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The year '2006 in television' involved some significant events.
Below is a list of television-related events in 2006.
''For the American TV schedule, see: 2006-07 United States network television schedule.''
| Contents |
| Events |
| Debuts |
| Television shows |
| 1940s |
| 1950s |
| 1960s |
| 1970s |
| 1980s |
| 1990s |
| 1991-1993 |
| 1994-1996 |
| 1997-1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 |
| 2001 |
| 2002 |
| 2003 |
| 2004 |
| 2005 |
| Changes of Network Affiliation |
| Ending this year |
| Deaths |
Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 1 | NBC Universal drops the Trio channel and in its place launches Sleuth, a 24-hour entertainment cable channel dedicated to the crime, mystery and suspense genre. |
| January 2 | After several years as part of The WB's weekday programming lineup, The WB drops its weekday afternoon Kids' WB animation block. Kids' WB is now relegated to Saturday mornings, and the weekday block is replaced by Daytime WB. |
| January 3 | Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff take over anchoring duties ABC News' ''World News Tonight'', replacing Peter Jennings, who died of cancer in 2005. |
| January 12 | Second live episode of ''Will and Grace'' airs on NBC on both the East and West coasts. |
| January 20 | High School Musical, arguably Disney's Channel's most successful original movie, is released. It is shown about 12 times more to an audience of 37 million different people. |
| January 24 | CBS and Warner Bros. announce the launch of The CW Television Network for the 2006-2007 season. This network was, in a sense, be a merger of The WB Television Network and UPN and was designed to replace both of those networks.[1] |
| January 28 | The Directors Guild of America name Tony Croll and J. Rupert Thompson as reality TV directors for ''Three Wishes'' and ''Fear Factor'', respectively. Best director of a dramatic series is Michael Apted for ''Rome''. TV comedy series director is Marc Buckland for ''My Name Is Earl''. Directors Joseph Sargent (''Warm Springs'')and George C. Wolfe (''Lackawanna Blues'') share best TV movie awards. ''General Hospital's Owen Renfroe is named best daytime serial director. |
| February 22 | Fox announces plans for a new network, called "MyNetworkTV". The network was planned to run on UPN and WB affiliates who are not included in the launch of The CW. |
| March 8 | Bravo's premiere of one of its most popular shows to date, Top Chef. |
| March 11 | ITV launch the CITV Channel, which will broadcast during the downtime hours of ITV4 [2] |
| March 16 | SportsNet New York launches. |
| March 17 | United States premiere of the new series of ''Doctor Who'' on Sci-Fi's Friday-night lineup. |
| April 1 | Kids Choice Awards are aired on Nickelodeon with special slimed guest, Robin Williams. The event was hosted by Jack Black. |
| April 7 | 12.6 million viewers watch long-running ''Coronation Street'' character Mike Baldwin die in the arms of his long-time rival, Ken Barlow. |
| April 19 | ITV launch ITV Play, a new 24/7 participation TV channel, on Freeview in the United Kingdom. It will launch on other platforms later in the year. |
| April 24 | Cartoon Network TOO, a new cartoon channel, launches at 10:15am in the UK. |
| April 24 | Nick Jr 2 launches in the UK. |
| April 28 | The 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards are handed out. |
| May 15 | BBC High Definition Television Trial commences. |
| May 18 | Reality show Big Brother starts in the UK for its 7th Series. |
| May 20 | Just minutes before the live Eurovision Song Contest final begins, BBC One's live National Lottery draw is invaded by Fathers 4 Justice protestors. The show is temporarily taken off air, leaving just a programme logo and announcer Alan Dedicoat's voice until the problems are resolved. |
| May 21 | Mike Wallace makes his last appearance on CBS' ''60 Minutes''. The WB series ''Charmed'' ends its eight year run with the final episode Forever Charmed. |
| May 22 | BSkyB launch High-definition television in the UK under the brand Sky HD. |
| May 24 | Taylor Hicks wins American Idol (Season 5). |
| May 31 | Katie Couric appears as co-host of ''Today'' for the last time. |
