2021 in American television

In American television in 2021, notable events include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Awards

Category/Organization	79th Golden Globe Awards January 9, 2022	12th Critics' Choice Television Awards March 7, 2022	Producers Guild and Screen Actors Guild Awards February 27–March 19, 2022	74th Primetime Emmy Awards September 12, 2022
Best Drama Series	Succession
Best Comedy Series	Hacks	Ted Lasso
Best Limited Series	The Underground Railroad	Mare of Easttown		The White Lotus
Best Actor in a Drama Series	Jeremy Strong Succession	Lee Jung-jae Squid Game
Best Actress in a Drama Series	Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Pose	Melanie Lynskey Yellowjackets	Jung Ho-Yeon Squid Game	Zendaya Euphoria
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	O Yeong-su Squid Game	Kieran Culkin Succession	—N/a	Matthew Macfadyen Succession
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Sarah Snook Succession		—N/a	Julia Garner Ozark
Best Actor in a Comedy Series	Jason Sudeikis Ted Lasso
Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Jean Smart Hacks
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	—N/a	Brett Goldstein Ted Lasso	—N/a	Brett Goldstein Ted Lasso
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	—N/a	Hannah Waddingham Ted Lasso	—N/a	Sheryl Lee Ralph Abbott Elementary
Best Actor in a Limited Series	Michael Keaton Dopesick
Best Actress in a Limited Series	Kate Winslet Mare of Easttown			Amanda Seyfried The Dropout
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series	—N/a	Murray Bartlett The White Lotus	—N/a	Murray Bartlett The White Lotus
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series	—N/a	Jennifer Coolidge The White Lotus	—N/a	Jennifer Coolidge The White Lotus

Notable events

Main article: 2021 notable events in American television

Television shows

Shows debuting in 2021

Main article: List of 2021 American television debuts

Shows changing networks

Show	Moved from	Moved to	Source
Stargirl	DC Universe/The CW	The CW
Doom Patrol	DC Universe/HBO Max	HBO Max
Titans	DC Universe
Young Justice
The Other Two	Comedy Central
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Boomerang
Gen:Lock	Rooster Teeth
Thomas Edison Secret Lab	Qubo	Peacock
The DaVincibles	Qubo	Kabillion
Dr. Pimple Popper: This Is Zit	TLC.com	Discovery+
Crikey! It's the Irwins	Animal Planet
See No Evil	Investigation Discovery
Evil Lives Here
Murder in the Heartland
Archibald's Next Big Thing	Netflix	Peacock
DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders
American Ninja Warrior Junior	Universal Kids
Home Sweet Home	NBC
Miss America
Younger	TV Land	Paramount+
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	VH1
Inside the NFL	Showtime
Evil	CBS
SEAL Team
Reno 911!	Quibi	The Roku Channel/Paramount+
Punk'd		The Roku Channel
Dishmantled
The Rich and the Ruthless	Allblk	BET+
The Last Cowboy	Paramount Network	CMT
It's Pony	Nickelodeon	Nicktoons

Milestone episodes and anniversaries

Show	Network	Episode #	Episode title	Episode airdate	Source
Ridiculousness	MTV	600th episode	"Chanel and Sterling CCLIII"	January 7
Teen Titans Go!	Cartoon Network	300th episode	"Lucky Stars"	January 23
Saturday Night Live	NBC	900th episode	"Dan Levy/Phoebe Bridgers"	February 6
Let's Make a Deal	CBS	2,000th episode	"Episode 2000"	February 19
American Housewife	ABC	100th episode	"Getting Frank with the Ottos"	February 24
The Simpsons	Fox	700th episode	"Manger Things"	March 21
Ridiculousness	MTV	650th episode	"Chanel and Sterling CCXCII"	April 9
Bunk'd	Disney Channel	100th episode	"Gi Whiz"	June 3
The Flash	The CW	150th episode	"Heart of the Matter, Part 1"	July 13
Ridiculousness	MTV	700th episode	"Chanel and Sterling CCCXXXII"	July 18
Blaze and the Monster Machines	Nickelodeon	100th episode	"The Gold Medal Games"	July 23
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	NBC	1500th episode	"Kit Harington/Miranda Cosgrove/Duran Duran"	August 12
The Price Is Right	CBS	50th anniversary	"The Price Is Right 50th Anniversary Special"	September 30
Chicago Fire	NBC	200th episode	"Two Hundred"	October 20
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit		500th episode	"The Five Hundredth Episode"	October 21
Pardon the Interruption	ESPN	20th anniversary	N/A	October 22
The Voice	NBC	500th episode	"The Knockouts Part 2"	October 26
Legends of Tomorrow	The CW	100th episode	"wvrdr_error_100<oest-of-th3-gs.gid30n> not found"	October 27
The Challenge	MTV	500th episode	"500"
Bubble Guppies	Nickelodeon	100th episode	"A Giant Harvest Day!"	November 11
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee	TBS	200th episode	"December 8, 2021"	December 8
The Late Late Show with James Corden	CBS	1000th episode	"Mariah Carey"
Summer Camp Island	HBO Max	100th episode	"The Babies Chapter 3: Lem Is Nothing"	December 9
Riverdale	The CW	100th episode	"Chapter One Hundred: The Jughead Paradox"	December 14

Shows returning in 2021

The following shows returned with new episodes after being canceled or having ended their run previously:

Show	Last aired	Type of return	Previous channel	New/returning/same channel	Return date	Source
Monster Garage	2006	Revival	Discovery Channel	Discovery+	January 4
Name That Tune	1985		First-run syndication	Fox	January 6
The Chase	2015		Game Show Network	ABC	January 7
Walker, Texas Ranger (as Walker)	2001	Reboot	CBS	The CW	January 21
Top Gear America	2017		BBC America	Motor Trend	January 29
The Equalizer	1989		CBS	same	February 7
Evil Lives Here	2020	New season	Investigation Discovery	Discovery+	February 14
Modern Marvels	2015	Revival	History	same	February 21
Chain Reaction	2016		Game Show Network		February 22
Punky Brewster	1988		First-run syndication	Peacock	February 25
Dinner: Impossible	2010		Food Network	same	March 11
America's Most Wanted	2012		Lifetime	Fox	March 15
Wipeout	2014	Reboot	ABC	TBS	April 1
Kung Fu (modern-day version)	1997		First-run syndication	The CW	April 7
Younger	2019	New season	TV Land	Paramount+	April 15
Kids Say the Darndest Things	2020		ABC	CBS	May 5
The Rich and the Ruthless	2019		Allblk	BET+	May 13
In Treatment	2010	Reboot	HBO	same	May 23
Rugrats	2004		Nickelodeon	Paramount+	May 27
Tuca & Bertie	2019	New season	Netflix	Adult Swim	June 13
iCarly	2012	Revival	Nickelodeon	Paramount+	June 17
Evil	2020	New season	CBS		June 20
College Bowl (as Capital One College Bowl)	1970	Revival	NBC	same	June 22
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	2020	New season	VH1	Paramount+	June 24
Up Close	2001	Revival	ESPN	ESPN+	June 30
Gossip Girl	2012		The CW	HBO Max	July 8
Pictionary	1998		First-run syndication	same	July 12
Johnny Test	2014		Cartoon Network	Netflix	July 16
Behind the Music			VH1	Paramount+	July 29
On the Record with Bob Costas (as Back on the Record with Bob Costas)	2004		HBO	same	July 30
Fantasy Island	1999	Reboot	ABC	Fox	August 10
MTV Cribs	2017	Revival	Snapchat	MTV	August 11
Slasher	2019	New season	Netflix	Shudder	August 14
You Bet Your Life	1993	Reboot	First-run syndication	same	September 13
The Wonder Years (modern-day version)			ABC		September 22
Cops	2020	New season	Paramount Network	Fox Nation	October 1
Legends of the Hidden Temple	1995	Revival	Nickelodeon	The CW	October 10
NHL on ESPN	2004		ESPN	same	October 12
4400	2007	Reboot	USA Network	The CW	October 25
Head of the Class	1991	Revival	ABC	HBO Max	November 4
Dexter (as Dexter: New Blood)	2013		Showtime	same	November 7
Condor	2018	New season	Audience	Epix
The Game	2015	Revival	BET	Paramount+	November 11
X-Play	2013		G4	same	November 17
Attack of the Show!					November 18
The Real Housewives of Miami		New season	Bravo	Peacock	December 16

