2009 in American television
In American television in 2009, notable events included television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.
Notable events
January
February
Date
Event
1
Super Bowl XLIII , which saw the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Arizona Cardinals 27–23 and give the Steelers their history-making sixth Super Bowl win ever for the franchise, was televised live on NBC in the U.S.
The TEENick block ends its run on Nickelodeon .
2
The Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeon rebrands as Nick's Play Date.
10
MyNetworkTV announced that they will switch from a network to a syndication programming service.[7]
11
President Obama signed the DTV Delay Act into law, officially moving the DTV transition in the United States cutoff date to June 12, 2009.[8]
12
Charter Communications files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.[9]
13
Toon Disney was replaced by Disney XD .
15
On Fox , The Simpsons is broadcast in HD for the first time, with the season 20 episode "Take My Life, Please ". The event also includes a new opening , during which Bart writes "HDTV is worth every cent" for this episode's chalkboard gag .
17
368 U.S. TV stations permanently shut off their analog signals on the original February 17 date of the DTV transition in the United States and began broadcasting exclusively in digital .[10] 53 stations qualify for nightlight service status, meaning they must use their analog signals only for DTV transition public service announcements and severe weather alerts.[11] All others must wait until June 12 to go all digital (see DTV Delay Act for further details).
20
After 16 years on the air, the last episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien airs on NBC .[12] Conan's favorite band The White Stripes was the final guest. Will Ferrell (impersonating former U.S. President George W. Bush ) and former sidekick/O'Brien's Tonight Show announcer Andy Richter made surprise appearances, and pre-recorded clips of John Mayer and Abe Vigoda were shown.[12] Late Night leaves Studio 6A at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York after 27 years.
22
The 81st Academy Awards presentation was televised live on ABC . Slumdog Millionaire won eight awards including Best Picture , and 14 other films won at least one award. 37 million viewers in the United States watched the ceremony.
March
Date
Event
1
The traditional Nielsen ratings February sweeps are moved to March.[13]
2
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon premiered on NBC .[12] The Roots is the house band. Oscar winner Robert De Niro , Grammy winner Van Morrison , and singer/actor Justin Timberlake were Jimmy's first guests. Former host Conan O'Brien also made a cameo appearance. Late Night moves to Studio 6B (the former WNBC-TV news studio) at NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center.
9
NBC 's flagship station , WNBC in New York City , launches New York Nonstop , an entertainment/lifestyle channel.
16
Ion Television affiliates launch their HD channel.[14]
19
President Barack Obama appears on NBC 's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , marking the first time a sitting president has appeared on a late-night talk show.
23
American satellite television provider DirecTV paid $4 billion to extend its exclusive contract for the NFL Sunday Ticket package until 2014.[15] After the 2014 season, DirecTV will have had exclusive U.S. rights for the package for 20 straight seasons, since the package's (and DirecTV's) inception in 1994.
31
Osbournes Reloaded premieres on the Fox network, but due to several affiliates refusing to air the show, it gets the ax in the summer.
April
May
Date
Event
1
Nickelodeon 's The Fairly OddParents returns with part one ("The Big Beginning") of a three-day movie called Wishology .
5
The CW announces that it will turn over its Sunday night schedule back to its affiliates.[20] Since then, The CW only broadcasts on the weekdays and Saturday mornings.
6
Noggin and The N split up on Dish Network .
16
After 14 years, MADtv ' s series finale airs on Fox with host Fred Willard , and includes guest appearances by former cast members Alex Borstein , Mo Collins , Artie Lange , Will Sasso and Debra Wilson .
20
The CW aired the original series finale of The Game , which resulted in there being no scripted series (comedy or drama) on American network television with a predominantly African-American cast.[citation needed ]
On Fox , Kris Allen won the eighth installment of American Idol .
25
Cartoon Network , for the first time, broadcasts the three movies of the popular anime series Sailor Moon ; Sailor Moon R: The Movie , Sailor Moon S: The Movie , and Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie , after seven years of not airing in the United States.
June
July
Date
Event
7
A memorial service for Michael Jackson , who died on June 25 , is broadcast live around the world, with an estimated audience of one billion.[23]
Sci Fi Channel renames itself "Syfy ".[24] Warehouse 13 is the first show on the network (with the new name), which premiered on this day.
