Television
Top-10 Favorite TV Channels
Each channel name is followed by its DirecTV channel number, and then an example of what I think is fine about its programming.
July 2008
- TV Land - 301
- SciFi - 244 - Tennant-era Doctor Who
- G4 - 354 - Attack of the Show's Olivia Munn
- ESPN2 - 209 - Wimbledon Tennis
- TCM - 256 - Turner Classic Movies - the best prints of classic films
- SPD - 607 - Speed - Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain; NASCAR Victory Lane
- Golf Channel - 605 - Thursday and Friday coverage of all PGA events
- TWC - 362 - The Weather Channel - Your Hurricane Authority and Your Local on the 8's
- VS - 603 - Versus - formerly OLN-TV - home of Tour de France cycling
- HIST - 269 - History Channel - You might learn something
Visit TV Acres.com, except I'd skip their main content -- it's loaded-down with popups -- and go to their images directory.
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Early Evening
- 7pm ET - Attack of the Show! - their website - G4-TV
show is hosted by Kevin Perreira and Olivia Munn, voted No. 1 "Favorite Woman" by the Rigid Roman
http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/index.html
http://www.g4tv.com/
- The A-Team - Sleuth Channel
weekdays: 7am, 10am
http://www.sleuthchannel.com/
TV LAND
weekdays: 2pm
http://www.tvland.com/ - ABC Weekend Special [W]
You can't catch them in syndication, but you can check out some of them on YouTube.
Embedded below are: Zack and the Magic Factory, The Notorious Jumping Frog, All the Money in the World, The Secret World of OG, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Haunted Mansion Mystery, Bunnicula, The Red Room Riddle, The Trouble with Miss Switch, The Dog Days of Arthur Cane, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, My Dear Uncle Sherlock, The Incredible Detectives, The Revenge of Red Chief, Mayday! Mayday!, The Winged Colt, and Scruffy the Dog.
If you have trouble getting my playlist to work, search Google Video for ABC Weekend Special - I wasn't able to find these favorites: neither the one about the kids who took care of their kidnappers; nor the one about the house that gets swept up in a flood and carried down the river, called Cougar or maybe it's called Trouble River, with a kid still inside the house; neither The Gold Bug, based on Poe's story; neither The Joke's on Mr. Little.
- Abrams & Bettes - The Weather Channel
weekdays: 8pm
http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/abramsandbettes/index.html
http://www.weather.com/ - Addams Family - TV LAND
Fridays: from 10am to noon
http://www.tvland.com/ - All in the Family - TV LAND
Mondays: from noon to 2pm
http://www.tvland.com/ - Amazing Stories - SciFi Channel - Amazing Stories @ SciFi.com
marathons only
during 1985-87, Steven Spielberg created 45 episodes, contributing many of the stories himself
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/amazing/ - American Dad - Cartoon Network
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/
late at night, the programming block takes on the name Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/ - American Eats - History Channel
Thursdays @ 10pm, etc.
http://www.historychannel.com/ - Attack of the Show! w/ Kevin Pereira & Olivia Munn - G4 TV
weekdays: 7pm, 3am, 9am
http://www.g4tv.com/ - Avatar: The Last Airbender animated TV series - Nickelodeon - Supersite @ Nick
Air Times: re-runs on weekdays at 4:30p; new shows on Fridays @ 8pm & 11pm
Summary: Avatar debuted on television on February 21, 2005. Characters are Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Prince Zuko, Uncle Iroh, Princess Azula, Appa the Flying Bison & Momo the Lemur. The second season began on March 17, 2006 and concluded on December 1, 2006. The 2007 season got underway on Friday 9/21.