Shows ending in 2021

End date	Show	Channel	First aired	Status	Source
January 1	Earth to Ned	Disney+	2020	Canceled
January 11	Lazor Wulf	Adult Swim	2019
January 15	The Astronauts	Nickelodeon		Ended
	Carmen Sandiego	Netflix
January 20	Thomas & Friends	PBS Kids		Canceled
January 27	Bonding	Netflix	2021
January 28	Total Bellas	E!	2016
February 4	Lou Dobbs Tonight	Fox Business	1980
	Esme & Roy	HBO Max	2018
	Haute Dog		2020
February 7	Kitten Bowl	Hallmark Channel	2014
February 15	The Crew	Netflix	2021
	Big Hero 6: The Series	Disney XD	2017	Ended
	The Tom and Jerry Show	Boomerang	2014
February 19	Tell Me Your Secrets	Amazon Prime Video	2021
February 24	For Life	ABC	2020	Canceled
February 25	Punky Brewster	Peacock	2021
	The Substitute	Nickelodeon	2019
March 15	DuckTales	Disney XD	2017	Ended
March 18	The Unicorn	CBS	2019	Canceled
March 19	Country Comfort	Netflix	2021
March 21	American Gods	Starz	2015
March 23	The Misery Index	TBS	2019	Canceled
March 25	Superstore	NBC	2015	Ended
March 28	Yum and Yummer	Cooking Channel	2019
March 31	American Housewife	ABC	2016	Canceled
April 9	Wynonna Earp	Syfy		Ended
April 11	Ben 10	Cartoon Network
	Shameless	Showtime	2011
April 14	Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!	Netflix	2021	Canceled
April 15	Infinity Train	HBO Max	2019
April 16	Get a Clue	Game Show Network	2020
April 22	Bigger	BET+	2019
April 27	Delilah	Oprah Winfrey Network	2021
April 30	MacGyver	CBS	2016	Ended
May 4	Selena: The Series	Netflix	2020
May 7	Shrill	Hulu	2019
	Jupiter's Legacy	Netflix	2021	Canceled
May 10	Race to the Center of the Earth	National Geographic
May 13	Castlevania	Netflix	2017	Ended
	Mom	CBS	2013
May 14	Just Roll with It	Disney Channel	2019	Canceled
May 16	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	NBC	2020
May 17	Cheaters	First-run syndication	2000
May 18	Prodigal Son	Fox	2019
	Mixed-ish	ABC
	Pooch Perfect		2021
May 19	Call Your Mother
May 20	Ellen's Next Great Designer	HBO Max
	Special	Netflix	2019	Ended
	Last Man Standing	Fox	2011
May 21	M.O.D.O.K.	Hulu	2021	Canceled
May 22	Iyanla: Fix My Life	Oprah Winfrey Network	2012	Ended
May 23	NCIS: New Orleans	CBS	2014
	Ellen's Game of Games	NBC	2017	Canceled
May 24	Debris		2021
	Black Lightning	The CW	2018	Ended
May 28	The Kominsky Method	Netflix
	Panic	Amazon Prime Video	2021	Canceled
June 3	A Little Late with Lilly Singh	NBC	2019	Ended
	Everything's Gonna Be Okay	Freeform	2020	Canceled
June 6	Pose	FX	2018	Ended
June 7	Best Baker in America	Food Network	2017
June 9	Queen of the South	USA Network	2016
June 10	Younger	Paramount+	2015
	Rebel	ABC	2021	Canceled
June 14	Final Space	Adult Swim	2018
June 20	Bless the Harts	Fox	2019
	The Moodys
	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	E!	2007	Ended
June 24	Conan	TBS	2010
June 25	Bosch	Amazon Prime Video	2014
	Van Helsing	Syfy	2016
June 28	Vampirina	Disney Jr.	2017
	In Treatment	HBO	2008
June 30	The Bold Type	Freeform	2017
July 7	NHL on NBC	NBC/NBCSN	2005
	Card Sharks	ABC	2019	Canceled
July 8	Generation	HBO Max	2021
July 9	Atypical	Netflix	2017	Ended
July 13	Mr Inbetween	FX	2018
	Good Eats: The Return	Food Network	2019
July 15	9 Months with Courteney Cox	Facebook Watch		Canceled
July 16	Betty	HBO	2020
July 19	Small Fortune	NBC	2021
July 20	The Haves and the Have Nots	Oprah Winfrey Network	2013	Ended
July 22	Good Girls	NBC	2018	Canceled
July 23	Judge Judy	First-run syndication	1996	Ended
July 25	Good Witch	Hallmark Channel	2015
July 28	Match Game	ABC	2016	Canceled
July 29	Why Women Kill	Paramount+	2019
	Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy	Netflix	2020	Ended
	The Prince	HBO Max	2021	Canceled
August 1	Black Monday	Showtime	2019
August 4	Home & Family	Hallmark Channel	2012	Ended
	The Hills: New Beginnings	MTV	2019	Canceled
	Cooking with Paris	Netflix	2021
August 6	Hit & Run
August 13	Home Before Dark	Apple TV+	2020
August 16	The Celebrity Dating Game	ABC	2021
August 18	Diary of a Future President	Disney+	2020
	Chasing Classic Cars	Motor Trend	2008
September 2	A.P. Bio	Peacock	2018
	Q-Force	Netflix	2021
September 5	60 Minutes+	Paramount+
September 6	The Republic of Sarah	The CW
	CBS This Morning	CBS	2012	Ended
September 10	Lucifer	Netflix	2016
	Highly Questionable	ESPN	2011	Canceled
September 15	House Calls with Dr. Phil	CBS	2021
September 16	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	NBC	2013	Ended
September 21	The Ultimate Surfer	ABC	2021	Canceled
September 22	Dear White People	Netflix	2017	Ended
September 23	The Hustler	ABC	2021	Canceled
September 24	Goliath	Amazon Prime Video	2016	Ended
October 1	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	HBO Max	2019
	Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures	Disney Junior	2017	Canceled
	Mr. Corman	Apple TV+	2021
October 4	On My Block	Netflix	2018	Ended
	Poker After Dark	NBCSN	2007	Canceled
October 6	Turner & Hooch	Disney+	2021	Canceled
October 7	The Outpost	The CW	2018
October 8	Pretty Smart	Netflix	2021
	A Tale Dark & Grimm
	The Jump	ESPN	2016
October 10	Work in Progress	Showtime	2019
October 11	The Baby-Sitters Club	Netflix	2020
October 13	Just Beyond	Disney+	2021
October 14	Another Life	Netflix	2019
	Archibald's Next Big Thing	Peacock
October 15	Liza on Demand	YouTube Premium	2018	Ended
October 21	Go! Go! Cory Carson	Netflix	2020
	The Girl in the Woods	Peacock	2021
October 24	DC Super Hero Girls	Cartoon Network	2019	Canceled
October 31	Chapelwaite	Epix	2021
November 1	Y: The Last Man	FX on Hulu
November 4	The Harper House	Paramount+
	Head of the Class	HBO Max
November 5	Narcos: Mexico	Netflix	2018	Ended
	Home Sweet Home	NBC	2021
November 9	Supergirl	The CW	2015
November 10	Gentefied	Netflix	2020	Canceled
November 11	Love Life	HBO Max
November 12	Snoopy in Space	Apple TV+	2021
	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Amazon Prime Video
November 18	Craftopia	HBO Max	2020
	The Lost Symbol	Peacock	2021
November 19	Cowboy Bebop	Netflix
	Gentefied		2020
November 21	Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks	National Geographic Channel	2014
November 24	Saved by the Bell	Peacock	2020
	Hanna	Amazon Prime Video	2019	Ended
November 25	F Is for Family	Netflix	2015
	12 Dates of Christmas	HBO Max	2020	Canceled
November 26	Sydney to the Max	Disney Channel	2019	Ended
	Gabby Duran & the Unsittables			Canceled
November 27	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team	CMT	2006
November 29	Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	2017
November 30	The Hot Zone	National Geographic	2019
December 1	Lost in Space	Netflix	2018	Ended
	The Sinner	USA Network	2017
December 3	PEN15	Hulu	2019
	Disney's Magic Bake-Off	Disney Channel	2021
December 5	The Walking Dead: World Beyond	AMC	2020
December 6	The Big Leap	Fox	2021	Canceled
December 7	Centaurworld	Netflix		Ended
	Apple & Onion	Cartoon Network	2018
December 8	Alter Ego	Fox	2021	Canceled
December 10	Crossing Swords	Hulu	2020
December 13	Joe Pera Talks with You	Adult Swim	2018
	Squidbillies		2005	Ended
December 16	The Fungies!	HBO Max	2020	Canceled
	Finding Magic Mike		2021
December 17	Fast & Furious Spy Racers	Netflix	2019	Ended
December 21	The Last O.G.	TBS	2018	Canceled
December 23	The Kids Tonight Show	Peacock	2021
December 24	Dickinson	Apple TV+	2019	Ended
December 26	Insecure	HBO	2016

Entering syndication in 2021

A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.

Show	Seasons	In Production	Notes	Source
Chicago Fire	9	Yes
Bull	5
Young Sheldon	4
SEAL Team	4