13
New Vision Television files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
WLIO-DT2 in Lima, Ohio , previously a CW affiliate before simulcasting parent station WLIO , joins Fox (with MyNetworkTV as its secondary affiliation). Fox's former affiliate WOHL-CA , who had been sold to WLIO on February 5, will sign off on July 31 in preparation for a flash-cut to digital channel 35 (as WOHL-CD ), and return to the air as an ABC affiliate (with CBS on DT2) on September 28. ABC and CBS's former affiliates (WLQP-LP and WLMO-LP ) sign off their analog signals on that same date in preparation for a possible flash-cut to digital.
14
The 2009 MLB All-Star Game is broadcast on Fox . The ceremonial first pitch is thrown by President Barack Obama .
27
Ben Silverman , co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios , announced that he is leaving the company.[25]
August
Date
Event
4
Paula Abdul confirms to her fans on her Twitter page that she will step down as a judge for American Idol after eight seasons.
5
Laura Ling and Euna Lee , both Asian-American journalists for Current TV , are released from prison in North Korea through negotiations between the government and Bill Clinton . Both women were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for accidentally crossing the border from China while doing a story in 2008.
8
Sonia Sotomayor 's swearing in as United States Supreme Court Justice marks the first time that a televised event was shown live at the Supreme Court instead of the White House.
9
ABC airs Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for 11 episodes in primetime as an event to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the show. The final episode, which aired on August 23, saw a contestant Ken Basin attempted unsuccessfully on the $1,000,000 final question (a similar situation would later be repeated on September 25, 2013, when Josina Reaves reached the final question and lost).
13
ABC announced that All My Children will move its production from New York City to Los Angeles in 2010. This will mark the first time in its 40-year run (Its 40th anniversary will be in 2010) that the serial will switch studio production locations, and the first soap opera to do so since CBS' The Brighter Day in 1961.[26]
18
Rainbow Media launches a new theme channel named Wedding Central on its parent system Cablevision .[27]
Honolulu , Hawaii television outlets KGMB (CBS), KHNL (NBC) and KFVE (My Network TV) combine their operations under an SSA deal made between Raycom Media and MCG. As part of the deal, Raycom takes over KGMB's programming and newscast and swap channels with MCG, who oversee KFVE and move the station to KGMB's channel.[28]
22
VH1 cancels the reality shows Megan Wants a Millionaire and I Love Money after Ryan Jenkins , a contestant on both shows, is charged with the murder of his ex-wife, swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore ,[29] and is later found dead himself in Hope, British Columbia .[30]
27
Lifetime Entertainment Services , the parent company of Lifetime Television , is acquired by A&E Television Networks .[31]
28
After 26 years on the air, PBS pulls Reading Rainbow off the PBS Kids schedule. The PBS KIDS series had been in reruns since 2006.
31
The Walt Disney Company , parent company of ABC , acquires Marvel Entertainment .[32] [33]
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS begins broadcasting in high-definition , along with a brand new opening, and a change to the theme song.
September
Date
Event
1
DirecTV removed sports channel Versus due to an ongoing carriage dispute about subscriber fees.[34] [35]
Freedom Communications , the parent company of WPEC /West Palm Beach, Florida and WTVC /Chattanooga, Tennessee , among others, files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.[36]
7
ESPN celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special 90-minute edition of SportsCenter .[37]
9
Ellen DeGeneres is named the successor to Paula Abdul as judge of American Idol .[38]
10
John Stossel leaves ABC and his co-hosting duties at 20/20 to join the Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel .[39]
12
KEWLopolis ends on CBS after the Cookie Jar Group 's acquisition of DIC Entertainment , which had programmed the block.
13
The NFL introduces Red Zone Channel, a special channel with extended highlights available during the regular season. AT&T U-Verse , Comcast , Dish Network , and Verizon FiOS are the first carriers to provide the new channel.[40] [41] [42]
The final two episodes of King of the Hill air on Fox . Four unaired episodes would later be shown in syndication and on Adult Swim .
A tribute to Michael Jackson and Kanye West 's interrupting Taylor Swift 's speech were among the notable moments at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards [43]
14
Liberman Broadcasting launches a new Spanish-language TV network called Estrella TV .[44] [45]
For the first time ever, NBC launches a prime-time weeknight talk/variety show with Jay Leno as host, titled The Jay Leno Show , which airs during the 10:00 p.m. Eastern /9:00 p.m. Central time slots but got canceled after one season.
Barney & Friends is broadcast in HD for the first time.
