show)|1 vs. 100]]'' (returned in 2010)
|2006
|-
|''The Big Story''
|2001
|-
|rowspan="3"|February 24
|''[[CW Now]]''
|2007
|-
|''[[Fox News Live]]'' (returned in 2021)
|1999
|-
|''[[Weekend Live]]''
|2002
|-
|February 26
|''[[Bratz (TV series)|Bratz]]''
|2005
|-
|February 29
|''[[About a Girl (TV series)|About a Girl]]''
|rowspan="2"|2007
|-
|March 1
|''[[Iron Kid|Eon Kid]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 3
|''[[The Palace]]''
|rowspan="2"|2008
|-
|''[[Welcome to The Captain]]''
|-
|March 8
|''[[The Batman (TV series)|The Batman]]''
|2004
|-
|rowspan="3"|March 9
|''[[My Fair Brady]]''
|2005
|-
|''[[Quarterlife]]''
|2008
|-
|''[[The Wire]]''
|2002
|Ended
|-
|March 10
|''[[October Road (TV series)|October Road]]''
|2007
|rowspan="126"|Cancelled
|-
|March 13
|''[[The NightCap]]''
|2008
|-
|March 14
|''[[Tucker (2005 TV program)|Tucker]]''
|2005
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 15
|''[[Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!]]''
|2006
|-
|''[[Control Room Presents]]''
|rowspan="2"|2007
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 21
|''[[Wilbur (TV series)|Wilbur]]''
|-
|''[[The Return of Jezebel James]]''
|2008
|-
|March 22
|''[[Tom and Jerry Tales]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|2006
|-
|March 23
|''[[Frisky Dingo]]''
|-
|March 24
|''[[The Salt-N-Pepa Show]]''
|2007
|-
|March 25
|''[[Jericho (2006 TV series)|Jericho]]''
|2006
|-
|March 27
|''[[Camp Lazlo]]''
|2005
|-
|March 28
|''[[In the Loop with iVillage]]''
|2006
|-
|March 29
|''[[How Much Is Enough?]]''
|rowspan="2"|2008
|-
|March 30
|''[[Unhitched]]''
|-
|April 3
|''[[Miss Guided]]''
|2008
|-
|April 5
|''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]''
|2006
|-
|April 7
|''[[My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad]]''
|rowspan="3"|2008
|-
|April 8
|''[[Secret Talents of the Stars]]''
|-
|April 11
|''[[Amnesia (game show)|Amnesia]]''
|-
|April 13
|''[[Dirt (TV series)|Dirt]]''
|2007
|-
|April 14
|''[[New Amsterdam (2008 TV series)|New Amsterdam]]''
|2008
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 15
|''[[Ben 10 (2005 TV series)|Ben 10]]''
|2005
|-
|''[[Rob & Big]]''
|2006
|-
|April 16
|''[[Human Giant]]''
|2007
|-
|April 17
|''[[Atomic Betty]]''
|2004
|-
|April 18
|''[[Canterbury's Law]]''
|rowspan="2"|2008
|-
|April 20
|''[[Oprah's Big Give]]''
|-
|April 23
|''[[Pussycat Dolls Present]]''
|2007
|-
|April 27
|''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]''
|rowspan="2"|2008
|-
|April 28
|''[[High School Confidential (TV series)|High School Confidential]]''
|-
|April 29
|''[[The Riches]]''
|2007
|-
|May 2
|''[[Zoey 101]]''
|2005
|-
|May 9
|''[[Merv Griffin's Crosswords]]''
|2007
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 13
|''[[Beauty and the Geek]]''
|2005
|-
|''[[Women's Murder Club (TV series)|Women's Murder Club]]''
|rowspan="4"|2007
|-
|May 14
|''[[Back to You (TV series)|Back to You]]''
|-
|May 15
|''[[Lil' Bush]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 16
|''[[Moonlight (American TV series)|Moonlight]]''
|-
|''[[The Montel Williams Show]]''
|1991
|-
|May 18
|''[[Aliens in America]]''
|rowspan="2"|2007
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 19
|''[[Life of Ryan]]''
|-
|''[[Paradise Hotel]]'' (returned in 2019)
|2003
|-
|May 20
|''[[Shark (American TV series)|Shark]]''
|2006
