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The channel began broadcasting on the 22nd of September 1977. It launched as a national sports cable television channel founded by UA-Columbia Cablevision and the Madison Square Garden Corp.
Comcast currently controls NBCUniversal which includes the USA Network. In November 2024, Comcast announced its intent to spin off most of NBCUniversal's cable properties into a new public company named Versant.
WWF All American Wrestling became the first weekly WWE show to debut on the USA Network on the 4th of September 1983. The flagship program Raw originally aired on the network from January 1993 until moving to TNN in September 2000 before returning in October 2005.
USA Tuesday Night Fights served as the weekly boxing show from 1981 to 1998. This programming block marked a significant portion of the network's sports coverage during those two decades.
The channel introduced the Characters Welcome marketing campaign and new logo in 2005. This strategy emphasized comedic and optimistic action drama series such as Psych which debuted in 2006 and Monk which premiered on the 1st of July 2002.