2006 in American television
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The following is a list of events affecting American television during 2006. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.
Events
January
Date | Event |
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1 | NBC Universal ends the channel program Trio and in its place begins Sleuth, a 24-hour entertainment cable TV channel dedicated to the crime, mystery and suspense genres. |
2 | After several years as part of The WB's weekday programming sequence, The WB ends its weekday afternoon Kids' WB animation sequence. Kids' WB is relegated to Saturday mornings, and the weekday block is replaced by Daytime WB. |
3 | The original Viacom officially divides into two companies, with the CBS television network and Showtime Networks becoming part of CBS Corporation, and the MTV Networks group of channels (which includes MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central) and Black Entertainment Television becoming part of the new Viacom. Eventually, the greatest casualty of the division was that Paramount Television, which became part of CBS Corporation, would cease to exist after 38 years of television production, as it was merged into the CBS Productions, part of the CBS network. The studio had the name of CBS Paramount Television for three years, later becoming CBS Television Studios. |
Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas begin anchoring duties for ABC News's World News Tonight, replacing Peter Jennings, who died of cancer during 2005. | |
12 | Dari Alexander (anchor of afternoon portions of Fox News Live on weekends) and Rick Folbaum (anchor of Fox Report Weekend) are transferred from Fox News Channel to the Fox flagship station WNYW/New York City. They are replaced by Jamie Colby and Trace Gallagher, respectively (Gallagher would become official on February 4). Folbaum, however, would return to the network in 2009. |
The second live episode of the program Will & Grace is broadcast by NBC on both the East and West coasts of the USA. | |
24 | CBS and Warner Bros. announce the initiation of The CW Television Network for the 2006–2007 season. This network is, in a sense, a merger of The WB and UPN and is designed to replace both of those networks.[1] |
28 | The Directors Guild of America name Tony Croll and J. Rupert Thompson as best reality television directors for the programs Three Wishes and Fear Factor, respectively. Best director of a dramatic series is Michael Apted for Rome. Television comedy series director is Marc Buckland for My Name Is Earl. Directors Joseph Sargent (Warm Springs) and George C. Wolfe (Lackawanna Blues) share best television movie awards. General Hospitals Owen Renfroe is named best daytime television serial director. |
February
Date | Event |
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2 | Mad Linx returns to host Rap City after a 4-month absence, while J-Nicks leaves the show to work as a radio DJ. |
5 | After 36 years, ABC broadcasts its final National Football League game when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Seattle Seahawks 21–10 in Super Bowl XL. NFL football will not be seen on the network for 9 years until January 9, 2016 and again January 7, 2017. |
22 | Fox announces plans for a new network, named MyNetworkTV. The network was planned to be broadcast by UPN and WB affiliates which are not included in the initiation of The CW. |
March
Date | Event |
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8 | Bravo's premiere of one of its most popular shows to date, Top Chef. |
16 | SportsNet New York is begun. It is home of the New York Mets and New York Jets. |
17 | United States premiere of the new series of Doctor Who on Sci-Fi's Friday-night sequence. |
20 | Meg Oliver is named the new anchor of CBS News' Up to the Minute, replacing Melissa McDermott. |
26 | The last first-run episodes to date of the long-running TV series Soul Train air in syndication. Reruns of the previous season are broadcast until October, when "The Best of Soul Train" reruns from the 1970s and 1980s begin being broadcast instead of new episodes. |
April
Date | Event |
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1 | The Kids' Choice Awards ceremony is broadcast by Nickelodeon, with host Jack Black and featuring Robin Williams as the unfortunate victim of the network's trademark slime. |
28 | The 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony is broadcast by ABC. |
May
Date | Event |
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18 | A pair of finales: NBC airs the series finale of Will & Grace, while Fox airs the series finale of That '70s Show. Both shows debuted in 1998 and ran for eight seasons. |
