2026 in American television

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Certain American television events in 2026 have been scheduled. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and rebrandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.

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January

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2 The spinoff of cable channels previously owned by NBCUniversal (among them CNBC, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and USA Network) into a separate publicly traded company controlled by Comcast shareholders called Versant formally completes just before midnight (ET). Bravo remained under the NBCUniversal umbrella, due to the channel being a major content provider to Peacock. [1]
3 Two days before he was originally scheduled to do so, and in order to cover the U.S. attack on Venezuela and arrest of its president Nicolás Maduro, Tony Dokoupil makes his first appearance as anchor of the CBS Evening News. [2]
4 The 31st Critics' Choice Awards airs on E! and USA Network from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Chelsea Handler returns for her fourth consecutive year as host. [3]
5 The board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting formally votes to dissolve the organization, a move that comes six months after a rescission act was signed into law by president Donald Trump that withdrew $1.1 billion in funding to CPB, which it used to fund PBS, radio counterpart NPR, and most notably local member stations and their parent organizations who relied more heavily on federal funds to cover the costs of station operations and programs. [4]
8 Nine Major League Baseball teams (the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers, as well as both Florida teams) announce they have terminated their contracts with FanDuel Sports Network and would explore transitioning to other unspecified platforms. The move comes as FDSN parent Main Street Sports Group, which exited a lengthy bankruptcy process at the beginning of 2025, reportedly missed a rights payment deadline for at least one team (the Cardinals) among the 29 MLB, NBA, and NHL teams whose games are carried by FDSN, and a proposal to sell itself to British-based streaming service DAZN (and avoid a shutdown of operations) reportedly failed. [5][6]
11 The 83rd Golden Globe Awards airs on CBS from The Beverly Hilton with Nikki Glaser as host. [7]
12 Three days before it was scheduled to air, an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit guest starring Timothy Busfield is postponed after an arrest warrant was issued for the actor following allegations of child sexual abuse made against him by the parents of child actors from Fox's The Cleaning Lady, a series cancelled several months before where he served as a director and executive producer. [8]
14 The Washington Nationals announce they would become the seventh Major League Baseball team to join the league's in-house service, MLB Local Media, for production and distribution of their local television broadcasts beginning with the 2026 season. The move means an end to the Nationals' 21-year relationship with MASN, the regional network primarily owned by the Baltimore Orioles that involuntarily controlled the Nats' television rights since that club relocated from Montreal to Washington, D.C. in 2005, which had long been part of the Orioles' home territory. [9]
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26 Amid the ongoing effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery and the potential split of its cable assets, the company signs a six-year contract ensuring WBD-owned Turner Classic Movies access to the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography, which began airing on the channel on February 2. [10]
30 Amid the national shutdown by the University of Minnesota, the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy pauses production for the day after its crew members were absent in support. Filming resumed the following day. [11]
31 The Walt Disney Company and the National Football League announce that, with federal regulators having granted approval, they have completed a deal to have the NFL acquire a 10% stake in Disney's ESPN, in exchange for NFL Network and NFL RedZone becoming ESPN-owned-and-operated networks. [12]
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February

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1 The 68th Annual Grammy Awards airs on CBS from Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, and streams on Paramount+. Notable winners include Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos (for Album of the Year), Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" (for Record of the Year), and Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell's "Wildflower" (for Song of the Year). Trevor Noah returned as the host for the sixth consecutive year, and according to producer Ben Winston, it was Noah's final time hosting the event. It was also the final Grammys ceremony to be broadcast by CBS, ending a 53-year run for the network that began in 1973; Disney-ABC is set to begin a ten-year contract to carry the Grammys with the next ceremony starting in 2027. [13][14]
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KGO-TV/San Francisco rebrands its newscasts as ABC 7 Eyewitness News and (along with co-owned Los Angeles station KABC-TV) switches over to using an updated, unified version of the Circle 7 logo in line with their fellow O&O stations WABC-TV/New York City and WLS-TV/Chicago, marking the first time that the ABC-owned station used the Eyewitness News or Action News brand for its newscasts (The Eyewitness News branding was first used by CBS O&O KPIX-TV from 1965 to 1994 and again from 1995 to 2013). [18]
2 Less than a month after terminating their contracts with FanDuel Sports Network (see 1/8 entry), Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Tampa Bay Rays announce they would partner with MLB Local Media for production and distribution of their local telecasts beginning in 2026. The Detroit Tigers would announce on February 9, that both they and the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, both of which are owned by Ilitch Holdings, would also join MLB Local Media. [19][20]
5 NBC News and Today co-host Savannah Guthrie announces she would take a leave of absence, in the search of her mother Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing during the week and later revealed to have been kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1. Guthrie withdrew from her hosting duties for the opening ceremony of NBC's live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. She was replaced by Mary Carillo for the live coverage, while Today co-host Craig Melvin would also withdraw from his co-hosting duties for NBC's Olympics coverage on this date in help for the search. It marked the first time that Guthrie and Melvin missed NBC's Olympics coverage since 2014 and 2016 respectively. [21]
6–22 The 2026 Winter Olympics airs on NBC and streams on Peacock. Highlights include the American women's and men's ice hockey teams winning the gold medals over their Canadian counterparts in overtime, with the men's ice hockey game (the first gold medal for the men's Team USA since 1980) having 26 million American viewers, ranking among the most-watched hockey telecasts in American history, while the women's game peaked at over seven million viewers during its overtime period, a record for a women's hockey telecast. [22][23]
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8 The Seattle Seahawks defeat the New England Patriots 29–13 to win Super Bowl LX, which was broadcast at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on NBC, with Spanish language coverage on Telemundo and streaming on Peacock. The game drew particular attention for its halftime show with Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny as its headliner, who performed his set almost entirely in Spanish (a first for the event); opposition to the selection led to a competing halftime counterprogram, the All-American Halftime Show, featuring country musicians and drawing several million viewers against the official broadcast. [25][26]
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11 On the day Rehab Addict was scheduled to return on HGTV with new episodes, the network announces the show's immediate cancellation and removal from HBO Max and Discovery+, as well as the firing of its host, Nicole Curtis, following a video being posted online of Curtis using a racial slur during filming for the series. [28]
Charter Communications announces it would purchase New England Cable News from NBCUniversal, and that it would merge NECN's operations with Spectrum News channels in New England (including those in Massachusetts and Maine) under the name Spectrum News NECN. [29]
13 Following the death of James Van Der Beek due to colorectal cancer, Fox announces it would reair the special The Real Full Monty on February 18 to honor the actor, replacing repeats of The Masked Singer and Fear Factor: House of Fear. A QR code was displayed throughout the broadcast to encourage viewers to donate to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. [30]
With the sale of its last remaining broadcast license, WTVH/Syracuse, New York, to Deerfield Media, Granite Broadcasting discontinues operations. [31]
16 Anderson Cooper departs as a correspondent for 60 Minutes after contributing to the news program since 2006. His departure came amidst turbulence within CBS's news division. [32]
26 Hours after the board of Warner Bros. Discovery declares an increased competing bid by Paramount Skydance superior, Netflix, Inc. announces it would decline to add to the $83 billion purchase price it struck in a December 2025 agreement with WBD and not match Paramount's bid. Pending regulatory approval, this leads to Paramount to acquire all of WBD including its film and television production operations and cable networks including CNN, TBS, and TNT (Netflix had intended to only acquire WBD's film and television studios as well as the HBO premium channels and HBO Max, while the cable networks would have been spun off to a separate company). [33]
28 While anchoring CNN and CNN International's overnight breaking news coverage on the strikes in Iran by Israeli and the United States on CNN Newsroom, at the network's studio in Abu Dhabi, host Becky Anderson was forced to evacuate as the tones of the city's emergency sirens became audible in the background of the studio feed. [34]
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March

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1 The 32nd Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards) streams live on Netflix. [35]
9 Instead of aligning with MLB Local Media as other teams formerly seen on FanDuel Sports Network had done (see 2/2 entry), Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels announce they would instead buy Main Street Sports Group's portion of FanDuel Sports Network West, which would continue operation under that name and serve as local television home to the Angels and, through at least its 2026–2027 season, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. [36]
13 NBCUniversal announces that it would discontinue producing first-run content for broadcast syndication, resulting in the cancellations of its remaining programming, including the entertainment newsmagazine Access Hollywood (and its daytime counterpart Access Daily) and the daytime talk shows Karamo, and The Steve Wilkos Show. The decision comes a month after The Kelly Clarkson Show (also produced by NBCU) was announced to end after its seventh season. New episodes of the cancelled shows will continue to be released to stations through September, and reruns from the NBCU library will continue to be available to stations. [37][38]
15 The 98th Academy Awards airs on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Conan O'Brien returning as host for the second consecutive year. [39]
16 Reruns of the 1985–1992 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls return to broadcast television for the first time since the end of its off-network syndication run in 1997, as Weigel's classic television service MeTV begins carrying the series, which had been exclusive to pay television channels and services during that period and remained popular among viewers of all ages in that time span. The Golden Girls continues to be available on pay television channels and streaming services, in addition to its return to broadcast television. [40]
19 The FCC votes to approve Nexstar Media Group's $6.2 billion acquisition of fellow station operator Tegna. Hours later, the companies announce their merger was complete, creating a company that owns and operates 265 stations in 44 states and D.C. The deal, however, is met with criticism by attorney generals in eight states, along with satellite operator DirecTV, who on March 20, file temporary restraining orders to block the merger out of concerns over job losses in markets where the combined Nexstar-Tegna own multiple stations, as well as the increased leverage the company would exert on cable and satellite distributors to pay more in retransmission fees to carry their channels. On March 26, U.S. District judge Troy Nunley of California's Eastern District orders a fourteen-day temporary restraining order on the merger, saying that "private benefits Nexstar could obtain by acquiring Tegna are outweighed by the harm to" DirecTV; the judge orders Nexstar and Tegna to pause integration efforts and operate separately, and also sets an April 7 hearing on whether a more permanent injunction to halt the deal should be made. [41][42]
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Three days before its twenty-second season was scheduled to premiere on March 22, ABC pulls The Bachelorette from its lineup amid a domestic assault investigation against star Taylor Frankie Paul. [44]
26 The 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards airs on Fox from Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre with Ludacris as host. [45][46]
31 A carriage dispute begins between Xfinity and the E. W. Scripps Company, causing affiliate stations owned by Scripps to be removed from Xfinity. [47]
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April