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 23
|''[[Judge Hatchett]]''
|2000
|-
|''[[Temptation (2007 American game show)|Temptation]]''
|2007
|-
|May 24
|''[[Showtime at the Apollo]]'' (returned in 2018)
|1987 
|-
|May 25
|''[[Class of 3000]]''
|rowspan="2"|2006
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 26
|''[[Flavor of Love]]''
|-
|''[[Wildfire (2005 TV series)|Wildfire]]''
|2005
|-
|May 29
|''[[Out of Jimmy's Head]]''
|2007
|-
|May 30
|''[[WWE Heat]]''
|1998
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 31
|''[[My Kid's a Star]]''
|2008
|-
|''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''
|1994
|-
|June 8
|''[[Day Break]]''
|2006
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 10
|''[[ToddWorld]]''
|2004
|-
|''[[Work Out]]''
|rowspan="2"|2006
|-
|June 11
|''[[Men in Trees]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 13
|''America's Pulse with E.D. Hill''
|rowspan="2"|2007
|-
|''[[Pecados Ajenos]]''
|-
|June 14
|''[[World of Quest]]''
|2008
|-
|June 18
|''[[The Zula Patrol]]''
|2005
|-
|June 19
|''[[Amas de Casa Desesperadas (American TV series)|Amas de Casa Desesperadas]]''
|2008
|-
|June 21
|''[[Growing Up Creepie]]''
|2006
|-
|June 25
|''[[Farmer Wants a Wife (American TV series)|Farmer Wants a Wife]]'' (returned on Fox in 2023)
|2008
|-
|June 26
|''[[I Love the New Millennium]]''
|2008
|-
|June 28
|''[[Endurance (TV series)|Endurance]]''
|2002
|-
|June 30
|''[[Robson Arms]]''
|2005
|-
|July 4
|''[[Just In]]''
|2008
|-
|July 5
|''[[The Future Is Wild (TV series)|The Future Is Wild]]''
|2007
|-		
|rowspan="2"|July 6
|''[[Assy McGee]]''
|rowspan="2"|2006
|-
|''[[Di-Gata Defenders]]''
|-
|July 11
|''[[Dance Machine]]''
|2008
|-
|July 19
|''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|2005
|-
|July 23
|''[[Mind of Mencia]]''
|-
|July 25
|''[[Duel (American game show)|Duel]]''
|2007
|-
|July 27
|''[[Living Lohan]]''
|rowspan="2"|2008
|-
|July 29
|''[[Celebrity Family Feud]]'' (returned in 2015)
|-
|August 4
|''[[American Gladiators (2008 TV series)|American Gladiators]]''
|2008
|-
|August 7
|''[[Passions]]''
|1999
|-
|August 11
|''[[The Mole (American TV series)|The Mole]]''
|2001
|-
|rowspan="4"|August 17
|''[[All Grown Up!]]''
|rowspan="2"|2003
|-
|''[[Shootout (TV series)|Shootout]]''
|-
|''[[Code Monkeys]]''
|rowspan="2"|2007
|-
|''[[Fat Guy Stuck in Internet]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 23
|''[[Just Jordan]]''
|2007
|-
|''[[ChalkZone]]''
|2002
|-
|August 24
|''[[Generation Kill (miniseries)|Generation Kill]]''
|rowspan="2"|2008
|-
|August 29
|''[[Queen Bees (TV series)|Queen Bees]]''
|-
|August 30
|''[[Disney Channel Games]]''
|2006
|-
|September 1
|''[[The Suite Life of Zack & Cody]]''
|2005
|-
|September 4
|''[[Chop Socky Chooks]]''
|rowspan="2"|2008
|-
|rowspan="3"|September 5
|''[[Swingtown]]''
|-
|''[[Judge Maria Lopez]]''
|2006
|-
|''[[Northwest Afternoon]]''
|1984
|-
|September 12
|''[[Cory in the House]]''
|rowspan="2"|2007
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 13
|''[[El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera]]''
|-
|''The Planet's Funniest Animals''
|1999
|-
|September 16
|''[[Must Love Kids]]''
|2008
|-
|September 18
|''[[Wayside (TV series)|Wayside]]''
|2007
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 20
|''[[Kappa Mikey]]''
|2006
|-
|''[[E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!]]''
