E!
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name= E!|
logofile=E!_Entertainment.gif|
logoalt=E!|
logosize=|
launch=
July 31,
1987| owner=
Comcast (50%),
The Walt Disney Company (40%), and
Liberty Media (10%) |
former names= Movietime (1987-1990)|
sister names=
Style Network| web=
Official Site |
terr avail=Not Available|
sat serv 1=
DirecTV|
sat chan 1=Channel 236|
sat serv 2=
Dish Network|
sat chan 2=Channel 114|
sat serv 3=
Sky Digital (UK)|
sat chan 3=Channel 155|
sat serv 4=
Sky Italia (
Italy)|
sat chan 4=Channel 114|
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E! (Entertainment Television) is an
American cable television and
direct broadcast satellite network.
As of 2005, it is owned by a joint venture between
Comcast (50%),
The Walt Disney Company (40%), and
Liberty Media (10%).
The network was launched by
Rick Kaplan, former President of
CNN and
MSNBC, in 1987 as
Movietime, a low-budget service that aired movie trailers and interviews. Three years later, in
June 1990, Movietime 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. E! is available to 80 million subscribers in the U.S. and 400 million homes internationally. E!'s sister channel is the
Style Network.
E! has also licensed its name and brand identity to regional cable television networks in
Latin America,
Brazil,
Australia,
New Zealand, and
Israel. It also has an international network that is broadcast from the
Netherlands. In Asia, the
E! brand belongs to
STAR TV.
E! is now also broadcast in a
Spanish language version in the
United States.
The network has the unusual distinction of showing the technical end credits at the beginning of the program in order to save time and advertising money. Another unusual distinction is that some sponsor tags credit current Broadway shows running in New York, obviously and subliminally meant only for those viewers in New York City.The networks website features much information about all the programing ect.
E! onlineE! True Hollywood StoryThe Soup (formerly
Talk Soup)
The Daily 10Fashion PoliceThe Girls Next DoorThe Gastineau GirlsDr. 90210Fight for FameHollywood Hold 'EmMy Crazy LifeLife is Great with Brooke BurkeThe Chelsea Handler ShowKill RealityKill Reality 2The Simple Life #1 SingleFilthy Rich: Cattle Drive Party At The PalmsChild Star ConfidentialAdditionally, it has an evening news broadcast,
E! News. The channel also broadcasts classic episodes of
Saturday Night Live (Not aired on
E! Australia).
The Anna Nicole ShowHoward SternLove Is in the HeirThe Entertainer starring
Wayne NewtonIt's Good to BeCelebrities UncensoredStar DatesLove ChainRevealed with Jules AsnerTalk Soup (however
The Soup is a reworked version of this show)
TaradiseWild On!Inside Word with Michael CastnerAward shows and the red carpet events, premieres and
E! News have been hosted by a variety of personalities. Currently,
Ryan Seacrest (who is also the host of
American Idol) and
Giuliana DePandi host award shows and
E! News.
Ted Casablanca still interviews various celebrities and hosts
The Awful Truth while
Kristin Veitch hosts all season premieres and events for television programming. Past 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. Red carpet events, now called
Live From the Red Carpet, have been hosted previously by
Joan Rivers (often with daughter
Melissa Rivers),
Star Jones, and even
Nicky Hilton.
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. Adult models
Jenny McCarthy and
Anna Nicole Smith hosted
Party @ the Palms and
The Anna Nicole Show respectively.
E! reported on
Michael Jackson's 2005 trial and acquittal. As no cameras were allowed in the courtroom, E! used the transcripts of the court case and
actors to reenact the day's proceedings. The nightly airings of these reenactments attracted high
ratings. E! previously did re-enactments for the
O.J. Simpson civil trial, and covered the earlier criminal trial live.
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Official Site*
International Official Site
