Editing 2001 in American television (section)

===January===
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| After being acquired by [[MTV Networks]], [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]], a request video music channel shuts down, replaced by [[MTV2]] on terrestrial stations.
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| In [[Hartford, Connecticut]], [[UPN]] affiliate WTXX (now [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WCCT-TV]]) and [[The WB|WB]] affiliate WBNE (now [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[WCTX]]) swap affiliations due to WTXX's impending purchase by [[Tribune Broadcasting]], owners of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WTIC-TV]] (which at the time operated WTXX under a [[Local marketing agreement|LMA]]) and a minority owner of The WB. WBNE, meanwhile, changes its call letters to the current [[WCTX]] and adopts new branding as "The X".
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| [[HBO]]'s children's programs are transferred to its multiplex channel [[HBO#List of HBO channels|HBO Family]].
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| [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]]'s final nationally and globally televised event, [[Guilty as Charged (2001)|Guilty as Charged]] airs on [[pay-per-view]]. It would see [[The Sandman (wrestler)|The Sandman]] defeating [[Steve Corino]] and [[Justin Credible]] for the [[ECW World Heavyweight Championship|world title]], only for [[Rhyno|Rhino]] to defeat The Sandman to win the title. [[Rob Van Dam]] initially challenged Rhino for the title, but was attacked by [[Jerry Lynn]]. Despite interference and with help from [[Joel Gertner]], he won the main event.
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!9
| [[KXVA]] in [[Abilene, Texas]], signs-on the air under Program Test Authority. The new station (which will not be licensed for another 13 months) takes the market's [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliation from sister station [[KIDZ-LD|KIDZ-LP]], which in turn becomes a full-time [[UPN]] affiliate.
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| [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] broadcasts [[Super Bowl XXXV]], their first since [[Super Bowl XXVI]] at the end of the [[1991 NFL season|1991 season]]. [[Greg Gumbel]], becomes the first [[African Americans|African-American]] sportscaster to do network televised play-by-play on a major professional sports championship. The [[2000 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]] would beat the [[2000 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] 34–7.
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