- January 1 - On '' Coronation Street '', four-decade resident Alf Roberts dies of a heart attack, just one month before the real-life death of Bryan Mosley , the actor who portrayed him.
- January 6 - Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame .
- February 14 - Elton John appears as himself in a special Valentine's Day episode of the animated series '' The Simpsons ''.
- March 5 - After 32 years, what is billed as the last ever '' News At Ten '' is broadcast on ITV , hosted as usual by Trevor McDonald . It is replaced with the '' ITV Nightly News '' from Monday. In the event, News at Ten returns in 2001 , though is axed again in 2004 .
- May 21 - Susan Lucci wins a Daytime Emmy Award for her role as Erica Kane on '' All My Children '', after eighteen failed nominations in previous years.
- June 1 - The educational channel BBC Knowledge launches in the UK .
- June 2 - The Ban on Television in Bhutan is lifted, with the launch of the Bhutan Broadcasting Service . A Cable service launches in English , Dzongkha , and Nepali in September that year.
- July 18 - Actor Hank Azaria marries actress Helen Hunt . The couple divorced on December 18 , 2000 .
- August 18 - Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy.
- September 6 - The ITV London Weekday franchise Carlton drops the on-air branding of the Central and Westcountry ITV regions, replacing them with Carlton.
- September 11 - The first of Channel 4 's '100 Greatest' programmes air, '' The 100 Greatest TV Moments ''.
- October 4 - November 8 - The six part documentary series '' Walking With Dinosaurs '' airs on BBC One , using Computer-generated Imagery and Animatronics to show life in the Mesozoic Era.
- November 8 - ITV launches a generic look for the second time (the first being in 1989 ), with most regions adopting idents based around a Heart theme. The exceptions are the three Carlton owned regions, the SMG Plc owned Scottish and Grampian , and UTV .
- November - Test Card J and Test Card W debut on the BBC , replacing Test Card F which is retired after 32 years.
- December 7 - Channel 5 in the UK broadcasts the TV movie '' Winter Angel '', a revival of the popular 1970s BBC Science-fiction series '' Doomwatch ''.
- December 17 - 10th anniversary of the first half-hour episode of ''The Simpsons''.
- December 24 - Ian Woodley becomes the first person on British television to win a million Pounds , on a segment of the Channel 4 show '' TFI Friday '' called ''Someone's Going to be a Millionaire'' (a reference to ITV's '' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? '', which at the time had not had a million pound winner).
- December 25 - ITV beats BBC One in the Christmas Day ratings for the first time since 1984 .
- December 31 - Over 60 countries take part in '' 2000 Today '', a program seeing in the start of the new Millennium .
- January 4 - Iron Eyes Cody , 94, actor known for a popular anti-littering commercial from the 1970s.
- March 21 - Ernie Wise , 73, surviving half of UK comedy duo, Morecambe And Wise .
- March 22 - David Strickland , 29, actor on '' Suddenly Susan '', suicide.
- March 30 - Gary Morton , 74, producer, second husband of Lucille Ball .
- April 10 - Jean Vander Pyl , 79, Voice Actor who voiced Wilma Flintstone on '' The Flintstones '' and Rosie the Robot Maid on '' The Jetsons ''.
- April 26 - Jill Dando , 37, presenter (co-host of '' Crimewatch '').
- May 8 - Dana Plato , 34, actress (Kimberly Drummond) on '' Diff'rent Strokes ''.
- June 11 - DeForest Kelley , 79, actor (Bones McCoy) on '' Star Trek ''.
- July 12 - Bill Owen , 85, actor (Compo Simmonite) on '' Last Of The Summer Wine ''.
- July 20 - Sandra Gould , 72, actress (the second Gladys Kravitz) on '' Bewitched ''.
- September 5 - Allen Funt , 84, host of ''Candid Camera''.
- December 29 - Gene Rayburn , 81, television host (''Match Game'').
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