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The year 2007 in television involves some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 2 | This Life returns for a ten-year reunion special. |
| January 7 | The top prize of £250,000 is won on the United Kingdom version of the game show Deal or No Deal. |
| January 17 | Protests in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara are alleged to be racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty. |
| January 23 | It is announced by Channel Nine that, after 31 years of airing The Young and the Restless, the network would drop the series, which was then picked up by Foxtel's W. Channel. |
| January 28 | Final edition of the BBC's Grandstand after 49 years. |
| February 4 | A Canadian edition of Deal or No Deal debuts, also hosted by Howie Mandel. |
| February 9 | Paul Merton presents his last edition of Room 101. |
| February 18 | BBC Two launches 14 new idents designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, with the "2" becoming a "Windows of the World" a portal through which the world is seen differently. |
| February 18 | Richard and Judy is scrutinised when it is claimed that it already chosen its winners for its premium-rate phone-in quiz, "You Say, We Pay" before lines had closed. This results in the start of the 2007 British television phone-in scandal. |
| February 22 | The O.C. airs its final episode. |
| March 17 | Cartoon Network's Toonami celebrates its 10th Anniversary. |
| March 31 | 2007 Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon. |
| March 31 | Series 3 of Doctor Who begins on BBC One. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 11 | MSNBC announced that its simulcast of Imus in the Morning was being canceled immediately after public outcry against the host's remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. |
| April 13 | Have I Got News for You starts to produce a video podcast featuring unbroadcast material. |
| May 2 | The New Zealand free-to-air digital television platform Freeview begins broadcasting over DVB-S, breaking the digital television monopoly held by pay network SKY Television. |
| May 3 | Queen Elizabeth II visits America (fifth time in 50 years) for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia and also meets with families from the Virginia Tech Massacre. It becomes U.S. national & local TV news. |
| May 8 | HolbyBlue debuts on BBC One as a spin off from Casualty and Holby City |
| May 14 | BBC One broadcasts "Scientology and Me" a Panorama investigation into Scientology by journalist John Sweeney. A clip from the programme of Sweeney losing his temper and shouting at a disruptive scientologist representative is widely released on the internet and on DVD by scientologists prior to airing. |
| May 20 | The Simpsons reaches its landmark 400th episode. |
| May 23 | Jordin Sparks wins the 6th season of the popular singing competition American Idol, with Blake Lewis as the runner up. |
| June 15 | Bob Barker retires from The Price Is Right after 35 years as host and after 50 years on television. Barker's final episode aired both in its regular daytime slot and in prime time leading into the Daytime Emmy Awards. The Young and the Restless and Guiding Light tie for Outstanding Drama Series. |
| June 26 | Mika Brzezinski attempted to set fire to a script, screwed up another, and shredded a third, in a protest about having to lead her news broadcast with a story about Paris Hilton's release from prison, rather than about the Iraq War. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 23 | Drew Carey is announced as Bob Barker's successor on The Price Is Right. |
| August 17 | The Disney Channel premiere showing of High School Musical 2 becomes the most-watched made-for-cable movie ever, receiving 17.24 million viewers. |
| August 22 | The BBC celebrates their 75-year service in television. |
| August 30 | Big Ten Network launches, causing controversy among sports fans for failing to reach carriage agreements with large cable providers Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter Cable, and several other smaller providers. (The disputes were left unresolved for nearly a year, causing millions of fans to miss several college football and college basketball games that were previously available on more widely distributed channels such as ABC, and the ESPN family of networks). |
