2017 in American television
The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2017. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.
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Television programs
Programs debuting in 2017
Miniseries
Television films and specials
Programs changing networks
| Show | Moved from | Moved to | Source |
| Archer | FX | FXX | |
| Nashville | ABC | CMT | |
| Dino Dan | Nick Jr. | Amazon Video | |
| Backstage | Disney Channel | Netflix | |
| Nickelodeon | Netflix | ||
| The Fairly OddParents | Nickelodeon | Nicktoons | |
| Harvey Beaks | Nickelodeon | Nicktoons | |
| Bunsen Is a Beast | Nickelodeon | Nicktoons | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Nickelodeon | Nicktoons | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Nicktoons | Nickelodeon | |
| The Dude Perfect Show | CMT | Nickelodeon | |
| The Chris Gethard Show | Fusion | TruTV | |
| The Shannara Chronicles | MTV | Spike | |
| The Hunt with John Walsh | CNN / HLN | HLN | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | Logo TV | VH1 | |
| 90's House | MTV | MTV2 | |
| Loosely Exactly Nicole | MTV | Facebook Watch |
Programs returning in 2017
The following shows returned with new episodes or reruns after being canceled or having ended their run previously:| Show | Last aired | Type of Return | Previous channel | New/returning/same channel | Return date | Source |
| The Celebrity Apprentice | 2015 | New season | NBC | same | January 2 | |
| One Day at a Time | 1984 | Remake | CBS | Netflix | January 6 | |
| Elmo's World | 2009 | New season | PBS | PBS / HBO | January 7 | |
| Samurai Jack | 2004 | Revival | Cartoon Network | Adult Swim | March 11 | |
| Prison Break | 2009 | New season | Fox | same | April 4 | |
| Ben 10 | 2008 | Reboot | Cartoon Network | same | April 10 | |
| Mystery Science Theater 3000 | 1999 | Revival | Sci-Fi Channel | Netflix | April 14 | |
| My Super Sweet 16 | 2008 | New season | MTV | same | May 14 | |
| Twin Peaks | 1991 | Revival | ABC | Showtime | May 21 | |
| Love Connection | 1999 | Revival | First-run syndication | Fox | May 25 | |
| Fear Factor | 2012 | Revival | NBC | MTV | May 30 | |
| The Gong Show | 1989 | Revival | First-run syndication | ABC | June 22 | |
| Battle of the Network Stars | 1988 | Revival | ABC | same | June 29 | |
| Cold Justice | 2015 | New season | TNT | Oxygen | July 22 | |
| Man v. Food | 2012 | New season | Travel Channel | same | August 7 | |
| Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | 2012 | New season | NBC | same | August 10 | |
| DuckTales | 1990 | Reboot | First-run syndication | Disney XD | August 12 | |
| Wacky Races | 1968 | Reboot | CBS | Boomerang Boomerang SVOD | August 14 | |
| MTV Unplugged | 2014 | Revival | MTV | same | September 8 | |
| Will & Grace | 2006 | Revival | NBC | same | September 28 | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | 2011 | New season | HBO | same | October 1 | |
| Total Request Live | 2008 | Revival | MTV | same | October 2 | |
| Dynasty | 1989 | Reboot | ABC | The CW | October 11 | |
| Cyberchase | 2015 | New season | PBS Kids | same | October 23 | |
| The Joker's Wild | 1991 | Reboot | First-run syndication | TBS | October 24 | |
| MythBusters | 2016 | New season | Discovery Channel | Science | November 15 | |
| Cash Cab | 2012 | Revival | Discovery Channel | same | December 4 |
Milestone episodes
| Show | Network | Episode # | Episode title | Episode air date | Source |
| Teen Mom 2 | MTV | 100th | "Deja Vu" | January 9 | |
| Days of Our Lives | NBC | 13,000th | "episode 13,000" | January 10 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 600th | "AFV 600" | January 15 | |
| ' | NBC | 400th | "Motherly Love" | February 8 | |
