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Spike (formerly called Spike TV), a division of MTV Networks, is an American cable network designed for an audience described demographically as "young adult males." The network began life as The Nashville Network (TNN), founded by Gaylord Entertainment Company and Group W Satellite Communications on March 7, 1983. As of 2006, Spike's viewership is almost half women (45%). Furthermore, the average age of the network's viewers is 42 years old. Spike is available in 96.1 million American homes. [1] is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Today, after several changes of ownership and name, Spike operates as part of MTV Networks, owned by Viacom. Viacom Satellite Broadcasting is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of many TV network and Internet brands, including the first MTV channel. ...
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In October 2007, Kevin Kay was appointed president, after being executive vice president and general manager of the network for the previous two years.[1] The post had been vacant since December 2006.[2] October 2007 is the tenth month of that year. ...
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Precursors to Spike
The Nashville Network: The Gaylord Entertainment Era (1983-1995) The Nashville Network was based at the now-defunct Opryland USA theme park near Nashville, Tennessee. TNN initially focused on country music-related programming and eventually added reruns of country-themed network shows. TNN's flagship shows included Nashville Now and Grand Ole Opry Live, both of which were broadcast live from Opryland USA.[3][4] This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
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Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. ...
Nashville Now was a television talk show that focused on country and western performers. ...
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, and televised on Great American Country network. ...
Much of TNN's programming during the Gaylord era was originally produced by Opryland Productions, also owned by Gaylord Entertainment.[5] Programming included variety shows, talk shows, game shows, outdoors shows, and lifestyle shows, all centered in some way around country music.[6] Some of TNN's popular on-air talent included local Nashville media personalities Ralph Emery[7], Dan Miller, Charlie Chase, and Lorianne Crook, as well as established stars such as country music singer Bill Anderson and actresses Florence Henderson and Dinah Shore. TNN even created stars, such as wily fisherman Bill Dance.[8] Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies. ...
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Walter Ralph Emery (born on March 10, 1933) is a famous country music disk jockey and television host. ...
Dan Miller is a longtime news anchorman for WSMV Channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
Charlie Chase is best-known for his work on the former TNN show Crook & Chase Charlie Chase (born October 19, 1952) is a radio and television host best known for his work on The Nashville Network program Crook & Chase. ...
Lorianne Crook (born 19 February 1957) is a radio and television hostess best known for her work on The Nashville Network program A well-respected interviewer, Ms. ...
James William Anderson III (born November 1, 1937 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American country music singer and songwriter. ...
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Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress and television personality. ...
Bill Dance Outdoors is a fishing television series hosted by retired professional tournament angler Bill Dance. ...
TNN had two self-operating and self-promoting sub-divisions, TNN Outdoors and TNN Motor Sports.[9] TNN Outdoors was responsible for the programming of hunting and fishing shows, while TNN Motor Sports was responsible for production of all of the network's auto racing coverage. Regarding the latter, NASCAR series races (including those of the then-Winston Cup Series and Busch Grand National Series, as well as the Craftsman Truck Series) were the most prominently featured, but races of smaller circuits such as the International Motor Sports Association IMSA Sports Car Series, ASA, USAC, the NHRA, and ARCA were also showcased, as was motorcycle and speedboat racing. TNN Outdoors and TNN Motor Sports also marketed themselves, selling a variety of merchandise and branding themselves onto video games such as TNN Bass Tournament of Champions and TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96. Juuso Pykälistö driving a Peugeot 206 World Rally Car at the 2003 Swedish rally Racing cars redirects here. ...
Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...
The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ...
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ...
IMSA logo The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. ...
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The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ...
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TNN Bass Tournament of Champions is a Super NES fishing game based on the defunct Nashville Network (now known as Spike TV). ...
In 1995, the motorsports operations were moved into the industrial park located at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, where TNN had purchased controlling interest in World Sports Enterprises, a motorsports production company. Notable TNN racing personalities included Mike Joy, Steve Evans, Eli Gold, Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett, Randy Pemberton, Ralph Sheheen, Dick Berggren, and Rick Benjamin. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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Eli Gold (born 1953) is a sportscaster, best known as the radio voice (since 1988) of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team along side former Alabama and NFL quarterback Ken Stabler as a part of the Crimson Tide Sports Network, and as host (since 1982) of NASCAR Live...
