2024 in American television

Certain American television events in 2024 have been scheduled. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; 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.

Notable events

January

Date	Event	Ref.
4	The NCAA and ESPN announce an eight-year deal, beginning September 1 and running through the 2031–32 academic year, that will see ESPN and its sister networks carry championship events in 21 women's and 19 men's sports across the three NCAA divisions, most notably continued coverage of the Division I women's basketball tournament.
5	Nigel Lythgoe announces he has stepped down from his role on So You Think You Can Dance in the wake of two sexual misconduct lawsuits filed against him. Lythgoe, who has denied the accusations, co-created the Fox reality competition series in 2005, and had served as its executive producer and lead judge.
7	Rather than stay with the network as a commentator and fill-in anchor, Medhi Hasan concludes the last episode of his self-titled MSNBC weekend show by stating he will depart the network entirely. The Medhi Hasan Show's cancellation was announced in November 2023 by MSNBC as part of a revamp of its weekend schedule that will take effect the weekend of January 13–14.
	The 81st Golden Globe Awards aired on CBS, with notable winners including Best Motion Pictures Poor Things (Musical or Comedy) and Oppenheimer (Drama, among its five wins) and TV series Succession (Best Drama Series, among four wins in a night-leading nine nominations), The Bear (Best Musical or Comedy Series, among its three wins), and Beef (Best Limited Series, Anthology, or Film, among its three wins). The ceremony was hosted by Jo Koy, whose opening monologue was poorly received by guests and critics; Koy defended himself by saying he was hired only ten days prior after several other comedians reportedly declined to host.
9	The Oklahoma City Thunder reach an agreement with Griffin Media to air eight Friday night games from its remaining 2023–24 regular schedule sublicensed from longtime cable partner Bally Sports Oklahoma (per a clause in parent Diamond Sports Group's 2023–24 NBA contract that allows teams to offer a selection of over-the-air telecasts to local stations within their broadcast territory). The regional sports network will produce and employ its on-air staff for the telecasts (beginning with a January 26 away game against the New Orleans Pelicans), which will air on Griffin-owned MyNetworkTV affiliate KSBI/Oklahoma City (which previously aired Thunder games from 2008 to 2011) and local news subchannel KOTV-DT3/Tulsa, along with regional simulcasts on stations owned by Gray Television (KSWO-DT3/Lawton and KSCW/Wichita) and Morgan Murphy Media (KOAM–KFJX/Joplin–Pittsburg).
10	Two events featuring Republican Party hopefuls for president are concurrently telecast from Des Moines, Iowa: CNN hosts the fifth GOP debate of the campaign season featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, while Fox News counterprograms with a town hall featuring nomination frontrunner Donald Trump, the former president's first live appearance on that network since 2022.
13	The Miami Dolphins play the Kansas City Chiefs in an NFL Wild Card game. Peacock broadcasts the contest nationally, the first NFL playoff game to be carried exclusively on a streaming service (though NBC's Miami and Kansas City affiliates carry it locally to satisfy the league's local broadcast requirements).
14	The 29th Critics' Choice Awards were held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, with notable winners including films Oppenheimer and Barbie (with eight and six wins, respectively) and TV programs The Bear, Beef (with four wins each) and Succession (with three wins). Chelsea Handler hosted the ceremony on The CW, which used the broadcast to unveil a new brand identity that drops the "The" from its redefined logo (though "The CW" remains the network's name) and replaces its long-time green signature color with a red–orange "hot sauce" palette.
15	The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards aired on Fox from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles with Anthony Anderson as host. Notable winners include The Bear and Succession (both with six major wins each, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series, respectively), and Beef (with five awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series). The ceremony was rescheduled from its original date of September 18, 2023 due to the Hollywood labor disputes.
17	Diamond Sports Group, owner of the Bally Sports regional networks, announces a bankruptcy restructuring agreement—subject to court approval—that will see Amazon become a minority investor in the company (acquiring a 15% share, in exchange for a $115 million investment) and have Prime Video become its primary streaming partner. The Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since March 2023, and the deal will also see Sinclair make a $495 million cash payment to settle a lawsuit (filed in July 2023) alleging that Sinclair received about $1.5 billion in transactions that were designed to benefit itself while damaging Diamond's finances.
23	World Wrestling Entertainment and Netflix announce a ten-year, $5 billion deal to carry WWE Raw in the United States and Canada beginning in January 2025, which will result in the end of the program's run on cable television after 31 years across two networks (USA Network from 1993 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2024, and Spike TV from 2000 to 2005).
	The Dallas Mavericks reach an agreement with Tegna-owned WFAA/Dallas–Fort Worth to air ten games from its remaining 2023–24 regular schedule sublicensed from Bally Sports Southwest (per a clause in Diamond Sports' NBA contract for the season, see January 9 entry), which will produce and employ its on-air staff for the telecasts. The package of Bally-produced games (which will begin with a March 1 away game against the Boston Celtics) joins three national ABC-televised games that were already slated to air on WFAA through April (including a January 24 home game against the Phoenix Suns). The Mavericks last televised their games over-the-air on CBS-owned KTXA from 2000 to 2021, when longtime cable home Bally Sports Southwest became their exclusive regional TV partner.
24	Comedy Central announces that Jon Stewart will return to The Daily Show as an executive producer and, through the 2024 U.S. election cycle, host on Monday nights (beginning February 12), with members of the show's correspondents roster anchoring the rest of the week. Stewart had served as the show's host from 1999 to 2015.
28	The Milwaukee Bucks reach an agreement with Weigel Broadcasting to air a package of ten games from its remaining 2023–24 regular schedule on independent WMLW, along with regional simulcasts on stations throughout Wisconsin and in the Quad Cities, to be produced by Bally Sports Wisconsin under a sublicensing agreement. Two of the scheduled games will be simulcast on WMLW's Milwaukee-area sister stations: a February 23 away game against the Minnesota Timberwolves (the first of the slate) that will also air on co-owned CBS affiliate WDJT, and a March 4 home game against the Los Angeles Clippers that will be presented in Spanish on Telemundo affiliate WYTU. They will be the first local over-the-air Bucks telecasts since the team's 19-year relationship with WCGV ended in 2007.

