2003 in American television
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The following is a list of events affecting American television during 2003. Events listed include television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.
Events
January
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 19 | The WB series Charmed broadcasts its 100th episode. |
February
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 5 | The Price Is Right broadcasts its first Million Dollar Spectacular on CBS. |
| 16 | The 300th episode of the series The Simpsons is broadcast the same night as the Married... with Children reunion special. |
| 21 | Late Show host David Letterman began a few weeks leave due to a bout of shingles (guest hosts included Bruce Willis, Regis Philbin, Will Ferrell and Elvis Costello). |
| 24 | Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather interviews Saddam Hussein on national television, shortly before the Iraq invasion began. |
| The miniseries Giant Robot Week is broadcast by Cartoon Network, which includes 2 edited episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion. This is the first attempt to broadcast the series by network TV. | |
| 26 | The Young and the Restless celebrates its 30th anniversary. |
March
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 21 | Farscape's series finale, "Bad Timing", aired. |
April
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | General Hospital celebrates its 40th anniversary. |
| 7 | Dragonball Z broadcasts its final premiere episode on Cartoon Network. The series was first broadcast by Toonami on August 31, 1998. DBZ ended but returned during 2005 with the first 65 episodes redubbed and uncut. |
| 22 | Bianca Montgomery (Eden Riegel) kisses Lena Kundera (Olga Sosnovska) on All My Children; this is the first lesbian kiss on American daytime television. |
May
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 8 | Nancy Christy becomes the first woman to win $1,000,000 on the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. |
| 16 | The 30th Daytime Emmy Awards are given. |
| Cartoon Cartoons Fridays airs its final episode. | |
| 19 | ABC broadcasts a four-hour 50th Anniversary Special. |
| U.S. non-Canadian cable network Much USA was rebranded as Fuse TV. | |
| 20 | America's Next Top Model premiered on UPN. |
| 21 | Ruben Studdard became the winner of American Idol – season two. |
August
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 11 | The National Network is rebranded as Spike TV. |
September
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 | UPN's series Enterprise began a season-long story sequence – the first time a full season of a Star Trek series has been devoted to one storyline. (Three episodes into the new season, the series title is changed to Star Trek: Enterprise.) |
| 21 | Everybody Loves Raymond and The West Wing have won both Outstanding TV Series at the 55th Primetime Emmy Awards. |
| 24 | Jun Song wins the American version Big Brother 4 and wins the $500,000 prize. Runner-Up Allison Irwin wins $50,000. |
October
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 20 | Rod Roddy made his final appearance as announcer of The Price Is Right (died one week later). |
November
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | CBS at 75, the special celebrating the network's 75th anniversary, was broadcast. |
| 4 | NFL Network launches. |
| 10 | The 4000th episode of Wheel of Fortune, since the pairing of host and hostess Pat Sajak and Vanna White, was broadcast |
Programs
Debuts
Ending this year
| Date | Show | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Truth or Scare | 2001 |
| January 12 | Andy Richter Controls the Universe | 2002 |
| January 24 | Presidio Med | |
| February 5 | The Legend of Tarzan | 2001 |
| February 7 | 3 South | 2002 |
| February 17 | Birds of Prey | |
| February 22 | The Nick Cannon Show | |
| February 23 | Oz | 1997 |
| February 25 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | 2000 |
| March 21 | Farscape | 1999 |
| April 4 | Liberty's Kids | 2002 |
| April 7 | Dragon Ball Z (returned in 2005) | 1996 |
