2010 in television
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The year 2010 in television involves some significant plans. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.
Scheduled events
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| Date | Event |
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| January | |
| Diane Sawyer will succeed Charles Gibson as anchor of ABC World News.[1] | |
| 5 | ABC soap All My Children is scheduled to celebrate its 40th Anniversary. It is also slated to begin to be broadcast in high definition in February.[2] |
| February | |
| 7 | Super Bowl XLIV is scheduled to be broadcast worldwide from Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. |
| 12 | The events of the 2010 Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin broadcast worldwide from Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| 28 | The events of the 2010 Winter Olympics are scheduled to end broadcast worldwide. |
| March | |
| April | |
| May | |
| June | |
| 11 | The events of the 2010 FIFA World Cup are scheduled to be broadcast worldwide. |
| July | |
| 11 | The events of the 2010 FIFA World Cup are scheduled to end broadcast worldwide. |
| August | |
| September | |
| October | |
| 3 | OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is scheduled to launch, replacing Discovery Health Channel. It was planning on launching in 2009, but it has since been delayed.[3] |
| 3 | The events of the 2010 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to begin broadcast worldwide. |
| 14 | The events of the 2010 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to end broadcast worldwide. |
| November | |
| December | |
| Unknown | |
| Unknown | Austria, Germany, Malta and Spain will cease analog television broadcasts. |
| Unknown | United States will launch The Fight Network featuring MMA and Professional Wrestling [citation needed] |
Scheduled debuts
Television shows
1940s
- Meet the Press (1947–present)
1950s
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
- I Love Lucy (1951-1957)
- CBS Evening News (1952–present)
- Guiding Light (CBS 1952–2009)
- Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
- The Today Show (1952–present)
- Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Japan) (1953–present)
- NHK Nodo Jiman (Japan) (1953–present)
- Panorama (UK) (1953–present)
- Face the Nation (1954–present)
- The Early Show (1954–present)
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954–present under various titles)
- The Tonight Show (1954–present)
- The Honeymooners (1955-1956)
- As the World Turns (1956–present)
- What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–present)
- The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960)
- The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present)
- Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present)
1960s
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
- Coronation Street, UK (1960–present)
- Four Corners, Australia (1961–present)
- It's Academic (1961–present)
- Biography (1962–present)
- The Late Late Show, Ireland (1962–present)
- The World Tonight, Philippines (1962–present)
- General Hospital (1963–present)
- Another World (NBC 1964-1999)
- Bewitched (1964-1972)
- The Munsters (1964-1966)
- Days of our Lives (1965–present)
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970)
- The Money Programme, UK (1966–present)
- Play School (1966–present)
- Shōten, Japan (1966–present)
- Washington Week (1967–present)
- 60 Minutes (1968–present)
- One Life to Live (1968–present)
- The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)
- Sesame Street (1969–present)
1970s
- All My Children (1970–present)
- Monday Night Football (1970-present)
- NBC Nightly News (1970-present)
- Masterpiece (1971–present)
- Emmerdale, UK (1972-present)
- Newsround, UK (1972-present)
- The Price Is Right (1972-present)
- Last of the Summer Wine, UK (1973-present)
- The Young and the Restless (1973–present)
- Happy Days (1974-1984)
- Little House on the Prairie (1974-1981)
- Nova (1974-present)
- Wish You Were Here...?, UK (1974-present)
- Arena, UK (1975-present)
- The Fifth Estate, Canada (1975-present)
- Good Morning America (1975-present)
