2008 in television

The year 2008 in television involves some significant plans.Below is a list of television-related events in 2008.

Events

Television shows

1940s

*"Meet the Press" (1947-present).
*"Candid Camera" (1948-present).

1950s

*"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951-present).
*"CBS Evening News" (1952-present).
*"Guiding Light" (1952-present).
*"The Today Show" (1952-present).
*"Kōhaku Uta Gassen" (Japan) (1953-present).
*"NHK Nodojiman" (Japan) (1953-present).
*"Panorama" (UK) (1953-present).
*"Face the Nation" (1954-present).
*"The Early Show" (1954-present).
*"The Tonight Show" (1954-present).
*"As the World Turns" (1956-present).
*"What the Papers Say" (UK) (1956-present).
*"The Sky at Night" (UK) (1957-present).
*"Blue Peter" (UK) (1958-present).

1960s

*"Coronation Street" (UK) (1960-present).
*"Four Corners" (Australia) (1961-present).
*"It's Academic" (1961-present).
*"Biography" (1962-present).
*"The Late Late Show" (Ireland) (1962-present).
*"The World Tonight" (1962-present).
*"General Hospital" (1963-present).
*"Days of Our Lives" (1965-present).
*"Play School" (1966-present).
*"Shoten" (Japan) (1966-present).
*"The Money Programme" (UK) (1966-present).
*"Washington Week" (1967-present).
*"60 Minutes" (1968-present).
*"One Life to Live" (1968-present).
*"Sesame Street" (1969-present).

1970s

*"All My Children" (1970-present).
*"Monday Night Football" (1970-present).
*"NBC Nightly News" (1970-present).
*"Masterpiece Theatre" (1971-present).
*"Emmerdale" (UK) (1972-present).
*"Newsround" (UK) (1972-present).
*"The Price Is Right" (1972-present).
*"Last of the Summer Wine" (UK) (1973-present).
*"The Young and the Restless" (1973-present).
*"Nova" (1974-present).
*"Wish You Were Here...?" (UK) (1974-present).
*"Arena" (UK) (1975-present).
*"Good Morning America" (1975-present).
*"Saturday Night Live" (1975-present).
*"the fifth estate" (Canada) (1975-present).
*"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" (1975-present).
*"The Victory Garden" (1975-present).
*"Wheel of Fortune" (1975-present).
*"Austin City Limits" (1976-present).
*"Live from Lincoln Center" (1976-present).
*"Inside the NFL" (1977-present).
*"20/20" (1978-present).
*"Grange Hill" (UK) (1978-present).
*"Antiques Roadshow" (UK) (1979-present).
*"CBS News Sunday Morning" (1979-present).
*"Eat Bulaga!" (1979-present).
*"Nightline" (1979-present).
*"Nightly Business Report" (1979-present).
*"This Old House" (1979-present).

1980s

*"Mystery!" (1980-present).
*"Entertainment Tonight" (1981-present).
*"This Week" (1981-present).
*"America This Morning" (1982-present).
*"CCTV New Year's Gala" (China) (1982-present).
*"Nature" (1982-present).
*"Timewatch" (UK) (1982-present).
*"Waratte Iitomo" (Japan) (1982-present).
*"What Now" (1982-present).
*"American Masters" (1983-present).
*"America Undercover" (1983-present).
*"Frontline" (1983-present).
*"Jeopardy!" (1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-present).
*"The Bill" (UK) (1984-present).
*"EastEnders" (UK) (1985-present).
*"Neighbours" (Australia) (1985-present).
*"Comic Relief" (UK) (1986-present).
*"The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986-present).
*"Casualty" (UK) (1986-present).
*"CBS Morning News" (1987-present).
*"ChuckleVision" (UK) (1987-present).
*"The Bold and the Beautiful" (1987-present).
*"TV Patrol World" (1987-present).
*"48 Hours" (1988-present).
*"American Experience" (1988-present).
*"America's Most Wanted" (1988-present).
*"Fair City" (Ireland) (1988-present).
*"Home and Away" (1988-present).
*"The American Experience" (1988-present).
*"This Morning" (1988-present).
*"COPS" (1989-present).
*"Domingão do Faustão" (Brazil) (1989-present).
*"Inside Edition" (1989-present).
*"Primetime" (1989-present).
*"The New Yankee Workshop" (1989-present).
*"The Simpsons" (1989-present).