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Neil Bonnett (July 30, 1946 - February 11, 1994) was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career. ...
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Rick Benjamin (born on October 22, 1952 in Danbury, Connecticut) is SPEED Channels voice of the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, and was the voice of Champ Car racing for HDNet in 2004. ...
The Nashville Network: The Westinghouse-CBS Era (1995-2000)
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Country Music Television, or CMT as it usually called, is an American country music oriented cable television channel. ...
Most of the original entertainment-oriented programming ceased production during this period, and the network began to rely more on TNN Outdoors and TNN Motor Sports for programming. The network's ties to CBS allowed it to pick up country-themed CBS dramas from the 1980s such as The Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas, and also allowed it to carry CBS Sports run over, which happened during a NASCAR Busch Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and also a PGA Tour event at Firestone Country Club.[10] For the 2005 film, see The Dukes of Hazzard (film). ...
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During this time, Ralph Emery retired from Nashville Now. Upon Emery's exit, the show was overhauled and renamed Music City Tonight (hosted by Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase).[11] After a very short run, Crook and Chase left the show to launch a syndicated daytime show, Crook & Chase, which would eventually return to TNN after two years in the syndication market.[12] Music City Tonight was again overhauled to resemble its original Nashville Now format, but was rebranded as Prime Time Country. This version was originally hosted by actor Tom Wopat. He was later replaced with Christian singer/songwriter Gary Chapman, who enjoyed relative success with the show until its cancellation in 1999 as part of the MTV overhaul of the network. Walter Ralph Emery (born on March 10, 1933) is a famous country music disk jockey and television host. ...
Lorianne Crook (born 19 February 1957) is a radio and television hostess best known for her work on The Nashville Network program A well-respected interviewer, Ms. ...
Charlie Chase is best-known for his work on the former TNN show Crook & Chase Charlie Chase (born October 19, 1952) is a radio and television host best known for his work on The Nashville Network program Crook & Chase. ...
Tom Wopat (left) as Luke Duke with John Schneider as Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard Tom Wopat (born September 9, 1951 in Lodi, Wisconsin) is an American actor. ...
Gary Chapman (born August 19, 1957 in Waurika, Oklahoma) is an American singer/songwriter and former television talk show host. ...
In 1998, the network dropped its "The Nashville Network" moniker and shortened its official name to the simpler TNN. Ownership shifted to Viacom in the late 1990s after its acquisition of CBS Corporation, Westinghouse's successor.[13] TNN subsequently moved out of its original Nashville base to New York City and folded into Viacom's MTV Networks division. Sister network CMT, however, remained in Nashville. In 1999, TNN began it's relationship with professional wrestling, signing a three year deal with Extreme Championship Wrestling. ECW on TNN was the highest rated show on TNN through 2000, despite limited advertising. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
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ECW on TNN was a weekly professional wrestling TV show that aired on TNN on Friday nights. ...
The National Network and The New TNN (2000-2003) In September 2000, Viacom sensed redundancy among its related TNN and CMT networks when it merged them into its MTV Networks unit. Hence, it decided to refocus TNN, and in the process the channel dramatically scaled back its country-western trappings and changed its name to The National Network.[14][15] 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in September, 2000. ...
The name change also triggered a significant programming change in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience than its original constituency of rural, or working-class, Southern whites. This change was catalyzed by Viacom's acquisition of the rights to WWF (now WWE) programming, including its flagship show RAW Is War. The Arena Football League (AFL) had broadcast on the "New" TNN with Eli Gold as an announcer. In 2001, TNN aired the first opening-round game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament when organizers expanded the field to 65 teams; it was produced by CBS Sports with CBS announcers. It also aired some XFL games. (Both the opening round basketball game and the AFL are now carried by ESPN.) Historic Southern United States. ...