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10 Paramount Skydance announces that Nickelodeon Animation Studio would no longer operate as a separate company and would be a label of CBS Eye Animation Productions with Alec Botnick serving as president. [48]
17 QVC Group, owner of the QVC and HSN shopping channels, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which company CEO David Rawlinson states it was made to ease into a transition from television to social media retailing. [49]
Ten days after a hearing on the Nexstar-Tegna merger (see 3/19 entry), U.S. District Court Judge for Eastern California Troy Nunley issues a preliminary injunction, effective April 21, that halts the merger on grounds that it would hinder competition and violate antitrust laws. Nexstar indicates that they would appeal the ruling. [50]
18–19 WrestleMania 42 broadcasts from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on ESPN. It was originally set to be held in New Orleans, but was moved to Las Vegas. This was the second time WrestleMania was held at the same venue in consecutive years, after WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V in 1988 and 1989, which were held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. [51][52]
19 Hours before it was to premiere on ESPN2, the documentary Rachel, Breathe is removed from the schedule, with the film's director/co-producer, Frank Marshall, indicating on social media that the reason was a disagreement with ESPN over rights to the film, which documents the story of Rachel Foster's recovery from a lengthy coma to compete in, and finish, the 2023 Boston Marathon five months later. [53]
25 Kenny Albert calls TNT Sports' broadcast of a National Hockey League playoff game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers; this marks Albert's 1,545th national television game assignment among the four major North American pro sports leagues (NHL, NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball), setting the record for a play-by-play announcer (surpassing Dick Stockton's 1,544). [54]
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May

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12–16 The 70th anniversary edition of the Eurovision Song Contest (which is held at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria) streams live on Peacock and YouTube, with the latter marking the first time that the song competition has been broadcast via live streaming on the video streaming platform in the United States in almost a decade. The move comes after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (to which the former streaming service's sister broadcast network and major content provider NBC is among the alliance of public service media organizations' American associate member broadcasters) addressed several controversies, including Israel's participation in the context of the Gaza war that led to five countries boycotting the competitionIceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and "Big Five" member country Spain (the largest number of boycotting countries in the contest's history since the 1970 edition). Bulgaria (represented by singer-songwriter Dara with the song "Bangaranga") is crowned as the winner with 516 points, marking the country's first Eurovision win and the first entry to win both the jury vote and televote since Portugal (represented by Salvador Sobral with "Amar pelos dois") in 2017, as well as setting the record for the largest winning margin at 173 points, surpassing Norway's margin of 169 points with Alexander Rybak's "Fairytale" in 2009. [55][56]
17 The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards streams live on Prime Video from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, with Shania Twain as host. [57][58]
21 After eleven years, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs its final episode, and with it, CBS discontinues its franchise that originated with David Letterman in 1993, and producing original programming in the 11:30 p.m. (ET) time slot that follows local news. CBS cites the cancellation was due to financial reasons and a decline in advertising revenue for its late-night programming. The move came one year after CBS canceled After Midnight (which aired in the slot following The Late Show) and sold that airtime to Allen Media Group for Comics Unleashed. Following Late Show's conclusion, Comics Unleashed was moved to the time slot, as Allen purchased another hour of late-night airtime from CBS and used it for the 2017 revival of Funny You Should Ask in the 12:35 a.m. (ET) time slot. [59][60]
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25 The 52nd American Music Awards airs on CBS from Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena, with Queen Latifah hosting for the first time since 1995. [62][63]
27 Sharyn Alfonsi reveals that CBS News would not renew her contract and dismiss her once it expires. Alfonsi had been a correspondent with 60 Minutes, and had been critical of CBS leadership over her report that examined poor conditions at El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, where Venezuelan migrants to the U.S. (some of whom were in the country legally) were being deported was pulled hours before it was scheduled to air in December 2025. Although it would air one month later mostly unaltered (with a new intro and outro by Alfonsi that included statements from White House and DHS officials), Alfonsi defended the report as thoroughly vetted by CBS' Standards and Practices, and described the decision to pull it from air as a political appeasement to the Trump administration (officials of whom declined to participate in the original story). [64][65]
31 Fifty-four local television stations owned by the E. W. Scripps Company are removed from DirecTV over a retransmission dispute. [66]
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June

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2 Scott Pelley reveals that he was fired from 60 Minutes and CBS News after having a verbal confrontation with the program's new executive producer, Nick Bilton, over the direction of the show. [67]
7 The 79th Tony Awards airs on CBS from New York's Radio City Music Hall, with Pink as host. [68][69]
11–July 19 The 2026 FIFA World Cup airs on Fox and FS1 (English language) as well as Telemundo (Spanish language). Jointly hosted in 16 cities across Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the 23rd edition of the tournament is the first to feature three host nations, the first since 1994 to be held in North America, and the first to feature 48 teams. [70]
12 Longtime WABC-TV/New York City news anchor Bill Ritter announces his retirement from the anchor desk following an early stage Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Ritter joined the station in September 1999, as an evening anchor, after six years working at ABC News. [71]
14 UFC Freedom 250 airs on Paramount+ from the South Lawn of the White House. [72]
15 Fox announces that it plans to acquire streaming device and content provider Roku for $22 billion. [73]
19 KWQC-TV/Davenport, Iowa morning news anchor Dustin Nolan announces on-air his resignation from the Gray Media-owned NBC affiliate and departure from the television news industry, stating that he believes local news stations "have to be more than trends or sanitized news". Although initially reported as a spur-of-the-moment decision on his part, Nolan later states that his departure had been planned for some time, and that KWQC had been working to fill his role for several weeks prior. [74][75]
26 MS NOW announces a restructuring of its weekend programming that features an emphasis on video podcasts and taped programming during primetime hours and content from outside partners, as well as the departure of longtime anchor Alex Witt from the network later in the year. [76]
Linda Cohn anchors her final SportsCenter episode on ESPN before retiring from the network four days later. [77]
28 The 26th BET Awards airs on BET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with Druski as host. [78][79]
29 Comcast announces a plan to split into two companies, with Comcast retaining its cable and technology operations and NBCUniversal splitting into a separate entity (owned by Comcast shareholders) that includes the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, streaming services Peacock and Hayu, as well as cable network Bravo and other related media properties. [80]
30 Dish DBS, the operator of Dish Network and Sling TV, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [81]
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July

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1 NJ PBS transfers operations from WNET to Montclair State University after the university made a successful bid to acquire operations from The WNET Group (the original operator of NJ PBS), which announced in 2025 that it would not be able to reach an agreement with the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to renew their agreement. [82][83]
3–4 The Walt Disney Company celebrates the United States Semiquincentennial with Disney Celebrates America, an over-24-hour commemoration that airs across Disney-owned networks; including ABC, as well as Freeform, FX, and National Geographic; and the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services. David Muir serves as primary anchor of the round-the-clock coverage that began at 10 PM (ET) on July 3, and ran through 11 PM on July 4. [84][85]
7 The New York City studios of WPIX and NewsNation (both operated by Nexstar Media Group) are among several buildings evacuated after debris falls from a building across the street, the result of support structures buckling and floors partially collapsing during a remodeling project. The stations are given the "all clear" to return to their studios later that night, but not before WPIX spends much of its day originating from news vehicles temporarily set up on streets outside the cordoned-off area (NewsNation's daytime programming originated as normal from its base in Chicago). [86][87]
15 The 2026 ESPY Awards airs on ESPN from the David H. Koch Theater in New York City, with Marcello Hernández as host. [88]
Optimum announces that it would consolidate News 12 Networks' news bureaus in The Bronx, Brooklyn, Connecticut, and Westchester County, resulting in layoffs of approximately thirty employees. [89]
30 The Walt Disney Company announces that it plans to sell its 50% stake in A+E Global Media to Hearst Communications for $1 billion. [90]
31 Eight days after he is arrested in Milwaukee on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, CBS Sports announces that its lead NFL game analyst Tony Romo has taken a leave from the network "until further notice." [91]
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August

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6 In a 2-1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission repeals the longstanding TV station ownership cap that prevented a single owner from controlling stations that covered more than 39% of U.S. TV households. While the repeal is expected to open sales or consolidation among station ownership groups, the decision may face legal challenges based on the belief that Congress and not the FCC has the authority to remove the restriction. [92]
18 ABC files a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, claiming that the Trump administration, through investigative and regulatory actions by the FCC (including an early renewal review of the network's broadcast licenses), is retaliating against ABC and its free speech rights based on critiques of President Donald Trump by network personalities (in particular Jimmy Kimmel and the host panel of The View). [93]
20 Cable television companies Charter Communications and Cox Communications close their $34.5 billion merger, with the combined company transitioning to the Cox Communications corporate name and adopting Charter's Spectrum brand for its cable/internet services to 37 million customers across 45 states. [94]
21 Less than a week before they were to air both events, The CW pulls the 2026 editions of the Miss USA and the Miss Teen USA pageants from its broadcast schedule. The network does not provide a reason for the move, while the pageants, in a statement, cite only "a contractual issue with our production arrangements [identified two weeks earlier] that could not be resolved within the necessary time frame." [95]
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Future events

September

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14 The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on NBC from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay is set to host the ceremony, and in so doing will be the first woman to host the Primetime Emmys since Jane Lynch in 2011, as well as the first host who is not a comedian, comedy series actor, reality host, or news personality since Angela Lansbury in 1993. [96][97]
27 The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards will simulcast on CBS and MTV from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with streaming on Paramount+. [98]
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October

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TBA The Wizard of Oz will air on broadcast television for the first time since 1998, as the Weigel-owned classic terrestrial television network MeTV acquires broadcast rights to the film, which first aired on television in 1956 and had aired almost annually on broadcast TV until moving exclusively to cable television beginning in 1999. MeTV will air The Wizard of Oz several times as part of its Halloween lineup. [99]
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November

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14 The 2026 Kids' Choice Awards will simulcast on CBS and Nickelodeon from Los Angeles, making it the first Kids' Choice Awards ceremony to air on CBS and on broadcast television, as well as the first ceremony to be held in November since 1992. [98]
18 The 60th Annual Country Music Association Awards will air on ABC from Nashville, Tennessee. [100]
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December

