Editing 2001 in American television (section)

===October===
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!2
| The two-hour [[Bargaining (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|season 6 premiere]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' first aired on [[UPN]] (attracting 7.7 million viewers) (making it the first episode of ''Buffy'' to not air on [[The WB]] after the [[The Gift (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|season 5 finale]]). The 3rd season premiere of ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' (also from The WB) first aired on UPN a week later on October 9.
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!3
| In the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]], several planned series and events are canceled; most notably, [[NBC]] drops a mini-series planned for spring 2002 which would have united the cast of ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', dealing with a terrorist attack on New York City.
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! 4
| [[Rose McGowan]] makes her [[Charmed Again|first appearance]] as [[Paige Matthews]], the long-lost younger half-sister of [[Piper Halliwell|Piper]] and [[Phoebe Halliwell]], on [[The WB]]'s ''[[Charmed]]''.
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!15
| In ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'', a compilation week of five taped sixth-episodes (which would later be called ''America's Game'' as of Season 26 in 2008) were shown for the first time. A new bonus round premiered a week later, in which a contestant can win as much as $100,000. This was not won until the December 19 episode by Douglas Ross.
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!20
| ''[[The Concert for New York City|Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes]]'' is broadcast by [[VH1]], with performances by [[Paul McCartney]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Who]], [[Billy Joel]] and others. It raises funds for the families of those killed by the attacks.
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| [[The Walt Disney Company]] completes its purchase of [[History of Freeform (TV channel)#Fox Family|Fox Family]] for $2.9 billion.
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| ''[[Wolf Lake]]'' aired its final episode on [[CBS]] due to weak [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]]. Four more episodes were burned and aired on [[UPN]]. This would mark [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]]'s final appearance as a regular cast member on a television series, until ''[[BrainDead]]'', nearly 15 years later.
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!25
| [[Sony Pictures|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] merged the television units of [[Columbia TriStar Television]] and [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Television Distribution]] into one unified division, [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Domestic Television]], partly because of Japanese ownership, all of Sony's television employees lost various amount of jobs in favor of Sony's new broadcasting/cable/syndication unit. Columbia TriStar Domestic Television would produce the Columbia TriStar programs for the [[2001–02 United States network television schedule|2001-2002 TV season]].
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