2001 in Spanish television
This is a list of Spanish television related events in 2001.
Events
1 January:- * The State Society of Industrial Participations 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.
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.