| August 31 | Finland switches off its analogue television signal. |
| September 1 | In one of the first football games to air on the new Big Ten Network, Appalachian State University upsets the University of Michigan, 34-32, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. |
| September 5 | The BBC scraps plans for Planet Relief, a programme similar to Comic Relief and Sport Relief for fear of bias against critics of climate change and that viewers would prefer more factual programmes on the subject. |
| September 9 | In an advertising first, eBay begin showing live auction adverts between programmes in the UK, showing an auction with picture, current bid, time auction ends, and postage and packaging charges. |
| September 16 | The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out. The Sopranos wins Outstanding Drama Series, while 30 Rock wins Outstanding Comedy Series |
| September 20 | Survivor opens its 15th season in the nation of China. Survivor: China became the first major American TV program to film entirely in China. |
| September 21 | ITV postpone broadcasting the 2007 British Comedy Awards due to the phone-in scandals. |
| September 26 | ABC1, a British television channel broadcasting American sitcoms, closes. |
| September 27 | Record News, a Brazilian television channel, starts its transmissions. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| October 1 | Ftn closes and Virgin 1 launches at 9pm the same night. |
| October 14 | Dave (formerly UKTV G2) launches on Freeview, after the closure of UKTV Bright Ideas. |
| October 15 | Drew Carey's first episode as the new host of The Price is Right airs. |
| October 17 | The town of Whitehaven in Cumbria becomes the first place in the UK to officially lose their analogue television signals and start the digital switchover, starting with BBC Two. The other four channels were switched off on November 14. |
| November 2 | Channel 4 marks the 25th anniversary of its launch by resurrecting its original Lambie-Nairn-designed idents for the day. The anniversary is also marked by the rebroadcast of the November 2, 1982 debut edition of Countdown (the channel's first programme) and a special Big Fat Anniversary Quiz. |
| November 5 | The 2007 Writers Guild of America strike begins causing many shows to halt production. |
| November 7 | Sky Travel relaunches as Sky Real Lives and Sky Travel Shop rebranded as Sky Travel. |
| November 14 | The remaining four Analogue channels are switched to Digital in Whitehaven in Cumbria. |
| November 15 | Jorja Fox appears for the last time as a regular cast member as investigator Sara Sidle on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. |
| December 1 | BBC HD is officially launched in the UK, after a one and a half year trial. |
| December 3 | ESPN's Monday Night Football telecast of the unbeaten New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens breaks the basic cable viewership record set earlier this year by Disney Channel's High School Musical 2 with 17.52 million cable viewers. |
| December 25 | BBC One gets its highest rated Christmas Day schedule in years, with Voyage of the Damned, the Christmas special of Doctor Who getting the shows' biggest audience since 1979 (13.31 million) and a special episode of EastEnders getting 14.38 million, that shows' biggest rating in three years and the highest rated show of 2007. Another success was a one-off special of To the Manor Born, returning after 26 years, with an audience of 10.25 million. |
| December 29 | CBS and NBC simulcast the NFL Network telecast between the New England Patriots and New York Giants, as the Patriots become the first team in NFL history to go undefeated in a 16-game season. The two teams would meet again in Super Bowl XLII, with the Giants stopping the Pats from going 19-0. |
| December 31 | Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids leaves the cable lineup and is replaced by The N which currently airs 24/7 after splitting from its sister channel, Noggin on all cable services except Dish Network. |
