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The year 2007 in television involves some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.

Events

January-March

January 2
This Life returns for a ten-year reunion special.
January 7The top prize of £250,000 is won on the United Kingdom version of the game show Deal or No Deal.
January 17Protests in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara are alleged to be racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
January 23It is announced by Channel Nine that, after 31 years of airing The Young and the Restless, the network would drop the series, which was then picked up by Foxtel's W. Channel.
January 28Final edition of the BBC's Grandstand after 49 years.
February 4A Canadian edition of Deal or No Deal debuts, also hosted by Howie Mandel.
February 9Paul Merton presents his last edition of Room 101.
February 18BBC Two launches 14 new idents designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, with the "2" becoming a "Windows of the World" a portal through which the world is seen differently.
February 18Richard and Judy is scrutinised when it is claimed that it already chosen it's winners for it's premium-rate phone-in quiz, "You Say, We Pay". This results in the start of the 2007 British television phone-in scandal.
March 17Cartoon Network's Toonami celebrates its 10th Anniversary.
March 312007 Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon.
March 31Series 3 of Doctor Who begins on BBC One.

April-June

April 11
MSNBC announced that its simulcast of Imus in the Morning was being canceled immediately after public outcry against the host's remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
April 13Have I Got News for You starts to produce a video podcast featuring unbroadcast material.
May 2The New Zealand free-to-air digital television platform Freeview begins broadcasting over DVB-S, breaking the digital television monopoly held by pay network SKY Television.
May 3Queen Elizabeth II visits America (fifth time in 50 years) for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia and also meets with families from the Virginia Tech Massacre. It becomes U.S. national & local TV news.
May 8HolbyBlue debuts on BBC One as a spin off from Casualty and Holby City
May 14BBC One broadcasts "Scientology and Me" a Panorama investigation into Scientology by journalist John Sweeney. A clip from the programme of Sweeney losing his temper and shouting at a disruptive scientologist representative is widely released on the internet and on DVD by scientologists prior to airing.
May 20The Simpsons reaches its landmark 400th episode.
May 23Jordin Sparks wins the 6th season of the popular singing competition American Idol, with Blake Lewis as the runner up.
June 15Bob Barker retires from The Price Is Right after 35 years as host and after 50 years on television. Barker's final episode aired both in its regular daytime slot and in prime time leading into the Daytime Emmy Awards.
June 26Mika Brzezinski attempted to set fire to a script, screwed up another, and shredded a third, in a protest about having to lead her news broadcast with a story about Paris Hilton's release from prison, rather than about the Iraq War.

July-September

July 23
Drew Carey is announced as Bob Barker's successor on The Price Is Right.
August 17High School Musical 2 becomes the most-watched made-for-cable movie ever, receiving 17.24 million viewers.
August 22The BBC celebrates their 75-year service in television.
August 31Finland switches off its analogue television signal.
September 5The BBC scraps plans for Planet Relief, a programme similar to Comic Relief and Sport Relief for fear of bias against critics of climate change and that viewers would prefer more factual programmes on the subject.
September 9In an advertising first, eBay begin showing live auction adverts between programmes in the UK, showing an auction with picture, current bid, time auction ends, and postage and packaging charges.
September 16The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out. The Sopranos wins Oustanding Drama Series, while 30 Rock wins Outstading Comedy Series
September 21ITV postpone broadcasting the 2007 British Comedy Awards due to the phone-in scandals.
September 26abc1, a british television channel broadcasting american sitcoms, closeddown at Midday.
September 27Record News, a brazilian television channel, starts its transmissions.

October-December

October 1
ftn closes down at 6am. Virgin 1 launches at 9pm the same night.
October 17The town of Whitehaven in Cumbria becomes the first place in the UK to lose their analogue television signals and start the digital switchover, starting with BBC Two. The other four channels will be switched off on November 14.

