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| [[HBO]]'s children's programs, including the recently canceled ''[[Crashbox]]'', are transferred to its multiplex channel [[HBO#List of HBO channels|HBO Family]].
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| [[TEENick]] first airs as a Sunday night block on [[Nickelodeon]].
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| On [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]'' broadcasts its final show from [[Panama City Beach, Florida]], with a simulcast with the [[WWE|WWF]]'s (now [[WWE]]'s) ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night RAW]]'' television series (then airing on [[Spike (TV network)|TNN]]), officially ending a six-year ratings struggle in [[professional wrestling]] known as the [[Monday Night Wars|Monday Night War]]. Live professional wrestling events wouldn't be broadcast on TNT again until the launch of ''[[AEW Dynamite]]'' in 2019.
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|[[WrestleMania X-Seven]] from the [[Reliant Astrodome]] in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], is broadcast on [[pay-per-view]]. The event would receive universal acclaim from critics and fans, and is often regarded as the best [[WrestleMania]] of all time, and by many considered the greatest professional wrestling pay-per-view ever produced.
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| ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' returns as a regular series hosted by [[Tom Bergeron]], a role he would hold for 15 seasons.
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| ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' [[List_of_Samurai_Jack_episodes#Season_1_(2001)|premieres]] on [[Cartoon Network]].
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| [[Samurai Jack]] Premieres on [[Cartoon Network]] with the Premiere Movie.
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| ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' airs its [[Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood_(season_31)#Episode_5_(Celebrate_the_Arts)|final episode]] on [[PBS Kids]]. [[Fred Rogers]] died two years later of [[stomach cancer]] at the age of 74.
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| [[CBS]]'s travel-based reality-competition, ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'', which would later become one of the most successful franchises in television, premieredpremieres its [[The Amazing Race 1|first episode]].
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| Ed Toutant wins $1,860,000 on ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]''.<ref name="Toutant">{{cite web|url=https://www.aol.com/article/2010/09/29/million-dollar-game-show-winners-what-happens-after-the-money-c/19644881/|title=Million Dollar Game Show Winners: What Happens After the Money Comes In|work=Aol.com|publisher=Daily Finance|last=Berr|first=Jonathan|date=September 29, 2010|accessdate=July 30, 2014}}</ref> He had previously appeared on the episode aired January 31, 2001, when the jackpot was $1,860,000, where he was ruled to have answered his $16,000 question incorrectly, but when it was discovered that there was a mistake in that question, Toutant was invited back<ref>{{cite episode|series=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |season=3|number=1|date=September 7, 2001|network=ABC}}</ref> and wonwins the $1,860,000 jackpot.<ref name="Toutant"/>
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| Fox broadcasts the final episode of ''[[Murder in Small Town X]]'', in which [[New York City]] firefighter [[Ángel Juarbe, Jr.]] wonwins. Juarbe wasis killed three days later during the [[collapse of the World Trade Center]].
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| Viewers around the world witness a [[September 11 attacks|terrorist attack]] on the [[United States]], and the [[Collapse of the World Trade Center|collapse]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] in [[New York City]], live on television. Additionally, the broadcast towers of [[WABC-TV]] and [[WNBC]], the respective flagship stations of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[NBC]], wereare destroyed by the attacks, but those signals could be viewed cable and satellite. The broadcast tower of [[WCBS-TV]] wasis destroyed in the attacks, but its full-power backup transmitter at the [[Empire State Building]] wasis not destroyed. Most American over-the-air broadcasters (except for Fox, UPN, PBS, and The WB) and cable networks suspend regular programming for four days, and numerous major daily [[talk show]]s wereare not exhibited for several weeks until their hosts feel comfortable resuming programming.
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| Although they were first seen during 1952 and used by some television news programs ever since, [[news ticker|continually scrolling news headlines]] along the bottom of the screen become commonplace after the [[Fox News Channel]] useduses it to allow viewers to keep track of the latest developments during the attacks.
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| [[Dick Schaap]] makes his final appearance as host of [[ESPN]]'s ''[[The Sports Reporters]]''. The show wasis expanded to an hour to cover the sports perspective from the [[September 11th attacks]]. Schaap soon underwentundergoes [[hip replacement]] surgery and later dieddies from complications. In fact, he delayed the surgery in order to be on that show.
