TV One (American TV network)
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| Launched | January 19, 2004[1] |
| Owned by | Radio One[2][3] |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Where Black Life Unfolds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Website | Official website |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 328 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Verizon FiOS | 771 (HD) 271 (SD) |
| Time Warner Cable | 184 |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | 1157 (HD) 157 (SD) |
TV One is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Radio One, having acquired Comcast's stake in the TV network in 2015.[2][3] Headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, TV One's programming targets African American adults with a broad mix of original lifestyle and entertainment-oriented series, documentaries, movies, concert performances and reruns of sitcoms from the 1970s through the 2000s.
As of February 2015, TV One is available to approximately 57 million pay television households (48.9% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.[4]
Contents
History
TV One launched on January 19, 2004, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as a competitor to the longer-established Black Entertainment Television.[5] At the time of its launch, the channel was in approximately 2.2 million homes in 16 markets.[5] On July 7, 2008, the network's president and CEO Johnathan Rodgers announced that TV One would provide extensive coverage of the Democratic National Convention that August.[6] In 2011, TV One's original co-owner Comcast acquired NBCUniversal, effectively integrating TV One and the other Comcast Entertainment Group channels into NBCUniversal's portfolio.[7]
In August 2012, TV One updated its on-air look and logo, as part of a plan to "tell stories about how African-American life unfolds and to distinguish it from a growing number of competitors."[8] On July 9, 2013, TV One announced that it would debut its first live one-hour, weekday morning news program that would be hosted by journalist Roland S. Martin.[9] The program, News One Now, premiered on November 4, 2013.[10]
In December 2014, Brad Siegel was hired as president of TV One. Siegel was formerly president of Turner Entertainment Networks, and vice chairman of Up TV, which he co-founded in 2004.[11][12] In March 2015, Radio One announced a deal to buy out Comcast's 47.9% share of TV One for $550 million.[13]
In mid to late 2015, Radio One purchased, from Comcast, the ownership interest it didn't already own in the network, placing TV One as the only minority-owned TV network in the country.[2][3]
Programming
Current programming
Original programming
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- Born Again Virgin
- Fatal Attraction
- For My Man
- Hollywood Divas
- Justice By Any Means
- R&B Divas: Los Angeles
- R&B Divas: Atlanta
- Rickey Smiley For Real
- Unsung
- Unsung Hollywood
- Verses and Flow
Syndicated reruns
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- A Different World
- Gimme a Break!
- Good Times
- The Jeffersons
- Living Single
- The Parkers
- Sanford and Son
- That's My Mama
- What's Happening!!
- What's Happening Now!!
News and information programming
Former programming
Original programming
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- America's Black Forum
- Baisden After Dark
- Belle's
- Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes?
- Celebrity Crime Files
- Deceived
- Divine Restoration
- Find Our Missing
- G. Garvin: The Road Tour
- Get the Hook Up
- Life After
- Love That Girl!
- The Rickey Smiley Show
- Singletary Says
- True Hollywood Stories
- Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin
Acquired programming
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- 227
- All About the Andersons
- All of Us
- Amen
- Between Brothers
- Boston Public
- Cedric the Entertainer Presents
- City of Angels
- Day Break
- Divorce Court
- Eve
- Everybody Hates Chris
- Fastlane
- The Flip Wilson Show
- For Your Love
- Good News
- Half & Half
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
- HawthoRNe
- The Hughleys
- In the House
- Judge Karen
- A Man Called Hawk
- Martin
- Minor Adjustments
- New York Undercover
- On Our Own
- The Parent 'Hood
- The PJs
- Roc
- Showtime at the Apollo
- Starting Over
- Wanda at Large
- Where I Live
References
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Felicia R. Lee, "A Network for Blacks With Sense of Mission," New York Times, December 11, 2007.
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- ↑ Wayne Barrett, “Al Sharpton’s Radio Power Play,” The Daily Beast, July 28, 2011.
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- ↑ "Brad Siegel Named TV One President," Deadline.com, December 17, 2014.
- ↑ Cynthia Littleton, "TV One Taps Cable Vet Brad Siegel as President," Variety, December 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Radio One Gears Up for TV One Deal," Inside Radio, March 20, 2015.
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