|rowspan="2"|2008
|-
|September 24
|''[[Do Not Disturb (TV series)|Do Not Disturb]]''
|-
|September 26
|''Fried Dynamite''
|2007
|-
|September 27
|''[[My Family's Got Guts]]''
|rowspan="3"|2008
|-
|October 2
|''[[MTV's Top Pop Group]]''
|-
|October 3
|''[[Outsiders Inn]]''
|-
|October 11
|''[[Tutenstein]]''
|2003
|-
|October 14
|''[[Opportunity Knocks (game show)|Opportunity Knocks]]''
|2008
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 21
|''[[General Hospital: Night Shift]]''
|2007
|-
|''[[The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency]]''
|2006
|-
|October 22
|''[[Jurassic Fight Club]]''
| rowspan="3" |2008
|-
|October 24
|''[[The Ex List]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |October 25
|''[[America's Toughest Jobs]]''
|-
|''[[Bindi the Jungle Girl]]''
|2007
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 26
|''[[In Harm's Way (TV series)|In Harm's Way]]''
|2008
|-
|''[[Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends]]''
|rowspan="2"|2004
|-
|October 28
|''[[LazyTown]]'' (returned in 2013)
|-
|October 30
|''[[Edgar & Ellen]]''
|2007
|-
|November 1
|''[[Making Fiends (TV series)|Making Fiends]]''
| rowspan="2" |2008
|-
|November 3
|''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]''
|-
|November 8
|''[[Rap City (BET program)|Rap City]]''
|1989
|-
|November 13
|''[[3-2-1 Penguins!]]''
|2006
|-
|November 16
|''[[Total Request Live]]'' (returned in 2017)
|1998
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 20
|''[[The Emperor's New School]]''
|2006
|-
|''[[Tim Gunn's Guide to Style]]''
|2007
|-
|November 25
|''[[The Shield]]''
|2002
|Ended
|-
|November 27
|''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey]]''
|2005
|rowspan="7"|Cancelled
|-
|rowspan="4"|December 6
|''[[Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling]]''
|2008
|-
|''[[Horseland (TV series)|Horseland]]''
|2006
|-
|''[[Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot]]''
|rowspan="2"|2007
|-
|''[[DinoSquad]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 7
|''[[Rugrats Pre-School Daze]]''
|2008
|-
|''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'' (returned in 2014)
|2001
|-
|December 8
|''[[Boston Legal]]''
|2004
|Ended
|-
|December 12
|''[[South of Nowhere]]''
|2005
|rowspan="11"|Cancelled
|-
|December 13
|''[[Trading Spaces]]'' (returned in 2018)
|2000
|-
|December 15
|''[[My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)|My Own Worst Enemy]]''
|rowspan="4"|2008
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 17
|''[[Chocolate News]]''
|-
|''[[Stylista]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|December 18
|''[[Testees]]''
|-
|''[[DragonflyTV]]'' 
|2002
|-
|''[[Moral Orel]]''
|rowspan="2"|2005
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 21
|''[[Next (2005 TV series)|Next]]''
|-
|''[[Brotherhood (American TV series)|Brotherhood]]''
|rowspan="2"|2006
|-
|December 24
|''[[The Black Carpet]]''
|}

===Made-for-TV movies===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date of airing || Title || Channel
|-
|January 25
|''[[Minutemen (film)|Minutemen]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|February 17
|''[[Knight Rider (2008 film)|Knight Rider]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|March 16
|''[[The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[ABC Family]]
|-
|April 20
|''[[Princess (2008 film)|Princess]]''
|-
|June 6
|''[[Polar Bears (film)|Polar Bears]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|June 8
|''[[The Circuit (2008 film)|The Circuit]]''
|[[ABC Family]]
|-
|June 20
|''[[Camp Rock]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|July 13
|''[[Picture This (film)|Picture This]]''
|[[ABC Family]]
|-
|July 19
|''[[Sozin's Comet]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|August 22
|''[[The Cheetah Girls: One World]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
|September 6
|''[[Samurai Girl (miniseries)|Samurai Girl]]''
|[[ABC Family]]
|-
|September 12
|''[[Gym Teacher: The Movie]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|October 12
|''[[Underfist: Halloween Bash]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 18
|''[[Polar Bears (film)|Polar Bears]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|''[[Living Proof (2008 film)|Living Proof]]''
|[[LMN (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
|November 8
|''[[iGo to Japan]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
|November 27
|''[[Destination: Imagination]]''
|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
|December 5
|''[[Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|}

===Miniseries===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Premiere || Title || Channel
|-
|March 16
|''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|May 26
|''[[The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]''
|[[A&E Network|A&E]]
|-
|July 13
|''[[Generation Kill (TV series)|Generation Kill]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
|November 16
|''[[Rugrats Pre-School Daze]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|}

==Networks and services==
===Network launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Launch date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[Kentucky Channel]] 
| Over-the-air multicast (Kentucky only) 
| January 1
| A [[public television]] service provided by the [[Kentucky Educational Television]] network, the channel is devoted to Kentucky-related programming from several sources, including the statewide PBS member's vast in-house production archives. 
