The year 2007 in television involves some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 2007. [edit] Events [edit] January–March [edit] April–June [edit] July–September | Date | Event | | July 23 | Drew Carey is announced as Bob Barker's successor on The Price Is Right. | | August 17 | The Disney Channel premiere showing of High School Musical 2 becomes the most-watched made-for-cable movie ever, receiving 17.24 million viewers. | | August 22 | The BBC celebrates their 75-year service in television. | | August 30 | Big Ten Network launches, causing controversy among sports fans for failing to reach carriage agreements with large cable providers Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Cable, and several other smaller providers. (The disputes were left unresolved for nearly a year, causing millions of fans to miss several college football and college basketball games that were previously available on more widely distributed channels such as ABC, and the ESPN family of networks). | | August 31 | Finland switches off its analogue television signal. | | September 1 | In one of the first football games to air on the new Big Ten Network, Appalachian State University upsets the University of Michigan, 34-32, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. | | September 5 | The 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 9 | In 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 16 | The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out. The Sopranos wins Outstanding Drama Series, while 30 Rock wins Outstanding Comedy Series | | September 20 | Survivor opens its 15th season in the nation of China. Survivor: China became the first major American TV program to film entirely in China. | | September 21 | ITV postpone broadcasting the 2007 British Comedy Awards due to the phone-in scandals. | | September 26 | ABC1, a British television channel broadcasting American sitcoms, closes. | | September 27 | Record News, a Brazilian television channel, starts its transmissions. | [edit] October–December | Date | Event | | October 1 | Ftn closes and Virgin 1 launches at 9pm the same night. | | October 14 | Dave (formerly UKTV G2) launches on Freeview, after the closure of UKTV Bright Ideas. | | October 15 | Drew Carey's first episode as the new host of The Price is Right airs. | | October 17 | The town of Whitehaven in Cumbria becomes the first place in the UK to officially lose their analogue television signals and start the digital switchover, starting with BBC Two. The other four channels were switched off on November 14. | | November 2 | Channel 4 marks the 25th anniversary of its launch by resurrecting its original Lambie-Nairn-designed idents for the day. The anniversary is also marked by the rebroadcast of the November 2, 1982 debut edition of Countdown (the channel's first programme) and a special Big Fat Anniversary Quiz. | | November 5 | The 2007 Writers Guild of America strike begins causing many shows to halt production. | | November 7 | Sky Travel relaunches as Sky Real Lives and Sky Travel Shop rebranded as Sky Travel. | | November 14 | The remaining four Analogue channels are switched to Digital in Whitehaven in Cumbria. | | November 15 | Jorja Fox appears for the last time as a regular cast member as investigator Sara Sidle on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. | | December 1 | BBC HD is officially launched in the UK, after a one and a half year trial. | | December 3 | ESPN's Monday Night Football telecast of the unbeaten New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens breaks the basic cable viewership record set earlier this year by Disney Channel's High School Musical 2 with 17.52 million cable viewers. | | December 25 | BBC One gets its highest rated Christmas Day schedule in years, with Voyage of the Damned, the Christmas special of Doctor Who getting the shows' biggest audience since 1979 (13.31 million) and a special episode of EastEnders getting 14.38 million, that shows' biggest rating in three years and the highest rated show of 2007. Another success was a one-off special of To the Manor Born, returning after 26 years, with an audience of 10.25 million. | | December 29 | CBS and NBC simulcast the NFL Network telecast between the New England Patriots and New York Giants, as the Patriots become the first team in NFL history to go undefeated in a 16-game season. The two teams would meet again in Super Bowl XLII, with the Giants stopping the Pats from going 19-0. | | December 31 | Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids leaves the cable lineup and is replaced by The N which currently airs 24/7 after splitting from its sister channel, Noggin on all cable services except Dish Network. | [edit] Debuts [edit] Television shows - Chain Reaction (1980, 1986–1991, 2006–present).
- Family Fortunes (UK) (1980–2002, 2005 special, 2007–present).
- Lou Dobbs Tonight (1980–present)
- Mystery! (1980–present)
- Entertainment Tonight (1981–present).
- This Week (1981–present).
- America This Morning (1982–present).
- CCTV New Year's Gala (China) (1982–present).
- Nature (1982–present).
- Timewatch (UK) (1982–present).
- Waratte Iitomo (Japan) (1982–present).
- What Now (NZ) (1982-present).
- American Masters (1983–present).
- America Undercover (1983–present).
- Frontline (1983–present).
- Taggart, UK (1983–present)
- The George Michael Sports Machine (1983–2007).
- The Bill (UK) (1984–present).
- Jeopardy! (1964–1975, 1978–1979, 1984–present)
- SportsCentre, Canada (1984–present)
- EastEnders (UK) (1985–present).
- Neighbours (Australia) (1985–present).
- Beadle's About (UK) (1986–1996).
- Casualty (UK) (1986–present).
- Comic Relief (UK) (1986–present).
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986–present).
- The Bold and the Beautiful (1987–present).
- CBS Morning News (1987–present).
- ChuckleVision (UK) (1987–present).
- Headbangers Ball (1987–1995, 2003–present).
- 48 Hours (1988–present).
- American Experience (1988–present).
- America's Most Wanted (1988–present)
- Fair City, Ireland (1988–present)
- Les Guignols de l'info, France (1988–present)
- Home and Away, Australia (1988–present)
- This Morning (1988–present).
- COPS (1989–present).
- Domingão do Faustão, Brazil (1989–present).