1990s

1990-1993

*"America's Funniest Home Videos" (1990-present).
*"Law & Order" (1990-present).
*"Sunday Night Baseball" (1990-present).
*"Charlie Rose" (1991-present).
*"The Jerry Springer Show" (1991-present).
*"American Justice" (1992-present).
*"Barney & Friends" (1992-present).
*"Dateline NBC" (1992-present).
*"Real Sex" (1992-present).
*"Shortland Street" (NZ) (1992-present).
*"The Real World" (1992-present).
*"Up to the Minute" (1992-present).
*"World News Now" (1992-present).
*"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993-present).
*"Power Rangers" (1993-present).
*"The Late Show with David Letterman" (1993-present).
*"WWE Monday Night RAW" (1993-present).

1994-1996

*"Autopsy" (1994-present).
*"ER" (1994-present).
*"Globe Trekker" (1994-present).
*"NFL on FOX" (1994-present).
*"Time Team" (UK) (1994-present).
*"ASAP '06" (1995-present).
*"Dinner and a Movie" (1995-present).
*"Goosebumps" (1995-1998, 2007-present).
*"MADtv" (1995-present).
*"Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (1995-present).
*"The Late Late Show" (1995-present).
*"Access Hollywood" (1996-present).
*"Arthur" (1996-present).
*"A Wedding Story" (1996-present).
*"Boxing After Dark" (1996-present).
*"Fox News Sunday" (1996-present).
*"Judge Judy" (1996-present).
*"Major League Baseball on FOX" (1996-present).
*"Silent Witness" (UK) (1996-present).
*"The Daily Show" (1996-present).

1997-1999

*"King of the Hill" (1997-present).
*"Midsomer Murders" (UK) (1997-present).
*"One Piece" (1997-present).
*"South Park" (1997-present).
*"The View" (1997-present).
*"The Wonderful World of Disney" (1997-present).
*"City Confidential" (1998-present).
*"Cold Case Files" (1998-present).
*"The Correspondents" (1998-present).
*"Comedy Central Presents" (1998-present).
*"Movie Surfers" (1998-present).
*"NFL on CBS" (1956-1994, 1998-present).
*"Pokémon" (1998-present).
*"Total Request Live" (1998-present).
*"True Life" (1998-present).
*"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" (UK) (1998-present).
*"Dragon Tales" (1999-present).
*"Early Today" (1999-2008).
*"Ed, Edd n Eddy" (1999-prsent).
*"Family Feud" (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present).
*"Judge Mathis" (1999-present).
*"Holby City" (1999-present).
*"Making the Video" (1999-present).
*"" (1999-present).
*"Passions" (1999-present).
*"SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999-present).
*"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (US) (1999-present).
*"SmackDown!" (1999-present).

2000s

2000

*"Aqua Teen Hunger Force" (2000-present).
*"Between the Lions" (2000-present).
*"Big Brother" (2000-present).
*"Caillou" (2000-present).
*"" (2000-present).
*"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000-present).
*"Girlfriends" (2000-present).
*"MTV Cribs" (2000-present).
*"Survivor" (2000-present).
*"The Weakest Link" (UK) (2000-present).
*"Trading Spaces" (2000-present).

2001

*"24" (2001-present).
*"According to Jim" (2001-present).
*"Adult Swim" (2001-present).
*"Great Hotels" (2001-present).
*"How It's Made" (2001-present).
*"JR Digs" (Canada) (2001-present).
*"" (2001-present).
*"NASCAR on TNT" (2001-present).
*"Scrubs" (2001-present).
*"Secrets of the Dead" (2001-present).
*"Smallville" (2001-present).
*"The Amazing Race" (2001-present).
*"The Fairly OddParents" (2001-present).
*"The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" (2001-present).

2002

*"American Idol" (2002-present).
*"Angelina Ballerina" (2002-present).
*"Biker Build-Off" (2002-present).
*"" (2002-2008).
*"CyberChase" (2002-present).
*"" (2002-present).
*"Def Poetry" (2002-present).
*"" (2002-present).
*"DragonflyTV" (2002-present).
*"Harry Hill's TV Burp" (UK) (2002-present).
*"I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" (UK) (2002-present).
*"Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002-present).
*"Lingo" (2002-present).
*"Max and Ruby" (2002-present).
*"Monk" (2002-present).
*"Most Haunted" (2002-present).
*"Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" (1963-1988, 2002-present).
*"NBA on ABC" (2002-present).
*"NBA on TNT" (2002-present).
*"NOW" (2002-present).
*"Spooks" (UK) (2002-present).
*"The Bachelor" (2002-present).
*"The Shield" (2002-present).
*"The Wire" (2002-2008).
*"Without a Trace" (2002-present).