| 
|- 
| [[Pursuit Channel]] 
| Cable and satellite <br /> Over-the-air multicast (in some markets)
| April 23
| Airs programming centered on outdoor sports, hunting, and fishing 
|
|- 
| [[LAT TV]]
| Cable television
| May 20
|
|
|-
| [[SWX Right Now]] 
| Regional cable-only/over-the-air multicast 
| August 30
| A regional network providing high school and college sporting events and weather information throughout central and western [[Montana]], the [[Idaho]] [[Idaho Panhandle|Panhandle]], and eastern [[Washington (state)|Washington state]], by way of digital subchannels of several [[Cowles Company]]-owned stations. 
| 
|- 
| [[This TV]] 
| Over-the-air multicast 
| November 1 
| Announced on July 21, it is a premium movie channel for over-the-air stations designed for [[digital subchannels]]. It originally launched in a joint venture between [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Weigel Broadcasting]]. 
| 
|-
| [[The Family Channel (American TV network)|My Family TV]]
| [[Cable television]]
| December 15
|
|
|-
| [[The Ski Channel]]
| Cable and satellite 
| December 25
|
|
|}

===Conversions and rebrandings===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Old network name
! New network name
! Type 
! Conversion date
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| Discovery Times
| [[Investigation Discovery]]
| Cable and satellite
| Unknown
|
|
|-
|[[TruTV|CourtTV]]
|TruTV
|Cable television
|January 1
|
|
|-
|College Sports Television
|[[CBS Sports Network|CBS College Sports Network]]
|Cable television
|March 16
|
|
|-
|[[BBC World Service Television|BBC World]]
|BBC World News
|Cable television
|April 21
|
|
|-
|Discovery Home Channel
|[[Destination America|Planet Green]]
|Cable television
|June 4
|
|
|-
|Music: High Definition
|[[MTV Live (TV network)|Palladia]]
|Cable television
|September 1
|
|
|-
|[[New Evangelization Television|The Prayer Channel]]
|New Evangelization Television
|Cable television
|December 8
|
|
|}

===Network closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
! Type 
! Launch date
! Closure date 
! Notes 
! Source 
|-
| [[VH1 Uno]] 
| Cable/satellite network
| 2000
| February 2, 2008 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Shop at Home Network]] 
| Cable/satellite and over-the-air network
| 1987 
| March 8, 2008 
| 
| 
|-
| [[NBC Weather Plus]] 
| Cable/satellite and over-the-air multicast 
| November 15, 2004 
| December 31, 2008 
| 
| 
|}

==Television stations==
===Station launches===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|- 
| January 15
| [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] 
| [[KSCC|KUQI]]
| 38
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] 
| 
|- 
| February 18
| [[Gainesville, Georgia]] ([[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]) 
| [[WGGD-LD]]
| 15
| [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=2| April 28 
| [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]] 
| [[KHOG-DT2]]
| 29.2
| rowspan=2| [[The CW]] [[The CW Plus|Plus]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]]
| [[KHBS-DT2]]
| 40.2
|
|-
| May 7
| [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] 
| [[WWAY-DT2]] 
| 3.2
| Independent (local weather) 
| 
|- 
| May 28
| [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| [[WTWV]]
| 23.1
| [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent]]
| 
|- 
| July 8
| [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] 
| [[KXAP-LP]]
| 14
| Spanish independent 
| 
|- 
| August 1 