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
Discovery+	OTT streaming	January 4	Announced in September 2020 as a global expansion of its existing India service (launched in March of that year), Discovery, Inc. launched Discovery+ as a streaming service featuring original and archival content from Discovery's network and production properties (including the former networks of Scripps Networks Interactive acquired by the company in March 2018) as well as select programming from A&E Networks.
Twist	OTA multicast	April 5	Tegna revealed plans on February 24 to launch Twist, which joins True Crime Network and Quest in the company's multicast portfolio. Twist targets a female audience with factual lifestyle and reality programming, mainly home- and food-oriented shows sourced from the libraries of A&E Networks and NBCUniversal Lifestyle Network Group. The "exciting reveals" featured in these shows serve as the inspiration for the network's name.
MeTV+		May 15	On May 3, Weigel Broadcasting announced plans to launch MeTV+, an experimental spin-off of flagship network MeTV with a lineup of classic sitcoms, drama series, and comedic and animated shorts sourced from the libraries of Sony Pictures Television, CBS Media Ventures, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and NBCUniversal Syndication Studios complementary to the offerings on its parent network. At the outset, MeTV+—the second MeTV extension effort by Weigel, following a local "MeToo" service that ran on WMEU-CD/Chicago (now an independent station) from 2008 to 2013—launched on Weigel-owned Chicago flagship WCIU-TV and KMOH-TV/Kingman–Phoenix, occupying subchannels that carried Bounce TV (which shifted to local Ion stations owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, parent of Bounce owner Katz Broadcasting). If successful, Weigel plans to expand MeTV+ to stations that the company owns in other markets (including as a replacement for Bounce TV on Weigel stations that carried the network since its 2011 debut) and to affiliates owned by third-party station groups.
Defy TV		July 1	On March 2, the E. W. Scripps Company announced plans to add two new networks to its digital broadcast portfolio (joining its six existing networks, which include Ion, Bounce TV and Court TV). Defy and TrueReal (the latter had initially been billed as Doozy) would respectively target men and women in the 25-54 age range with factual lifestyle and reality programming. On Ion O&Os and INYO Broadcast Holdings-owned Ion affiliates, Defy TV and TrueReal primarily occupied subchannels formerly affiliated with QVC and HSN. (Qurate Retail Group, the parent of the respective home shopping networks, ended its channel-lease agreement with Ion Media on June 29.)
TrueReal
AccuWeather Now	OTT streaming	August 17	On July 29, AccuWeather announced plans to launch AccuWeather Now, a 24-hour live streaming weather news and information network. To differentiate from its cable and satellite channel AccuWeather Network, it would include liberal amounts of social media content, viral videos and feature stories in addition to its core product of weather forecasts. The service initially launched on The Roku Channel's live TV service on August 17.
El Rey Network	Relaunch as OTT streaming channel (previously on cable/satellite and digital from 2013 to 2020)		On August 7, 2021, Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures announced they had entered into a partnership with Cinedigm to relaunch El Rey Network—which ceased operating as a traditional pay television network in December 2020, after AT&T and Spectrum dropped it from their systems as well as in the wake of Univision Communications's withdrawal as a minority stakeholder—as a free, ad-supported live streaming channel. As a streaming channel, the English-language Latino-oriented network initially debuted on The Roku Channel's live TV service on August 17.
Rewind TV	OTA multicast	September 1	On April 26, Nexstar Media Group announced plans to launch Rewind TV, a spin-off of Antenna TV targeting adults 25–54 (primarily towards Gen Xers) and focusing on classic sitcoms from the 1980s and 1990s. Rewind—which initially launched on subchannels of stations owned or managed by Nexstar in markets reaching 45% of U.S. television households, occupying subchannel slots vacated by Katz-owned networks being transferred to Scripps-owned network affiliates and Ion O&O/affiliate stations in some markets—draws from the libraries of Sony Pictures Television, CBS Media Ventures, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, and initially included many series (including Murphy Brown, The Facts of Life, Who's the Boss? and Family Ties) previously acquired for Antenna TV, which began phasing out post-1970s series from its lineup in April as it shifts to a narrowed focus on sitcoms from the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s (Antenna TV continued to offer a more limited lineup of post-1970s sitcoms in the interim).
Novelisima		September 4	On September 1, Grupo Cisneros announced it had entered into a distribution agreement with HC2 Broadcasting to launch Novelisima, a 24-hour multicast network focusing on imported telenovelas.
Fuse+	OTT streaming	September 13	Following a beta launch in June, on September 13, Fuse Media officially launched Fuse+, a subscription streaming service focusing on multicultural programming aimed at millennials. The service—which is priced at $1.99/month (or $19.99/year), with paywalled content accessible for free using login credentials provided to subscribers of participating cable and satellite services that carry either of its co-owned linear channels, Fuse and FM—incorporated an initial slate of over 500 hours of original content, consisting of Fuse original programs (with new episodes airing day-and-date with the linear channel), independent films and documentaries, along with a selection of supplemental music, Black cultural, hip-hop and archival home fitness programs that are also available through a free, ad-supported tier for non-subscribers.
Digi TV	OTA multicast	September 27	On September 8, Net X Holdings, LLC announced plans to launch Digi TV, a multicast network focusing on imported English-language programming. Initially launching primarily on subchannels of Univision and UniMás stations owned by Univision Communications and Tri-State Christian Television O&Os, the network airs a mix of scripted and reality-based entertainment, knowledge-based and lifestyle programming primarily sourced from the United Kingdom and Australia.
Fox Weather	OTT streaming/OTA multicast	October 25	On December 29, 2020, Fox News Media announced plans to launch Fox Weather, a 24-hour streaming weather channel intended to compete with The Weather Channel, AccuWeather Network and WeatherNation TV (the latter of which has long been streamed for free on the network's app and on ad-supported streaming platforms such as Pluto TV). The service would be available as a standalone app and website, and feature live programming utilizing resources of its own meteorologists and meteorologists from local Fox Television Stations properties as well as local, regional and national weather updates. Critics, citing shared management between the two services, have expressed concern that Fox Weather might express opinions dismissive of climate change mirroring similar commentary made in recent years by Fox News personalities and contributors. Those FTS stations also began carrying the network as a subchannel in the first quarter of 2022.
G4	Linear cable/satellite and digital	November 16	On July 24, 2020, the Twitter accounts of G4TV and G4's Attack of the Show! and X-Play, reactivated to post a teaser video of a G4 revival in some form (either as a wireline or streaming channel, though not disclosed at the time), slated for 2021. (On October 12, 2021, Comcast confirmed that the revived G4—like its original iteration—would be distributed as a cable-originated network, with Verizon Fios, Cox, Xfinity and Philo among its charter carriers.) The teasers were timed for Comic-Con@Home, the first virtual streaming edition of the annual fan convention, San Diego Comic-Con. Consequently, G4's website also redirected to a nonstop game of Pong (which if won, redirects to a mailing list sign up for updates), once again reflecting back to the network's original launch in 2002 and their shutdown in 2014.

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion date	Notes	Source
Urban Movie Channel	Allblk	OTT streaming	January 6	AMC Networks rebranded Urban Movie Channel – launched in 2014 as the first streaming service dedicated to television programs and films aimed at Black audiences, and content made by Black filmmakers – as Allblk, citing the original name no longer fit the brand, its audience or culture (several "urban"-branded broadcasters, along with radio stations formerly under the urban contemporary banner, switched to other descriptive terms throughout 2020). The service also increases original programming, having debuted seven series in 2021.
Light TV	TheGrio	Over-the-air multicast/ OTT streaming	January 15	Following its acquisition of the network's satellite slot from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Allen Media Group relaunched the former channel space of family-oriented digital multicast network Light TV as TheGrio (branded after the Black cultural news and entertainment website of the same name acquired by parent company Entertainment Studios in 2016), adopting a focus primarily around movies, along with selected television series, news and lifestyle content aimed at African American audiences. There has been some confusion however, as Light TV continues to run on some affiliates and online, while some former Light TV affiliates stopped carrying the network in the run-up to TheGrio's launch.
WGN America	NewsNation	Cable/satellite	March 1	On January 25, 2021, Nexstar Media Group announced it would relaunch the entertainment-oriented WGN America (a name traced to its existence as a superstation feed of WGN-TV/Chicago from the channel's launch in November 1978 until its content separation from WGN-TV in December 2014) as the news-centric NewsNation, named after the prime time newscast that the channel debuted in September 2020, effective March 1. The rebrand coincides with a gradual expansion of its news programming that initially includes the additions of an hour-long early-evening newscast, the hour-long Donlon Report (a prime-access newscast fronted by NewsNation anchor Joe Donlon) and a weeknight news/interview program hosted by Ashleigh Banfield, as well as a condensed version of the retitled NewsNationPrime (to be reduced from three hours to two). A reduced schedule of entertainment programs in its inventory continues to be featured in daytime and overnight slots (along with early morning paid and religious programming), to be replaced with news content once syndication contracts expire.
CBS All Access	Paramount+	OTT streaming	March 4	CBS All Access adopts the Paramount+ name used in certain international markets. The rebranding occurs amid an ongoing expansion of the service — originally developed as a subscription platform for CBS featuring original programs, content from the CBS television network and its syndication arm CBS Media Ventures, and live streams of local CBS stations, CBS' ad-supported OTT services and events from CBS Sports – to include content from other television and film brands owned by ViacomCBS (including Paramount Pictures, MTV, BET, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon).
Vix	PrendeTV	OTT streaming	March 30	On January 12, Univision Communications announced it would launch PrendeTV, a free, ad-supported Spanish-language streaming service aimed at U.S. Hispanics and Latinos in the first quarter of the year, formally launching on March 30. The platform, which is the first AVOD platform dedicated exclusively to Spanish content, offers over 30 curated channels (similar to those featured on services like Pluto TV, Peacock and Xumo) and approximately 20,000 hours of Spanish-language and -dubbed movies and television series for video-on-demand viewing from Univision and third-party providers including Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Grupo Globo, Caracol Televisión, Banijay, FilmRise, Nelvana, RCN, Lionsgate and MGM. The service was built off the infrastructure of and inherit content from Pan-American streaming service Vix, which Univision bought from a consortium of Batanga Media, Discovery Inc. and HarbourVest Partners on February 1.
Fox Sports Networks	Bally Sports	Cable/satellite	March 31	Sinclair Broadcast Group, as part of a partnership with Entertainment Studios, acquired the regional networks formerly owned by Fox Sports parent News Corporation in 2019. (Disney was required by the Department of Justice to divest the channels during its acquisition of 21st Century Fox on antitrust grounds due to its ownership of ESPN Inc.) Sinclair reached a cross-partnership with gaming company Bally's Corporation in November 2020, which led to the channels shedding the "Fox Sports" brand after more than 24 years in favor of "Bally Sports"; the move coincided with the start of the 2021 Major League Baseball season the next day.
Newsy		Conversion from cable/satellite to over-the-air distribution (to retain carriage on ad-supported OTT services)	June 30 (pay-TV discontinuation) October 1 (start of OTA distribution)	After years as a cable and over-the-top service, on April 6, the E. W. Scripps Company announced plans to transition its 24-hour news channel, Newsy, to a new distribution model as an over-the-air multicast service—although it would continue to maintain supplemental streaming distribution through its Internet apps and existing partnerships with ad-supported Internet television providers. Scripps thus began terminating the network's existing contracts with wireline and vMVPD providers (instead of opting for converting them to must-carry arrangements, similar to those employed by other OTA multicast networks such as MeTV, GetTV and Heroes & Icons) beginning June 30, with end dates varying by provider throughout the Summer. Newsy relaunched as a digital multicast network on October 1, carried primarily through Scripps's television stations (via both the group's major network affiliates and Ion Television O&Os as well as through commiserate carriage via retransmission consent agreements for Scripps/Ion stations) and through third-party affiliation agreements in non-Scripps markets.
SportsGrid Network		Conversion to over-the-air distribution (to retain carriage on ad-supported and subscription OTT services)	September 1 (start of OTA distribution)	On August 25, Nexstar Media Group announced a partnership with SportsGrid Inc. to offer the latter's sports betting- and fantasy sports-focused streaming news service SportsGrid Network as a digital multicast network starting September 1. SportsGrid, which retains its existing distribution through its Internet apps and Internet television providers (such as Xumo, Samsung TV Plus and Sling TV), was initially available in nine Nexstar markets (including San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Tampa, Nashville and Portland) where the company's subchannel leasing agreements with Katz Networks properties lapsed the day prior. (The Court TV, Court TV Mystery, Laff and Bounce TV affiliations to be affected in the corresponding markets became exclusive to subchannels of parent company Scripps’ Ion O&O stations that had added them on a transitional basis following the February 28 closures of Ion Plus, Qubo and Ion Shop.)
Great American Country	GAC Family	Cable/satellite	September 27	As a consequence of GAC Media's June 7 purchases of Great American Country (from Discovery, Inc.) and Ride TV (from Ride Television Network, Inc.), on September 27, the two networks underwent branding and programming overhauls: Great American Country was rebranded as GAC Family and restructured from a country lifestyle programming format to a family-oriented entertainment network—featuring a mix of original and acquired programming, both scripted and unscripted—similar in concept to Hallmark Channel (which GAC Media CEO William J. Abbott oversaw as head of Crown Media Family Networks from 2009 to 2020), while Ride TV rebranded as GAC Living and expanded from its original focus on equestrian sports to center around Southern- and country-oriented unscripted lifestyle programming. (The "GAC" initialism was concurrently backronymed by its new corporate parent from the previous "Great American Country" moniker to "Great American Channels".)
Ride TV	GAC Living

