2004 in television

See also: 2003 in television, other events of 2004, 2005 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Events

• February 9 - Kerry McFadden wins ITV's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!.
• March 1 - The Price Is Right airs its 6,000th episode.
• March 28 - Maori Television starts broadcasting in New Zealand.
• April 2 to 8 - TV Tokyo premieres eight shows during the first week of the month.
• April 17 - Toonami moves from 5 PM to 7 PM (primary time) and extends by four hours (from two to six).
• May 15 - Jimmy Fallon makes his last appearance as a cast member of Saturday Night Live on its season finale.
• June 2 - a contestant on Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah, begins a long run as champion.
• June 4 - Kitten Pinder is evicted from the Big Brother house, shouting against the Queen and the aristocracy on the way out.
• June 16 - In the UK, Big Brother is taken off air as the housemates threaten to kill each other.
• September 28 - Longtime veteran Marcy Walker makes what has been termed by soap sources as her final appearance on All My Children after two decades of being affiliated with the program.
• November 1 - The Young and the Restless airs its milestone 8,000th episode.
• November 18 - The video for new charity single Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 20 airs simultaenously on all five main UK television networks, as well as over twenty satellite and cable stations. This unprecedented broadcast attracts over fourteen million viewers between 5:50 and 6 PM.
• November 30 - After seventy-four consecutive wins, Ken Jennings finally loses on Jeopardy!, to competitor Nancy Zerg.
• November - All My Children rises to #2 in the daytime Nielsen ratings for the first time since the mid-1990s, rivaling ABC's soap General Hospital for the second slot.
• December 1 - Tom Brokaw steps down as anchorman of NBC Nightly News.
• December 15 - CNN's financial news channel, CNNfn, signs off.
• December 16 - All My Children airs its milestone 9,000th episode.
• General Electric, owner of NBC, purchases Universal Studios from Vivendi, leaving all six US broadcast networks part of a company which also owns a film studio.
• December 29 - Rogers Media buys remaining 20% ownership of Rogers Sportsnet from Fox TV's Los Angeles affiliate.

Debuts

• January 7 - The Apprentice premieres on NBC (2004-present).
• January 13 - Shameless premieres on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom (2004-present).
• January 17 - Astro Boy premieres on Kids WB (2004-present).
• January 22 - Corner Gas debuts on CTV (2004-present).
• April 3 - Danny Phantom premieres on Nickelodeon (2004-present).
• June 16 - Quintuplets premieres on the Fox Network (2004-present).
• July 16 - Stargate Atlantis, a spin-off of Stargate SG-1 premieres on Sci Fi channel (2004-present).
• August 16 - Call for Help 2.0 premieres in Canada (2004-present).
• September 3 - Green Wing premieres on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom (2004-present).
• September 9 - Joey premieres on NBC (2004-present).
• September 12 - Jack & Bobby premieres on The WB! (2004-present).
• September 22 - CSI: New York premieres (2004-present).
• September 22 - Lost premieres on ABC (2004-present).
• October 3 - Desperate Housewives premieres on ABC (2004-present).
• Blue Collar TV airs on WB and Comedy Central (2004-present).
• Boston Legal premieres (2004-present).
• Miguzi introduces and premieres on Cartoon Network during the old Toonami time slot (2004-present).

