Certain American television events in 2024 have been scheduled. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.
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4 | The NCAA and ESPN announce an eight-year deal, beginning September 1 and running through the 2031–32 academic year, that will see ESPN and its sister networks carry championship events in 21 women's and 19 men's sports across the three NCAA divisions, most notably continued coverage of the Division I women's basketball tournament. | [1] |
5 | Nigel Lythgoe announces he has stepped down from his role on So You Think You Can Dance in the wake of two sexual misconduct lawsuits filed against him. Lythgoe, who has denied the accusations, co-created the Fox reality competition series in 2005, and had served as its executive producer and lead judge. | [2] |
7 | Rather than stay with the network as a commentator and fill-in anchor, Medhi Hasan concludes the last episode of his self-titled MSNBC weekend show by stating he will depart the network entirely. The Medhi Hasan Show's cancellation was announced in November 2023 by MSNBC as part of a revamp of its weekend schedule that will take effect the weekend of January 13–14. | [3][4] |
The 81st Golden Globe Awards aired on CBS, with notable winners including Best Motion Pictures Poor Things (Musical or Comedy) and Oppenheimer (Drama, among its five wins) and TV series Succession (Best Drama Series, among four wins in a night-leading nine nominations), The Bear (Best Musical or Comedy Series, among its three wins), and Beef (Best Limited Series, Anthology, or Film, among its three wins). The ceremony was hosted by Jo Koy, whose opening monologue was poorly received by guests and critics; Koy defended himself by saying he was hired only ten days prior after several other comedians reportedly declined to host. | [5][6] [7][8] | |
9 | The Oklahoma City Thunder reach an agreement with Griffin Media to air eight Friday night games from its remaining 2023–24 regular schedule sublicensed from longtime cable partner Bally Sports Oklahoma (per a clause in parent Diamond Sports Group's 2023–24 NBA contract that allows teams to offer a selection of over-the-air telecasts to local stations within their broadcast territory). The regional sports network will produce and employ its on-air staff for the telecasts (beginning with a January 26 away game against the New Orleans Pelicans), which will air on Griffin-owned MyNetworkTV affiliate KSBI/Oklahoma City (which previously aired Thunder games from 2008 to 2011) and local news subchannel KOTV-DT3/Tulsa, along with regional simulcasts on stations owned by Gray Television (KSWO-DT3/Lawton and KSCW/Wichita) and Morgan Murphy Media (KOAM–KFJX/Joplin–Pittsburg). | [9][10] [11][12] [note 1] |
10 | Two events featuring Republican Party hopefuls for president are concurrently telecast from Des Moines, Iowa: CNN hosts the fifth GOP debate of the campaign season featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, while Fox News counterprograms with a town hall featuring nomination frontrunner Donald Trump, the former president's first live appearance on that network since 2022. | [13][14] |
13 | The Miami Dolphins play the Kansas City Chiefs in an NFL Wild Card game. Peacock broadcasts the contest nationally, the first NFL playoff game to be carried exclusively on a streaming service (though NBC's Miami and Kansas City affiliates carry it locally to satisfy the league's local broadcast requirements). | [15] |
14 | The 29th Critics' Choice Awards were held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, with notable winners including films Oppenheimer and Barbie (with eight and six wins, respectively) and TV programs The Bear, Beef (with four wins each) and Succession (with three wins). Chelsea Handler hosted the ceremony on The CW, which used the broadcast to unveil a new brand identity that drops the "The" from its redefined logo (though "The CW" remains the network's name) and replaces its long-time green signature color with a red–orange "hot sauce" palette. | [16][17] |
15 | The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards aired on Fox from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles with Anthony Anderson as host. Notable winners include The Bear and Succession (both with six major wins each, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series, respectively), and Beef (with five awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series). The ceremony was rescheduled from its original date of September 18, 2023 due to the Hollywood labor disputes. | [18][19] |
17 | Diamond Sports Group, owner of the Bally Sports regional networks, announces a bankruptcy restructuring agreement—subject to court approval—that will see Amazon become a minority investor in the company (acquiring a 15% share, in exchange for a $115 million investment) and have Prime Video become its primary streaming partner. The Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since March 2023, and the deal will also see Sinclair make a $495 million cash payment to settle a lawsuit (filed in July 2023) alleging that Sinclair received about $1.5 billion in transactions that were designed to benefit itself while damaging Diamond's finances. | [20] |
23 | World Wrestling Entertainment and Netflix announce a ten-year, $5 billion deal to carry WWE Raw in the United States and Canada beginning in January 2025, which will result in the end of the program's run on cable television after 31 years across two networks (USA Network from 1993 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2024, and Spike TV from 2000 to 2005). | [21][22] |
