Time Warner later produced a television movie, Live from Baghdad, about the channel's coverage of the first Gulf War, which aired on HBO.

On September 16, 2002, the Vault Disney block was discontinued in favor of same-day repeats of the channel's original and off-network series, primarily to contribute to the network's then-upcoming " hip " image ; the removal of the block resulted in Disney Channel not featuring any programming targeted at adult audiences for the first time in the channel's history – with the only programming that intentionally targets the entire family being the channel's primetime feature films ; as of June 2011, Disney Channel is the only one of the largest American children's cable networks that does not target both kids during the daytime, and a family / adult audience at night ( Nickelodeon, The Hub and Cartoon Network each feature program blocks that target such a dual audience ).

In 2005, That's So Raven became the network's highest-rated series since the network's move to basic cable ; as well as being the first original series to beat the 65-episode limit ( the highly controversial programming rule implemented in 1998, had guaranteed any original series would end after 65 episodes to prevent production costs from increasing ; however this rule is no longer enforced ); the series eventually hit 100 episodes, becoming the channel's longest-running original series until October 2011 and became the first to spawn a spin-off, Cory in the House.

Voyager was the first show broadcast on the new UPN channel, the only series renewed after the channel's first programming season, and its only show to run for seven seasons, making it the UPN's longest running.

As a result, Disney Channel stopped airing both shows except for their holiday episodes, but Disney Channel began airing reruns of Lizzie McGuire in a multi-episode blocks two afternoons each week on September 12, 2009, thus making it the first Disney Channel series to air between 1998 and 2002 to be added back on the schedule after being removed from the channel's lineup.

For the channel's first year on air, a block of programs seen on Toon Disney would air on Monday-Saturday evenings on Disney Channel as a " sneak preview " of the channel for interested subscribers.

Cinemax's original 1980 logo featured the channel's name with first letter in mixed case letters in Avant Garde typeface on a semi-circular rectangle ; the " Coming Up Next " bumpers and graphics were similar to parent network HBO's graphics of the concurring time.

The members of No Angels were selected on the RTL2 channel's first series of Popstars, a reality talent show which set about producing a five-piece girl group.

For the first fifty years of its existence, with the exception of films and imported programmes from countries such as the United States and Australia, almost all the channel's output was produced by the BBC's in-house production departments.

It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel ( the first being a half-hour introduction to the station ) on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night.

The channel's new name was also KYTV: it was decided to take the first two letters of KYTV, the last two of BSETV, and the result was: KYTV.

Shortly after the channel's relaunch, the first cable system in the United Kingdom to incorporate it was Swindon Cable.

This replaced the channel's previous identity which was first introduced in 2002.

However, in 2001 BBC One overtook its main rival ITV1 in terms of annual audience share for the first time since the rival channel had launched in 1955, although much of this was down to the success of the channel's daytime television line-up, which had its own Controller in Jane Lush.

In 2006 the name was changed again to Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, to reflect the channel's popularity, and used a similarity of Swiss font letters.

In addition, it was also the first Disney Channel sitcom to be shot on videotape, to use a multi-camera format, to be shot in front of a studio audience or use a laugh track, and to use the simulated film look created by FilmLook, Inc. ( all of which has become standard on all Disney Channel comedies, though a ' filmized ' appearance will be given to all of the channel's videotaped sitcoms produced from 2009 onward, as the live-action Disney Channel Original Series begin being produced in high definition ).

It began airing in 2003 on BBC America, and it was the channel's first original production.

In New Zealand, the series was one of the first programs on TVNZ 6 on 30 September 2007, the day of the channel's launch.

Klein starred in HBO's first stand-up comedy special in 1975 during the cable channel's early broadcast days and has continued to appear in several more one-man shows which have typically concluded with his " I can't stop my leg " routine.

The channel's first experimental broadcasts started on 27 November 1950 as the TV channel of the then NWDR, which later split to become NDR and WDR in 1956.

Reruns of The Muppet Show aired in syndication for many years and eventually turned up on TNT from the channel's sign-on in 1988 to 1992.

Many of the channel's earliest original movies ( particularly those made from 1997 to 2002 ) have seldom been aired by Disney Channel in recent years, except for some holiday-themed movies ; in January 2009, the channel began airing these older original movies on Friday and Saturday nights at 3 am ET / PT ; since June 2010, movies also air on Sundays in late night and since July 2010, the movies start at 2: 30 am ET / PT and some of the late-night weekend movies are aired without promo breaks.

The channel's flagship series is the Canadian teen drama Degrassi, which has aired uninterrupted on the channel since 2003 as The N, two years after its official debut on Canadian broadcast network CTV ; TeenNick also airs repeats of current and former Nickelodeon series and some off-network sitcoms.

On 29 October 2005, Family Fortunes returned as the " grand final " of Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon, a series of revivals of former popular ITV game shows shown to mark the channel's 50th anniversary, and hosted by its most ubiquitous presenters of recent years.

The average age of the channel's viewers was 42 years old.

Programming in the channel's early years followed the US channel's model, then consisting largely of archive shows such as Lost in Space, The Incredible Hulk, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and films from the Paramount and MCA vaults.

The channel's SuperSiete " ident " animation, logo, and name survived for over 25 years, dating back to 1987.

The use of " CNN " in the title of the channel has been intermittent throughout the channel's broadcast years until mid 2000s when it was dropped altogether for HLN.

In the channel's early years, a two-minute recap of the hour's top stories, the CNN Headlines, would run after the sports segment.

For a number of years he covered most of the channel's live matches, sometimes as a studio guest, but more often as the " ex-football insider " member of a two-man commentary team.

It should be noted that despite the channel's name including the word " Family " ( the network is, as previously mentioned, contractually required to keep the word in its name ), the channel's programming content standards had changed several years earlier after the sale of the channel by International Family Entertainment, and the channel had been airing even some acquired series and movies that contain profanity, violence and sexual content or dialogue after the sale, particularly since being purchased by The Walt Disney Company.

During the early years of the channel's existence, variety shows and dramas were more prominent in the channel lineup.

As the years went by, the channel's sitcom library swelled to over a hundred shows.

Within two years of the channel's launch, Starz began being separated from the Encore brand ( though the " Encore 8 " moniker remained in use until 2002 ) and Starz began launching its own multiplex channels: Starz!

Indeed, it was voted by viewers of Sky Sports as the greatest sporting moment in the channel's first ten years.

The pace of design change has slowed in recent years, with the Roman numeral rendition of the channel's name ( the " pause button ") being in use since 1999.

The miniseries was highly successful for CBS, as 19. 4 million viewers tuned in to the first part of the film and made it the channel's best-rated Sunday night movie in over two years.

However, after over 2 years on the air, the channel's owners announced its decision to shutter the service citing difficulties in operating a 24 hour breaking news service, which relied primarily on MSNBC programs, with then-current CRTC mandated Canadian content requirements, calling them " disruptive to subscribers and have proven to be financially burdensome beyond expectation ".

The channel's frequency was later taken-over by MediaCorp TV12 okto nearly four years later.

Kreski was associated with MTV Networks for over 15 years, and was a writer and consultant for many of its high-profile series and specials, such as Remote Control, Beavis and Butt-Head, Celebrity Deathmatch, and the channel's annual movie and video music awards shows.

Tootie was also the name for the automated ordering system used by the Home Shopping Network in the channel's early years, which was represented by the honking of a bicycle horn.