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USD POLL : Which TV channel do you think has the greatest TV hits (within the last 15 years)?

21 Apr 2013

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Today's User Submitted Daily (USD) Poll was submitted by Jonathan_Andre who was picked randomly from our Poll Submissions (see below).

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You can vote for 5 Networks

ABC (Once Upon a Time, Desperate Housewives, Castle, Greys Anatomy, Modern Family, Ugly Betty, Brothers and Sisters, LOST)
USA Network (Monk, White Collar, Psych, Necessary Roughness, Suits, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, Fairly Legal)
TNT (Rizzoli and Isles, Southland, Falling Skies, The Closer, Leverage, Memphis Beat, Saving Grace)
NBC (Chuck, Parenthood, Friends, Crossing Jordan, Friday Night Lights, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Awake, Life, Law and Order)
HBO (The Newsroom, True Blood, Broadwalk Empire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Big Love, Rome, Entourage, The Wire, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Sex and the City)
CW/WB/UPN (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, One Tree Hill, Veronica Mars, Arrow, Reba, 7th Heaven, Dawson’s Creek, Gilmore Girls, Hart of Dixie, Supernatural, Smallville, Felicity, Rosewell, Charmed)
FOX (Bones, Glee, Ally McBeal, Beverly Hills 90210, The Chicago Code, The X Files, Firefly, House, Lie to Me, The O.C., Prison Break, 24, Tru Calling, Fringe, Dollhouse, Terminator: TSCC, Arrested Development)
CBS (CSI, NCIS, The Mentalist, Person of Interest, Hawaii Five O, Two and a Half Men, HIMYM, Everybody Loves Raymond, JAG, Numb3rs, Cold Case, Judging Amy, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer)
ABC Family (Switched At Birth, The Secret Life of an American Teenager, Pretty Little Liars, Kyle XY, Greek, Make it or Break It)
FX (The Americans, Sons of Anarchy, Justified, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Damages, Nip/Tuck, The Shield, Terriers)
Syfy (Eureka, Warehouse 13, Alphas, Lost Girl, Haven, Continuum, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Stargate Universe, Sanctuary)
Showtime (Dexter, Californication, Homeland, Shameless, The Tudors)
AMC (The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, The Killing, Mad Men)
Other (Please Comment)"


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61 comments:

  1. b3rt421 April 2013 at 11:02

    Obviously HBO with shows like The Wire, Oz, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos and so on.

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  2. Ralph Hartman21 April 2013 at 11:09

    Why list Showtime at the beginning of the post but then not make it an option in the poll? I had to vote other for it. Showtime and FX are the top 2 networks in my opinion.

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  3. Connor Davey21 April 2013 at 11:12

    CBS has the MOST 'hits' hands down. The greatest? I'll go for CBS and AMC.

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  4. Sandi21 April 2013 at 11:17

    Can't argue with that

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  5. Jimmy21 April 2013 at 11:19

    The 15 year range is 75% of my lifespan, therefore pretty much negating my opinion, but CBS, ABC and HBO would be my picks

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  6. Sandi21 April 2013 at 11:19

    I assume that whoever submitted the poll doesn't watch/isn't aware of the channel, but Andy added it to the post as he knew others would vote 'Other' and comment on it. Personally, I think BBC should have been added too :)

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  7. Jonathan_Andre21 April 2013 at 11:24

    when I created and submitted the post, I did make it as an option...I thought that the descriptions before the poll were going to be the poll... I dunno how to fix the poll now...

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  8. Jonathan_Andre21 April 2013 at 11:25

    yeah, I forgot about BBC... yeah it has great shows, one of my favourites being Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes...

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  9. Ralph Hartman21 April 2013 at 11:28

    I guess that's why the "other" option is there.

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  10. barbara ♡21 April 2013 at 11:30

    Speaking of quality, for me it's between AMC, SHO, FX and HBO.

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  11. Michu194521 April 2013 at 11:35

    Desperate Housewives rules!!!!

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  12. Sandi21 April 2013 at 11:47

    Ahh, in that case ignore me, lol, sorry.

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  13. Jim 10821 April 2013 at 11:47

    Voted ABC just because of LOST, because I believe that show deserves its own category and AMC because of Breaking Bad (which is literally the best show ever) and The Walking Dead (which is one of the best watched TV shows). Sorry FOX and CBS.

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  14. Sandi21 April 2013 at 11:50

    Both brilliant shows. I also love/d Sherlock, Doctor Who, Luther, Ripper Street and Merlin on Auntie in recent times too. I also watch many of their factual programming too, especially anything that David Attenborough is attached too, and I love quiz shows like Q.I., Have I Got News For You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

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  15. Tarik Bouchtat21 April 2013 at 11:52

    showtime, fx & HBO

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  16. victoria khachan21 April 2013 at 11:59

    The CW is my favorite channel! It's airing the show I love the most: The PCA winning TV drama Beauty And The Beast!