| [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]
| [[WTRF-DT3]] 
| 7.2
| ABC
| 
|- 
| August 7
| [[Florence, South Carolina]]
| [[WMBF-TV]]
| 32
| [[NBC]] 
| 
|- 
| rowspan=2| August 8
| [[Clarksburg, West Virginia|Clarksburg]]/[[Fairmont, West Virginia]] 
| [[WBOY-DT2]]
| 12.2
| rowspan=2| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Wheeling, West Virginia]] <br /> ((small|([[Steubenville, Ohio]]))) 
| [[WTRF-DT3]] 
| 7.3
|
|- 
| October 25
| [[Bend, Oregon]] 
| [[KBNZ-LD]]
| 7.1
| [[CBS]] 
| Converted from a former translator of [[KOIN]]/[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]
|- 
| November 27
| [[Great Falls, Montana]]
| [[KFBB-TV|KFBB-DT2]] 
| 5.2
| Fox
| 
|- 
| December 27
| [[Hibbing, Minnesota]] 
| [[WRPT]]
| 31
| [[PBS]] 
| Satellite of [[WDSE (TV)|WDSE]]/[[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]] 
|- 
| December 31
| [[Gainesville, Florida]] 
| [[WNBW-DT]] 
| 9.1
| [[NBC]]
| 
|-
| rowspan=5| Unknown date
| [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
| [[WDAM-DT2]]
| 7.2
| [[This TV]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] 
| [[KAIT-DT2]]
| 8.2
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (Local weather)
|- 
| [[Key West, Florida]]
| WEYW-LP
| 19
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]
|- 
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| [[WKRN-DT2]] 
| 2.2
| [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (Local weather)
| Nashville WX Channel
|- 
| [[Tupelo, Mississippi]]
| [[WTVA-DT2]] 
| 9.2
| [[FamilyNet]] 
| 
|- 
|}

===Network affiliation changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! [[City of License]]/[[Designated market area|Market]]
! [[Television station|Station]]
! Channel 
! Old affiliation
! New affiliation
! Notes/Ref.
|- 
| February 4 
| [[Corpus Christi, Texas]]
| [[KSCC|KUQI]]
| 38
| Independent
| Fox
| 
|-
| rowspan=2| August 1 
| [[San Diego, California]]
| [[KSWB-TV]]
| 69.1 
| [[The CW]] 
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 
| 
|- 
| [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]], [[Mexico]] <br /> ((small|(San Diego, California))) 
| [[XETV-TDT|XETV-TV]]
| 6.1
| Fox 
| The CW 
|
|- 
| December 31
| [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
| [[WVIR-TV|WVIR-DT2]]
| 29.2
| [[NBC Weather Plus]]
| Independent (local weather) 
| 
|- 
| Unknown date
| [[Marquette, Michigan]] 
| [[WLUC-DT2]]
| 6.2
| [[NBC Weather Plus]] 
| [[Universal Sports]] 
| 
|- 
|}

===Station closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! City of license/Market
! Station
! Channel 
! Affiliation
! Sign-on date
! Notes
|-
| rowspan=2| January 25 
| [[Havre, Montana]] 
| KBBJ 
| 9
| rowspan=2| NBC 
| January 2, 2001
| rowspan=2| Satellite of [[KTVH-DT]]/Helena, Montana
|- 
| [[Lewistown, Montana]]
| KBAO
| 13 
| January 3, 2001
|-
| May 25 
| [[Walla Walla, Washington]]
| [[KCWK]] 
| 9
| [[The CW]]
| March 23, 2001 as (KBKI)
| 
|-
| September 30 
| [[Rockford, Illinois]]
| [[WCFC-CA]]
| 51 
| [[Total Living Network]]
| March 6, 1986 (as W68BR)
|
|-
| Unknown date 
| [[Ontario, Oregon]]
| [[KMDA-LP]]
| 19
| [[America One]] 
| September 18, 1985
|
|-
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Date || Name || Notability
|-
|January 3
|Raegan Revord
|Actress (''[[Young Sheldon]]'')
|-
|March 14
|[[Abby Ryder Fortson]]
|Actress (''[[Togetherness (TV series)|Togetherness]]'')
|-
|May 29
|[[Laila Lockhart-Kraner]]
|Actress (''[[Gabby's Dollhouse]]'')
|-
|July 15
|[[Iain Armitage]]
|Actor (''[[Young Sheldon]]'', ''[[Big Little Lies (TV series)|Big Little Lies]]'')