The Dallas Mavericks reach an agreement with Tegna-owned WFAA/Dallas–Fort Worth to air ten games from its remaining 2023–24 regular schedule sublicensed from Bally Sports Southwest (per a clause in Diamond Sports' NBA contract for the season, see January 9 entry), which will produce and employ its on-air staff for the telecasts. The package of Bally-produced games (which will begin with a March 1 away game against the Boston Celtics) joins three national ABC-televised games that were already slated to air on WFAA through April (including a January 24 home game against the Phoenix Suns). The Mavericks last televised their games over-the-air on CBS-owned KTXA from 2000 to 2021, when longtime cable home Bally Sports Southwest became their exclusive regional TV partner. | [23][24] [note 2] | |
24 | Comedy Central announces that Jon Stewart will return to The Daily Show as an executive producer and, through the 2024 U.S. election cycle, host on Monday nights (beginning February 12), with members of the show's correspondents roster anchoring the rest of the week. Stewart had served as the show's host from 1999 to 2015. | [25] |
28 | The Milwaukee Bucks reach an agreement with Weigel Broadcasting to air a package of ten games from its remaining 2023–24 regular schedule on independent WMLW, to be produced by Bally Sports Wisconsin under a sublicensing agreement. Two of the scheduled games will be simulcast on WMLW's Milwaukee-area sister stations: a February 23 away game against the Minnesota Timberwolves (the first of the slate) that will also air on co-owned CBS affiliate WDJT, and a March 4 home game against the Los Angeles Clippers that will be presented in Spanish on Telemundo affiliate WYTU. They will be the first local over-the-air Bucks telecasts since the team's 19-year relationship with WCGV ended in 2007. | [26][27] [note 3] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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1 | Gray Television announces it reached an agreement to trade CBS/CW+ affiliate KGWN/Cheyenne, NBC/CW+ affiliate KCWY/Casper, Wyoming, and NBC affiliate KNEP/Scottsbluff, Nebraska (which concurrently shut down its news bureau, replaced in-house newscasts with simulcasts from KGWN/KCWY's Cheyenne-based Wyoming News Now operation, and laid off most of its Scottsbluff-based staff) to Marquee Broadcasting, in exchange for the latter group's construction permit for the proposed KCBU/Salt Lake City. Neither company will receive additional cash or other compensation as part of the transaction. | [28][29][30] [note 4] |
2 | Twelve stations in nine markets owned by Cox Media Group (such as WSB/Atlanta, KIRO/Seattle, WFXT/Boston, WFTV/Orlando and WPXI/Pittsburgh) are dropped from DirecTV and co-owned DirecTV Stream and U-verse after the companies failed to agree on a renewed carriage contract. The impasse results in the complete loss of satellite distribution for Cox's stations as the group has been in a dispute with Dish Network since November 2022 with the exception of WJAX/Jacksonville as that station was covered by a different carriage agreement. | [31][32] [33][note 5] |
4 | The 66th Annual Grammy Awards air on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena, with Trevor Noah as host. Notable winners included Phoebe Bridgers (who received the most wins with four awards, including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Ghost in the Machine" alongside SZA), Taylor Swift (whose Album of the Year win for Midnights made her the first artist to win in that category four times), Miley Cyrus (who won Record of the Year for "Flowers"), siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas (jointly earning Song of the Year for "What Was I Made For?" from the Barbie film soundtrack), and Victoria Monét (who won Best New Artist). | [34][35][36] |
6 | Actress Gina Carano sues The Walt Disney Company and co-owned Lucasfilm on claims she was wrongfully fired from The Mandalorian, seeking an order forcing the studio to rehire her or pay at least $75,000 in damages. Carano, who played Cara Dune during the Disney+ space Western's first two seasons, was fired in February 2021 after comparing the treatment of conservatives to the Nazi persecution of Jews in an Instagram post (one of several inflammatory social media posts of hers that were heavily criticized including remarks mocking COVID-19 masking mandates and the inclusion of gender pronouns in social media profiles, and falsely claiming voter fraud in the 2020 election). Carano, who received assistance from X/Twitter parent X Corp. to cover legal fees, claims Lucasfilm did not hold male co-stars to similar standards for controversial posts aimed at Republicans (including one by series lead Pedro Pascal from 2017, comparing then-President Donald Trump to Hitler), and subjected her to harassment and hurt her future work prospects. | [37][38][note 6] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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11 | Super Bowl LVIII, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, and air on CBS, along with Spanish coverage on Univision, the latter's first time doing so. Nickelodeon will also air a kid-oriented broadcast, marking the first time that an alternative telecast of the Super Bowl will broadcast on a sister network. | [41][42] [43][44] |
