2000 in television

Events

Greek broadcasting networks Alter Channel and Tempo TV began broadcasting.
January - Talk show host David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital, following an angiogram that revealed that one of his arteries was seriously constricted.
February 21 - David Letterman returns to television following his quintuple heart bypass surgery in January. Letterman brings all of the doctors that had performed the operation out on stage with him, including Dr. O. Wayne Isom and Physician Louis J. Aronne, who makes frequent appearances on the show. In an unusual show of emotion, Letterman is nearly in tears as he thanked the doctors. The episode earned an Emmy nomination. Letterman's father died of a heart attack while still in his 50s.
October - The character of Bianca Montgomery, played by Eden Riegel on the soap opera All My Children, comes out as a lesbian to her mother, Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci).
December 18 - Actor Hank Azaria and actress Helen Hunt file for divorce.
ANT1 Satellite and Pacific extends its programing to 24 hour broadcasting.
The British Film Institute publishes its list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century. Compiled by a poll of industry professionals, Fawlty Towers tops the list, followed by Cathy Come Home and Doctor Who.

Boston Public premieres (2000-2004)
Drop the Beat (CBC, 2000)
June - The Gavin Crawford Show
August 14 - The Weakest Link debuts on BBC2 in the UK.
October 11 - Bette, with Bette Midler (2000-2001)
October 25 - As Told By Ginger premieres (2000-present)
Survivor premieres on CBS sparking a major blitz of interest in "reality tv" in the US. Many copy-cat programs follow. The show was based on the Swedish game show, Expedition Robinson.

January 15 - Fran Ryan, character actress, sister of Irene Ryan
February 10 - Jim Varney, actor and comedian who created the character Ernest P. Worrell
February 12 - Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist
March 25 - Helen Martin, veteran African-American character actress with a role on 227
April 10 - Larry Linville, actor (Frank Burns on the TV version of M*A*S*H
July 14 - Meredith MacRae, actress on Petticoat Junction
August 12 - Loretta Young, actress
September 14 Beah Richards, actress
October 18, Julie London, singer, actress
October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author
December 6 - Werner Klemperer, actor (Col. Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes
December 26 - Jason Robards, actor


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