|-
|August 1
|Eliana Su'a
|Actress (''[[Pretty Freekin Scary]]'')
|-
|August 5
|Devin Trey Campbell
|Actor (''[[Single Parents (TV series)|Single Parents]]'')
|-
|August 6
|Kensington Tallman
|Actress (''Home Sweet Rome'')
|-
|September 17
|Mia Talerico
|Actress (''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'')
|-
|October 10
|Santino Barnard
|Actor (''[[The Kids Are Alright (TV series)|The Kids Are Alright]]'')
|-
|October 24
|[[Liamani Segura]]
|Actress (''[[High School Musical: The Musical: The Series]]'') and singer
|-
|November 3
|Audrey Grace Marshall
|Actress (''[[The Flight Attendant]]'', ''[[The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder]]'')
|-
|December 11
|[[Chloe Coleman]]
|Actress (''[[Big Little Lies (TV series)|Big Little Lies]]'', ''[[Upload (TV series)|Upload]]'')
|-
|December 22
|[[Madeleine McGraw]]
|Actress (''[[Secrets of Sulphur Springs]]'')
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Date || Name || Age ||class="unsortable" |Notability
|-
|January 6
|[[Bob LeMond]]
| style="text-align:center;"|94
| Radio and TV announcer (''[[Ozzie and Harriet]]'', ''[[Leave it to Beaver]]'')
|-
|January 15
|[[Brad Renfro]]
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| Actor
|-
|January 17
|[[Allan Melvin]]
| style="text-align:center;"|84
| Actor (''[[Magilla Gorilla]]'', ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', ''[[All in the Family]]'')
|-
|January 18
|[[Lois Nettleton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|80
| Actress (''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'')
|-
|January 19
|[[Suzanne Pleshette]]
| style="text-align:center;"|70
| Actress (Emily Hartley on ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'')
|-
|January 22
|[[Heath Ledger]]
| style="text-align:center;"|28
| Australian actor
|-
|January 24
|[[Jahna Steele]]
| style="text-align:center;"|49
| Transgender entertainer (was "outed" on ''[[A Current Affair (US TV series)|A Current Affair]]'' in 1992, guest-starred on ''[[NYPD Blue]]'')
|-
|February 1
|[[Shell Kepler]]
| style="text-align:center;"|49
| Actress and presenter (''[[General Hospital]]'', [[Home Shopping Network|HSN]] host)
|-
|February 4
|[[Augusta Dabney]]
| style="text-align:center;"|89
| Actress (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'', ''[[A World Apart (TV series)|A World Apart]]'', ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'')
|-
|February 6
|[[John McWethy]]
| style="text-align:center;"|60
| [[ABC News]] correspondent from 1979 to 2006
|-
|rowspan="3"|February 10
|[[Ron Leavitt]]
| style="text-align:center;"|60
| Writer and producer (''[[Happy Days]]'', ''[[Married... with Children]]'')
|-
|[[Roy Scheider]]
| style="text-align:center;"|75
| Actor (Capt. Bridger on ''[[seaQuest]]'')
|-
|[[Steve Gerber]]
| style="text-align:center;"|60
| Illustrator/animator (''[[Thundarr The Barbarian]]'')
|-
|February 12
|[[David Groh]]
| style="text-align:center;"|68
| Actor (Joe Gerard on ''[[Rhoda]]'')
|-
|February 14
|[[Perry Lopez]]
| style="text-align:center;"|78
| Character actor (''[[Star Trek]]'')
|-
|February 18
|[[Grits Gresham]]
| style="text-align:center;"|85
| Outdoor sportscaster (''[[The American Sportsman]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 27
|[[Myron Cope]]
| style="text-align:center;"|79
| Sportscaster at [[WPGP (AM)|WTAE]]/[[Pittsburgh]] and color commentator for [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] broadcasts
|-
|[[William F. Buckley, Jr.]]