February

Date	Event	Ref.
1	Gray Television announces it reached an agreement to trade CBS/CW+ affiliate KGWN/Cheyenne, NBC/CW+ affiliate KCWY/Casper, Wyoming, and NBC affiliate KNEP/Scottsbluff, Nebraska (which concurrently shut down its news bureau, replaced in-house newscasts with simulcasts from KGWN/KCWY's Cheyenne-based Wyoming News Now operation, and laid off most of its Scottsbluff-based staff) to Marquee Broadcasting, in exchange for the latter group's construction permit for the proposed KCBU/Salt Lake City. Neither company will receive additional cash or other compensation as part of the transaction.
2	Twelve Cox Media Group-owned stations in nine markets are dropped from DirecTV and co-owned DirecTV Stream and U-verse in a contract renewal impasse, resulting in the complete loss of satellite distribution for the group's stations. (Cox has been in a dispute with Dish Network since November 2022, resultng in the removal of those 12 stations, out of 13 operated by the group.) The Cox-owned stations were restored on February 11, in turn, averting subscriber blackouts of CBS's Super Bowl LVIII coverage in the Seattle and Dayton markets.
4	The 66th Annual Grammy Awards air on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ from the Crypto.com Arena, with Trevor Noah as host. Notable winners included Phoebe Bridgers (who received the most wins with four awards, including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Ghost in the Machine" alongside SZA), Taylor Swift (whose Album of the Year win for Midnights made her the first artist to win in that category four times), Miley Cyrus (who won Record of the Year for "Flowers"), siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas (jointly earning Song of the Year for "What Was I Made For?" from the Barbie film soundtrack), and Victoria Monét (who won Best New Artist).
6	Actress Gina Carano sues The Walt Disney Company and co-owned Lucasfilm on claims she was wrongfully fired from The Mandalorian, seeking an order forcing the studio to rehire her or pay at least $75,000 in damages. Carano, who played Cara Dune during the Disney+ space Western's first two seasons, was fired in February 2021 after comparing the treatment of conservatives to the Nazi persecution of Jews in an Instagram post (one of several inflammatory social media posts of hers that were heavily criticized for their far-right viewpoints including remarks mocking COVID-19 masking mandates and the inclusion of gender pronouns in social media profiles, and falsely claiming voter fraud in the 2020 election). Carano, who received assistance from X/Twitter parent X Corp. to cover legal fees, claims Lucasfilm did not hold male co-stars to similar standards for controversial posts aimed at Republicans (including one by series lead Pedro Pascal from 2017, comparing then-President Donald Trump to Hitler), and subjected her to harassment and hurt her future work prospects.
7	Actress Arianne Zucker sues former Days of Our Lives co-executive producer/director Albert Alarr, executive producer Ken Corday and production company Corday Productions, alleging she was discriminated and wrongfully fired after filing a complaint accusing Alarr of making unwanted sexual advances and touching her nonconsensually while working on the Peacock soap opera. Zucker—who played Nicole Walker over three stints since she was cast on the then-NBC serial in 1998—claims that, as retaliation for her involvement in Days distributor Sony Pictures Television's investigation into Alarr's conduct (which led to his August 2023 dismissal), she was written out of storylines and given a "take it or leave it" offer to renew her contract (which lapsed in January without renewal, with Zucker contending Corday Productions refused to negotiate in good faith) despite her veteran cast member status, along with having had her salary and travel budget cut.
11	The NFL's Super Bowl LVIII, won by the Kansas City Chiefs (25–22, in overtime) over the San Francisco 49ers, airs on CBS from Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Univision airs Spanish-language coverage of the game (that network's first ever Super Bowl), while CBS sibling network Nickelodeon also airs a kid-oriented broadcast (the first alternate English-language telecast of a Super Bowl). The game becomes the most-watched television program in history, with an estimated 123.4 million viewers.
12	Katy Perry uses an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to announce that the upcoming season of American Idol will be her last on the ABC talent competition; Perry has been on Idol's judge panel since its revival in 2018.
13	NBC Sports California announces their hiring of Jenny Cavnar as the new primary play-by-play announcer for Oakland Athletics telecasts, beginning with the upcoming 2024 Major League Baseball season. Cavnar, who spent the past 12 years as a pre- and post-game host and backup announcer for Colorado Rockies games, becomes the first woman in MLB history to call games on a regular basis.

Future events

February

Date	Event	Ref.
18	The 49th People's Choice Awards will air on NBC, E! and Peacock from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California with Simu Liu as host.

March

Date	Event	Ref.
7	President Biden will deliver his third State of the Union address, along with associated coverage.
10	The 96th Academy Awards will air on ABC from the Dolby Theatre with Jimmy Kimmel as host.
30	The United Football League will hold its inaugural game with an interleague championship, with the Arlington Renegades, champions of the 2023 XFL season, hosting the Birmingham Stallions, two-time champions of the USFL. The XFL and USFL merged to form the UFL on December 31, 2023.

April

Date	Event	Ref.
7	The 2024 CMT Music Awards will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

June

Date	Event	Ref.
16	The 77th Tony Awards will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from the David H. Koch Theater.