- The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (1975-present)
- Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
- The Victory Garden (1975-present)
- Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)
- Austin City Limits (1976-present)
- Charlie's Angels (1976-1981)
- Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983)
- Live from Lincoln Center (1976-present)
- Inside the NFL (1977-present)
- 20/20 (1978–present)
- ABC World News (1978–present)
- The South Bank Show, UK (1978–present)
- Antiques Roadshow, UK (1979–present)
- CBS News Sunday Morning (1979–present)
- Eat Bulaga!, Philippines (1979–present)
- Nightline, US (1979–present)
- Nightly Business Report (1979–present)
- SportsCenter (1979–present)
- The Sunday Game, Ireland (1979–present)
1980s
1980-1984
- 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)
- Cheers (1982-1993)
- Nature (1982-present)
- Timewatch (UK) (1982-present)
- Waratte Iitomo (Japan) (1982-present)
- What Now (1982-present)
- American Masters (1983-present)
- America Undercover (1983-present)
- Frontline (1983-present)
- Loving (ABC 1983-1995)
- Taggart, UK (1983-present)
- The Bill (UK) (1984–present)
- The Cosby Show (1984-1992)
- Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-present)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996)
- Santa Barbara (1984-1993)
- SportsCentre, Canada (1984–present)
1985-1990
- EastEnders, UK (1985–present)
- National Geographic Explorer (1985–present)
- Neighbours, Australia (1985–present)
- Casualty (UK) (1986-present)
- Comic Relief (UK) (1986-present)
- Designing Women (1986-1993)
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-present)
- The Bold and the Beautiful (1987–present)
- CBS Morning News (1987–present)
- ChuckleVision, UK (1987–present)
- College GameDay, football version (1987–present)
- Married...with Children (1987-1997)
- TV Patrol World (1987–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)
- Roseanne (1988-1997)
- This Morning (1988-present)
- Captain N: The Game Master (1989-1991)
- COPS (1989-Present)
- Domingão do Faustão, Brazil (1989-present)
- Inside Edition (1989-present)
- The New Yankee Workshop (1989-present)
- Primetime (1989-present)
- Saved by the Bell (1989-1993)
- The Simpsons (1989–present)
1990s
1990-1994
- America's Funniest Home Videos (1990–present)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1990-1996)
- Friday Night Football, Canada (1990–present)
- Law & Order (1990–present)
- Outside the Lines (1990–present)
- Sunday Night Baseball (1990–present)
- Back to the Future: The Animated Series (1991-1993)
- Charlie Rose (1991–present)
- The Jerry Springer Show (1991–present)
- American Justice (1992–present)
- Barney & Friends (1992–present)
- Dateline NBC (1992–present)
- Mad About You (1992-1999)
- Real Sex (1992–present)
- The Real World (1992–present)
- Shortland Street, NZ (1992–present)
- Soccer Saturday, UK (1992–present)
- Up to the Minute (1992-present)
- World News Now (1992-present)
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
- The Nanny (1993-1999)
- Power Rangers (1993-present)[5]
- WWE Monday Night RAW (1993-present)
- All That (1994-2005)
- Autopsy (1994-present)
- Globe Trekker (1994-present)
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994-present)
- NFL on Fox (1994-present)
- Sister, Sister (1994-1999)
- Time Team, UK (1994-present)
1995-1999
- ASAP '06 (1995-present)
- Dinner and a Movie (1995-present)
- The Late Late Show (1995-present)
- MADtv (1995-2009)
- Modern Marvels (1995–present)
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995–present)
- Soccer AM, UK (1995–present)
- Access Hollywood (1996-present)
- Après Match, Ireland (1996–present)
- Arthur (1996-present)
- Boxing After Dark (1996-present)
- The Daily Show (1996–present)
- Fox News Sunday (1996-present)
- Hey Arnold! (1996-2004)
- Judge Judy (1996-present)
- Major League Baseball on Fox (1996–present)
- The People's Court (1996–present)
- Silent Witness, UK (1996–present)
- A Wedding Story (1996–present)
- Y Clwb Rygbi, Wales (1997–present)
- King of the Hill (1997-2009)
- Midsomer Murders, UK (1997–present)
- One Piece (1997–present)
- Pepper Ann (1997-2000)
- Port Charles (ABC 1997–2003)
