2010 in American television
Deaths -- February
Table:
Date
Name
Age
Notability
Ref.

February 1

Justin Mentell

27

Actor (Boston Legal)

[403]

February 3

Frances Reid

95

Actress (Days of Our Lives)

[404]

February 4

Cecil Heftel

85

Politician (Hawaii's 1st congressional district), broadcaster and television/radio station group owner (Founder of Heftel Broadcasting, the first owners of KGMB/Honolulu, Hawaii)

[405][406]

February 5

Frank Magid

78

Broadcasting/marketing consultant (founder of Frank N. Magid Associates)

[407]

February 9

Phil Harris

53

Fishing boat captain and reality show participant (Deadliest Catch)

[408]

February 11

Caroline McWilliams

64

Actress and director (Soap, Benson, Another World, Guiding Light)

[409]

February 14

Andrew Koenig

41

Actor (Growing Pains)

[410]

February 16

Bo Griffin

51

TV/radio personality (Good Day Live, Extra, GSN Live, and The Big Reveal on HGTV)

[411]

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Justin Michael Mentell ( December 16 , 1982 - February 1 , 2010 ) was an American artist and actor . He was best known for his role as Garrett Wells on Boston Legal . He died in a car accident in Iowa County , Wisconsin .
Boston Legal is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC . The series aired from October 3 , 2004 , to December 8 , 2008 . The series starred James Spader , William Shatner , and Candice Bergen , and is a direct follow-on spin-off to the TV series The Practice , with several characters from that series ' Season 8 moving to Boston Legal .
Frances Reid ( December 9 , 1914 - February 3 , 2010 ) was an American dramatic actress . Reid acted on television for nearly all of the second half of the 20th century . Her career continued into the early 2000s . Although she starred in many productions , she is best known for her portrayal of Alice Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from its debut in November 1965 until 2007 . At the time of her death , she ranked fifth on the all-time list of longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States .
Days of Our Lives ( also stylized as Days of our Lives ; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days ) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on NBC . It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world , airing nearly every weekday since November 8 , 1965 . [ dead link ] A co-production of Corday Productions and Sony Pictures Television , the series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday . During Days of Our Lives ' early years , Irna Phillips ( creator of former NBC stablemate Another World as well as its former CBS rivals , As the World Turns and Guiding Light ) served as a story editor for the program and many of the show 's earliest storylines were written by William J . Bell ( who would depart the series in 1975 to focus full-time on The Young and the Restless , which he created for CBS in 1973 ) . The series primarily focuses on its core families , the Hortons and the Bradys . Several other families have been added to the cast , and many of them still appear on the show . Frances Reid , the matriarch of the series ' Horton family , remained with the show from its inception to her death on February 3 , 2010 , although her last formal appearance occurred in December 2007 . Suzanne Rogers is the longest-serving member of the program 's current cast and the longest-serving current cast member of an ongoing American soap opera , having appeared on the show since August 1973 . ( Rogers celebrated 40 years on Days of Our Lives in 2013 . ) Susan Seaforth Hayes - the second longest-serving actor currently on the program - is the only cast member to appear on Days of Our Lives in all six decades it has been on the air , having made her first appearance in December 1968 as a recast of original character Julie Olson . Due to the series ' success , Days was expanded from 30 minutes to 60 minutes on April 21 , 1975 .
Cecil Landau Heftel ( September 30 , 1924 - February 4 , 2010 ) , popularly known as Cec Heftel , was an American politician and businessman from Hawai ' i . He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1986 for the First Congressional District , encompassing most of urban Honolulu .
Hawaii 's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Hawaii . The district is located entirely on the island of Oahu , encompassing the urban areas of the City and County of Honolulu , a consolidated city-county that includes Oahu 's central plains and southern shores , including the towns of Aiea , Mililani , Pearl City , Waipahu and Waimalu . The district is smaller and more densely populated than the 2nd Congressional District ( which includes the rest of the state ) . The district is currently represented by Democrat Ed Case .