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|All of the Big Three television networks resume their normal daytime programming schedules after four days of extensive news coverage of the attacks.
| ''[[Card Sharks]]'' is revived with host [[Pat Bullard]], but its dramatically different game play turns off viewers and it was cancelled after just 13 weeks.
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|All of the Big Three television networks resumed their normal daytime programming schedules after four days of extensive news coverage of the attacks.
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| On [[CBS]], Dr. [[Will Kirby]] is declared the winner of ''[[Big Brother 2 (American season)|Big Brother 2]]'', which was delayed by the attacks. Runner-up Nicole Nilson-Schafrich wins $50,000.
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| All four major US networks – [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], and [[NBC]] – broadcast ''[[America: A Tribute to Heroes]]'', a two-hour telethon to raise money for the families of those killed by the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/09/22/MN112627.DTL&type=printable|title=Musicians, actors honor heroes, raise money for attack victims|date=September 22, 2001|first=John|last=Carman|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|page=A1}}</ref>
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|[[Alex Trebek]], the longtime host of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', appears for the first time without his trademark mustache.
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| The start of the 2001–2002 autumn season in the US is delayed as a result of the attacks, with some series such as [[NBC]]'s ''[[The West Wing]]'' substituting special episodes dealing with the event in lieu of their originally scheduled season premieres. Some series, such as [[CBS]]'s military-themed series ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' and [[NBC]]'s New York-based ''[[Third Watch]]'', hadhave to be reformatted in consideration of the attacks.
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| [[UPN]] airedairs the [[Broken Bow (Star Trek: Enterprise)|two-hour series premiere]] of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. ''Enterprise'' is UPN's replacement for ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' (as well as the last iteration of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise).
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| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate WVSX (now [[WVNS-TV]]) in [[Lewisburg, West Virginia]], changes its affiliation to [[CBS]], giving the [[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]]-[[Bluefield, West Virginia|Bluefield]]-[[Oak Hill, West Virginia|Oak Hill]] market its first full-time CBS affiliate. Fox diddoes not return to the Bluefield area until 2006, when the combination of a dispute involving [[WVAH-TV]] in [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]] and the end of the [[Foxnet]] cable service prompts WVNS-TV to establish a Fox-affiliated DT2 subchannel.
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| The [[53rd Primetime Emmy Awards]] are presented on [[CBS]]. The original date was postponed 2 months ago when the [[September 11 attacks]] occurred.<ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117916283?refcatid=32&printerfriendly=true The 53rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards] from ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' (November 6, 2001)</ref>
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| Game 7 of the [[2001 World Series|World Series]] is broadcast on [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]]. The [[2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona Diamondbacks]] win their first title, defeating the three-time champion [[2001 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] which marked the end of their memorable dynasty. The game ended with a base hit walk-off by [[Luis Gonzalez (outfielder, born 1967)|Luis Gonzalez]] against closer [[Mariano Rivera]] as he notoriously blew the save. This hasseries beenwas consideredclaimed as one of the greatest World Series of all time.
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|''[[New Year's Eve Live (CNN program)|New Year's Eve Live]]'' airs its first episodeedition on [[CNN]].