| style="text-align:center;"|82
| Host and commentator (''[[Firing Line (TV series)|Firing Line]]'')
|-
|March 16
|[[Ivan Dixon]]
| style="text-align:center;"|76
| Actor, producer and director (''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'')
|-
|April 5
|[[Charlton Heston]]
| style="text-align:center;"|84
| Actor (''[[The Colbys]]'')
|-
|April 8
|[[Stanley Kamel]]
| style="text-align:center;"|65
| Actor (''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'')
|-
|May 1
|[[Hager Twins]]
| style="text-align:center;"|66
| One-half of Hager Twins and a regular on ''[[Hee Haw]]''
|-
|May 2
|[[Beverlee McKinsey]]
| style="text-align:center;"|72
| Soap opera actress (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'', ''[[Texas (TV series)|Texas]]'', ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|-
||May 11
|[[Dick Sutcliffe]]
| style="text-align:center;"|90
| Christian children's TV producer/animator (''[[Davey and Goliath]]'')
|-
||May 15
|[[Alexander Courage]]
| style="text-align:center;"|88
| Composer (''[[Star Trek]]'' theme song)
|-
||May 18
|[[Joseph Pevney]]
| style="text-align:center;"|96
| Director (''[[Bonanza]]'')
|-
||May 24
|[[Dick Martin (comedian)|Dick Martin]]
| style="text-align:center;"|86
| Comedian and director (''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'')
|-
|May 25
|[[Mitch Mullany]]
| style="text-align:center;"|39
| Actor (''[[Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 26
|[[Earle Hagen]]
| style="text-align:center;"|88
| Music composer (''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'')
|-
|[[Sydney Pollack]]
| style="text-align:center;"|73
| Producer, director and actor (''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[The Sopranos]]'')
|-
|May 29
|[[Harvey Korman]]
| style="text-align:center;"|81
| Actor and comedian (''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'', ''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'')
|-
|June 2
|[[Mel Ferrer]]
| style="text-align:center;"|90
| Actor, producer and director (''[[Falcon Crest]]'', ''[[Return of the Saint]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 7
|[[Jim McKay]]
| style="text-align:center;"|86
| Sportscaster and journalist for [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]], [[CBS Sports|CBS]] and [[NBC Sports]]
|-
|[[Neil MacNeil]]
| style="text-align:center;"|85
| Journalist (''[[Washington Week in Review]]'')
|-
|June 12
|[[Charlie Jones (sportscaster)|Charlie Jones]]
| style="text-align:center;"|77
| Sportscaster for [[NBC Sports|NBC]] and [[ABC Sports]]; play-by-play TV announcer for [[American Football League|AFL]] and [[National Football League|NFL]] games
|-
|June 13
|[[Tim Russert]]
| style="text-align:center;"|58
| Journalist for [[NBC News]] and host of ''[[Meet the Press]]'' from 1991 to 2008
|-
|June 15
|[[Tony Schwartz (sound archivist)|Tony Schwartz]]
| style="text-align:center;"|84
| Sound archivist, ad executive and creator of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s 1964 "[[Daisy (advertisement)|Daisy]]" political ad
|-
|June 17
|[[Cyd Charisse]]
| style="text-align:center;"|86
| Actress, dancer (''[[The Love Boat]], [[Frasier]], [[Fantasy Island (1977 TV series)|Fantasy Island]], [[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'')
|-
|June 21
|[[Kermit Love]]
| style="text-align:center;"|91
| Puppeteer, costume designer, actor (''[[Sesame Street]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 22
|[[Dody Goodman]]
| style="text-align:center;"|93
| Actress (''[[Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman]]'')
|-
|[[George Carlin]]
| style="text-align:center;"|71
| Actor, writer, comedian (''[[The George Carlin Show]], [[Shining Time Station]]'')
|-
|June 29
|[[Don S. Davis]]
| style="text-align:center;"|65
| Actor (''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Twin Peaks]]'')
|-
|July 3
|[[Larry Harmon]]
| style="text-align:center;"|83
| Entertainer (''[[Bozo the Clown]]'')
|-
|July 4
|[[Jesse Helms]]
| style="text-align:center;"|86
| Politician and journalist for [[WRAL-TV]], [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
|-
|July 12
|[[Tony Snow]]
| style="text-align:center;"|53
| Commentator (''[[Fox News Sunday]]'') and [[White House Press Secretary]]
|-
|July 17
|[[Larry Haines]]
| style="text-align:center;"|89
| Actor (''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'')
|-
|July 21
|[[K-Swift]]
| style="text-align:center;"|29
| Club radio DJ, hip-hop producer and remixer (''[[The Wire (TV series)|The Wire]]'', ''[[Rap City (TV series)|BET's Rap City]]'')
|-
|July 22
|[[Estelle Getty]]