Closures

Network	Type	End date	Notes	Source
DC Universe	OTT streaming	January 21	In September 2020, DC announced that the DC Universe streaming service would be folded into DC Universe Infinite as a solely digital comics subscription service on January 21, 2021. DC Universe subscriptions would automatically transfer over to DC Universe Infinite. Original programs Young Justice, Titans, Doom Patrol, and Harley Quinn moved to HBO Max and became Max Original series starting their new seasons, while Stargirl moved to The CW with its second season.
Ion Plus	Over-the-air multicast	February 28	Following the completion of its acquisition of Ion Media, on January 14, the E. W. Scripps Company announced the shuttering of three Ion networks – Ion Plus (a secondary schedule of programming from Ion's content distributors), Ion Shop (all-paid programming) and Qubo (children's programming) – and allocate their spectrum space on Ion Media's stations to offer networks from existing Scripps subsidiary Katz Broadcasting (consisting of Court TV, Court TV Mystery, Bounce TV, Laff and Grit). This eventually consolidates Ion's operations into Katz and replace expiring contracts with other broadcasters that carried the Katz networks outside of mainstream Scripps markets (albeit with affiliate duplication in the interim due to the structure of Katz's subchannel-leasing arrangements), while offloading those networks on mainstream Scripps stations with limited spectrum capacity during the ATSC 3.0 transition. (Ion's namesake flagship channel continues as a Scripps-owned network.) Qubo, Ion Plus and Ion Shop were replaced by selected Katz networks on Ion affiliates (consisting mainly of former O&Os spun off by Scripps to Inyo Broadcast Holdings) on February 27, and were replaced on Scripps-owned Ion stations post-shutdown on March 1.
Ion Shop
Qubo
WWE Network	OTT streaming	March 18 (United States)	On January 25, WWE announced it would discontinue the standalone WWE Network service in the United States and merge it into the offerings of Peacock. All paying Peacock subscribers gained access to the WWE Video Library and no-cost access to WWE pay-per-view events in the same manner as current WWE Network subscribers. WWE Network remains unchanged outside of the United States.
CNN Airport	Closed-circuit international airport television systems	March 31	On January 12, CNN announced that it would shut down the CNN Airport network, which was available in numerous airports across the United States. The network, which carried a mixture of family-friendly news and entertainment programs from select WarnerMedia networks (as well as some high-profile sporting events), had been seeing declining viewership since the 2008 financial crisis as a result of the increased proliferation of Wi-Fi-enabled devices which themselves allow access to the mainline CNN network; the decline was accelerated in 2020 when global commercial air travel declined greatly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NBC Sports Northwest	Cable and satellite	September 30	On June 9, NBC Sports Group announced it was shutting down NBC Sports Northwest, which launched in 2007 as Comcast SportsNet Northwest and later rebranded as CSN Northwest in 2012 and to NBC Sports Northwest in 2017. The closure came after the Portland Trail Blazers (a key team part of the network's programming since its inception) signed a four-year deal with Root Sports Northwest on the same date.
Hotstar (U.S. only)	OTT streaming	November 30	On August 31, 2021, Disney announced that the U.S. version of Hotstar—targeted domestically at mainly American-born and expatriate Indians—would cease operations as a standalone platform by around late 2022. On the date of the announcement, Bollywood and South Asian films, television series and original specials featured in Hotstar's U.S. catalog (which will be rotated on and off at regular intervals) were added to Hulu, while the service's rights to Indian Premier League, ICC Men's T20 World Cup and BCCI-sanctioned cricket competitions were incorporated into ESPN+. Hotstar (alternately branded as Disney+ Hotstar in Asia) will continue to operate in parts of South Asia (specifically India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore), Canada and the United Kingdom. The closure date was brought forward by over a year with less than 2 weeks' notice on November 18, 2021.
ESPN Classic	Cable and satellite	December 31	On November 4, ESPN confirmed the closure of the network, originally launched as Classic Sports Network in 1995 before its 1997 acquisition by ESPN. The network had already lost library programming over the years and was slowly wound down as ESPN had allowed various providers to drop the network in retransmission consent negotiations since the mid-2010s in order to pick up new ESPN networks as replacements.
Fusion TV			On December 4, Univision Communications confirmed through notice to its remaining providers the closure of Fusion, originally launched in October 2013 with a focus on news, lifestyle, pop culture, satire and entertainment programs aimed at English-speaking millennials, including those of a Hispanic background. The network—which was founded as a joint venture between Univision and The Walt Disney Company (through ABC News), the latter which sold its stake in 2016—struggled to maintain a consistent programming identity (experiencing heavy churn of its news and documentary programs, while shifting more toward a documentary and entertainment format in its waning years); to obtain widespread distribution across wireline, satellite and live-TV streaming providers; and to attract sufficient viewership in its target demographic throughout its eight-year existence. Fusion also incurred significant profit losses over its run (incurring deficits of $35 million in 2014 alone) as Univision struggled through an era under the management of private equity which mandated the launch of English-language inroads; the network is currently in the process of merging with longtime content partner Televisa and focusing exclusively on Spanish-language audiences. It was the second consecutive year a Univision-funded English-language channel shut down, as El Rey Network's wireline network was shut down exactly a year before, several months after it spun off its interest in the channel.
NBCSN			On January 22, NBC Sports Group announced it was shutting down NBCSN, which launched in 1995 as the Outdoor Life Network and later rebranded as Versus before becoming the NBC Sports Network in 2012 and adopting its current name in 2013. Its programming, which includes the Premier League and NASCAR races, moves primarily to NBC and USA Network as well as the Peacock streaming service. A cornerstone of NBCSN's programming had been the National Hockey League, whose contract with NBC Sports expired at the end of the abbreviated 2021 season.

