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The year 2007 in television involves some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.

Events

January-March

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 it's winners for it's premium-rate phone-in quiz, "You Say, We Pay". This results in the start of the 2007 British television phone-in scandal.
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.

April-June

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.
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.

July-September

Date Event
July 23 Drew Carey is announced as Bob Barker's successor on The Price Is Right.
August 17 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 31 Finland switches off its analogue television signal.
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 Oustanding Drama Series, while 30 Rock wins Outstading Comedy Series
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, closeddown at Midday.
September 27 Record News, a brazilian television channel, starts its transmissions.

October-December

Date Event
October 1 ftn closes down at 6am. Virgin 1 launches at 9pm the same night.
October 17 The town of Whitehaven in Cumbria becomes the first place in the UK to lose their analogue television signals and start the digital switchover, starting with BBC Two. The other four channels will be switched off on November 14.

Debuts (including scheduled)

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 10 Armed and Famous on CBS
January 12 Cory in the House on Disney Channel
January 17 The Naked Trucker & 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 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 The Black Donnelys on NBC
February 26 Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive on Toon Disney
February 27 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 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
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 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
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 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 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
July 2 Camouflage on GSN
July 8 American Body Shop on Comedy Central
July 9 Greek on ABC
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
August 4 Grand Slam on GSN
August 5 The Company on TNT
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 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 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 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
September 26 Gossip Girl on CW
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 2 Cavemen on ABC
October 2 Carpoolers on ABC
October 3 Pushing Daisies on ABC
October 4 Last One Standing on Discovery Channel
October 7 Life Is Wild on 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 VH-1
October 17 Storm Chasers on Discovery Channel
October 18 Viva Laughlin on CBS
October 19 The Next Great American Band on FOX
October 22 NI HAO, KAI-LAN on Nickelodeon
October 24 Phenomenon on NBC
November 10 Bunnytown on Disney Channel
November 27 Cashmere Mafia on ABC
November/December Diggs Tailwagger on Nickelodeon

Television shows

See also: 2006-07 United States network television schedule
See also: 2007-08 United States network television schedule

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