| April 13 | Clone High | 2002 |
| My Big Fat Greek Life | 2003 | |
| April 24 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | 1996 |
| April 25 | Fastlane | 2002 |
| April 26 | Cubix: Robots for Everyone | 2001 |
| April 27 | Touched by an Angel | 1994 |
| May 7 | Stargate Infinity | 2002 |
| May 16 | Cartoon Cartoon Fridays | 1999 |
| May 17 | The Agency | 2001 |
| May 20 | Weakest Link | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1997 | |
| May 21 | The Caroline Rhea Show | 2002 |
| The Twilight Zone | ||
| The Jenny Jones Show | 1991 | |
| May 23 | Supermarket Sweep | 2000 |
| May 28 | Dawson's Creek | 1998 |
| June 2 | Even Stevens | 2000 |
| June 7 | The Mummy: The Animated Series | 2001 |
| June 25 | Hamtaro | 2002 |
| July 8 | The Book of Pooh | 2001 |
| July 14 | Digimon: Digital Monsters | 1999 |
| August 10 | Futurama (returned in 2008) | |
| The National Network | 2000 | |
| August 14 | Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" | 2003 |
| August 16 | Just Shoot Me! | 1997 |
| Scaredy Camp | 2002 | |
| August 29 | Summer Fridays | 2003 |
| August 31 | Disney's One Too | 1999 |
| September 12 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | 2003 |
| October 3 | Port Charles | 1997 |
| October 21 | Oswald | 2001 |
| October 24 | Disney's House of Mouse | |
| October 25 | Pokémon | 1998 |
| X-Men: Evolution | 2000 | |
| November 7 | Wanda at Large | 2003 |
| November 9 | Family Guy (returned in 2005) | 1999 |
| November 14 | Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? | 2002 |
| November 15 | Power Rangers Ninja Storm | 2003 |
| November 20 | Dexter's Laboratory | 1996 |
| November 23 | Tarzan | 2003 |
| November 26 | Time Squad | 2001 |
| November 30 | The Lyon's Den | 2003 |
| December 15 | Miss Match | |
| December 28 | Boomtown | 2002 |
| December 31 | The Brak Show | 2000 |
Changes of network affiliation
| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| Grounded for Life | Fox | The WB |
| The Magic School Bus | Fox Kids | TLC |
Births
| Date | Name | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| April 16 | Alina Foley | Actress (The League) |
| April 18 | Benjamin Cole Royer | Actor (Best Friends Whenever) |
| Matthew Lewis Royer | ||
| May 1 | Lizzy Greene | Actress (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn) |
| June 13 | Breanna Yde | Actress (The Haunted Hathaways) |
| September 18 | Aidan Gallangher | Actor (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn) |
| Nina Lu | Actress (Bunk'd) | |
| October 10 | Thomas Kuc | Actor (Game Shakers) |
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 12 | Maurice Gibb | 53 | Musician/songwriter (Bee Gees) |
| January 23 | Nell Carter | 54 | Actress, singer (Gimme a Break) |
| February 27 | Fred Rogers | 74 | Mister Rogers of (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) |
| March 12 | Lynne Thigpen | 54 | American television/film/stage actress (The District, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?) [1] |
| May 14 | Robert Stack | 84 | Actor (Eliot Ness on The Untouchables) |
| July 6 | Buddy Ebsen | 95 | Actor (The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) |
| July 27 | Bob Hope | 100 | Comedian, host and actor |
| September 11 | John Ritter | 54 | Actor (Three's Company, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter and voice of Clifford the Big Red Dog) |
| October 17 | Janice Rule | 72 | Actress (The Fugitive) |
| October 21 | Fred Berry | 52 | Actor (Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on What's Happening!!) |
| October 27 | Rod Roddy | 66 | Announcer (Press Your Luck, Soap, and most famously, The Price Is Right) |
| November 9 | Art Carney | 85 | Actor (Ed Norton on The Honeymooners) |
| November 12 | Jonathan Brandis | 27 | Actor (Lucas Wolenczak on seaQuest DSV) |
| December 14 | Jeanne Crain | 78 | Actress |
| December 29 | Earl Hindman | 61 | Actor (Wilson J. Wilson Jr. on Home Improvement) |
References
- ↑ The Associated Press (2003-03-14). "Lynne Thigpen, Actress in CBS's 'District,' Dies at 54". New York Times (Nytimes.com). Retrieved 2014-02-04.
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