Television stations

Subchannel launches

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Source
January 1	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	KFXA	28.5	Comet
	Charleston, West Virginia	WCHS	8.3	Antenna TV
		WVAH-TV	11.4	Charge!
			11.5	TBD
	Columbus, Ohio	WSYX	6.4	Antenna TV
	Dayton, Ohio	WRGT-TV	45.5	TBD
			45.6	Stadium
	Idaho Falls-Pocatello, Idaho	KIFI-TV	8.5	Telemundo
February 4	Sioux City, Iowa	KMEG	14.4	Stadium
February 15	Albuquerque, New Mexico	KNME-TV	5.4	World Channel
			5.5	Create
March 1	Columbus, Ohio	WSFJ-TV	51.2	Grit
	Indianapolis, Indiana	WRTV	6.5	HSN
	Kansas City, Missouri	KSHB-TV	41.4	GetTV
	Miami, Florida	WSFL-TV	39.5	QVC
	Norfolk, Virginia	WGNT	27.5	QVC2
			27.6	HSN2
	Raleigh, North Carolina	WRPX-TV	47.4	Grit
April 1	Chicago, Illinois	WLS-TV	7.3	This TV
	Fresno, California	KFSN-TV	30.4	HSN
	Houston, Texas	KTRK-TV	13.4	QVC
	Los Angeles, California	KABC-TV	7.4	QVC2
	New York City, New York	WABC-TV		HSN
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WPVI-TV	6.4	QVC
	Raleigh, North Carolina	WTVD	11.4	HSN
	San Francisco, California	KGO-TV	7.4
April 5	Atlanta, Georgia	WXIA-TV	11.2	Twist
	Buffalo, New York	WGRZ	2.5
	Charleston, South Carolina	WBSE-LD	20.2
	Charlotte, North Carolina	WCNC-TV	36.5
	Chicago, Illinois	WGBO-DT	66.6
	Cleveland, Ohio	WKYC	3.5
	Columbia, South Carolina	WLTX	19.5
	Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas	WFAA	8.9
	Davenport, Iowa-Moline, Illinois	WQAD-TV	8.5
	Denver, Colorado	KUSA	9.7
	Des Moines, Iowa	WOI-DT	5.5
	Detroit, Michigan	WADL	38.8
	Fort Smith, Arkansas	KFSM-TV	5.4
	Fort Wayne, Indiana	WCUH-LD	16.2
	Grand Rapids, Michigan	WZZM	13.5
	Greensboro, North Carolina	WFMY-TV	2.6
	Hartford, Connecticut	WTIC-TV	61.5
	Houston, Texas	KHOU	11.4
	Jacksonville, Florida	WJXX	25.5
	Las Vegas, Nevada	K36NE-D	43.3
	Little Rock, Arkansas	KTHV	11.6
	Los Angeles, California	KMEX-DT	34.6
	Macon, Georgia	WMAZ-TV	13.5
	Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida	WLTV-DT	23.5
	New Orleans, Louisiana	WWL-TV	4.4
	New York City, New York	WXTV-DT	41.3
	Norfolk, Virginia	WVEC	13.5
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WFPA-CD	28.4
	Portland, Oregon	KGW	8.4
	Sacramento, California	KXTV	10.5
	St. Louis, Missouri	KSDK	5.5
	Salt Lake City, Utah	KUTH-DT	36.6
	San Francisco, California	KFSF-DT	66.6
April 12	Louisville, Kentucky	WHAS-TV	11.5
	Washington, D.C.	WUSA	9.4
April 19	Memphis, Tennessee	WATN-TV	24.4
April 26	Austin, Texas	KVUE	24.6
	Knoxville, Tennessee	WBIR-TV	10.5
	Phoenix, Arizona	KPNX	12.5
May 3	Amarillo, Texas	KLKW-LD	22.6
May 10	Cleveland, Ohio	WOIO	19.4	Shop LC
	Midland/Odessa, Texas	KWES-TV	9.5	Twist
	San Antonio, Texas	KENS	5.6
May 15	Kingman, Arizona (Phoenix)	KMOH-TV	6.3	MeTV Plus
May 17	Tyler/Longview, Texas	KYTX	19.4	Twist
May 24	Albuquerque, New Mexico	KLUZ-TV	19.6
	Boston, Massachusetts	WUNI	66.5
June 7	Portland, Maine	WCSH	6.5
July 1	Louisville, Kentucky	WBKI	58.5	TrueReal
			58.6	Defy TV
July 5	Davenport, Iowa	KLJB	18.4	Bounce TV
July 19	Harlingen, Texas	KGBT-TV	4.1	Antenna TV
September 1	Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico	KWBQ	19.5	Rewind TV
	Amarillo, Texas	KCPN-LD	33.2
	Austin, Texas	KXAN-TV	36.4
	Chicago, Illinois	WGN-TV	9.5	TBD
	Chico/Redding, California	KUCO-LD	27.4	Rewind TV
	Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas	KDAF	33.5
	Davenport, Iowa	KLJB	18.3
	Evansville, Indiana	WEHT	25.4
	Fayetteville/Fort Smith, Arkansas	KXNW	34.2
	Fresno, California	KSEE	24.4
	Green Bay, Wisconsin	WFRV-TV	5.4
	Huntsville, Alabama	WHDF	15.3
	Johnstown/Altoona/State College, Pennsylvania	WWCP-TV	8.4	Antenna TV
	Little Rock, Arkansas	KASN	38.2	Rewind TV
	Los Angeles, California	KTLA	5.5
	Lubbock, Texas	KLBK-TV	13.4
	Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota	WUCW	23.5
	Odessa/Midland, Texas	KPEJ-TV	24.3
	Rockford, Illinois	WQRF-TV	39.4
	Shreveport, Louisiana	KMSS-TV	33.2
	Springfield, Missouri	KOZL-TV	27.4
	Terre Haute, Indiana	WAWV-TV	38.4
	Tyler/Longview, Texas	KIVY-LD	16.3
	West Palm Beach, Florida	WWHB-CD	48.4
		WTCN-CD	43.4	Dabl
September 20	Nashville, Tennessee	WZTV	17.4	TBD
	Omaha, Nebraska	KPTM	42.4	Comet
	San Antonio, Texas	WOAI-TV	4.4	Charge!
September 28	Bellingham, Washington	KVOS	12.5	MeTV Plus
	Seattle, Washington	KFFV	44.5
October 1	Corpus Christi, Texas	KRIS-TV	6.5	Ion Television
			6.6	Newsy
	Richmond, Virginia	WTVR-TV	6.6
	San Diego, California	KGTV	10.6

Stations changing network affiliations

This section outlines affiliation changes involving English and Spanish networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS, The CW, Univision, etc.), and format conversions involving independent stations. Digital subchannels are mentioned if the prior or new affiliation involves a major English and Spanish broadcast network or a locally programmed independent entertainment format.