| Date | Show |
|---|---|
| January 1 | Engaged and Underage on MTV |
| January 1 | High Maintenance 90210 on E! |
| January 1 | Poker After Dark on NBC |
| January 1 | The Sarah Jane Adventures on BBC One |
| January 2 | Dirt on FX Network |
| January 3 | The Knights of Prosperity on ABC |
| January 3 | In Case of Emergency on ABC |
| January 7 | Grease: You're The One That I Want on NBC |
| January 7 | I'm From Rolling Stone on MTV |
| January 7 | Just Jordan on Nickelodeon |
| January 8 | I Love New York on VH1 |
| January 8 | The (White) Rapper Show on VH1 |
| January 8 | The Surreal Life: Fame Games on VH1 |
| January 9 | Little Mosque on the Prairie on CBC |
| January 10 | Armed and Famous on CBS |
| January 12 | Cory in the House on Disney Channel |
| January 17 | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show on Comedy Central |
| January 21 | The Dresden Files on the SciFi Channel |
| January 22 | E-Vet Interns on Animal Planet |
| January 23 | Disney's Really Short Report on Disney Channel |
| January 25 | Skins on E4 |
| January 20 | Bam's Unholy Union on MTV |
| January 30 | Wrestling Society X on MTV |
| February 1 | Juvies on MTV |
| February 1 | The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central |
| February 3 | The Naked Brothers Band on Nickelodeon |
| February 5 | Rules of Engagement on CBS |
| February 8 | Survivor: Fiji on CBS |
| February 10 | Primeval on ITV |
| February 11 | Saul of the Mole People on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) |
| February 11 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) |
| February 20 | 100 Winners on GSN |
| February 23 | quiznation on GSN |
| February 26 | Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on Travel Channel |
| February 26 | The Black Donnelys on NBC |
| February 26 | Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive on Toon Disney |
| February 27 | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (US version) on FOX |
| March 3 | El Tigre:The adventures of Manny Rivera on Nickelodeon |
| March 4 | Dice: Undisputed on VH1 |
| March 5 | The Land Before Time on Cartoon Network |
| March 6 | The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll on The CW |
| March 7 | The Wedding Bells on Fox |
| March 10 | Blood+ on adult swim |
| March 12 | The Riches on FX |
| March 13 | Bullrun on Spike TV |
| March 14 | Halfway Home on Comedy Central |
| March 15 | Raines on NBC |
| March 15 | October Road on ABC |
| March 22 | This American Life on Showtime |
| March 23 | Acceptable.TV on VH1 |
| March 28 | The Apprentice on BBC One, previously on BBC Two from 2005-2006 |
| March 27 | The Great American Dream Vote on ABC |
| March 29 | 1,000 Places to See Before You Die on Travel Channel |
| April | Love Patrol in Vanuatu and Fiji |
| April 1 | Sons of Hollywood on A&E |
| April 1 | The Tudors on Showtime |
| April 5 | Adventures in Hollyhood on MTV |
| April 7 | Human Giant on MTV |
| April 7 | Short Circuitz on MTV |
| April 9 | Culture Shock on Travel Channel |
| April 10 | Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno III on MTV |
| April 10 | Scarred on MTV |
| April 12 | Notes from the Underbelly on ABC |
| April 12 | Roman's Empire on BBC One |
| April 13 | Painkiller Jane on Sci Fi |
| April 15 | Drive on Fox |
| April 15 | Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School on VH1 |
| April 16 | I Bet You on MOJO HD |
| April 16 | Jon & Kate Plus 8 on Discovery Health Channel |
| May 3 | Paris enquêtes criminelles on TF1 |
| May 8 | Holby Blue on BBC One |
| May 10 | Traveler on BBC One |
| May 12 | My Friends Tigger & Pooh on Disney Channel |
| May 13 | Fat Guy Stuck in Internet on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) |
| May 13 | Superjail! on Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) |
| May 18 | National Bingo Night on ABC |
| May 25 | Storm Hawks on Cartoon Network |
| May 30 | Hidden Palms on The CW |
| May 30 | The Next Best Thing on ABC |
| May 30 | Traveler on ABC |
| May 31 | Pirate Master on CBS |
| June 1 | Demons on CBS |
| June 4 | Creature Comforts on CBS |