18 | The 49th People's Choice Awards will air on NBC, E! and Peacock from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California with Simu Liu as host. | [45][46] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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7 | President Biden will deliver his third State of the Union address, along with associated coverage. | [47] |
10 | The 96th Academy Awards will air on ABC from the Dolby Theatre with Jimmy Kimmel as host. | [48][49] |
30 | The United Football League will hold its inaugural game with an interleague championship, with the Arlington Renegades, champions of the 2023 XFL season, hosting the Birmingham Stallions, two-time champions of the USFL. The XFL and USFL merged to form the UFL on December 31, 2023. | [50] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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7 | The 2024 CMT Music Awards will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. | [51] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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16 | The 77th Tony Awards will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from the David H. Koch Theater. | [52][53] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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15–18 | The 2024 Republican National Convention will take place at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, along with associated coverage. | [54] |
26–August 11 | The 2024 Summer Olympics, which will take place in Paris, France, is scheduled to air on NBC and its cable sister networks. | [55] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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19–22 | The 2024 Democratic National Convention will take place at the United Center in Chicago, along with associated coverage. | [56] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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16 | The first presidential debate is scheduled to take place at Texas State University. | [57] |
25 | The 2024 vice presidential debate is scheduled to take place at Lafayette College. | [57] |
26 | The 2024 People's Choice Country Awards will air on NBC from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. | [58] |
Date | Event | Ref. |
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1 | The second presidential debate is scheduled to take place at Virginia State University. | [57] |
9 | The final presidential debate is scheduled to take place at the University of Utah. | [57] |
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5 | The 2024 presidential election and other federal and state races will occur, along with associated coverage. | [59][60][61][62] |
Show | Moved from | Moved to | Source |
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Chad | TBS | The Roku Channel | [200] |
Golden Globe Awards | NBC | CBS | [5] |
The Tourist | HBO Max | Netflix | [201] |
Star Trek: Prodigy | Paramount+ | [202] | |
Girls5eva | Peacock | [203] | |
Temptation Island | USA Network | [204] | |
Uncoupled | Netflix | Paramount+ with Showtime | [205] |
61st Street | AMC | The CW | [206] |
WWE NXT | USA Network | [207] | |
9-1-1 | Fox | ABC | [208] |
WWE SmackDown | USA Network | [209] | |
Leverage: Redemption | Amazon Freevee | Amazon Prime Video | [210] |
First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
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January 1 | M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television | Fox | [211] |
January 4 | The Golden Wedding | ABC | [212] |
General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars and Storytelling | [213] | ||
January 13 | Craig Before the Creek | Cartoon Network | [214] |
March | The Thundermans Return | Nickelodeon/Paramount+ | [215] |
March 6 | Erika Jayne: Bet It All on Blonde | Bravo | [216][217] |
March 9 | Hunting Housewives | Lifetime | [218] |
TBA | Community: The Movie | Peacock | [219][220] |
Dance Moms Reunion | Lifetime | [221] | |
Two untitled South Park films | Paramount+ | [222][223] | |
Washingtonia | Comedy Central | [224] | |
Jodie | [225] | ||
The Thanksgiving Text | Netflix | [226] |
Show | Network | Episode # | Episode title | Episode airdate | Source |
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The Rookie | ABC | 100th episode | TBA | TBA | [227] |
Station 19 | [228] | ||||
Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network | 400th episode | [229] | ||
Peppa Pig | Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. | 20th anniversary | "Wedding Party Special" | [230] |
Show | Last aired | Type of return | Previous channel | New/returning/same channel | Return date | Source |
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Friday Night Vibes | 2022 | Revival | TBS | same | January 5 | [231] |
Cash Cab (as Cash Cab Music) |
2020 | Bravo | AXS TV | January 8 | [232] | |
Caillou | 2010 | PBS Kids | Peacock | February 15 | [233] | |
What Would You Do? | 2020 | ABC | same | February 18 | [234] | |
Dora the Explorer (as ¡DORA!) |
2019 | Nickelodeon | Paramount+ | Spring | [235] | |
Yo Gabba Gabba! | 2015 | Apple TV+ | [236] | |||
X-Men (as X-Men '97) |
1997 | Revival | Fox Kids | Disney+ | TBA | [237][145] |
The Joe Schmo Show | 2013 | Spike | TBS | [238] | ||
The Jinx (as The Jinx – Part 2) |
2015 | HBO | same | [239] | ||
Phineas and Ferb | Disney Channel/Disney XD | TBA | [240] | |||
American Rust | 2021 | New season | Showtime | Amazon Freevee | [241] | |
SurrealEstate | Syfy | same | [242] |
A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.