| style="text-align:center;"|84
| Actress (''[[The Golden Girls]]'')
|-
|August 6
|[[John K. Cooley]]
| style="text-align:center;"|80
| Journalist and author ([[ABC News]])
|-
|August 7
|[[Bernie Brillstein]]
| style="text-align:center;"|77
| Producer and agent (''[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|Buffalo Bill]]'', ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'', ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', ''[[NewsRadio]]'')
|-
|August 9
|[[Bernie Mac]]
| style="text-align:center;"|50
| Actor and comedian (''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'')
|-
|August 10
|[[Isaac Hayes]]
| style="text-align:center;"|65
| Singer, songwriter and voiceover artist (''[[South Park]]'')
|-
|August 12
|[[Bill Stulla]]
| style="text-align:center;"|97
| "Engineer Bill" – children's show host ("Cartoon Express" on [[KCAL-TV|KHJ-TV]]/Los Angeles from 1954 to 1966)
|-
|August 19
|[[Julius Carry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|56
| Actor (''[[Doctor Doctor (1989 TV series)|Doctor, Doctor]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]'')
|-
|August 22
|[[Jeff MacKay]]
| style="text-align:center;"|59
| Actor (''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'')
|-
|August 31
|[[Ike Pappas]]
| style="text-align:center;"|75
| News reporter ([[CBS News]])
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 1
|[[Don LaFontaine]]
| style="text-align:center;"|68
| Voice-over announcer (''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'')
|-
|[[Jerry Reed]]
| style="text-align:center;"|71
| Actor and singer (''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'', ''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour]]'', ''[[The Concrete Cowboys]]'', ''[[Hee Haw]]'')
|-
|September 12
|[[George Putnam (newsman)|George Putnam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|94
| News personality
|-
|October 5
|[[Lloyd Thaxton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|81
| Host and producer (''[[The Lloyd Thaxton Show]]'', ''[[Fight Back! With David Horowitz]]'')
|-
|October 11
|[[Neal Hefti]]
| style="text-align:center;"|85
| Theme music composer (''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple (the film)]] [[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|and the TV series)]]'')
|-
|October 15
|[[Jack Narz]]
| style="text-align:center;"|85
| Game show host (''[[Beat the Clock]]'', ''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]'')
|-
|October 25
|[[Anne Pressly]]
| style="text-align:center;"|26
| Anchorwoman and special assignment reporter for [[KATV]]/[[Little Rock, Arkansas]]
|-
|November 4
|[[Michael Crichton]]
| style="text-align:center;"|66
| Author and screenwriter (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
|November 11
|[[Herb Score]]
| style="text-align:center;"|75
| Baseball player and TV/Radio play-by-play announcer for the [[Cleveland Indians]]
|-
|December 1
|[[Paul Benedict]]
| style="text-align:center;"|70
| Character actor, writer and director (''[[The Jeffersons]]'', ''[[Sesame Street]]'')
|-
|December 5
|[[Beverly Garland]]
| style="text-align:center;"|82
| Actress, singer and businesswoman (''[[My Three Sons]]'', ''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'', ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'')
|-
|December 8
|[[Robert Prosky]]
| style="text-align:center;"|77
| Actor (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'')
|-
|December 12
|[[Van Johnson]]
| style="text-align:center;"|92
| Actor and singer (''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', ''[[Here's Lucy]]'', ''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 film)|The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 television film)]]'')
|-
|December 13
|[[Maddie Blaustein]]
| style="text-align:center;"|48
| Voice actress (''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', ''[[Dinosaur King]]'')
|-
|December 18
|[[Majel Barrett]]
| style="text-align:center;"|76
| Actress (''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'')
|-
|December 25
|[[Eartha Kitt]]
| style="text-align:center;"|81
| Actress, dancer and singer (''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'', ''[[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]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.nypost.com/seven/12012008/tv/and_thats_the_way_it_is_141620.htm NYPost]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2008-01-01,2008-12-31&countries=us&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2008 American television series] at [[IMDb]]

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