| America's Next Top Model | VH1 | 300th | "Celebrity Life" | February 15 | |
| Conan | TBS | 1,000th | March 1 | ||
| Survivor | CBS | 500th | "The Stakes Have Been Raised" | March 8 | |
| Love Thy Neighbor | OWN | 100th | "Digging The Hole Deeper" | March 11 | |
| Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 400th | "First Dances/400th Episode Week" | March 20 | |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | 200th | "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?" | February 20 | |
| PAW Patrol | Nickelodeon | 100th | Sea Patrol:Pups Save a Frozen Flounder/Sea Patrol:Pups Save a Narwhal | November 6 | |
| Scandal | ABC | 100th | "The Decision" | April 13 | |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | HBO | 100th | May 7 | ||
| Clarence | Cartoon Network | 100th | "Clarence's Stormy Sleepover Episode 6: Flood Brothers" | June 5 | |
| Nashville | CMT | 100th | " A Fool Such as I" | June 15 | |
| Chelsea | Netflix | 100th | "Tear Down These Walls" | June 16 | |
| ' | VH1 | 100th | "Reality Bites" | June 19 | |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | NBC | 700th | "Pharrell Williams/Chris Coffer/Vince Staples" | June 26 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | The CW | 300th | July 10 | ||
| The Haves and the Have Nots | OWN | 100th | "Railroad" | July 25 | |
| Cops | Spike | 1,000th | "Cops: Beyond the Bust" | August 21 | |
| Suits | USA Network | 100th | "100" | August 30 | |
| Teen Wolf | MTV | 100th | "The Wolves Of War" | September 24 | |
| The Daily Show | Comedy Central | 3,000th | "America Ferrera" | September 27 | |
| The Walking Dead | AMC | 100th | "Mercy" | October 22 | |
| The Goldbergs | ABC | 100th | "Jackie Likes Star Trek" | October 25 | |
| Rachael Ray | First-run syndication | 2,000th | "Rachael Celebrates Her 2,000th Show With...Oprah Winfrey" | October 26 | |
| Keeping Up With the Kardashians | E! | 200th | "Catch Me If You Cannes" | October 28 | |
| Will & Grace | NBC | 200th | "Rosario's Quinceañera" | November 2 | |
| Grey's Anatomy | ABC | 300th | "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" | November 9 | |
| Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network | 200th | "Thanksgetting" | November 17 | |
| CBS | 200th | "This Is What We Do" | November 19 | ||
| The Middle | ABC | 200th | "The 200th" | December 5 | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox | 100th | "Game Night" | December 12 | |
| Major Crimes | TNT | 100th | "Conspiracy Theory: Part 3" | December 19 |
Programs ending in 2017
| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Status | Source |
| January 2 | Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything | Disney XD | 2015 | Canceled | |
| January 6 | The Kelly File | Fox News | 2013 | Ended | |
| January 7 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Disney XD | 2012 | Ended | |
| January 16 | Regular Show | Cartoon Network | 2010 | Ended | |
| January 17 | No Tomorrow | The CW | 2016 | Canceled | |
| January 20 | Girl Meets World | Disney Channel | 2014 | Canceled | |
| January 25 | Salem | WGN America | 2014 | Canceled | |
| January 25 | Incorporated | Syfy | 2016 | Canceled | |
| January 25 | Frequency | The CW | 2016 | Canceled | |
| January 26 | Pure Genius | CBS | 2016 | Canceled | |
| January 27 | ' | Amazon Video | 2015 | Canceled | |
| January 29 | Conviction | ABC | 2016 | Canceled | |
| January 30 | The Odd Couple | CBS | 2015 | Canceled | |
| February 2 | Kirby Buckets | Disney XD | 2014 | Canceled | |
| February 5 | ' | Nickelodeon | 2014 | Canceled | |
| February 13 | The Celebrity Apprentice | NBC | 2008 | Canceled | |
| February 19 | Son of Zorn | Fox | 2016 | Canceled | |
| February 22 | Fox Sports Live | FS1 | 2013 | Canceled | |