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  17. InvestedInYourFuture21 April 2013 at 12:00

    have to go with CW/WB/UPN - nothing beats Veronica Mars, Buffy, Charmed and Angel combo.

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  18. the dane21 April 2013 at 12:02

    It is very sad to see that FX get´s so few votes. They have some brillinat shows.
    I voted for AMC, FX and HBO.

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  19. Anna Paolinelli21 April 2013 at 12:05

    CBS followed by ABC, USA and TNT.

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  20. Alexandra Kholodova21 April 2013 at 12:07

    I'd add Supernatural to that list... Even after 8 years it's still extremely entertaining...

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  21. rehabber21 April 2013 at 12:19

    My 2 favorite channels are CW & USA, most of the shows I watch are on these, but next is CBS, SYFY and FX. Of course I watch one or two on each of the other channels

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  22. Pablo Troncoso21 April 2013 at 12:31

    For me it's between FOX and ABC. Sure, I've watched plenty of shows from the other networks, but FOX has The X Files, Dollhouse, TSCC and Fringe, while ABC has LOST, Revenge, Once Upon a Time and Pushing Daisies. I gave the edge to FOX, but not by much, and mostly because I'm a diehard fan of Fringe.
    Among those shows my top is:
    1)Fringe, 2) Revenge, 3)Pushing Daisies, 4) Dollhouse, 5)LOST, 6)TSCC, 7)Once Upon a Time, 8)The X Files. So, in the end, my vote goes to FOX

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  23. Gary6521 April 2013 at 12:32

    NO WEST WING IN NBC GREATEST HITS!?! Shame on you, sir >:(

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  24. Elena Wonderland21 April 2013 at 13:06

    UNDERSTATEMENT!!!!

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  25. Pauline NICOLAS21 April 2013 at 13:07

    1) CW/WB/UPN : buffy, angel, veronica mars, smallville, roswell, charmed.... basically every shows I watched in my "youth" :)

    2) ABC : Once upon a time, desperate, castle, grey's, modern familly

    3) Fox : dark angel, dollhouse, glee (season one ad two), the OC

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  26. Dannii21 April 2013 at 13:15

    For me it's ABC, AMC and BBC (even though you can't vote for that). :)

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  27. Paula Gómez21 April 2013 at 14:05

    CW

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  28. Nawaf Karmustaji.21 April 2013 at 14:05

    1) CW: 90210, Arrow. Beauty and the Beast, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Nikita, Hart of Dixie, Supernatural, Carrie Diaries, Vampire Diaries, Secret Circle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville

    2) ABC Family: Switched At Birth, The Secret Life of an American Teenager, Pretty Little Liars, Kyle XY, Greek, Baby Daddy, The Lying Game <3

    3) Fox : Glee, Fringe, Prison Break, OC OC OC OC <3, The Mindy Project, New Girl, American Dad, Family Guy


    These are my top 3 channels

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  29. Angela Robinson21 April 2013 at 14:07

    ABC... OR the CW/WB.... on one hand, you have Grey's Anatomy/LOST/OUAT etc... then you have Buffy, Charmed, Roswell, Veronica... which are cult classics but ABC does bring in the viewers. I would say a draw between ABC and CW/WB/UPN

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  30. InvestedInYourFuture21 April 2013 at 14:13

    Sorry but will forever disagree. SPN has been a complete trainwreck full of misogyny propaganda since the start of S4

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  31. CTR0521 April 2013 at 14:59

    YES!!!

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  32. CTR0521 April 2013 at 15:01

    In order for me...


    ABC: Desperate Housewives, Grey's, Once Upon A Time, Castle, Scandal (I LOVE ABC programming!)
    ABC Family: Pretty Little Liars
    FX: American Horror Story
    AMC: The Walking Dead
    CBS: I don't watch anything on CBS, but I do acknowledge the fact that they have a lot of hit shows. It would be stupid of me to not vote for them.

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  33. Panos Nestoras21 April 2013 at 15:56

    AMC, HBO and FX. ABC also has my vote only because of LOST...

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  34. DarqueMode21 April 2013 at 16:58

    Very little doubt HBO has been the most successful over the last 15 years.
    Recently AMC and FX have caught up to (if not surpassed) HBO current programming though.

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  35. Barry W21 April 2013 at 17:07

    Greatest Hits is an easy one for me ABC for sure as it has some of the best shows ever such as lost which defined a genre , castle and greys anatomy. second place for me would be between AMC because of the walking dead or HBO because of game of thrones

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  36. Ángel Cívico21 April 2013 at 17:43

    Voted for ABC because of Desperate Housewives, Lost and Grey's Anatomy, followed by CW/WB/UPN - will never forget Charmed, Buffy and the incredible Gilmore Girls. I was tempted by NBC but just because of Friends.

