Today in TV History: January 17

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TV Series Premieres

These shows premiered on January 17:

• 2025:

  Molly-Mae: Behind It All (Prime Video)

• 2025:

  The Couple Next Door (Starz)

• 2025:

  The Liberation (Prime Video)

• 2025:

  The Roshans (Netflix)

• 2024:

  American Nightmare (Netflix)

• 2024:

  End of the Line (Netflix)

• 2024:

  Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller (Nat Geo)

• 2024:

  Wild Cards (CW)

• 2023:

  Night Court (NBC)

• 2023:

  The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

• 2022:

  The Good Dish (Syn)

• 2021:

  Exhumed (Oxygen)

• 2021:

  Miss Scarlet and the Duke (PBS)

• 2021:

  The Wild Life of Dr. Ole (Nat Geo Wild)

• 2020:

  Ares (Netflix)

• 2020:

  Diary of a Future President (Disney+)

• 2020:

  Endlings (Hulu)

• 2020:

  George of the Jungle (CBS All Access)

• 2020:

  Just Add Magic: Mystery City (Amazon)

• 2020:

  Lassie (CBS All Access)

• 2020:

  Little America (Apple TV+)

• 2020:

  Mr. Magoo (CBS All Access)

• 2020:

  Nailed It! Germany (Netflix)

• 2019:

  A Discovery of Witches (SundanceNow)

• 2019:

  Backyard Envy (Bravo)

• 2019:

  Roommate Hunters (HGTV)

• 2018:

  Corporate (Comedy Central)

• 2018:

  Relative Success with Tabatha (Bravo)

• 2018:

  The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)

• 2017:

  Throwing Shade (TV Land)

• 2016:

  Angie Tribeca (tbs)

• 2016:

  Billions (Showtime)

• 2016:

  Evil Lives Here (ID)

• 2016:

  Mercy Street (PBS)

• 2016:

  Premier League Behind the Badge: Crystal Palace FC (NBCSN)

• 2016:

  Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty (Ovation)

• 2016:

  The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Showtime)

• 2016:

  The Los Angeles Times' The Envelope (Ovation)

• 2016:

  The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo)

• 2015:

  Bandit Patrol (Nat Geo Wild)

• 2015:

  Bella and the Bulldogs (Nick)

• 2015:

  Betty White's Smartest Animals in America (GAC)

• 2015:

  Big Giant Swords Legend of the Blademaker (Discovery)

• 2015:

  Body Bizarre (Discovery Life)

• 2015:

  Impact Wrestling: Unlocked (Destination America)

• 2014:

  APB with Troy Dunn (TNT)

• 2014:

  I Didn't Do It (Disney)

• 2014:

  The Diamond Collar (OWN)

• 2013:

  Chosen (Crackle)

• 2013:

  Connecticut Under Construction (DIY)

• 2013:

  Gotham Comedy Live (AXS TV)

• 2013:

  King of the Nerds (tbs)

• 2013:

  Legit (FX)

• 2013:

  Newsreaders (adult swim)

• 2013:

  The Regicide (MHz Worldview)

• 2012:

  Ink Master (Spike)

• 2012:

  Live Like an Animal (Nat Geo Wild)

• 2012:

  Ragin' Cajuns (Discovery)

• 2012:

  Remodeled (CW)

• 2011:

  Being Human (Syfy)

• 2011:

  Harry's Law (NBC)

• 2011:

  Heavy (A&E)

• 2011:

  Mega Dens (DIY)

• 2011:

  Piers Morgan Tonight (CNN)

• 2011:

  Skins (MTV)

• 2010:

  Planet Earth Extremes (Discovery)

• 2009:

  ReelzChannel Movie News (ReelzChannel)

• 2009:

  Teen Cribs (MTV)

• 2008:

  The Florence Henderson Show (Retirement Living TV)

• 2007:

  Maui Fever (MTV)

• 2007:

  The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (Comedy Central)

