E! 528107 225161857 2008-07-12T05:51:06Z 68.61.81.185 :''This article is about the American entertainment television channel and some of its international variants. For its Canadian equivalent, see [[E! (Canada)]].'' {{Infobox_TV_channel| name= E!| logofile=E! Logo.svg| logoalt=E!| logosize=75px| launch= [[July 31]], [[1987 in television|1987]] <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small><br>[[December 2]], [[2002]] <small>([[Germany]])</small> | owner= [[Comcast]]<br>(under Comcast Entertainment Group)| headquarters= [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]| former names= [[Movie Time]] (1987-1990)| sister names=[[Style Network]], [[G4 (TV channel)|G4]]| web=[http://www.eonline.com EOnline.com] | terr avail=Not Available| sat serv 1 =[[DirecTV]] <br /><small>(US)</small>| sat chan 1 =Channel 236| sat serv 2=[[Dish Network]] <br /><small>(US)</small>| sat chan 2=Channel 114| sat serv 3=[[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]] <br /><small>(UK & Ireland)</small>| sat chan 3=Channel 152| sat serv 4=[[Sky Italia]] <br /><small>(Italy)</small>| sat chan 4=Channel 114| sat serv 5=[[Foxtel Digital]] <br /><small>(Australia)</small>| sat chan 5=Channel 121| sat serv 6=[[Austar|Austar Digital]] <br /><small>(Australia)</small>| sat chan 6=Channel 121| sat serv 7=[[SKY Network Television]] <br /><small>(New Zealand)</small>| sat chan 7=Channel 11| sat serv 8=[[DStv]] <br /><small>(Southern Africa)</small>| sat chan 8=Channel 124| sat serv 9=[[CanalSat]] <br /><small>(France)</small>| sat chan 9=Channel 25| sat serv 10=[[TrueVisions|TrueVisions DSTV]] <br /><small>(Thailand)</small>| sat chan 10=Channel 33| sat serv 11=[[Astro Nusantara]] <br /><small>(Indonesia)</small>| sat chan 11=Channel 46| sat serv 12=[[Astro (Satellite TV)|Astro]] <br /><small>(Malaysia)</small>| sat chan 12=Channel 713| sat serv 13=Cyfrowy Polsat <br /><small>(Poland)</small>| sat chan 13=Channel 32| sat serv 14=[[NOVA Greece|NOVA]] <br /><small>(Greece)</small>| sat chan 14=Channel 37| sat serv 15=[[Digiturk]] <br /><small>(Turkey)</small>| sat chan 15=Channel 9| sat serv 16=[[TotalTV]] <br /><small>(Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia)</small>| sat chan 16=Channel | cable serv 1 = Available on most cable systems| cable chan 1 = Check local listings| sat serv 17=dialogtv<br /><small>(Sri Lanka)</small> sat chan 17=channel 19 }} '''E!: Entertainment Television''' is an [[United States|American]] [[cable television]] and [[direct broadcast satellite]] network. From [[November 2006]] onwards, it became wholly owned by [[Comcast]]. == History == The network was launched by Larry Namer, Alan Mruvka, Brian Owens, Rick Portin and others, on July 31, 1987 as '''Movie Time''', a low-budget service that aired movie trailers, entertainment news, event coverage, and interviews. Early Movie Time hosts included Greg Kinnear, Paula Abdul, Katie Wagner, and Richard Blade. Three years later, in [[1990#June|June]] [[1990 in television|1990]], Movie Time 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. In [[2006#November|November]] [[2006 in television|2006]], Comcast bought the Walt Disney Company's 39.5% share of E! for $1.23 billion. E! is available to 88 million subscribers in the U.S. and 600 million homes internationally. E!'s sister networks are the [[Style Network]] and [[G4 (TV channel)|G4]]. The network has the unusual distinction of showing the technical end credits at the beginning of the program in order to seamlessly transition between shows without losing viewers (most other cable channels and even broadcast networks do this nowadays), meaning there is no commercial break between two shows. Another unusual distinction is that some sponsor tags credit current [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] shows running in [[New York City]], obviously and subliminally meant only for those viewers. === Michael Jackson trial === E! reported on '''[[Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson's]] [[2005 in television|2005]] [[2005 trial of Michael Jackson|trial and acquittal]]'''. As no cameras were allowed in the courtroom, E! used the transcripts of the court case and [[actor]]s to reenact the day's proceedings. The nightly airings of these reenactments attracted high [[ratings]] (for a basic cable channel). E! previously did re-enactments for the [[O.J. Simpson]] civil trial, and covered the earlier criminal trial live. == Programming == {{main|List of programs broadcast by E!