| February 22 | Garbage Time with Katie Nolan | FS1 | 2015 | Canceled | |
| February 28 | Celebrity Name Game | First-run syndication | 2014 | Canceled | |
| March 3 | Emerald City | NBC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| March 5 | Mercy Street | PBS | 2016 | Canceled | |
| March 8 | Man Seeking Woman | FXX | 2015 | Canceled | |
| March 10 | The Vampire Diaries | The CW | 2009 | Ended | |
| March 14 | The Real O'Neals | ABC | 2016 | Canceled | |
| March 15 | Workaholics | Comedy Central | 2011 | Ended | |
| March 15 | Jeff & Some Aliens | Comedy Central | 2017 | Canceled | |
| March 17 | 60 Minutes Sports | Showtime | 2013 | Canceled | |
| March 24 | Liv and Maddie | Disney Channel | 2013 | Ended | |
| March 26 | Time After Time | ABC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| March 28 | Bones | Fox | 2005 | Ended | |
| March 29 | Duck Dynasty | A&E | 2012 | Ended | |
| March 30 | Review | Comedy Central | 2014 | Ended | |
| March 31 | Grimm | NBC | 2011 | Ended | |
| March 31 | Last Man Standing | ABC | 2011 | Canceled | |
| March 31 | Dr. Ken | ABC | 2015 | Canceled | |
| March 31 | Sleepy Hollow | Fox | 2013 | Canceled | |
| April 2 | Black Sails | Starz | 2014 | Ended | |
| April 7 | The Get Down | Netflix | 2016 | Canceled | |
| April 11 | Switched at Birth | Freeform | 2011 | Ended | |
| April 13 | ' | NBC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| April 14 | You the Jury | Fox | 2017 | Canceled | |
| April 16 | Girls | HBO | 2012 | Ended | |
| April 17 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 2011 | Canceled | |
| April 17 | ' | Fox | 2017 | Canceled | |
| April 20 | Powerless | NBC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| April 21 | The O'Reilly Factor | Fox News Channel | 1996 | Canceled | |
| April 21 | Girlboss | Netflix | 2017 | Canceled | |
| April 24 | APB | Fox | 2017 | Canceled | |
| April 24 | Bates Motel | A&E | 2013 | Ended | |
| April 25 | Outsiders | WGN America | 2016 | Canceled | |
| April 28 | Rosewood | Fox | 2015 | Canceled | |
| April 30 | American Crime | ABC | 2015 | Canceled | |
| May 8 | The Great Indoors | CBS | 2016 | Canceled | |
| May 10 | Underground | WGN America | 2016 | Canceled | |
| May 11 | The Catch | ABC | 2016 | Canceled | |
| May 12 | I Love Dick | Amazon Video | 2016 | Canceled | |
| May 14 | Chicago Justice | NBC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| May 17 | ' | CBS | 2016 | Canceled | |
| May 20 | Samurai Jack | Adult Swim | 2001 | Ended | |
| May 20 | Training Day | CBS | 2017 | Canceled | |
| May 21 | Making History | Fox | 2017 | Canceled | |
| May 22 | Baby Daddy | Freeform | 2012 | Ended | |
| May 26 | Bloodline | Netflix | 2015 | Canceled | |
| May 30 | Imaginary Mary | ABC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| May 31 | Right Now Kapow | Disney XD | 2016 | Canceled | |
| June 4 | The Gorburger Show | Comedy Central | 2017 | Canceled | |
| June 4 | The Leftovers | HBO | 2014 | Ended | |
| June 16 | Reign | The CW | 2013 | Ended | |
| June 21 | EyeOpener | First-run syndication | 2011 | Canceled | |
| June 21 | Lopez | TV Land | 2016 | Canceled | |
| June 27 | Downward Dog | ABC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| June 27 | Pretty Little Liars | Freeform | 2010 | Ended | |
| June 29 | For the Record with Greta | MSNBC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| June 30 | Uncle Grandpa | Cartoon Network | 2013 | Ended | |
| June 30 | Gypsy | Netflix | 2017 | Canceled | |
| July 13 | Steve Harvey | First-run syndication | 2012 | Ended | |
| July 14 | Playing House | USA Network | 2014 | Canceled | |
| July 24 | Kate Plus 8 | TLC | 2007 | Ended | |
| July 26 | The Fairly OddParents | Nicktoons | 2001 | Canceled | |
| July 28 | ' | Disney XD | 2014 | Cancelled | |
