Years in Television - 2000s

2000s

• 2000: First broadcast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, InuYasha, Summer Snow, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Survivor, Jackass and A Town Called Panic
• 2001: First broadcast of 24, Scrubs,Band of Brothers, O Clone, The Secret Life of Us, The Legend of Condor Hero, The Office (UK) and Six Feet Under
• 2002: First broadcast of American Idol, City of Men, Madventures, Firefly, 100 Greatest Britons, Winter Sonata, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, The Wire and Naruto
• 2003: First broadcast of Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dae Jang Geum, NCIS, All In, Peep Show, Arrested Development and Los Serrano
• 2004: First broadcast of Deadwood, Bleach, Desperate Housewives, ¡Anita, no te rajes!, Battlestar Galactica, Hassan and Habibah, Full House, Super Girl, Lost and The X Factor; Euro1080 launches the first high-definition television broadcast
• 2005: First broadcast of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Prison Break, Spiral, Noghtechin, The Closer, Bones,American Dad, How I Met Your Mother, My Lovely Sam Soon, Jayezeye Bozorg, Sto Para Pente and Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf
• 2006: First broadcast of Türkisch für Anfänger, Planet Earth, Jumong, Heroes,Dexter, Princess Hours, Code Geass and 30 Rock; the Netherlands is the first country to move to digital television; France 24 launched; HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc launched
• 2007: First broadcast of Gurren Lagann, The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince, "Gossip Girl", iCarly, Golden Bride, The Killing and Mad Men; a writers' strike shuts down US scripted programming in November
• 2008: First broadcast of Breaking Bad, Vampire Knight, Generation Kill, Underbelly, El Cartel, Phineas and Ferb and Radio Arvyla; first 3D TV broadcasts
• 2009: First broadcast of Modern Family, Glee, and Misfits