Keyword: Avatar
Iris Award Winner: Best Animated Show for Young & Old Alike
http://www.nick.com/
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/avatar2/
Avatar: The Last Airbender at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender - Battlestar Galactica - the re-imagined SciFi Channel original series - SciFi Channel - Webisodes for New Show
new season starts on Sunday, January 21st, 2007 @ 10pm
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/- Battlestar Galactica classic 1978 series - w/ Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict & Lorne Greene - SciFi Channel - Battlestar Galactica classic 1978 series @ SciFi.com
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/classic/ - Galactica 1980 - w/ Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke & Lorne Greene - SciFi Channel - Galactica 1980 @ SciFi.com
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/1980/
- Battlestar Galactica classic 1978 series - w/ Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict & Lorne Greene - SciFi Channel - Battlestar Galactica classic 1978 series @ SciFi.com
- Behind the Music - VH1
weekdays: 2am
http://www.vh1.com/ - Benny Hill - BBC-A
hour-long program featuring the British comedian's slapstick skits
Air Time: 3pm
http://www.bbcamerica.com/ - Benson - TV LAND
Tuesdays: from noon to 2pm
http://www.tvland.com/ - Beverly Hillbillies - WGN - Chicago - SuperStation
weekdays: 9am & 9:30a
http://www.wgncable.com/ - Bleach - anime - Cartoon Network
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/
late at night, the programming block takes on the name Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/ - Bonanza - i - Independent TV
Tuesdays & Wednesdays @ 6pm
http://www.ionline.tv/
TV LAND
weekdays: 8am, 9am & 3pm
http://www.tvland.com/ - Chappelle's Show - Comedy Central
weekdays: 9pm, etc.
http://www.comedycentral.com/ - Cheat! w/ Kristin Holt - G4 TV
weekdays: 10am, 10:30a, 5pm, 5:30p, 2:30a
http://www.g4tv.com/ - The Colbert Report - Comedy Central
weekdays: 11:30p, 1:30a, 8:30a, 2:30pm, 8:30p
http://www.comedycentral.com/ - College Football Final - ESPN - Program Guide - ESPN-TV
weekends: saturday nights @ 12midnite; sunday morning encores @ 7:30a
http://www.collegegameday.com/
http://www.espn.com/
http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide
http://www.espntv.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_GameDay_Final - Crossing Jordan - A&E
weekdays: 1pm & 7pm
http://www.aetv.com/
- The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart - Comedy Central
weekdays: 11pm, 1am, 8am, 2pm, 8pm
http://www.comedycentral.com/ - Dark Angel - SciFi Channel
Mondays @ 7pm
http://www.scifi.com/ - Dawson's Creek - Noggin
weekdays: 7pm
http://www.the-n.com/
TBS
weekdays: 9am
http://www.tbs.com/ - The Dead Zone Television Series - USA Network
Sundays @ 10pm (new episodes return in June)
http://www.usanetwork.com/ - Decoding the Past - History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/ - Desperate Housewives - Lifetime TV
Saturdays @ 11pm
http://www.lifetimetv.com/ - The New Doctor Who - SciFi Channel
Season Two starts on Friday, September 29th @ 8pm
tagline: new face, same "doctor"
The New Doctor Who @ BBC
New episodes: Tuesdays @ 10pm on BBC America
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ - Doing Time, Doing Vipassana - documentary - Link TV
http://www.worldlinktv.org/ - The Dukes of Hazzard - CMT - Country Music Television
weekdays: 7pm
http://www.cmt.com/ - Dungeons & Dragons - TOON Disney - Dungeons & Dragons @ Disney's JETIX
weekends @ 7pm
http://http://psc.disney.go.com/abcnetworks/toondisney/index.html
http://tv.disney.go.com/jetix/dungeonsanddragons/ - E.R. - TNT - Turner Network Television
weekdays: 10am & 11am
http://www.tnt.tv/ - Electric Playground w/ Victor Lucas & Julie Stoffer - G4 TV
weekdays: 1:30p
http://www.g4tv.com/ - Emeril Live w/ Emeril Lagasse - Food Network
weekdays: 8pm
http://www.foodtv.com/ - Essence of Emeril w/ Emeril Lagasse - Food Network
weekdays: 2pm, etc.