Debuts (including scheduled)

Date Show
January 1Engaged and Underage on MTV
January 1High Maintenance 90210 on E!
January 1Poker After Dark on NBC
January 1The Sarah Jane Adventures on BBC One
January 2Dirt on FX Network
January 3The Knights of Prosperity on ABC''
January 3In Case of Emergency on ABC
January 7 on NBC
January 7I'm From Rolling Stone on MTV
January 7Just Jordan on Nickelodeon
January 8I Love New York on VH1
January 8The (White) Rapper Show on VH1
January 8 on VH1
January 10Armed and Famous on CBS
January 12Cory in the House on Disney Channel
January 17The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show on Comedy Central
January 21The Dresden Files on the SciFi Channel
January 22E-Vet Interns on Animal Planet
January 23Disney's Really Short Report on Disney Channel
January 25Skins on E4
January 20Bam's Unholy Union on MTV
January 30Wrestling Society X on MTV
February 1Juvies on MTV
February 1The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central
February 3The Naked Brothers Band on Nickelodeon
February 5Rules of Engagement on CBS
February 11Saul of the Mole People on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
February 11Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
February 20100 Winners on GSN
February 23quiznation on GSN
February 26The Black Donnelys on NBC
February 26 on Toon Disney
February 27Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on FOX
March 3El Tigre:The adventures of Manny Rivera on Nickelodeon
March 4 on VH1
March 5The Land Before Time on Cartoon Network
March 6The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll on The CW
March 7The Wedding Bells on FOX
March 10''Blood+ on adult swim
March 12The Riches on FX
March 13Bullrun on Spike TV
March 14Halfway Home on Comedy Central
March 15Raines on NBC
March 15October Road on ABC
March 22This American Life on Showtime
March 23Acceptable.TV on VH1
March 28The Apprentice on BBC One, previously on BBC Two from 2005-2006
March 27The Great American Dream Vote on ABC
April 1Sons of Hollywood on A&E
April 1The Tudors on Showtime
April 5Adventures in Hollyhood on MTV
April 7Human Giant on MTV
April 7Short Circuitz on MTV
April 10 on MTV
April 10Scarred on MTV
April 12Notes from the Underbelly on ABC
April 12Roman's Empire on BBC One
April 13Painkiller Jane on Sci Fi
April 15Drive on FOX
April 15 on VH1
May 8Holby Blue on BBC One
May 10Traveler on BBC One
May 12My Friends Tigger & Pooh on Disney Channel
May 13Fat Guy Stuck in Internet on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
May 13Superjail on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
May 18National Bingo Night on ABC
May 25Storm Hawks on Cartoon Network
May 30Hidden Palms on The CW
May 30The Next Best Thing on ABC
May 30Traveler on ABC
May 31Pirate Master on CBS
June 1Demons on CBS
June 4Creature Comforts on CBS
June 6Tyler Perry's House of Payne on TBS
June 10John From Cincinnati on HBO
June 13First Annual Guys' Choice Awards on Spike TV
June 13Lil' Bush on Comedy Central
June 17Flight of the Conchords on HBO
June 17Meadowlands on Showtime
June 18Age of Love on NBC
June 18Heartland on TNT
June 25Tak and the Power of Juju on Nickelodeon
June 25Wayside on Nickelodeon
June 26Shaq's Big Challenge on ABC
July 2Camouflage on GSN
July 8American Body Shop on Comedy Central
July 9Greek on ABC
July 15Rock of Love with Bret Michaels on VH1
July 16 on NBC
July 17The Bill Engvall Show on TBS
July 19Mad Men on AMC
July 23Saving Grace on TNT
July 24Damages on FX
August 4Grand Slam on GSN
August 5The Company on TNT
August 8 on MTV
August 10Flash Gordon on Sci Fi
August 13Californication on Showtime
August 13Slacker Cats on ABC Family
August 20Yo Gabba Gabba! on Nickelodeon
August 22Anchorwoman on FOX
August 27The Life of Ryan on MTV
August 28Outnumbered on BBC One
August 30Celebrity Rap Superstar on MTV
August 31Back at the Barnyard on Nickelodeon
September 1Eurovision Dance Contest on EBU
September 6Tim Gunn's Guide to Style on BRAVO
September 8iCarly on Nickelodeon
September 8Torchwood on BBC America
September 10Tell Me You Love Me on HBO
September 10Steve Wilkos, a talk show hosted by Jerry Springer's former security head, debuts in syndication in the United States and Canada
September 14Nashville on FOX
September 14Out of Jimmy's Head on Cartoon Network
September 17K-Ville on FOX
September 19Gossip Girl on The CW
September 19MANswers on Spike TV
September 19Back to You on FOX
September 19Kid Nation on CBS
September 19Kitchen Nightmares on FOX
September 20 on CBS
September 23CW Now on CW
September 23Online Nation on CW
September 24Journeyman on NBC
September 24The Big Bang Theory on CBS
September 24Chuck on NBC
September 25Reaper on CW
September 25''Cane
September 26Gossip Girl on CW
September 26Bionic Woman on NBC
September 26Life on NBC
September 26Private Practice on ABC
September 26Dirty Sexy Money on ABC
September 27Big Shots on ABC
September 28Moonlight on CBS
October 1Aliens in America on CW
October 1Dr. Steve-O on USA
October 2Cavemen on ABC
October 2Carpoolers on ABC
October 3Pushing Daisies on ABC
October 4Last One Standing on Discovery Channel
October 7Life Is Wild on CW
October 12Women's Murder Club on ABC
October 12Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel
October 13The Search for the Next Elvira on Fox Reality
October 14Keeping Up With The Kardashians on E!
October 15Samantha Who? on ABC
October 15The Salt-N-Pepa Show on VH-1
October 17Storm Chasers on Discovery Channel
October 18Viva Laughlin on CBS
October 19The Next Great American Band on FOX
October 22NI HAO, KAI-LAN on Nickelodeon
October 24Phenomenon on NBC
November 10Bunnytown on Disney Channel
November 27Cashmere Mafia on ABC
November/DecemberDiggs Tailwagger on Nickelodeon