Show | Seasons | In Production | Notes | Source |
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The Conners | 5 | Yes | Broadcast syndication in local markets. The CW has aired primetime repeats of the show since January 4. | [283] |
Judy Justice | 2 | Yes | Broadcast syndication in local markets. | [284] |
Network/ service |
Type | Launch date | Notes | Sources |
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The365 | OTA multicast and OTT streaming | January 1 | On November 7, 2023, Katz Broadcasting founder Jonathan Katz and his new firm, Free TV Networks, unveiled two new OTA and free ad-supported streaming television networks. The365, which will be aimed at African-American viewers, and Outlaw, which will consist mainly of classic western films, will respectively compete with the similarly-themed Bounce TV and Grit, two multicast networks Katz's previous company founded and later sold in 2017 to the E. W. Scripps Company. Content for The365 and Outlaw will initially come from the libraries of Warner Bros. Discovery and Lionsgate, while Gray Television will be the primary launch group for over-the-air distribution of the two networks (all three companies jointly operate Free TV Networks). | [285] |
Outlaw | ||||
Merit Street Media | OTA multicast, OTT streaming, and cable/satellite | February 26 | On November 6, 2023, Phil McGraw announced a new "news and entertainment" network named Merit Street Media will launch from headquarters and studios in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex beginning in early 2024. It will focus around the advice format McGraw provided on his now-concluded talk show which ran in syndication from 2002 to 2023, including a nightly show hosted by McGraw himself. Joel Cheatwood, a former news director known for driving the local news operations he oversaw in the 1990s and 2000s towards sensationalism (most notably, Sunbeam Television stations WSVN/Miami and WHDH/Boston), will be the network's CEO. Distribution will be handled by Trinity Broadcasting Network, and will be launching on cable, satellite, and free ad-supported streaming television platforms. | [286][287] |
Untitled ESPN/Fox Sports/TNT Sports streaming service | OTT streaming | Fall (TBD) | On February 6, ESPN Inc., Fox Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to launch a sports-focused streaming service, set for a Fall launch, that would feature live feeds from their respective linear sports and broadcast networks (including ESPN, ABC and the former's sister networks such as ESPN2 and SEC Network; Fox and sister networks FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network; and WBD-owned TNT, TBS and truTV), and streaming content from ESPN+, the major sports leagues (including the NBA, NHL, NFL and Major League Baseball) and college sports conferences. The service, which will also be optionally bundled with Disney+, Hulu and/or Max, will reportedly not impact ESPN's own plans to launch a full direct-to-consumer streaming service by 2025. | [288][289] |
Old network name |
New network name |
Type | Conversion date | Notes | Source |
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Showtime (main linear channel) | Paramount+ with Showtime | Cable/satellite | January 8 | On January 30, 2023, Paramount Global announced plans to rebrand the linear Showtime service and fully integrate its direct-to-consumer streaming service with the premium tier of co-owned Paramount+; the combined service would be branded as Paramount+ with Showtime, which had already been in use for a streaming bundle that launched in August 2022. Paramount began directing prospective Showtime streaming customers to subscribe to the ad-free Paramount+ tier on June 27, 2023; it would later discontinue the Showtime Anytime TV Everywhere app (offered to subscribers of the linear Showtime service) on December 14, and the standalone Showtime streaming service on December 31; the primary Showtime channel was renamed Paramount+ with Showtime on January 8, 2024, although the standalone Showtime nameplate remains in use as the branding for its seven multiplex channels and as a marketing imprint for the network's original programming. Paramount