21 | Another pair of finales: On CBS, Mike Wallace makes his last appearance on 60 Minutes, while the WB airs the series finale of Charmed, "Forever Charmed", ending the series after eight seasons. |
24 | On Fox, Taylor Hicks wins American Idol season five. |
31 | Katie Couric's final episode as co-host of the Today Show airs on NBC. |
June
Date | Event |
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26 | MSG Network debuted SummerBall, a basketball series dedicated to the well-known summer streetball leagues in New York City. This was the first program ever broadcast by the network that was strictly dedicated to streetball in New York City. |
28 | After 19 years, Charles Gibson's final episode as co-host of Good Morning America airs on ABC. |
July
Date | Event |
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3 | In anticipation for the launch of MyNetworkTV in September, Fox affiliate WUFX (now WLOO) and WB affiliate WDBD swap affiliations, returning Fox to WDBD after a 5 year absence and clearing the way for WUFX's impending switch to MyNetworkTV. |
8 | Pokémon broadcasts its final episode on Kids' WB!, "Pasta La Vista", also its final episode dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment. |
10 | Terrence and Rocsi, winners from BET's "New Faces" talent search, become the new hosts of 106 & Park, replacing the temporary hosts Big Tigger and Julissa. |
24 | The program Aquaman, previously not broadcast, becomes available for download on the iTunes Music Store. |
August
Date | Event |
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6 | Blue's Clues, the preschool television series which pioneered its genre by encouraging viewer participation, airs its final episode on Nickelodeon after six seasons in almost 10 years on the air. Its spin-off series Blue's Room will continue airing until March of the following year. |
14 | Rap City host Mad Linx quits the show and is replaced by Q45. |
21 | Stargate SG-1 is canceled officially by Sci Fi Channel after the premiere broadcast of the show's 200th episode after just five poor rated episodes. The tenth, and possibly final, season makes the show the longest broadcast science fiction series in American television history. |
Fox gains two new affiliates: In the Delmarva Peninsula, Salisbury-based CBS affiliate WBOC-TV's DT2 subchannel switches from lame-duck UPN to Fox, giving the Delmarva Peninsula its first-ever Fox affiliate. Meanwhile, in Jackson, Tennessee, UPN affiliate WJKT reunites with Fox after 11 years with UPN.[2] | |
25 | The Cheetah Girls 2, a sequel to The Cheetah Girls premieres on the Disney Channel and becomes the highest-rated Disney Channel original movie at that time, with ratings more than 8.1 million, exceeding that of High School Musical. |
27 | The NBC comedy The Office wins Outstanding Comedy Series and the Fox drama 24 also wins for Outstanding Drama Series at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC. |
28 | In Fort Smith, Arkansas, NBC affiliate KFTA-TV becomes a Fox affiliate, despite protests from Fox's outgoing affiliate KPBI-CA (which eventually joins MyNetworkTV). Nexstar Broadcasting Company, KFTA-TV's owners, also announces they are selling KFTA-TV to Mission Broadcasting (a company whose stations are operated by Nexstar), but that too is challenged by KPBI-CA. KFTA-TV's satellite in Rogers, KNWA-TV, remains with Nexstar and continues as the market's sole NBC affiliate. |
31 | Nine UPN affiliates, all of them owned by Fox, disaffiliate from UPN in preparation for the launch of MyNetworkTV. |
September
Date | Event |
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1 | In Lima, Ohio, lame-duck UPN affiliate WLQP-LP leaves the network to join ABC, giving the area its first full-time ABC affiliate. This in turn gives Lima in-market of all four major commercial broadcast networks. |
2 | ESPN takes over production of ABC Sports broadcasts, rebranding them as ESPN on ABC. Both networks are owned by The Walt Disney Company. |
4 | UPN affiliate WSWG in Valdosta, Georgia, having planned to be a MyNetworkTV affiliate with CBS on DT2, does an about-face and becomes a semi-satellite of sister station and Thomasville-based CBS affiliate WCTV, moving MyNetworkTV (when it debuts the following night) to DT2. This gives the Albany market its first full-time CBS affiliate. |
MTV en Español is relaunched as MTV Tres. | |
5 | The debut of the new News Corp-owned broadcast network MyNetworkTV occurs on this date with the premiere of two prime-time telenovelas, Desire and Fashion House. |
On CBS, Katie Couric becomes the first female sole anchor of the CBS Evening News, replacing the temporary anchor Bob Schieffer. | |
6 | The longest-broadcast television drama program, Guiding Light, broadcasts its 15,000th televised episode on CBS. |
8 | The former Kids' WB series, Pokémon, makes its Cartoon Network debut with new voice actors. |