| June 4 | Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl on Cartoon Network (US Premiere) |
| June 6 | Passport to Latin America on Travel Channel |
| June 6 | Tyler Perry's House of Payne on TBS |
| June 10 | John From Cincinnati on HBO |
| June 13 | First Annual Guys' Choice Awards on Spike TV |
| June 13 | Lil' Bush on Comedy Central |
| June 17 | Flight of the Conchords on HBO |
| June 17 | Ice Road Truckers on The History Channel |
| June 17 | Meadowlands on Showtime |
| June 18 | Age of Love on NBC |
| June 18 | Heartland on TNT |
| June 25 | Tak and the Power of Juju on Nickelodeon |
| June 25 | Wayside on Nickelodeon |
| June 26 | Shaq's Big Challenge on ABC |
| June 28 | Burn Notice on USA |
| June 29 | The Best Years on The N |
| July 2 | Camouflage on GSN |
| July 5 | Sea Patrol on Seven Network (Australia) |
| July 8 | American Body Shop on Comedy Central |
| July 9 | Greek on ABC Family |
| July 10 | Baldwin Hills on BET |
| July 12 | General Hospital: Night Shift on SOAPnet |
| July 15 | Rock of Love with Bret Michaels on VH1 |
| July 16 | Victoria Beckham: Coming to America on NBC |
| July 17 | The Bill Engvall Show on TBS |
| July 19 | Mad Men on AMC |
| July 23 | Saving Grace on TNT |
| July 24 | Damages on FX |
| July 25 | Diagnosis X on TLC |
| August 4 | Grand Slam on GSN |
| August 5 | The Company on TNT |
| August 7 | LA Ink on TLC |
| August 8 | The Real World: Sydney on MTV |
| August 10 | Flash Gordon on Sci Fi |
| August 13 | Californication on Showtime |
| August 13 | Slacker Cats on ABC Family |
| August 20 | Yo Gabba Gabba! on Nickelodeon |
| August 22 | Anchorwoman on Fox |
| August 27 | The Life of Ryan on MTV |
| August 27 | City Homicide on Seven Network (Australia) |
| August 28 | Outnumbered on BBC One |
| August 30 | Celebrity Rap Superstar on MTV |
| August 31 | Back at the Barnyard on Nickelodeon |
| September 1 | Eurovision Dance Contest on EBU |
| September 3 | Super Why! on PBS |
| September 3 | Word World on PBS |
| September 6 | Tim Gunn's Guide to Style on Bravo |
| September 8 | iCarly on Nickelodeon |
| September 8 | Torchwood on BBC America |
| September 10 | Tell Me You Love Me on HBO |
| September 10 | Steve Wilkos, a talk show hosted by Jerry Springer's former security head, debuts in syndication in the United States and Canada |
| September 14 | Nashville on Fox |
| September 14 | Out of Jimmy's Head on Cartoon Network |
| September 17 | K-Ville on Fox |
| September 17 | Passions on DirecTV's channel The 101 Network |
| September 19 | Gossip Girl on The CW |
| September 19 | MANswers on Spike TV |
| September 19 | Back to You on Fox |
| September 19 | Kid Nation on CBS |
| September 19 | Kitchen Nightmares on Fox |
| September 20 | Survivor: China on CBS |
| September 23 | CW Now on CW |
| September 23 | Online Nation on CW |
| September 24 | Journeyman on NBC |
| September 24 | The Big Bang Theory on CBS |
| September 24 | Chuck on NBC |
| September 25 | Reaper on CW |
| September 25 | Cane on CBS |
| September 26 | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Australian version) on Network Ten |
| September 26 | Bionic Woman on NBC |
| September 26 | Life on NBC |
| September 26 | Private Practice on ABC |
| September 26 | Dirty Sexy Money on ABC |
| September 27 | Big Shots on ABC |
| September 28 | Moonlight on CBS |
| October 1 | Aliens in America on CW |
| October 1 | Dr. Steve-O on USA |
| October 1 | Digimon Data Squad on Jetix |
| October 2 | Cavemen on ABC |
| October 2 | Carpoolers on ABC |
| October 3 | Pushing Daisies on ABC |
| October 4 | Last One Standing on Discovery Channel |
| October 5 | About A Girl on The N |
| October 5 | Ultraseven X premieres on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting in Japan |
| October 7 | Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? (UK version) on Sky One |
| October 7 | Life Is Wild on The CW |
| October 12 | Women's Murder Club on ABC |
| October 12 | Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel |
| October 13 | The Search for the Next Elvira on Fox Reality |
| October 14 | Keeping Up with the Kardashians on E! |
| October 15 | Samantha Who? on ABC |
