2000 in Brazilian television

Events

• 6 January - SBT premieres at 10 PM American prison drama television series Oz. The program competes for audience share with Globo's "Linha Direta".
• 26 Abril - Rede Globo celebrates its 35th anniversary and inaugurates a new set for Jornal Nacional.
• 12 September - The Minister of Justice in the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, José Gregori, signs the Ordinance 796, which alters the rules for classifying television programs.
• 13 September - Rede Bandeirantes begins broadcasting the Summer Olympic Games with the event of the women's Olympic football tournament.
• 18 September - Rede Cultura celebrates 50 years of television in Brazil with a series of specials.
• 1 October 2000 - Rede Bandeirantes ends broadcasting the Summer Olympic Games.

Debuts

International

• ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''

Television shows

1970s

• ''Turma da Mônica''

1990s

• Malhação
• Cocoricó
• ''Chiquititas''

Ending this year

Births