- Inside Edition (1989–present).
- The New Yankee Workshop (1989–present).
- Primetime (1989–present).
- The Simpsons (1989–present).
[edit] 1990–1993 [edit] 1994–1996 [edit] 1997–1999 [edit] Changes of Network Affiliation
[edit] Ending this year [edit] Deaths | Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility | | January 7 | Magnús Magnússon | 77 | Icelandic-born television presenter (Mastermind) | | January 8 | Iwao Takamoto | 81 | Japanese-American animator (Scooby Doo) | | January 8 | Yvonne De Carlo | 84 | Canadian-born US actress (The Munsters) | | January 14 | Darlene Conley | 72 | Irish-born US soap opera actress (The Bold and the Beautiful) | | January 16 | Ron Carey | 71 | US actor and comedian (Barney Miller) | | January 19 | Scott Charles Bigelow (Bam Bam Bigelow | 45 | Pro Wrestler | | January 27 | Bob Carroll | 88 | US sitcom writer (I Love Lucy, Alice) | | January 30 | Sidney Sheldon | 89 | US writer (creator of I Dream of Jeannie) | | January 31 | Lee Bergere | 82 | US actor (Dynasty) | | February 8 | Anna Nicole Smith | 39 | US model, actress (The Anna Nicole Show) | | February 15 | Ray Evans | 92 | US songwriter (theme songs to Bonanza and Mister Ed) | | March 8 | John Inman | 71 | UK actor, best known for playing Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served? | | March 19 | Calvert DeForest | 85 | US actor (Late Night with David Letterman) | | April 11 | Roscoe Lee Browne | 81 | US actor (Soap) | | April 30 | Tom Poston | 85 | US actor (Newhart) | | May 15 | Jerry Falwell | 73 | US televangelist (The Old-Time Gospel Hour) | | May 25 | Charles Nelson Reilly | 76 | US actor, game show panelist (Match Game) | | May 27 | Gretchen Wyler | 75 | US actress (Dallas, several TV series guest appearances) | | June 12 | Don Herbert | 89 | US TV host (Mr. Wizard) | | June 17 | Ed Friendly | 85 | US producer (Laugh-In, Little House on the Prairie) | | June 24 | Chris Benoit | 40 | Canadian pro wrestler for WWE | | June 29 | Joel Siegel | 63 | US film reviewer on Good Morning America | | July 9 | Charles Lane | 102 | US character actor with decades of guest appearances ranging from I Love Lucy to Soap | | July 20 | Tammy Faye Messner | 65 | US televangelist (The PTL Club) | | July 29 | Marvin Zindler | 85 | Investigative reporter for KTRK-TV Houston; helped closed the Chicken Ranch brothel | | July 29 | Tom Snyder | 71 | Hosted NBC's The Tomorrow Show and CBS's The Late Late Show | | July 29 | Mike Reid | 67 | British comedian and actor, best known for playing Frank Butcher in British soap opera EastEnders | | July 29 | Phil Drabble | 93 | British television presenter, author and countryman [disambiguation needed], best known as the presenter of sheepdog trial show One Man and His Dog. | | August 3 | James T. Callahan | 76 | US actor (Charles in Charge) | | August 7 | Hal Fishman | 75 | US news anchor on KTLA in Los Angeles (1965-2007) | | August 12 | Merv Griffin | 82 | US entertainer/producer (The Merv Griffin Show, Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune) | | August 28 | Miyoshi Umeki | 78 | Japanese-born actress (The Courtship of Eddie's Father) | | September 6 | Ronald Magill | 87 | UK Actor, best known for playing Amos Brearly in Emmerdale | | September 10 | Jane Wyman | 90 | US actress (Falcon Crest) | | September 15 | Brett Somers | 83 | US game show panelist (Match Game) | | September 21 | Alice Ghostley | 81 | US actress (Bewitched, Designing Women) | | October 1 | Ronnie Hazlehurst | 79 | UK theme tune composer. (Only Fools and Horses, Yes Minister, Are You Being Served? and The Two Ronnies etc.) | | October 9 | Carol Bruce | 87 | US actress (WKRP in Cincinnati) | | October 16 | Deborah Kerr | 86 | UK actress (A Woman of Substance) | | October 17 | Joey Bishop | 89 | US actor and comedian | | October 30 | Robert Goulet | 73 | US entertainer | | November 2 | Charmaine Dragun | 29 | Australian newsreader | | November 2 | Lilian Ellison | 84 | US professional wrestler (The Fabulous Moolah) | | November 6 | Hilda Braid | 78 | UK actress (Nana Moon of EastEnders) | | November 20 | Dick Wilson | 91 | UK actor | | November 22 | Verity Lambert | 71 | UK TV producer (Doctor Who) | | November 24 | David Sheldon | 44 | US professional wrestler (Angel of Death) | | November 25 | John Drury | 80 | US journalist | | November 26 | Mel Tolkin | 94 | US writer (Your Show of Shows) | | November 28 | Jeanne Bates | 89 | US actress | | November 28 | Ashley Titus | 36 | South African presenter | | November 29 | James Barber | 84 | Canadian cooking host (Urban Peasant) | | December 1 | Anton Rodgers | 74 | UK actor | | December 13 | Floyd Red Crow Westerman | 94 | Actor | | December 15 | John Berg | 58 | US actor | | December 18 | Jack Linkletter | 70 | US television presenter | | December 26 | Stu Nahan | 81 | Sportscaster |
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