Television shows

Shows debuting in 2026

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January 1 The Cult of the Real Housewife TLC [101]
Second Chance Love Hallmark+ [102]
Crime in Progress A&E [103]
January 3 Donkey King Weekend Adventure
(ABC stations)
[104]
January 4 Best Medicine Fox [105][106][107]
January 5 Baking Championship: Next Gen Food Network [108]
January 6 The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story Investigation Discovery [109]
January 7 Harlan Coben's Final Twist CBS [110][111]
Leader's Playbook CNBC [112]
Neighborhood Watch HGTV [113][114]
January 8 His & Hers Netflix [115]
The Valley: Persian Style Bravo [116]
January 10 Maxxed Out OWN [117]
January 13 Hey A.J.! Disney Jr. [118][119]
Suddenly Amish TLC [120]
Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger Investigation Discovery [121]
Pole to Pole with Will Smith Disney+ [122]
January 14 Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV ABC [123]
January 15 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Paramount+ [124][125]
Ponies Peacock [126]
January 17 Iyanla: The Inside Fix OWN [127]
January 18 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms HBO [128][129][130]
The Hillside Strangler MGM+ [131]
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins NBC [132][133][134]
January 19 120 Hours Behind Bars Discovery Channel [135]
January 20 Handsome Devil: Charming Killer Paramount+ [136][137]
January 21 The Beauty FX/Hulu [138][139]
January 22 Free Bert Netflix [140][141]
Finding Her Edge [142]
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! HBO [143]
January 25 Memory of a Killer Fox [144][106][107]
It's Not Like That Amazon Prime Video [145]
January 26 History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames History Channel [146]
January 27 Wonder Man Disney+ [147][148]
January 30 On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing ESPN [149]
February 1 L.A. Firestorm: Inside the Inferno Reelz [150]
Rise of the 49ers AMC/AMC+ [151]
Vanished MGM+ [152][153]
February 2 Phoebe & Jay PBS Kids [154][155]
February 3 Black & Jewish America: An Interwoven History PBS [156]
February 4 The Coach Vick Experience BET [157]
February 6 The White House Fox Nation [158]
February 8 The 'Burbs Peacock [159][160][161]
February 11 Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League ESPN [162]
The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story Hulu [163]
February 12 Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association Amazon Prime Video [164]
Love Story FX/Hulu [165][166]
February 13 Neighbors HBO [167]
February 15 Love, Ted Bundy Oxygen [168]
February 16 Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model Netflix [169][170]
February 18 56 Days Amazon Prime Video [171]
Wild Boys: Strangers in Town Paramount+ [172]
February 19 Murder in Glitterball City HBO [173]
Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman Hulu [174]
February 20 Strip Law Netflix [175]
February 22 History's Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe History Channel [176]
February 23 CIA CBS [177][178][111]
The CEO Club Amazon Prime Video [179]
February 25 The Greatest Average American ABC [180]
February 26 The Gray House Amazon Prime Video [181]
David: King of Israel Fox Nation [182][183]
February 28 Crooked on MS NOW MS NOW [184]
March 1 Marshals CBS [110][111]
American Classic MGM+ [185]
DTF St. Louis HBO [186]
Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown CNN [187]
March 2 Bachelor Mansion Takeover HGTV [188][189]
Wild Vacation Rentals [190]
BeddyByes Disney Jr. [191]
Bedtime Stories with Ryan Nick Jr. [192]
March 3 R.J. Decker ABC [193][194]
March 4 America's Culinary Cup CBS [110][111]
Flavortown Food Fight Food Network [195]
Dirty Rotten Scandals E! [196]
Body Bizarre TLC [197]
March 5 Vladimir Netflix [198]
Predator Hunters A&E [199]
This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga AMC+ [200]
March 6 Friends Like These Disney+/Hulu [201]
The Dinosaurs Netflix [202]
March 8 Rooster HBO [203][204]
March 9 The Ultimate Baking Championship Food Network [205]
March 11 Scarpetta Amazon Prime Video [206]
Age of Attraction Netflix [207]
March 13 Dynasty: The Murdochs [208]
Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars ABC [209]
March 14 The Madison Paramount+ [210]
March 15 Rooster Fighter Adult Swim [211][212]
Property Brothers: Under Pressure HGTV [213][214]
March 16 Born to Bowl HBO [215]
March 18 Imperfect Women Apple TV [216]
Bad Foot Clinic TLC [197]
March 19 That Thrifting Show with Lara Spencer Freeform [217]
March 21 Hope Valley: 1874 Hallmark+ [218][219]
March 22 The Faithful: Women of the Bible Fox [220][221][222]
Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia CNN [223]
March 23 Magicampers Disney Jr. [191]
March 25 K9 PD with Jim Belushi A&E [224]
March 26 Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen Netflix [225][226]
Love Overboard Hulu [227][228]
March 27 Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time PBS [229]
March 31 Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer Investigation Discovery [230]
Secrets of the Bees Nat Geo [231]
April 1 Conspiracies & Coverups Discovery Channel [232]
April 2 The Real Housewives of Rhode Island Bravo [233][234]
April 4 Made for March Paramount+ [235]
April 6 Maul – Shadow Lord Disney+ [236][237]
Foul Play with Anthony Davis TBS [238]
April 7 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution PBS [239]
April 8 The Testaments Hulu [240][241]
April 9 The Miniature Wife Peacock [242]
Big Mistakes Netflix [243]
April 10 Belle Collective: Birmingham OWN [244]
April 11 Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever CNN [245][246]
Building Back America's Trades Magnolia Network [247]
Million Dollar Mountain Homes A&E [248]
April 12 The Audacity AMC/AMC+ [249][250]
Eva Longoria: Searching for France CNN [251]
April 13 Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event Investigation Discovery [252]
April 14 You Don't Know Where I'm From, Dawg Paramount+ [253]
The Dark Wizard HBO [254]
World's Bargain Dream Homes HGTV [113][255]
April 15 Margo's Got Money Troubles Apple TV [256]
One Day in My Body TLC [197]
April 20 Kevin Amazon Prime Video [257]
4X20: Quick Hits Hulu [258]
Funny AF with Kevin Hart Netflix [259]
April 22 Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders Amazon Prime Video [260]
This Is a Gardening Show Netflix [261]
Hulk Hogan: Real American [262]
April 23 Stranger Things: Tales from '85 [263][264]
Sugarcreek Amish Mysteries UPtv [265]
April 24 My Brother the Minotaur Apple TV [266]
April 27 This First House The Roku Channel [267]
April 28 My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders Paramount+ [268]
The Cult of Natureboy Hulu [269]
April 29 Widow's Bay Apple TV [270][271][272]
Shared Planet PBS [273]
April 30 Man on Fire Netflix [274]
May 5 Designed to Last Hulu [275]
May 7 M.I.A. Peacock [276]
Mom's the Bride Hallmark+ [277][278]
May 10 Home Town: Inn This Together HGTV [279][280]
May 12 U.S. Against the World: Four Years with the Men's National Soccer Team HBO [281]
Chopped Castaways Food Network [282]
Squatters A&E [283]
Last Train to North America ESPN [284]
May 13 The Face Doctors TLC [197]
Off Campus Amazon Prime Video [285][286]
May 14 Nemesis Netflix [287]
The Old Stories: Moses Amazon Prime Video [288][289]
May 15 Dutton Ranch Paramount+ [290]
May 17 Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown Discovery Channel [291]
In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers [292]
May 18 You're Killing Me Acorn TV [293][294]
May 19 In the City Bravo [295][296]
The Nightmare Upstairs: What Happened to Ty and Bryn? Hulu [297]
May 20 Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Apple TV [298]
May 21 The Boroughs Netflix [299][225][300]
May 22 Mating Season [301][302]
America's Awesome Kids PBS Kids [303]
May 24 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark AMC+ [304]
May 25 Sofia the First: Royal Magic Disney Jr. [305][306]
Spider-Noir MGM+ [307][308][309]
The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle Investigation Discovery [310]
Food Network's Top 10 Food Network [311]
May 27 The Other Football Tubi [312]
May 28 I Gotta Ask Amazon Prime Video [313]
May 29 Star City Apple TV [314]
Calabasas Confidential Netflix [315][316]
This Is Poly We TV/All Reality [317]
May 30 Zombie House Flipping: Family Business A&E [248]
Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose CNN [318][319]
June 1 Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult HBO [320]
June 2 Not Suitable for Work Hulu [321]
June 3 Michael Jackson: The Verdict Netflix [322]
Toon World Express Tubi [323][324]
June 4 Deestroying the Pitch [325]
Squatters: Get the F*** Out of My House Hulu [326]
The Witness Netflix [327][328][329]
June 5 Cape Fear Apple TV [330]
Among Us Paramount+ [331]
June 7 100 Cooks Food Network [332]
June 9 Dragon Striker Disney XD [333]
June 10 Every Year After Amazon Prime Video [334]
Big Girls Wanted: Escaping Pearadise Investigation Discovery [335]
Outlast: The Jungle Netflix [336]
June 11 Surviving Earth NBC [337][338]
FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Corden Fox Sports [339]
Mark vs. The Mountain Great American Pure Flix [340]
June 12 City Island: USA! PBS Kids [303]
June 15 Little Singles TLC [341]
June 17 Million Dollar Nannies Freeform [342]
OG Stories BET [343]
June 24 The American Experiment Netflix [344]
June 26 Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness HBO [345]
The Doomies Disney+ [346]
June 29 Jack Carr Investigates: Carlos the Jackal Fox Nation [347]
June 30 Lot Patrol BET [348]
July 1 Elle Amazon Prime Video [349][350]
Road to the Show Peacock [351]
July 8 ER: Off the Charts TLC [197]
Guy's Grocery Games: Global Games Food Network [352]
Kitchen Chaos
July 9 Little House on the Prairie Netflix [353][354]
The Five-Star Weekend Peacock [355][356]
The Man Will Burn HBO [357][358]
July 12 The Westies MGM+ [359]
July 13 Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro ABC [360][361]
Pitmasters Food Network [352]
Murder 101 Amazon Prime Video [362]
Hot Ones: Extra Heat Netflix [363]
Rabbit Hole Hulu [364][365]
July 14 Homestead Rescue: Intervention Discovery Channel [366]
The Real Wolf of Wall Street Paramount+ [367][368]
July 15 Lucky Apple TV [369]
Nation's Dumbest Fox [370]
Ride or Die Amazon Prime Video [371]
July 16 The Hawk Netflix [372][373][374]
Scott Peterson: The New Evidence A&E [375]
July 23 Stuart Fails to Save the Universe HBO Max [376][377][378]
July 24 Roast My Rental HGTV [379]
Breaking Bear Tubi [380]
July 26 President Curtis Adult Swim [381][382][383]
July 27 Furious Hulu [384]
July 28 Kitchen Undercover Food Network [352][385]
July 29 House of Stassi Freeform [386]
The Trade with Kelley L. Carter ESPN+ [387]
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare Netflix [388]
July 30 Paris Is Always a Good Idea Hallmark+ [389][390]
July 31 Fightland Starz [391]
Put a Ring on It: Cheathab OWN [392]
August 2 Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked Discovery Channel [393]
August 5 Let's Marry Harry Netflix [394]
Sterling Point Amazon Prime Video [395]
Star Wars: Visions Presents Disney+ [396][397]
The Shards FX/Hulu [398][399]
How to Catch a Dirtbag Discovery Channel [400]
August 6 Monsters of God HBO [357][401]
August 7 Anna Pigeon USA Network [402][403]
Age Inappropriate We TV/All Reality [404][405]
August 9 The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls Amazon Prime Video [406]
Double Lives of Suburban Wives TLC [407]
NASCAR Americana USA Network [408]
August 10 Somebody Knows Something Freeform [409]
August 12 Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes Netflix [410]
August 13 Jep & Jess: Beyond the Bayou Great American Pure Flix [411][412]
August 16 Lanterns HBO [413][414]
August 18 Cocktail Wars E! [415][416]
August 19 ER: Caught on Camera TLC [417]
Lion Nat Geo [418]
August 21 The Dynasty: UConn Huskies Apple TV [419]
The Girls: A Khloé Kardashian Project Hulu [420]
9/11 Reunited Nat Geo [421]
August 24 NFL Hometown Eats The Roku Channel [422]
August 26 Death of the Pastor's Wife Netflix [423]
September 1 The Varnell Hill Show Paramount+ [424]
September 2 Botched Homes HGTV [113][425]
September 4 Earle Meets World Netflix [426][427]
September 8 The Drop: A Snowfall Saga FX/Hulu [428][429][430]
Bobby Flay's The Line Food Network [431]
Dang! Netflix [432][433]
September 13 High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam TNT [434][435][436]
The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza Adult Swim [437]
September 14 Adam's Law Syndication [438][439]
September 15 A Very Haunted Renovation HGTV [440]
September 16 Neagley Amazon Prime Video [441]
Ages of Ice PBS [442]
Golden Axe Paramount+ [443][444]
September 17 The Traitors: New Blood NBC [445]
September 20 American Hostage MGM+ [446]
The Detour with David Chang CNN [447]
September 21 Line of Fire NBC [448][449]
September 23 Brothers Apple TV [450]
The Golden Ticket Netflix [451]
September 24 A Different World [452][453]
Team Moms: Baseball Paramount+ [454][455]
September 25 S.W.A.T. Exiles Starz [456]
September American Mayhem Syndication [457][458][439]
October 1 War HBO [357][459]
Coven Academy Freeform [460][461]
East of Eden Netflix [462][463]
October 5 Super Why's Comic Book Adventures PBS Kids [155][464]
October 6 Bass X Machina Netflix [465]
NCIS: New York CBS [466][467]
October 7 Carrie Amazon Prime Video [468][469]
October 8 Eternally Yours CBS [470][467]
Cupertino
October 9 Avatar: Seven Havens Paramount+ [471]
October 14 VisionQuest Disney+ [148][472]
October 15 Crystal Lake Peacock [473][474]
Hollywood Arts Netflix [475][476]
October 23 Newlyweds NBC [448][449]
October Love After Lockup: Relationship Rehab We TV/All Reality [477]
November 4 The Greatest Amazon Prime Video [478]
November 11 The Body Netflix [479]
November 12 The Good Daughter Peacock [474]
November 16 Crime and Punishment in America PBS [480]
November 19 The Altruists Netflix [481]
November 23 Dig Peacock [482][483]
November 25 Blade Runner 2099 Amazon Prime Video [484][485]
November The Airport Tubi [486]
Fall Win The Mall Netflix [487]
America's Next Top Cryptid Tubi [323]
Love & Hip Hop: The Final Chapter VH1 [488]
The Golden Life E! [489][490]
Megan and Cupcake Ready for Preschool Disney Jr. [491]
Jay-Z in 8 HBO [492]
December 25 Harry Potter [493]
December Sunshine Girls Netflix [494]
Late Minimum Wage [495]
Untitled Nick Cannon docuseries [496]
Untitled Gabby's Dollhouse competition series [497]
Untitled Universal Music Group docuseries CNN [498]
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County Hulu [499]
TBA The Undertow Netflix [327][500]
Saban ESPN [501]
Youth HBO [357]
The Savant Apple TV [502][503][504]
The Great American Road Rally The CW [505][506][507]
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Shows changing networks