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Ending this year

DateShowDebut
January 4Green Wing2004
January 5The Megan Mullally Show2006
January 15Quizmania2006
January 24Armed & Famous2007
January 25On the Road Again1987
January 28Grandstand1958
January 30Big Day2006
February 14JoJo's Circus2003
February 17My Life as a Teenage Robot2003
February 18PlayMania2006
February 18Reba2001
February 22The O.C.2003
February 26The (White) Rapper Show2007
March 2Day Break2006
March 4What's with Andy?2001
March 5The Class2006
March 6Watch Over Me2006
March 6Wicked Wicked Games2006
March 13Stargate SG-11997
March 16The Vicar of Dibley1994
March 18I'm From Rolling Stone2007
March 18The Winner2007
March 25The George Michael Sports Machine1983
March 252007
March 25Rome2005
March 26What About Brian2006
March 28The Great American Dream Vote2007
March 30Falcon Beach2006
March 30Six Degrees2006
March 31Monster Allergy2006
April 1Miffy2003
April 2The Black Donnellys2007
April 3Bam's Unholy Union2007
April 41954
April 6The Wedding Bells2007
April 7Bratz2005
April 10Life on Mars2006
April 11In Case of Emergency2007
April 14Andy Barker, P.I.2007
April 15The Dresden Files2007
April 22The War at Home2005
April 23Drive2007
April 27Identity2006
April 27Raines2007
April 28Eureka Seven2006
April 29Sons of Hollywood2007
April 29Spider Riders2006
May 5Loonatics Unleashed2005
May 6Bear in the Big Blue House1997
May 8George Lopez2002
May 11Acceptable.TV2007
May 11Close to Home2005
May 137th Heaven1996
May 14All of Us2003
May 14The King of Queens1998
May 15Gilmore Girls2000
May 16Crossing Jordan2001
May 16Halfway Home2007
May 16Thank God You're Here2007
May 17Roman's Empire2007
May 22Veronica Mars2004
May 28The Real Wedding Crashers2007
May 29Punk'd2003
June 1Bert's Family Feud2006
June 3Dream Team1997
June 8Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide2004
June 10The Sopranos1999
June 13100 Winners2007
June 15The Catch-Up2007
June 18Creature Comforts2007
June 21The Showbiz Show with David Spade2005
June 242007
June 25The Ex-Wives Club2007
June 26Deadliest Catch2006
June 28Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip2006
June 29Marina2006
July 1The Loop2006
July 4Hidden Palms2007
July 5Short Circuitz2007
July 82007
July 16Extreme Makeover2002
July 162007
July 17Pirate Master2007
July 18Traveler2007
July 20Standoff2006
July 22Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law2000
July 232007
August 5Meadowlands2007
August 5The Simple Life2003
August 8The Nine2006
August 11Kidnapped2006
August 12John from Cincinnati2007
August 19The Company2007
August 21On the Lot2007
August 22Anchorwoman2007
August 23The Knights of Prosperity2007
August 24Danny Phantom2004
August 31Heartland2007
September 12005
September 2Play with Me Sesame2002
September 5Outnumbered2007
September 7Kim Possible2002
September 12Little Bill1997
September 16Drake & Josh2004
September 21Painkiller Jane2007
September 22Winx Club2004
September 23The 1/2 Hour News Hour2007
September 30Braves TBS Baseball1975
October 5Dame Chocolate2007
October 13Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo2005
November 10That's So Raven2003
November 12Dora the Explorer2000
December 1Parkinson1971
UnknownPimp My Ride2004

