2008 in television

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The year 2008 in television involves some significant plans. Below is a list of television-related events in 2008.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts (including scheduled) 3 Television Shows 3.1 1940s 3.2 1950s 3.3 1960s 3.4 1970s 3.5 1980s 3.6 1990s 3.6.1 1990-1993 3.6.2 1994-1996 3.6.3 1997-1999 3.7 2000s 3.7.1 2000 3.7.2 2001 3.7.3 2002 3.7.4 2003 3.7.5 2004 3.7.6 2005 3.7.7 2006 3.7.8 2007 3.7.9 Returning in 2008 4 Changes of network affiliation 5 Ending this year 6 Deaths 7 References

[edit] Events

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Date	Event
January 1	Nick GAS turns into The N and Nick GAS moves to Turbonick
January 1	CourtTV turns into TruTV
January 2	An interim agreement between Worldwide Pants Incorporated and the Writers Guild of America allows The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to return with their full writing staffs, in spite of the ongoing WGA strike. By contrast, NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Last Call with Carson Daly and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, which are all produced by their respective networks, went back on the air without writers (except for Jay Leno, who writes his own material).
January 11	Lola...Érase una Vez finishes with 11 months on air
June 7 - June 29	Euro 2008 is held in Austria and Switzerland
August 8 - August 24	2008 Summer Olympics are held in China
October	Longest-running children's television programme, Blue Peter celebrates its 50th birthday

[edit] Debuts (including scheduled)

Date	Debut
January 13	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on FOX
January	The Singles Table on NBC
February 1	Phineas and Ferb on Disney Channel
February 7	Lipstick Jungle on NBC
February 7	Survivor: Micronesia on CBS
February	Power Rangers: Jungle Fury on Toon Disney/Jetix
Spring	Halls of Fame on The N
Spring	Heroes: Origins on NBC
January 25	Making Fiends on Nickelodeon
February 4	Welcome to The Captain on CBS
Mid-Season	Miss/Guided on ABC
January 31	Eli Stone on ABC
January 5	Transformers: Animated on Cartoon Network
May	Big Brother 9 (UK) will begin on Channel 4
April 14	Canterbury's Law on FOX
Summer	Idolos de Juventud on Telemundo
Fall	Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Unknown
Fall/Winter	Wallace and Gromit in Trouble at Mill on BBC One
January 18	Mighty B on Nickelodeon
Unknown	Generation Kill on HBO
Unknown	Gigantic on The N
Unknown	Ashes to Ashes on BBC One
Summer	The Assistants on The N
Unknown	Out of the Blue on BBC One
Unknown	Queen Bees on The N
Unknown	Stargate: Universe on Unknown
Unknown	The Devil's Whore on Channel 4
Unknown	Them on FOX
March 14	The Return of Jezebel James on FOX
March 2	The Rules for Starting Over on FOX
March 1	The Spectacular Spider-Man on The CW
Unknown	Swingtown on CBS
Summer	Diggs Tailwagger on Nickelodeon
June 13	Random! Cartoons on Nickelodeon
Fall	Two Dreadful Children on FOX
Fall	The Devil Wears Prada on FOX

[edit] Television Shows

[edit] 1940s

• Meet the Press (1947-present).

[edit] 1950s

• CBS Evening News (1952-present).
• Guiding Light (1952-present).
• The Today Show (1952-present).
• Face the Nation (1954-present).
• The Early Show (1954-present).
• The Tonight Show (1954-present).
• As the World Turns (1956-present).

[edit] 1960s

• 60 Minutes (1968-present).
• Sesame Street (1969-present).

[edit] 1970s

• The Price Is Right (1972-present).
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present).
• This Old House (1979-present).

[edit] 1980s

• EastEnders (UK) (1985-present)
• The Simpsons (1989-present)

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 1990-1993

• Law & Order (1990-present).
• Dateline NBC (1992-present).
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present).
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present).
• WWE Raw (1993-present).

[edit] 1994-1996

• ER (1994-present).

[edit] 1997-1999

• King of the Hill (1997-present)
• Midsomer Murders (UK) (1997-present)
• One Piece (1997-present)
• South Park (1997-present)
• The View (1997-present)
• The Wonderful World Of Disney (1997-present)
• Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999-2002, 2007-2008)
• Dragon Tales (1999-present)
• Early Today (1999-present)
• Ed, Edd & Eddy (1999-present)
• Judge Mathis (1999-present)
• Holby City (1999-present)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-present)
• Passions (1999-present)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present)
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US) (1999-present)
• Smackdown! (1999-present)

[edit] 2000s

[edit] 2000

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000-present)
• Between the Lions (2000-present)
• Caillou (2000-present)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-present)

[edit] 2001

• 24 (2001-present).
• According to Jim (2001-present).
• Adult Swim (2001-present)
• Great Hotels (2001-present).
• How It's Made (2001-present).
• JR Digs (Canada) (2001-present).
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001-present).
• NASCAR on TNT (2001-present).
• Pop Idol (UK) (2001-present)
• Secrets of the Dead (2001-present)
• Smallville (2001-present)
• Scrubs (2001-present)
• The Fairly OddParents (2001-present)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001-present)
• The Saturday Show (UK) (2001-present).

[edit] 2002

• Codename: Kids Next Door (2002-2008).
• CSI: Miami (2002-present)
• The Wire (2002-present)
• Top Gear (UK) (2002-present)

[edit] 2003

• All Grown Up! (2003-present)
• NCIS (2003-present)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003-present)

[edit] 2004

• Boston Legal (2004-present)
• CSI: New York (2004-present)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004-present).
• House (2004-present)
• Lost (2004-present).
• The X Factor (UK) (2004-present).

[edit] 2005

• American Dad! (2005-present)
• Camp Lazlo (2005-present)
• Catscratch (2005-present)
• Family Guy (1999-2002, 2005-present)
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey(2005-present)
• The Apprentice (UK Version) (2005-present)
• The Office (2005-present)
• Doctor Who (2005-present)

[edit] 2006

• Class of 3000 (2006-present)
• Mr. Meaty (2006-present)
• Squirrel Boy (2006-present)
• Waterloo Road (UK) (2006-present)

[edit] 2007

• Back to You (2007-present)
• Chowder (2007-present).
• Madre Luna (2007-2008).
• Out of Jimmy's Head (2007-present).
• The Best Years (2007-present)
• Samantha Who? (2007-present)

[edit] Returning in 2008

• Futurama (1999-2003, 2008-present)

[edit] Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to	Notes
Futurama	Adult Swim	Comedy Central.
Neighbours (In the UK)	BBC One	Five	When Neighbours moves to Five there will be no gap between transmission of episodes.

[edit] Ending this year

Date	Show	Debut
January 21	Codename: Kids Next Door	2002
January	Madre Luna	2007
Summer	Richard & Judy	2001
Unknown	Scrubs	2001

Years in television: 2008
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[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

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