| July 31 | Daytime Divas | VH1 | 2017 | Cancelled | |
| August 2 | Kingdom | Audience | 2014 | Ended | |
| August 4 | @midnight | Comedy Central | 2013 | Ended | |
| August 9 | The Carmichael Show | NBC | 2015 | Canceled | |
| August 12 | Doubt | CBS | 2017 | Canceled | |
| August 12 | Orphan Black | BBC America | 2013 | Ended | |
| August 12 | AMC | 2014 | Ended | ||
| August 14 | Stitchers | Freeform | 2015 | Canceled | |
| August 20 | Legends of Chamberlain Heights | Comedy Central | 2016 | Canceled | |
| August 24 | The Mist | Spike | 2017 | Canceled | |
| August 25 | Dark Matter | Syfy | 2015 | Canceled | |
| August 31 | The Night Shift | NBC | 2014 | Canceled | |
| September 4 | Will | TNT | 2017 | Canceled | |
| September 6 | Blood Drive | Syfy | 2017 | Canceled | |
| September 7 | Fox News Specialists | Fox News | 2017 | Canceled | |
| September 8 | One Mississippi | Amazon Video | 2015 | Canceled | |
| September 8 | T.D. Jakes | First-run syndication | 2016 | Canceled | |
| September 8 | The Insider | First-run syndication | 2004 | Ended | |
| September 17 | The Strain | FX | 2014 | Ended | |
| September 19 | Somewhere Between | ABC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| September 21 | Zoo | CBS | 2015 | Canceled | |
| September 22 | Today's Take | NBC | 2000 | Ended | |
| September 24 | Teen Wolf | MTV | 2011 | Ended | |
| September 25 | People of Earth | TBS | 2016 | Canceled | |
| September 26 | Difficult People | Hulu | 2015 | Canceled | |
| October 8 | Dice | Showtime | 2016 | Canceled | |
| October 8 | Episodes | Showtime | 2011 | Ended | |
| October 14 | Halt and Catch Fire | AMC | 2014 | Ended | |
| October 15 | Survivor's Remorse | Starz | 2014 | Ended | |
| October 20 | Haters Back Off | Netflix | 2016 | Canceled | |
| November 1 | Mutt & Stuff | Nick Jr. | 2015 | Ended | |
| November 2 | Mary Mary | WE tv | 2012 | Ended | |
| November 9 | Ice Road Truckers | History | 2007 | Ended | |
| November 10 | Inhumans | ABC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| November 10 | Lady Dynamite | Netflix | 2016 | Canceled | |
| November 12 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Nickelodeon | 2012 | Ended | |
| November 12 | Vice Principals | HBO | 2016 | Ended | |
| November 13 | Sewing with Nancy | PBS | 1982 | Ended | |
| November 14 | The Mindy Project | Hulu | 2012 | Ended | |
| November 17 | Longmire | Netflix | 2012 | Ended | |
| November 17 | Charlie Rose | PBS | 1991 | Canceled | |
| November 22 | The Shannara Chronicles | Spike | 2016 | Canceled | |
| November 27 | Fashion Police | E! | 2010 | Ended | |
| November 29 | Chance | Hulu | 2016 | Canceled | |
| December 1 | East Los High | Hulu | 2013 | Ended | |
| December 6 | Shut Eye | Hulu | 2016 | Canceled | |
| December 10 | Graves | Epix | 2016 | Canceled | |
| December 10 | White Famous | Showtime | 2017 | Canceled | |
| December 12 | The Mayor | ABC | 2017 | Canceled | |
| December 13 | Tavis Smiley | PBS | 2004 | Canceled | |
| December 15 | Chelsea | Netflix | 2016 | Canceled | |
| December 15 | The Exorcist | Fox | 2016 | Canceled | |
| December 15 | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Amazon Video | 2017 | Canceled | |
| December 16 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | BBC America | 2016 | Canceled | |
| December 29 | Harvey Beaks | Nicktoons | 2015 | Canceled |
Entering syndication this year
A list of programs that have accumulated enough episodes or seasons to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.| Show | Seasons | In Production | Source |
| Madam Secretary | 3 | Yes | |
| Mom | 5 | Yes | |
| The Goldbergs | 5 | Yes | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 5 | Yes | |
| Impractical Jokers | 6 | Yes | |
| Dateline | 25 | Yes |