- Recess (1997-2001)
- South Park (1997–present)
- Sasuke (Japan) (1997-present)
- The View (1997–present)
- CatDog (1998-2004)
- City Confidential (1998–present)
- Cold Case Files (1998–present)
- The Correspondents (1998–present)
- Comedy Central Presents (1998–present)
- Movie Surfers (1998–present)
- NFL on CBS (1956-1994, 1998-present)
- Nightline, New Zealand (1998–present)
- Pokémon (1998–present)
- True Life (1998–present)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, UK (1998-present)
- The Amanda Show (1999-2002)
- Early Today (1999-present)
- Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present)
- Judge Mathis (1999-present)
- Holby City (1999-present)
- Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999-present)
- Making the Video (1999-present)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-present)
- SmackDown! (1999-present)
- Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999-2000)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US) (1999-present)
2000s
2000-2004
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000-present)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–present)
- Dora the Explorer (2000-present)
- Big Brother (2000-present)
- Survivor (2000–present)
- This Week in Baseball (1977–1998, 2000–present)
- 24 (2001–present)
- The Amazing Race (2001–present)
- The Fairly OddParents (2001-present)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–present)
- Scrubs (2001–present)
- Smallville (2001-present)
- CSI: Miami (2002–present)
- The Dr. Phil Show (2002-present)
- Last Call with Carson Daly (2002–present)
- Lingo (2002–present)
- Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963–1988, 2002–present)
- American Chopper (2003–present)
- The Big Break (2003–present)
- Cold Case (2003–present)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003-present)
- History Detectives (2003–present)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003–present)
- Last Comic Standing (2003–present)
- MythBusters (2003–present)
- Nashville Star (2003–present)
- NCIS (2003–present)
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–present)
- Reno 911! (2003–present)
- Two and a Half Men (2003–present)
- The Venture Brothers (2003-present)
- World Poker Tour (2003–present)
- 6teen (2004-present)
- The Apprentice (2004–present)
- The Biggest Loser (2004–present)
- CSI: NY (2004–present)
- Desperate Housewives (2004-present)
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2004–present)
- House (2004–present)
- LazyTown (2004-present)
- Lost (2004-2010)
- Postman Pat, UK (1981, 1996, 2004-present)
- Rick Mercer Report, Canada (2004-present)
- TNA iMPACT! (2004–present)
2005-2008
- American Dad! (2005–present)
- Attack of the Show! (2005–present)
- The Boondocks (2005-present)
- Cash Cab (2005–present)
- The Closer (2005–present)
- The Colbert Report (2005–present)
- College GameDay, basketball version (2005–present)
- Criss Angel Mindfreak (2005–present)
- Deadliest Catch (2005–present)
- Deal or No Deal (2005–present)
- Delocated (2008-present)
- Doctor Who (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present)
- The Drinky Crow Show (2008-present)
- Family Guy (1999–2002, 2005–present)
- Ghost Whisperer (2005–present)
- Grey's Anatomy (2005–present)
- How I Met Your Mother (2005–present)
- Iron Chef America (2005–present)
- Man vs. Wild (2006-present)
- Medium (2005–present)
- Meerkat Manor, UK (2005–present)
- Metalocalypse (2006-present)
- NUMB3RS (2005–present)
- The Office (2005–present)
- Robot Chicken (2005-present)
- Supernanny (2005–present)
- 30 Rock (2006–present)
- America's Got Talent (2006–present)
- The Bad Girls Club (2006-present)
- Friday Night Lights (2006–present)
- Glenn Beck (2006–present)
- Hannah Montana (2006-present)
- Heroes (2006–present)
- The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (2006-present)
- Man vs. Wild (2006–present)
- Mr. Meaty (2006-present)
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–present)
- The Rachael Ray Show (2006-present)
- Top Chef (2006–present)
- The Unit (2006–present)
- Ugly Betty (2006–present)
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006-present)
- America's Best Dance Crew (2007–present)
