- January 25 - '' Bloody Sunday '', a television drama based on the events of the controversial Bloody Sunday incident in Northern Ireland in 1972 airs on ITV1 in the UK .
- airs on PBS stations reaching 85% of the U.S. after Super Bowl XXXVI ; reportedly the best coverage yet achieved by a former Public Access Television program.
- February 11 - Two new BBC childrens channels, CBeebies (aimed at children under 6) and CBBC (aimed at children aged 6-13) launch.
- March 2 - BBC Knowledge in the UK ceases transmission, the first BBC channel to permanently close.
- March 2 - BBC Four launches in the UK, replacing BBC Knowledge. The opening night is Simulcast on BBC Two .
- March 28 - At 2.10am, the last Balloon Ident is shown on BBC One , and with it, the last time the Globe is used as the channel's symbol (having been used since 1963 ). Its replacement, the 'Rhythm & Movement' Idents , premiere at 9am.
- April 17 - '' General Hospital '' airs its milestone 10,000th episode.
- May - '' One Life To Live '' airs a full week of episodes broadcast live from the ABC New York studios.
- ITV digital axed.
- June 3 - '' Sailor Moon '' returns to Cartoon Network at 3:30pm EST/PST after a year of the network not showing the program.
- July 5 - Cartoon Network stops airing the popular anime '' Sailor Moon '', this is the last time the network or any other network in the US has aired the series.
- September 5 - The flagship couple on Soap Opera '' The Young And The Restless '', Victor Newman ( Eric Braeden ) and Nikki Reed ( Melody Thomas Scott ), marry for the third time.
- September 14 - Fox Kids , then owned by ABC Family , leaves Fox and is replaced by the Fox Box (now known as 4Kids TV ).
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- September 16 - Channel 5 in the UK rebrands itself to Five , and drops its Digital On-screen Graphic .
- October 5 - The programming strand '' Discovery Kids on NBC '' launches on NBC.
- October 28 - In England and Wales , ITV1 drops regional identification from most programmes and adopts a unified branding of just ITV1. The names for the London ( Carlton and LWT ), West ( HTV West ) and Wales ( HTV Wales ) are dropped altogether, and replaced with ITV1 London, ITV1 West of England and ITV1 Wales respectively, though the names continue to appear elsewhere.
- October 30 - Warren Zevon is featured on the '' Late Show With David Letterman '' as the only guest for the entire hour. Zevon performs several songs and talks in length about being diagnosed with inoperable Lung Cancer .
- October 30 - Longtime castmember Hunter Tylo 's character, Dr. Taylor Hamilton Forrester, is killed off the soap opera '' The Bold And The Beautiful '', which is seen worldwide.
- December - Talk show host David Letterman , Paul Shaffer and a stage hand from the ''Late Show with David Letterman'', Biff Henderson , spend Christmas in Afghanistan with the United States and international military forces stationed in the country.
- December 15 - Animation for '' The Simpsons '' changes from Cel Animation to Digital Ink And Paint .
- Fox News Channel overtakes CNN as the #1 cable TV news service in the US.
- Alter and Tempo , the Greek speaking channels switches much of family/children's programming.
- '''', '' Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E. '', and '' Ultraman '' Tiga debut on Fox Box.
- '''' moves to ABC Kids from Fox Kids.
- '' Digimon '' moves to UPN from Fox Kids.
- January 13 - Ted Demme , 37, film and television director.(''Blow'', ''Beautiful Girls'').
- February 22 - Chuck Jones , 89, animator.
- February 24 - Mel Stewart , 72, character Actor whose TV roles included '' All In The Family '' and '' Scarecrow And Mrs. King ''.
- February 27 - Spike Milligan , 83, Comedian .
- February 28 - Mary Stuart , 75, soap opera actress who starred as Jo in the entire 35-year run of '' Search For Tomorrow ''.
- March 15 - Sylvester (Pat) Weaver , 93, longtime president of NBC, credited with creating ''The Today Show'' and ''The Tonight Show''.
- March 27 - Milton Berle , 93, comedian, actor.
- --- - Dudley Moore , 66, comedian, actor.
- April 2 - Jack Kruschen , 80, character actor who had a recurring role on '' Webster ''.
- April 16 - Robert Urich , 55, actor.
- May 24 - Susie Garrett , 72, actress (Betty Johnson) on '' Punky Brewster '', sister of Marla Gibbs .
- June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone , 49, actor/songwriter of The Ramones .
- September 14 - LaWanda Page , 81, comedian, actress (Aunt Esther) on '' Sanford & Son ''.
- September 28 - Whitney Blake , 76, actress on '' Hazel '', co-creator of '' One Day At A Time '', and mother of Meredith Baxter .
- October 3 - Bruce Paltrow , 58, producer ('' St. Elsewhere '').
- October 13 - Keene Curtis , 79, actor who had a recurring role on '' Cheers ''.
- October 20 - Barbara Berjer , 82, most known for her roles as Claire Cassen Shea on ''As the World Turns'', Barbara Norris Thorpe on ''Guiding Light'', and Bridget Connell on '' Another World ''.
- December 3 - Glen Quinn , 32, actor (Mark on '' Roseanne '')
- December 5 - Roone Arledge , 71, sports producer.
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