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Events
| Date |
Event |
| January 1 |
The Biography Channel, a spinoff of A&E Network, launches. |
| DIY Network, a spinoff of Home and Garden Television, launches. |
| January 6 |
Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
| January 11 |
Jon Stewart debuts as host of The Daily Show. |
| February 1 |
Prevue Channel re-brands as TV Guide Channel while HBO Family HBO's third multiplex channel is launch with the premiere of Anthony Ant and Crashbox. |
| February 2 |
Noggin debuts. |
| March 1 |
Nickelodeon GAS debuts. |
| March 26 |
Tom Snyder's last show on The Late Late Show. |
| April 12 |
NBC announces the cancellation of long-running daytime drama Another World after years of declining ratings (a new serial Passions replaces AW on July 5). |
| May 21 |
Susan Lucci receives a Daytime Emmy Award for her role as Erica Kane on All My Children, after eighteen failed nominations during previous years. |
| June 11 |
Cartoon Cartoon Fridays premieres on Cartoon Network. |
| June 12 |
Style Network debuts. |
| July 18 |
The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria marries actress Helen Hunt. The couple would file for divorce over a year later. |
| August 2 |
Discovery Health Channel, one of the Discovery digital networks, debuts. |
| August 30 |
Countess Vaughn leaves the cast of Moesha to star in her own television spin-off The Parkers with Mo'Nique, making her the first African-American comedienne to receive a spin-off. |
| September 6 |
PTV is completely re-branded as PBS Kids with new idents, bumpers, and promos. The weekly UPN children's programming block Disney's One Too, debuts, a spinoff of ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning. |
| September 12 |
The 51st Primetime Emmy Awards presentation aired on Fox. |
| September 13 |
Discovery Military, one of the Discovery digital networks, debuts. |
| September 20 |
After a four-year hiatus, Family Feud resumes with a new host, Louie Anderson, a new set and a new theme. |
| October 1 |
The infamous "YOU FOOL!" episode of Hollywood Squares airs. |
| November 1 |
The PBS affiliate WNET is revamped to feature new promos and a new logo which appears on their shows. |
| November 19 |
John Carpenter becomes the first player on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to win $1,000,000. |
| December 17 |
10th anniversary of the first half-hour episode of The Simpsons. |
| December 31 |
ABC 2000 Today is broadcast live around the world. Peter Jennings hosts the special from New York City, joined later by Dick Clark who hosts the countdown in Times Square. |
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