16
For the first time ever on television, The Newlywed Game features a gay couple on their show. George Takei and his partner Brad Altman are the celebrity newlyweds that make history on GSN 's version of the game show.[46]
18
Guiding Light , a CBS soap opera that began on radio in 1937 before moving to television in 1952, airs its final episode on the network. CBS retains the time slot and uses it to launch a revival of Let's Make a Deal on October 5.[47]
Astrophysicist and former Nobel laureate George Smoot appeared in FOX 's game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? , and became the second contestant (of two to date, after Kathy Cox ) to win the $1 million grand prize.
19
KEWLopolis, CBS 's Saturday morning children's programming block, is renamed Cookie Jar TV by the Cookie Jar Group .
20
Barack Obama makes history by appearing on five Sunday news/talk shows on the same day: CBS 's Face the Nation , ABC 's This Week , CNN 's State of the Union with John King , NBC /MSNBC 's Meet The Press and on Univision .
Jimmy Mulville , head of the British production company Hat Trick Productions , announced plans to make a pilot for an American version of the British satirical panel game Have I Got News for You .[48]
Mad Men wins Outstanding Drama Series and 30 Rock wins Outstanding Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards , hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and televised by CBS .[49]
21
President Barack Obama appears on CBS 's Late Show with David Letterman , marking the first time a sitting U.S. president has been host David Letterman 's guest.[50]
22
ABC World News Now on the ABC television network becomes the first overnight newscast to broadcast in high definition .
25
The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien suffers a concussion after hitting his head on the studio floor while taping a stunt with guest Teri Hatcher . Production on that day's episode is halted, and a rerun airs on NBC in its place. O'Brien returned to work the following Monday.[51]
27
Season 21 of The Simpsons begins broadcasting on Fox with the season premiere titled "Homer the Whopper ." This season establishes The Simpsons as the longest-running prime-time entertainment program in history (overtaking Gunsmoke ).
The Cleveland Show , a spin-off of Family Guy , premieres on Fox . Family Guy itself will make mention of this at the end of the season seven episode "Baby Not on Board ". The pilot episode airing on this night also serves as Cleveland Brown 's official departure from Family Guy .
28
MyNetworkTV converts from being a broadcast television network to becoming a syndicated programming service due to disappointing ratings in their original programming, relying mostly on syndicated repeats of recent broadcast and cable television series.[52] [53]
Viacom replaces Noggin with Nick Jr. , and The N with TeenNick . Both of the new channels' names, and much of their programming, are taken from former programming blocks on Nickelodeon.[54] All four networks (including the Nick@Nite block and Nicktoons ) are rebranded with a new universal logo, replacing the iconic "orange splat" logo that had been in use since 1984. In addition, BET J is quietly rebranded as Centric .[55]
October
Date
Event
1
David Letterman admits on his Late Show to having sexual relationships with female members of his staff. He also tells the audience that he wrote a fraudulent check for $2 million to a 48 Hours producer who planned to blackmail him on the matter.[56]
CBS affiliate KEYE-TV in Austin, Texas relaunches KEYE-DT2 as a Telemundo affiliate, displacing the Retro Television Network and giving Austin its first locally based Telemundo affiliate.
5
ESPN 's broadcast of Monday Night Football between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings becomes the most-watched cable television program in history, with 15 million homes tuning in to see Vikings quarterback Brett Favre face his former team for the first time. The Vikings won the game 30–23 and Favre became the first quarterback in NFL history to beat all 32 teams.[57]
14
News Corporation announces that Fox Reality Channel will be replaced by Nat Geo Wild in March 2010.[58]
21
Nickelodeon (Viacom ) acquires global rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Mirage Studios for $60 million.[59]
25
Steve Phillips is fired by ESPN after the baseball analyst admits to having an affair with Brooke Hundley , a 22-year-old production assistant at the sports network. Hundley, who was later given a court restraining order after trying to stalk Phillips, his soon-to-be-ex-wife and son, was also fired.[60]
26
The newscasts of Honolulu television outlets KGMB and KHNL /KFVE are combined into one, becoming "Hawaii News Now ." KGMB and KHNL will simulcast their early morning show "Sunrise", 5 pm and 10 pm newscast, with the exception of KGMB's 7 am portion of "Sunrise" and 6 pm newscast, KHNL's relocated 5:30 pm newscast and during the 7 am hour when they start airing NBC's Today Show , and during separate programming. KFVE's 6:30 pm and 9 pm newscasts remain intact. Also effective with this move is KGMB moving from DT channel 8 (PSIP RF channel 9) to DT 23 (PSIP 5) and vice versa for KFVE[61]
29
Washington, D.C. station WJLA-TV , an affiliate of ABC , airs a local special "Touch of Life: The Guide to Breast Self Examination" featuring uncensored self-breast exams. The special is also continued the next day.[62]
30
For the first time in its 27-year history, The Weather Channel begins showing weekly weather-related movies, including The Perfect Storm and Misery .[63]
Epix , a new premium channel , launches, with Verizon FiOS being its first carrier.