Global initially stated it did not plan to offer complimentary provider login access to Paramount+'s Showtime tier to subscribers of the premium channel's linear package (in contrast to the arrangement involving Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Max, which has been available free to linear HBO subscribers—replacing the HBO Go TV Everywhere platform—since the service launched in May 2020); however it would change course beginning on January 9, reaching deals with DirecTV (including co-owned DirecTV Stream and U-verse), Hulu and Charter Spectrum to offer the network's linear/VOD subscribers complimentary access to the namesake Paramount+ tier starting later in the year. | [290][291] [292][293] [294] |
Network/ service |
Type | Conversion date | Notes | Source |
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Stirr | Free ad-supported streaming television platform | January | In January 2024, Sinclair Broadcast Group sold Stirr, its FAST platform that it had launched in 2019, to Thinking Media. Thinking Media retained only a limited selection of advertising-supported video on demand content, eliminating what remained of the live streaming on the platform. (Sinclair had already eliminated almost all of the channels it had previously offered on Stirr over the course of 2023, including its in-house Stirr City suite of local channels, and immediately prior to the sale, Sinclair had only four channels—the three networks it distributed on its own digital subchannels, and T2 (formerly The T), a streaming offshoot of Tennis Channel—left on the platform.) | [295] |
Viaplay (U.S. service) | OTT streaming | February 29 | On July 20, 2023, Viaplay Group announced that it would discontinue its Viaplay streaming services in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom (the former having launched just six months prior on February 22), and immediately ceased marketing to new subscribers in those regions. The move was part of a refocusing on its core markets of Scandinavia and the Netherlands, centering on its sports offering and the sale of non-sports content through its Viaplay Select business; about 25% of the company's staff were laid off as a result. On January 18, Viaplay confirmed that its U.S. service would shut down on February 29, and would refund monthly and annual subscribers for the remaining time of their subscription. Viaplay content will remain available in the U.S. through The Roku Channel, Xfinity (via its X1 and Flex tiers) and Xumo. | [296][297] [298] |
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes | Source |
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January 1 | Atlanta, Georgia | WKTB-CD | 47.6 | Outlaw | On November 7, 2023, Gray, Warner Bros. Discovery and Lionsgate teamed up to form Free TV Networks, a new company that will be led by broadcasting veteran Jonathan Katz, with presence in both broadcast networks and FAST streaming channels. The company will launch broadcast and FAST streaming versions of The365, a channel for African-American audiences, and Outlaw, a network for Western programming, as well as FAST channels VCR Action and VCR Haha, under the joint venture on January 1, 2024. Later, on November 10, 2023, it was announced that Circle will cease its broadcast operations on December 31, 2023, with plans on transitioning to FAST streaming and other avenues, as well as a likely chance for the broadcast operations of Circle to be replaced by one of two channels of the new Free TV Networks company. | [299][300] |
Boston, Massachusetts | WWDP | 46.3 | ||||
Dover, Delaware–Salisbury, Maryland | WMDE | 36.6 | ||||
Hartford, Connecticut | WWAX-LD | 27.6 | the365 | |||
27.7 | Outlaw | |||||
San Diego, California | KSKT-CD | 43.8 | Novelisima | |||
43.9 | Outlaw | |||||
Sarasota–Tampa–St. Petersburg, Florida | WWSB | 40.4 | ||||
Springfield, Massachusetts | WGGB-TV | 40.4 | ||||
January 12 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WOSC-CD | 61.1 | Rewind TV | ||
January 17 | San Diego, California | KUSI-TV | 51.2 | |||
February 1 | Midland–Odessa, Texas | KPEJ-TV | 24.4 | Antenna TV |
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