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Prior affiliation	New affiliation	Notes	Source
January 1	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	KGAN	2.2	GetTV	Fox	On January 1, KGAN began simulcasting KFXA for a one-month transitional period as Sinclair consolidated Fox affiliates in duopoly markets from their shell corporations to directly owned stations; GetTV concurrently moved to KGAN's third digital subchannel.
			2.3	Comet	GetTV
	Charleston, West Virginia	WCHS-TV	8.2	Antenna TV	Fox	On January 1, WCHS-TV began simulcasting WVAH-TV for a one-month transitional period; Antenna TV concurrently moved to a new third digital subchannel of WCHS-TV.
	Columbus, Ohio	WSYX	6.3			On January 1, WSYX began simulcasting WTTE for a one-month transitional period; Antenna TV concurrently moved to a new fourth digital subchannel of WSYX.
	Dayton, Ohio	WKEF	22.2	Stadium		WKEF-DT2 disaffiliated from Stadium on January 1; it concurrently began simulcasting sister station WRGT-TV for a one-month transitional period.
	Idaho Falls–Pocatello, Idaho	KIDK	3.1	CBS	Dabl	In December 2020, VistaWest Media LLC, owner of KIDK, announced that most of the station's CBS network and syndicated programing, and local newscasts from its KIDK Eyewitness News 3 operation would be transferred to the DT2 subchannel of News-Press & Gazette Company-owned ABC affiliate and SSA partner KIFI-TV on January 1. KIDK would concurrently switch to Dabl (which is also carried on its Fox-affiliated sister KXPI-LD), while Telemundo programming displaced from KIFI-DT2 would transfer to a new DT5 subchannel on that station.
		KIFI-TV	8.2	Telemundo	CBS
	Port Arthur-Beaumont, Texas	KFDM	6.3	Charge!	Fox	KFDM-DT3 disaffiliated from Charge! on December 31, 2020; on January 1, the subchannel began simulcasting Fox-affiliated SSA partner KBTV-TV for a one-month transitional period.
	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, California	KCOY-TV	11.1	CBS	Dabl	In December 2020, the News-Press & Gazette Company, owner of KCOY-TV, announced that the station's CBS network and syndicated programming and its local newscasts would be transferred to the DT2 subchannel of its ABC-affiliated sister station KEYT-TV on January 1. (KEYT had previously maintained a part-time affiliation with CBS from its May 1953 sign-on until KCOY began offering the network full-time after dropping its former primary NBC affiliation in 1969.). KCOY became affiliated with Dabl, relocating the diginet from its discontinued DT4 subchannel. To make room for the former KCOY intellectual unit on its DT2 feed (at which point, its local newscasts were retitled NewsChannel 12 to match KEYT's base news brand), KEYT-DT3—previously affiliated with Bounce TV—adopted a news rebroadcast format with MyNetworkTV programming (previously on KEYT-DT2) airing weeknights.
		KEYT-TV	3.2	MyNetworkTV	CBS
			3.3	Bounce TV	MyNetworkTV
February 1	Dothan, Alabama	WDHN	18.4	Cozi TV	Antenna TV	Nexstar Media Group continues the process it launched in the fall of 2020 of phasing out subchannel carriage agreements with Cozi and MeTV, competitors in the classic television subchannel space, in order to increase exposure and publicity for Antenna TV on its existing stations, which it acquired in 2019 as part of the Tribune Broadcasting merger.
	Terre Haute, Indiana	WTWO	2.4
	Monroe, Louisiana	KARD-TV	14.4
	Joplin, Missouri	KSNF	16.4
	Amarillo, Texas	KAMR-TV	4.4
	Wichita Falls, Texas	KFDX-TV	3.4
	Charleston, West Virginia	WVAH-TV	11.1	Fox	Decades	In December 2020, Sinclair Broadcast Group—which operates the station through Cunningham Broadcasting—announced that most of WVAH's Fox network and syndicated programing, its 10:00 p.m. Eyewitness News newscast (produced by ABC affiliated sister station WCHS-TV), and the "Fox 11" branding would transfer to the second subchannel of WCHS-TV beginning February 1, following a one-month transition period that began on January 1 as part of Sinclair's consolidation of Fox affiliates onto directly owned stations; the move ended WVAH's 34-year affiliation with Fox (dating to its 1987 national launch). After the transition, the station's main channel switched to the Weigel Broadcasting-owned Decades diginet.
	Port Arthur–Beaumont, Texas	KBTV-TV	4.1		Dabl	In December 2020, Sinclair Broadcast Group—which operated the station through Deerfield Media—announced that KBTV would disaffiliate from Fox after 13 years (ending a 67-year-run as a major network affiliate, having previously been with NBC from its 1953 sign on until 2008); the station switched to Dabl effective February 1, with its Fox network and syndicated programming, the 5:30 and 9:00 p.m. newscasts (produced by sister station KFDM) and the "Fox 4" branding being transferred to the third subchannel of KFDM on February 1, following a one-month transition period that began on January 1 as part of Sinclair's consolidation of Fox affiliates onto directly owned stations. Following this, KFDM becomes the second station in the Beaumont–Port Arthur market to maintain dual major network affiliations on its main channel and a digital subchannel (ABC affiliate KBMT has carried NBC programming on its DT2 subchannel since KBTV dropped the latter network).
			4.5	Dabl	Charge!
February 2	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	KGAN	2.2	GetTV	Fox	In December 2020, Sinclair Broadcast Group—which operates KFXA through Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd.—announced that the station would end its collective 33-year relationship with Fox (dating to KFXA's 1988 sign-on, with a ten-month sabbatical from October 1994 to August 1995 due to financial issues that caused its eviction from the station's original studios). KFXA's Fox network and syndicated programming, its weekday 7:00 a.m. and nightly 9:00 p.m. newscasts (produced by CBS-affiliated sister KGAN) and the "Fox 28" branding transferred to KGAN-DT2 on February 2, following a 33-day transition period that commenced on January 1 as part of Sinclair's consolidation of Fox affiliates onto directly owned stations; following the switch, GetTV programming moved from KFXA-DT2 to KGAN-DT3, Comet programming moved from KGAN-DT3 to the newly launched KFXA-DT5, and Dabl programming moved from KGAN-DT4 (discontinued to allocate HD bandwidth for KGAN-DT2) to KFXA's main channel.
			2.3	Comet	GetTV
		KFXA	28.1	Fox	Dabl
February 3	Columbus, Ohio	WTTE	28.1		TBD	In December 2020, Sinclair Broadcast Group—which operates WRGT and WTTE through Cunningham Broadcasting—announced that both stations would end their 34-year relationship with Fox (dating to the network's 1987 national debut). In Dayton, WRGT's Fox network and syndicated programming, its weekday 7:00 a.m. and nightly 10:00 p.m. newscasts (produced by ABC-affiliated sister WKEF) and the "Fox 45" branding transferred to WKEF-DT2 on February 4, following a 33-day transition period that commenced on January 1; following the switch, the part-time MyNetworkTV/Dabl affiliation moved to WRGT's main channel. In Columbus, WTTE's Fox and syndicated programming, its weekday 7:00 a.m. and nightly 10:00 p.m. newscasts (produced by ABC-affiliated sister WSYX) and the "Fox 28" branding transferred to the third subchannel of WSYX-DT3 on February 3, following a 32-day transition period that commenced on January 1 as part of Sinclair's consolidation of Fox affiliates onto directly owned stations; afterward, WTTE switched to Sinclair's TBD diginet.
			28.2	TBD	Stadium
February 4	Dayton, Ohio	WRGT-TV	45.1	Fox	MyNetworkTV/Dabl
			45.2	MyNetworkTV/Dabl	TBD
			45.5	TBD	Stadium
	Sioux City, Iowa	KMEG	14.1	CBS	Dabl	In January 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group—which operated the station through Waitt Broadcasting—announced that KMEG would disaffiliate from CBS after 53 years (dating to its 1967 sign-on), with its network and syndicated programming, local newscasts produced through its Siouxland News operation, as well as the "KMEG 14" branding being transferred to the DT3 subchannel of its co-owned Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliated station KPTH beginning February 4, another consolidation of Sinclair's major network affiliations onto directly owned stations. Both stations concurrently swapped their corresponding diginet affiliations with Dabl, TBD and Charge! on that date.
			14.2	TBD	Charge!
		KPTH	44.2	Dabl	TBD
			44.3	Charge!	CBS
March 29	Dallas, Texas	KTXA	21.2	MeTV	CBSN Dallas	In December 2020, Weigel Broadcasting completed its acquisition of Azteca América affiliates KAZD/Dallas and KYAZ/Houston from HC2 Holdings. On March 29, KAZD and KYAZ became MeTV owned and operation stations, as it shifts Azteca America programming to the stations' third subchannel.
		KAZD	55.1	Azteca América	MeTV
	Houston, Texas	KPRC-TV	2.2	MeTV	Start TV
		KYAZ	51.1	Azteca América	MeTV