http://www.foodtv.com/ - Eureka w/ Colin Ferguson - SciFi Channel
Tuesdays @ 9pm; Thursday encores @ 10pm; Season Finale on Tuesday, October 3rd @ 9pm
http://www.scifi.com/ - Everwood w/ Treat Williams - ABC Family
Air times: weekdays at 6pm
http://abcfamily.go.com/ - Everyday Italian w/ Giada De Laurentiis - Food Network
weekdays: 1:30p & 4:30p
http://www.foodtv.com/ - Family Guy - Cartoon Network
weekdays: 11:30p & 3am
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/
late at night, the programming block takes on the name Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/
TBS
Mondays @ 10pm & 10:30p; Saturdays @ 1am & 3am
http://www.tbs.com/ - Fastlane w/ Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy & Tiffani Thiessen - G4 TV
weekdays @ 3pm; Sundays @ 7pm
http://www.g4tv.com/ - Flintstones - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - $40 a Day w/ Rachael Ray - Food Network
weekdays: 11:30p, etc.
http://www.foodtv.com/ - Futurama - Cartoon Network
weekdays: 10:30p, 11pm, 2am & 2:30a
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/
late at night, the programming block takes on the name Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/
- GameMakers - history of video games - G4 TV
weekdays: 11am, 11:30a, 1pm
http://www.g4tv.com/ - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - anime - Cartoon Network
weekdays: 5am; Sundays: 3:30a
AKA Ghost in the Shell
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/
late at night, the programming block takes on the name Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/ - Golden Girls - Lifetime TV
weekdays: 9am, 4pm, 4:30p & 1am
http://www.lifetimetv.com/ - Good Times - TV LAND
weekdays: 6pm & 6:30p; Wednesdays: noon to 2pm
http://www.tvland.com/ - He-man - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - Hee-Haw - CMT - Country Music Television
http://www.cmt.com/ - Highway to Heaven - TV LAND
Tuesdays: from noon to 2pm
http://www.tvland.com/ - Homicide: Life on the Street - Sleuth Channel
weekdays: 5pm, 3am
http://www.sleuthchannel.com/ - Imus in the Morning - MS-NBC
weekdays: from 6am to 9am
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
WFAN Radio - for live webstreaming and archived material
http://www.wfan.com/imusinstantreplay/
Note: Imus goes to his ranch in New Mexico in late May and doesn't return to New Jersey, where the show is based, until September 2nd. The show doesn't go off the air during this time; it's just that his part is recorded at the Imus Ranch. - Incredible Hulk - SciFi Channel - Incredible Hulk @ SciFi.com
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/hulk/ - The Jeffersons - TV LAND
weekdays: 7pm, 7:30p & 9:30p; Fridays: from noon to 2pm
http://www.tvland.com/ - John Doe - SciFi Channel - John Doe @ SciFi.com
marathons only; next: Monday, October 2nd from 8am to 4pm
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/johndoe/ - Justice League - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - Kolchak: The Night Stalker w/ Darren McGavin - SciFi Channel - Kolchak: The Night Stalker @ SciFi.com
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/kolchak/
Note: Kolchak: The Night Stalker, set in Chicago, debuted as two 90-minute telefilms in 1972 & 1973, and later became a short-lived series in 1974.
The New Night Stalker series w/ Stuart Townsend - SciFi Channel - Entry at Wikipedia
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Stalker_%28TV_series%29 - Kung Fu w/ David Carradine - i - Independent TV
Sundays @ 6pm
http://www.ionline.tv/ - Little House on the Prairie - Hallmark Channel
weekdays: 10am & 11am, plus 3pm & 4pm; Saturdays from 6am thru 9am
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/
TV LAND
weekdays: 8pm
http://www.tvland.com/
- Little Sisters vs. Big Brother - documentary - Link TV
http://www.worldlinktv.org/ - The Lone Ranger - WHT - World Harvest Television
weekdays: 5pm
http://www.lesea.com/ - M*A*S*H - Hallmark Channel
weekdays: 5pm to 7pm, plus 11pm to 1am; Saturdays from 11pm to 1am
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/ - Magnum P.I. - WGN - Chicago - SuperStation - W
weekdays: 12pm (noon)
http://www.wgncable.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAGNUM_P.I.