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In 2001, TNN added sitcoms like Diff'rent Strokes,[16] The Wonder Years,[17][18] The Rockford Files,[18] WKRP in Cincinnati[18] Newhart Miami Vice,[18] and Taxi.[18][19] TNN was also the first network to air Mad TV in syndication. This went unnoticed for the most part due to TNN's lack of popularity. By that time, all country-western programming had been purged from TNN. Some of The Nashville Network's former programming was picked up by CMT. Other classic TNN shows were picked up by GAC, including eventually the Opry, which was pushed off to CMT and eventually removed by Viacom after they did not renew the agreement to carry the series in an attempt to infuse a more youthful schedule on CMT. This article is about the year. ...
Diffrent Strokes is an American sitcom that aired on the NBC television network from 1978 to 1985, and on ABC from 1985 to 1986. ...
The Wonder Years is an Emmy Award-winning US American television dramedy created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. ...
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WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982) is an American situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
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For the 2006 movie, see Miami Vice (film). ...
Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series focused on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers working for the Sunshine Cab Company, as well as their abusive dispatcher. ...
Mad TV has three meanings: MADtv — a TV series. ...
Great American Country (or GAC), is a Nashville, Tennessee-based country music cable television network. ...
As time went on, the words "The National Network" were downplayed in promotions. By late 2002, the network was known simply as The New TNN and had picked up more male-oriented shows, such as Baywatch, Monster Jam, Bull Riding, Robot Wars and Star Trek: The Next Generation. This was an effort both to further distance itself from its former country music-based identity and to trumpet an increase in original programming. Television critics at the time noted disdainfully that "The New TNN" technically stood for "The New The National Network". Likewise, after more than two years in a non-country format, it had long ceased to be "new" in any meaningful sense. Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Baywatch is an American television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California. ...
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Bull Riding in Del Rio, Texas Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a large male bovine, and attempting to stay mounted for at least 8 seconds. ...
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Spike TV In early 2003, another name change was announced. The new brand, Spike TV, was marketed as the first network for men. (Eventually, early in 2006, the network would begin, in promotional segments it airs, referring to itself simply as "Spike", omitting the "TV".) Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Spike Lee lawsuit The name change to "Spike TV" was supposed to be official on June 16, 2003.[20] However, on June 13, film director Spike Lee won a New York Supreme Court injunction preventing the name change. Lee claimed that because of his well-known popularity in Hollywood, viewers would therefore assume that he was associated with the new network. [21] Lee stated in court papers that: "The media description of this change of name, as well as comments made to me and my wife, confirmed what was obvious--that Spike TV referred to Spike Lee."[22] is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award - winning, and Academy Award - nominated American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. ...
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The network had planned an official launch of their new name at a star-studded, televised party at The Playboy Mansion in mid-June. But due to Lee's injunction, the special - titled Party With Spike - had to be heavily edited and the impact of the event was considerably muted. During the lawsuit, even the name "TNN" was significantly scaled back, as logos and voice-overs referred to the network only as "The First Network for Men." For the U2 song, see The Playboy Mansion (song). ...
Spike Jones Jr., son of comic musician Spike Jones, became a party of the lawsuit as part of Viacom's defense to protect the rights to his father's name.[23] The suit was settled on July 8, 2003, and TNN was allowed to call itself Spike TV. In announcing the settlement, Lee admitted that he did not believe that the network intentionally tried to trade on his name.[24] Spike Jones For the music video and film director, see Spike Jonze. ...
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Lee's injunction had become the subject of ridicule in the media and talk shows, thus bringing free publicity to the fledgling network. The name change became official on August 11, 2003.[25] is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The name change was slated to coincide with an adult-oriented change in programming including original animated series Stripperella and Gary the Rat. Popular reruns such as Baywatch, V.I.P. and The A-Team, original specials such as The 100 Most Irresistible Women and imported programming such as MXC (a.k.a. Most Extreme Elimination Challenge). The following is a list of programs that are currently or have been shown on the Spike television network. ...
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Stripperella Stripperella was an adult-oriented American animated television series created by Stan Lee. ...
Gary The Rat was an adult-oriented computer-animated series. ...
Baywatch is an American television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California. ...
V.I.P. was an American syndicated television series than ran for four seasons from 1998 to 2002. ...
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MXC is an American comedy television program that airs on Spike TV. It is a redubbing of the Japanese game show Takeshis Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1989. ...
