1999 in Dryicoran television

Events

 * 5 February - Televiisi premieres late-night chat show Marsin kuulopuhe, which becomes an unlikely success.
 * 15 February - The first digital-only Dryicoran TV station, DTV Digital starts broadcasting. It rebrands to DTV 4 in 2007.
 * 4 April - Kanal 4 airs the first episode of reality show Juokse tai kuole. It's an instant hit.
 * 4 May - DTV 1 broadcasts the first episode of Haluatko miljonääriksi? to critical acclaim.
 * 10 May - That night's Haluatko miljonääriksi? becomes the first ever show to ever gain over one million viewers, gaining an 88% share on the night. "Miljonäärimania", as it is called, sweeps the nation, with Millionaire and Marsin kuulopuhe both becoming massive hits by now.
 * 11 August - The DLO, DTV and Kanal 4 air coverage of the 1999 solar eclipse. Due, at least partially, to this, Televiisi's audience share for its repeat of Win Ben Stein's Money hits a rock bottom.
 * 8 September - The DLO attempts to latch onto the game show craze amid the success of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with another Celador-produced show, Winning Lines. It flops.
 * 18 September - Haluatko miljonääriksi? breaks broadcasting records, becoming the first programme, and to date only game show, to receive over 1 250 000 viewers, and the only programme except the to ever receive a 94 % share.
 * 31 October - The DLO launches a new game show called Valmiina milleniumiin ("Set for the Millennium"), where they would give away 100 000 Kr to the family of the winner every year in the 3rd millennium (variable to the strength of the kronor). All contestants were required to donate their last hour's pay of the 2nd millennium to charity. 2,000 participants took part over the course of November and December. On 31 December 2099, 2199, 2299, 2399, 2499, 2599, 2699, 2799, 2899 and finally 2999, the person who receives the income then is planned to be brought back to see how much they actually gained from their ancestor winning the show. Another show called Valmiina vuosisadalle ("Set for the Century") also launches on the DLO with the same premise but for only 100 years but it was merely a second chance for those who lost out in the Millennium Show and didn't get nearly the amount of fanfare as Milleniumiin.
 * 31 December - The DLO takes part in ', with builder Walter Laaksonen winning Valmiina milleniumiin and history teacher Erno Ailsson winning Valmiina vuosisadalle. DTV launches New Millennium Live as their millennium coverage and Televiisi simulcasts ', and Channel 4 make their own show Vuotistuhat ("Millennium").

Local

 * DTV 1 DOG.png Haluatko miljonääriksi? (DTV)
 * Kanal 4 Dryicor.png Juokse tai kuole (Kanal 4)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png Marsin kuulopuhe (Televiisi)
 * Valmiina milleniumiin (DLO)
 * Valmiina vuosisadalle (DLO)
 * Kanal 4 Dryicor.png Vuosistuhat (Kanal 4)
 * Yliopiston haaste (DLO)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png Millennium Live (DTV)

Foreign

 * Worldd.png  (INT) (DLO 1)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (USA) (Televiisi)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (USA) (Televiisi)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png  (FIN) (DTV)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (GBR) (Televiisi)
 *  (GBR) (DLO 2)
 *  (GBR) (DLO 1)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png  (GBR) (DTV)
 * DTV 1 DOG.png  (USA) (DTV)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (GBR) (Televiisi)
 * Kanal 5 Dryicor.png  (USA) (Televiisi)