| June 26 | MSG Network debuts SummerBall, a basketball series dedicated to the well-known summer streetball leagues in New York City. This was the first show ever aired on the network that was strictly dedicated to streetball in New York City. |
| June 28 | Charles Gibson co-hosts Good Morning America for the last time in his 19-year run. |
| July 8 | ''Pokémon'' airs its final episode on Kids' WB!, "Pasta La Vista", also its final episode dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment. |
| July 16 | Sarah Lang wins one million pounds in the final of the ITV1 gameshow ''PokerFace''. As she had also won £32,500 on the BBC One gameshow ''In It to Win It'' the previous year, this makes her the biggest gameshow winner in UK television history. |
| July 24 | ''Aquaman'', previously not picked up, becomes available for download on the iTunes Music Store. |
| August 21 | Stargate SG-1 is officially cancelled by SCI FI Channel following the premiere broadcast of the shows 200th episode after just five poor rated episodes. The tenth, and possibly final, Season makes the show the longest running Sci-Fi series in American television history. |
| August 27 | The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are handed out. |
| September 5 | Launch of the new News Corp-owned American broadcast network My Network TV. |
| September 5 | Katie Couric becomes the first female sole anchor of the ''CBS Evening News'' replacing the temporary anchor Bob Schieffer. |
| September 6 | The longest-running drama show on television, ''Guiding Light'', aired its 15,000th televised episode. |
| September 8 | The former Kids' WB! series, Pokémon, debuts on Cartoon Network with new voice actors. |
| September 12 | Mike Malin is crowned the winner of ''Big Brother: All-Stars'' and wins the $500,000 prize. Runner-Up Erika Landin wins $50,000. |
| September 13 | Meredith Vieira begins co-hosting duties of ''The Today Show'', replacing Katie Couric. |
| September 18 | The new American network The CW is launched. UPN and The WB cease operations. |
| September 20 | ''Top Gear'' presenter Richard Hammond is seriously injured after crashing a jet-powered car at 280mph. |
| October 7 | After four and a half years, the BBC 'Rhythm & Movement' idents are shown for the final time on BBC One at 1:10am, as part of a special montage (2:55am on BBC One Northern Ireland). Their replacements, the 'Circle' idents, debut at 10am. |
| October 19 | NBC Universal announces a major restructuring in order to shave US$750 million in costs following several years of falling ratings at the NBC network. Among the changes is the announcement that NBC will no longer air scripted dramas or comedies during the first hour of prime time, focusing instead on less-expensive reality and game shows in those hours. Its news division is also trimmed. The announcement is made despite the early success of several new NBC series such as ''Heroes''. [3] |
| October 31 | Bob Barker announces that he will be retiring from his hosting duties on ''The Price is Right'' in June 2007. |
| November 16 | On ''General Hospital'', Luke and Laura Spencer remarry to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first nuptials, which were the highest-rated hour in US daytime television history. |
| December 25 | ''EastEnders'' character Pauline Fowler (played by Wendy Richard) dies, she had been in the show from the first episode (BBC One). |
Debuts
Television shows
:''See also 2006-07 United States network television schedule, 2006 Australian network television schedule''
1940s
★ ''Meet the Press'' (1947-present).
★ ''Candid Camera'' (1948-present).
1950s
★ ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (1951-present).
★ ''Guiding Light'' (1952-present).
★ ''The Today Show'' (1952-present).
★ ''Panorama'' (UK) (1953-present).
★ ''Face the Nation'' (1954-present).
★ ''The Tonight Show'' (1954-present).
★ ''As the World Turns'' (1956-present).
★ ''What the Papers Say'' (UK) (1956-present).
★ ''The Sky at Night'' (UK) (1957-present).
★ ''Blue Peter'' (UK) (1958-present).
★ ''Grandstand'' (UK) (1958-2007).
1960s
★ ''Coronation Street'' (UK) (1960-present).
★ ''Four Corners'' (Australia) (1961-present).
★ ''It's Academic'' (1961-present).