Sleuth Channel
Air times: weekdays at 7pm & 1am
http://www.sleuthchannel.com/ - MegaStructures - National Geographic Channel
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ - Miami Vice - Sleuth Channel
weekdays: 7pm, 10pm, 4am
http://www.sleuthchannel.com/
TV LAND
http://www.tvland.com/ - Mr. Meaty - Nickelodeon - Meaty page @ Nick
Starts airing on Fri., Sep 22 @ 8:30p
http://www.nick.com/
http://www.nick.com/meaty/ - Modern Marvels - History Channel
Tuesdays & Fridays @ 12pm (noon) and 6pm; Wednesdays @ 7am
http://www.historychannel.com/ - Monk - USA Network
Fridays @ 10pm (new episodes return in January)
http://www.usanetwork.com/ - Munsters - TV LAND - Munsters @ TV LAND.com
Thursdays from 10am to noon
http://www.tvland.com/
http://www.tvland.com/shows/munsters/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsters - The Muppet Show [W]
Produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppet_Show - My So-Called Life - Noggin
weekdays: 5am
http://www.the-n.com/ - NASCAR Nextel Cup Bud Pole Qualifying - Speed TV
Fridays @ around 4:30p (not always the same time)
http://www.speedtv.com/ - NASCAR Nextel Cup Race Replay - Speed TV
Thursdays @ 2:30p
http://www.speedtv.com/ - NASCAR Victory Lane w/ John Roberts - Speed TV
Sundays @ 10pm; Monday encores @ 8am; etc.
http://www.speedtv.com/ - Nature's Engineers - History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/ - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Disney Channel
weekdays: 5:30a
http://www.disney.go.com/disneychannel/ - Kolchak: The Night Stalker w/ Darren McGavin - SciFi Channel - Kolchak: The Night Stalker @ SciFi.com
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/kolchak/
Note: Kolchak: The Night Stalker, set in Chicago, debuted as two 90-minute telefilms in 1972 & 1973, and later became a short-lived series in 1974.
The New Night Stalker series w/ Stuart Townsend - SciFi Channel - Entry at Wikipedia
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Stalker_%28TV_series%29 - NFL Matchup - ESPN - Program Guide - ESPN-TV
Sundays: from 8:30a to 9am
http://www.easports.com/games/madden2005/nflmatchup.jsp
http://www.espn.com/
http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide
http://www.espntv.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Matchup - Pee-wee's Playhouse - Cartoon Network
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/
late at night, the programming block takes on the name Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_swim - The Popeye Show - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - Profiler - Sleuth Channel
Air times: weekdays at 6pm, 3am & 9am
http://www.sleuthchannel.com/
- Quantum Leap - SciFi Channel - Quantum Leap @ SciFi.com
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/quantum/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap - Ren & Stimpy - Nickelodeon
http://www.nick.com/ - Richie Rich - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - Roar - SciFi Channel - Roar @ SciFi.com
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/roar/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roar_%28television_series%29 - Roswell - SciFi Channel - Roswell @ SciFi.com
marathons only
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/roswell/ - Sanford & Son - TV LAND
Thursdays: from noon to 2pm
http://www.tvland.com/ - Scooby Doo: Where Are You? - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - Seinfeld - TBS
weekdays: 6pm & 6:30p
http://www.tbs.com/ - Simon & Simon - Sleuth Channel
weekdays: 11am, 3pm, 8am
http://www.sleuthchannel.com/
TV LAND
http://www.tvland.com/ - Smallville - ABC Family
Air times: weekdays at 7pm
http://abcfamily.go.com/ - The Smurfs - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - SNL - Saturday Night Live - E!
http://www.eonline.com/ - South Park - Comedy Central
weekdays: 9:30p & 10pm, etc.