9 | Qubo debuts as a Saturday morning block on NBC as well as a Spanish-dubbed version on Telemundo and a Friday afternoon programming block on i: Independent Television. |
KOHD in Bend, Oregon signs-on the air, giving the Bend market its first full-time ABC affiliate. | |
11 | Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! become the first game shows to be broadcast in High Definition. |
John O'Hurley replaces Richard Karn as the host of Family Feud. | |
12 | On CBS, Mike Malin is named the winner of Big Brother: All-Stars and wins the $500,000 prize. Runner-Up Erika Landin wins $50,000. |
Fox officially shuts down Foxnet, a cable service for television markets that did not have a local Fox affiliate. This prompts stations in the few markets that still carry Foxnet to launch Fox-affiliated subchannels: CBS affiliate WAGM-TV in Presque Isle, Maine moves its affiliation to DT2 on this day and joins Fox. Meanwhile, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, ABC affiliate WBKO-TV launches a Fox-affiliated DT2 subchannel at around the same time, returning Fox to Bowling Green for the first time since Fox left now-NBC affiliate WNKY in 2001 in a dispute.[3][4] | |
13 | Meredith Vieira begins co-hosting duties of the NBC program Today, replacing Katie Couric. |
Two new Fox affiliates hit the air due to the shutdown of Foxnet. In the Beckley-Bluefield-Oak Hill area, Lewisburg-based CBS affiliate WVNS-TV adds a Fox affiliation on its DT2 subchannel, returning Fox to the market for the first time since WVNS-TV itself dropped the network in 2001 to join CBS (and giving the area in-market affiliates of all four major commercial broadcast networks). Meanwhile, in the Mississippi Delta, Greenville-based ABC affiliate WABG-TV also launches a Fox affiliation on its DT2 subchannel. | |
16 | Following the Viacom/CBS split, the Nick Jr. on CBS block is replaced by KOL Secret Slumber Party, a female-oriented Saturday morning block produced by DiC Entertainment. Rebrandings took place a year later when it became KEWLopolis, and with the merge to Cookie Jar Entertainment in the fall of 2009, Cookie Jar TV. |
18 | The CW network debuts as the sixth broadcast network, merging with UPN (owned by CBS which split in the original Viacom, three days after UPN ceased operations) and The WB (owned by Warner Bros., a day after The WB ceased operations). |
Vickyann Sadowski wins $147,517 worth of cash and prizes for her performance on the season 35 premiere of The Price Is Right on CBS. This not only made Sadowski the biggest winner of the daytime show's history, it also surpassed Press Your Luck contestant Michael Larson, making her the biggest one day winner in the history of American network daytime game shows in general. | |
20 | Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is seriously injured after crashing a jet-powered car at 280 mph. |
25 | Fox & Friends co-anchor E.D. Hill quits the show and is replaced by Gretchen Carlson. |
Outdoor Life Network is relaunched as Versus. |
October
Date | Event |
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19 | NBC Universal announces a major restructuring is in order to save US$750 million after several years of decreasing ratings. Among the changes is the announcement that NBC will no longer broadcast scripted dramas or comedies during the first hour of prime time, emphasizing instead less-expensive reality and game shows during those hours. Its news division is also trimmed. The announcement is made despite the early success of several new NBC series such as Heroes.[5] |
31 | Bob Barker announces that he will be retiring from his hosting duties for The Price Is Right after 35 years in June 2007. |
November
Date | Event |
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9 | Nickelodeon broadcasts a 24-hour marathon of SpongeBob SquarePants starting at 8:00 PM leading to the new episode the following day. The marathon increased Nickelodeon's ratings to an average of more than 6.7 million viewers and became the network's most highest-rated day ever.[6] |
16 | On ABC's General Hospital, Luke and Laura Spencer remarry to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first nuptials, which was the highest-rated hour in U.S. daytime television history. |
Programs
Debuts
Returning this year
Show | Previous network | Last aired | New network | Returning |
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Jakers! Adventures of Piggley Winks | PBS | 2005 | Same | February 3 |
Time of Your Life | Fox | 2000 | TBS | March 4 |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Adult Swim | 2004 | GameTap | May 30 |
Celebrity Deathmatch | MTV | 2002 | MTV2 | June 10 |
Invader Zim | Nickelodeon | Nicktoons Network |
Changes of network affiliation
The following shows will air new episodes on a different network than previous first-run episodes.