Television films and specials

More information First aired, Title ...
First aired Title Channel Source
January 1 I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not CNN [528]
January 3 Stolen Girl Lifetime [529]
Lost in Paradise Hallmark Channel [530]
January 8 Golden Eve CBS [531]
January 10 A Melbourne Match Hallmark Channel [530]
Accused: The Karen Read Story Lifetime [529]
January 16 Phineas and Ferb: VENDPOCALYPSE: THE MUSICAL Disney Channel [532]
January 17 I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco Lifetime [529]
Love on the Amazon Hallmark Channel [530]
January 22 Disneyland Handcrafted Disney+ [533]
January 24 Caught by Love Hallmark Channel [530]
Skyscraper Live Netflix [534]
January 30 Paw Patrol: Rocky's Cat-astrophe Nickelodeon [535][536]
January 31 Missing the Boat Hallmark Channel [530]
Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted 2 Love Lifetime [537]
February 3 The Turpins: A New House of Horror – A Diane Sawyer Special Event ABC [538]
February 4 The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen ABC/Disney+ [539][540]
Is It Cake? Valentines Netflix [541][542]
February 7 The Way to You Hallmark Channel [543]
February 12 Huz: Drawn to Life PBS [544]
February 14 Because of Cupid Hallmark Channel [543]
The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story Lifetime [545]
February 17 John and Carolyn – Love, Beauty and Loss ABC [546]
February 18 Jesse Jackson: In His Own Words BET [547]
February 19 Descendants/ZOMBIES Worlds Collide: Concert Special Disney Channel [548]
TMZ Presents: Michael Jackson: 30 Fatal Seconds Fox [549]
February 21 The Stars Between Us Hallmark Channel [543]
Double Double Trouble Lifetime [545]
A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey CNN [550]
February 27 Chris Fleming : Live at the Palace HBO [551]
February 28 Romance at Hope Ranch Hallmark Channel [543]
Pushed off a Plane and Survived Lifetime [545]
March 1 Shockwaves: The Attack on Iran ABC [552]
March 7 Vanished In an Instant Lifetime [545]
Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery Hallmark Channel [553]
March 10 Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare HBO [554]
March 12 OWN Spotlight: Roberta OWN [555]
March 14 The Boy with My Son's Face Lifetime [545]
March 15 The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose ABC/Hulu [556]
March 21 I Killed Him in My Sleep Lifetime [545]
March 24 Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special Disney+ [557]
March 27 Color Theories by Julio Torres HBO [558]
March 28 The Man in the Window Lifetime [545]
April 4 Rescued By Faith: The Connie and Larry Van Oosten Story [559]
April 5 Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic HBO [560]
HBCU AWAREFEST Benefit Concert Special BET [561]
April 6 The Neighborhood: A Farewell Special CBS [562]
April 10 The Reunion: Laguna Beach The Roku Channel [563]
CBS News: Artemis II Return to Earth CBS [564]
April 16 Artemis II: To the Moon and Back Discovery Channel [565]
April 17 Ramy Youssef: In Love HBO [566]
April 24 America Laughs with Matt Friend CNN [567]
May 1 Wowsabout PBS Kids [568][303]
May 2 Kentucky Roses Hallmark Channel [569]
Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story Lifetime [559]
May 4 Weather Hunters: Mother's Day Rainbow PBS Kids [570]
May 7 We Are Jeni Investigation Discovery [571]
May 9 Love, Again Lifetime [572][573]
May 10 Messi: The Forgotten Tape ESPN [574]
May 12 The Punisher: One Last Kill Disney+ [575]
The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special ABC [576]
May 13 The A List: 15 Stories From Asia And Pacific Diasporas HBO [577]
May 14 Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Part 1 Fox [578]
May 16 The 500: Immortality at Indy [579]
Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story Lifetime [573]
May 19 Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart Live CBS/Paramount+ [580]
May 21 Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Part 2 Fox [578]
May 22 Josh Johnson: Symphony HBO [581][577]
May 23 Summer of '94 Fox [582]
When I Said I Do Lifetime [572][583]
May 25 Why We Dream CNN [584]
May 29 Miss You, Love You HBO [585]
WWE: Made in America USA Network [586]
May 30 Where the Heart Lands Lifetime [573]
June 6 Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery [587]
The Greek Aisle Hallmark Channel [588]
June 7 Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That's the Weight of the World) HBO [589][590]
June 13 The Jealous Bride Lifetime [591]
Texas Two-Step Hallmark Channel [588]
June 17 The Simpsons: Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition Disney+ [592]
June 19 The Clash of Nations: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling History Channel [593]
June 20 Don't Trust the Girls Upstairs Lifetime [591]
The Love Heist Hallmark Channel [588]
June 21 Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe Fox [594]
June 22 All American: The Final Season Special The CW [595]
June 23 The Welcome Table HBO [596]
June 25 CMA Fest Presented by SoFi ABC [597]
June 27 Single Black Tenant Lifetime [598]
A Castle of Our Own Hallmark Channel [588]
June 29 Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness ABC [84][599]
June 30 Presidential 1776 Award CBS [600]
July 2 The Americas: A Wild 250th NBC [601]
July 3 The Simpsons: Simpsley Disney+ [592]
Independence Eve Live with Anderson & Andy: Celebrating 250 CNN [602]
July 4 The Great American Block Party 250 CBS [603]
Christmas Under Construction Hallmark Channel [604]
July 10 This Is UFC: McGregor vs. Holloway CBS [605]
July 11 Iyanu: The War of Twin Princes Cartoon Network [606][607]
O Little Christmas Market Hallmark Channel [604]
He Couldn't Let Go Lifetime [608]
July 13 Alma's Way: Alma in Oz: The Musical! PBS Kids [609]
July 16 Descendants: Wicked Wonderland Disney Channel [610][611][612]
July 18 Crowning at the Prom Lifetime [608]
Snowbound for the Holidays Hallmark Channel [604]
July 25 Love Under the Mistletoe
Girl in the Coffin Lifetime [608]
July 26 KPop Shark Heroes Discovery Channel [613][614]
July 30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+: Mickey's Country Farm Disney Jr. [615]
July 31 Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy Apple TV [616]
Adults: Marathon Day FXX/Hulu [617]
August 1 Killer Clown Lifetime [608]
August 3 Storm on Sesame Street Netflix/PBS Kids [618]
August 6 SuperKitties: The New SuperKitty Disney Jr. [619]
August 7 The Day You Begin PBS Kids [620]
August 8 She Stole My Son's Heart Lifetime [608]
August 13 Camp Rock 3 Disney Channel [621][622][623]
August 14 Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes HBO [624]
August 20 Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana Fox [625]
Disney Worldbuilders Disney+ [626]
August 22 The Run for a Million CBS [627]
August 26 The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror Disney+ [592]
August 30 Robot Chicken Adult Swim 25th Anniversary Special Adult Swim [628]
September 1 9/11: United We Stand – 25 Years Later ABC [421][629]
September 2 LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian Disney+ [630]
September 3 Clash of the Thundermans Nickelodeon/Paramount+ [631][632]
September 5 Surviving the Silence: The Roxane Gay Story Lifetime [633]
September 11 102 Minutes Inside the Towers History Channel [634][635]
9/11: We Remember CBS [636]
Daughters of 9/11 [637]
September 12 Robin Roberts Presents Angel in the Rubble: The Genelle Guzman Story Lifetime [638][635]
September 19 Sole Survivor of Flight 119 [639]
September 24 Spidey and the Avengers: Halloween Team-Up Disney Jr. [118][640][641]
September 26 The Ocean Between Them Lifetime [639]
September 29 LEGO One Piece Netflix [642]
Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen 20th Anniversary Special CBS [643]
October 17 Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story Hallmark Channel [644]
October 29 Untitled Ghosts Halloween special CBS [645][467]
November 10 We Chose to Go to the Moon PBS [646]
November 16 Carnival of the Animals PBS Kids [647]
Fall Terry McMillan Presents: Paradise with You Lifetime [572]
The Patrick Star Show: Scary Tales Nickelodeon [648]
Family Guy: Happy Hell-o-ween Hulu [649]
Family Guy: The Peter Clause
December 10 Untitled Ghosts holiday special CBS [645][467]
Untitled NBC 100th anniversary special NBC [650]
December The Price Is Right Live CBS [651]
Late Alan Jackson: The Last Show NBC [652]
A Proud Family Wizmas Disney+ [653]
SpongeBob SquarePants: Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton Nickelodeon [648]
Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True Hallmark Channel [654][655]
TBA Mickey's Home Alone Disney Jr./Disney+ [656]
Untitled Paw Patrol specials Nickelodeon [535]
Untitled A Biltmore Christmas sequel Hallmark Channel [657]
Barbie in the Nutcracker Netflix [658]
Untitled The Kitchen special Food Network [659]
Christmas Everyday Again Lifetime [660]
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Milestone episodes and anniversaries