July

Date	Event	Ref.
15–18	The 2024 Republican National Convention will take place at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, along with associated coverage.
26–August 11	The 2024 Summer Olympics, which will take place in Paris, France, is scheduled to air on NBC and its cable sister networks.

August

Date	Event	Ref.
19–22	The 2024 Democratic National Convention will take place at the United Center in Chicago, along with associated coverage.

September

Date	Event	Ref.
15	The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on ABC from the Peacock Theater.
16	The first presidential debate is scheduled to take place at Texas State University.
25	The 2024 vice presidential debate is scheduled to take place at Lafayette College.
26	The 2024 People's Choice Country Awards will air on NBC from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee.

October

Date	Event	Ref.
1	The second presidential debate is scheduled to take place at Virginia State University.
9	The final presidential debate is scheduled to take place at the University of Utah.

November

Date	Event	Ref.
5	The 2024 presidential election and other federal and state races will occur, along with associated coverage.

Television shows

Shows debuting in 2024

First aired	Title	Channel	Source
January 1	America's Got Talent: Fantasy League	NBC
January 2	The Floor	Fox
January 3	We Are Family
January 4	The Brothers Sun	Netflix
	Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale	Sundance Now/AMC+
January 7	Grimsburg	Fox
January 9	Echo	Disney+/Hulu
January 10	The Trust: A Game of Greed	Netflix
	Criminal Record	Apple TV+
January 11	Ted	Peacock
	Boy Swallows Universe	Netflix
January 13	The Weekend	MSNBC
	Fox News Saturday Night with Jimmy Failla	Fox News
January 14	Monsieur Spade	AMC
January 16	After Midnight	CBS
	Death and Other Details	Hulu
January 18	On the Roam	Max
January 19	Hazbin Hotel	Amazon Prime Video
January 22	Battle on the Mountain	HGTV
January 24	Chrissy & Dave Dine Out	Freeform
	A Real Bug's Life	Disney+
January 25	Griselda	Netflix
	In the Know	Peacock
January 26	Masters of the Air	Apple TV+
	Expats	Amazon Prime Video
January 31	Choir	Disney+
February 2	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Amazon Prime Video
February 5	Lyla in the Loop	PBS Kids
February 8	Couple to Throuple	Peacock
February 11	Tracker	CBS
	Stupid Pet Tricks	TBS
February 12	Rock Paper Scissors	Nickelodeon
February 14	The New Look	Apple TV+
February 15	The Vince Staples Show	Netflix
	Churchy	BET+
February 16	Totally Funny Animals	The CW
	Totally Funny Kids
February 20	Crime Nation
February 21	Constellation	Apple TV+
February 22	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Netflix
February 23	The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy	Amazon Prime Video
February 25	The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live	AMC
February 26	Deal or No Deal Island	NBC
February 27	Shōgun	Hulu
February 28	Iwájú	Disney+
February 29	Elsbeth	CBS
March 1	Megamind Rules!	Peacock
March 3	The Regime	HBO
March 4	Hot Wheels Let's Race	Netflix
March 7	The Gentlemen
March 12	Wildcard Kitchen	Food Network
March 14	Apples Never Fall	Peacock
	The Girls on the Bus	Max
March 15	Manhunt	Apple TV+
March 17	Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV	Investigation Discovery
March 20	Palm Royale	Apple TV+
March 21	3 Body Problem	Netflix
March 28	The Baxters	Amazon Prime Video
	We Were The Lucky Ones	Hulu
March 31	The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt	NewsNation
	Parish	AMC
Early	The Spiderwick Chronicles	The Roku Channel
	Vanderpump Villa	Hulu
April 4	Ripley	Netflix
April 5	Sugar	Apple TV+
April 7	Under the Bridge	Hulu
April 12	Fallout	Amazon Prime Video
	Franklin	Apple TV+
April 14	The Sympathizer	HBO
April 26	Knuckles	Paramount+
April 30	The Veil	Hulu
April	Dead Boy Detectives	Netflix
May 2	The Tattooist of Auschwitz	Peacock
May 6	OMG Fashun	E!
May 8	Dark Matter	Apple TV+
Spring	The Valley	Bravo
June 4	Clipped	Hulu
June 14	Presumed Innocent	Apple TV+
Summer	Land of Women
	Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Paramount+
	Zombies: The Re-Animated Series	Disney Channel/Disney+
Fall	High Potential	ABC
	The Golden Bachelorette
	Agatha: Darkhold Diaries	Disney+
	Dune: Prophecy	Max
Late	Creature Commandos
TBA	Conan O'Brien Must Go
	Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
	The Penguin
	The Uninhabitable Earth
	Waller
	1944	Paramount+
	2024
	The Acolyte	Disney+
	Dragon Stalker
	The Doomies
	Eyes of Wakanda
	Marvel Zombies
	Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
	Tiana
	Win or Lose
	Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
	Ariel	Disney Junior
	Hey AJ
	Kindergarten: The Musical
	Untitled Asterix animated series	Netflix
	Deliver Me
	Devil May Cry
	Exploding Kittens
	Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld
	Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
	Magic: The Gathering
	Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
	Our Oceans
	Our Living World
	Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
	Barney's World	Cartoonito/Max
	Batman: Caped Crusader	Amazon Prime Video
	Sausage Party: Foodtopia
	Camp Newton	Disney Channel
	Carl the Collector	PBS Kids
	The Force	The CW
	The Great American Bakeover
	The Librarians: Next Chapter
	Patti Stanger: Millionaire Matchmaking
	Lu and the Bally Bunch	Cartoonito
	Matlock	CBS
	Poppa's House
	The New World	NBC
	Nicki Minaj	TBA
	Orphan Black: Echoes	AMC/AMC+/BBC America
	RoboGobo	Disney+/Disney Junior
	Camp Snoopy	Apple TV+
	Time Bandits

