2021 in American television

The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2021. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.

List of years in American television:
2020–21 United States network television schedule
2021–22 United States network television schedule
List of American television programs currently in production

Future events

January
Date Event Source
31 The 63rd Grammy Awards will air on CBS. [1]

February
Date Event Source
7 Super Bowl LV, which is to be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, will air in English on CBS, and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes. NBC was originally supposed to air the game but it was traded for Super Bowl LVI. [2]
28 The 78th Golden Globe Awards will air on NBC hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. It was moved off of its perch at the first Sunday in January by the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]

April
Date Event Source
25 The 93rd Academy Awards will air on ABC, moved from February 28 due to the closing of theaters nationwide and release delays brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. It is the latest the show has ever been broadcast. [4]

July
Date Event Source
13 All remaining analog television stations will be required, by FCC mandate, to shut off their analog signals and only broadcast in digital. This transition comes twelve years and one month after the digital transition for full-power television stations in 2009; only existing low-power broadcasters have been allowed to broadcast in analog since then. The few remaining analog low-power stations are mostly those operating primarily as radio stations on 87.7 FM; digital television is incompatible with either digital or analog radio. [5]
23–August 8 The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan are scheduled to take place after their March 23, 2020 postponement from 2020 altogether due to that year's coronavirus pandemic. NBC and its cable networks will carry coverage in the United States. Although the International Olympic Committee stated it would be held as scheduled, postponement of the Summer Olympics to later in the year was made in March. The new opening/closing ceremony date range was announced on March 30, 2020. [6][7]
[8][9]

Television shows

Programs debuting in 2021

These shows are scheduled to premiere in 2021. The premieres date may be changed depending on a variety of factors.

First aired Title Channel Source
Early Halo: The Television Series Showtime [10]
Call Me Kat Fox [11][12]
Housebroken [12]
The Great North [13][14]
January Superman & Lois The CW [15][16][17][18]
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller National Geographic [19][20]
April Planet of the Whales [20]
Spring Cesar's Way Nat Geo Wild [21]
Monsters at Work Disney+ [22][23]
Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten Amazon Prime Video [24]
Mid The Republic of Sarah The CW [25][18]
What If...? Disney+ [26]
Fall Just Beyond [27]
TBA Untitled Cassian Andor series [28]
Mr. Mayor NBC [29][30]
Kenan [31][32][30]
Young Rock [33][30]
That's My Jam [34][30]
Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends Disney Junior [35]
Fairfax Amazon Prime Video [36]
The Lord of the Rings [37]
Home Town Rescue HGTV [38]
Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 ABC [39]
Call Your Mother [40]
Gossip Starring Cindy Adams Showtime [41]
61st Street AMC [42]
The Gilded Age HBO [43]
The Nevers [44]
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai HBO Max [45]
Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty BBC America [46]
Judy Justice First-run syndication [47]
The Beatbuds Nickelodeon [48]
Middlemost Post [49]
Sharkdog Netflix [50]
Last Chance U: Basketball [51]
Nine Perfect Strangers Hulu [52][53]
Cruel Summer Freeform [54]
Man in the Arena: Tom Brady ESPN [55]
The Old Man FX [56][57][58]
Foundation Apple TV+ [59]
Searching for Italy with Stanley Tucci CNN [60]
Lincoln: An American President
Diana
History of Sitcom
Jerusalem
Reframed: The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe
The Woman Who Took Down The KKK
Murder Nation HLN

Television films and specials

These television films and specials are scheduled to premiere in 2021. The premiere dates may be changed depending on a variety of factors.

First aired Title Channel Source
Spring The Puppy Draft Nat Geo Wild [21]
TBA Attica Showtime [61]

Miniseries
First aired Title Channel Source
Early Loki Disney+ [26]
TBA A Teacher FX [56][57][58]
Dopesick Hulu [62]

Programs returning in 2021

The following shows will return with new episodes after being canceled or ended their run previously:

ShowLast airedType of ReturnPrevious channelNew/returning/same channelReturn dateSource
Walker, Texas Ranger
(as Walker)		 2001 Reboot CBS The CW January [63][64][18]
Kung Fu
(modern day version)		 1997 First-run syndication Mid [25][18]
Gossip Girl 2012 Revival The CW HBO Max TBA [65][66]
Johnny Test 2014 Cartoon Network Netflix [67]
Tuca & Bertie 2019 Netflix Adult Swim [68]

Programs ending in 2021
End date Show Channel First aired Status Source
TBA Judge Judy First-run syndication 1996 Ending [69]
Bosch Amazon Prime Video 2014 [70]
Better Call Saul AMC 2015 [71]
Grace and Frankie Netflix [72]
The Crown 2016 [73]
Atypical 2017 [74]
Lost in Space 2018 [75]

Networks and services

Conversions and rebrandings
Old network
name		 New network
name		 Type Conversion date Notes Source
DIY Network Magnolia Network Cable and satellite TBD Chip and Joanna Gaines of Fixer Upper fame announced in an interview on the November 9, 2018 edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon they were returning to the fold of the former Scripps Networks Interactive networks now owned by Discovery, Inc. to launch a new full-time network based on their Magnolia lifestyle brand after taking a year's hiatus to consider other offers outside of HGTV. The Gaines will have the minority stake in the network. Discovery announced on January 16, 2020 it would launch October 4. Coronavirus-caused filming restrictions that would affect the network's debut lineup forced Discovery to delay the network's launch date indefinitely on April 21 of the same year. [76][77]
[78]

Television stations

Station closures
Station Channel Affiliation Market Date Notes Source
XHRIO 15.1 The CW Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
(Rio Grande Valley, Texas)		 December 31 In late 2019, when owner Entravision Communications released its third-quarter earnings, it announced that it would not pay the 20-year lump sum renewal for the station's license. As a result, the station is expected to cease operations at the end of its concession in December 2021 after broadcasting as an English language station for most of its 42-year history. The closure of XHRIO-TDT leaves Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon to depend on American television stations for English-language content. [79]

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