Deaths

DateNameAgeCinematic Credibility
January 7Magnús Magnússon77Icelandic-born television presenter (Mastermind)
January 8Iwao Takamoto81Japanese-American animator (Scooby Doo)
January 8Yvonne De Carlo84Canadian-born US actress (The Munsters)
January 14Darlene Conley72Irish-born US soap opera actress (The Bold and the Beautiful)
January 16Ron Carey71US actor and comedian (Barney Miller)
January 27Bob Carroll88US sitcom writer (I Love Lucy, Alice)
January 30Sidney Sheldon89US writer (creator of I Dream of Jeannie)
January 31Lee Bergere82US actor (Dynasty)
February 8Anna Nicole Smith39US model, actress (The Anna Nicole Show)
February 15Ray Evans92US songwriter (theme songs to Bonanza and Mister Ed)
March 8John Inman71UK actor, best known for playing Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?
March 19Calvert DeForest85US actor (Late Night with David Letterman)
April 11Roscoe Lee Browne81US actor (Soap)
April 30Tom Poston85US actor (Newhart)
May 15Jerry Falwell73US televangelist (The Old-Time Gospel Hour)
May 25Charles Nelson Reilly76US actor, game show panelist (Match Game)
May 27Gretchen Wyler75US actress (Dallas, several TV series guest appearances)
June 12Don Herbert89US TV host (Mr. Wizard)
June 17Ed Friendly85US producer (Laugh-In, Little House on the Prairie)
June 24Chris Benoit40Canadian pro wrestler for WWE
June 29Joel Siegel63US film reviewer on Good Morning America
July 9Charles Lane102US character actor with decades of guest appearances ranging from I Love Lucy to Soap
July 20Tammy Faye Messner65US televangelist (The PTL Club)
July 29Marvin Zindler85Investigative reporter for KTRK-TV Houston; helped closed the Chicken Ranch brothel
July 29Tom Snyder71Hosted NBC's The Tomorrow Show and CBS's The Late Late Show
July 29Mike Reid67British comedian and actor, best known for playing Frank Butcher in British soap opera Eastenders
July 29Phil Drabble93British television presenter, author and countryman, best known as the presenter of sheepdog trial show One Man and His Dog.
August 3James T. Callahan76US actor (Charles in Charge)
August 7Hal Fishman75US news anchor on KTLA in Los Angeles (1965-2007)
August 12Merv Griffin82US entertainer/producer (The Merv Griffin Show, Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune)
August 28Miyoshi Umeki78Japanese-born actress (The Courtship of Eddie's Father)
September 6Ronald Magill87UK Actor, best known for playing Amos Brearly in Emmerdale
September 10Jane Wyman90US actress (Falcon Crest)
September 15Brett Somers83US game show panelist (Match Game)
September 21Alice Ghostley81US actress (Bewitched, Designing Women)
October 1Ronnie Hazlehurst79UK theme tune composer. (Only Fools and Horses, Yes Minister, Are You Being Served? etc)
October 9Carol Bruce87US actress (WKRP in Cincinnati)
October 16Deborah Kerr86TV Actress (A Woman of Substance)
October 18Joey Bishop89TV actor and comedian



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