Editing 2002 in American television (section)

===June===
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! Date
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!12
|[[NBA on NBC|NBC]] broadcasts its [[2002 NBA Finals#Game 4|last]] [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] game after 12 years with the league. The network will not broadcast another NBA game until the [[2025–26 NBA season|2025–26 season]].
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!16
|''[[The Dead Zone (TV series)|The Dead Zone]]'' premieres on [[USA Network]], with the highest [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]] of a cable series debut in history.
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!18
|[[FX (TV channel)|FX]] broadcasts a [[Lost television broadcast|"lost episode"]] of ''[[Married... with Children]]'' entitled "[[I'll See You in Court]]". Produced during the show's [[Married... with Children (season 3)|third season]] ([[1988–89 United States network television schedule|1988–89]]), the episode was pulled from [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s schedule due conflicts between the show's producers and the network over its content. 
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!27
|[[Fox Television Stations]] acquire [[WPWR-TV]] from [[Newsweb Corporation]].
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