KGMB , virtual channel 5 ( UHF digital channel 23 ) , is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Honolulu , Hawaii , United States . The station is owned by Gray Television , as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KHNL ( channel 13 ) . The two stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulu 's Kapālama neighborhood ; KGMB 's transmitter is located in Akupu , Hawaii . On cable , the station is carried on Oceanic Spectrum channel 7 on Oahu and the Big Island , and channel 9 on Maui and Kauai . The station is also available on Hawaiian Telcom channel 5 statewide .
Honolulu County ( officially known as the City and County of Honolulu , formerly Oahu County ) is a consolidated city-county [ citation needed ] in the U.S. state of Hawaii . The city-county includes both the city of Honolulu ( the state 's capital and largest city ) and the rest of the island of Oʻahu , as well as several minor outlying islands , including all of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ( islands beyond Niihau ) except Midway Atoll . The consolidated city-county was established in the city charter adopted in 1907 and accepted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaiʻi . As a municipal corporation and jurisdiction it manages aspects of government traditionally exercised by both municipalities and counties in the rest of the United States . As of the 2010 census , the population was 953,207 . Because of Hawaii 's municipal structure , the United States Census Bureau divides Honolulu County into several census-designated places for statistical purposes . The mayor of Honolulu County is Kirk Caldwell , who in 2013 reclaimed the job from Peter Carlisle , who had defeated him in a 2010 special election . The county motto is Haʻaheo No ʻO Honolulu ( Honolulu Pride ) . About 70% of the state 's population lives in Honolulu County . Only Nevada has a higher percentage of its population living in its most populous county .
Frank Magid ( born September 1 , 1931 , Chicago , Illinois - died February 5 , 2010 , Santa Barbara , California ) was an American marketing consultant , widely known for introducing the Action News format of evening local TV news , and was an original developer of Good Morning America . Time magazine named Magid the nation 's leading television news doctor in 1977 , and he became the namesake of the term Magidized . After serving in the Army during the Korean War , Magid earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Iowa , paying his tuition and living expenses with proceeds from the GI Bill and a variety of part-time jobs . While in an organic chemistry class , he met Marilyn Young , a chemistry major from Waterloo , Iowa . The two wed in 1956 , and moved to Cedar Rapids , Iowa , where his wife had taken a job as a junior high science teacher . While a junior professor of social psychology , anthropology and statistics at the University of Iowa and Coe College , Magid launched his own company , Frank N. Magid Associates in 1956 , selling his first research study to Merchants National Bank in Cedar Rapids . A year later , he left teaching to devote his full efforts to the fledgling business . He built the company into the world 's largest [ citation needed ] research-based strategy consulting company focused on media , entertainment and communications , which it remains [ citation needed ] [ when ? ] . Media executives and on-air personalities frequently noted that the face of television was largely created not in the media centers of New York and Los Angeles , but in Marion , Iowa , where the company was based . [ citation needed ] Magid retired as CEO of Frank N. Magid Associates in 2002 and was succeeded by his son , Brent , but remained chairman of the company until his death . Frank Magid died , aged 78 , from lymphoma in Santa Barbara , California . He was survived by his wife , two sons , four grandchildren and a brother .
Phillip Charles Harris ( December 19 , 1956 - February 9 , 2010 ) was an American captain and part owner of the crab fishing vessel Cornelia Marie , which is featured on Discovery Channel 's documentary reality TV series Deadliest Catch . He suffered a massive stroke while offloading C. opilio crab in port at Saint Paul Island , Alaska , on January 29 , 2010 . Despite extreme improvements in his condition , Harris died on February 9 , 2010 at the age of 53 , while suffering a intracranial hemorrhage in the hospital . The episode of Deadliest Catch featuring the Captain 's death aired on July 20 , 2010 , followed by a special tribute episode .
Deadliest Catch is a reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12 , 2005 . The show follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab , queen crab , and snow crab fishing seasons . The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor , Alaska is the base of operations for the fishing fleet . Produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel , the show 's title is derived from the inherent high risk of injury or death associated with this line of work .