| October 15 | The Salt-N-Pepa Show on VH1 |
| October 17 | Storm Chasers on Discovery Channel |
| October 18 | Viva Laughlin on CBS |
| October 19 | The Next Great American Band on Fox |
| October 21 | Death Note on Adult Swim |
| October 24 | Phenomenon on NBC |
| October 27 | Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5? on GMA Network |
| October 30 | The History Of The World Backwards on BBC Four |
| November 2 | Orangutan Island on Animal Planet |
| November 3 | Bunnytown on Disney Channel (UK); USA premiere a week later. |
| November 7 | Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation on ITV |
| November 8 | Nearly Famous on E4 |
| December 1 | Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle on Nippon BS Broadcasting in Japan. |
| Show | Moved from | Moved to |
|---|---|---|
| American Chopper | Discovery Channel | TLC |
| Crank Yankers | Comedy Central | MTV2 |
| Kath & Kim | ABC TV | Channel Seven |
| Kenny vs. Spenny | GSN | Comedy Central |
| Law and Order: Criminal Intent | NBC | USA Network |
| Passions | NBC | The 101 |
| Play with Me Sesame | Noggin | PBS Kids Sprout |
| Tim Russert | CNBC | MSNBC |
| Imus in the Morning | MSNBC | RFD-TV |
| Date | Show | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Green Wing | 2004 |
| January 5 | The Megan Mullally Show | 2006 |
| January 15 | Quizmania | 2005 |
| January 23 | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | 2003 |
| January 24 | Armed & Famous | 2007 |
| January 25 | On the Road Again | 1987 |
| January 27 | Cartoon Alley | 2004 |
| January 28 | Grandstand | 1958 |
| January 30 | Big Day | 2006 |
| February 1 | Afro Samurai | 2007 |
| February 9 | Room 101 | 1994 |
| February 10 | Catscratch | 2005 |
| February 14 | JoJo's Circus | 2003 |
| February 18 | PlayMania | 2006 |
| February 18 | Reba | 2001 |
| February 22 | The O.C. | 2003 |
| February 24 | Celebrity Dog School | 2007 |
| February 26 | The (White) Rapper Show | 2007 |
| March 4 | What's with Andy? | 2001 |
| March 5 | The Class | 2006 |
| March 6 | Watch Over Me | 2006 |
| March 6 | Wicked Wicked Games | 2006 |
| March 7 | Maui Fever | 2007 |
| March 13 | Stargate SG-1 | 1997 |
| March 14 | Wrestling Society X | 2007 |
| March 16 | The Vicar of Dibley | 1994 |
| March 17 | Mr. Meaty | 2006 |
| March 18 | I'm From Rolling Stone | 2007 |
| March 18 | The Winner | 2007 |
| March 25 | The George Michael Sports Machine | 1980 |
| March 25 | Grease: You're the One that I Want! | 2007 |
| March 25 | Rome | 2005 |
| March 26 | What About Brian | 2006 |
| March 28 | The Great American Dream Vote | 2007 |
| March 29 | Blue's Room | 2004 |
| March 30 | Celebrity Deathmatch | 1998/2006 |
| March 30 | Crank Yankers | 2002 |
| March 30 | Falcon Beach | 2006 |
| March 30 | Six Degrees | 2006 |
| March 31 | Ultraman Mebius | 2006 |
| April 1 | Miffy | 2003 |
| April 2 | The Black Donnellys | 2007 |
| April 3 | Bam's Unholy Union | 2007 |
| April 4 | CBC News: Country Canada | 1954 |
| April 6 | The Wedding Bells | 2007 |
| April 7 | Bratz | 2005 |
| April 9 | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | 2005 |
| April 10 | Life on Mars | 2006 |
| April 11 | In Case of Emergency | 2007 |
| April 14 | Andy Barker, P.I. | 2007 |
| April 15 | The Dresden Files | 2007 |
| April 20 | My GamesFever | 2006 |
| April 22 | The War at Home | 2005 |
| April 23 | Drive | 2007 |
| April 27 | Identity | 2006 |
| April 27 | Raines | 2007 |
| April 28 | Eureka Seven | 2006 |
| April 29 | Sons of Hollywood | 2007 |
| April 29 | Spider Riders | 2006 |
| May 3 | Trading Spouses | 2004 |
| May 5 | Loonatics Unleashed | 2005 |
| May 6 | Bear in the Big Blue House | 1997 |
| May 8 | George Lopez | 2002 |
| May 11 | Acceptable.TV | 2007 |
| May 11 | Close to Home | 2005 |
| May 13 | 7th Heaven | 1996 |
| May 14 | All of Us | 2003 |
| May 14 | The King of Queens | 1998 |
| May 15 | Gilmore Girls | 2000 |
| May 16 | Crossing Jordan | 2001 |
| May 16 | Halfway Home | 2007 |
| May 16 | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends | 2004 |
| May 16 | Thank God You're Here | 2007 |
| May 17 | Roman's Empire | 2007 |
| May 22 | Veronica Mars | 2004 |
| May 24 | Pimp My Ride | 2004 |
