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.

In January 2012, Wizards of Waverly Place ended its run on the channel, becoming Disney Channel's longest-running original series with 106 episodes ( the record for the channel's longest-running series was formerly held by That's So Raven, which ran for 100 episodes ).

Then in May 1999, the channel debuted the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, which quickly became one of the most popular and longest-running Nicktoons in the network's history, and has remained very popular to this day, consistently ranking as the channel's highest-rated series since 2000.

Yost packaged the shows as Three Films in Search of God adding educational content in the form of interviews, introductions, and discussions thus creating the model for what became Saturday Night at the Movies, which became the channel's longest-running, and one of its most popular shows.

That year, the current logo was implemented, consisting of the network's name in all capitals with the ' SHO ' prefix imprinted on a circle ( as with Cinemax's highlighting of ' MAX ' in their logo, the use of ' SHO ' as the logo focal point comes from the channel's former TV Guide abbreviation in the magazine's local listings era ).

A local oscillator generates a signal at the channel's carrier frequency.

In 1997, the network rebranded and implemented a logo rendered in lowercase Impact type with a circle placed behind the ' max ' ( as with Showtime's highlighting of ' SHO ' in their logo, the use of ' MAX ' as the logo focal point comes from the channel's former TV Guide abbreviation in the magazine's local listings era ).

Some local variables are predefined, such as $ C for the current channel's name.

Since the channel's inception, ASN / CTV Two Atlantic has not been permitted to solicit local advertising in the Halifax area, due to ( in the CRTC's opinion ) insufficient support for local advertising.

Additionally, because the EPG software generated only video, cable operators commonly resorted to filling the EPG channel's audio with music from a local FM station, or with programming from a cable TV-oriented audio service provider such as Cable Radio Network.

When Columbia / Screen Gems licensed the film library to television, the shorts aired in any fashion the local stations chose ( examples: late-night " filler " material between the end of the late movie and the channel's sign-off time ; in " marathon " sessions running shorts back-to-back for one, one-and-a-half, or two hours ; etc.

It is one of several local Buffalo stations seen in Southern Ontario Canada, including Toronto, which happens to be the channel's biggest target audience.

Everett is a fill-in anchor of the channel's local news at 5: 00 PM, 5: 30 PM, 6: 00PM and 11pm weekday newscasts.

Each multiplex channel offers movies and programs fitting each channel's particular theme.

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.

On September 28, 2009, the new logo is used across Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite, along with the rebranded TeenNick, Nick Jr. and Nicktoons ( formerly The N, Noggin and Nicktoons Network, respectively ) channels in varying versions customized for brand unification and refreshment purposes ; a new logo for Nickelodeon Productions also began being used in end credit tags on all Nickelodeon shows, even on episodes aired before the new logo took effect ( end credit tags of programs airing on TeenNick, Nick Jr. and some shows on Nicktoons only use the current Nickelodeon Productions logo and variants for their respective channel's original programming on episodes of series made after the rebrand ).

Nickelodeon also advertises hour-long episodes of its original series, such as iCarly, True Jackson, VP, Big Time Rush, Victorious and House of Anubis as movies ; though these technically do not qualify as such as the " TV movie " versions of Nickelodeon's original series are shorter than the standard length of a television movie ( approximately 45 minutes without commercials, compared to the typical 75 – 100 minutes for television movies ), the hour-long episodes of the channel's multi-camera comedies are shot using that camera setup ( whereas feature films and television movies are standardly shot in a single-camera setup ), laugh tracks are used and the programs are shot on videotape instead of film ( though the video frame rate of its multi-camera comedies are reduced to the 24p film frame rate, using the filmizing process ).

During the mid-to-late 1980s, glam metal bands were in heavy rotation on the channel, often at the top of MTV's daily dial countdown, and some of the bands appeared on the channel's shows such as Headbanger's Ball, which became one of the most popular programs with over 1. 3 million views a week.

NBC, which had a partnership with the Discovery Kids network to broadcast the channel's original programming, re-entered the Saturday morning arena with new, original programming in September 2006 as part of the Qubo " edutainment " partnership, which involved numerous parties, including parent company NBCUniversal, Ion Media Networks, Scholastic Press, Nelvana, and Classic Media, all of whom provided the programs for the Saturday morning block.

The channel's new programs included Showbiz Tonight with A. J.

Many of the channel's programs, both British and Canadian, are shared with other Shaw Media channels such as Showcase, HGTV and Food Network.

New programs included CBC News Now, the channel's rolling news coverage, Power & Politics, The Lang and O ' Leary Exchange, a business news program hosted by Amanda Lang and investor of Dragons ' Den fame Kevin O ' Leary, and Connect with Mark Kelley.

ABC Spark, a channel that borrows original programming and some syndicated programs from ABC Family in the U. S., began carrying the series upon the channel's March 2012 launch.

Since moving to Food Network, Allen has made appearances on many of that channel's programs, including Paula's Party and multiple episodes of The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Dear Food Network, and The Next Food Network Star.

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.

Select Link TV programs are streamed on the Internet, via the channel's website at www. linktv. org.

A form of station identification clip is played between programmes, traditionally incorporating the channel's logo, and accompanied by a continuity announcer who introduces the upcoming program ( and promotes other programs ).

Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) community.

The National Geographic Channel's signature theme fanfare music is composed by Elmer Bernstein, which is usually played at the beginning of many of the channel's television programs.

On December 20, 2011, SCN announced it entered into an affiliation agreement with Rogers Communications to air Citytv programs from 3 p. m. to 6 a. m. starting on January 2, 2012, with educational, children's and locally-produced programming, continuing to air on SCN outside those hours ( to fulfill the channel's licence as an educational station ).

The channel made the changes in order to increase its cable carriage outside the channel's traditional coverage area and position itself as a general entertainment channel that programs to the entire nation, not just Chicago and the Midwest.

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 ".

Originally channel's programs were very short, sometimes only 15 minutes, but with the introduction of more youth-oriented programs the average show-length became 30 minutes ( with commercials ).

More than 70 % of channel's programs are documentaries, news or educative programmes.

He spent 2006 – 07 as an NBA analyst for ESPN, appearing on the channel's SportsCenter and KIA NBA Shootaround programs among others.

Its schedule consists of some locally made programs in Hong Kong as well as news programmes from STAR News, it signed an agreement with CNN International News it allowing its access to that channel's programming.

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 ).

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.

Before and after its cancellation, the shows in the block were rerun both on Disney Channel ( during the mid-to-late 1990s ) and on Toon Disney ( all of them between the channel's launch in 1998 and 2004, with some remaining until as late as 2008 ).

Many of the channel's personalities routinely pull double-duty ( or more ) — hosting both daytime and nighttime programming — and the channel regularly offers specials which typically either follow its personalities on working vacations, or bring together a number of personalities for a themed cooking event.

The channel's popularity is helped by competing network CMT's declining reliance on regular music video blocks except in the mornings and moving towards programming ( both original and acquired ) which may or may not have any connection to southern culture, much less country music.

Although it had been one of the channel's aims right from the start to broadcast both animated and non-animated series, the former currently predominates ( 85 %).

From August to September 2007, both the 1986 and 1987 series were shown on Challenge's sister channel Ftn, airing on Saturdays and Sundays at 18: 00 until that channel's demise.

The channel's original schedule style was initially a ' bright and breezy ' approach to education, aimed at both adults and children, with viewers encouraged to get involved and contribute to the programming.

The ABC portion was used as a globe or flipped over to reveal the station callsign, both of which were done in the channel's newscast opens at this time.