• 2006:

  King of Vegas (Spike)

• 2006:

  Love Monkey (CBS)

• 2006:

  My Parents' House (HGTV)

• 2005:

  Supernanny (ABC)

• 2005:

  The Ultimate Fighter (Spike)

• 2005:

  Who Gets the Dog? (Animal Planet)

• 2004:

  Astro Boy (WB)

• 2004:

  Crittercam (Nat Geo)

• 2004:

  In a Fix (TLC)

• 2003:

  Final Justice with Erin Brockovich (Lifetime)

• 2003:

  That's So Raven (Disney)

• 2002:

  Art in the 21st Century (PBS)

• 2000:

  Cleopatra 2525 (Syn)

• 1999:

  The Brothers Flub (Nick)

• 1999:

  Zoe Duncan Jack & Jane (WB)

• 1995:

  Marker (UPN)

• 1995:

  The Watcher (UPN)

• 1994:

  Leeza (NBC)

• 1994:

  The Jane Whitney Show (NBC)

• 1992:

  Tequila & Bonetti (CBS)

• 1987:

  Ohara (ABC)

• 1983:

  Frontline (PBS)

• 1982:

  Top of the World (PBS)

• 1981:

  Walking Tall (NBC)

• 1977:

  Busting Loose (CBS)

• 1975:

  Baretta (ABC)

• 1974:

  Chopper One (ABC)

• 1974:

  Firehouse (ABC)

• 1974:

  Music Country USA (NBC)

• 1971:

  The Last of the Mohicans

• 1955:

  The Clubhouse Gang (WPIX)

• 1955:

  TV Reader's Digest (ABC)

• 1950:

  Cavalcade of Bands (Dumont)

• 1949:

  Cafe de Paris (Dumont)

• 1949:

  Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room (Dumont)

• 1949:

  The Skip Farrell Show (ABC)

• 1949:

  What Do You Think? (ABC)

TV Movie & Miniseries Premieres

These shows premiered on January 17:

• 2021:

  Ships in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Hallmark Movies/Myst)

• 2016:

  Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word (Hallmark Movies/Myst)

• 2015:

  Whitney (Lifetime)

• 2015:

  Bridal Wave (Hallmark)

• 2014:

  Cloud 9 (Disney)

• 2010:

  Wronged Man, The (LMN)

• 2009:

  Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake, The (SCI FI / Syfy)

• 2003:

  Last Cowboy, The (Hallmark)

• 2003:

  Monte Walsh (TNT)

• 1999:

  Selma, Lord, Selma (ABC)

• 1999:

  Freefall (Family Channel)

• 1999:

  Time At the Top (Showtime)

• 1996:

  Maternal Instincts (USA)

• 1994:

  Betrayed by Love (ABC)

• 1994:

  Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (NBC)

• 1993:

  Ernest Green Story, The (Disney)

• 1993:

  Hit List, The (Showtime)

• 1993:

  Marked For Murder (NBC)

• 1993:

  Switch, The (CBS)

• 1993:

  Telling Secrets (ABC)

• 1990:

  Pride And Extreme Prejudice (USA)

• 1989:

  Desperate for Love (CBS)

• 1988:

  Alone in the Neon Jungle (CBS)

• 1988:

  Crash Course (NBC)

• 1988:

  Stranger On My Land (ABC)

• 1987:

  Sister Margaret And The Saturday Night Ladies (CBS)

• 1984:

  Seduction of Gina, The (CBS)

• 1983:

  Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home (NBC)

TV Characters Births, Deaths & Weddings

These events first aired on TV on January 17:

• 2016:

  Ted Pryce dies on The Royals

• 1975:

  Sharon Fowler dies on Baretta

TV Historical Firsts & Lasts

These events occurred on January 17:

• 1995:

  First broadcast by ''Golf Channel.''

• 1984:

  Supreme Court ruling allows home viewers to use VCRs to tape TV shows for private use.