November
Date
Event
4
Game 6 of the World Series airs on Fox . The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies and celebrate their 27th championship in franchise history at the newly built Yankee Stadium .
5
Scripps Networks Interactive pays $1.1 billion for a 65% share of Travel Channel .[64]
6
The SpongeBob SquarePants one-hour tenth-anniversary special, SpongeBob's Truth or Square , premieres on Nickelodeon . The special is then followed by the series premiere of Nickelodeon's newest cartoon, Fanboy and Chum Chum , the first Nicktoon to premiere under the 2009 Nick logo instead of the 1984 splat logo.
8
After ten years on the air, the Cartoon Cartoon Ed, Edd n Eddy airs a TV movie called Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show on Cartoon Network to wrap up its run.
10
First Lady Michelle Obama appears on the season premiere of Sesame Street , commemorating the PBS show's 40th anniversary.[65]
11
CNN anchor Lou Dobbs , a mainstay at the channel since its start in 1980, announces he is leaving the network effective immediately.[66]
16
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire held a special, Tournament of 10 as part of the tenth anniversary of the series, where ten former contestants with the highest winnings during the syndicated run were invited to answer the $1 million question, and the prize is awarded to only one contestant if the contestant holds the highest prior winnings (which was determined by seed ) answered the question correctly. The run ended on November 20, when Sam Murray won the $1 million prize as he was the only contestant to answer the $1 million question correctly.
19
Oprah Winfrey announces that she will end her talk show in 2011, after its 25th season.[67] [68]
26
The NFL Network airs an expletive uttered by Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels during the team's Thanksgiving night football game with the New York Giants . Play-by-play announcer Bob Papa apologized for the network's gaffe later in the broadcast.[69]
December
Date
Event
1
The 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is broadcast on CBS . 8.3 million people tune in.[70] [71]
3
It is announced that NBC Universal will become a joint venture between General Electric and Comcast , with GE retaining a 49 percent stake in the company and buying current NBC partner Vivendi 's share. Comcast, meanwhile, will take a 51 percent controlling interest. The deal is subject to government approval.[72]
7
Comstar Media acquires semi-religious television and radio network FamilyNet .[73]
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is rebranded as PBS NewsHour on PBS after 14 years of the name.[74]
8
CBS announced that they are canceling As the World Turns (the last of the Procter & Gamble soaps) after more than 50 years on the air. The series ends its run on September 17, 2010, and is replaced four weeks after that with The Talk .[75] [76] [77] [78] [79]
11
After 20 years, Diane Sawyer leaves ABC 's Good Morning America to succeed Charles Gibson as anchor of ABC World News beginning December 21. Chief political correspondent George Stephanopoulos replaces Sawyer as "GMA" co-anchor.[80]
15
The FCC considers an order that would close the "terrestrial loophole" which keeps fiber-delivered channels such as Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia and 4SD off of satellite TV systems.[81]
18
Charles Gibson retires as anchor of ABC World News . The following Monday, Diane Sawyer takes over as anchor.[80]
23
E! rehires Joan Rivers to host their specials in 2010.
28
DirecTV launched a new satellite which, when fully installed, will give the provider the capacity of up to 80 more HD channels. It will become fully operational early in the 2nd quarter of 2010.[82]
31
DirecTV and Rainbow Media reach a last-minute carriage renewal agreement, keeping Rainbow's channels AMC , WE tv , IFC , Fuse TV , SundanceTV , MSG Network and MSG Plus on the satellite system.[83]
Programs
Debuts
Entering syndication this year
Changes of network affiliation
Returning this year
Milestone episodes
Ending this year
Made-for-TV movies and miniseries
Networks and services
Network launches
Conversions and rebrandings
Network closures
Television stations
Station launches
Date
City of License /Market
Station
Channel
Affiliation
Notes/Ref.