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|-
|rowspan="3"|August 1
| ''[[Hard Knocks (2001 TVdocumentary series)|Hard Knocks]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
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|-
|rowspan="2"|September 3
| ''[[One on One (American TV series)|One on One]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
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| ''[[Iyanla Vanzant|Iyanla]]''
|-
| ''[[The Other Half (TVtalk seriesshow)|The Other Half]]''
|-
| ''[[The URL With Phred Show]]''
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|November 3
| ''[[Totally Spies!]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]]
|-
|November 5
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===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Date
! Show
! Network
! Debut
! Status
|-
|rowspan="32"|January 6
|''[[Croc Files]]''
|Discovery Kids on NBC
|1999
|rowspan="2826"|Cancelled
|-
|''[[One World (TV series)|One World]]''
|NBC
|1998
|-
|''[[Noah Knows Best]]''
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|January 13
|''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''
|ABC
|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 14
|''[[The Jamie Foxx Show]]''
|The WB
|1996
|-
|''[[TV Funhouse]]''
|2000
|-
|January 17
|''[[Welcome to New York (TV series)|Welcome to New York]]''
|CBS
|2000
|-
|January 18
|''[[Later (talk show)|Later]]''
|NBC
|1988
|-
|January 26
|''[[Level 9 (TV series)|Level 9]]''
|UPN
|2000
|-
|February 166
|''[[Beggars and Choosers (TV series)|Beggars and Choosers]]''
|''[[Teletubbies]]''
|Showtime
|1997
|1999
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 18
|''[[Grosse Pointe (TV series)|Grosse Pointe]]''
|rowspan="2"|The WB
|rowspan="3"|2000
|-
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|February 24
|''[[Corduroy (TV series)|Corduroy]]''
|PBS Kids
|-
|March 1
|''[[Madeline (TV series)|Madeline]]''
|Disney Channel
|1993
|-
|March 4
|''[[La Femme Nikita (TV series)|La Femme Nikita]]''
|USA Network
|1997
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 5
|''[[Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (TV series)|Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot]]''
|Fox Kids
|1999
|-
|''[[Cleopatra 2525]]''
|Syndication
|rowspan="4"|2000
|-
|March 7
|''[[Bette (TV series)|Bette]]''
|CBS
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 11
|''[[The Bob Clampett Show]]''
|Cartoon Network
|-
|''[[Strip Mall]]''
|Comedy Central
|-
|March 21
|''[[WCW Thunder]]''
|TBS
|1998
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 23
|''[[Generation O!]]''
|Kids' WB
|2000
|-
|''[[Oh Yeah! Cartoons]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1998
|-
|March 24
| ''[[Cover Me (American TV series)|Cover Me]]''
|USA
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|March 25
|''[[In a Heartbeat (TV series)|In a Heartbeat]]''
|Disney Channel
|-
|March 26
|''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]''
|TNT
|1995
|-
|March 30
|''[[Hollywood Showdown]]''
|GSN
|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 31
|''[[Spider-Man Unlimited]]''
|Fox Kids
|1999
|-
|''[[WCW Worldwide]]''
|Syndication
|1975
|Ended
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|April 1
|''[[Kathy's So-Called Reality]]''
|MTV
|2001
|rowspan="1819"|Cancelled
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 6
|''[[The Norm Show]]''
|ABC
|1999
|-
|''[[Teletubbies]]''
|PBS Kids
|1998
|-
|April 9
|''[[Gideon's Crossing]]''
|ABC
|2000
|-
|April 11
|''[[Some of My Best Friends]]''
|CBS
|rowspan="4"|2001
|-
|April 13
|''[[Gary & Mike]]''
|UPN
|-
|April 14
|''[[Kate Brasher]]''
|CBS
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 15
|''[[Totally Hoops]]''
|Disney Channel
|-
|''[[Jack & Jill (TV series)|Jack & Jill]]''
|The WB
|rowspan="2"|1999
|-
|April 22
|''[[The Lot (TV series)|The Lot]]''
|AMC
|-
|May 4
|''[[Nash Bridges]]''
|CBS
|1996
|-
|May 11
|''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]''
|CBS
|1993
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 14
|''[[Baywatch]]''
|Syndication
|1989
|-
|''[[Moesha]]''
|UPN
|1996
|-
|May 15
|''[[The Fighting Fitzgeralds]]''
|NBC
|2001
|-
|May 16
|''[[Two Guys and a Girl]]''
|ABC
|1998
|-
|May 17
|''[[All That]]'' (returned in 2002)
|rowspan="2"|Nickelodeon
|1994
|-
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|-
|''[[The Howard Stern Radio Show]]''
|Syndication
|-
|''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''
|CBS
|1993
|rowspan="2"|Ended
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|May 22
|''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''
|NBC
|1996
|-
|rowspan="4"|May 23
|''[[Boot Camp (TV series)|Boot Camp]]''
|Fox
|rowspan="2"|2001
|rowspan="25"|Cancelled
|-
|''[[That's My Bush!]]''
