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TBS (originally an initialism of Turner Broadcasting System) is an American basic cable television network owned by the Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. [1] It carries a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy, along with some sports events through TNT Sports, including Major League Baseball, Stanley Cup playoffs, and the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. [3] was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965. Based in Atlanta , Georgia, it merged with Time Warner (later WarnerMedia) on October 10, 1996.
[16] [17] On March 7, Turner Broadcasting System's board of directors unanimously approved Ted Turner's plan for Turner Network Television, with October 3 as the channel's proposed launch date. Plans called for TNT to offer 250 nights of original and live sports programming per year within five years of its debut.
Cartoon Planet premiered on TBS in July as a response to Ted Turner enjoying watching the Space Ghost episode on TBS. TBS' children's programs became part of the Disaster Area block in March 1996. The block's branding featured an offscreen reporter inside a talking tornado of junk. [4] Turner was bought by Time Warner in 1996.
All I Watch for Christmas and Christmas Maximus are two interrelated program blocks respectively carried on TBS and TNT, the two former flagship stations of the Turner Broadcasting System. [1] Both channels are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery as of 2024.
The channel traces its history to Turner South, a cable and satellite television channel that was launched on October 1, 1999, [1] by the Turner Broadcasting System.It was the first regional entertainment network developed especially for viewers in the southern U.S., featuring a mix of movies, comedy and drama series, regional news updates, and unique original programming.
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1996, Turner Sports became a division of Time Warner after it merged with Turner Broadcasting System. Turner Broadcasting also owned WPCH-TV, the former WTBS, which was the longtime television home for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves. The relationship with WPCH ended after the 2013 season, and the station itself was sold in 2017. In ...