Shows changing networks

Show	Moved from	Moved to	Source
Chad	TBS	The Roku Channel
Golden Globe Awards	NBC	CBS
Uncoupled	Netflix	Paramount+ with Showtime
The Tourist	HBO Max	Netflix
Star Trek: Prodigy	Paramount+
Girls5eva	Peacock
Temptation Island	USA Network
WWE NXT		The CW
61st Street	AMC
9-1-1	Fox	ABC
WWE SmackDown		USA Network
Leverage: Redemption	Amazon Freevee	Amazon Prime Video

Television films and specials

First aired	Title	Channel	Source
January 1	M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television	Fox
January 4	The Golden Wedding	ABC
	General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars and Storytelling
January 13	Craig Before the Creek	Cartoon Network
February 16	Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin	Apple TV+
March 6	Erika Jayne: Bet It All on Blonde	Bravo
March 7	The Thundermans Return	Nickelodeon/Paramount+
March 9	Hunting Housewives	Lifetime
April 14	The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run of All Time	CBS
Summer	Big City Greens: The Movie	Disney Channel/Disney+
TBA	Dance Moms Reunion	Lifetime
	Community: The Movie	Peacock
	Two untitled South Park films	Paramount+
	Washingtonia	Comedy Central
	Jodie
	The Thanksgiving Text	Netflix

Milestone episodes and anniversaries

Show	Network	Episode #	Episode title	Episode airdate	Source
The Conners	ABC	100th episode	TBA	March
The Rookie				TBA
Station 19
Teen Titans Go!	Cartoon Network	400th episode
Peppa Pig	Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.	20th anniversary	"Wedding Party Special"

Shows returning in 2024

Show	Last aired	Type of return	Previous channel	New/returning/same channel	Return date	Source
Friday Night Vibes	2022	Revival	TBS	same	January 5
Cash Cab (as Cash Cab Music)	2020		Bravo	AXS TV	January 8
Caillou	2010		PBS Kids	Peacock	February 15
What Would You Do?	2020		ABC	same	February 18
X-Men (as X-Men '97)	1997		Fox Kids	Disney+	March 20
American Rust	2021	New season	Showtime	Amazon Freevee	March 28
Dora the Explorer (as ¡DORA!)	2019	Revival	Nickelodeon	Paramount+	Spring
Yo Gabba Gabba!	2015			Apple TV+
The Joe Schmo Show	2013	Revival	Spike	TBS	TBA
The Jinx (as The Jinx – Part 2)	2015		HBO	same
Phineas and Ferb			Disney Channel/Disney XD	TBA
SurrealEstate	2021	New season	Syfy	same

Shows ending in 2024

End date	Show	Channel	First aired	Status	Source
January 3	Magnum P.I.	NBC	2018	Ended
January 7	The Mehdi Hasan Show	MSNBC/Peacock	2020
	Symone	MSNBC	2022
January 13	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Disney Channel	2021
February 13	La Brea	NBC
April 7	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO	2000	Ending
May 1	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Disney+	2021
May 13	Bob Hearts Abishola	CBS	2019
May 16	Young Sheldon		2017
May 30	Star Trek: Discovery	Paramount+
August 8	The Umbrella Academy	Netflix	2019
TBA	Blue Bloods	CBS	2010
	Outlander	Starz	2014
	Bunk'd	Disney Channel	2015
	The Good Doctor	ABC	2017
	SEAL Team	Paramount+
	S.W.A.T.	CBS
	Big Mouth	Netflix
	Cobra Kai		2018
	You
	Craig of the Creek	Cartoon Network
	Grown-ish	Freeform
	My Brilliant Friend	HBO
	Station 19	ABC
	Yellowstone	Paramount Network
	Good Trouble	Freeform	2019	Canceled
	What We Do in the Shadows	FX		Ending
	Evil	Paramount+
	Hightown	Starz	2020
	Superman & Lois	The CW	2021
	Sweet Tooth	Netflix
	Star Trek: Prodigy			Canceled
	Mo		2022	Ending
	Vikings: Valhalla
	Andor	Disney+
	CNN This Morning	CNN		Canceled
	Jessica's Big Little World	Cartoon Network	2023

Entering syndication in 2024

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 and/or basic cable runs.

Show	Seasons	In Production	Notes	Source
The Conners	5	Yes	Broadcast syndication in local markets. The CW has aired primetime repeats of the show since January 4.
Judy Justice	2	Yes	Broadcast syndication in local markets.