Ending this year
Date | Show | Debut |
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January 19 | The Crocodile Hunter Diaries | 2002 |
January 20 | The Book of Daniel | 2006 |
January 28 | Strange Days at Blake Holsey High | 2002 |
February 1 | E-Ring | 2005 |
February 5 | Strong Medicine | 2000 |
February 6 | Surface | 2005 |
February 7 | Crumbs | 2006 |
Love Monkey | ||
February 10 | Arrested Development (returned in 2013) | 2003 |
February 15 | Yes, Dear | 2000 |
February 23 | Clifford's Puppy Days | 2003 |
February 24 | Wildboyz | |
March 7 | Twins | 2005 |
March 8 | Joey | 2004 |
Still Standing | 2002 | |
March 16 | Four Kings | 2006 |
March 18 | Darcy's Wild Life | 2004 |
Fullmetal Alchemist | ||
March 19 | Number 1 Single | 2006 |
March 20 | Related | 2005 |
March 24 | Living with Fran | |
The FBI Files | 1998 | |
What I Like About You | 2002 | |
March 25 | Soul Train | 1971 |
March 29 | Courting Alex | 2006 |
March 31 | In Justice | |
April 8 | Time of Your Life | 1999 |
April 9 | Free Ride | 2006 |
April 12 | Freddie | 2005 |
April 14 | The Bernie Mac Show | 2001 |
April 19 | Heist | 2006 |
April 24 | Get Ed | 2005 |
O'Grady | 2004 | |
Little Robots | 2003 | |
April 28 | Bear in the Big Blue House | 1997 |
Modern Men | 2006 | |
May 2 | Teachers | |
Thief | ||
Hope & Faith | 2003 | |
May 6 | Sonic X | |
May 10 | The Bedford Diaries | 2006 |
May 11 | Eve | 2003 |
Love Inc. | 2005 | |
May 13 | Justice League Unlimited | 2004 |
Xiaolin Showdown | 2003 | |
May 14 | The West Wing | 1999 |
Malcolm in the Middle | 2000 | |
So NoTORIous | 2006 | |
May 15 | Half & Half | 2002 |
One on One | 2001 | |
May 18 | That '70s Show | 1998 |
Will & Grace (returned in 2017) | ||
May 19 | Conviction | 2006 |
Wonder Showzen | 2005 | |
May 21 | Charmed | 1998 |
May 22 | Alias | 2001 |
May 26 | The Tony Danza Show | 2004 |
May 27 | The Buzz on Maggie | 2005 |
Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island | ||
June 5 | Everwood | 2002 |
June 6 | Less Than Perfect | |
Rodney | 2004 | |
June 10 | Yu-Gi-Oh! | 2001 |
Mew Mew Power | 2005 | |
June 14 | Commander in Chief | |
June 17 | Weekends with Maury and Connie | 2006 |
June 22 | BET Style | 2004 |
June 23 | BET.com Countdown | 2001 |
June 25 | Huff | 2004 |
June 27 | Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | |
June 30 | Family Business | 2003 |
July 4 | Great Hotels | 2001 |
Pepper Dennis | 2006 | |
July 10 | Peregrina | |
July 11 | The Save-Ums! | 2003 |
July 15 | Time Warp Trio | 2005 |
July 21 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | 2002 |
July 23 | Romeo! | 2003 |
July 24 | Minoriteam | 2006 |
July 26 | Blue Collar TV | 2004 |
July 29 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | 2003 |
August 6 | Blue's Clues (returning in 2019) | 1996 |
August 13 | Just for Kicks | 2006 |
August 19 | Invader Zim | 2001 |
Phil of the Future | 2004 | |
August 25 | Brandy & Mr. Whiskers | |
August 27 | Deadwood | |
Lucky Louie | 2006 | |
September 2 | Saved | 2006 |
September 8 | Starting Over | 2003 |
September 10 | Just Legal | 2005 |