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January 1 | Bellingham–Bellevue–Seattle–Tacoma, Washington | KUNS-TV | 51.1 | Univision | The CW | On September 28, 2023, it was announced that KUNS-TV would become the Seattle market's new CW affiliate on January 1, 2024, setting aside a temporary arrangement for the last quarter of 2023 on Sinclair sister station KOMO-DT2 (otherwise carrying Comet without any other local deviation) after CBS-owned KSTW's disaffiliation from the network on August 31. TelevisaUnivision was offered a KUNS subchannel by Sinclair in exchange, but outright refused the offer (as KUNS is the market's ATSC 3.0 lighthouse, it would have had lowered picture quality on any station that would host its ATSC 1.0 formatted subchannel in lieu of KUNS) to search for better carriage options. The removal of a major Spanish network (and the associated termination of its local news operation as part of KOMO-TV's staff) for a lower-profile English network attracted immediate outcry from the Puget Sound region's Latino and Hispanic community, which otherwise has only has a Telemundo subchannel on KIRO-TV with no local news even in brief, and five minor Spanish Christian network on subchannels carried over-the-air, along with three Spanish-language radio stations (two of them Christian and other programs being brokered on other stations). | [301] |
KVOS-TV | 12.1 | Heroes & Icons | Univision | Over the 2023 holiday season, KVOS's owner, Weigel Broadcasting, quietly updated their station's website to reflect Univision would move to KVOS's main channel on the same date; Weigel-owned H&I moved to its new channel position at subchannel 12.8. As the station serves as a border blaster serving the northern portion of the market (though not having any pay-TV coverage in Canada, which is served by Univision Canada), Univision's domestic schedule will also be available over-the-air in Vancouver, Victoria, and southwest British Columbia for the first time, and the deal settles an acrimony existing between Weigel and Univision since its flagship station, WCIU-TV in Chicago, lost Univision in that market in 1994 after the network purchased WGBO-TV over analog-era schedule limitations. | [302] | ||
February 1 | Midland–Odessa, Texas | KMDF-LD | 22.1 | Antenna TV | The365 | See January 1 entry in subchannel launches | [299] |
Prescott–Phoenix, Arizona | KAZT-TV | 7.1 | Independent | The CW | On January 8, 2024, Nexstar announced that it had reached an agreement with the owners of KAZT-TV to provide technical services and programming for the network beginning February 1. As part of this agreement, KAZT becomes an affiliate of The CW. | [303] | |
February 2 | Tupelo–Columbus–West Point, Mississippi | WLOV-TV | 27.1 | Fox | The CW+ | On February 1, Morris Multimedia (owner of CBS affiliate WCBI-TV) announced that it would assume the rights to a shared services agreement involving Coastal Television-owned WLOV, taking over operational responsibilities from Allen Media Group (owner of rival NBC affiliate WTVA, which had managed WLOV since 1992 under the former's previous locally based ownership). Consequently, the deal prompted a series of affiliation switches between WLOV and two WCBI subchannels on February 2: Fox moved from WLOV (which had been affiliated with the network since 1995) to WCBI-DT2, while The CW Plus moved to WLOV from WCBI-DT3, which assumed the MyNetworkTV affiliation previously carried on that station's 4.2 subchannel. The move of Fox programming to WCBI-DT2 occurred despite the FCC's 2018 Quadrennial Media Ownership Review—approved by a 3–2 vote following a six-year delay on December 22, 2023—closing a loophole that allowed station operators to maintain multiple Big Four network affiliations using digital subchannels or low-power stations, including through the acquisition of another station's primary affiliation. | [304][305] [note 7] |
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
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January 1 | Amarillo, Texas | KEYU | 31.3 | Circle | Outlaw | See January 1 entry in subchannel launches | [299][300] |
Baltimore, Maryland | WQAW-LD | 69.4 | Infomercials | the365 | |||