Television shows

• Meet the Press (1947-present).
• Candid Camera (1948-present).
• Guiding Light (1952-present).
• The Today Show (1952-present).
• Panorama (UK) (1953-present).
• Face the Nation (1954-present).
• The Tonight Show (1954-present).
• As the World Turns (1956-present).
• What the Papers Say (UK) (1956-present).
• The Sky at Night (UK) (1957-present).
• Blue Peter (UK) (1958-present).
• Grandstand (UK) (1958-present).
• Coronation Street (UK) (1960-present).
• Four Corners (Australia) (1961-present).
• The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962-present).
• General Hospital (1963-present).
• Top of the Pops (UK) (1964-present).
• Days of Our Lives (1965-present).
• Play School (1966-present).
• The Money Programme (UK) (1966-present).
• 60 Minutes (1968-present).
• One Life to Live (1968-present).
• Sesame Street (1969-present).
• All My Children (1970-present).
• Monday Night Football (1970-present).
• Masterpiece Theatre (1971-present).
• Soul Train (1971-present).
• Emmerdale (UK) (1972-present).
• Newsround (UK) (1972-present).
• The Price Is Right (1972-present).
• Last of the Summer Wine (UK) (1973-present).
• The Young and the Restless (1973-present).
• Wish You Were Here...? (UK) (1974-present).
• Good Morning America (1975-present).
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
• the fifth estate (Canada) (1975-present).
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present).
• 20/20 (1978-present).
• Grange Hill (UK) (1978-present).
• Entertainment Tonight (1981-present).
• Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1984-present).
• The Bill (UK) (1984-present).
• EastEnders (UK) (1985-present).
• Neighbours (Australia) (1985-present).
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present).
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present).
• Cops (1989-present).
• The Simpsons (1989-present).
• Law & Order (1990-present).
• The Jerry Springer Show (1991-present).
• Dateline NBC (1992-present).
• The Real World (1992-present).
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present).
• NYPD Blue (1993-present).
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present).
• WWE Monday Night RAW (1993-present).
• ER (1994-present).
• JAG (1995-present).
• 7th Heaven (1996-present).
• Dexter's Laboratory (1996-present).
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005).
• Judge Judy (1996-present).
• The Daily Show (1996-present).
• Johnny Bravo (1997-present).
• King of the Hill (1997-present).
• South Park (1997-present).
• Stargate SG-1 (1997-present).
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1997-present).
• Charmed (1998-present).
• That '70s Show (1998-present).
• The King of Queens (1998-present).
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK) (1998-present).
• Will & Grace (1998-present).
• Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
• Judging Amy (1999-present).
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-present).
• Passions (1999-present).
• Rocket Power (1999-present).
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• SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present).
• Tenacious D (1999-present).
• The Sopranos (1999-present).
• The West Wing (1999-present).
• Third Watch (1999-present).
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (US) (1999-present).
• As Told by Ginger (2000-present).
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000-present).
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-present).
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-present).
• Malcolm in the Middle (2000-present).
• Survivor (2000-present).
• The Weakest Link (UK) (2000-present).
• Yes, Dear (2000-present).
• 24 (2001-present).
• According to Jim (2001-present).
• Adult Swim (2001-present).
• Alias (2001-present).
• Braceface (2001-present).
• Fear Factor (2001-present).
• Home Movies (1999, 2001-present).
• JR Digs (Canada) (2001-present).
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001-present).
• My Wife and Kids (2001-present).
• Pop Idol (UK) (2001-present).
• Scrubs (2001-present).
• Six Feet Under (2001-present).
• Smallville (2001-present).
• Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005).
• The Amazing Race (2001-present).
• The Bernie Mac Show (2001-present).
• The Fairly OddParents (2001-present).
• 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002-present).
• Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002-present).
• American Dreams (2002-present).
• American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (2002-present).
• Codename: Kids Next Door (2002-present).
• CSI: Miami (2002-present).
• I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (UK) (2002-present).
• Kim Possible (2002-present).
• Less Than Perfect (2002-present).
• Spooks (UK) (2002-present).
• The Bachelor (2002-present).
• The George Lopez Show (2002-present).
• The Osbournes (2002-present).
• Without a Trace (2002-present).
• All Grown Up! (2003-present).
• Arrested Development (2003-present).
• Battlestar Galactica (UK) (2003-present).
• Carnivàle (2003-present).
• Chappelle's Show (2003-present).
• Cold Case (2003-present).
• Dead Like Me (2003-present).
• Eve (2003-present).
• Hope and Faith (2003-present).
• Joan of Arcadia (2003-present).
• Las Vegas (2003-present).
• Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003-present).
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003-present).
• Navy NCIS (2003-present).
• Nip/Tuck (2003-present).
• One Tree Hill (2003-present).
• Postman Pat (UK) (1981, 1996, 2003-present).
• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-present).
• Reno 911! (2003-present).
• Romeo! (2003-present).
• Superstars (UK) (1975-1985, 2003-present).
• The O.C. (2003-present).
• Two and a Half Men (2003-present).
• Xiaolin Showdown (2003-present).

Ending this year

• February - Lizzie McGuire (2001-2004).
• February - Lloyd in Space (2001-2004).
• June - Hey Arnold! (1996-2004).
• November 11 - Unscrewed with Martin Sargent (2003-2004).
• Rugrats (1991-2004).
• Frasier (1993-2004).
• Friends (1994-2004).
• The Drew Carey Show (1995-2004).
• The Practice (1997-2004).
• Becker (1998-2004).
• Call For Help (1998-2004).
• Sex and the City (1998-2004).
• The Powerpuff Girls (1998-2004).
• Angel (1999-2004).
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999-2004).
• Boston Public (2000-2004).
• Ed (2000-2004).
• The District (2000-2004).
• Mutant X (2001-2004).
• The Guardian (2001-2004).
• Hack (2002-2004).
• Life with Bonnie (2002-2004).
• The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002-2004).
• 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003-2004).
• Happy Family (2003-2004).
• I'm with Her (2003-2004).
• It's All Relative (2003-2004).
• Karen Sisco (2003-2004).
• Married to the Kellys (2003-2004).
• The Handler (2003-2004).
• The Newsroom (Canada) (1996-1997, 2003-2004).
• Threat Matrix (2003-2004).
• Whoopi (2003-2004).

Deaths

• January 2 - Lynn Cartwright, 76, US actor.
• January 19 - Jerry Nachman, 57, MSNBC editor-in-chief.
• January 23 - Bob Keeshan, 76, US actor, Captain Kangaroo.
• January 27 - Jack Paar, 85, The Tonight Show host.
• January 29 - Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, producer and co-creator of The Real World.
• February 23 - Carl Anderson, 58, US actor.
• February 24 - John Randolph, 88, US actor.
• March 7 - Paul Winfield, 62, Emmy-winning actor.
• March 8 - Robert Pastorelli, 50, actor on Murphy Brown.
• March 17 - J. J. Jackson, 62, former MTV VJ.
• March 26 - Jan Sterling, 82, US actor.
• March 27 - Art James, 74, game show host and announcer.
• March 28 - Sir Peter Ustinov, 82, British actor.
• March 30 - Alistair Cooke, 95, BBC broadcaster and transatlantic commentator.
• March 30 - Hubert Gregg, 89, BBC broadcaster.
• April 1 - Carrie Snodgress, 57, character actress.
• May 9 - Alan King, comedian.
• May 17 - Tony Randall, actor and star of television version of The Odd Couple.
• May 21 - Gene Wood, 78, announcer of Family Feud and other US game shows.
• July 9 - Isabel Sanford, 86, actress most famous for her role on The Jeffersons, from natural causes.
• July 28 - Eugene Roche, 75, actor with recurring roles on Soap and many other series.
• November 6 - Howard Keel, 85, actor/singer, Dallas.
• December 28 - Jerry Orbach, 69, actor (Law & Order) (b. 1935).