| May 28 | The Real Wedding Crashers | 2007 |
| May 29 | Punk'd | 2003 |
| May 30 | The Gill Deacon Show | 2006 |
| June 1 | Bert's Family Feud | 2006 |
| June 3 | Dream Team | 1997 |
| June 8 | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | 2004 |
| June 10 | The Sopranos | 1999 |
| June 13 | 100 Winners | 2007 |
| June 15 | The Catch-Up | 2007 |
| June 18 | Creature Comforts | 2007 |
| June 21 | The Showbiz Show with David Spade | 2005 |
| June 24 | Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race | 2007 |
| June 24 | Quizmania | 2006 |
| June 25 | The Ex-Wives Club | 2007 |
| June 25 | The Rich List | 2007 |
| June 28 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | 2006 |
| June 29 | Marina | 2006 |
| July 1 | The Loop | 2006 |
| July 4 | Hidden Palms | 2007 |
| July 5 | Short Circuitz | 2007 |
| July 8 | Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School | 2007 |
| July 13 | Art Attack | 1989 |
| July 15 | Saul of the Mole Men | 2007 |
| July 16 | Extreme Makeover | 2002 |
| July 16 | Victoria Beckham: Coming to America | 2007 |
| July 17 | Pirate Master | 2007 |
| July 18 | American Heiress | 2007 |
| July 18 | Saints & Sinners | 2007 |
| July 18 | Traveler | 2007 |
| July 20 | Standoff | 2006 |
| July 22 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | 2000 |
| July 23 | Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa | 2007 |
| July 26 | Hey Paula | 2007 |
| August 5 | Meadowlands | 2007 |
| August 5 | The Simple Life | 2003 |
| August 8 | The Nine | 2006 |
| August 11 | Kidnapped | 2006 |
| August 12 | John from Cincinnati | 2007 |
| August 19 | The Company | 2007 |
| August 21 | On the Lot | 2007 |
| August 22 | Anchorwoman | 2007 |
| August 23 | The Knights of Prosperity | 2007 |
| August 24 | Danny Phantom | 2004 |
| August 25 | Masters of Science Fiction | 2007 |
| August 26 | The Kill Point | 2007 |
| August 29 | The Nation | 2007 |
| August 31 | Heartland | 2007 |
| September 1 | American Dragon: Jake Long | 2005 |
| September 7 | Passions on NBC | 1999 |
| September 7 | Kim Possible | 2002 |
| September 16 | Drake & Josh | 2004 |
| September 16 | The 4400 | 2004 |
| September 16 | The Dead Zone | 2002 |
| September 17 | Slacker Cats | 2007 |
| September 21 | Nashville | 2007 |
| September 21 | Painkiller Jane | 2007 |
| September 23 | The 1/2 Hour News Hour | 2007 |
| September 27 | Squirrel Boy | 2006 |
| September 30 | Braves TBS Baseball | 1975 |
| October 1 | 1 vs. 100 | 2007 |
| October 1 | Lazytown | 2004 |
| October 5 | Dame Chocolate | 2007 |
| October 13 | Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo | 2005 |
| October 14 | Online Nation | 2007 |
| October 18 | Celebrity Rap Superstar | 2007 |
| October 21 | Viva Laughlin | 2007 |
| October 30 | Queer Eye | 2003 |
| November 10 | That's So Raven | 2003 |
| November 12 | Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive | 2007 |
| November 11 | Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil | 2005 |
| November 11 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | 2001 |
| November 13 | Cavemen | 2007 |
| November 14 | Drawn Together | 2004 |
| November 21 | Phenomenon | 2007 |
| November 28 | Bionic Woman | 2007 |
| December 1 | The Sideshow | 2007 |
| December 1 | Australia's Funniest Home Videos | 1990 |
| December 4 | Tin Man | 2007 |
| December 12 | Kid Nation | 2007 |
| December 15 | Kaya | 2007 |
| December 16 | Unfabulous | 2004 |
| December 17 | K-Ville | 2007 |
| December 18 | Cane | 2007 |
| December 19 | Journeyman | 2007 |
| December 19 | Parkinson | 1971 |
| December 20 | Clash of the Choirs | 2007 |
| December 21 | The Next Great American Band | 2007 |
| December 21 | Ultraseven X | 2007 |
| December 27 | Extras | 2005 |
| December 28 | The Singing Bee | 2007 |
| Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Magnús Magnússon | 77 | Icelandic-born television presenter (Mastermind) |
| January 8 | Iwao Takamoto | 81 | Japanese-American animator (Scooby Doo) |
| January 8 | Yvonne De Carlo | 84 | Canadian-born US actress (The Munsters) |
| January 14 | Darlene Conley | 72 | Irish-born US soap opera actress (The Bold and the Beautiful) |
| January 16 | Ron Carey | 71 | US actor and comedian (Barney Miller) |
