2001 in Spanish television

This is a list of Spanish television related events in 2001.

Events

• 1 January:
• The State Society of Industrial Participations (SEPI) becomes the main shareholder of RTVE.
• TV Channel 40 Latino starts broadcasting.
• TV channel Canal Panda stops broadcasting.
• 1 April: Television channel Beca TV starts broadcasting.
• 23 April: TV channel 8TV starts broadcasting.
• 1 June: Television channel Fox starts broadcasting.
• 11 September: Usual programming is interrupted as a result of live broadcasting of the attacks in New York and Washington; The news program Telediario becomes the longest running time in history.
• 22 October: Talent Show Operación Triunfo becomes a real mass phenomemon in Spain.
• 16 November: Playhouse Disney starts broadcasting.
• 13 December: Castilla–La Mancha Regional TV Channel CMM TV starts broadcasting.

Debuts

Television shows

Ending this year

Foreign series debuts in Spain

Births

• 4 April – Daniel Avilés, actor.
• 16 May – Carlota Boza, actress.

Deaths

• 11 March, Eugenio, comedian, 59.
• 20 April, Antonio Asensio, business and former president of Antena 3, 53.
• 12 May, Maruja Fernández, hostess, 76.
• 14 July, Miguel Gila, comedian, 82.
• 29 August, Francisco Rabal, actor, 75.
• 26 October, Juan José Castillo, sport journalist , 80.
• 16 November, Carlos Estrada, actor, 79.
• 3 December, José Manuel Guisado "Mané", comedian and actor, 34.

See also

• 2001 in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 2001

References