September 15 | Teen Titans | 2003 |
September 22 | DaySide | 2003 |
September 25 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | 2004 |
October 3 | Smith | 2006 |
October 15 | Runaway | 2006 |
October 28 | G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 | 2005 |
October 29 | Inuyasha | 2002 |
Scariest Places on Earth | 2000 | |
November 1 | Twenty Good Years | 2006 |
November 2 | Happy Hour | |
November 8 | Beef: The Series | |
November 10 | Reading Rainbow | 1983 |
November 13 | Boohbah | 2003 |
November 14 | As Told by Ginger | 2000 |
November 15 | Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County | 2004 |
November 16 | Freak Show | 2006 |
The Underground | ||
November 18 | A.T.O.M. | 2005 |
November 19 | NASCAR on NBC (NBC only) | 1999 |
Battlefield Detectives | 2003 | |
November 20 | House of Carters | 2006 |
November 25 | The Fairly OddParents (returned in 2008) | 2001 |
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | 2002 | |
November 28 | 3 lbs | 2006 |
December 5 | Desire | |
Fashion House | ||
December 8 | Vanished | |
December 9 | Cake | |
Fear Factor (returned in 2011) | 2001 | |
December 12 | Help Me Help You | 2006 |
December 13 | The Lost Room | |
The X's | 2005 | |
December 15 | Krypto the Superdog | |
December 16 | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | 2004 |
December 17 | Sleeper Cell | 2005 |
December 22 | Justice | 2006 |
December 23 | W.I.T.C.H. | 2004 |
December 25 | Happy Tree Friends | 2006 |
December 26 | Danger Rangers | 2005 |
Entering syndication this year
Show | Seasons | In Production | Source |
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According to Jim | 5 | Yes | |
American Idol | 5 | Yes | |
CSI: Miami | 4 | Yes | |
One on One | 5 | No | |
Scrubs | 5 | Yes | |
The Shield | 4 | Yes | |
Still Standing | 4 | No | |
Without a Trace | 4 | Yes |
Made-for-TV movies
Premiere date | Title | Channel |
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January 20 | High School Musical | Disney Channel |
January 30 | Flight 93 | A&E |
August 25 | The Cheetah Girls 2 | Disney Channel |
September 10-11 | The Path to 9/11 | ABC |
September 16 | Mrs. Harris | HBO |
October 20 | Return to Halloweentown | Disney Channel |
Births
Date | Name | Notability |
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April 12 | Trinitee Stokes | Actress (K.C. Undercover) |
June 12 | Sofia Rosinsky | Actress (Fast Layne) |
June 25 | Mckenna Grace | Actress (Crash & Bernstein, The Young and the Restless, Fuller House) |
June 29 | Sam Lavagnino | Actor (Puppy Dog Pals) |
September 7 | Dannielynn Birkhead | Daughter of Anna Nicole Smith |
Ian Chen | Actor (Fresh Off the Boat) | |
October 5 | Jacob Tremblay | Canadian actor |
October 17 | Maxwell Simkins | Actor (Bizaardvark) |
Deaths
Date | Name | Age | Notability |
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January 12 | Anne Meacham | 80 | Actress (Louise on Another World) |
January 14 | Shelley Winters | 85 | Actress (Nana Mary on Roseanne) |