Networks and services

Launches

Network/ service	Type	Launch date	Notes	Sources
The365	OTA multicast and OTT streaming	January 1	On November 7, 2023, Katz Broadcasting founder Jonathan Katz and his new firm, Free TV Networks, unveiled two new OTA and free ad-supported streaming television networks. The365, which is aimed at African-American viewers, and Outlaw, which consists mainly of classic western films, respectively competes with the similarly-themed Bounce TV and Grit, two multicast networks Katz's previous company founded and later sold in 2017 to the E. W. Scripps Company. Content for The365 and Outlaw initially comes from the libraries of Warner Bros. Discovery and Lionsgate, while Gray Television was the primary launch group for over-the-air distribution of the two networks (all three companies jointly operate Free TV Networks).
Outlaw
Merit Street Media	OTA multicast, OTT streaming, and cable/satellite	February 26	On November 6, 2023, Dr. Phil McGraw announced plans to a new "news and entertainment" network named Merit Street Media in early 2024, which will be headquartered from an office and production facility based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The network will focus around the advice format McGraw provided on his 2002–23 syndicated talk show, with programs that include a nightly show hosted by McGraw himself. Joel Cheatwood, a former news director known for driving the local news operations he oversaw in the 1990s and 2000s towards sensationalism (most notably, Sunbeam Television stations WSVN/Miami and WHDH/Boston), will be the network's CEO. Distribution will be handled by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and will be available on the religious broadcaster's owned-and-operated stations (on the DT2 subchannel previously occupied by TBN Inspire), on cable, satellite, and free ad-supported streaming television platforms.
Untitled ESPN/Fox Sports/TNT Sports streaming service	OTT streaming	Fall (TBD)	On February 6, ESPN Inc., Fox Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to launch a sports-focused streaming service, set for a Fall launch, that would feature live feeds from their respective linear sports and broadcast networks (including ESPN, ABC and the former's sister networks such as ESPN2 and SEC Network; Fox and sister networks FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network; and WBD-owned TNT, TBS and truTV), and streaming content from ESPN+, the major sports leagues (including the NBA, NHL, NFL and Major League Baseball) and college sports conferences. The service, which will also be optionally bundled with Disney+, Hulu or Max, will reportedly not impact ESPN's own plans to launch a full direct-to-consumer streaming service, which the company confirmed the following day would launch in the Fall of 2025.

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion date	Notes	Source
Showtime (main linear channel)	Paramount+ with Showtime	Cable/satellite	January 8	On January 30, 2023, Paramount Global announced plans to rebrand the linear Showtime service and fully integrate its direct-to-consumer streaming service with the premium tier of co-owned Paramount+; the combined service would be branded as Paramount+ with Showtime, which had already been in use for a streaming bundle that launched in August 2022. Paramount began directing prospective Showtime streaming customers to subscribe to the ad-free Paramount+ tier on June 27, 2023; it would later discontinue the Showtime Anytime TV Everywhere app (offered to subscribers of the linear Showtime service) on December 14, and the standalone Showtime streaming service on December 31; the primary Showtime channel was renamed Paramount+ with Showtime on January 8, 2024, although the standalone Showtime nameplate remains in use as the branding for its seven multiplex channels and as a marketing imprint for the network's original programming. Paramount Global initially stated it had no plans to offer complimentary provider login access to Paramount+'s Showtime tier to subscribers of the premium channel's linear package (in contrast to the arrangement involving Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Max, which has been available free to linear HBO subscribers—replacing the HBO Go TV Everywhere platform—since the service launched in May 2020); however it would change course beginning on January 9, reaching deals with DirecTV (including co-owned DirecTV Stream and U-verse), Hulu and Charter Spectrum to offer the network's linear/VOD subscribers complimentary access to the namesake Paramount+ tier starting later in the year.
Hallmark Drama	Hallmark Family	Cable/satellite	February 28	On February 5, during the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, Hallmark Media announced plans to rebrand Hallmark Drama as Hallmark Family on February 28, and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as Hallmark Mystery on March 6. The changes effectively serve to clarify both networks' existing programming formats—the former centering around family- and faith-oriented programming, and the latter centering around mystery programs—both of which offer acquired series, and original (in the case of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries/Hallmark Mystery) and library (primarily sourced from Hallmark Channel) movies and mini-series.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries	Hallmark Mystery		March 6

Closures

Network/ service	Type	Conversion date	Notes	Source
Viaplay (U.S. service)	OTT streaming	February 29	On July 20, 2023, Viaplay Group announced that it would discontinue its Viaplay streaming services in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom (the former having launched just six months prior on February 22), and immediately ceased marketing to new subscribers in those regions. The move was part of a refocusing on its core markets of Scandinavia and the Netherlands, centering on its sports offering and the sale of non-sports content through its Viaplay Select business; about 25% of the company's staff were laid off as a result. On January 18, Viaplay confirmed that its U.S. service would shut down on February 29, and would refund monthly and annual subscribers for the remaining time of their subscription. Viaplay content will remain available in the U.S. through The Roku Channel, Xfinity (via its X1 and Flex tiers) and Xumo.
Funimation	OTT streaming	April 2	On February 7, Sony announced that the Funimation app and website would shut down on April 2, and that users would be able to migrate their account data to Crunchyroll until then.
Noggin	OTT streaming	TBA	On February 15, as part of a series of layoffs affecting 800 employees (or about 3% of its workforce), Paramount Global announced that it would shut down the Noggin subscription streaming service (which was launched in 2015 and is marketed to children ages 2 to 7), resulting in the termination of its entire staff. Much of the long-form and short-form content featured on the service will be shifted over to Paramount+'s Nick Jr. section (which already carries much of Nick Jr.'s library of preschool programming). Noggin would subsequently stop accepting new subscribers, while existing subscribers would be transitioned over to Paramount+ prior to the former's shutdown. This marks the second discontinuation of the Noggin edutainment brand by Paramount: it originally launched in February 1999 as a linear cable spinoff of Nickelodeon, aimed at preteens and teenagers, under a joint venture between predecessor company Viacom and Sesame Workshop; the Noggin network shifted its target audience to preschoolers in 2007 (after the teen-targeted nighttime block The N was spun off as a separate network, since renamed TeenNick, occupying Nickelodeon GaS's former channel space), and was later relaunched as Nick Jr. Channel in September 2009.
Stirr	Free ad-supported streaming television platform		In January 2024, Sinclair Broadcast Group sold Stirr, its FAST platform that was launched in 2019, to Thinking Media. Thinking Media retained only a limited selection of advertising-supported video on demand content, eliminating what remained of the live streaming on the platform. (Sinclair had already eliminated almost all of the channels it had previously offered on Stirr over the course of 2023, including its in-house Stirr City suite of local channels, and immediately prior to the sale, Sinclair had only four channels, the three networks it distributed on its own digital subchannels, and T2 (formerly The T), a streaming spin-off of the Tennis Channel, left on the platform.)