2003

*"American Chopper" (2003-present).
*"America's Next Top Model" (2003-present)
*"Battlestar Galactica" (2003-present).
*"Cold Case" (2003-present).
*"Dirty Jobs" (2003-present).
*"DVD on TV" (2003-present).
*"Headbangers Ball" (1987-1995, 2003-present).
*"History Detectives" (2003-present).
*"Jimmy Kimmel Live" (2003-present).
*"Justice League"(2003-2006)
*"Last Comic Standing" (2003-present).
*"Las Vegas" (2003-2008).
*"Made" (2003-present).
*"MXC" (2003-present).
*"MythBusters" (2003-present).
*"Nanalan'" (2003-present).
*"Nashville Star" (2003-present).
*"NCIS" (2003-present).
*"Nip/Tuck" (2003-present).
*"One Tree Hill" (2003-present).
*"" (2003-present).
*"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" (2003-present).
*"Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003-present).
*"Reno 911!" (2003-present).
*"Sell This House" (2003-present).
*"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2003-present).
*"The Fabulous Life of..." (2003-present).
*"The Surreal Life" (2003-present).
*"The Venture Bros." (2003-present).
*"Two and a Half Men" (2003-present).
*"" (2003-present).
*"What Not to Wear" (2003-present).
*"World Poker Tour" (2003-present).

2004

*"American Hot Rod" (2004-present).
*"Astro Boy" (2004-present).
*"Best Week Ever" (2004-present).
*"Boston Legal" (2004-present).
*"Call for Help 2.0" (Canada) (2004-present).
*"Cartoon Alley" (2004-present).
*"Casino Cinema" (2004-present).
*"" (2004-present).
*"Corner Gas" (Canada) (2004-present).
*"" (2004-present).
*"Desperate Housewives" (2004-present).
*"Deadwood" (2004-present).
*"Drawn Together" (2004-2007).
*"Entourage" (2004-present).
*"" (2004-present).
*"Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" (2004-present).
*"Ghost Hunters" (2004-present).
*"Higglytown Heroes" (2004-2008).
*"House" (2004-present).
*"Instant Star" (2004-present).
*"LazyTown" (2004-present).
*"Lost" (2004-present).
*"Maya & Miguel" (2004-present).
*"Miguzi" (2004-present).
*"Nanny 911" (2004-present).
*"Overhaulin'" (2004-present).
*"Passport to Europe" (2004-present).
*"Pimp My Ride" (2004-present).
*"Postcards from Buster" (2004-present).
*"Postman Pat" (UK) (1981, 1996, 2004-present).
*"Rescue Me" (2004-present).
*"Sea of Souls" (UK) (2004-present}.
*"Shameless" (UK) (2004-present).
*"Stargate Atlantis" (2004-present).
*"Survivorman" (2004-present).
*"The 4400" (2004-present).
*"The Apprentice" (2004-present).
*"The Backyardigans" (2004-present).
*"The Biggest Loser" (2004-present).
*"The First 48" (2004-present).
*"The L Word" (2004-present).
*"The X Factor" (UK) (2004-present).
*"TNA iMPACT!" (2004-present).
*"Trading Spouses" (2004-present).
*"Wife Swap" (2004-present).
*"World Series of Blackjack" (2004-present).