★ ''Big News'' (1962-1972, 1992-present)
★ ''The Late Late Show'' (Ireland) (1962-present).
★ ''The World Tonight'' (1962-present).
★ ''General Hospital'' (1963-present).
★ ''Days of Our Lives'' (1965-present).
★ ''Play School'' (1966-present).
★ ''The Money Programme'' (UK) (1966-present).
★ ''60 Minutes'' (1968-present).
★ ''One Life to Live'' (1968-present).
★ ''Sesame Street'' (1969-present).
1970s
★ ''All My Children'' (1970-present).
★ ''Monday Night Football'' (1970-present).
★ ''NBC Nightly News'' (1970-present).
★ ''Masterpiece Theatre'' (1971-present).
★ ''Soul Train'' (1971-2006).
★ ''Emmerdale'' (UK) (1972-present).
★ ''Newsround'' (UK) (1972-present).
★ ''The Price Is Right'' (1972-present).
★ ''John En Marsha'' (1973-1990).
★ ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (UK) (1973-present).
★ ''The Young and the Restless'' (1973-present).
★ ''Wish You Were Here...?'' (UK) (1974-present).
★ ''Arena'' (UK) (1975-present).
★ ''Good Morning America'' (1975-present).
★ ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975-present).
★ ''the fifth estate'' (Canada) (1975-present).
★ ''Wheel of Fortune'' (1975-present).
★ ''20/20'' (1978-present).
★ ''Grange Hill'' (UK) (1978-present).
★ ''Antiques Roadshow'' (UK) (1979-present).
★ ''Eat Bulaga!'' (1979-present).
★ ''Nightline'' (1979-present).
★ ''This Old House'' (1979-present).
1980s
★ ''Entertainment Tonight'' (1981-present).
★ ''What Now'' (1982-present)
★ ''Timewatch'' (UK) (1982-present)
★ ''Jeopardy!'' (1964-1975, 1978-1979, '1984-present').
★ ''The Bill'' (UK) (1984-present).
★ ''EastEnders'' (UK) (1985-present).
★ ''Neighbours'' (Australia) (1985-present).
★ ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' (1986-present).
★ ''Comic Relief'' (UK) (1986-present).
★ ''Casualty'' (UK) (1986-present).
★ ''Palibhasa Lalake'' (1986-2000).
★ ''ChuckleVision'' (UK) (1987-present).
★ ''TV Patrol World'' (1987-present).
★ ''Magandang Gabi, Bayan'' (1987-2006).
★ ''Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas'' (1987-1996).
★ ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (1987-present).
★ ''America's Most Wanted'' (1988-present).
★ ''The American Experience'' (1988-present).
★ ''Fair City'' (1988-present).
★ ''Home and Away'' (1988-present).
★ ''This Morning'' (1988-present).
★ ''Cops'' (1989-present).
★ ''Inside Edition'' (1989-present).
★ ''The Simpsons'' (1989-present).
1990s
1991-1993
★ ''Law & Order'' (1990-present).
★ ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' (1990-present).
★ ''Maalaala Mo Kaya'' (1991-present)
★ ''The Jerry Springer Show'' (1991-present).
★ ''Dateline NBC'' (1992-present).
★ ''The Real World'' (1992-present).
★ ''Shortland Street'' (NZ) (1992-present)
★ ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' (1993-present).
★ ''Oki Doki Doc'' (1993-2000)
★ ''The Late Show with David Letterman'' (1993-present).
★ ''WWE Monday Night RAW'' (1993-present).
1994-1996
★ ''ER'' (1994-present).
★ ''Time Team'' (UK) (1994-present).
★ ''ASAP '06'' (1995-present).
★ ''Access Hollywood'' (1996-present).
★ ''Balitang K'' (1996-2001).
★ ''Judge Judy'' (1996-present).
★ ''The Daily Show'' (1996-present).
★ ''Silent Witness'' (UK) (1996-present).
★ ''Super Laff In'' (1996-2000).