Television stations

Subchannel launches

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes	Source
January 1	Atlanta, Georgia	WKTB-CD	47.6	Outlaw	On November 7, 2023, Gray, Warner Bros. Discovery and Lionsgate teamed up to form Free TV Networks, a new company that will be led by broadcasting veteran Jonathan Katz, with presence in both broadcast networks and FAST streaming channels. The company will launch broadcast and FAST streaming versions of The365, a channel for African-American audiences, and Outlaw, a network for Western programming, as well as FAST channels VCR Action and VCR Haha, under the joint venture on January 1, 2024. Later, on November 10, 2023, it was announced that Circle will cease its broadcast operations on December 31, 2023, with plans on transitioning to FAST streaming and other avenues, as well as a likely chance for the broadcast operations of Circle to be replaced by one of two channels of the new Free TV Networks company.
	Boston, Massachusetts	WWDP	46.3
	Dover, Delaware–Salisbury, Maryland	WMDE	36.6
	Hartford, Connecticut	WWAX-LD	27.6	the365
			27.7	Outlaw
	San Diego, California	KSKT-CD	43.8	Novelisima
	43.9		Outlaw
	Sarasota–Tampa–St. Petersburg, Florida	WWSB		40.4
	Springfield, Massachusetts	WGGB-TV		40.4
January 12	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	WOSC-CD	61.1	Rewind TV
January 17	San Diego, California	KUSI-TV	51.2
February 1	Midland–Odessa, Texas	KPEJ-TV	24.4	Antenna TV

Stations changing network affiliations

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Prior affiliation	New affiliation	Notes	Source
January 1	Bellingham–Bellevue–Seattle–Tacoma, Washington	KUNS-TV	51.1	Univision	The CW	On September 28, 2023, it was announced that KUNS-TV would become the Seattle market's new CW affiliate on January 1, 2024, setting aside a temporary arrangement for the last quarter of 2023 on Sinclair sister station KOMO-DT2 (otherwise carrying Comet without any other local deviation) after CBS-owned KSTW's disaffiliation from the network on August 31. TelevisaUnivision was offered a KUNS subchannel by Sinclair in exchange, but outright refused the offer (as KUNS is the market's ATSC 3.0 lighthouse, it would have had lowered picture quality on any station that would host its ATSC 1.0 formatted subchannel in lieu of KUNS) to search for better carriage options. The removal of a major Spanish network (and the associated termination of its local news operation as part of KOMO-TV's staff) for a lower-profile English network attracted immediate outcry from the Puget Sound region's Latino and Hispanic community, which otherwise has only has a Telemundo subchannel on KIRO-TV with no local news even in brief, and five minor Spanish Christian network on subchannels carried over-the-air, along with three Spanish-language radio stations (two of them Christian and other programs being brokered on other stations).
		KVOS-TV	12.1	Heroes & Icons	Univision	Over the 2023 holiday season, KVOS's owner, Weigel Broadcasting, quietly updated their station's website to reflect Univision would move to KVOS's main channel on the same date; Weigel-owned H&I moved to its new channel position at subchannel 12.8. As the station serves as a border blaster serving the northern portion of the market (though not having any pay-TV coverage in Canada, which is served by Univision Canada), Univision's domestic schedule will also be available over-the-air in Vancouver, Victoria, and southwest British Columbia for the first time, and the deal settles an acrimony existing between Weigel and Univision since its flagship station, WCIU-TV in Chicago, lost Univision in that market in 1994 after the network purchased WGBO-TV over analog-era schedule limitations.
February 1	Midland–Odessa, Texas	KMDF-LD	22.1	Antenna TV	The365	See January 1 entry in subchannel launches
	Prescott–Phoenix, Arizona	KAZT-TV	7.1	Independent	The CW	On January 8, 2024, Nexstar announced that it had reached an agreement with the owners of KAZT-TV to provide technical services and programming for the network beginning February 1. As part of this agreement, KAZT becomes an affiliate of The CW.
February 2	Tupelo–Columbus–West Point, Mississippi	WLOV-TV	27.1	Fox	The CW+	On February 1, Morris Multimedia (owner of CBS affiliate WCBI-TV) announced that it would assume the rights to a shared services agreement involving Coastal Television-owned WLOV, taking over operational responsibilities from Allen Media Group (owner of rival NBC affiliate WTVA, which had managed WLOV since 1992 under the former's previous locally based ownership). Consequently, the deal prompted a series of affiliation switches between WLOV and two WCBI subchannels on February 2: Fox moved from WLOV (which had been affiliated with the network since 1995) to WCBI-DT2, while The CW Plus moved to WLOV from WCBI-DT3, which assumed the MyNetworkTV affiliation previously carried on that station's 4.2 subchannel. The move of Fox programming to WCBI-DT2 occurred despite the FCC's 2018 Quadrennial Media Ownership Review—approved by a 3–2 vote following a six-year delay on December 22, 2023—closing a loophole that allowed station operators to maintain multiple Big Four network affiliations using digital subchannels or low-power stations, including through the acquisition of another station's primary affiliation.

