January 1:Happy Tree Friends Volume 1 - First Blood renews its theatrical release, by adding its pilot (Banjo Frenzy) and the Special Popcorn episode (of Spin Fun Knowin' Ya) for the first time.
January 9: The first episode of Bounty Hamster is broadcast.
February 20: Anime producer
Yoshinobu Nishizaki is sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for the illegal possession of firearms, a case which happened in 1999.[3] He is released on 9 December 2007.
February 24: The first episode of The Save-Ums! is broadcast.[4]
April 6: The Futurama episode "
The Why of Fry" premieres, guest starring actor and comedian
Bob Odenkirk. It reveals that Fry's cryogenic freezing and arrival in the 31st century was not an accident, but a calculated plot by Nibbler to save the universe.
The first episode of the stop-motion version of Miffy and Friends is broadcast to critical acclaim.
April 12: The first episode of All Grown Up! is broadcast.[citation needed] before its regular run began on November 9, 2003.[11]
May
Unknown date of May:Happy Tree Friends Volume 2 - Second Serving was theatrically released for first time with episodes 16 to 27 of the Internet Season 1, and episodes 1 to 5 of Season 2.
June 1: The Futurama episode "
The Sting" premieres, in which a mission to collect space honey from deadly space bees leads to Fry's apparent death from bee stings.
Unknown date of September/October:Happy Tree Friends Volume 2 - Second Serving renews its theatrical release by adding episodes 6 and 7 of the Internet Season 2, Intimate Spotlight and the first Buddhist Monkey episode (Enter the Garden).
September 1: The first episode of Kid Paddle is broadcast.[17]
November 20: The final episode of Dexter's Laboratory airs.
Genndy Tartakovsky, the series' creator for seasons 1 and 2 and the TV movie Ego Trip, later stated in 2023 that there will not be a possibility to reboot the series due to
Christine Cavanaugh's death in 2014.[23]
February 27:
Fred Rogers, American television host, author, producer and minister (voiced himself in the Arthur episode "Arthur Meets Mister Rogers"), dies from stomach cancer at age 74.[38]
October 27:
Rod Roddy, American radio and television announcer (voice of Mike the Microphone in House of Mouse, Johnny in the Garfield and Friends episode "Over the Rainbow"), dies from colon cancer at age 66.[80]
November 18:
Michael Kamen, American composer, orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter and session musician (The Iron Giant), dies from a heart attack at age 55.[50]
^Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 52.
ISBN9781476672939.
^"83, Teen Titans". IGN. January 23, 2009.
Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
^Webber, Brad (January 28, 2003). "CLIFF NORTON, 84 ; Veteran character actor known for comic touch: [North Sports Final Edition]". Chicago Tribune. p. II-8.
ProQuest419544162. Mr. Norton, 84, died of lung cancer Saturday, Jan. 25, in his Studio City, Calif., home. [..] Born in Chicago, Mr. Norton graduated from Sullivan High School in 1935. By the end of that decade, he was a disc jockey with a morning show on WAAF-AM 1000. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces during World War II and was a bombardier in the India-Burma-China war zone--a role he would claim made him the 'American record-holder for intake of quinine.' After the war, he became a regular on Chicago's radio scene and appeared on 'Captain Midnight,' 'Tom Mix' and 'Terry and the Pirates.' He met Garroway, an NBC staff announcer who would soon employ him as a regular on 'Garroway at Large,' a musical revue and talk show that moved to New York in 1952.
^Severo, Richard (July 1, 2003).
"Buddy Hackett, Irrepressible Clown of Stage, Screen and Nightclubs, Is Dead at 78". The New York Times.
Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010. Mr. Hackett's career spanned more than half a century in nightclubs, movies, the stage and television. His rubbery face was a familiar one on America's home screens in the 1950s and 1960s when he was a frequent guest on talk shows hosted by Jack Paar and Arthur Godfrey.
^Holland, Steve (September 17, 2003).
"Obituary: Jules Engel". The Guardian.
Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
January 1:Happy Tree Friends Volume 1 - First Blood renews its theatrical release, by adding its pilot (Banjo Frenzy) and the Special Popcorn episode (of Spin Fun Knowin' Ya) for the first time.
January 9: The first episode of Bounty Hamster is broadcast.
February 20: Anime producer
Yoshinobu Nishizaki is sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for the illegal possession of firearms, a case which happened in 1999.[3] He is released on 9 December 2007.
February 24: The first episode of The Save-Ums! is broadcast.[4]
April 6: The Futurama episode "
The Why of Fry" premieres, guest starring actor and comedian
Bob Odenkirk. It reveals that Fry's cryogenic freezing and arrival in the 31st century was not an accident, but a calculated plot by Nibbler to save the universe.
The first episode of the stop-motion version of Miffy and Friends is broadcast to critical acclaim.
April 12: The first episode of All Grown Up! is broadcast.[citation needed] before its regular run began on November 9, 2003.[11]
May
Unknown date of May:Happy Tree Friends Volume 2 - Second Serving was theatrically released for first time with episodes 16 to 27 of the Internet Season 1, and episodes 1 to 5 of Season 2.
June 1: The Futurama episode "
The Sting" premieres, in which a mission to collect space honey from deadly space bees leads to Fry's apparent death from bee stings.
Unknown date of September/October:Happy Tree Friends Volume 2 - Second Serving renews its theatrical release by adding episodes 6 and 7 of the Internet Season 2, Intimate Spotlight and the first Buddhist Monkey episode (Enter the Garden).
September 1: The first episode of Kid Paddle is broadcast.[17]
November 20: The final episode of Dexter's Laboratory airs.
Genndy Tartakovsky, the series' creator for seasons 1 and 2 and the TV movie Ego Trip, later stated in 2023 that there will not be a possibility to reboot the series due to
Christine Cavanaugh's death in 2014.[23]
February 27:
Fred Rogers, American television host, author, producer and minister (voiced himself in the Arthur episode "Arthur Meets Mister Rogers"), dies from stomach cancer at age 74.[38]
October 27:
Rod Roddy, American radio and television announcer (voice of Mike the Microphone in House of Mouse, Johnny in the Garfield and Friends episode "Over the Rainbow"), dies from colon cancer at age 66.[80]
November 18:
Michael Kamen, American composer, orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter and session musician (The Iron Giant), dies from a heart attack at age 55.[50]
^Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 52.
ISBN9781476672939.
^"83, Teen Titans". IGN. January 23, 2009.
Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
^Webber, Brad (January 28, 2003). "CLIFF NORTON, 84 ; Veteran character actor known for comic touch: [North Sports Final Edition]". Chicago Tribune. p. II-8.
ProQuest419544162. Mr. Norton, 84, died of lung cancer Saturday, Jan. 25, in his Studio City, Calif., home. [..] Born in Chicago, Mr. Norton graduated from Sullivan High School in 1935. By the end of that decade, he was a disc jockey with a morning show on WAAF-AM 1000. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces during World War II and was a bombardier in the India-Burma-China war zone--a role he would claim made him the 'American record-holder for intake of quinine.' After the war, he became a regular on Chicago's radio scene and appeared on 'Captain Midnight,' 'Tom Mix' and 'Terry and the Pirates.' He met Garroway, an NBC staff announcer who would soon employ him as a regular on 'Garroway at Large,' a musical revue and talk show that moved to New York in 1952.
^Severo, Richard (July 1, 2003).
"Buddy Hackett, Irrepressible Clown of Stage, Screen and Nightclubs, Is Dead at 78". The New York Times.
Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010. Mr. Hackett's career spanned more than half a century in nightclubs, movies, the stage and television. His rubbery face was a familiar one on America's home screens in the 1950s and 1960s when he was a frequent guest on talk shows hosted by Jack Paar and Arthur Godfrey.
^Holland, Steve (September 17, 2003).
"Obituary: Jules Engel". The Guardian.
Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.