February 3 | Al Lewis | 82 | Actor (Grandpa on The Munsters, Leo Schnauser on Car 54, Where Are You?) |
February 5 | Franklin Cover | 77 | Actor (Tom Willis on The Jeffersons) |
Norma Candal | 78 | Actress (Petunia in La criada malcriada) | |
February 24 | Dennis Weaver | 81 | Actor (Sam McCloud on McCloud, Chester Good on Gunsmoke) |
Don Knotts | 81 | Actor (Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, Ralph Furley on Three's Company) | |
February 25 | Darren McGavin | 83 | Actor (Hammer on Mike Hammer) |
March 13 | Peter Tomarken | 63 | Game show host (Press Your Luck, Hit Man, Wipeout) |
March 25 | Buck Owens | 76 | Musician, host of (Hee Haw) |
March 27 | Dan Curtis | 78 | Creator of (Dark Shadows) |
April 17 | Henderson Forsythe | 88 | Actor (As the World Turns) |
April 30 | Jay Bernstein | 68 | Producer (Mike Hammer); also manager to Suzanne Somers and Farrah Fawcett |
May 29 | James Brolan | 42 | CBS News sound technician, killed by a car bomb in Iraq |
Paul Douglas | 48 | CBS news cameraman, killed by a car bomb in Iraq | |
May 30 | Robert Sterling | 88 | Actor (George Kerby on Topper) |
June 6 | Billy Preston | 59 | Musician |
June 23 | Aaron Spelling | 83 | Producer (Dynasty, Beverly Hills, 90210, 7th Heaven, more) |
June 28 | Lennie Weinrib | 71 | Actor (The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan) |
July 3 | Benjamin Hendrickson | 55 | Actor (As the World Turns) |
July 19 | Jack Warden | 85 | Actor (Harry Fox on Crazy Like a Fox, George Halas in Brian's Song) |
Tudi Wiggins | 70 | Actress (Love of Life) | |
July 21 | Mako | 72 | Voice actor (Samurai Jack, Avatar: The Last Airbender) |
J. Madison Wright Morris | 21 | Actress (Earth 2) | |
August 11 | Mike Douglas | 86 | Talk show host (The Mike Douglas Show) |
September 4 | Steve Irwin | 44 | Australian actor (The Crocodile Hunter) |
September 10 | Daniel Wayne Smith | 20 | Actor and son of Anna Nicole Smith |
September 15 | Pablo Santos | 19 | Mexican actor (David Tiant on Greetings from Tucson) |
October 20 | Jane Wyatt | 96 | Actress (Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best) |
November 1 | Bettye Ackerman | 82 | Actress (Dr. Maggie Graham on Ben Casey) |
November 9 | Ed Bradley | 65 | CBS News journalist (60 Minutes) |
November 11 | Belinda Emmett | 32 | Actress (Rebecca Nash in Home and Away) |
December 12 | Peter Boyle | 71 | Actor (Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond) |
December 14 | Mike Evans | 57 | Actor (Lionel Jefferson on All in the Family, The Jeffersons) |
December 18 | Joseph Barbera | 95 | Animator (The Flintstones and many others) |
December 26 | Gerald Ford | 93 | 38th President of the United States |
December 28 | Jared Nathan | 21 | Child actor (ZOOM) |
See also
References
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- ↑ WBOC-TV 16 UPN21 to Become FOX21
- ↑ Cetawayo, Ameerah (February 21, 2006). "WBKO FOX coming to region". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ↑ WBKO | Fox - FAQ. Archived from the Original July 20, 2006.
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