2005

*"30 Days" (2005-present).
*"5 Takes" (2005-present).
*"Afterlife" (UK) (2005-present).
*"A Haunting" (2005-present).
*"American Dad!" (2005-present).
*"" (2005-present).
*"A.T.O.M." (2005-present).
*"" (2005-2008).
*"Battlestar Galactica" (2005-present).
*"Beauty and the Geek" (2005-present).
*"Ben 10" (2005-2008).
*"Bones" (2005-present).
*"Breaking Bonaduce" (2005-present).
*"BSTV" (2005-present).
*"Camp Lazlo" (2005-2008).
*"Cash Cab" (2005-present).
*"Catscratch" (2005-present).
*"Celebrity Eye Candy" (2005-present).
*"Celebrity Fit Club" (2005-present).
*"Charlie and Lola" (2005-present).
*"Class of the Titans" (2005-present).
*"Criminal Minds" (2005-present).
*"Criss Angel Mindfreak" (2005-present).
*"Da Vinci's City Hall" (Canada) (2005-present).
*"Dancing With the Stars" (US) (2005-present).
*"Deadliest Catch" (2005-present).
*"Deal or No Deal" (2005-present).
*"Doctor Who" (UK) (1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present).
*"Doodlebops" (2005-present).
*"Everybody Hates Chris" (2005-present).
*"Extras" (2005-present).
*"Family Guy" (1999-2002, 2005-present).
*"Flip This House" (2005-present).
*"" (2005-present).
*"Game Head" (2005-present).
*"Game Show Moments Gone Bananas" (2005-present).
*"Ghost Whisperer" (2005-present).
*"Go, Diego, Go!" (2005-present).
*"Grey's Anatomy" (2005-present).
*"Hell's Kitchen" (2005-present).
*"Hogan Knows Best" (2005-present).
*"How I Met Your Mother" (2005-present).
*"IGPX" (2005-present).
*"Inked" (2005-present).
*"Intervention" (2005-present).
*"Iron Chef America" (2005-present).
*"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2005-present).
*"Johnny and the Sprites" (2005-present).
*"Kept" (2005-present)
*"Kudlow & Company" (2005-present).
*"Little Einsteins" (2005-2008).
*"Masters of Horror" (2005-present).
*"Mad Money" (2005-present).
*"Medium" (2005-present).
*"Miami Ink" (2005-present).
*"Mind of Mencia" (2005-present).
*"Moral Orel" (2005-present).
*"Move This House" (2005-present).
*"My Gym Partner's a Monkey" (2005-present).
*"My Name Is Earl" (2005-present).
*"My Super Sweet 16" (2005-present).
*"Naruto" (2005-present).
*"Next" (2005-present).
*"Nip/Tuck" (2005-present).
*"NUMB3RS" (2005-present).
*"Parental Control" (2005-present).
*"Prison Break" (2005-present).
*"Robot Chicken" (2005-present).
*"Roobarb and Custard Too" (2005-present).
*"Run's House" (2005-present).
*"South of Nowhere" (2005-present).
*"So You Think You Can Dance" (2005-present).
*"Supernanny" (2005-present).
*"Supernatural" (2005-present).
*"Squidbillies" (2005-present).
*"The Andy Milonakis Show" (2005-present).
*"The Boondocks" (2005-present).
*"The Closer" (2005-present).
*"The Colbert Report" (2005-present).
*"The Life and Times of Juniper Lee" (2005-present).
*"The Office" (2005-present).
*"The Showbiz Show with David Spade" (2005-present).
*"The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" (2005-2008).
*"The Ultimate Fighter" (2005-present).
*"The War at Home" (2005-present).
*"The X's" (2005-present).
*"Untold Stories of the E.R." (2005-present).
*"Weeds" (2005-present).
*"Wild 'N Out" (2005-present).
*"Wonder Showzen" (2005-present).
*"Yu-Gi-Oh! GX" (2005 - present).
*"Zoey 101" (2005-2008).