|Comedy Central
|-
|''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''
|UPN
|1995
|-
|''[[Moral Court]]''
|Syndication
|2000
|-
|May 27
|''[[Mike, Lu & Og]]''
|Cartoon Network
|1999
|-
|May 29
|''[[DAG (American TV series)|DAG]]''
|NBC
|2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 1
|''[[Seven Days (TV series)|Seven Days]]''
|UPN
|1998
|-
|''[[The Lone Gunmen (TV series)|The Lone Gunmen]]''
|Fox
|2001
|-
|June 6
|''[[18 Wheels of Justice]]''
|TNN
|2000
|-
|June 7
|''[[Zoboomafoo]]''
|PBS
|1999
|-
|June 18
|''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''
|Syndication
|1995
|-
|rowspan="3"|June 22
|''[[FreakyLinks]]''
|Fox
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|''[[History IQ]]''
|The History Channel
|-
|''[[The Famous Jett Jackson]]''
|Disney Channel
|1998
|-
|June 27
|''[[Ladies Man (1999 TV series)|Ladies Man]]''
|CBS
|1999
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 30
|''[[Men in Black: The Series]]''
|Kids' WB
|1997
|-
|''[[MasterChef USA]]''
|PBS
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|July 10
|''[[The Geena Davis Show]]''
|ABC
|-
|July 17
|''[[The Big Garage]]''
|TLC
|1997
|-
|July 25
|''[[The Beast (2001 TV series)|The Beast]]''
|ABC
|rowspan="2"|2001
|-
|August 12
|''[[Undergrads]]''
|MTV
|-
|August 18
|''[[WWF LiveWire]]''
|TNN
|1996
|-
|August 19
|''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling]]''
|USA Network
|1986
|-
|August 28
|''[[Cursed (2000 TV series)|Cursed]]''
|NBC
|2000
|-
|rowspan="3"|August 31
|''[[The Big Help]]''
|Nickelodeon
|1994
|-
|''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]''
|PBS
|1968
|Ended
|-
|''[[The Queen Latifah Show]]'' (returned in 2013)
|Syndication
|1999
|rowspan="2928"|Cancelled
|-
|September 1
|''[[Murder in Small Town X]]''
|Fox
|2001
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 7
|''[[Real TV]]''
|Syndication
|1996
|-
|''[[Judge Mills Lane]]''
|Syndication
|1998
|-
|September 9
|''[[Phred on Your Head Show]]''
|Noggin
|1999
|-
|September 20
|''[[Spyder Games]]''
|MTV
|rowspan="2"|2001
|-
|September 25
|''[[Dead Last]]''
|The WB
|-
|September 28
|''[[So Weird]]''
|Disney Channel
|1999
|-
|October 1
|''[[Internet Tonight]]''
|ZDTV/TechTV
|1998
|-
|October 7
|''[[Monster Rancher (TV series)|Monster Rancher]]''
|Syndication
|1999
|-
|October 9
|''[[What About Joan?]]''
|ABC
|2001
|-
|October 15
|''[[Bug Juice]]'' (returned in 2018)
|Disney Channel
|rowspan="2"|1998
|-
|October 19
|''[[Inquizition]]''
|GSN
|-
|November 1
|''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]''
|ABC
|rowspan="2"|2001
|-
|November 3
|''[[Citizen Baines]]''
|CBS
|-
|November 5
|''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]''
|ABC
|1997
|-
|November 10
|''[[All About Us (TV series)|All About Us]]''
|NBC
|2001
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 17
|''[[MythQuest]]''
|PBS
|rowspan="2"|2001
|2001
|-
|''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]''
|-
|November 22
|''[[Maisy]]''
|Noggin
|1999
|-
|November 30
|''[[ReBoot]]''
|YTV
|1994
|-
|December 7
|''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' (returned in 2004)
|Cartoon Network
|1997
|-
|December 10
|''[[Angela Anaconda]]''
|Fox Family
|1999
|-
|December 15
|''[[City Guys]]''
|NBC
|1997
|-
|December 18
|''[[Batman Beyond]]''
|Kids' WB
|1999
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 28
|''[[2 Minute Drill (game show)|2 Minute Drill]]''
|ESPN
|rowspan="2"|2000
|-
|''[[Timothy Goes to School]]''
|PBS Kids
|-
|December 30
|''[[Men, Women & Dogs]]''
|The WB
|2001
|}
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!February 15
|[[Haley Tju]]
|Actress (''[[Monsters vs. Aliens (TV series)|Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', ''[[Bella and the Bulldogs]]'', ''[[The Loud House]]'', ''[[Big Hero 6: The Series]]'', ''[[Where's Waldo? (TV series)|Where's Waldo?]]'', ''[[TheAmphibia Loud(TV Houseseries)|Amphibia]]'')
|-
!February 16
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