April 1	Fresno, California	KFSN-TV	30.3	Laff	This TV	With Katz's carriage agreement with the ABC Owned Television Stations also running out, ABCOTS has since come to agreement with Allen Media Group to launch a revitalized This TV on those channel slots.
	Houston, Texas	KTRK-TV	13.3
	Los Angeles, California	KABC-TV	7.3
	New York City, New York	WABC-TV	7.3
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WPVI-TV	6.3
	Raleigh, North Carolina	WTVD	11.3
	San Francisco, California	KGO-TV	7.3
	Minneapolis, Minnesota	K33LN-D	33.1	Bounce TV	QVC
			33.2	Court TV Mystery	HSN
April 3	Las Vegas, Nevada	KLAS-TV	8.4	Ion Television	Circle
April 5	Indianapolis, Indiana	WISH-TV	8.3	True Crime Network	Twist
May 15	Chicago, Illinois	WCPX-TV	38.2	Court TV Mystery	Bounce TV	WCIU launched the experimental MeTV Plus service over digital subchannels 26.5 on this date; ewplaxing Bounce TV, which had been carrying its programming simultaneously on Ion O&O WCPX-TV (owned by Bounce parent, the E. W. Scripps Company) since February 28 and cedes its Chicago affiliation rights exclusively to that station with the switchover.
		WCIU-TV	26.5	Bounce TV	MeTV Plus
May 17	Lexington, Kentucky	WTVQ-DT	36.4	Laff	Twist
			36.7	Grit	QVC
June 7	Charlotte, North Carolina	WJZY	46.8	Shop LC	QVC2
	Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida	WTSP	10.2	Antenna TV	Twist
		WFTS-TV	28.4	Court TV	Court TV Mystery
			28.5	QVC	HSN
July 5	Burlington/Davenport, Iowa	KGCW	26.4	Bounce TV	CBS
August 2	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	KCRG-TV	9.3	Antenna TV	The CW	As a result of the sale of KWWL to Allen Media Broadcasting due to the acquisition of the station's former owner Quincy Media by Gray Television, the owner of competitor KCRG-TV, The CW announced they move its affiliation from its second digital subchannel of KWWL to the third subchannel of KCRG-TV beginning August 2, after Start TV, Circle and Antenna TV diginets leaving the said station as well in the Cedar Rapids market, while the former joined the Weigel Broadcasting owned network Heroes & Icons.
		KWWL	7.2	The CW	Heroes & Icons
September 1	Albany/Schenectady/Troy, New York	WXXA-TV	23.4	Bounce TV	Rewind TV
	Buffalo, New York	WNLO	23.2
		WKBW-TV	7.2	Laff	Bounce TV
		WIVB-TV	4.2	Court TV	QVC
	Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia	WOWK-TV	13.4	Grit	Rewind TV
	Charlotte, North Carolina	WJZY	46.8	QVC2
	Chicago, Illinois	WGN-TV	9.4	TBD
	Cleveland, Ohio	WOIO	19.4	Shop LC
	Grand Rapids, Michigan	WOOD-TV	8.2	Bounce TV
			8.3	Laff	SportsGrid
	Hagerstown, Maryland	WDVM-TV	25.2	Court TV Mystery
			25.3	Grit	Rewind TV
			25.4	Laff	HSN
	Harlingen, Texas	KGBT-TV	4.2	TBD	Rewind TV
	Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut	WTNH	8.2	Bounce TV
		WCTX	59.2	Grit	Comet
	Honolulu, Hawaii	KHON-TV	2.4	Court TV	Rewind TV
	Nashville, Tennessee	WKRN-TV	2.2	Bounce TV	SportsGrid
			2.4	Grit	Rewind TV
	New York City, New York	WPIX	11.4	TBD
	Portland, Oregon	KOIN	6.3	Bounce TV	SportsGrid
	Providence, Rhode Island	WNAC-TV	64.3	Laff	Rewind TV
	Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina	WNCN	17.2	Court TV
			17.4	Court TV Mystery	Circle
	Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia	WWCW	21.3	Laff	Rewind TV
	Salt Lake City, Utah	KTVX	4.3
	San Antonio, Texas	KABB	29.2	Comet
	San Francisco, California	KRON-TV	4.3	Court TV	SportsGrid
	St. Louis, Missouri	KPLR-TV	11.4	Court TV	Rewind TV
	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	WBRE-TV	28.3	Grit
		WYOU	22.3	Bounce TV	Twist
	Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida	WFLA-TV	8.2	Court TV	SportsGrid
			8.3	Court TV Mystery	Antenna TV
September 20	Detroit, Michigan	WMYD	20.1	MyNetworkTV/ABC (alternate)	Independent/ABC (remained alternate)	On July 10, 2021, it was announced that Fox Corporation's MyNetworkTV programming service would move to Adell Broadcasting owned station WADL, ending its 36 years as an independent station, as well as their alternating affiliations with NBC (for programming declined to carry by the network's affiliated station in that market, WDIV-TV). Meanwhile, WMYD returns to its independence for the first time since 1995 (ending MNT's 15 year affiliation with the said station from its 2006 launch along with their 11-year affiliation with the now-defunct The WB from 1995 to 2006), while retaining their alternating affiliation with ABC (for programming declined to carry by the network's affiliated sister station in that market, WXYZ-TV due to breaking news and other programming).
		WADL	38.1	Independent/NBC (alternate)	MyNetworkTV
	Florence, South Carolina	WPDE-TV	15.2	24/7 weather	The CW	On September 20, 2021, the CW affiliation from WWMB (owned by Howard Stirk Holdings) moved to WPDE's second subchannel, although the "CW 21" branding was retained, continuing Sinclair's 2021 pattern of shifting major network affiliations onto directly owned stations rather than those of their shell corporations. The Weather Authority moved to the fourth subchannel, and Dabl moved from the fifth subchannel (which was dropped) to WWMB's main channel and was upgraded to high definition. Stadium moved from the fourth subchannel to WWMB's third subchannel, where it had previously been located before moving to WPDE.
			15.4	Stadium	24/7 weather
		WWMB	21.1	The CW	Dabl
			21.2	The CW Plus	TBD
			21.3	TBD	Stadium
	Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina/Asheville, North Carolina	WMYA-TV	40.1	MyNetworkTV	Dabl	On September 20, 2021, "My 40" and the MyNetworkTV programming moved from WMYA-TV (owned by Cunningham Broadcasting) to the 13.2 subchannel of WLOS, continuing Sinclair's 2021 pattern of shifting major affiliations onto directly owned stations rather than those of their shell corporations.
	Nashville, Tennessee	WZTV	17.2	TBD	The CW	On September 14, 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that Nashville's CW affiliation (owned by Sinclair shell Tennessee Broadcasting) would move from WNAB to WZTV's 17.2 subchannel beginning September 20 at 10 a.m., using WNAB's new status as an ATSC 3.0 lighthouse station to consolidate the CW affiliation directly onto a Sinclair-owned station.
		WNAB	58.1	The CW	Dabl
	Omaha, Nebraska	KXVO	15.1	The CW	TBD
			15.2	TBD	Stadium
		KPTM	42.3	Comet	The CW
	San Antonio, Texas	WOAI-TV	4.2	Antenna TV	The CW	On September 20, 2021, the CW affiliation moved from Deerfield Media-owned KMYS to WOAI-TV's second subchannel (and another major affiliation consolidation onto a Sinclair-owned station), although the "CW 35" branding was retained. Dabl moved from KMYS' third subchannel to its main channel and was upgraded to high definition. TBD moved from KABB's third subchannel to KMYS' second subchannel.
			4.3	Charge!	Antenna TV
		KABB	29.2	Rewind TV	Comet
			29.3	TBD	Rewind TV
		KMYS	35.1	The CW	Dabl
			35.2	Stadium	TBD
			35.3	Dabl	Stadium
	Wichita, Kansas	KSAS	24.2	TBD	MyNetworkTV	On September 20, 2021, after 15 years of MyNetworkTV having a separate affiliated station in Wichita, MyTV Wichita programming moved from KMTW (owned by Sinclair shell Mercury Broadcasting Company) to KSAS-TV 24.2 (directly Sinclair-owned), which formerly aired programming from Sinclair's Internet-sourced network, TBD. TBD moved to KMTW 36.4, which formerly aired Dabl programming since the network's launch on September 9, 2019, and Dabl moved to 36.1.
		KMTW	36.1	MyNetworkTV	Dabl
			36.4	Dabl	TBD
October 31	Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News, Virginia	WVBT	43.3	Heroes & Icons	Rewind TV
November 1	Las Vegas, Nevada	KLAS-TV	8.4	Circle
	Richmond, Virginia	WRIC-TV	8.2	Ion Television
December 22	Cleveland, Ohio	WTCL-LP (calls changed from WLFM-LD)	6.1	Jewelry Television (WOIO/CBS simulcast in interim)	Telemundo	On September 22, 2021, Gray Television announced it would convert Jewelry Television affiliate WLFM-LD (which operated as an LPFM maintaining alternative rock/AAA and, later, Latin music formats from September 2012 until it ceased analog transmissions in June 2020) into a Telemundo affiliate, adopting the callsign WTCL-LD, effective January 1, 2022. (Cleveland—which has two existing Spanish-language major network stations, Univision/UniMás O&O WQHS-DT and Azteca América affiliate WQDI-LD—had been one of the largest U.S. markets with a significant Hispanic/Latino population that did not have a local Telemundo station.) After switching to a temporary simulcast of CBS-affiliated sister WOIO's main feed in coincidence with the October 15 callsign change, WTCL converted to Telemundo early on December 22. On January 1, WOIO began to produce twice-nightly Monday–Friday newscasts for WTCL, becoming the first Spanish-language local news offering in the Cleveland market (WQHS and WQDI, respectively, have never offered in-house or outsourced local news programming since converting into Spanish stations).