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  37. DarthLocke421 April 2013 at 18:01

    Although I think the non cable networks have had great shows (Lost, Fringe, Alias, Person of Interest, Veronica Mars, Heroes, X-Files, crime dramas like NCIS & Law and Order, ect) I think HBO has really been a network that continuously gives GREAT TV experiences and probably should take credit in being one of the first to do so.

    After I would say it's a hard toss up between AMC & Showtime, with Stars, FX, TNT, A&E, BBC America, and Starz also catching up and meeting the quality of HBO.

    An honorable mention: SYFY. Battlestar was really the first cable show IMO to give us not only great sci-fi, but a very thought provoking serialized drama, not only paying homage to the show from the 1970's from which it is based, but also uniquely came with it's own style and presented something rather cinematic on TV.

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  38. Joy Haldar21 April 2013 at 19:10

    are you kidding me?besides you,everybody agrees that season 4 was their best season up to date!!

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  39. R.H.21 April 2013 at 19:26

    I voted for more than one channel. I also voted for other - Showtime (because of Dexter mainly).

    ABC for Castle mainly

    CBS for NCIS, HIMYM mainly

    CW/WB/UPN for Everwood mainly

    NBC for Friends, Chuck, Ed mainly



    (Fox got left out, even though X-Files, Ally McBeal,etc...were classics!)

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  40. Marisa_once21 April 2013 at 19:44

    Sure CBS has the highest rated hits, but it doesn't mean their shows are great. That's how I understood the poll anyway. I didn't vote for CBS and neither did most people on this discussion board. Doesn't mean we're stupid.

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  41. InvestedInYourFuture21 April 2013 at 20:23

    And if opinions were a popularity contest, that would hold a lot of merit. Alas it is not, so "everybody" becomes "you". singular.





    Season 4 retconed majority of interesting storyline plotpoints, sidelined Sam, completely destroyed Ruby's brilliant character and introduced a convulted and sluggish angel mythology(which did not go into trainwreck territory till S5). Oh and let's not forget the amount of misogyny in that season (degrading Lilith into a lackey, the way they destroyed Ruby's character and the way Ruby died, etc).


    Season 5 gave more attention to Castiel, which would be okay as long as other characters did not suffer because of it, but sadly that was exactly the case with this show, as Sam started to get more and more sidelined(which was already starting to be apparent in S4 where from "two brothers solving huge conspiracy and saving lives" turned into "Dean the hero and Sam the Damsel"). Barring the comedy episodes, the whole S5 was a serious nosedive in quality, culminating in show's worst episode up to that point - "Swan Song" (where the only good and not-cringeworthy part was impala scenes).



    S6 on other hand completely jumped the shark, made Sam completely irrelevant, turned Castiel into a gary stu, made the show loose any sense of direction(seriously, try to describe S6 "plot" I dare you, that was even more directionless and pointless than Season Three of vampire diaries).


    Don't know much past S7 start, since I stopped watching the show when Dean killed the innocent kitsune(or whatever that was, can't remember), with show rearing its misogyny propaganda even more. , but from what I remember of what I saw of S7 felt dry and boring, with some of most generic villains ever(even more boring than S3 of tvd or S4 of heroes, which in itself is already an acomplishment in terms of trainwrecks)




    For me, the highpoint of SPN was Season Three and everything after that might as well ceased to exist.

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  42. InvestedInYourFuture21 April 2013 at 20:26

    Agreed on spn being terrible, disagreed on it being best of cw.



    For me that's Arrow, as its a show I would not expect CW to even have, considering the level of quality in characters, plot and budget.


    I expected to hate arrow, I expected it to be just another smallville emofest, but it was surprisingly awesome through and through form the very beginning, with actual surprising plot twists(which is unheard of in cw), good fashion department (which started being unheard of in cw since S3 of tvd hit and everyone in that show started looking like a wet rat) and nigh-perfect fight-choreography(which is completely unheard of in cw, considering how disappointing it is in other cw shows).



    Arrow literally became the ONLY reason I ever tune in to that channel.

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  43. Mary Terrell21 April 2013 at 20:34

    Think you mean network. Hard for me to narrow it down to just one since I've enjoyed so many shows across the different networks. Alias, Pushing Daisies, Once Upon a Time on ABC. Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Person of Interest on CBS. Arrow on CW. Medium, Chuck, Journeyman on NBC. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Charmed, Smallville on WB. And there's probably others I'm forgetting and some I would include that started before your 15 year range like Xena, but ended in it, and wasn't on network TV.