Subchannels changing network affiliations

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Prior affiliation	New affiliation	Notes	Source
January 1	Amarillo, Texas	KEYU	31.3	Circle	Outlaw	See January 1 entry in subchannel launches
	Baltimore, Maryland	WQAW-LD	69.4	Infomercials	the365
			69.7		Outlaw
	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	WAFB	9.3	Circle	the365
	Boston, Massachusetts	WWDP	46.2	Quest
	Charleston, South Carolina	WCSC-TV	5.3	Circle
	Cleveland, Ohio	WOIO	19.4	Rewind TV	Outlaw
		WUAB	43.2	Circle	the365
	Columbus, Georgia	WTVM	9.3
	Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas	KPFW-LD	18.5	Infomercials	Outlaw
		KHPK-LD	28.5
		KJJM-LD	34.7	Magnificent Movies Network
	Dover, Delaware–Salisbury, Maryland	WMDE	36.5	Arirang TV	the365
			36.7	OnTV4U	Arirang TV
	Detroit, Michigan	WUDL-LD	19.5	Magnificent Movies Network	the365
			19.6	beIN Sports Xtra	Outlaw
	Green Bay, Wisconsin	WBAY-TV	2.3	Circle (primary) / MyNetworkTV (secondary)	the365 (primary) / MyNetworkTV (secondary)
	Greenville, South Carolina	WHNS	21.6	Circle	the365
	Kansas City, Missouri	KCTV	5.2
			5.5	Shop LC	Outlaw
	Lansing, Michigan	WILX-TV	10.3	Circle	Heroes & Icons
			10.5	Antenna TV	the365
			10.7	Heroes & Icons	Outlaw
	Los Angeles, California	KSKJ-CD	45.2	beIN Sports Xtra en Español	the365
			45.7	Novelisima	Outlaw
	Mankato, Minnesota	KMNF-LD	7.3	Circle	the365
	Memphis, Tennessee	WMC-TV	5.3	Circle (primary) / The CW Sports (secondary)	the365 (primary) / The CW Sports (secondary)
	New York City	WRNN-TV	48.2	Shop LC	Charge!
			48.3	Charge!	the365
			48.4	QVC2	Outlaw
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WMCN-TV	44.2	Shop LC	the365
			44.3	QVC2	Outlaw
	Rockford, Illinois	WIFR-LD	23.3	Circle
	Sacramento, California	KBTV-CD	8.4	Timeless TV	the365
			8.7	OnTV4U	Outlaw
		KAHC-LD	43.5	RVTV	the365
			43.7	Magnificent Movies Network	Outlaw
		KFMS-LD	47.4	RVTV	the365
			47.7	Binge TV	Outlaw
	San Diego, California	KSKT-CD	43.7	Novelisima	the365
	San Francisco, California	KQRO-LD	45.5	Binge TV
			45.6	Timeless TV	Outlaw
	Sarasota–Tampa–St. Petersburg, Florida	WWSB	40.2	Circle	the365
	Savannah, Georgia	WTOC-TV	11.3
	Seattle–Tacoma, Washington	KOMO-TV	4.2	Comet (primary) / The CW (secondary)	Comet (full-time)	See January 1 entry in stations changing network affiliations
	Sherman, Texas	KXII	12.6	Circle	Outlaw	See January 1 entry in subchannel launches
	Sioux City, Iowa	KTIV	4.6
	Grand Rapids, Michigan	WWMT	3.2	The CW	Independent	On December 18, 2023, Nexstar announced that WOTV, KELO-TV and WMBB will become CW affiliates via their digital subchannels on January 1, 2024.
		WOTV	41.2	Dabl	The CW
	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	KELO-TV	11.4	Ion Mystery	The CW Plus
		KSFY-TV	13.2	The CW Plus	Outlaw
		KDLT-TV	46.3	Antenna TV	the365
	Panama City, Florida	WJHG-TV	7.2	The CW Plus	MeTV
			7.6	Circle	the365
		WMBB	13.2	Antenna TV	The CW Plus
January 31	Sacramento, California	KMAX-TV	31.3	Comet	QVC
			31.4	Charge!	QVC2
February 1	Phoenix, Arizona	KNXV-TV	15.2	Antenna TV (primary) / The CW (secondary)	Antenna TV (full-time)	See February 1 entry in stations changing network affiliations
February 2	Tupelo–Columbus–West Point, Mississippi	WCBI-TV	4.2	MyNetworkTV	Fox	See February 2 entry in stations changing network affiliations
			4.3	The CW+	MyNetworkTV
February 5	Topeka, Kansas	KTKA-TV	49.2	Dabl	Rewind TV
February 26	Albuquerque, New Mexico	KNAT-TV	23.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media	See Merit Street Media entry in launches
			23.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			23.4	Enlace	Smile
	Atlanta, Georgia	WHSG-TV	63.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			63.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			63.4	Enlace	Smile
	Bartlesville–Tulsa, Oklahoma	KDOR-TV	17.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			17.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			17.4	Enlace	Smile
	Birmingham, Alabama	WTJP-TV	60.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			60.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			60.4	Enlace	Smile
	Chattanooga, Tennessee	WELF-TV	23.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			23.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			23.4	Enlace	Smile
	Chicago, Illinois	WWTO-TV	35.2	Smile	Merit Street Media
			35.3	Enlace	Smile
	Cocoa–Orlando, Florida	WHLV-TV	52.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			52.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			52.4	Enlace	Smile
	Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas	KDTX-TV	58.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			58.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			58.4	Enlace	Smile
	Davenport, Iowa	WMWC-TV	53.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			53.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			53.4	Enlace	Smile
	Denver, Colorado	KPJR-TV	38.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			38.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			38.4	Enlace	Smile
	Hendersonville–Nashville, Tennessee	WPGD-TV	50.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			50.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			50.4	Enlace	Smile
	Holly Springs, Mississippi–Memphis, Tennessee	WBUY-TV	40.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			40.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			40.4	Enlace	Smile
	Honolulu, Hawaii	KAAH-TV	26.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			26.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			26.4	Enlace	Smile
	Jackson, Mississippi	WRBJ-TV	34.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			34.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			34.4	Enlace	Smile
	Jersey City, New Jersey–New York, New York	WTBY-TV	54.2	Smile	Merit Street Media
			54.3	Enlace	Smile
	Kansas City–St. Joseph, Missouri	KTAJ-TV	16.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			16.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			16.4	Enlace	Smile
	Los Angeles, California	KTBN-TV	40.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			40.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			40.4	Enlace	Smile
	Mayville–Milwaukee, Wisconsin	WWRS-TV	52.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			52.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			52.4	Enlace	Smile
	Miami, Florida	WHFT-TV	45.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			45.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			45.4	Enlace	Smile
	Mobile, Alabama–Pensacola, Florida	WMPV-TV	21.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			21.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			21.4	Enlace	Smile
	Montgomery, Alabama	WMCF-TV	45.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			45.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			45.4	Enlace	Smile
	Norfolk, Virginia	WTPC-TV	21.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
			21.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
			21.4	Enlace	Smile
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	KTBO-TV	14.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
		14.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
		14.4	Enlace	Smile
Phoenix, Arizona	KPAZ-TV	21.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
		21.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
		21.4	Enlace	Smile
Portland, Oregon	KNMT	24.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
		24.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
		24.4	Enlace	Smile
Seattle, Washington	KTBW-TV	20.2	TBN Inspire	Merit Street Media
		20.3	Smile	TBN Inspire
		20.4	Enlace	Smile

