2002 in television

Events

• October 30 - Warren Zevon is featured on the Late Show with David Letterman as the only guest for the entire hour. Zevon performs several songs and talks in length about being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.
• December - Talk show host David Letterman, Paul Shaffer and a stage hand from the Late Show, Biff Henderson[?], spend Christmas in Afghanistan with United States and international military forces stationed in the country

Popular Television Shows

• Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius premieres (2002-present)
• June 18 - American Idol: The Search For A Superstar premieres. The show is based on the 2001 British ITV programme, Pop Idol[?]
• The Osbournes reality show premieres on cable television. (2002-present)

• All My Children (1970-present)
• As Told By Ginger[?] (2000-present)
• Braceface (2001-present)
• Cops (1989-present)
• Dharma & Greg[?] (1997-2002)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present)
• The Fairly Oddparents (2001-present)
• Family Guy final season (1999-2002)
• Farscape (2001-present)
• Friends (1994-2004)
• General Hospital (1963-present)
• Hey Arnold! (1996-present)
• 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)
• MTV (1981-present)
• The Real World (1992-present)
• Rocket Power (1999-present)
• Rugrats (1991-2004)
• Saturday Night Live (1975-present)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• Sex and the City (1998-2004)
• Shocking Behavior: Caught On Tape[?] (1999-present)
• The Simpsons (1989-present)
• The Sopranos (1999-present)
• The Tonight Show (1954-present)
• Spongebob Squarepants (1999-present)
• VH-1 (1985-present)
• Wheel of Fortune (1975-present)

Births

Deaths

• January 13 - Ted Demme (37), film and television director (Blow, Beautiful Girls)
• March 27 - Milton Berle, comedian, actor
• June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone, 49, actor/songwriter of the Ramones