2003 in American television


In American television during 2003, notable events included television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations.
NCIS, a spin-off of JAG, premiered on September 23, 2003 on CBS, becoming the third-longest-running scripted, non-animated American prime-time TV series currently airing, and has later spawned multiple spin-offs and was voted America's favorite television series in 2011. Other notable shows that premiered that year included Arrested Development, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Two and a Half Men, The Venture Bros., One Tree Hill, The O.C., Nip/Tuck, and Teen Titans.
Later 2010s/2020s TV shows like Better Call Saul and the television adaptation of The Last of Us are set in 2003.

Events

August

Television debuts