   the following is a list of events affecting american television during 2004. events listed include television series debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel initiations. ==events== ===february=== {| class="wikitable" |- " ! date || event |- | style="text-align:center;" |1 | the janet jackson/justin timberlake super bowl xxxviii halftime show controversy occurs. as a result, the federal communications commission strengthened its rules concerning certain types of indecency. |- | style="text-align:center;" |9 | jetix was introduced on toon disney and abc family, making us the first trade-name to be introduced as an anime-based block. |- | style="text-align:center;" |22 | sex and the city broadcasts its final episode, "an american girl in paris, part deux." |} ===march=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! date ! event |- | style="text-align:center;" |1 | the price is right broadcasts its 6,000th episode. |- | style="text-align:center;" |15 | game show network began fraying out the rebranding known as gsn. |} ===april=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! date ! event |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|16 | rich fields becomes the third permanent announcer on the price is right. |- | cartoon network's toonami ends its weekday run after 8 years. by the following day, it was then transferred from 5&nbsp;pm weekdays to 7&nbsp;pm (prime time) saturdays, and extended by four hours (from two to six). |} ===may=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! date ! event |- | style="text-align:center;" |6 | friends ends its run of 10 years, broadcasting the final episode, the last one. a spinoff, joey, debuts the following season. |- | style="text-align:center;" |13 | frasier broadcasts its final episode, "goodnight seattle". |- | style="text-align:center;" |15 | jimmy fallon makes his last appearance as a cast member of saturday night live, for its season finale. |- | style="text-align:center;" |26 | fantasia barrino wins the third season of american idol. also, this was the first time when the series became a #1 hit in the television ratings of this season. |- | style="text-align:center;" |28 | techtv merges with g4 to form g4techtv, one of the most controversial mergers of television history as less than a year later, the merged network becomes g4 once again. |} ===june=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! date ! event |- | 
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