★ ''7th Heaven'' (1996-present)
1997-1999
★ ''King of the Hill'' (1997-present)
★ ''Midsomer Murders'' (UK) (1997-present).
★ ''South Park'' (1997-present).
★ ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997-present).
★ ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (1997-present).
★ ''Charmed'' (1998-2006).
★ ''That '70s Show'' (1998-2006)
★ ''The Correspondents'' (1998-present).
★ ''The King of Queens'' (1998-present).
★ ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (UK) (1998-present).
★ ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' (1999-present)
★ ''Family Feud'' (1976-1985, 1988-1995, '1999-present').
★ ''Judge Mathis'' (1999-present).
★ '' (1999-present).
★ ''Passions'' (1999-present).
★ ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (1999-present).
★ ''The Sopranos'' (1999-present).
★ ''The West Wing'' (1999-2006).
★ ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' (US) (1999-present).
★ ''WWE Friday Night SmackDown!'' (1999-present)
2000s
2000
★ ''Big Brother'' (2000-present).
★ '' (2000-present).
★ ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' (2000-present).
★ ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000-present).
★ ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2000-2006).
★ ''Survivor'' (2000-present).
★ ''The Weakest Link'' (UK) (2000-present).
★ ''Yes, Dear'' (2000-2006).
2001
★ ''24'' (2001-present).
★ ''ABS-CBN Headlines'' (2001-2003)
★ ''According to Jim'' (2001-present).
★ ''Adult Swim'' (2001-present).
★ ''Fear Factor'' (2001-present).
★ ''JR Digs'' (Canada) (2001-present).
★ '' (2001-present).
★ ''Pop Idol'' (UK) (2001-present).
★ ''Smallville'' (2001-present).
★ ''The Amazing Race'' (2001-present).
★ ''The Bernie Mac Show'' (2001-2006).
★ ''The Fairly OddParents'' (2001-Present).
★ ''The Saturday Show'' (UK) (2001-present).
2002
★ '' (2002-2006).
★ ''American Idol: The Search for a Superstar'' (2002-present).
★ ''Baby Looney Tunes'' (2002-present).
★ '' (2002-present).
★ '' (2002-present).
★ ''Harry Hill's TV Burp'' (UK) (2002-present).
★ ''I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!'' (UK) (2002-present).
★ ''Less Than Perfect'' (2002-present).
★ ''Spooks'' (UK) (2002-present).
★ ''That's So Raven'' (2002-present).
★ ''The Bachelor'' (2002-present).
★ ''The George Lopez Show'' (2002-present).
★ ''Without a Trace'' (2002-present).
2003
★ ''ABS-CBN Insider'' (2003-2006)
★ ''All Grown Up!'' (2003-present).
★ ''America's Next Top Model(2003-present)
★ ''Arrested Development'' (2003-2006).
★ ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2003-present).
★ ''Cold Case'' (2003-present).
★ ''Eve'' (2003-2006).
★ ''Hope and Faith'' (2003-2006).
★ ''Las Vegas'' (2003-present).
★ '' (2003-2006).
★ ''NCIS'' (2003-present).
★ ''Nip/Tuck'' (2003-present).
★ ''One Tree Hill'' (2003-present).
★ ''Penn & Teller: Bullshit!'' (2003-present).
★ ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' (2003-present).
★ ''Reno 911!'' (2003-present).
★ ''Romeo!'' (2003-present).
★ ''The O.C.'' (2003-2007).
★ ''Two and a Half Men'' (2003-present).
★ ''Xiaolin Showdown'' (2003-present).
2004
★ ''Astro Boy'' (2004-present).
★ ''Boston Legal'' (2004-present).
★ ''Cartoon Alley'' (2004-present).
★ ''Call for Help 2.0'' (Canada) (2004-present).
★ ''Corner Gas'' (Canada) (2004-present).
★ '' (2004-present).
★ ''Danny Phantom'' (2004-present).
★ ''Desperate Housewives'' (2004-present).
★ ''Deadwood'' (2004-present)
★ ''Drake & Josh'' (2004-2007)
★ ''Entourage'' (2004-present)
★ ''Green Wing'' (UK) (2004-present).
