In addition, TCM occasionally commemorates a recent death of a classic film star by running a 24-hour marathon of their signature film work in their honor.

Nitro was its flagship show and was the only actual TV show on the network, as it showed classic movies like TCM in North America rather than standard broadcast TV shows.

Besides MGM, United Artists and Warner Bros. releases, TCM also shows films under license from Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Productions, Columbia Pictures, StudioCanal and Janus Films.

Clinical use of acupressure frequently relies on the conceptual framework of Traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM ), which some scholars have characterized as pseudoscientific.

Shearer's legacy began to be re-evaluated in the 1990s with the publication of two biographies and the TCM and VHS release of her films, many of them unseen since the implementation of the Production Code some sixty years before.

One could argue that this ( or any ) positioning of the zàng is irrelevant for the TCM system ; there is some relevance, however, in whether a certain zàng would be attributed to the upper, middle or lower jiaō.

Not only did this put TCM and Warner Bros. under the same corporate umbrella, but it also gave TCM access to the post-1949 Warner Bros. library ( which itself includes other acquired properties such as the Lorimar, Saul Zaentz, and National General Pictures libraries ); incidentally, TCM had already been running some of Warner's film titles through a licensing agreement with the studio made prior to the launch of the channel.

In 2007, some of the short films featured on TCM began appearing on TCM's website.

Although a vast majority of the movies shown on Turner Classic Movies are from the 1930s through 1960s, some are more contemporary ; it is not uncommon for TCM to air films released in the 1970s, 1980s or ( now a days ) the 1990s and the early 2000s.

However, in TCM, Aristolochia is not used for weight loss, although Name confusion has led some to believe it could be used for this purpose, with possibly tragic consequences.

Clinical use of electroacupuncture frequently relies on the conceptual framework of Traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM ), which some scholars argue is pseudoscientific.

Turner Classic Movies ( TCM ) is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment film library, which comprises the pre-May 1986 MGM, RKO and pre-1950 Warner Bros. films.

" The very first movie ever screened on TCM was the 1939 classic epic Gone with the Wind, exactly what its sister station, TNT, had aired as its debut program six years before.

At the time of its launch, TCM was available to only approximately one million cable subscribers ; the channel served as a competitor of AMC ( at the time, called American Movie Classics ), which had a virtually identical format to TCM as both cable channels ran mostly pre-1970 films ; though by 2002, AMC had reformatted itself to feature films from all eras, leaving TCM as the only cable movie channel devoted entirely to classic films.

However, it was recently viewed with other films part of the Censored Eleven at the TCM Film Festival in Hollywood on April 24, 2010 as part of a classic film series, presented by Donald Bogle.

Additionally, it was recently viewed with other films part of the Censored Eleven at the TCM Film Festival in Hollywood on April 24, 2010 as part of a classic film series, presented by Donald Bogle.

In contrast with TNT, TCM has shown the unaltered versions of films.

The Divorcee was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on March 8, 2008 ( along with A Free Soul, also starring Norma Shearer ), as one of five Pre-Code films in the " TCM Archives-Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol.

TCM is still operating and broadcasts MGM and Warner Brothers films like the old TNT used to.

There is now also a TCM 2 in the United Kingdom which broadcasts films from MGM and Warner Brothers also.

A Free Soul was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on March 8, 2008 ( along with The Divorcee, also starring Norma Shearer ), as one of five Pre-Code films in the " TCM Archives-Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol.

* Various films, listed on WGBH's DVS page on TCM

* Turner Classic Movies releases special edition DVD boxsets of films from both the Turner and Warner catalogs under the TCM label.

Turner Classic Movies is essentially commercial-free, advertising only TCM products, promos for specific films scheduled to air on the channel in primetime, typically using the film's original movie trailer.

Because of the uncut and commercial-free nature of the channel, TCM is formatted similarly to a premium channel ; as such, viewers might find that certain films, particularly those made from the 1960s onward, may feature nudity, sexual content, violence and strong profanity ; the channel also features premium channel-style ratings bumpers seconds before a film starts.

TCM is also a major backer of WGBH's Descriptive Video Service program, and many of the films aired on the network have visual description for the blind and visually impaired, which are accessible through the SAP option through a television or cable / satellite receiver.

TCM also regularly presents widescreen presentations of films not available in the format on any home video release.

More recently, TCM has collaborated in boxed set DVD releases of previously unreleased films by noted actors, directors, or studios.

On April 24, 2010, Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs, along with 7 other titles from the Censored Eleven was screened at the first annual TCM Film Festival as part of a special presentation hosted by film historian Donald Bogle ; the eight shorts shown were restored for that release.

Another key feature is " Football Fusion ", which allows owners of both FIFA 2004 and Total Club Manager 2004 to play games from TCM in FIFA 2004.

They are different from Japanese shiatsu points, although Japanese acupuncture uses TCM acupuncture points.

Before the creation of TCM, quite a few titles from its vast library of movies were broadcast — with commercial interruptions — on Turner's TNT channel, along with Turner's controversial colorized versions of black-and-white classics such as The Maltese Falcon.

The sets often include bonus discs including documentaries and shorts from the TCM library.

* Universal Collection — Films licensed by TCM from the Universal Studios vault.

In 1996 / 1997, The TCM History Center ( TCMHC ) in Silicon Valley was established ; a site at Moffet Field was provided by NASA ( an old building that was previously the Naval Base furniture store ) and a large number of artifacts were shipped there from TCM.

As distinct from the Western medical definition of kidneys, the TCM concept is more a way of describing a set of interrelated parts than an anatomical organ.

As distinct from the Western medical concept of Large Intestine, this concept from TCM is more a way of describing a set of interrelated parts than an anatomical organ.

They also were eliminated from initial television network broadcasts but have been reinstated for viewings on TCM.

Currently, they also serve distributor for television and / or movie product released by Lifetime, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, Turner Entertainment Co., truTV ( known as Court TV until 2008 ), TCM, TNT, American Girl, King Features, Peanuts, Sesame Workshop, National Geographic Society in the U. S., and product from the NBA, NFL, and NHL.

TCM purchased its own slot throughout England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from the multiplex owner, SDN, but rents from Sit-up Ltd in Wales, timesharing with bid tv.

as a TCM Vault Collection presented by Universal Studios.

as a TCM Vault Collection presented by Universal Studios.

The original video channel bouquet consisted of 17 channels: M-Net, MGM TV, TCM, TNT Sci-Fi Universal, SuperSport, ESPN, Hallmark Channel, SelecTV, Travel Channel, KTV, Cartoon Network, BBC World News, CNN International, Sky News, Trinity Broadcasting Network, MTV, VH1 and TV5Monde.