Caroline Margaret McWilliams ( April 4 , 1945 - February 11 , 2010 ) was an American actress best known for her portrayal of Marcy Hill in the television series Benson . McWilliams had also appeared in nine episodes of its parent-series Soap , as Sally . She was a regular on the CBS soap Guiding Light ( as Janet Norris ) for several years and appeared in a short-term role ( as Tracy DeWitt ) on the NBC soap Another World . She also had a recurring role on Beverly Hills , 90210 playing the mother of Jamie Walters ' character , Ray Pruit .
Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from September 13 , 1977 , until April 20 , 1981 . The show was created as a night-time parody of daytime soap operas , presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy . Similar to a soap opera , the show 's story was presented in a serial format , and featured melodramatic plotlines including alien abduction , demonic possession , extramarital affairs , murder , kidnapping , unknown diseases , amnesia , cults , organised crime warfare , a communist revolution and teacher-student relationships . In 2007 it was listed as one of Time magazine 's 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME , and in 2010 , the Tates and the Campbells ranked at number 17 in TV Guide 's list of TV 's Top Families . The show was created , written , and executive produced by Susan Harris , and also executive produced by Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas . Each returning season was preceded by a 90-minute retrospective of the previous season . Two of these retrospectives were made available on VHS in 1994 , but were not included on any DVD collections . The show aired 85 episodes over the course of four seasons . Eight of these ( including the final four ) aired as one-hour episodes during the original run on ABC . These hour-long episodes were later split in two , yielding 93 half-hour episodes for syndication . Like most sitcoms of the era , Soap was videotaped rather than filmed , but this coincidentally helped further its emulation of the daytime soap opera format , as most such productions were also videotaped . All episodes are currently available on region 1 DVD in four separate box sets .
Benson is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 13 , 1979 , to April 19 , 1986 . The series was a spin-off of Soap in which the character Benson , portrayed by Robert Guillaume , first appeared as the wise-cracking yet level-headed African-American butler for the highly dysfunctional Tate family . However , Benson avoided the soap opera format of its parent series for a more conventional sitcom structure , and the lead character eventually moved from his service position to a role as lieutenant governor . The series was created by Susan Harris , and produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions . In 1985 , Guillaume won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in the series .
Another World ( often shortened to AW ) is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from May 4 , 1964 , to June 25 , 1999 . It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J . Bell , and was produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios , 1268 East 14th Street in Brooklyn . Set in the fictional town of Bay City , the series originally opened with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram , We do not live in this world alone , but in a thousand other worlds , which Phillips said represented the difference between the world of events we live in , and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for . Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas , and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies . In 1964 , Another World was the first soap opera to talk about abortion when such subjects were taboo . It was the first soap opera to do a crossover , with the character of Mike Bauer from Guiding Light , which was also created by Irna Phillips , coming from Springfield to Bay City . It was also the first to expand to one hour , then to ninety minutes , and then back to an hour . It was the first soap to launch two spin-offs , Somerset and Texas , as well as an indirect one , Lovers and Friends , which would be renamed For Richer , For Poorer . Another World was also the second soap opera with a theme song to chart on the Billboard record charts , ( You Take Me Away To ) Another World by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris , in 1987 . On April 12 , 1999 , NBC announced it was canceling Another World with its final episode on the network airing on June 25 , 1999 . NBC replaced Another World with another soap opera , Passions , on July 5 , 1999 .