| January 19 | Scott Charles Bigelow (Bam Bam Bigelow | 45 | Pro Wrestler |
| January 27 | Bob Carroll | 88 | US sitcom writer (I Love Lucy, Alice) |
| January 30 | Sidney Sheldon | 89 | US writer (creator of I Dream of Jeannie) |
| January 31 | Lee Bergere | 82 | US actor (Dynasty) |
| February 8 | Anna Nicole Smith | 39 | US model, actress (The Anna Nicole Show) |
| February 15 | Ray Evans | 92 | US songwriter (theme songs to Bonanza and Mister Ed) |
| March 8 | John Inman | 71 | UK actor, best known for playing Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served? |
| March 19 | Calvert DeForest | 85 | US actor (Late Night with David Letterman) |
| April 11 | Roscoe Lee Browne | 81 | US actor (Soap) |
| April 30 | Tom Poston | 85 | US actor (Newhart) |
| May 15 | Jerry Falwell | 73 | US televangelist (The Old-Time Gospel Hour) |
| May 25 | Charles Nelson Reilly | 76 | US actor, game show panelist (Match Game) |
| May 27 | Gretchen Wyler | 75 | US actress (Dallas, several TV series guest appearances) |
| June 12 | Don Herbert | 89 | US TV host (Mr. Wizard) |
| June 17 | Ed Friendly | 85 | US producer (Laugh-In, Little House on the Prairie) |
| June 24 | Chris Benoit | 40 | Canadian pro wrestler for WWE |
| June 29 | Joel Siegel | 63 | US film reviewer on Good Morning America |
| July 9 | Charles Lane | 102 | US character actor with decades of guest appearances ranging from I Love Lucy to Soap |
| July 20 | Tammy Faye Messner | 65 | US televangelist (The PTL Club) |
| July 29 | Marvin Zindler | 85 | Investigative reporter for KTRK-TV Houston; helped closed the Chicken Ranch brothel |
| July 29 | Tom Snyder | 71 | Hosted NBC's The Tomorrow Show and CBS's The Late Late Show |
| July 29 | Mike Reid | 67 | British comedian and actor, best known for playing Frank Butcher in British soap opera EastEnders |
| July 29 | Phil Drabble | 93 | British television presenter, author and countryman , best known as the presenter of sheepdog trial show One Man and His Dog. |
| August 3 | James T. Callahan | 76 | US actor (Charles in Charge) |
| August 7 | Hal Fishman | 75 | US news anchor on KTLA in Los Angeles (1965-2007) |
| August 12 | Merv Griffin | 82 | US entertainer/producer (The Merv Griffin Show, Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune) |
| August 28 | Miyoshi Umeki | 78 | Japanese-born actress (The Courtship of Eddie's Father) |
| September 6 | Ronald Magill | 87 | UK Actor, best known for playing Amos Brearly in Emmerdale |
| September 10 | Jane Wyman | 90 | US actress (Falcon Crest) |
| September 15 | Brett Somers | 83 | US game show panelist (Match Game) |
| September 21 | Alice Ghostley | 81 | US actress (Bewitched, Designing Women) |
| October 1 | Ronnie Hazlehurst | 79 | UK theme tune composer. (Only Fools and Horses, Yes Minister, Are You Being Served? and The Two Ronnies etc.) |
| October 9 | Carol Bruce | 87 | US actress (WKRP in Cincinnati) |
| October 16 | Deborah Kerr | 86 | UK actress (A Woman of Substance) |
| October 17 | Joey Bishop | 89 | US actor and comedian |
| October 30 | Robert Goulet | 73 | US entertainer |
| November 2 | Charmaine Dragun | 29 | Australian newsreader |
| November 2 | Lilian Ellison | 84 | US professional wrestler (The Fabulous Moolah) |
| November 6 | Hilda Braid | 78 | UK actress (Nana Moon of EastEnders) |
| November 20 | Dick Wilson | 91 | UK actor |
| November 22 | Verity Lambert | 71 | UK TV producer (Doctor Who) |
| November 24 | David Sheldon | 44 | US professional wrestler (Angel of Death) |
| November 25 | John Drury | 80 | US journalist |
| November 26 | Mel Tolkin | 94 | US writer (Your Show of Shows) |
| November 28 | Jeanne Bates | 89 | US actress |
| November 28 | Ashley Titus | 36 | South African presenter |
| November 29 | James Barber | 84 | Canadian cooking host (Urban Peasant) |
| December 1 | Anton Rodgers | 74 | UK actor |
| December 13 | Floyd Red Crow Westerman | 94 | Actor |
| December 15 | John Berg | 58 | US actor |
| December 18 | Jack Linkletter | 70 | US television presenter |
| December 26 | Stu Nahan | 81 | Sportscaster |
| Years in television: 2007 |
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