Spike TV hired famous cartoonist John Kricfalusi and a new version of the classic animated hit Ren and Stimpy returned with new episodes in a series known as Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon. Original Nickelodeon episodes also aired. John Kricfalusi (born Michael John Kricfalusi on September 9, 1955 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada) is an Emmy-nominated Canadian animator, better known as John K. He is creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show and The Ripping Friends animated series, The Goddamn George Liquor Program, the first animated series made using...
Ren and Stimpy are the eponymous characters of two cartoon television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. ...
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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. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ...
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MXC is an American comedy television program that airs on Spike TV. It is a redubbing of the Japanese game show Takeshis Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1989. ...
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It has scored some major coups in terms of its programming, receiving syndication rights to several Star Trek series (which was produced by another Viacom branch, Paramount Pictures), as well as most of the James Bond series of movies. It is also the cable home to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and the cult TV favorite MXC, an overdubbed version of the Japanese series Takeshi's Castle. In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ...
MXC is an American comedy television program that airs on Spike TV. It is a redubbing of the Japanese game show Takeshis Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1989. ...
The 1986 cast of Takeshis Castle Takeshis Castle , literally Operation! Takeshi Castle) was a Japanese game show that aired from 1986 to 1989 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. ...
In the fall of 2003, Spike TV aired The Joe Schmo Show, a parody of reality television shows like Survivor and Big Brother. Its finale led to the network's highest ratings at the time, and a second season aired in the Summer of 2004. In November 2004, Spike TV purchased the cable/satellite syndication rights to CSI: New York for a record price of $1.9 million per episode. It joined the lineup on October 1, 2006. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Joe Schmo Show was a reality TV show (actually a parody of reality game shows) on the American cable network Spike TV that began airing in September 2003. ...
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In September 2005, all WWE (formerly the WWF) programming on Spike TV left the network as a result of acrimonious contractual matters between WWE and Viacom. WWE Raw moved back to its original cable home, NBC Universal's USA Network while WWE Sunday Night HEAT and WWE Velocity moved to WWE.com due to failure to gain a time slot for the shows in the United States. On October 1, 2005, wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling began airing its weekly program TNA Impact! in the Saturday night time slot formerly occupied by WWE Velocity. In WWE's last Monday Night Raw broadcast on the network, executives decided to censor WWE personalities whenever they tried to mention Raw's return to USA Network, scheduled for the following week. In what turned out to be a hectic night of sound suddenly vanishing, WWE's commentators finally succeeded in slipping the words "Next week on USA" past the censors at Spike TV, most likely due to Spike TV executives finally giving in. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat...
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WWE Raw is the Monday night professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the primary broadcast of the RAW brand. ...
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On January 18, 2005, Spike TV debuted The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), an original reality show based around the sport of mixed martial arts which proved to be a surprise hit and is currently in its seventh season. Spike later extended their UFC coverage with a programming block dubbed UFC Unleashed. is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Ultimate Fighter is a reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition, originating from United States, and produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). ...
For the fighting styles that combine different arts, see hybrid martial arts. ...
UFC is a TLA that can stand for Ultimate Fighting Championship Umeå FC This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
UFC Unleashed is a television series produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. ...
In October 2005, Spike TV debuted Game Head with Geoff Keighley, a weekly video game show, and later followed up with Fresh Baked Videogames, making them both part of their "Slammin' Saturday Night" lineup. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles...
Game Head is a television show about video games hosted by games journalist Geoff Keighley. ...
Geoff Keighley is a Canadian video game journalist. ...
Spike is also home to the annual Video Game Awards and the Spike Guys' Choice Awards. The Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) is an award show that gives awards to the best computer and video games of the year. ...
Star Trek Spike has devoted large chunks of its programming time to the Star Trek franchise, to varying degrees. It initially featured Star Trek: The Next Generation heavily before introducing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 2004 and Star Trek: Voyager in 2006. All of these introductions were accompanied by multi-day marathons at some point, the Next Generation one including appearances by celebrities such as Wil Wheaton. Deep Space Nine has since been relegated to late-night hours and The Next Generation had disappeared months before the syndication rights were bought by Sci Fi. The promotion of the Trek franchises earned Spike the colloquial title The Star Trek Channel during this period because as much as one third (eight hours) of programming blocks were devoted to the franchise. This article is about the entire Star Trek franchise. ...
