- This article is about the American entertainment television channel and some of its international variants. For its Canadian equivalent, see E! (Canada). E! is an English language privately-owned Television system in Canada.
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| Launched | July 31, 1987 (U.S.) December 2, 2002 (Germany) |
| Owned by | Comcast (under Comcast Entertainment Group) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Formerly called | Movie Time (1987-1990) |
| Sister channel(s) | Style Network, G4 |
| Website | EOnline.com |
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV (US) |
Channel 236 |
| Dish Network (US) |
Channel 114 |
| Sky Digital (UK & Ireland) |
Channel 152 |
| Sky Italia (Italy) |
Channel 114 |
| Foxtel Digital (Australia) |
Channel 121 |
| Austar Digital (Australia) |
Channel 121 |
| SKY Network Television (New Zealand) |
Channel 11 |
| DStv (Southern Africa) |
Channel 124 |
| CanalSat (France) |
Channel 25 |
| TrueVisions DSTV (Thailand) |
Channel 33 |
| Astro Nusantara (Indonesia) |
Channel 46 |
| Astro (Malaysia) |
Channel 713 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) |
Channel 35 |
| NOVA (Greece) |
Channel 37 |
| Digiturk (Turkey) |
Channel 9 |
| TotalTV (Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia) |
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History
The network was launched by Larry Namer, Alan Mruvka, Brian Owens, Rick Portin and others, on July 31, 1987 as Movie Time, a low-budget service that aired movie trailers, entertainment news, event coverage, and interviews. Early Movie Time hosts included Greg Kinnear, Paula Abdul, Katie Wagner, and Richard Blade. Three years later, in June 1990, Movie Time was renamed E! Entertainment Television to emphasize its widening coverage of the celebrity-industrial complex, contemporary film, television and music, entertainment awards shows, daily Hollywood news and gossip, and fashion. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The year 1990 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1990. The celebrity-industrial complex is a social and economic construct which involves a semiotic relationship between celebrities and business corporations In November 2006, Comcast bought the Walt Disney Company's 39. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006. 5% share of E! for $1. 23 billion. E! is available to 88 million subscribers in the U. S. and 600 million homes internationally. E!'s sister networks are the Style Network and G4. The Style Network is an American Cable television network based in Los Angeles, California. G4 is an American cable and satellite Television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12&ndash34 devoted to the world of
The network has the unusual distinction of showing the technical end credits at the beginning of the program in order to seamlessly transition between shows without losing viewers (most other cable channels and even broadcast networks do this nowadays), meaning there is no commercial break between two shows. Another unusual distinction is that some sponsor tags credit current Broadway shows running in New York City, obviously and subliminally meant only for those viewers. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The City of New York
Michael Jackson trial
E! reported on Michael Jackson's 2005 trial and acquittal. Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman The year 2005 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2005. People v Jackson ( The People of the State of California v Michael Joseph Jackson) was a 2005 child molestation trial involving pop icon Michael Jackson. As no cameras were allowed in the courtroom, E! used the transcripts of the court case and actors to reenact the day's proceedings. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The nightly airings of these reenactments attracted high ratings (for a basic cable channel). E! previously did re-enactments for the O.J. Simpson civil trial, and covered the earlier criminal trial live. Orenthal James "O J" Simpson (born July 9 1947 who has also been called The Juice, is a retired American football player,
Programming
Personalities
Award shows and the red carpet events, premieres and E! News have been hosted and are scheduled to have host Heidieh Croce, Jim Croce's daughter and by a variety of personalities. This is a list of Television programs formerly and currently broadcast by the cable television channel E! in the United States. E! News is the E! network's nightly entertainment news show Talking about the latest in Hollywood gossip and celebrities Currently, Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic host award shows and E! News. Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an Emmy Award -nominated American television / radio host and Television Giuliana Rancic (neé DePandi (born August 17 1974, Naples Italy) is an Italian - American celebrity news personality Ted Casablanca still interviews various celebrities and has The Awful Truth column online while Kristin Dos Santos (neé Veitch) hosts all season premieres and events for television programming along with her online column Watch With Kristin. Ted Casablanca (born Bruce Bibby) is an American entertainment Journalist for E! Online and has a column called The Awful Truth where Kristin Dos Santos ( Née Veitch, born February 24, 1975) is an American television personality and Columnist Marc Malkin provides breaking news and commentary on E! News and various other programs on the network along with his online column "Planet Gossip" and online videoblog of the same name. Previous hosts include Michael Castner on Inside Word, Behind the Scenes, Live From the Red Carpet and Sex On the Riviera, Brooke Burke on Wild On! and Rank, Jules Asner on Revealed with Jules Asner and Alisha Davis with John Burke on E! News. Michael Castner is a US-American journalist television host and radio personality Live From the Red Carpet is the pre-show to the major award shows that airs on E! Entertainment Television. Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American Television personality and model, known for hosting Wild Wild On! was a travel show that was produced from 1997 until 2003 by E!. Jules Asner (born February 14, 1968) is an American Television personality Writer, and former fashion model. Revealedwith Jules Asner was a Biography -style Television show with first-run airings on E! Entertainment Television from 2001-2003 Alisha Davis is currently an MTV News reporter Prior to joining MTV she worked for the American cable television stations CNN, CNN Headline News, and John Burke ( February 25 1859 &ndash May 14 1937) was an American lawyer jurist and political leader from North Dakota Red carpet events, now called Live From the Red Carpet, have been hosted previously by Joan Rivers (often with daughter Melissa Rivers), Star Jones, Kathy Griffin, and Nicky Hilton. Live From the Red Carpet is the pre-show to the major award shows that airs on E! Entertainment Television. Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky; June 8, 1933) is an American Comedian, Actress, Talk show Melissa Rivers (born Melissa Warburg Rosenberg on January 20, 1968) is an American Television Star Jones (born March 24, 1962) is an American Lawyer and television personality, best known for her role as a co-host of the Kathleen "Kathy" Griffin (born November 4, 1960 though not gay herself Griffin has been a voice actress and a Red carpet commentator "Nicky" Hilton can also refer to Conrad Hilton Jr Nicholai "Nicky" Olivia Hilton (born October 5, 1983
