In October 2000 , ABC announced its decision to return '' America 's Funniest Home Videos '' as a regular weekly series , ordering 13 new episodes . On July 20 , 2001 , the show returned in its third format , this time with host Tom Bergeron ( who was also hosting Hollywood Squares at the time ) . By this point , the show was expanded to a single full hour-long episode , instead of two consecutive half-hour episodes . The show was now being seen on Friday nights at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time ; however , it went on hiatus for two months due in part to the September 11 attacks and also because of ABC airing specials and trying a new Friday night lineup . That lineup was short-lived , and the show returned to the schedule in December 2001 . In his earlier episodes , Bergeron used the set ( with the bulky see-through iMac computers ) from the AFV specials that aired in 2000 , until the latter part of his first season , when a new set ( with a studio audience ) was introduced featuring a round video screen with several monitors
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
America's Funniest Home Videos