In the United States, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only three or four major commercial national terrestrial networks.From 1946 to 1956, these were ABC, CBS, NBC and DuMont (though the Paramount Television Network had some limited success during these years). From 1956 to 1986, the "Big Three" national commercial networks were ABC, CBS, and …

The 1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment consisted of a series of events, primarily involving affiliation switches between television stations, that resulted from a multimillion-dollar deal between the Fox television network (commonly known as simply Fox) and New World Communications, a media company that – through its then-recently formed broadcasting …

NBC has broadcast the marquee "game of the week" nationally since 2006. Before 2006, the "game of the week" was considered to be Monday Night Football on ABC. However, ESPN previously aired games on Sunday nights from 1987-2005, and TNT aired games from 1990-1997.. Thursday night games. Since 2012, a Thursday night game went into effect during every …

Cable television first became available in the United States in 1948. By 1989, 53 million U.S. households received cable television subscriptions, with 60 percent of all U.S. households doing so in 1992. with Data by SNL Kagan shows that as of 2006 about 58.4% of all American homes subscribe to basic cable television services. [needs update] Most cable viewers in the U.S. …

The following is a list of pay television networks broadcasting or receivable in the United States, organized by broadcast area and genre.. Some television providers use one or more channel slots for east/west feeds, high definition services, secondary audio programming and access to video on demand.. Not all channels are available on all providers and some are also available …

WGN-TV (channel 9) is an independent television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is sister to the company's sole radio property, news/talk/sports station WGN (720 AM). WGN-TV's studios are located on West Bradley Place in Chicago's North Center community; as such, it is the only major commercial television station …

Carried on cable via Comcast in Royal Oak and Troy, in TV guide listings throughout Metro area. Also available over the air in most cities in Metro Detroit. Detroit, Michigan: CKCO-DT: Kitchener: CTV: Listed in local Detroit TV guides CKCO-TV-3 ch. 42 transmitter from Oil Springs/Sarnia: Detroit, Michigan: CIII-DT-22: Paris-Toronto: Global

Multichannel television in the United States has been available since at least 1948. The United States is served by multichannel television through cable television systems, direct-broadcast satellite providers, and various other wireline video providers; among the largest television providers in the U.S. are DirecTV, Altice USA, Charter Communications (through its …

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations and additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and the Fox Media Center in Tempe. Launched as a …

The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995. It was originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries' United Television. Viacom (through its Paramount Television unit, which produced most of the network's series) turned it into a joint venture in 1996 after acquiring a 50% stake in the network, and …