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Favorite Channels
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NBC
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FOX
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CBS
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ABC
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Comedy Central
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VH1
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USA
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FX
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[adult swim]
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Discovery Channel
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SciFi
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E!
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TNT
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TBS
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ESPN
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MTV
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MTV2
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G4
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GSN
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Spike TV
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A&E
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Reelz
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Sleuth
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Chiller
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered
in the GE Building in New
York City's Rockefeller Center.
It is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network due to its stylized peacock logo. The network is now a part of the media
company NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric (GE) and Vivendi, and supplies programming to more than 200 affiliated U.S. stations.
Formed in 1926 by RCA, control of NBC passed to GE in 1986 following GE's $6.4
billion purchase of RCA. Since this acquisition, the chief executive of NBC (now NBC Universal) was Bob Wright, until he retired,
giving his job to Jeff Zucker.
Popular series:
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30 Rock
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America’s
Got Talent
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The Apprentice
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The Biggest Loser
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ER
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Friday Night Lights
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Heroes
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Las Vegas
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Last Comic Standing
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My Name Is Earl
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The Office
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Saturday Night Live
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Scrubs
New Shows:
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Journeyman (Monday, 10:00-11:00 PM)
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Chuck (Tuesday, 9:00-10:00 PM)
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Bionic Woman (Wednesday, 9:00-10:00 PM)
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Life (Wednesday, 10:00-11:00 PM)
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The Singing Bee (Friday, 8:00-9:00 PM)
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Lipstick Jungle (Sunday, 10:00-11:00 PM) (January 08)
FOX
The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company
itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. It is owned by Fox Entertainment
Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Since its launch on October 9, 1986, Fox has grown from an upstart "netlet"
to the highest-rated broadcast network among young adults.
Popular series:
New Shows:
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K-Ville (Monday, Sept.
17 9:00-10:00 PM)
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New Amsterdam (Tuesday, Sept. 25 9:00-10:00 PM)
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Back To You (Wednesday, Sept.
19 8:00-8:30 PM)
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Kitchen Nightmares (Thursday, Sept. 13 9:00-10:00 PM)
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The Search For The Next Great American Band (working title)
(Friday, 8:00-9:00 PM)
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Nashville
(Friday, Sept. 14 9:00-10:00 PM)
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Canterbury’s
Law (Thursday, 9:00-10:00 PM)
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The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM)
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The Return Of Jezebel James (working title) (Wednesday, 8:30-9:00
PM)
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The Rules For Staring Over (working title) (Date and Time TBA)
CBS
America's most watched television network, CBS was established
in 1928, when founder William Paley purchased 16 independent radio stations and christened them the Columbia Broadcast System.
Today, with more than 200 television stations and affiliates reaching virtually every home in the United States,
CBS is the Number One most watched network in primetime, with a total primetime network lineup that was watched by more than
100 million people each week of the 2005/2006 season. The Network has the Number One drama and Number One scripted series
on television, CSI; Number One newsmagazine, 60 MINUTES; Number One sitcom, TWO AND A HALF MEN; Number One new drama, THE
UNIT; Number One new sitcom, THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE; Number One daytime drama, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; and
in 2005-2006, had four of the Top Ten most watched shows on network television, more than any other network. Its programming
arms include CBS Entertainment, CBS News and CBS Sports.
Popular series:
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Ghost Whisperer
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How I Met Your Mother
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Jericho
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Numb3rs
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Rules of Engagement
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Shark
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Two and a Half Men
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The Unit
New Shows:
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The Big Bang Theory (Monday, 8:30-9:00 PM)
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Cane (Tuesday, 10:00-11:00 PM)
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Kid Nation (Wednesday, 8:00-9:00 PM)
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Moonlight (Friday, 9:00-10:00 PM)
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Viva Laughlin (Sunday, 8:00-9:00 PM)
ABC
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks
in the United
States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada.
Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC
Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948. Corporate headquarters are in New York,
while programming offices are in Burbank, California,
adjacent to the Walt Disney Studios and the Walt Disney Company corporate headquarters. ABC is among the most successful networks
as of 2006.
Popular series:
New Shows:
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Sam I Am (Monday, 9:30-10:00 PM)
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Cavemen (Tuesday, 8:00-8:30 PM)
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Carpoolers (Tuesday, 8:30-9:00 PM)
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Pushing Daisies (Wednesday, 8:00-9:00 PM)
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Private Practice (Wednesday, 9:00-10:00 PM)
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Dirty Sexy Money (Wednesday, 10:00-11:00 PM)
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Big Shots (Thursday, 10:00-11:00 PM)
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Women's Murder Club (Friday, 9:00-10:00 PM)
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel
in the United States. As its name implies, the channel carries predominantly comedy programming,
both original and syndicated. Since late 2006, local versions of Comedy Central (which do not have identical schedules to
their U.S. counterpart) have launched in European markets such as Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy.
