See also: 1998 in television, other events of 1999, 2000 in television and the list of 'years in television'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Popular Television Shows 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• January 6 - Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• February 14 - Elton John appears as himself in a special Valentine's Day episode of the animated series The Simpsons
• June 25 - The American soap opera Another World airs its final episode (#8891).
• July 17 - SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon's most popular Nicktoon, releases its' first episode 'Bubblestand' / 'Ripped Pants'.
• July 18 - Actor Hank Azaria marries actress Helen Hunt. The couple divorced on December 18, 2000.
• Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy
• December 7 - Channel 5 in the UK broadcasts the TV movie Winter Angel, a revival of the popular 1970s BBC science-fiction series Doomwatch.
• The Simpsons 10th anniversary

Debuts

• Big Brother (1999-present) premieres in the Netherlands, produced by Endemol.
• Daria premieres on MTV (1997-2001)
• Farscape premieres (1999-2003)
• Family Guy premieres (1999-2002)
• Home Movies premieres (1999, 2001-present))
• Futurama (1999-2003)
• Queer as Folk (1999-2000)
• Rocket Power premieres (1999-present)
• The Sopranos premieres on cable television
• (1999-present); premiered for the first time
• Spongebob Squarepants premieres (1999-present)
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? premieres in the U.S., hosted by Regis Philbin. The show is based on a British show of the same name.

Popular Television Shows

• All My Children (1970-present)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
• Cops (1989-present)
• Dharma & Greg (1997-2002)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present)
• Friends (1994-2004)
• General Hospital (1963-present)
• Hey Arnold! (1996-present)
• Inspector Morse (1987-2000)
• Jeopardy! (1984-present)
• King of the Hill (1997-present)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present)
• The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present)
• Law & Order (1990-present)
• One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000)
• One Saturday Morning
• The Real World (1992-present)
• Rugrats (1991-2004)
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• Sex and the City (1998-2004)
• The Sifl & Olly Show (1998-present)
• The Simpsons (1989-present)
• South Park premieres (1997-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)

Ending this year

• Another World (1964-1999)
• Home Improvement (1991-1999)
• Mad About You (1992-1999)
• The Nanny (1993-1999)

Births

Deaths

• January 4 - Iron Eyes Cody, actor known for a popular anti-littering commercial from the 1970s
• March 22 - David Strickland, actor on Suddenly Susan, suicide
• March 30 - Gary Morton, producer, second husband of Lucille Ball
• April 10 - Jean Vander Pyl, voice actor who voiced Wilma Flintstone on The Flintstones and Rosie the Robot Maid on The Jetsons to name a few shows
• May 8 - Dana Plato, actress on Diff'rent Strokes, age 34
• June 11 - DeForest Kelley, actor on Star Trek
• July 20 - Sandra Gould , actress on Bewitched
• September 5 - Allen Funt, host of Candid Camera
• December 29 - Gene Rayburn, television host