Curated category
Television networks in the United States
- PBSPBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, signed on the air on the 5th of October 1970, and almost immediately found itself doing something none of the big…
- Fox NewsFox News Channel went on the air on the 7th of October 1996, reaching 17 million households at launch. It was absent from the two largest American media…
- HBOHBO launched at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the 8th of November 1972, and its very first broadcast was a hockey game. The New York Rangers faced the Vancouver…
- ESPNESPN launched on the 7th of September 1979 with a single broadcast reaching 1.4 million cable subscribers across the United States.
- NickelodeonNickelodeon launched on the 1st of April 1979, making it the first cable channel in the United States built specifically for children.
- MTVMTV launched at 12:01 a.m. on the 1st of August 1981, with a single video: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. It was a fitting prophecy.
- Amazon FreeveeAmazon Freevee began its life as IMDb Freedive in January 2019. This free, ad-supported video channel launched under the ownership of the online database…
- CNNCNN launched at exactly 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 1st of June, 1980, and nothing in television news was quite the same afterward.
- American Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company began not as a television network but as an act of government intervention. In 1943, federal regulators forced NBC to sell…
- History ChannelOn the 1st of January 1995, the History Channel opened its doors to American audiences. The network began as a joint venture between A&E Television Networks…
- CBSCBS traces its roots not to television but to a small radio venture launched on the 27th of January 1927 by a New York City talent agent named Arthur Judson.
- Cartoon NetworkCartoon Network launched on the 1st of October 1992, as the first 24-hour single-genre cable channel devoted entirely to animation.
- NBCNBC, the National Broadcasting Company, was born in 1926 out of a single idea: that radio signals carrying sound across great distances could be organized…
- SyfySyfy launched on the 24th of September, 1992, with a dedication on the screen: "Dedicated to the memories of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry." Both men had…
- USA NetworkOn the 22nd of September 1977, a new channel named the Madison Square Garden Sports Network began broadcasting. This launch marked one of the first national…
- Disney ChannelDisney Channel went live at exactly 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the 18th of April, 1983 , a premium cable offering that families had to pay extra to receive…
- Disney XDAt 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the 13th of February 2009, the lights went out on Toon Disney and flickered back to life as Disney XD.
- Fox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company launched on the 9th of October 1986, with a comedian, a late-night talk show, and a gamble that would reshape American television.