http://www.comedycentral.com/ - Space Ghost: Coast to Coast - Cartoon Network
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/
late at night, the programming block takes on the name Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/ - SpongeBob SquarePants - Nickelodeon
weekdays: 8am, 8:30a, 10am, 3:30p, 6:30p & 8pm; all over the place, really
http://www.nick.com/ - Storytellers - VH1
http://www.vh1.com/ - Super Friends - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - Surface - SciFi Channel - Surface @ SciFi.com
marathons only, of the NBC show
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/surface/
- Tasty Travels w/ Rachael Ray - Food Network
weekdays: Fridays @ 9:30p
http://www.foodtv.com/ - Third Watch - A&E
weekdays: 9am, 3pm, 4am, etc.
http://www.aetv.com/ - 30 Minute Meals w/ Rachael Ray - Food Network
weekdays: 2:30p, 6pm, 6:30p
http://www.foodtv.com/ - Tom & Jerry
Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/
Cartoon Network
weekdays: 7am
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/ - Tour de France cycling - OLN - Outdoor Life Network
airs in July
http://www.olntv.com/
Tour de France @ OLN
http://www.olntv.com/tdf/ - The Tropical Update - The Weather Channel
hourly, 7 days a week @ :50 past the hour; hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30
http://www.weather.com/ - True Hollywood Story - E!
http://www.eonline.com/ - The Twilight Zone - b&w - SciFi Channel - Twilight Zone @ SciFi.com
weekdays: 8am, 1am, 1:30a, 5am, 5:30a; also: SciFi Channel airs hellishly long marathons just before New Years Day and the 4th of July
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/twilightzone/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone
Note: Originally aired on CBS from 1959 thru 1964; was re-imagined, in color, for CBS in 1985 and ran thru 1987. - UFOs: Seeing Is Believing - National Geographic Channel
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ - The Waltons - Hallmark Channel
weekdays: 8am & 9am
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/ - What's Happening!! - TV LAND
http://www.tvland.com/
Note: Aired on ABC from 1976 thru 1979. - Wind Tunnel w/ Dave Despain - Speed TV - Wind Tunnel @ SpeedTV.com
Sundays @ 9pm; Monday encores @ 10am
http://www.speedtv.com/
http://www.speedtv.com/windtunnel/ - Words of My Perfect Teacher website - documentary on Link TV - Link TV.org [added September 22, 2008]
http://www.wordsofmyperfectteacher.com/
http://www.linktv.org/programs/wordsof
http://www.linktv.org/ - The X-Files - SciFi Channel - The X-Files @ SciFi.com
weekdays: 5pm, 2am
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/xfiles/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-files
TNT - The X-Files @ TNT TV
weekdays late night: 1am thru 6am
http://www.tnt.tv/
http://www.tnt.tv/title/?oid=412082 - X-Play w/ Adam Sessler & Morgan Webb - G4 TV
a long time ago, Adam Sessler ran this gig (solo) out of a video arcade; it was then called Extended Play; unknown to me, Kate Botello was his co-host as shown in the youtube playlist below
weekdays: 4pm, 4:30p
http://www.g4tv.com/ - Yogi Bear - Boomerang
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/
searchable words: buddhist
- ABC - Full Episode Player
http://www.abc.com/
http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing - CBS - News - Sports
best shows: 60 minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, Jericho; best older shows: Cold Case (the first couple of seasons)
http://www.cbs.com/
http://www.cbsnews.com/
http://www.sportsline.com/
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/ - FOX
best shows: American Dad, Family Guy, House M.D., Prison Break, The Simpsons
http://www.fox.com/
NBCbest show: Journeyman (video - timeline); best older shows: Crossing Jordan, E.R., Medium
http://www.nbc.com/
http://www.nbc.com/Journeyman/
http://www.nbc.com/Journeyman/video/
http://www.nbc.com/Journeyman/timeline/
- PBS
best programs: Africa (co-produced by Nature), America's Test Kitchen, Antiques Road Show, Are You Being Served?, Austin City Limits, Globe Trekker, Hemingway Adventure (Michael Palin's), Julia Child: Lessons with Master Chefs, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, New Yankee Workshop w/ Norm Abram, The NewsHour w/ Jim Lehrer, NOVA, Prep Sports+, Rick Steves' Europe, Scientific American Frontiers w/ Alan Alda, Sister Wendy's American Collection, A Taste of Louisiana w/ Chef John Folse, Tesla: Master of Lightning
http://www.pbs.org/
http://www.pbs.org/saf/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/
http://www.pbs.org/tesla/
searchable words: cbs news
- CMT - Country Music Television
best shows: The Dukes of Hazzard, Hee-Haw
http://www.cmt.com/ - ESPN & ESPN2 - Program Guide - ESPN-TV