2006

*"1 vs. 100" (2006-present).
*"10 Items or Less" (2006-present).
*"30 Rock" (2006-present).
*"American Idol Rewind" (2006-present).
*"American Inventor" (2006-present).
*"America's Got Talent" (2006-present).
*"Biker Mice From Mars (1993-1996. 2006-present)
*"Ben 10" (2006-2008).
*"Beyond the Break" (2006-present).
*"Big Love" (2006-present).
*"Big Spender" (2006-present).
*"Brotherhood" (2006-present).
*"Brothers & Sisters" (2006-present).
*"Campus Ladies" (2006-present).
*"Celebrity Deathmatch" (1998-2002, 2006-present).
*"Chain Reaction" (1980, 1986-1991, 2006-present).
*"Choo-Choo Soul" (2006-present).
*"Class of 3000" (2006-present).
*"Curious George" (2006-present).
*"Dallas SWAT" (2006-present).
*"Def Comedy Jam" (1992-1997, 2006-present).
*"Dexter" (2006-present).
*"Disney Channel Games" (2006-present).
*"Disorderly Conduct" (2006-present).
*"Driving Force" (2006-present).
*"ESPN on ABC" (2006-present).
*"Eureka" (2006-present).
*"Extreme Championship Wrestling" (2006-present).
*"Fantastic Four" (2006-present).
*"Friday Night Lights" (2006-present).
*"Frisky Dingo" (2006-present).
*"Future Weapons" (2006-present).
*"Gene Simmons Family Jewels" (2006-present).
*"Handy Manny" (2006-present).
*"Hannah Montana" (2006-present).
*"Heroes" (2006-present).
*"High Stakes Poker" (2006-present).
*"Honey, We're Killing the Kids" (2006-present).
*"Hotel Babylon" (2006-present).
*"Jackanory" (1965-1996, 2006-present).
*"Jericho" (2006-2008).
*"Judge Maria Lopez" (2006-present).
*"King of Cars" (2006-present).
*"Legion of Super Heroes" (2006-2008).
*"Little People, Big World" (2006-present).
*"Live at Gotham" (2006-present).
*"Maggi and Me" (2006-present).
*"Man vs. Wild" (2006-present).
*"Men In Trees" (2006-present).
*"Metalocalypse" (2006-present).
*"Mr. Meaty" (2006-present).
*"My Boys" (2006-present).
*"My Gym Partner's a Monkey" (2006-present).
*"NBC Sunday Night Football" (2006-present).
*"NHL on NBC" (2006-present).
*"Not Your Average Travel Show" (2006-present).
*"One Week to Save Your Marriage" (2006-present).
*"Pros vs Joes" (2006-present).
*"Psych" (2006-present).
*"Rachael Ray" (2006-present).
*"Rob & Big" (2006-present).
*"Robin Hood" (2006-present).
*"Saved" (2006-present).
*"Shalom in the Home" (2006-present).
*"Shark" (2006-2008).
*"Shorty McShorts' Shorts" (2006-present).
*"Spider Riders" (2006-present).
*"Suburban Shootout" (2006-present).
*"Take Home Chef" (2006-present).
*"Talkshow with Spike Feresten" (2006-present).
*"TCM Underground" (2006-present).
*"That's the Question" (2006-present).
*"'Til Death" (2006-present).
*"The Emperor's New School" (2006-present).
*"The Game" (2006-present).
*"The Hills" (2006-present).
*"The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" (2006-present)
*"The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006-present).
*"The Replacements" (2006-present).
*"The Unit" (2006-present).
*"The World Series of Pop Culture" (2006-present).
*"Tom and Jerry Tales" (2006-2008).
*"Torchwood" (2006-present).
*"Two-A-Days" (2006-present).
*"Ugly Betty" (2006-present).
*"Waterloo Road" (2006-present).
*"Web Junk 20" (2006-present).
*"Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" (2006-present).
*"Wonder Pets" (2006-present).
*"Wowowee" (Philippines) (2006-present).
*"Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!" (2006-present).
*"Yo Momma" (2006-present).

2007

*"Back to You" (2007-present).
*"Blood+" (2007-2008).
*"Cory in the House" (2007-present).
*"Crank Yankers" (2002-2005, 2007-present).
*"CW Now" (2007-2008)
*"Dirt" (2007-present).
*"Engaged and Underage" (2007-present).
*"Family Fortunes" (UK) (1980-2002, 2005 special, 2007-present).
*"Flash Gordon (2007 TV series)" (2007-presnet).
*"Ice Road Truckers" (2007-present).
*"Jon & Kate Plus 8" (2007-present).
*"Just Jordan" (2007-present).
*"Keeping Up With The Kardashians" (2007-present).
*"Making the Band" (2000-2002, 2007-present)
*"M.I.High" (2007-present).
*"Moonlight" (2007-2008).
*"The Naked Brothers Band" (2007-present).
*"Poker After Dark" (2007-present).
*"Road Rules" (1995-2004, 2007-present).
*"Rules of Engagement" (2007-present).
*"Samantha Who?" (2007-present).
*"The Sarah Silverman Program" (2007-present).
*"Wizards of Waverly Place" (2007-present).

Television movies (including scheduled)

Deaths

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