Deaths

January

Date	Name	Age	Notes	Sources
January 1	Mickey Cottrell	79	Actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager)
January 2	Peter Berkos	101	Sound editor (Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
January 4	Glynis Johns	100	British actress, dancer, musician, and singer (Batman, Cheers, The Love Boat)
	Christian Oliver	51	German actor best known as Brian Keller on Saved by the Bell: The New Class
	David Soul	80	American-British actor and singer best known as Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson on Starsky & Hutch
	Tracy Tormé	64	Television writer (Sliders, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
January 5	Brian McConnachie	81	Actor and television writer (Saturday Night Live, Shining Time Station, Noddy)
January 8	Adan Canto	42	Mexican actor (The Following, Designated Survivor, The Cleaning Lady)
January 10	Peter Crombie	71	Actor best known as "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld
	Conrad Palmisano	75	Stuntman and director (The Young Rebels)
January 11	April Ferry	91	Costume designer (Rome, My Name Is Bill W., Game of Thrones)
	Lynne Marta	78	Actress and singer (Gidget, Love, American Style, Starsky & Hutch)
	Ruth Ashton Taylor	101	Newscaster for Los Angeles' KCBS-TV
January 12	Bill Hayes	98	Actor and singer best known as Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives
	Alec Musser	50	Actor and fitness model best known as Del Henry on All My Children
January 13	Joyce Randolph	99	Actress best known as Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners
	Tom Shales	79	Author and television critic for The Washington Post
January 15	William O'Connell	94	Actor (Star Trek, Rawhide, Petticoat Junction, Quincy, M.E.)
January 16	David Gail	58	Actor best known as Stuart Carson on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Dr. Joe Scanlon on Port Charles
January 20	Francisco Ciatso	48	Professional wrestler (WWE and TNA)
January 22	Gary Graham	73	Actor best known as Detective Matthew Sikes on Alien Nation and Ambassador Soval on Star Trek: Enterprise
	Dexter King	62	Civil and animal rights activist (portrayed his father, Martin Luther King Jr., in the TV movie The Rosa Parks Story)
January 23	Charles Osgood	91	Journalist and host of CBS News Sunday Morning
	Margaret Riley	58	Film and television producer who served as the executive producer of Ratched
	Melanie Safka	76	Singer-songwriter. She wrote the lyrics to the Beauty and the Beast theme song, "The First Time I Loved Forever".
	Ice Train	56	Professional wrestler (WCW)
January 24	Rod Holcomb	80	Director (several TV movies and series, most notably the pilot and final episodes of ER)
	Jesse Jane	43	Pornographic actress. She made appearances as herself on Entourage, Bad Girls Club, and Gene Simmons Family Jewels. She also had an uncredited role in the TV movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.
January 29	Amanda Davies	42	Actress best known for playing a younger version of Victoria Lord in flashback scenes of One Life to Live
January 30	Hinton Battle	67	Actor (Quantum Leap, Touched by an Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
	Chita Rivera	91	Actress best known as Connie Richardson on The New Dick Van Dyke Show

February

Date	Name	Age	Notes	Sources
February 1	Mark Gustafson	63	Animator (Claymation Easter, The PJs)
	Carl Weathers	76	Football player (Oakland Raiders) and actor (Street Justice, In the Heat of the Night, Arrested Development, The Mandalorian)
February 2	Don Murray	94	Actor best known as Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing.
February 3	Helena Rojo	79	Mexican actress and model (Ugly Betty)
February 5	Mickey Gilbert	87	Actor, stuntman, and rodeo performer (Stunts Unlimited, Kolchak: The Night Stalker)
	Toby Keith	62	Country singer and songwriter. Made guest appearances on The Colbert Report and Huckabee.
February 6	Cecilia Gentili	52	Argentine-American LGBTQ rights activist and actress best known as Ms. Orlando on Pose.
	Robert M. Young	99	Director, screenwriter, producer, and cinematographer (Solomon & Sheba, Slave of Dreams, Battlestar Galactica)
February 11	Randy Sparks	90	Founder of the folk music group The New Christy Minstrels. He and his groupmates were featured in The Andy Williams Show and Ford Presents the New Christy Minstrels.

External links

• List of 2024 American television series at IMDb