More information Show, Network ...
ShowNetworkEpisode #Episode titleEpisode airdateSource
Spidey and His Amazing Friends Disney Jr. 100th episode "A Helping Handful/Adventures Down the Drain" January 9 [661]
Saturday Night Live NBC 1,000th episode "Alexander Skarsgård/Cardi B" January 31 [662]
The Muppet Show ABC/Disney+ 50th anniversary "Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen" February 4 [539][540]
The Loud House Nickelodeon 300th episode "Living the Dream Boat" February 27 [citation needed]
Family Guy Fox 450th episode "Bringing Up Brady"[note 3] March 1 [663]
PAW Patrol Nickelodeon 300th episode "Pups Solve a Snap-N-Wrap Problem" March 9 [citation needed]
"Pups Save Helga and the Dingers" March 10
Hannah Montana Disney+ 20th anniversary Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special March 24 [557]
NCIS CBS 500th episode "All Good Things" [664]
Bar Rescue Paramount Network 300th episode "Hair of the Big Dog" April 26 [citation needed]
Outlander Starz 100th episode "Pharos" May 8 [citation needed]
Snapped Oxygen 700th episode "Jacqueline Johnson-Cabrera" July 26 [665]
Teen Titans Go! Cartoon Network 450th episode "TV Knight 10" August 1 [666]
Big Brother CBS 1,000th episode "Episode 25" August 27 [667]
American Dad! Fox 400th episode "400" September 13 [668][669]
Abbott Elementary ABC 100th episode TBA TBA [670]
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Shows returning in 2026

More information Show, Last aired ...
ShowLast airedType of returnPrevious channelNew/returning/same channelReturn dateSource
Alaska State Troopers 2015 Revival Nat Geo A&E January 7 [671]
My Strange Addiction New season TLC same [672]
Primal 2022 Adult Swim January 11 [673]
The Night Manager 2016 Revival AMC Amazon Prime Video [674][675][676]
Fear Factor
(as Fear Factor: House of Fear)
2018 MTV Fox [677][106][678]
Star Search 2004 Reboot CBS Netflix January 20 [679][680]
Scrubs 2010 Revival ABC same February 25 [681]
Ladies of London
(as Ladies of London: The New Reign)
2017 Bravo March 5 [682]
Jury Duty 2023 New season Amazon Freevee Amazon Prime Video March 20 [525]
The Comeback 2014 HBO same March 22 [683][684][685]
Malcolm in the Middle
(as Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair)
2006 Revival Fox Hulu April 10 [686][687]
Euphoria 2022 New season HBO same April 12 [688][689]
Beef 2023 Netflix April 16 [690]
American Gladiators 2008 Reboot NBC Amazon Prime Video April 17 [691]
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
(as Bear Grylls Is Running Wild)
2023 New season Nat Geo Fox April 21 [692][693]
The Terror
(as The Terror: Devil in Silver)
2019 AMC AMC+/Shudder May 7 [694]
Regular Show
(as Regular Show: The Lost Tapes)
2017 Revival Cartoon Network same May 11 [695]
Everyone Is Doing Great 2021 New season Hulu Netflix [696]
WNBA on NBC 2002 Revival NBC same May 17 [697][698][699]
House of the Dragon 2024 New season HBO June 21 [700][701][702]
Adventure Time
(as Adventure Time: Side Quests)
2018 Reboot Cartoon Network Hulu June 29 [703]
Restaurant: Impossible
(as Restaurant Impossible: Last Call)
2023 Food Network same July 23 [352]
Ted Lasso New season Apple TV August 5 [704][705]
Untold Stories of the E.R. 2020 Revival Discovery Life TLC August 19 [197]
The Big Break 2015 Golf Channel same August 25 [706][707]
Rescue 911 1996 CBS Discovery Channel Late [708]
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Shows ending in 2026

More information End date, Show ...
End date Show Channel First aired Status Source
January 11 PBS News Weekend PBS 2013 Canceled [709]
January 14 Palm Royale Apple TV 2024 [710]
January 15 The Upshaws Netflix 2021 Ended [711][712]
Ponies Peacock 2026 Canceled [713]
January 16 Banfield NewsNation 2021 Ended [714]
Power Book IV: Force Starz 2022 [715][716][717]
January 21 Queer Eye Netflix 2018 [718][719]
January 27 Wonder Man Disney+ 2026 Canceled [720]
February 6 Spartacus: House of Ashur Starz 2025 [721]
February 17 Tell Me Lies Hulu 2022 Ended [722]
February 20 Strip Law Netflix 2026 Canceled [723]
March 5 Ted Peacock 2024 [724][725]
March 8 It's Not Like That Amazon Prime Video 2026 [726]
March 13 Stumble NBC 2025 [727]
March 25 Heartbreak High Netflix 2022 Ended [728][729]
April 12 Smiling Friends Adult Swim [730]
April 20 Kevin Amazon Prime Video 2026 Canceled [731]
April 23 The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets Peacock 2025 Ended [732]
Going Dutch Fox Canceled [733]
May 3 Watson CBS [734]
May 7 The Hunting Party NBC [735]
May 10 The Comeback HBO 2005 Ended [683][736]
May 11 The Neighborhood CBS 2018 [737][738][739]
DMV 2025 Canceled [734]
May 13 Good Omens Amazon Prime Video 2019 Ended [740][741][742]
May 15 Outlander Starz 2014 [743][744]
May 19 Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta MTV 2012 [745]
May 20 The Boys Amazon Prime Video 2019 [746][747]
May 21 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert CBS 2015 Canceled [59][748][60]
Sherri Syndication 2022 [749][750]
The Boroughs Netflix 2026 [751]
May 22 The Yogurt Shop Murders HBO 2025 Ended [577]
May 28 Hacks HBO Max 2021 [752][753]
Deli Boys Hulu 2025 Canceled [754]
May 31 Euphoria HBO 2019 Ended [755]
June 14 Rugrats Nickelodeon Global 2021 [756]
June 21 The Way Home Hallmark Channel 2023 [757][758][759]
June 25 The Bear FX on Hulu 2022 [760][761]
July 1 Brilliant Minds NBC 2024 Canceled [727][762]
July 2 Survival of the Thickest Netflix 2023 Ended [763][764]
July 26 The Chi Showtime 2018 [765][766][767]
July 29 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Disney+ 2022 [653]
August 4 Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Disney Channel 2024 [768][769]
August 7 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Starz 2021 [770][771][772]
August 20 Outer Banks Netflix 2020 [773][774][775]
September 3 Jersey Shore: Family Vacation MTV 2018 Ending [776][777]
September 28 All American The CW [778][595][779]
September Access Hollywood Syndication 1996 Canceled [37]
The Steve Wilkos Show 2007
Access Daily with Mario & Kit 2010
Karamo 2022
October 14 The Oval BET 2019 Ending [780][781]
Fall The Kelly Clarkson Show Syndication [38]
TBA Ridiculousness MTV 2011 Canceled [782]
Emily in Paris Netflix 2020 Ending [783]
Yellowjackets Showtime 2021 [784][785]
All the Queen's Men Paramount+ [786]
Mayor of Kingstown [787]
Avatar: The Last Airbender Netflix 2024 [788][789][790]
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Notes:

  • On July 17, 2025, Stephen Colbert announced on The Late Show that the show would be ending in May 2026, which received some controversy. Although some sources and CBS claim that the network ended the show for financial reasons, other sources claim that the show was canceled for political reasons due to Colbert's comments regarding the second Trump administration as well as Paramount's settlement with Donald Trump's lawsuit regarding Kamala Harris' October 2024 60 Minutes interview (which also came as the Paramount-Skydance merger still awaited to be closed), with Colbert's comments occurring just three days before his announcement of the show's cancellation.[791][792]

Entering syndication in 2026

A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication or basic cable runs.

More information Show, Seasons ...
ShowSeasonsIn productionNotesSource
America's Funniest Home Videos 36 Yes Broadcast syndication in local markets of Alfonso Ribeiro's hosting run [457]
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Networks and services

Launches

More information Network, Type ...
Network Type Launch date Notes Sources
Scripps Sports Network FAST March 24 On March 24, the E. W. Scripps Company announced the launch of its free streaming network Scripps Sports Network, which relies on content that Scripps has acquired for Ion Television and its local stations, including the Professional Women's Hockey League, National Women's Soccer League, Major League Volleyball, and replays of the Women's National Basketball Association, along with the National Arena League. [793][794]
Hasbro Legends FAST, over-the-air multicast July 13 On April 13, Get After It Media announced a deal with Hasbro to launch a new channel based on the company's television properties, including content that was produced under license from Hasbro for the syndication market and for its previous linear offering, the Hub Network, which was rebranded as Discovery Family in October 2014, and Hasbro had since divested. To make room for the network among its suite of networks, GAI merged the programming of automotive channel Rev'n and the Action Channel into one feed, rebranded as Rev'n Action. [795]
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Conversions and rebrandings

More information Old network name, New network name ...
Old network
name
New network
name
Type Conversion date Notes Source
Motor Trend Discovery Turbo Cable/satellite January 9 Following the December 2024 sale of Motor Trend Group to Hearst Magazines, Warner Bros. Discovery quietly renamed the MotorTrend television network Discovery Turbo, a brand otherwise used in international markets. [796]
Get Great Entertainment Television Over-the-air television network February 16 Without fanfare, the Sony Pictures Television-owned digital network quietly removes the GET acronym in favor of the full name "Great Entertainment Television." The network was called getTV from its 2014 launch until rebranding to GET in 2023. [797]
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Closures

More information Network/ service, Type ...
Network/
service
Type End date Notes Source
Root Sports Northwest Regional sports network January 1 On September 26, 2025, days before the end of the Mariners' regular season, the team announced that Root Sports would close, with MLB Local Media serving as the team's distribution rights starting in 2026. [798]
Fave TV Over-the-air television network February 2 Fave TV, which launched as an exclusive subchannel for CBS-owned stations in December 2020, quietly shut down on this date as a result of CBS agreeing to carry either Outlaw or 365BLK (both owned by Free TV Networks) on several of its owned stations. Although no public announcement officially confirmed the closure, the network's website stated that no programming would air after 6AM ET. [799]
Merit TV March 21 The digital multicast network owned by Phil McGraw quietly closed on or around this date without any notice, as a result of a court order to convert the company to Chapter 7 liquidation in October 2025, though it had effectively existed in limbo as McGraw had moved onto a new channel, Envoy TV in mid-2025, and former production/distribution partner Trinity Broadcasting Network contractually maintained a feed of previously-recorded programming until the agreement's ultimate termination. [800][801]
FanDuel Sports Network Regional sports networks June 30 On February 1, Main Street Sports Group informed the teams to which it held rights that it had begun the process of shutting down the remaining regional sports networks in its portfolio, with Sports Business Journal reporting on April 2 that Main Street's lenders signed to a closure plan that would begin with the end of the NBA's regular season on April 12 and last through April 30, the day of the last game in the first round NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs that featured a team to which the network held rights, in order to fulfill the remaining contracts Main Street held with those leagues' teams. The closure of the channels ends a regional sports service that was originally established as Prime Sports in 1989; rebranded to Fox Sports Networks in 1996 (subsequently acquiring the assets of SportsChannel and three independent networks); and, after Main Street was formed in 2019, as the Sinclair/Allen Media joint venture Diamond Sports Group (the result of regulators requiring ESPN owner The Walt Disney Company to sell FSN during its acquisition of 21st Century Fox), rebranded through promotional partnerships to Bally Sports in 2021, and to FanDuel Sports Network in 2024. In recent years, Main Street encountered financial difficulties operating the channels due to cable subscription revenue declines (compounded by carriage disputes under Sinclair/Allen ownership, with the Bally/FanDuel networks losing their linear streaming pay television distribution), resulting in bankruptcies, missed rights payments, and the termination of team broadcast contracts (most notably the termination of FanDuel Sports' relationships with nine Major League Baseball teams on January 8). With no live sports programs remaining, Xfinity removed the channels on May 7. One of the channels remains operational: its first channel, the Los Angeles-based Prime Ticket (FDSN West at the time of the closure), came under the ownership of the Los Angeles Angels and became Angels Broadcast Television. [802][803]
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BET+ Over-the-top streaming service July 22 On March 13, Paramount Skydance announced that they had acquired Tyler Perry Studios' stake in BET+, would shut down the service and merge its programming into Paramount+. [805]
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Television stations