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VH1
VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel
that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and
owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division of Viacom.
With then four-year-old MTV's popularity rising drastically among teens, VH1
began capitalizing on the success of the music video. However, VH1's aim was to focus on the lighter, softer side of popular
music, including such musicians as Tina Turner, Elton John, Sting, Diana Ross, Kenny G, and Anita Baker, in hopes of appealing
to people aged 18 to 35, and possibly older. However, they occasionally show specials about hard rock and heavy metal, the
most notable being the VH1 Rock Honors, which began in 2006.
It has also historically played more adult R&B than its sister channel,
and has rarely played any rap or hip-hop videos. Also frequently featured in the network's early years were "videos" for Motown
and other 1960s oldies consisting of newsreel and concert footage.
While VH1 still occasionally plays videos and has "video countdown shows",
its more recent claim to fame has been much like that of MTV's, in the area of music-related reality programming, such as
the signature show Behind the Music, and its focus on pop culture.
Popular series:
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Acceptable TV
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Best Week Ever
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Celebrity Fit Club
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Dice Undisputed
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Flavor of Love
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Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School
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Hogan Knows Best
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Rock of Love
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The Surreal Life
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Scott Baio is 45… and Single
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Web Junk 20
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World Series of Pop Culture
USA
USA Network is a popular American cable television network with about 89 million
household subscribers as of 2005. The network shows a variety of original and second-run programming, from syndicated TV series
to edited movies. USA also shows some
sports coverage, such as select golf tournaments, the U.S. Open (tennis), and annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show. Since
2004, they have broadcast portions of the Olympic Games, along with many other NBC Universal basic cable channels. Previously,
it had a weekly boxing show named USA Tuesday Night Fights, which ran for 17 years. USA was also the home of World Wrestling Entertainment (then called the World Wrestling
Federation or WWF)'s flagship cable TV shows from the channel's launch until September 2000, and currently since October 2005.
Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily been gaining popularity
recently, thanks in part to breakout hits like the detective series Monk, Psych (a series about a fake psychic who helps solves
crimes), the return of WWE Raw, the sci-fi mini-series turned regular series The 4400, and the psychic series based on the
novel by Stephen King, The Dead Zone. Reruns of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent
are also frequently shown and are popular on the network, as is another NBC Universal property, House.
Popular series:
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Monk
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Psych
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Burn Notice
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The Dead Zone
FX
FX (short for 'F'ox E'x'tended Networks) is the name of a number of related
subscription TV channels owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group. FX is a relatively young channel, but it has three
great shows that I love to watch every week Rescue Me (one of the greatest dramas on TV), It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
(one of the greatest comedies on TV), and 30 Days (one of the greatest reality shows on TV).
Popular series:
[adult swim]
Adult Swim, sometimes rendered [adult swim] based on its logo, is the name
for an adult-oriented television programming network. It shares channel space with Cartoon Network in the United
States, featuring absurdist and often ribald comedy, in contrast to the tamer daytime Cartoon
Network. It also shows Japanese anime, generally with minimal editing for content. Originally Adult Swim was just a block
of shows on Cartoon Network, but it was so popular it split to form its on network, but it's still on the same channel kind
of like Nick At Night. Adult Swim has some of the greatest cartoons ever with Family Guy and Futurama plus other great cartoons
like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Venture Bros., and Robot Chicken.
Popular series:
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Aqua Teen
Hunger Force
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The Boondocks
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Frisky
Dingo
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Metalocalypse
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Moral
Orel
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Perfect
Hair Forever
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Robot
Chicken
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Tim &
Eric Awesome Show
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Venture
Bros.
Discovery Channel
The Discovery Channel is often fun
to watch when I am bored which does seem strange I know because who wants to learn when they are watching TV, but they actually
have some fun shows like MythBusters, Dirty Jobs and such.
Popular series:
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MythBusters
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Dirty
Jobs
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Cash Cab
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Man vs.
Wild
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Deadliest
Catch
SciFi
SCI FI (originally "Sci-Fi Channel", sometimes rendered SCI FI Channel when
part of a longer phrase) is an American cable television channel, launched on September 24, 1992, specializing in science
fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. It is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBC Universal.
Popular series:
E!
It is the most entertaining network on television, you can tell
by the exclamation point.
Popular series:
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The Soup
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True Hollywood Story
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Daily 10
TNT
We know drama. Turner Network Television, usually referred to
as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System
division of Time Warner.
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TBS
Very funny. TBS is an American cable TV network that shows sports
and variety programming with a focus on comedy. It is currently owned by Time Warner.