The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ...
Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ...
The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Richard William Wil Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American writer and actor. ...
SCI FI (originally The Sci-Fi Channel, sometimes rendered SCI FI Channel) is an American cable television channel, launched in early 1992,[1] that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. ...
A notable omission during the period was Star Trek: Enterprise, which the channel passed on (Sci Fi proceeded to ease it into four-hour Monday night blocks). TV Land meanwhile already has the rights to Star Trek: The Original Series, but Spike stated that there may not be sufficient episodes (only three seasons) to accommodate the kind of blocks it would like to air. Sci Fi will soon have the rights to Star Trek: The Next Generation.[26] The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ...
TV Land (originally Nick at Nites TV Land) is an American cable television network launched April 29, 1996. ...
The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ...
The Trek series blocks have faded in recent years. What was once a 5 hour block of TNG and DS9 airing on weekdays in 2005 is now is only 2 hours of Voyager shown Monday to Friday. Spike has replaced much of that block with reruns of Disorderly Conduct: Video On Patrol, much to the chagrin of Trek fans. Many see this as a "dumbing down" of the network's programing, favoring cheap reality-based entertainment over produced syndicated TV.
As of 2008, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is shown late weeknights at 2:00AM Eastern/1:00AM Central and Star Trek: Voyager is shown weekdays at 9:00AM Eastern/8:00AM Central, 4:00PM Eastern/3:00PM Central and 5:00PM Eastern/4:00PM Central. 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...
"Get More Action" After the Viacom/CBS Corporation split of 2005, Spike became a part of the "new" Viacom with its sibling networks in the MTV Networks family. In May 2006, the station was re-branded to accentuate its masculinity, including a new logo, dropping the second half of its network name (TV) from the logo and adding the "Get More Action" tagline.[27] Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
Comic-Con International is an annual comic book convention held in San Diego, California. ...
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CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS, NYSE: CBSA) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAb) is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). ...
Viacom Satellite Broadcasting is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of many TV network and Internet brands, including the first MTV channel. ...
May 2006 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ...
In June 2006, Spike debuted Blade: The Series, a TV series based on the Blade films. Rapper Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones played Blade in the series. David S. Goyer, writer of all three Blade films (and director of the third Blade film), wrote the pilot and served as Executive Producer on the series. It was cancelled on September 28, 2006. June 2006 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Extraordinary renditions. ...
The Blade film series is a trilogy of films based on the Marvel Comics that starred Wesley Snipes as the title character and beginning in 1998 and ending in 2004. ...
Kirk Jones (born November 3, 1973 in Mississauga, Toronto, Canada), alias Sticky Fingaz or Sticky, is an American rapper and actor, a member of hardcore Rap group Onyx. ...
David S. Goyer is a comic book writer, screenwriter, and film director. ...
Blade (Eric Brooks) is a fictional vampire-hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
Blade: Trinity is a 2004 movie, directed by David S. Goyer, which is a motion_picture directorial debut for him. ...
A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ...
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On September 5, 2006, the documentary film Metal of Honor: The Ironworkers of 9/11 by filmmaker Rachel Maguire, premiered on Spike. Metal of Honor is a documentary profiling the Ironworkers' efforts in the attempts for rescue and recovery on and after the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center site. The film proceeds through the Ironworkers' dismantling of the fallen towers.[28] is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
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On October 10, 2006, Spike presented the Scream Awards, the first awards show honoring horror, science fiction, fantasy and comic books. At the 2007 Comic Con International the Spike TV booth was awarding tickets to that year's presentation ceremony to the winners of their "Scariest Costume" contest. is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Scream Awards is the first Award Ceremony dedicated to horror, sci-fi and the fantasy genres. ...
Comic-Con International is an annual comic book convention held in San Diego, California. ...
In late 2006, Spike introduced the Late Night Strip consisting of original series that are sometimes inappropriate for daytime TV, with regular intermissions featuring women. The programming airs Thursdays and Fridays at 12:00 a.m., and includes MXC, Wild World of Spike, The Dudesons, Game Head. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
MXC is an American comedy television program that airs on Spike TV. It is a redubbing of the Japanese game show Takeshis Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1989. ...