best programs: College Football Final, golf & tennis events, and NFL Matchup
http://www.espn.com/
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tvlistings/schedule?network=2
http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide
http://www.espntv.com/ - History Channel
best programs: American Eats, Decoding the Past, Modern Marvels, Nature's Engineers
http://www.historychannel.com/ - Link TV
best programs: Doing Time, Doing Vipassana; Little Sisters vs. Big Brother
http://www.worldlinktv.org/ - MS-NBC
best program: Imus in the Morning
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ - MTV - Overdrive - Bryan Ferry's "Slave to Love"
it used to be about the music
http://www.mtv.com/
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=46620 - National Geographic Channel
best programs: UFOs: Seeing Is Believing, MegaStructures
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ - OLN - Outdoor Life Network
best programs: Tour de France cycling (July); also: AMA dirtbike racing & tennis
http://www.olntv.com/
Note: In September of 2006, OLN will be renamed VERSUS. - Speed TV
best programs: NASCAR Nextel Cup Bud Pole Qualifying, NASCAR Nextel Cup Race Replay, NASCAR Victory Lane w/ John Roberts, Wind Tunnel w/ Dave Despain
http://www.speedtv.com/ - VH1
best shows: Behind the Music, Storytellers
http://www.vh1.com/ - The Weather Channel
best programs: Abrams & Bettes (new show) and the Tropical Update (at :50 past the hour); hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30
http://www.weather.com/
- AMC - American Movie Classics
http://www.amctv.com/ - Bravo
http://www.bravotv.com/ - Cinemax
http://www.cinemax.com/ - Encore - East & West (8 channels)
http://www.encoretv.com/- WAM
http://www.encoretv.com/appmanager/seg/e?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=encore_wam - Action
http://www.encoretv.com/appmanager/seg/e?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=encore_action - True Stories - EDRAMA
http://www.encoretv.com/appmanager/seg/e?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=encore_drama - Mystery
http://www.encoretv.com/appmanager/seg/e?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=encore_mystery - Westerns
http://encoretv.com/appmanager/seg/e?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=encore_westerns - Love Stories - ELOVE
http://www.encoretv.com/appmanager/seg/e?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=encore_love
- WAM
- FMC - Fox Movie Channel
http://www.thefoxmoviechannel.com - HBO - Home Box Office
http://www.hbo.com/ - IFC - Independent Film Channel
- LMN - Lifetime Movie Network - chick flicks
http://www.lmn.tv - Oh! - The Oxygen Network - chick flicks
http://www.oxygen.com/Movies/ - Showtime
http://www.sho.com/- TMC - The Movie Channel
http://www.sho.com/site/tmc/ - Flix
http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/day_schedule.do?channel=FLX
- TMC - The Movie Channel
- Starz! - East & West (4 channels) - FearFest
http://www.starz.com/
http://www.starz.com/fearfest- Starz! Edge
http://www.starz.com/appmanager/seg/s?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=starz_edge - Starz! in Black
http://www.starz.com/appmanager/seg/s?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=starz_inblack
- Starz! Edge
- Sundance Channel - showcases independent films
http://www.sundancechannel.com/ - TCM - Turner Classic Movies
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/ - WE - Women's Entertainment - chick flicks
http://www.we.tv/ - WHT - World Harvest Television - Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association
http://www.lesea.com/
- A&E
best shows: Crossing Jordan, Third Watch
http://www.aetv.com/ - ABC Family
Best shows: Everwood, Smallville
http://abcfamily.go.com/ - BBCA - BBC America
Best shows: Benny Hill, Doctor Who
http://www.bbcamerica.com/ - Boomerang
classic cartoons: Flintstones, He-man, Justice League, The Popeye Show, Richie Rich, Scooby Doo: Where Are You?, The Smurfs, Super Friends, Tom & Jerry, and Yogi Bear
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/boomerang/ - Cartoon Network
best shows: Family Guy, Futurama, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex AKA Ghost in the Shell, and Tom & Jerry
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/
Late at night, the programming block takes on the name Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/ - Comedy Central
best shows: Chappelle's Show, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart, and South Park
http://www.comedycentral.com/ - Disney Channel & TOON Disney
best shows: Dungeons & Dragons (TOON Disney, part of JETIX programming block) and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
http://www.disney.go.com/disneychannel/
http://http://psc.disney.go.com/abcnetworks/toondisney/index.html - E!