★ ''House'' (2004-present).
★ ''Joey'' (2004-2006).
★ ''Lost'' (2004-present).
★ ''Miguzi'' (2004-present).
★ ''Phil of the Future'' (2004-2006).
★ ''Postman Pat'' (UK) (1981, 1996, '2004-present').
★ ''Sea of Souls'' (UK) (2004-present}.
★ ''Shameless'' (UK) (2004-present).
★ ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2004-present).
★ ''The Apprentice'' (2004-present).
★ ''The Batman'' (2004-present).
★ ''The X Factor'' (UK) (2004-present).
★ ''TNA iMPACT!'' (2004-present)
2005
★ ''Afterlife'' (UK) (2005-present).
★ ''American Dad!'' (2005-present).
★ '' (2005-present).
★ ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2005-present).
★ ''BSTV'' (2005-present).
★ ''Camp Lazlo'' (2005-present).
★ ''Catscratch'' (2005, '2006-present').
★ ''Commander in Chief'' (2005-2006).
★ ''Da Vinci's City Hall'' (Canada) (2005-present).
★ ''Deal or No Deal'' (2005-present)
★ ''Doctor Who'' (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, '2005-present').
★ ''Everybody Hates Chris'' (2005-present).
★ ''Family Guy'' (1999-2002, '2005-present').
★ '' (2005-present).
★ ''Game Show Moments Gone Bananas'' (2005-present)
★ ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005-present).
★ ''IGPX'' (2005-present).
★ ''Kept'' (2005-present)
★ ''Kojak'' (1973-1978, '2005-present').
★ ''Kudlow & Company'' (2005-present).
★ ''Mad Money'' (2005-present).
★ ''Medium'' (2005-present).
★ ''My Name Is Earl'' (2005-present).
★ ''Naruto'' (2005-present).
★ ''Mew Mew Power'' (2005-July 22, 2006). The series stopped after 26 episodes and no word of it coming back.
★ ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' (2005-2007).
★ ''NUMB3RS'' (2005-present).
★ ''Roobarb and Custard Too'' (2005-present).
★ ''The Boondocks'' (2005-present).
★ ''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee'' (2005-present).
★ ''The Office (US)'' (2005-present).
★ ''The Suite Life of Zack and Cody'' ('2005-present').
★ ''Weeds'' (2005-present).
★ ''Wonder Showzen'' (2005-present).
★ ''Zoey 101'' (2005-present).
Changes of Network Affiliation
★ ''The Andy Milonakis Show'', from MTV to MTV2.
★ ''Belmont Stakes'', from NBC to ABC.
★ ''Breeders' Cup'', from NBC to ESPN.
★ ''Celebrity Deathmatch'', from MTV to MTV2.
★ ''Monday Night Football'', from ABC to ESPN.
★ ''The Simple Life'', from FOX to E!.
★ ''Sunday Night Football'', from ESPN to NBC.
★ ''The Paul O'Grady Show'', from ITV1 to Channel 4.
★ ''Pokémon'', from Kids' WB! to Cartoon Network.
★ ''The Contender'', from NBC to ESPN.
★ ''CDUK'', from ITV1 to five.
★ ''One Piece'', from 4Kids TV (FOX) to Cartoon Network.
★ Programs switching from The WB and/or UPN to The CW:
★
★ ''All of Us'', from UPN
★
★ ''America's Next Top Model'', from UPN
★
★ ''Everybody Hates Chris'', from UPN
★
★ ''Girlfriends'', from UPN
★
★ ''WWE Friday Night SmackDown!'', from UPN
★
★ ''Veronica Mars'', from UPN
★
★ ''Beauty and the Geek'', from the WB
★
★ ''Gilmore Girls'', from The WB
★
★ ''Reba'', from The WB
★
★ ''7th Heaven'', from The WB
★
★ ''Smallville'', from The WB
★
★ ''Supernatural'', from The WB
★
★ ''One Tree Hill'', from The WB
Ending this year
Deaths
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