January 1
Beaumont, Texas
KBMT-DT2
12.2
NBC
Elmira, New York
WENY-DT2
36.2
CBS
January 5
Meridian, Mississippi
WGBC-DT2
30.2
NBC
NBC relocated from the station's main channel
February 18
Mobile, Alabama /Pensacola, Florida
WDPM-DT
4 (now on 18)
Daystar
March 2
Pueblo /Colorado Springs, Colorado
KVSN-TV
48
Univision
June
Glendive, Montana
KXGN-DT2
5.2
NBC
July
Jackson, Mississippi
WWJX
23
AMGTV
Lima, Ohio
WOHL-CA
25 / 35.1
ABC
July 13
Great Falls, Montana
KTMF-DT2
23.2
Fox (primary) MyNetworkTV (secondary) Jewelry Television (overnights)
August 1
Springfield, Missouri
KRBK
49
MyNetworkTV
August 20
Derby /Wichita, Kansas
KDCU-TV
31
Univision
September 28
Lima, Ohio
WOHL-CD 2
35.2
CBS
October
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
KWTV-DT2
9.2
News on 9 Now
November 30
Duluth, Minnesota
KCWV
27
My Family TV
Unknown date
Billings, Montana
KBGS-TV
16
PBS
Part of the Montana PBS network
Network affiliation changes
Station closures
Births
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
Date
Name
Age
Notability
August 6
John Hughes
59
Writer for (At Ease )
August 16
Ed Reimers
96
TV/radio voiceover announcer and actor (voice behind Allstate Insurance 's "You're In Good Hands" commercials; Maverick , Star Trek )
August 18
Robert Novak
78
Journalist, writer and commentator (Crossfire )
August 19
Don Hewitt
86
Producer, creator of 60 Minutes [119]
August 26
Dominick Dunne
83
Screenwriter, producer, news contributor/commentator (Adventures in Paradise , The Two Mrs. Grenvilles ), more recently host of Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice [120]
August 28
Adam Goldstein
36
Reality TV participant (Punk'd , The Simple Life )
September
Date
Name
Age
Notability
September 4
Buddy Blattner
89
Sportscaster (most recently for the Atlanta Hawks ) [121]
September 8
Army Archerd
87
Variety columnist and TV personality (Entertainment Tonight , The Movie Show ) [122]
September 10
Frank Batten
82
Co-founder of The Weather Channel [123]
September 11
Larry Gelbart
81
Producer, director and writer (creator of M*A*S*H and others) [124]
September 12
George Eckstein
81
TV writer and producer (The Fugitive , Gunsmoke ) [125]
September 13
Arnold Laven
87
Producer (creator of The Rifleman ) [126]
September 14
Henry Gibson
73
Actor (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In , Rocket Power ) [127]
Patrick Swayze
57
Actor (The Beast , North and South ) [128]
September 15
Fred Cusick
90
Sportscaster (Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer for 45 seasons) [129]
September 16
Mary Travers
72
Singer, songwriter; member of Peter, Paul and Mary (The Jack Benny Program , What's My Line and Peter Paul & Mary TV concert specials) [130]
September 21
Robert Ginty
60
Actor (The Paper Chase , Falcon Crest , Hawaiian Heat ) and director[131]
October
November
December
Date
Name
Age
Notability
December 2
Aaron Schroeder
83
Songwriter (Scooby Doo, Where Are You! theme song )[138]
December 4
Eddie Fatu
36
Samoan-American professional wrestler known as Umaga in the WWE
December 7
Mark Ritts
63
Actor (Beakman's World )
December 9
Gene Barry
90
Actor (Bat Masterson , Burke's Law , The Name of the Game , and L.A. 2017 )[139] [140]
December 14
Conard Fowkes
76
Actor (Dark Shadows , As the World Turns ,The Secret Storm ,The Edge of Night )
December 15
Oral Roberts
91
Televangelist and educator[141]
December 16
Roy E. Disney
79
TV station group owner/shareholder (Shamrock Holdings ) and senior executive of The Walt Disney Company ; nephew of Walt Disney
December 17
Alaina Reed Hall
63
Actress and singer (Sesame Street , 227 )[142]
December 18
Connie Hines
78
Actress (Mister Ed , Love, American Style )[143] [144]
December 20
Arnold Stang
91
Actor/voice actor (Texaco Star Theater , Top Cat )[145]
Brittany Murphy
32
Actress (Drexell's Class , King of the Hill )[146]
December 22
Michael Currie
81
Actor (Dark Shadows )[147]
December 24
George Michael
70
Sportscaster (The George Michael Sports Machine )[148] [149]
December 26
Percy Sutton
89
Owner of The Apollo Theater , the setting for Showtime at the Apollo
December 29
Dave Diles
78
Sportscaster, journalist and analyst (ABC's Wide World of Sports , The Prudential College Football Scoreboard Show )[150]
December 30
Erik Gates
47
TV personality and science contributor (MythBusters )[151]
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