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American television - Wikipedia. This is a list of significant events involving American television in 2. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and re- branding, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes. Noteworthy events[edit]January[edit]Date.

Event. 1Discovery Health Channel leaves the air and becomes Oprah Winfrey Network, with the former Discovery Health programming split between OWN and Fit. TV.[1]Antenna TV, a digital sub- channel network owned by Tribune Broadcasting, makes its debut. The network, whose programming is dedicated to classic television series and films, launches mainly on stations owned- or- operated by Tribune and Local TV LLC.[2]PBS member station KCET/Los Angeles becomes an independent public/educational station. KOCE- TV/Huntington Beach, a secondary PBS affiliate serving nearby Orange County, replaces KCET as the LA market's primary PBS member station, rebranding as PBS So. Cal.[3]Dish Network and Frontier Radio Management fail to reach a new carriage agreement, leaving Macon customers without both ABC and Fox, where both networks come from WGXA.[4]Direc.

TV removes the stations of Northwest Broadcasting due to a carriage dispute.[5] The sides reach a temporary deal on February 1, in time for Super Bowl XLV.[6]Comedy Central retires the skyscraper- and- globe- themed logo, which it used in one form or another since its 1. C"'s (which resemble a copyright symbol), with one of them and the word "Central" turned upside- down.[7]3. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals throws out a fine the FCC levied against ABC for a 2. NYPD Blue in which Charlotte Ross' character was viewed with a bare back.[8]ESPN fires play- by- play announcer Ron Franklin for making derogatory remarks to colleague Jeannine Edwards during prep work for a December 3. Chick- fil- A Bowl. Prior to the firing, Franklin was pulled from ESPN Radio's January 1 coverage of the Fiesta Bowl over the incident.[9]7.

History announces that its first scripted miniseries, The Kennedys, will not air on the network, with a spokesperson stating, "This dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand."[1. The content of the 8- part multimillion- dollar project (produced in Canada in partnership with History's Canadian counterpart, History Television) had been the source of controversy; various sources claimed inaccuracies in the script,[1. History officials gave approval on the final draft script and final cuts before dropping their broadcast plans.[1. The producers would then begin shopping the production around to other networks, and on February 1 reached a deal with Reelz. Channel, which would air the miniseries in April (this after Showtime, Starz, FX, and Audience Network took a pass).[1.

Both Joan and Melissa Rivers announce that they will no longer do red carpet specials.[1. After a lengthy dispute and two deadline extensions, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Time Warner Cable reach an agreement in principle to keep 2. Sinclair- owned- or- operated stations in 1. Time Warner cable TV systems.[1.

A more formal agreement would be announced on February 2, which includes plans for TWC to produce newscasts for Sinclair's ABC affiliate in the Greensboro market, WXLV- TV, beginning in 2. Citing lack of air time, Marissa Jaret Winokur announces she will leave CBs' daytime series The Talk.[2. Piers Morgan Tonight, the replacement for the long- running Larry King Live, debuts on CNN, with Oprah Winfrey as Morgan's first guest.[2. Turner Broadcasting System announces it will turn over day- to- day control of its Atlanta station WPCH- TV to Meredith Corporation, who will operate the station through its CBS affiliate WGCL- TV.

Additionally, production for Atlanta Braves broadcasts on WPCH (4. Fox Sports South and Sport. South, making 2. 01.

Braves season since 1. Turner Sports will not produce local Braves telecasts.[2. Season 4 Episode 22 Arrow here. After a lengthy review process, the FCC and Department of Justice approve (with conditions) Comcast's purchase of a controlling share of NBC Universal.[2.

The deal officially closes before midnight on January 2. Comcast owning 5. NBCU and General Electric 4. GE completed a purchase of Vivendi's 1. NBCU on January 2. Houston PBS outlet KUHT announces that they will merge their operations with its FM sister station to become Houston Public Media.[2.

The American version of Skins premieres on MTV. The series' controversial content prompts the Parents Television Council to ask the show's producers be charged with child pornography and exploitation, alleging a violation of 1. USC 1. 46. 6A.[2.

The controversy also leads major advertisers to pull their advertising from the program, among them Taco Bell, Wrigley Company, General Motors, Subway, H& R Block and Schick.[3. MTV would cancel the show in June after one season.[3. Countdown with Keith Olbermann airs for the final time on MSNBC after its titular host abruptly departs the network.[3.

U. S. President. Barack Obama delivers his second State of the Union Address, which is followed by not one but two opposition responses: the official Republican Party rebuttal from Congressman. Paul Ryan (R- Wisconsin 1st) and a Tea Party response by Congresswoman. Michele Bachmann (R- Minnesota 6th). CNN is the only major network to carry Bachmann's response live, during which she does not speak directly to the TV camera.[3. CBS announced that Two and a Half Men would go on a production hiatus after series star Charlie Sheen is admitted into a rehabilitation center, one day after his hospitalization for a hernia condition.[3. February[edit]Date.

Event. 1Fit. TV rebrands as Discovery Fit & Health, reflecting the migration of programming from the former Discovery Health Channel since that network's conversion to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network exactly one month earlier.[3. Several American reporters are attacked during the protests in Egypt: Anderson Cooper is kicked and punched, Katie Couric gets rocks thrown at her, and several others are harassed, held or beaten by the angry mobs.[3. After ten weeks, Comcast Sports. Net California and Dish Network end their carriage dispute, and the regional sports network is returned to the satellite provider.[3.

Una Vez Mas purchases two Texas stations from the bankrupt Johnson Broadcasting, KNWS/Houston and KLDT/Dallas. The stations' call signs are respectively changed to KYAZ and KAZD, and their affiliations also change to Azteca America.[4.

The Green Bay Packers's 3. Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV attracts 1. Fox broadcast the most- watched program in American TV history, surpassing the previous record of 1. Super Bowl XLIV one year earlier.[4. Current TV announces that Keith Olbermann will join the network as the its Chief News Officer and will have an equity stake in the network's parent company, Current Media.

Olbermann will also anchor and executive produce a nighttime broadcast for the network. That show, which would start on June 2.

MSNBC show, Countdown.[4. Fox Entertainment Group announces that its My. Network TV service has been renewed for three more years, through 2. Sony, IMAX and Discovery Communications launch 3net, a new 3. DTV channel.[4. 4]1. Disney Channel's daily morning program block for preschoolers, Playhouse Disney, rebrands as Disney Junior, part of the network's plan to establish Disney Junior as a stand- alone network in 2.

SOAPNet).[4. 5]ESPN 3. D is upgraded to a 2. Time Warner Cable announces the formation of two new Southern California- based regional sports networks named TWC Sports. Net and TWC Deportes (one in English, one in Spanish) that will launch in 2. The networks will serve as exclusive local TV homes of basketball's Los Angeles Lakers for 2. NBA season.[4. 7]1. The Watson computer built by IBM competes on the game show Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.[4. Xfinity 3. D, a Comcast- owned 2. DTV channel, commences programming with coverage of the 2. Heritage Classic.[4.