Subchannel launches

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Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes Source
February 5 PocatelloIdaho Falls, Idaho KPIF 15.13 Newsmax2 [806]
February 26 Tulsa, Oklahoma KOKI-TV 23.4 Charge! Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns KTUL, began operating KOKI on this date, and three subchannels launched on the station.
23.5 Comet
23.6 The Nest
April 1 New York City, New York WNET 13.3 World Channel As part of WNET's sister station, WLIW, adding NHK World-Japan, the station moved the World Channel from WLIW to a new subchannel of WNET. [807]
August 1 Albuquerque, New Mexico KOAT-TV 7.4 CBS See CBS entry on "Stations changing network affiliations"
Birmingham, Alabama WVTM-TV 13.4
Greenville, South Carolina WYFF 4.3
Jackson, Mississippi WAPT 16.4
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Stations changing network affiliations

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Date Market Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliation Notes Source
February 5 Idaho FallsPocatello, Idaho KIDK 3.1 Dabl MeTV [806]
KXPI-LD
March 2 Tulsa, Oklahoma KOKI-TV 23.1 Fox Roar On February 6, it was announced that Sinclair Broadcast Group (which owned local ABC affiliate KTUL) acquired the Fox affiliation, owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group. On February 9, KOKI's main Fox affiliation moved to KTUL-DT2, with a simulcast on 23.1 continuing until March 1, when KOKI's main station switched to Roar. [808]
March 19 San Diego, California KUSI-TV 51.1 Independent The CW On that date, Nexstar Media Group completed its acquisition of Tegna Inc., owner of KFMB-TV. After the sale, some of The CW's programming had started to air and later move to KUSI-TV. KUSI became a sole CW outlet on March 23, when KFMB-DT2 ended its nearly nine-year affiliation with the network. [809]
March 31 New York City, New York WASA-LD 24.1 Estrella TV Hot 97 TV On March 30, MediaCo announced that WASA-LD would remove Estrella TV in favor of the company's new network Hot 97 TV, a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel produced by New York City sister urban contemporary radio station WQHT that features programming on hip-hop music and culture. This made WASA-LD the second television station in the United States overall to affiliate with Hot 97 TV; the first was CNZ Communications-owned WHOT-TV in Atlanta. [810]
April 1 Pendleton, Oregon
PascoRichlandKennewick, Washington
KFFX-TV 11.1 Fox Roar Sinclair and Rincon entered into a joint sales agreement involving KEPR-TV, KFFX, and KYCU in February 2026. As part of the agreement, the entire schedules of the latter two stations would be moved to a digital subchannel of KEPR-TV. [811]
Yakima, Washington KCYU-LD 41.1
June 29 FranklinNashville, Tennessee WNPX-TV 28.1 Ion Television Independent WNPX returns to independence for the first time since 1995 (and adopts "The Spot" identity seen on other Scripps-owned independents) in preparation to becoming the new television home of the NHL's Nashville Predators. [812]
July 1 Vincennes, Indiana WVUT 22.1 PBS Educational independent On April 4, 2026, Vincennes University announced that WVUT would end its PBS membership on June 30, 2026, following a review of operations and sustainability prompted by the 2025 end of federal public broadcasting funding. [813]
Pensacola, Florida WSRE 23.1 WSRE disaffiliated from PBS after a board decision by the Pensacola State College trustees in September 2025, due to cuts in state and federal funding to public media. [814]
August 1 Birmingham, Alabama WIAT 42.1 CBS Independent In July 2026, Nexstar renewed the vast majority of its affiliation contracts with CBS, but was unable to reach an agreement in six markets. Forum Communications and Hearst Television reached affiliation agreements with the network that would see it gain carriage on their stations' digital subchannels in those areas. [815]
Greenville, South Carolina/Asheville, North Carolina WYCW 62.1 The CW
WSPA-TV 7.1 CBS The CW
Jackson, Mississippi WJTV 12.1
Albuquerque, New Mexico KRQE 13.1 Fox
Roswell, New Mexico KBIM-TV 10.1
Durango, Colorado KREZ-TV 6.1
Bismarck, North Dakota KXMB-TV 12.1 The CW
Rapid City, South Dakota KCLO-TV 15.1
September 1 Bessemer, Alabama WDBB 17.1 The CW Independent
Birmingham, Alabama WTTO 21.1
WIAT 42.1 Independent The CW
St. Louis, Missouri KDNL-TV 30.1 ABC TBA KDNL, which had served as the market's ABC affiliate since August 1995, lost its affiliation with the network to a digital subchannel of KMOV. Outside of ABC network newscasts and syndicated news programming provided by Sinclair, the station had not aired traditional news programming since the closure of its local news operation in October 2001. [816]
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Subchannels changing network affiliations

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Date Market Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliation Notes Source
January 26 SeattleTacoma, Washington KSTW 11.3 Fave TV Outlaw See Fave TV entry on "Closures"
January 29 Atlanta, Georgia WUPA 69.5 365BLK
DallasFort Worth, Texas KTVT 11.4 Outlaw
St. PetersburgTampa, Florida WTOG 44.3
February 2 Baltimore, Maryland WJZ-TV 13.4 365BLK
Boston, Massachusetts WBZ-TV 4.4 Outlaw
Chicago, Illinois WBBM-TV 2.4 365BLK
Detroit, Michigan WWJ-TV 62.4
Los Angeles, California KCBS-TV 2.4
Miami, Florida WFOR-TV 4.4 Outlaw
MinneapolisSaint Paul, Minnesota WCCO-TV 4.4
New York City WCBS-TV 2.4 365BLK
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WPSG 57.5
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania KDKA-TV 2.4
SacramentoStockton, California KOVR 13.4 Outlaw
San Francisco, California KPIX-TV 5.4 365BLK
SacramentoStocktonModesto, California KVIE 6.3 World Channel (full-time) Create / World Channel (both part-time)
February 5 PocatelloIdaho Falls, Idaho KPIF 15.4 MeTV WEST [806]
15.9 Antenna TV Jewelry Television
15.12 Newsmax2 Ace TV
KVUI 31.11 RVTV Antenna TV
31.13 Ventana TV Shop LC
February 9 Tulsa, Oklahoma KTUL 8.2 Charge! Fox See KOKI-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations" [808]
8.4 Roar Rewind TV
8.5 Comet N/a
8.6 The Nest N/a
8.7 Rewind TV N/a
March 23 San Diego, California KFMB-TV 8.2 The CW (primary)
MyNetworkTV (secondary)
MyNetworkTV (sole primary) See KUSI-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations"
April 1 New York City, New York WLIW 21.3 World Channel NHK World Originally on NJ PBS, NHK World moved to WLIW. Most viewers of NJ PBS in Southern and parts of Central New Jersey, including in the Philadelphia area, could no longer access NHK World by over-the-air television, requiring viewers to watch it via the internet. [807][817]
Yakima, Washington KIMA-TV 29.3 Roar Fox See KFFX-TV and KCYU-LD entries on "Stations changing network affiliations" [811]
PascoRichlandKennewick, Washington KEPR-TV 19.3
June 29 Nashville, Tennessee WTVF 5.2 Independent Ion Television See WNPX-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations" [812]
August 1 Albuquerque, New Mexico KRQE 13.2 Fox Independent See CBS entry in "Stations changing network affiliations"
Roswell, New Mexico KBIM-TV 10.2
Durango, Colorado KREZ-TV 6.2
Bismarck, North Dakota KXMB-TV 12.2 The CW Plus Antenna TV
KBMY 17.2 True Crime Network CBS
Rapid City, South Dakota KNBN 21.2 MyNetworkTV
KCLO-TV 15.2 The CW Plus MyNetworkTV
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Station closures

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Date Station Channel Affiliation Market Notes Source
May 15 WEIU-TV 51.1 Educational independent Charleston, Illinois On April 26, 2026, the station announced that they were shutting down the broadcast station effective May 15, 2026, due to budget cuts and the station's disaffiliation with PBS in September 2025. Some of the station's programming continues online after that date. [818]
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Deaths

January

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Date Name Age Notes Sources
January 1 Victoria Jones 34 Actress and daughter of Tommy Lee Jones. She made a guest appearance on One Tree Hill. [819]
January 2 Edith Renfrow Smith 111 Supercentenarian. She was featured on Today during a segment on superagers. [820]
January 4 Michael Reagan 80 Conservative commentator. He was an actor during the 1980s (including on Falcon Crest alongside his mother Jane Wyman) and hosted the first season of the game show Lingo. [821]
January 5 Tom Cherones 86 Director and producer best known for his work on Seinfeld. [822]
Elle Simone 49 Chef best known for hosting America's Test Kitchen. [823]
January 8 Guy Moon 63 Composer best known for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, Grim & Evil, Back at the Barnyard, and Big Time Rush. [824]
January 9 T. K. Carter 69 Actor (Just Our Luck, Punky Brewster, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, The Sinbad Show) [825][826]
Ted Nichols 97 Composer for Hanna-Barbera cartoons. [827]
January 10 Manolo Villaverde 91 Cuban-American actor best known as Pepe Peña on ¿Qué Pasa, USA? [828]
January 11 Thomas Causey 76 Sound engineer (Dallas and Police Story) [829]
Erich von Daniken 90 Swiss author and ancient alien astronaut theorist (Ancient Aliens) [830]
January 13 Scott Adams 68 Creator and executive producer of the UPN animated series Dilbert, which was adapted from his comic strip of the same name. [831]
Doug McConnell 80 Journalist best known for hosting Bay Area Backroads on KRON. [832]
January 16 Bruce Bilson 97 Director (worked on Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, Barney Miller, and several other television programs) [833]
Mark Jones 72 Writer, director, and producer (Ark II, The Skatebirds, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) [834]
January 17 Roger Allers 76 Director, writer, animator, and storyboard artist (Animalympics) [835]
January 22 Guy Hovis 84 Singer (The Lawrence Welk Show) [836]
Floyd Vivino 74 Actor and musician best known for hosting The Uncle Floyd Show on public access television. [837]
January 23 Ed Bernard 86 Actor (Police Woman, The White Shadow) [838]
Yvonne Lime 90 Actress (Father Knows Best, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Happy) [839]
January 25 Geoffrey Mason 85 Television sports producer (several networks, most notably for ABC and its coverage of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Summer Olympics) [840]
January 26 Frederick King Keller 75 Director, producer, and screenwriter (Hey Dude, New York Undercover, The Pretender) [841]
Produce Pete 80 Television personality (WNBC and WCAU) and commercial spokesperson (Pathmark Supermarkets) [842]
January 30 Catherine O'Hara 71 Canadian-born actress (Schitt's Creek, Second City Television, The Studio), Emmy winner (1982, 2020) [843]
Demond Wilson 79 Actor (Sanford and Son, Baby... I'm Back!, The New Odd Couple) [844]
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February