Extreme Duudsonit are a group of men with a Finnish television show. ...
Game Head is a television show about video games hosted by games journalist Geoff Keighley. ...
Throughout the summer of 2007, starting on Father's Day, the network launched its first public service campaign, the "True Dads" national outreach campaign, with former New York Yankees player Don Mattingly spokesperson. This focused on fathers who demonstrated active roles in their children's lives, through public service announcements on the network featuring both celebrity and ordinary fathers and websites such as Spike's own "True Dads" site,[29] among other things.[30] Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. ...
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Donald Arthur Mattingly (nicknamed Donnie Baseball and The Hit Man) (born April 20, 1961) is a retired first baseman who played for the New York Yankees of the American League from 1982-1995. ...
A public service announcement or PSA is a non-commercial advertisement—typically on U.S. or Canadian radio or television, broadcast for the public good. ...
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In April 2008, Spike aired the commercial TV premiere of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and became the first basic-cable network in the U.S. to air all six Star Wars movies.[31] Viacom bid against NBC Universal and Turner Broadcasting for this opportunity, which is worth up to $80 million, despite each of those network systems having previously aired at least part of the original trilogy. The same year, the network will begin to broadcast a reality show based on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).[32] On the weekend of April 5 and April 6, 2008, the network aired the first three Star Wars films against the simultaneous TNT broadcast of all three Lord of the Rings films. More viewers watched the Star Wars broadcasts on Spike than watched the Lord of the Rings broadcasts on TNT.[33] On April 7, the network acquired cable syndication rights for the sitcom Married... with Children.[34] Five new unscripted series were picked up for the network's summer 2008 lineup.[35] April 2008 is the fourth month of the current leap year. ...
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ...
This article is about the series. ...
NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electrics NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. ...
The DEAs enforcement activities may take agents anywhere from distant countries to suburban U.S. homes. ...
is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...
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. ...
Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ...
April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ...
Though the programming is still aimed at the male demographic (age 18-35), Spike no longer makes the claim to be "the first network for men". Presumable motivations for this include acknowledging earlier attempts at "male-only" television (such as mentv in Canada), and the risk of losing access to its Canadian audiences due to a claim of "duplication" (in terms of programming and target audience) contrary to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission regulations. mentv is a Canadian category 1 digital cable mens interest television channel owned by CanWest Global Communications and Quebecor Media. ...
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ...
Spike TV was mentioned in the Green Day song "Homecoming" on their 2004 American Idiot album; bassist Mike Dirnt sings, "I fell asleep while watching Spike TV/ After ten cups of coffee and you're still not here". This article is about the band Green Day. ...
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Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of Green Day. ...
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Other TV networks owned by MTV Networks Country Music Television, or CMT as it usually called, is an American country music oriented cable television channel. ...
CMT Pure Country CMT Pure Country is a digital cable and satellite television channel, it is the sister network to CMT. It showcases country music videos from 1980s to the 2000s. ...
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ...
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacoms MTV Networks division. ...
Music: High Definition or MHD is a high definition music television network that first aired on January 16, 2006. ...
This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...
MTV Hits is an American music video channel that debuted on May 1, 2002. ...
MTV Jams is a Viacom-owned American hip-hop/urban music video channel that debuted on May 1, 2002, replacing MTVX. Like its sister stations MTV Hits,VH1 Soul, and CMT Pure Country, MTV Jams is available exclusively on digital cable packages, such as Comcast, Charter, Cox, and other various...
The MTV logotype, often used in different, less stylized, forms. ...
Tempo is a pan-Caribbean channel from MTV Networks that explores Caribbean culture and plays a range of Caribbean music including Calypso, Dancehall, Punta rock, Soca and Reggae. ...
MTV Tr3Ìs (tres, Spanish for the number three) is an American cable, satellite and over-the-air network that prides itself as a bi-cultural entertainment destination. ...
MTV Tr3Ìs (tres, Spanish for the number three) is an American cable, satellite and over-the-air network that prides itself as a bi-cultural entertainment destination. ...
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation. ...
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