This is a list of Portuguese television related events from 2001.
Events
- 8 January - CNL is relaunched as SIC Notícias.
 
- 23 April - SIC Radical, SIC's youth-oriented channel launches.
 
- 20 May - Henrique Guimarães wins the second series of Big Brother.
 
- 15 October - RTP3, begins transmission.
 
- 31 December - Catarina Cabral wins series 3 of Big Brother, becoming the show's first female winner.
 
Debuts
Television shows
2000s
Ending this year
Networks and services
Launches
Conversions and rebrandings
| Old network name
 | 
New network name
 | 
Type
 | 
Conversion Date
 | 
Notes
 | 
Source
 | 
| CNL
 | 
SIC Noticias
 | 
Cable television
 | 
8 January
 | 
 | 
 | 
Closures
| Network
 | 
Type
 | 
Closure date
 | 
Notes
 | 
Source
 | 
Births
Deaths