best shows: SNL - Saturday Night Live & True Hollywood Story
http://www.eonline.com/ - Food Network
best shows: Emeril Live w/ Emeril Lagasse, Essence of Emeril w/ Emeril Lagasse, Everyday Italian w/ Giada De Laurentiis, $40 a Day w/ Rachael Ray, Tasty Travels w/ Rachael Ray, 30 Minute Meals w/ Rachael Ray
http://www.foodtv.com/ - G4 TV
best show: Attack of the Show w/ Kevin Pereira & Olivia Munn, Cheat! w/ Kristin Holt, Electric Playground w/ Victor Lucas & Julie Stoffer, Fastlane w/ Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy & Tiffani Thiessen, GameMakers - history of video games, X-Play w/ Adam Sessler & Morgan Webb
http://www.g4tv.com/ - i - Independent TV
best show: Bonanza, Kung Fu w/ David Carradine
http://www.ionline.tv/ - Hallmark Channel
best shows: Little House on the Prairie, M*A*S*H, and The Waltons
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/ - Lifetime TV
best shows: Desperate Housewives & Golden Grubs -- I meant, Girls
http://www.lifetimetv.com/ - Nickelodeon
best shows: Avatar: The Last Airbender AKA Avatar, Ren & Stimpy, SpongeBob SquarePants
http://www.nick.com/ - Noggin
best shows: Dawson's Creek, My So-Called Life
http://www.the-n.com/ - SciFi Channel - On Air
best shows: Amazing Stories, Battlestar Galactica (the original 1978 classic series, the 1980, & the re-imagined), Dark Angel, Doctor Who, Eureka, Incredible Hulk, John Doe, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Quantum Leap, Roar, Roswell, Surface, Twilight Zone (b&w), and The X-Files
http://www.scifi.com/
http://www.scifi.com/onair/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci_Fi_Channel_%28United_States%29 - Sleuth Channel
best shows: The A-Team, Homicide: Life on the Street, Magnum P.I., Miami Vice, Profiler and Simon & Simon
http://www.sleuthchannel.com/ - TBS - SuperStation
best shows: Dawson's Creek, Family Guy, and Seinfeld
http://www.tbs.com/ - TNT - Turner Network Television
best shows: E.R., The X-Files; other programming: golf events (on Thursdays & Fridays, sometimes
http://www.tnt.tv/ - TV LAND
best shows: The A-Team, Addams Family, All in the Family, Benson, Bonanza, Good Times, Highway to Heaven, The Jeffersons, Little House on the Prairie, Miami Vice, Munsters, Sanford & Son, Simon & Simon, What's Happening!!, et al
http://www.tvland.com/ - USA Network
best shows: The Dead Zone & Monk; also: golf (Thursdays & Fridays, sometimes) and tennis events (U.S. Open, for instance, starts in late August)
http://www.usanetwork.com/ - WGN - Chicago - SuperStation
best shows: Beverly Hillbillies, Magnum P.I.
http://www.wgncable.com/ - WHT - World Harvest Television - Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association
best show: The Lone Ranger
http://www.lesea.com/
TV Themes
- Mark Little's MyThemes.TV
I initially chose this site because I wanted to hear the theme to ABC's Weekend Special show; I must thank sierrasm, a user at IMDb.com, for getting me there