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Date Name Age Notes Sources
February 2 Chuck Negron 83 Singer-songwriter and founding member of Three Dog Night. He was featured in a season 2 episode of Intervention about his son Chuckie. [845]
February 3 Lamonte McLemore 90 Singer and founding member of The 5th Dimension. He and his groupmates made numerous television appearances, including on The Ed Sullivan Show. [846]
February 6 John Wheeler 95 Actor (various recurring or guest roles, notably the "Journey to Babel" episode of Star Trek, as well as the 1971 "Grab a Bucket and a Mop" commercial for McDonald's) [847]
February 7 Brad Arnold 47 Lead vocalist and founding member of 3 Doors Down. He and his bandmates made numerous television appearances. [848]
February 10 Shelly Desai 90 Indian-born actor (Men of a Certain Age, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) [849]
February 11 Bud Cort 77 Actor (Columbo, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Brave New World) [850]
James Van Der Beek 48 Actor best known as Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek and as a fictionalized version of himself in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 [851]
February 14 Tom Noonan 74 Actor (Tales from the Darkside, The Equalizer, Monsters) [852]
February 15 Robert Duvall 95 Actor best known as Augustus "Gus" McCrae on Lonesome Dove [853]
February 16 Jane Baer 91 Animator (Hot Wheels, The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, The Smurfs) [854]
February 17 Jesse Jackson 84 Civil rights activist, politician, ordained minister, and host of CNN's Both Sides with Jesse Jackson (1992–2000) [855]
February 19 Eric Dane 53 Actor (Charmed, Grey's Anatomy, Euphoria) [856]
February 20 Ismael Kanater 69 Moroccan actor (Babylon 5, Alias, Sleeper Cell) [857]
February 21 Willie Colón 75 Salsa musician and social activist. He guest starred in a season 3 episode of Miami Vice. [858]
February 23 Robert Carradine 71 Actor best known as Sam McGuire on Lizzie McGuire [859]
Gary Dontzig 79 Actor (guest roles on The Waltons, Chico and the Man, and other series) and writer/producer (Murphy Brown, Suddenly Susan, State of Grace) [860]
Sondra Lee 97 Actress (Starlit Time, The Voice of Firestone, Hansel and Gretel) [861]
Monti Rock 86 Hairdresser best known for his "famous for being famous" guest appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; appeared on The Midnight Special as his alter-ego Disco-Tex [862]
February 24 Lauren Chapin 80 Actress best known as Kathy "Kitten" Anderson on Father Knows Best [863]
Maria O'Brien 75 Actress and acting coach for Days of Our Lives [864]
February 27 Neil Sedaka 86 Singer-songwriter. He made appearances as himself on shows like The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, The Midnight Special, The Carol Burnett Show, American Idol, and The King of Queens and created and hosted the web series Today's Mini-Concert [865]
February 28 Annabel Schofield 62 Welsh-born model and actress best known as Laurel Ellis on Dallas. [866]
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March

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Date Name Age Notes Sources
March 2 Stephen Hibbert 68 British-American actor (Newhart, Just Shoot Me!, Jericho) and writer (Late Night with David Letterman, Darkwing Duck, Animaniacs) [867]
March 4 Lou Holtz 89 Football coach (Notre Dame, South Carolina, New York Jets) and color commentator for CBS and ESPN [868]
March 5 Corey Parker 60 Actor (Thirtysomething, Flying Blind, Will & Grace) and acting coach [869]
Sandy Wernick 86 Producer (ALF, Def Comedy Jam) [870]
March 6 Jennifer Runyon 65 Actress (Another World, Charles in Charge, A Very Brady Christmas) [871][872]
March 7 Country Joe McDonald 84 Singer-songwriter. He appeared in Tales of the City. [873]
March 11 Ernie Anastos 82 News anchor for New York's WABC-TV, WCBS-TV, WWOR-TV, and WNYW-TV [874]
March 15 Matt Clark 89 Actor (Ben Casey, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, T.H.E. Cat) [875]
Sam Kieth 63 Comics artist and writer (co-writer of the Cow and Chicken pilot, "No Smoking", with his cousin and series creator David Feiss). [876]
March 16 Eric Overmyer 74 Writer/producer (several series, notably Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, Treme, and Bosch) [877]
Orion Samuelson 91 Farming news broadcaster (U.S. Farm Report, This Week in Agribusiness) [878]
Kiki Shepard 74 Television host (Showtime at the Apollo) and actress (recurring/guest roles on Thunder in Paradise, NYPD Blue, and other series) [879]
March 19 Chuck Norris 86 Actor best known for playing Cordell Walker on the original Walker, Texas Ranger and as a spokesman for Total Gym Fitness. [880]
March 20 Nicholas Brendon 54 Actor best known as Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. [881]
Jessie Jones 75 Actress (Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Night Court) [882]
March 23 Valerie Perrine 82 Actress (Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills, CBS Summer Playhouse, Northern Exposure) [883]
March 25 Dash Crofts 87 Singer-songwriter and member of Seals & Crofts. He and his partner Jim Seals performed the theme song, "First Years", for the first season of The Paper Chase. [884]
March 26 James Tolkan 94 Actor (Naked City, Remington Steele, Miami Vice) [885]
March 28 Alex Duong 42 Actor and comedian best known as Sonny Le on Blue Bloods. [886]
Mary Beth Hurt 79 Actress (Kojak, Great Performances, Tattingers) [887]
March 29 Laurie Webb 101 Welsh actor (Sid Caesar Invites You) [888]
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April

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Date Name Age Notes Sources
April 1 Tom Valenti 67 Chef. He made television appearances on shows like The Martha Stewart Show, Today, and The Early Show. [889]
April 2 Dee Freeman 66 Actress (The Young and the Restless, Seinfeld, Sistas) [890]
James Gadson 86 Drummer and session musician. He was featured in an episode of Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back about his niece's restaurant. [891]
April 4 Arne Olsen 64 Canadian screenwriter (Escape from Atlantis, Hybrid) [892]
April 6 Angela Pleasence 84 English actress (A Christmas Carol) [893]
Nick Pope 60 English journalist and television personality. He was a regular guest on Ancient Aliens. [894]
April 7 Barbara Gordon 90 Producer and filmmaker. She worked on shows for NBC, WCBS, NET, and PBS. [895]
Michael Patrick 35 Irish actor (Game of Thrones) [896]
April 8 Mario Adorf 95 German actor (Marco Polo) [897]
April 9 Afrika Bambaataa 68 DJ and rapper. Television appearances include voice-over work for Kung Faux. [898]
April 10 Harry Kim 74 Trumpeter. He acted as horn section leader and arranger for the five seasons of American Idol, as well as for America's Got Talent and Celebrity Duets. [899]
Sid Krofft 96 Canadian producer and puppeteer. Through Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures, he and his younger brother Marty created shows like H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. [900]
April 11 John Nolan 87 English actor (Masterpiece Theatre, Person of Interest, Dune: Prophecy) [901]
April 13 Jean Walkinshaw 99 Producer. She produced content for History Channel, KING-TV, and KCTS. [902]
April 14 Joy Harmon 85 Actress (Gidget, Batman, The Monkees) [903]
April 16 Garret Anderson 53 Professional baseball player. He was a Los Angeles Angels pregame and postgame reporter during home games and some road games on Fox Sports West in 2012. [904]
April 17 Nathalie Baye 77 French actress (And the Band Played On) [905]
Mariclare Costello 90 Actress best known as Rosemary Hunter on The Waltons. [906]
Nadia Farès 57 French actress (The Exile) [907]
Bob Kevoian 75 Radio host. His radio program, The Bob & Tom Show, aired on WGN America from 2008 to 2010. [908]
April 18 Van Hammer 66 Professional wrestler (WCW, WWF) [909]
Rif Hutton 70 Actor best known as Dr. Ron Welch on Doogie Howser, M.D.. [910]
April 19 Patrick Muldoon 57 Actor (Saved by the Bell, Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place) [911]
April 20 Alan Osmond 76 Musician and member of The Osmonds. Voiced himself on the animated series of the same name. He also appeared alongside three of his brothers on episodes of shows like Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, The Andy Williams Show, The Osmond Family Show and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. [912]
David Wilcock 53 Paranormal writer and media personality. He was a regular guest on Ancient Aliens. [913]
April 21 Luis Puenzo 80 Argentine director, producer, and screenwriter (Broken Silence) [914]
April 22 Darrell Sheets 67 Television personality best known for appearing on Storage Wars. [915]
Michael Tilson Thomas 81 Conductor, composer, and pianist. He made numerous television appearances, including on Great Performances, Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals, and Keeping Score. [916]
April 25 Matt DeCaro 70 Actor best known as Roy Geary on Prison Break. [917]
April 26 Nedra Talley 80 Singer and member of The Ronettes. She performed alongside her groupmates on shows like Shindig!, American Bandstand, and Hullabaloo. [918]
April 27 Gerry Conway 73 Comic book writer, television writer, and producer (Father Dowling Mysteries, Diagnosis: Murder, Matlock) [919]
April 30 Gwen Farrell 93 Actress and boxing referee. She played various nurses in recurring roles on M*A*S*H throughout the show's run. [920]
Bobby Murray 72 Guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He performed with Etta James' Roots Band on shows like The Tonight Show, Austin City Limits, and Late Night with David Letterman. [921]
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May

