2001 in television

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• February 25 - N'Sync is featured on an episode of The Simpsons entitled "New Kids On The Blecch"
• September 11 - Viewers around the world are horrified as they witness a terrorist attack on the United States, and the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York City.
• Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others.
• ''Kirby:Right Back At Ya premieres on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Company in Japan.

• Adult Swim, a line-up on the Cartoon Network
• Braceface premieres (2001-present)
• The Fairly Oddparents premieres (2001-present)
• Lloyd in Space premieres on One Saturday Morning
• Pop Idol premieres on the BBC
• More cable (aka digital or satellite) channels being introduced on Canadian television sets like Mystery, CBC Documentary Channel, ESPN Classic Canada, Discovery Kids (Northern version) and more.
• TSN changes its logo to match with ESPN's though the N is not slashed.

• All My Children (1970-present)
• As Told By Ginger (2000-present)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000-present)
• Cops (1989-present)
• Dharma & Greg (1997-2002)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present)
• Friends (1994-2003)
• Farscape (1999-2003)
• Hey Arnold (1996-present)
• Jeopardy (1984-present)
• King of the Hill (1997-present)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
• Law & Order (1990-present)
• One Saturday Morning (1997-2002)
• The Real World (1992-present)
• Rocket Power (1999-present)
• Rugrats (1991-2004)
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• Sex and the City (1998-2004)
• Shocking Behavior: Caught On Tape (1999-present)
• The Simpsons (1989-present)
• The Sopranos (1999-present)
• Spongebob Squarepants (1999-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)

Deaths

• March 12 Morton Downey, Jr - television personality
• March 21 - Norma Macmillan, voice
• March 22 - William Hanna, cofounder (with Joseph Barbera) of famous Hanna-Barbera animation studio
• April 15 - Joey Ramone, 49, actor/songwriter of the Ramones
• June 21 - Carroll O'Connor, 76, actor who played Archie Bunker on All in the Family
• August 4 - Lorenzo Music, 54, writer and actor who co-created The Bob Newhart Show and did the voices of Carlton the doorman on Rhoda and Garfield the cat.