}} == Personalities == Award shows and the red carpet events, premieres and ''[[E! News]]'' have been hosted and are scheduled to have host Heidieh Croce, Jim Croce's daughter and by a variety of personalities. Currently, [[Ryan Seacrest]] and [[Giuliana Rancic]] host award shows and ''E! News''. [[Ted Casablanca]] still interviews various celebrities and has ''The Awful Truth'' column online while [[Kristin Dos Santos]] (neƩ Veitch) hosts all season premieres and events for television programming along with her online column ''Watch With Kristin''. Marc Malkin provides breaking news and commentary on E! News and various other programs on the network along with his online column "Planet Gossip" and online videoblog of the same name. Previous 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]], [[Kathy Griffin]], and [[Nicky Hilton]]. Other hosts have included [[Emme (model)|Emme]] on ''Fashion Emergency'', [[Suzanne Sena]] on ''Celebrity Homes'' (now with Kristin Malia) and [[A.J. Benza]] on ''[[Mysteries and Scandals]]''. [[Jenny McCarthy]] and [[Anna Nicole Smith]] hosted ''Party @ the Palms'' and ''[[The Anna Nicole Show]]'' respectively. == Criticism == During the week of [[Darrell Abbott|Dimebag Darrell Abbott]]'s birthday E! Channel producers contacted [[Pantera]] publicist Jane Hoffman to license the video tape of Dimebag's murder and to have permission to reenact it for a show titled ''[[20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders]]''.<ref>[http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4865 KNAC.COM - News - Dime<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In a letter made public, Hoffman among turning down the request wrote, "I realize there is nothing anyone can do to stop E! from producing garbage like this below, as you've built your audience on the backs of other people's private lives." The letter closes with: :I ask that you all please take a moment from your busy days and close your eyes. Live out the fantasy of playing your favorite instrument onstage. Your closest friends in the world surround you, either in the band or in your crew. From one side of the stage, a man approaches. Thinking he's a security guy or a drunk fan who's just a bit out a line, you continue to perform. Two seconds later, he lifts his arms, aims a rifle at your brother, your best friend, your buddy and blows his brains out, not three feet from where you are. :Now imagine it's a few years later and you turn on the TV set. Just in case you may be having at least a five minute respite from that scene that plays over and over in your head, just in case .....you flip through the channels and there it is. Again. Only with some two bit actor who thinks this is his big Hollywood break.<ref>[http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4865 KNAC.COM - News - Dime<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> == International == E! has licensed its name and brand identity to regional cable television networks in nearly every country worldwide. This includes an international network that is broadcast from the [[Netherlands]] across most of Europe, and joint-venture channels in Israel and throughout Latin America. In [[Canada]], a locally-owned channel with a similar focus, [[Star!]], bought the rights to most original E! programming when it launched in 1999. When this contract expired in September 2007, the E! library was reassigned to [[Canwest]], which relaunched its secondary over-the-air network, CH, as [[E! (Canada)|a Canadian version of E!]], combining the American channel's entertainment programming with primetime programming mainly acquired from the major U.S. broadcast networks. In the [[Philippines]], the network has delayed telecast from the selected programs in U.S. version, the channels are aired on [[Lifestyle Network]] and [[Velvet (TV channel)|Velvet]] of [[SkyCable]] and [[ETC Entertainment Central]] of [[Solar Entertainment Corporation]]. ==E! HD== E! HD will launch on December 8, 2008 <ref> http://comcastnetworks.com</ref>. == See also == * [[List of DirecTV channels]] * [[List of Dish Network channels]] * [[ReelzChannel]] (has same concept as original Movie Time) == Online content == * [[Leslie Gornstein]] (Answer B!tch) * [[Ted Casablanca]] (The Awful Truth) * [[Kristin Dos Santos]] (Watch with Kristin) * Marc Malkin (Planet Gossip) * Cristina Gibson (Hollywood Party Girl) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == *[http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/An_interview_with_gossip_columnist_Michael_Musto_on_the_art_of_celebrity_journalism Wikinews interview with Michael Musto about the art of celebrity journalism] * [http://www.eonline.com E! Online] * [http://international.eonline.com/index.jsp E! Online International Official Site] * [http://www.mindthezap.tv/channels/934-today.html E! - UK TV Listings and Schedules] * [http://www.eonlinelatino.com E! - Latin America Official Site] <small>(In Spanish)</small> * [http://entertainmentcareers.net/co/E!/ E! Career Opportunities] listed on EntertainmentCareers.Net {{Subscription television channels in Australia}} {{Subscription television channels in New Zealand}} {{Webby Awards|cat=Film|year=1998|type=Nominee}} [[Category:American television networks]] [[Category:Comcast Corporation]] [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1987]] [[Category:Infotainment]] [[Category:E! Television Network| ]] [[Category:Television channels in Italy]] [[Category:Cable HD channels]] [[da:E!]] [[de:E! Entertainment Television]] [[es:E!]] [[fr:Entertainment Television]] [[id:E! Entertainment]] [[it:E!]] [[ms:E!]] [[ja:E!]] [[pl:E! Entertainment]] [[pt:E! Entertainment Television]] [[fi:E! Entertainment]] [[sv:E!]]