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  44. Mal21 April 2013 at 20:49

    WHAT ABOUT GAME OF THRONES AND THE SOPRANOS???!!!!!
    HBO all the way!!!!

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  45. Casey Young21 April 2013 at 20:51

    ABC, CBS, FOX, CW, and USA Network for me! :)

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  46. AgentBishop21 April 2013 at 21:08

    Supernatural and misogyny what?
    Last time I checked the show has lesbian sh*t and stuff.
    Season 8 has actually been very standard and straight with its plot without introducing halfway through a new storyline.

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  47. AgentBishop21 April 2013 at 21:12

    I on the otherside couldn't get into Arrow. The ''action'' scenes were just VERY fake and they kept bugging me.

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  48. Brandy Danforth21 April 2013 at 21:29

    My favorite networks have been CW/WB,ABCFAMIKY,ABC.

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  49. robinclank221 April 2013 at 22:08

    CW/WB/UPN Buffy, Angel, charmed, Roswell, Smallville, Supernatural, veronica mars, vampire diaries. you just can't beat that

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  50. Alexandra Kholodova22 April 2013 at 00:16

    Fair enough... Everyone has their own opinion... :)

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  51. ScottA22 April 2013 at 02:00

    Showtime for the other category. Nothing can touch the run HBO had with Sopranos, The Wire (Arguably the best show ever made), Six Feet Under, Curb your Enthusiasm for starts.


    AMC had a few but they were top of the line.

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  52. Black In Black Trickster '9522 April 2013 at 03:40

    I voted for cw/wb/upn and syfy. My favourite show is on cw and more of the shows are/was on syfy.

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  53. Black In Black Trickster '9522 April 2013 at 03:42

    Well non-fan, SPN is a popular show so something must be right about this show. I will forever disagree with you ;)

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  54. CTR0522 April 2013 at 04:05

    I was not meaning to imply people are stupid for not voting for CBS. As I said, I don't watch CBS. Their shows aren't my cup of tea. But I can't deny that they have hit shows. Maybe I interpreted the poll differently than what was meant. But I was saying that I personally would be stupid to not vote for CBS just because I don't like their shows. I was merely trying to be unbiased, not offensive so I apologize.

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  55. InvestedInYourFuture22 April 2013 at 13:49

    Twilight is also popular franchise, but that does not mean there are things right with it. it just simply means that the show caters to a certain demographic. :)


    Popularity is NOT the indication of quality. Majority of SPN ratings come from queer bating and fanservice.

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  56. InvestedInYourFuture22 April 2013 at 14:00

    misogyny and sexual equality are not exclusive to each other.



    For one the show demonizes independent females(case in point Bella was portrayed as the typical sexist stereotype of "manipulative rogue female" who uses feminine charms to get what she wants and Ruby while her character was great in S3, was generated into a repeat of same stereotype, ending with misogynistic death scene where two males stab and kill her). Of course those two cases were more of writers having no backbone and caving in to fangirl hatred, but it was still misogynistic. Then there is a case of Dean killing a certain kitsune or whatever it was and the show not bothering to punish him for the act, which in itself is disgusting.



    For two - every single female in that show either ends up evil(even when that make sno sense at all, in case of Anna) or dies. No exceptions.


    Last of all, but not the least - male to female ration in that show is way too skewed. It used to be more balanced in S2 and S3, as you had Jo, Ellen, Ruby, Bella, balancing out the male cast, but then the show turned two of the females evil(makes sense with Bella, is a complete trainwrecky retcon with Ruby) and killed the two others



    Also I do not remember anything that would indicate an equal treatment between straight and lgbt people. I do remember that S5 to S7 was full of queer-baiting for the sake of ratings that went nowhere, though.

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  57. LockeUp22 April 2013 at 16:48

    HBO is the on;y answer to this.

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  58. AgentBishop22 April 2013 at 18:35

    Still, killing a female character on the show doesn't mean it's hateful towards women,
    whether they are on the villain side or not

    There is actually plenty of female intependence in the show, for example Sam's recent romantic relationship. She had the freedom to choose either Sam or her ex.

    Bella wasn't a villain! (kinda) In the end she DID help the brothers.

    They are also bring back female characters from the past.

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  59. Tamz ❤22 April 2013 at 18:41

    I voted for CW and ABC Family as they show a majority of my favorite shows, but I would say every channel listed has a least 1 show that I watch and enjoy. TV is getting better all the time :)

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  60. Danbro25 April 2013 at 05:22

    NBC had only 1 good show - CHUCK

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  61. swanpride7 May 2013 at 07:27

    I think USA - because, while their shows might not have the same rating than some of the others, it's for a big part because USA is not one of the "big" ones. But it started out as a channel for wrestling and similar stuff and has managed to build up a reputation for their TV shows in the last years. That's quite a feat.

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