Other hosts have included Emme on Fashion Emergency, Suzanne Sena on Celebrity Homes (now with Kristin Malia) and A.J. Benza on Mysteries and Scandals. Melissa Aronson, better known as Emme (born 1963 is a Plus-size model, and is largely recognized as the pioneering model in the profession Suzanne Sena is a primetime and late night breaking news anchor for Fox News Channel. Alfred Joseph “AJ” Benza (born June 2 1962) is a Gossip columnist and television host. Mysteries and Scandals (also known as Mysteries & Scandals) is an American Television program that was hosted by A Jenny McCarthy and Anna Nicole Smith hosted Party @ the Palms and The Anna Nicole Show respectively. Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy (born November 1 1972 is an American model, Comedian, actress, Author and Activist Vickie Lynn Marshall (November 28 1967 &ndash February 8 2007 better known under the Stage name of Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model The Anna Nicole Show was a reality Sitcom, starring former model and Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith, which
Criticism
During the week of Dimebag Darrell Abbott's birthday E! Channel producers contacted Pantera publicist Jane Hoffman to license the video tape of Dimebag's murder and to have permission to reenact it for a show titled 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders. Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and [1] In a letter made public, Hoffman among turning down the request wrote, "I realize there is nothing anyone can do to stop E! from producing garbage like this below, as you've built your audience on the backs of other people's private lives. " The letter closes with:
- I ask that you all please take a moment from your busy days and close your eyes. Live out the fantasy of playing your favorite instrument onstage. Your closest friends in the world surround you, either in the band or in your crew. From one side of the stage, a man approaches. Thinking he's a security guy or a drunk fan who's just a bit out a line, you continue to perform. Two seconds later, he lifts his arms, aims a rifle at your brother, your best friend, your buddy and blows his brains out, not three feet from where you are.
- Now imagine it's a few years later and you turn on the TV set. Just in case you may be having at least a five minute respite from that scene that plays over and over in your head, just in case . . . . . you flip through the channels and there it is. Again. Only with some two bit actor who thinks this is his big Hollywood break. [2]
International
E! has licensed its name and brand identity to regional cable television networks in nearly every country worldwide. This includes an international network that is broadcast from the Netherlands across most of Europe, and joint-venture channels in Israel and throughout Latin America. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
In Canada, a locally-owned channel with a similar focus, Star!, bought the rights to most original E! programming when it launched in 1999. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article is about the Canadian specialty channel Star!. For the 1968 film starring Julie Andrews see Star! (film. When this contract expired in September 2007, the E! library was reassigned to Canwest, which relaunched its secondary over-the-air network, CH, as a Canadian version of E!, combining the American channel's entertainment programming with primetime programming mainly acquired from the major U. Canwest Global Communications Corp () operating under the corporate brand Canwest, is one of Canada 's largest International media companies E! is an English language privately-owned Television system in Canada. S. broadcast networks.
In the Philippines, the network has delayed telecast from the selected programs in U. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP S. version, the channels are aired on Lifestyle Network and Velvet of SkyCable and ETC Entertainment Central of Solar Entertainment Corporation. Lifestyle Network is a Direct-to-Home lifestyle & entertainment cable channel by ABS-CBN. Velvet is a women-targeted general entertainment channel owned by Creative Programs Inc SkyCable is a direct-to-home Cable TV and subscription service established by the Lopez Group of Companies and Central CATV Group Of Companies ETC Entertainment Central is a Philippine Television channel produced and founded by Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created Solar Entertainment Corporation is a Makati, Philippines -based media company with 8 cable channels 3 Free-TV Channels( RPN, SBN and
See also
- List of DirecTV channels
- List of Dish Network channels
- ReelzChannel (has same concept as original Movie Time)
Online content
- Leslie Gornstein (Answer B!tch)
- Ted Casablanca (The Awful Truth)
- Kristin Dos Santos (Watch with Kristin)
- Marc Malkin (Planet Gossip)
- Cristina Gibson (Hollywood Party Girl)
References
External links
- Wikinews interview with Michael Musto about the art of celebrity journalism
- E! Online
- E! Online International Official Site
- E! - UK TV Listings and Schedules
- E! - Latin America Official Site (In Spanish)
- E! Career Opportunities listed on EntertainmentCareers. Below is a numerical representation of the DirecTV channel lineup. Channel Types ReelzChannel is a Digital cable Television channel owned by Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation that airs programming about movies Leslie Gornstein is a Los Angeles -based freelance entertainment writer and reporter best known for her " Answer B!tch " column on E! Online in Ted Casablanca (born Bruce Bibby) is an American entertainment Journalist for E! Online and has a column called The Awful Truth where Kristin Dos Santos ( Née Veitch, born February 24, 1975) is an American television personality and Columnist Net
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