69.7 | Outlaw | ||||||
Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WAFB | 9.3 | Circle | the365 | |||
Boston, Massachusetts | WWDP | 46.2 | Quest | ||||
Charleston, South Carolina | WCSC-TV | 5.3 | Circle | ||||
Cleveland, Ohio | WOIO | 19.4 | Rewind TV | Outlaw | |||
WUAB | 43.2 | Circle | the365 | ||||
Columbus, Georgia | WTVM | 9.3 | |||||
Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas | KPFW-LD | 18.5 | Infomercials | Outlaw | |||
KHPK-LD | 28.5 | ||||||
KJJM-LD | 34.7 | Magnificent Movies Network | |||||
Dover, Delaware–Salisbury, Maryland | WMDE | 36.5 | Arirang TV | the365 | |||
36.7 | OnTV4U | Arirang TV | |||||
Detroit, Michigan | WUDL-LD | 19.5 | Magnificent Movies Network | the365 | |||
19.6 | beIN Sports Xtra | Outlaw | |||||
Green Bay, Wisconsin | WBAY-TV | 2.3 | Circle (primary) / MyNetworkTV (secondary) | the365 (primary) / MyNetworkTV (secondary) | |||
Greenville, South Carolina | WHNS | 21.6 | Circle | the365 | |||
Kansas City, Missouri | KCTV | 5.2 | |||||
5.5 | Shop LC | Outlaw | |||||
Lansing, Michigan | WILX-TV | 10.3 | Circle | Heroes & Icons | |||
10.5 | Antenna TV | the365 | |||||
10.7 | Heroes & Icons | Outlaw | |||||
Los Angeles, California | KSKJ-CD | 45.2 | beIN Sports Xtra en Español | the365 | |||
45.7 | Novelisima | Outlaw | |||||
Mankato, Minnesota | KMNF-LD | 7.3 | Circle | the365 | |||
Memphis, Tennessee | WMC-TV | 5.3 | Circle (primary) / The CW Sports (secondary) | the365 (primary) / The CW Sports (secondary) | |||
New York City | WRNN-TV | 48.2 | Shop LC | Charge! | |||
48.3 | Charge! | the365 | |||||
48.4 | QVC2 | Outlaw | |||||
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WMCN-TV | 44.2 | Shop LC | the365 | |||
44.3 | QVC2 | Outlaw | |||||
Rockford, Illinois | WIFR-LD | 23.3 | Circle | ||||
Sacramento, California | KBTV-CD | 8.4 | Timeless TV | the365 | |||
8.7 | OnTV4U | Outlaw | |||||
KAHC-LD | 43.5 | RVTV | the365 | ||||
43.7 | Magnificent Movies Network | Outlaw | |||||
KFMS-LD | 47.4 | RVTV | the365 | ||||
47.7 | Binge TV | Outlaw | |||||
San Diego, California | KSKT-CD | 43.7 | Novelisima | the365 | |||
San Francisco, California | KQRO-LD | 45.5 | Binge TV | ||||
45.6 | Timeless TV | Outlaw | |||||
Sarasota–Tampa–St. Petersburg, Florida | WWSB | 40.2 | Circle | the365 | |||
Savannah, Georgia | WTOC-TV | 11.3 | |||||
Seattle–Tacoma, Washington | KOMO-TV | 4.2 | Comet (primary) / The CW (secondary) | Comet (full-time) |
See January 1 entry in stations changing network affiliations | [301] | |
Sherman, Texas | KXII | 12.6 | Circle | Outlaw | See January 1 entry in subchannel launches | [299][300] | |
Sioux City, Iowa | KTIV | 4.6 | |||||
Grand Rapids, Michigan | WWMT | 3.2 | The CW | Independent | On December 18, 2023, Nexstar announced that WOTV, KELO-TV and WMBB will become CW affiliates via their digital subchannels on January 1, 2024. | [306] | |
WOTV | 41.2 | Dabl | The CW | ||||
Sioux Falls, South Dakota | KELO-TV | 11.4 | Ion Mystery | The CW Plus | |||
KSFY-TV | 13.2 | The CW Plus | Outlaw | ||||
KDLT-TV | 46.3 | Antenna TV | the365 | ||||
Panama City, Florida | WJHG-TV | 7.2 | The CW Plus | MeTV | |||
7.6 | Circle | the365 | |||||
WMBB | 13.2 | Antenna TV | The CW Plus | ||||
January 31 | Sacramento, California | KMAX-TV | 31.3 | Comet | QVC | ||
31.4 | Charge! | QVC2 | |||||
February 1 | Phoenix, Arizona | KNXV-TV | 15.2 | Antenna TV (primary) / The CW (secondary) | Antenna TV (full-time) |
See February 1 entry in stations changing network affiliations | [303] |
February 2 | Tupelo–Columbus–West Point, Mississippi | WCBI-TV | 4.2 | MyNetworkTV | Fox | See February 2 entry in stations changing network affiliations | [304][305] [note 7] |
4.3 | The CW+ | MyNetworkTV | |||||
February 5 | Topeka, Kansas | KTKA-TV | 49.2 | Dabl | Rewind TV |
Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
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January 1 | Mickey Cottrell | 79 | Actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager) | [307] |
January 2 | Peter Berkos | 101 | Sound editor (Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) | [308] |
January 4 | Glynis Johns | 100 | British actress, dancer, musician, and singer (Batman, Cheers, The Love Boat) | [309] |