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Date Name Age Notes Sources
May 2 David Kendall 68 Writer, producer, and director (Growing Pains, Boy Meets World, Smart Guy, Melissa & Joey) [922]
May 4 John Sterling 87 Sportscaster (SportsChannel New York, WOR-TV, YES Network) [923]
Jonathan Tiersten 60 Actor (Another World) [924]
May 6 Ted Turner 87 Founder and namesake of the Turner Broadcasting System and its constituent channels TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. He was also the creator of the 24-hour news cycle for CNN and Headline News (both of which he also founded); as well as the co-creator of the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers and the founder of the wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling. [925]
May 7 Pat Caputo 67 Sportswriter and broadcaster. He regularly contributed to the Detroit Tigers round table segment on WDIV-TV and hosted a segment called Caputo's Corner on Pro-Am Sports System from 1990 to 1992. [926]
Joni Lamb 65 Christian broadcaster and co-founder and president of the Daystar Television Network. [927]
May 8 Jo Ann Castle 86 Pianist (The Lawrence Welk Show) [citation needed]
Joe Sedelmaier 92 Director of several television commercials, notably "Where's the beef?" for Wendy's and "Fast Talking Man" for Federal Express [928]
May 9 Jennifer Harmon 82 Actress (How to Survive a Marriage, One Life to Live, Loving, Guiding Light) [929]
May 10 John Barbour 93 Canadian-American comedian, writer, actor (roles on Sanford and Son, Get Smart, and other series), and host (KABC-TV's AM Los Angeles, Real People) [930]
May 12 Donald Gibb 71 Actor (1st & Ten, Stand by Your Man) [931]
May 14 Claudine Longet 84 French singer and actress best known for appearing on The Andy Williams Show alongside her ex-husband Andy Williams and their children. [932]
May 16 Dennis Locorriere 76 Singer. He appeared with his band Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show on The Midnight Special. [933]
James Robison 82 Televangelist (Life Today) [934]
May 18 Tom Kane 64 Voice actor (The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) [935]
Caitlin O'Heaney 73 Actress (Apple Pie, Tales of the Gold Monkey, The Charmings) [936]
May 20 Jeffrey Lane 71 Writer (Lou Grant, Ryan's Hope, Cagney & Lacey) [937]
May 21 Kyle Busch 41 Race car driver (NASCAR). Appeared as himself on Good Morning America, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune. [938]
Peter Helm 84 Canadian-American actor (Rawhide, The Farmer's Daughter, Ironside) [939]
May 22 Grizz Chapman 52 Actor best known as Grizz on 30 Rock. [940]
Charles Cioffi 90 Actor (Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, Get Christie Love!) [941]
May 25 Pierre Deny 69 French actor (Emily in Paris) [942]
May 26 William Smithers 98 Actor best known as David Schuster on Peyton Place and as Jeremy Wendell on Dallas. [943]
Howard Storm 94 Actor (The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Rhoda, Sanford and Son) and director (Laverne & Shirley, Busting Loose, Joanie Loves Chachi) [944]
May 27 Owain Rhys Davies 44 Welsh actor (The OA, Twin Peaks) [945]
May 28 Ellen Weston 87 Actress (Guiding Light, Another World, The Young and the Restless) and writer (Capitol) [946]
May 30 Kelly Curtis 69 Actress (The Renegades, The Equalizer, Kojak: Ariana) [947]
Joe Negri 99 Jazz guitarist, educator, and actor (67 Melody Lane, Adventure Time, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) [948]
May 31 Robert Kya-Hill 95 Actor (The Edge of Night, One Life to Live, Roots: The Next Generations) [949]
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June

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Date Name Age Notes Sources
June 1 Anthony Head 72 English actor best known as Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Rupert Mannion on Ted Lasso. [950]
June 2 Peabo Bryson 75 Singer and songwriter. He performed a lyrical version of One Life to Live's theme song and appeared on an episode to sing it. [951]
June 3 James Handy 81 Actor (The Room Upstairs, A Dangerous Life, Midnight Caller) [952]
June 4 Patrick Godfrey 93 English actor (His Dark Materials) [953]
June 5 David Sheiner 98 Actor (Columbo, The Big Valley, The Twilight Zone) [954]
June 6 Anthony Guidera 65 Actor (Renegade, Baywatch, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) [955]
June 7 Stacey King 59 Professional basketball player and sports announcer (color commentator for Chicago Bulls television broadcasts starting in 2006) [956]
June 9 Gilad Janklowicz 71 Israeli-born fitness personality best known for hosting Bodies in Motion. [957]
Janie Sell 86 Actress (Captain Kangaroo) [958]
June 10 John Sanders 83 Sports broadcaster (WIBW-TV, KMBC-TV, KDKA-TV) [959]
June 11 Margaret Kerry 97 Voice actress (Clutch Cargo, The New 3 Stooges) [960]
June 12 Ronnie Schell 94 Actor (Gomer Pyle – USMC, Good Morning World) [961]
Gene Shalit 100 Film critic and journalist (Today) [962]
June 14 Anne Schedeen 77 Actress best known as Kate Tanner on ALF. [963]
Oliver Tree 32 Singer and songwriter. Television appearances include The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. [964]
June 16 Daveigh Chase 35 Actress best known for voicing Lilo Pelekai on Lilo & Stitch: The Series. [965]
The Duke of Dorchester 81 Professional wrestler (World (Wide) Wrestling Federation) [966]
June 17 Tony Brown 93 Journalist and host of Tony Brown's Journal [967]
Tom Dreesen 86 Stand-up comedian (numerous television appearances, most notably as a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman) [968]
Walter Parazaider 81 Woodwind musician and founding member of Chicago (Chicago's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1975, Saturday Night Live, ABC In Concert) [969]
Beau Williams 76 Gospel singer. He appeared as a contestant on Star Search in 1984. He also appeared on Success-N-Life on BET and made frequent appearances on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. [970]
June 18 Justin Cary 50 Bass guitarist for Sixpence None the Richer. He and his band members appeared as themselves on shows such as Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. [971]
June 19 James Burrows 85 Director/producer (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Cheers, and Will & Grace) [972]
June 22 Joby Baker 92 Canadian actor (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Good Morning World, Perry Mason, Combat!) [973]
Martha Zoller 66 Political commentator. She made frequent guest appearances on such shows as Talkback Live, Hannity & Colmes, and Larry King Live. [974]
June 24 Ann Blyth 98 Actress (The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Dick Powell Theatre, Saints and Sinners) [975]
Harold Wheeler 82 Musician (conductor and music arranger for several Academy Awards ceremonies, music director for the first seventeen seasons of Dancing with the Stars) [976]
June 26 Joe Doering 44 Professional wrestler best known for his appearances on TNA programming. [977]
June 28 Wilford Lloyd Baumes 86 Screenwriter and producer best known for creating The Love Boat. [978]
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July 3 John Parisella 81 Horse trainer and stepfather of Bethenny Frankel. He appeared twice on The Johnny Carson Show. [979]
July 4 Slaine Kelly 43 Irish actress best known as Jane Howard on The Tudors. [980]
July 5 Johnny Ginger 92 Actor and television personality (presenter of Curtain Time Theater, The Johnny Ginger Show, and Captain Detroit for local television stations in Detroit) [981]
July 6 Louise Lasser 87 Actress best known as the titular main character of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. [982]
July 7 Joanna Pettet 83 English actress (Route 66, The Doctors, The Nurses) [983]
July 8 Harris Katleman 97 Producer (The Don Rickles Show, Branded, From Here to Eternity) [984]
Bonnie Tyler 75 Welsh singer. Television appearances include musical performances on Celebrity Duets and Best Time Ever. [985]
July 9 Randolph Mantooth 80 Actor best known as Johnny Gage on Emergency! [986]
Peter Van Norden 75 Actor (Cheers, St. Elsewhere, T. J. Hooker) [987]
July 10 Josh Grisetti 44 Actor (The Knights of Prosperity, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) [988]
Ralph Hemecker 65 Director (Witchblade, Blue Bloods, Once Upon a Time, The Flash) [989]
Wai Ching Ho 82 Hong Kong actress (One Life to Live, Swans Crossing, Law & Order) [990]
July 11 Lindsey Graham 71 Politician who frequently appeared on Fox News and other networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN. [991]
July 12 Scott Bryce 68 Actor best known as Craig Montgomery on As the World Turns. [992]
July 13 Sam Neill 78 Northern Irish-born New Zealand actor (The Tudors, Crusoe, Happy Town) [993]
July 14 Dave Kendall 68 British-born journalist best known as the creator and host of 120 Minutes on MTV. [994]
July 15 John Kirby 75 Actor (Maude, Sanford and Son, The Fall Guy) and acting coach [995]
Hal Williams 91 Actor (Sanford and Son, The Waltons, Private Benjamin, 227) [996]
July 17 Freddy Cannon 89 Singer (regular on American Bandstand; wrote and performed themes to Where the Action Is and Svengoolie) [997]
July 18 Jim Gilstrap 79 Singer and session musician. He sang co-lead to the theme of Good Times. [998]
July 19 Peter Lassally 93 Late-night producer (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Late Night with David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) [999]
July 20 Zale Parry 93 Actress (Sea Hunt, GE Theatre, Wagon Train) and scuba diver [1000]
July 21 Kaylee Hottle 18 Actress (Magnum P.I.) [1001]
July 23 Hope Clarke 85 Actress, choreographer, dancer, and vocalist. She guest-starred on such shows as Hill Street Blues, Another World, and As the World Turns. [1002]
July 29 Glen Hansard 56 Irish singer-songwriter. Television appearances were made on The Simpsons, Parenthood, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! [1003]
Scott Hylands 83 Canadian actor best known as Det. Kevin O’Brien on Night Heat and Ennis Stussy on Season 3 of Fargo. [1004]
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August

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August 1 Vincent Pastore 80 Actor best known as Sal Bonpensiero on The Sopranos [1005]
August 3 Jon Cypher 94 Actor best known as Chief Fletcher Daniels on Hill Street Blues and General Marcus Craig on Major Dad [1006]
August 4 Dory Funk Jr. 85 WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler [1007]
August 6 Flo Anthony 74 Gossip columnist (guest TV appearances on shows like The Ricki Lake Show, Geraldo, and The Sally Jessy Raphael Show; contributor to Inside Edition, The Insider and Entertainment Tonight) [1008]
August 7 Violet Hensley 109 Luthier and musician. Television appearances include The Beverly Hillbillies, The Art Linkletter Show, and Captain Kangaroo. [1009]
August 9 Ben Jones 84 Actor (Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazard) and politician (U.S. Congressman from Georgia) [1010]
August 11 Christy Knowings 46 Actress best known as a cast member of All That. [1011]
August 13 Mark Rydell 97 Director (The Phil Silvers Show, Mr. Novak, Ben Casey) and actor (The Edge of Night, As the World Turns) [1012]
August 15 Tommy John 83 Baseball pitcher and commentator (Monday Night Baseball, New York Yankees on WPIX) [1013]
Peggy Webber 100 Actress (Dragnet, M Squad, Kings Row, Night Gallery, The Waltons) [1014]
August 16 Hayden Panettiere 36 Actress best known as Claire Bennet on Heroes and as Juliette Barnes on Nashville. [1015]
August 18 Bill Rasmussen 93 Broadcasting executive and co-founder of ESPN [1016]
August 19 Michael Wright 70 Actor (V: The Series, Oz, Black Lightning) [1017]
August 22 Shelley Fabares 82 Actress (The Donna Reed Show, Coach, One Day at a Time) [1018]
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Notes

  1. The Seattle Mariners also had their local broadcasts distributed by MLB Local Media beginning in 2026; the Mariners announced their move in 2025, as the network that carried their games, Root Sports Northwest, shut down.
  2. KZTV in Corpus Christi, Texas, WFLX in West Palm Beach, Florida, Ion Television, Grit, and Bounce TV were not affected from the dispute as they were carried on a different contract.
  3. "The Edible Arrangement", which aired on February 15 two weeks earlier, was publicized as the 450th episode.

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