Popular series:
ESPN
Since its launch in 1979, ESPN has grown into one of the most
widely distributed cable networks, reaching more than 90 million homes. ESPN
is America’s #1 source for sports programming, airing more than 5,100 live and/or
original hours of programming annually. EPSN presents a wide variety of exclusive,
high-quality, innovative, and in-depth sports events and news from the marquee to the narrow-interest.
Popular series:
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SportsCenter
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1st and 10
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Around the Horn
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Pardon the Interuption
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Jim Rome is Burning
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Stump The Schwab
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Streetball
MTV/MTV2
It’s really a no-brainer: MTV is where music, celebrity
and pop culture collide! We’ve been in the business of staying on top of what’s “Buzzworthy” since,
well, forever. If you can dance or rock out to it, if you’re laughing at it, googling it or geeking out about it, we’re
likely doing the same here inside the MTV headquarters in New York’s Times Square. So kick back and check
out the goods…
Popular series:
G4
G4 is the one destination on television that feeds your addiction
for the latest must-have tech gadgets, web culture and video games. And we don’t
stop there. G4 pushes the boundaries of TV to bring you fresh and original shows
with groundbreaking interactive features. We cover E3 and CES every year and
take you live to more unique, off-the-beaten-path events like Comic-Con. G4 offers
tons of ways to watch with exclusive broadband video on G4TV.com, heaps of VOD, mobile content, and more podcasts than any
other network in America. We’re taking television
to places it has never been before. Welcome to G4. TV That’s Plugged In.
Popular series:
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Ninja Warrior
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Attack of the Show
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X Play
GSN
GSN is the entertainment industry leader in multi-platform interactive
game programs. As the premier television network for games, GSN features challenging word games, high intensity casino programs,
live participation shows, reality series and documentaries. GSN’s programming includes original series such as "Chain
Reaction," Lingo" and "High Stakes Poker," as well as the classics "Jeopardy" and "Pyramid," among others. The network also
boasts America’s first live participation TV program "PlayMania," which airs in
late-night six times a week. Complementing the network, GSN.com features all types of game play: innovative Flash games for
fun, skill cash game tournaments and downloadable games. The website also features GSN’s two-screen interactive play-along
for prime time shows. Now reaching more than 62 million Nielsen homes, GSN is distributed in the U.S. through all major cable systems and satellite providers. The network is jointly
owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation. For further media information, visit GSN’s press
website at corp.gsn.com.
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Spike
Spike is an American cable network designed to cater to a young
adult male demographic. The network began as The Nashville Network (TNN), founded by Gaylord Entertainment Company and Group
W Satellite Communications on March 7, 1983. In 2000, after 17 years of country music-related programming, Viacom renamed
the network The National Network and realigned it as a general interest network. TNN was renamed Spike TV in 2003 with its
new focus, despite a brief lawsuit by filmmaker Spike Lee. By mid-2006, the on-screen name was shortened to simply "Spike."
The network now airs a combination of original programming and reruns of network programming, including series from the CSI
and Star Trek franchises, MXC, Game Head, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and Ultimate Fighting Championship programming.
It is part of MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom.
Popular series:
A&E
A&E is a cable and satellite television network with headquarters
in Manhattan
and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Detroit,
Los Angeles, Chicago, and London.
A&E stands for "Arts and Entertainment," which for many years was in the channel's full title. The network also airs in
Canada. The channel, which originally
focused programming on biographies, documentaries, and drama series (especially crime dramas and mysteries), and has expanded
to include reality television programming, reaches more than 85 million homes in the United States and Canada.
Popular series:
ReelzChannel
ReelzChannel is a multimedia brand for people who love movies,
made by people who love movies. We feature local movie times for theaters across America, as well as movie reviews for
all the current releases you'll want to see. ReelzChannel also features movie trailers for movies that are coming soon. We've
also got interviews with today's hottest actors and directors, and fresh behind-the-scenes coverage on the movie industry.
At ReelzChannel we love movies as much as you do, so come back daily for the latest from Hollywood
and beyond!
Popular series:
Sleuth
Sleuth, an NBC Universal Cable network, launched January 1, 2006.
Sleuth is currently available to more than 5 million homes. Sleuth is the first entertainment cable channel dedicated entirely
to the intensely popular and enduring mystery and crime genres. Sleuth offers an exclusive lineup of exciting television shows,
movies and other mystery and crime programming from NBC Universal’s vast collection.
Popular series:
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Knight Rider
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The A-Team
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Miami Vice
Chiller
Chiller is a lot like Sleuth, but it specializes in the horror
genre. If you are a horror fan stay with it as they dig through vaults in search
of spooky films and television shows for your enjoyment.
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