Guiding Light ( known as The Guiding Light before 1975 ) is an American television soap opera . It is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running drama in television in American history , broadcast on CBS for 57 years from June 30 , 1952 , until September 18 , 2009 , overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio from 1937 to 1956 . With 72 years of radio and television runs , Guiding Light is the longest running soap opera , ahead of General Hospital , and is the fifth-longest running program in all of broadcast history ; only the American country music radio program Grand Ole Opry ( first broadcast in 1925 ) , the BBC religious program The Daily Service ( 1928 ) , the CBS religious program Music and the Spoken Word ( 1929 ) , and the Norwegian children 's radio program Lørdagsbarnetimen ( 1924-2010 ) have been on the air longer . [ a ] Guiding Light was created by Irna Phillips , and began as an NBC Radio serial on January 25 , 1937 . On June 2 , 1947 , the series was transferred to CBS Radio , before starting on June 30 , 1952 , on CBS Television . It continued to be broadcast concomitantly on radio until June 29 , 1956 . The series was expanded from 15 minutes to a half-hour during 1968 ( and also switched from broadcasting live to pre-taping around this same time ) , and then to a full hour on November 7 , 1977 . The series broadcast its 15,000th CBS episode on September 6 , 2006 . On April 1 , 2009 , CBS announced the cancellation of Guiding Light after a run of 72 years ( 15 on radio and 57 on television ) due to low ratings . The show taped its final scenes on August 11 , 2009 , and its final episode on the network aired on September 18 , 2009 . On October 5 , 2009 , CBS replaced Guiding Light with an hour-long revival of Let 's Make a Deal , hosted by Wayne Brady .
Joshua Andrew Koenig ( /ˈkeɪnɪɡ/ ) ( August 17 , 1968 - c. February 16 , 2010 ) was an American character actor , film director , editor , writer , and human rights activist . He was best known for his role as Richard Boner Stabone in Growing Pains .
Growing Pains is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 24 , 1985 , to April 25 , 1992 . The show ran for seven seasons , consisting of 166 episodes .
Good Day L.A. is an American morning television news and entertainment program airing on KTTV ( channel 11 ) , a Fox owned-and-operated television station in Los Angeles , California that is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of Fox Corporation . The program broadcasts each weekday morning from 4:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. Pacific Time . The program features news , traffic , weather and entertainment segments ( including celebrity interviews - which are mainly done in-studio , although are occasionally performed via satellite ) . The program also features weekly segments on finance , tech , wellness , and food ) .
Extra ( originally titled Extra : The Entertainment Magazine from 1994 to 1996 ) is an American syndicated television newsmagazine that is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution and premiered on September 5 , 1994 . The program serves as a straight rundown of news headlines and gossip throughout the entertainment industry , providing coverage of events and celebrities ; however , since 2013 , it has also placed an even greater emphasis on interviews and insider previews of upcoming film and television projects . As of 2019 [ update ] , the program 's weekday broadcasts are anchored by Billy Bush , with the weekend editions anchored by Renee Bargh and Jennifer Lahmers .
GSN Live is an American live interactive show on Game Show Network that premiered on February 25 , 2008 at noon ET and officially ended its 3-year run on July 29 , 2011 . The last live edition aired May 13 , 2011 . It lasted three hours in between regular GSN programming and featured games that viewers played to win prizes over the phone , highlights from Classic game shows , interviews , behind-the-scenes views of GSN , and celebrity appearances . It was formerly hosted in two shifts . The first shift , from Noon to 3:00 p.m . ET was hosted by Heidi Bohay ( with Alfonso Ribeiro until August 11 , 2009 ) . Fred Roggin hosted the 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m . ET segment . Kelly Packard was Roggin 's co-host from September 15 , 2008 to November 28 , 2008 and Roggin co-hosted the 3 hours with rotating guest hosts until Debra Skelton was chosen to replace Packard on May 26 , 2009 , the same day the current set was introduced and when it was hosted by three people . Fred Roggin left GSN Live on July 2 , 2009 , Alfonso Ribeiro left GSN Live on August 11 , 2009 , Debra Skelton left GSN Live on January 2010 , and Heidi Bohay left the show in April 2010 , making Bob Guiney currently the sole host . The show was executive produced by Burt Dubrow until March 6 , 2009 , and is currently produced by John Berkson , Gary Green , and Laura Slobin . The sound mixer was Mike Dooley .
HGTV ( an initialism for Home & Garden Television ) is an American pay television channel that is owned by Discovery , Inc . The network primarily broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate . As of February 2015 , approximately 95,628,000 American households ( 82.2% of households with television ) receive HGTV . In 2016 , HGTV overtook CNN as the third most-watched cable channel in the United States , behind Fox News and ESPN .