Scripps, Ion, and Inyo 2021 subchannel shifts

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Prior affiliation	New affiliation	Notes	Source
March 1	Albany - Schenectady - Troy, New York	WYPX-TV	55.2	Qubo	Bounce TV	With the shutdown of Ion Plus, Qubo and Ion Shop and as a consequence of The E. W. Scripps Company's purchase of Ion Media (along with concurrent spin-offs of some Ion O&Os to INYO Broadcast Holdings), Ion Television's owned and affiliated stations and Ion Plus' O&O stations reconfigured their channel map to add selected networks owned by fellow Scripps subsidiary Katz Broadcasting in place of the defunct networks.
			55.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
			55.4	Ion Shop	Grit
	Atlanta, Georgia	WPXA-TV	14.2	Qubo	Court TV
			14.3	Ion Plus	Laff
			14.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
	Birmingham, Alabama	WPXH-TV	44.2	Qubo
			44.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
			44.4	Ion Shop	Grit
			44.5	QVC	Laff
	Boise, Idaho	KTRV-TV	12.2	Qubo	Court TV
			12.3	Ion Plus	Grit
			12.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
	Boston, Massachusetts	WDPX-TV	58.1	Ion Plus	Court TV
		WBPX-TV	68.2	Qubo	Court TV Mystery
			68.3	Ion Shop	Bounce TV
	Buffalo, New York	WPXJ-TV	51.2	Qubo	Court TV
			51.3	Ion Plus	Grit
			51.4	Ion Shop	Laff
	Chicago, Illinois	WCPX-TV	38.2	Qubo	Court TV Mystery
			38.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
			38.4	Ion Shop	Laff
	Cleveland, Ohio	WDLI-TV	17.1	Ion Plus	Court TV
		WVPX-TV	23.2	Qubo	Grit
			23.3	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
	Columbia, South Carolina	WZRB	47.2	Qubo	Court TV
			47.3	Ion Plus	Court TV Mystery
			47.4	Ion Shop	Grit
	Columbus, Ohio	WSFJ-TV	51.1	Ion Plus	Bounce TV
	Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas	KPXD-TV	68.2	Qubo	Court TV
			68.3	Ion Plus	Grit
			68.4	Ion Shop	Laff
	Denver, Colorado	KPXC-TV	59.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
			59.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
			59.4	Ion Shop	Laff
			59.6	QVC	Grit
	Des Moines, Iowa	KFPX-TV	39.2	Qubo	Court TV
			39.3	Ion Plus	Laff
			39.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
	Detroit, Michigan	WPXD-TV	31.2	Qubo	Court TV
			31.3	Ion Plus	Grit
			31.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
	Grand Rapids, Michigan	WZPX-TV	43.2	Qubo	Court TV
			43.3	Ion Plus	Grit
			43.4	Ion Shop	Laff
			43.5	QVC	Court TV Mystery
	Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point, North Carolina	WGPX-TV	16.2	Qubo	Grit
			16.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
			16.4	Ion Shop	Laff
	Greenville - New Bern, North Carolina	WEPX-TV	38.2	Qubo	Court TV
			38.3	Ion Plus	Grit
			38.4	Ion Shop	Laff
		WPXU-TV	35.2	Qubo	Court TV
			35.3	Ion Plus	Grit
			35.4	Ion Shop	Laff
	Hagerstown, Maryland	WWPX-TV	60.2	Qubo	Court TV Mystery
			60.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
			60.4	Ion Shop	Laff
	Hartford, Connecticut	WHPX-TV	26.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
			26.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
			26.4	Ion Shop	Grit
	Honolulu, Hawaii	KPXO-TV	66.2	Qubo	Court TV
			66.3	Ion Plus	Grit
			66.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
Houston, Texas	KPXB-TV	49.2	Qubo	Court TV
		49.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		49.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
		49.5	HSN	Laff
Indianapolis, Indiana	WCLJ-TV	42.1	Ion Plus	Bounce TV
	WIPX-TV	63.2	Qubo	Court TV
		63.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
	WRTV	6.4	Court TV Mystery	QVC
Jacksonville, Florida	WPXC-TV	21.2	Qubo	Court TV
		21.3	Ion Plus	Court TV Mystery
		21.4	Ion Shop	Grit
		21.6	HSN	Laff
Kansas City, Missouri	KMCI-TV	38.4	Court TV	HSN
	KPXE-TV	50.2	Qubo	Court TV
		50.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		50.4	Ion Shop	Laff
		50.6	HSN	QVC2
Knoxville, Tennessee	WPXK-TV	54.2	Qubo	Court TV
		54.3	Ion Plus	Laff
		54.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
Lexington, Kentucky	WUPX-TV	67.2	Qubo	Court TV
		67.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		67.4	Ion Shop	Laff
Los Angeles, California	KPXN-TV	30.2	Qubo	Court TV
		30.3	Ion Life	Grit
		30.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
		30.5	QVC	Laff
	KILM	64.1	Ion Plus	Grit
Madison, Wisconsin	WIFS	57.1	Ion Plus	Ion Television
		57.5	Qubo	Laff
		57.6	Laff	Court TV Mystery
		57.7	Court TV Mystery	Grit
Manchester, New Hampshire	WPXG-TV	21.2	Qubo	Court TV Mystery
		21.3	Ion Shop	Bounce TV
Memphis, Tennessee	WPXX-TV	50.2	Qubo	Court TV Mystery
		50.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
		50.4	Ion Shop	Grit
Miami - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	WPXM-TV	35.2	Qubo	Court TV Mystery
		35.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		35.4	Ion Shop	Laff
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	WPXE-TV	55.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		55.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
		55.4	Ion Shop	Grit
Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota	KPXM-TV	41.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		41.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		41.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
Nashville, Tennessee	WNPX-TV	28.2	Qubo	Court TV
		28.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		28.4	Ion Shop	Laff
New Orleans, Louisiana	WPXL-TV	49.2	Qubo	Grit
		49.3	Ion Plus	Laff
		49.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
New York City, New York	WJLP	33.6	Court TV	Heartland
	WPXN-TV	31.2	Qubo	Grit
		31.3	Ion Plus	Court TV Mystery
		31.4	Ion Shop	Court TV
		31.5	QVC	Laff
Norfolk - Portsmouth - Newport News, Virginia	WPXV-TV	49.2	Qubo
		49.3	Ion Plus	Court TV Mystery
		49.4	Ion Shop	Court TV
	WGNT	27.4	Court TV	Dabl
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	KOPX-TV	62.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		62.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
		62.4	Ion Shop	Grit
Orlando, Florida	WOPX-TV	56.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		56.3	Ion Plus	Court TV Mystery
		56.4	Ion Shop	Grit
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WPPX-TV	61.2	Qubo	Court TV
		61.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		61.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
		61.5	HSN	Laff
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	WINP-TV	16.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		16.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
		16.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
Portland, Maine	WIPL	35.2	Qubo	Court TV
		35.3	Ion Plus	Bounce TV
		35.4	Ion Shop	Grit
	WCSH	6.3	Court TV	Antenna TV
Portland, Oregon	KPXG-TV	22.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		22.3		Court TV
		22.4	Ion Shop	Laff
Providence, Rhode Island	WLWC	28.1	Ion Plus	Court TV
	WPXQ-TV	69.2	Qubo	Laff
		69.4	Ion Shop	Bounce TV
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina	WRPX-TV	47.3		Court TV Mystery
		47.5	QVC	Laff
	WFPX-TV	62.1	Ion Plus	Court TV
Roanoke - Lynchburg, Virginia	WPXR-TV	38.2	Qubo
		38.3	Ion Plus	Laff
		38.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
St. Louis, Missouri	WRBU	46.2	Qubo	Court TV
		46.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		46.4	Ion Shop	Laff
Sacramento, California	KSPX-TV	29.2	Qubo	Court TV
		29.3	Ion Plus	Laff
		29.4	Ion Shop	Bounce TV
Salt Lake City, Utah	KUPX-TV	16.2	Qubo	Grit
		16.3	Ion Plus	Laff
		16.4	Ion Shop	Bounce TV
San Antonio, Texas	KPXL-TV	26.2	Qubo	Court TV
		26.3	Ion Plus	Laff
		26.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose, California	KKPX-TV	65.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		65.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
		65.4	Ion Shop	Grit
		65.5	QVC	Laff
Scranton - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	WQPX-TV	64.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		64.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
		64.4	Ion Shop	Grit
Seattle - Tacoma, Washington	KWPX-TV	33.2	Qubo	Court TV
		33.3	Ion Life	Bounce TV
		33.4	Ion Shop	Grit
Spokane, Washington	KGPX-TV	34.2	Qubo	Bounce TV
		34.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		34.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
Syracuse, New York	WSPX-TV	56.2	Qubo	Court TV
		56.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		56.4	Ion Shop	Court TV Mystery
Tampa - St. Petersburg, Florida	WXPX-TV	66.2	Qubo	Court TV
		66.3	Ion Plus	Grit
		66.4	Ion Shop	Laff
Tulsa, Oklahoma	KTPX-TV	44.2	Qubo	NBC
		44.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
		44.4	Ion Shop	Grit
Washington, D.C.	WPXW-TV	66.2	Qubo	Court TV Mystery
		66.3	Ion Plus	Court TV
		66.4	Ion Shop	Laff
Wausau - Rhinelander, Wisconsin	WTPX-TV	46.2	Qubo	Grit
		46.3	Ion Plus	Court TV Mystery
		46.4	Ion Shop	Laff
		46.5	QVC	Bounce TV
West Palm Beach, Florida	WPTV-TV	5.4	Court TV Mystery	Start TV
	WPXP-TV	67.2	Qubo	Court TV
		67.3	Ion Plus	Court TV Mystery
		67.4	Ion Shop	Laff
		67.5	QVC	Grit
July 1	Albany, New York	WYPX-TV	55.5	QVC	Defy TV	Many Scripps/Ion stations then shuffle their affiliations around in mid-summer as the result of the launch of two new subchannel networks featuring reality programming from the A+E Networks library; the male-focused Defy TV, and TrueReal, which features programs targeting women.
			55.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Birmingham, Alabama	WPXH-TV	44.6		Defy TV
	Boise, Idaho	KTRV-TV	12.5	QVC
			12.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Buffalo, New York	WPXJ-TV	51.5	QVC	Defy TV
			51.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Chicago, Illinois	WCPX-TV	38.5	QVC	Defy TV
			38.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Cleveland, Ohio	WEWS-TV	5.4	Court TV
		WVPX-TV	23.5	HSN	Defy TV
	Colorado Springs, Colorado	KOAA-TV	5.2	WeatherNation TV	Court TV
			5.4	Court TV	Defy TV
	Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas	KPXD-TV	68.5	QVC
			68.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Denver, Colorado	KPXC-TV	59.4	Laff	Defy TV
			59.5	HSN	TrueReal
	Detroit, Michigan	WPXD-TV	31.4	Court TV Mystery	Defy TV
			31.5	QVC	TrueReal
	Grand Rapids, Michigan	WZPX-TV	43.6	HSN	Defy TV
	Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point, North Carolina	WGPX-TV	16.5	QVC
			16.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Hartford, Connecticut	WHPX-TV	26.5	QVC	Defy TV
			26.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Honolulu, Hawaii	KPXO-TV	66.4	Court TV Mystery	Defy TV
			66.5	QVC	TrueReal
	Indianapolis, Indiana	WIPX-TV	63.5		Defy TV
			63.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Kansas City, Missouri	KPXE-TV	50.3	Grit	Defy TV
			50.4	Laff	TrueReal
	Lexington, Kentucky	WUPX-TV	67.5	QVC	Defy TV
			67.6	HSN	TueReal
	Los Angeles, California	KPXN-TV	30.3	Grit	Defy TV
			30.4	Court TV Mystery	TrueReal
	Memphis, Tennessee	WPXX-TV	50.5	QVC
			50.6	HSN	Defy TV
	Nashville, Tennessee	WNPX-TV	28.5	QVC
			28.6	HSN	TruReal
	New York City, New York	WPXN-TV	31.4	Court TV	Defy TV
			31.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Norfolk - Portsmouth - Newport News, Virginia	WPXV-TV	49.4	Court TV	Defy TV
			49.5	QVC	TrueReal
	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	KOPX-TV	62.5		Defy TV
			62.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WPPX-TV	61.4	Court TV Mystery
			61.6	QVC	Defy TV
	Phoenix, Arizona	KPPX-TV	51.5
	Spokane, Washington	KGPX-TV	34.5
			34.6	HSN	TrueReal
	Tampa - St. Petersburg, Florida	WXPX-TV	66.5	QVC	Defy TV
			66.6	HSN	TrueReal
	West Palm Beach, Florida	WPXP-TV	67.6		Defy TV

Station closures

Station	Channel	Affiliation	Market	Date	Notes	Source
WCKD-LP	30 (analog)	Positiv	Bangor, Maine	July 13	WCKD-LP's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 4, 2021, due to the station not obtaining a license to convert to digital operations by the July 13, 2021, deadline.
XHRIO	15.1	The CW	Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Rio Grande Valley, Texas)	December 31	In late 2019, when owner Entravision Communications released its third-quarter earnings, it announced that it would not pay the 20-year lump sum renewal for the station's license. As a result, the station is expected to cease operations at the end of its concession in December 2021 after broadcasting as an English language station for most of its 42-year history. The closure of XHRIO-TDT leaves Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon to depend on American television stations for English-language content.

Deaths

Main article: 2021 deaths in American television

See also

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States

External links

• List of 2021 American television series at IMDb