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Australian version (2007–present)
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, US version (2007–present)
- Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old?, UK (2007–present)
- The Big Bang Theory (2007-present)
- Chuck (2007–present)
- Cory in the House (2007–present)
- Da li ste pametniji od đaka petaka?, Serbia (2007–present)
- Gossip Girl (2007–present)
- Ice Road Truckers (2007–present)
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 (2007–present)
- Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5?, Philippines (2007–present)
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007-present)
- Little Mosque on the Prairie, Canada (2007–present)
- Love Patrol, Vanuatu (2007–present)
- Mad Men (2007–present)
- Orangutan Island (2007–present)
- Paris enquêtes criminelles, France (2007–present)
- Poker After Dark (2007–present)
- Pushing Daisies (2007-present)
- The Steve Wilkos Show (2007-present)
- Wayside (2007–present)
- 90210 (2008–present)
- America's Toughest Jobs (2008–present)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008–present)
- Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–present)
- The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008-present)
- Celebrity Bainisteoir, Ireland (2008–present)
- Fringe (2008-present)
- Gary Unmarried (2008–present)
- Kath & Kim (2008–present)
- The Mentalist (2008–present)
- Leverage (2008–present)
- Momma's Boys (2008–present)
- The Mr. Men Show (2008-present)
- Phineas and Ferb (2008–present)
- The Principal's Office (2008-present)
- Raising the Bar (2008–present)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–present)
- Unsolved Mysteries (1987–1998, 2001–2002, 2008–present)
- Worst Week (2008–present)
2009
- 10 Things I Hate About You (2009-present)
- Accidentally on Purpose (2009-present)
- Aaron Stone (2009–present)
- Brothers (2009-present)
- The Cleveland Show (2009-present)
- The Deep End (2009-present)
- Dollhouse (2009-present)
- The Dr. Oz Show (2009-present)
- Eastwick (2009-present)
- The Good Wife (2009-present)
- The Jay Leno Show (2009-present)
- Jimmy Two-Shoes (2009–present)
- JONAS (2009-present)
- Kid vs. Kat (2009–present)
- Kings (2009-present)
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009-present)
- Let's Make a Deal (1963–1968, 1968-1976, 1971–1977, 1980–1981, 1984–1986, 1990–1991, 2003, 2009–present)
- Lie To Me (2009-present)
- Melrose Place (2009-present)
- Nanny 911 (FOX 2004–2007, CMT 2009–present)
- Sonny With a Chance (2009-present)
- Southland (2009-present)
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–present)
- Total Drama Action (2009–present)
- The Troop (2009-present)
- The Wendy Williams Show (2009-present)
Changes of network affiliation
| Show | Moved From | Moved To |
| Futurama[1] | FOX | Comedy Central |
| The Open Championship [2] | ABC, TNT | ESPN |
Returning shows
- On February 10, 2009, after only 4 episodes aired, it was announced that United States of Tara has been renewed for a second season by Showtime, which will consist of 12 episodes and air in early 2010.
- On April 13, 2009, it was announced that Showtime has picked up The Tudors for a fourth season, which will air in 2010. It will be the final season of the series.
- Dexter on Showtime will also return for its fourth season in 2010. It has already been renewed for a fifth season, (which will air in 2011), as well.
- Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime will return for 13 more episodes in 2010.
Ending this year
| Date | Show | Debut |
| May 13 | Lost | 2004 |
References
- ^ Mayerowitz, Scott (2009-09-02). "Charles Gibson to Leave 'World News' — Diane Sawyer Will Replace Charles Gibson as "World News" Anchor in January". ABC News. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Broadcasting & Cable August 18, 2009 'All My Children' To Go HD In 2010 - ABC signs long-term deal with Andrita for HD studios
- ^ Oprah Channel Delayed, New York Post, April 3, 2009
- ^ Oprah Winfrey Network, TLC Other Discovery Channels Roll Out Shows, TV Week, April 2, 2009
- ^ "Power Rangers Continues On". Action Figure Insider. March 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-13.