Christian Oliver | 51 | German actor best known as Brian Keller on Saved by the Bell: The New Class | [310] | |
David Soul | 80 | American-British actor and singer best known as Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson on Starsky & Hutch | [311] | |
Tracy Tormé | 64 | Television writer (Sliders, Star Trek: The Next Generation) | [312] | |
January 5 | Brian McConnachie | 81 | Actor and television writer (Saturday Night Live, Shining Time Station, Noddy) | [313] |
January 8 | Adan Canto | 42 | Mexican actor (The Following, Designated Survivor, The Cleaning Lady) | [314] |
January 10 | Peter Crombie | 71 | Actor best known as "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld | [315] |
Conrad Palmisano | 75 | Stuntman and director (The Young Rebels) | [316] | |
January 11 | April Ferry | 91 | Costume designer (Rome, My Name Is Bill W., Game of Thrones) | [317] |
Lynne Marta | 78 | Actress and singer (Gidget, Love, American Style, Starsky & Hutch) | [318] | |
Ruth Ashton Taylor | 101 | Newscaster for Los Angeles' KCBS-TV | [319] | |
January 12 | Bill Hayes | 98 | Actor and singer best known as Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives | [320] |
Alec Musser | 50 | Actor and fitness model best known as Del Henry on All My Children | [321] | |
January 13 | Joyce Randolph | 99 | Actress best known as Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners | [322] |
Tom Shales | 79 | Author and television critic for The Washington Post | [323] | |
January 15 | William O'Connell | 94 | Actor (Star Trek, Rawhide, Petticoat Junction, Quincy, M.E.) | [324] |
January 16 | David Gail | 58 | Actor best known as Stuart Carson on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Dr. Joe Scanlon on Port Charles | [325] |
January 20 | Francisco Ciatso | 48 | Professional wrestler (WWE and TNA) | [326] |
January 22 | Gary Graham | 73 | Actor best known as Detective Matthew Sikes on Alien Nation and Ambassador Soval on Star Trek: Enterprise | [327] |
Dexter King | 62 | Civil and animal rights activist (portrayed his father, Martin Luther King Jr., in the TV movie The Rosa Parks Story) | [328] | |
January 23 | Charles Osgood | 91 | Journalist and host of CBS News Sunday Morning | [329] |
Margaret Riley | 58 | Film and television producer who served as the executive producer of Ratched | [330] | |
Melanie Safka | 76 | Singer-songwriter. She wrote the lyrics to the Beauty and the Beast theme song, "The First Time I Loved Forever". | [331] | |
Ice Train | 56 | Professional wrestler (WCW) | [332] | |
January 24 | Rod Holcomb | 80 | Director (several TV movies and series, most notably the pilot and final episodes of ER) | [333] |
Jesse Jane | 43 | Pornographic actress. She made appearances as herself on Entourage, Bad Girls Club, and Gene Simmons Family Jewels. She also had an uncredited role in the TV movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. | [334] | |
January 29 | Amanda Davies | 42 | Actress best known for playing a younger version of Victoria Lord in flashback scenes of One Life to Live | [335] |
January 30 | Hinton Battle | 67 | Actor (Quantum Leap, Touched by an Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) | [336] |
Chita Rivera | 91 | Actress best known as Connie Richardson on The New Dick Van Dyke Show | [337] |
Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|
February 1 | Mark Gustafson | 64 | Animator (Claymation Easter, The PJs) | [338] |
Carl Weathers | 76 | Football player (Oakland Raiders) and actor (Street Justice, In the Heat of the Night, Arrested Development, The Mandalorian) | [339] | |
February 2 | Don Murray | 94 | Actor best known as Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing. | [340] |
February 3 | Helena Rojo | 79 | Mexican actress and model (Ugly Betty) | [341] |
February 5 | Mickey Gilbert | 87 | Actor, stuntman, and rodeo performer (Stunts Unlimited, Kolchak: The Night Stalker) | [342] |
Toby Keith | 62 | Country singer and songwriter. Made guest appearances on The Colbert Report and Huckabee. | [343] | |
February 6 | Cecilia Gentili | 52 | Argentine-American LGBTQ rights activist and actress best known as Ms. Orlando on Pose. | [344] |