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An image of a satellite fills the northeast quadrant, while a television camera outline fills the southwest quadrant, both on yellow backgrounds. The words "'HUGHES TELEVISION NETWORK" fill the northwest quadrant, and a television screen outline with the "HTN" initials within are in the southeast quadrant, both on white backgrounds." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Hughes_Television_Network.jpg/200px-Hughes_Television_Network.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Hughes_Television_Network.jpg/300px-Hughes_Television_Network.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Hughes_Television_Network.jpg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="255" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Hughes Television Network logo in 1979, preceding an <a href="/wiki/NHL_Network_(1975_TV_program)" title="NHL Network (1975 TV program)">NHL Network</a> broadcast.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Occasional broadcast <a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">television network</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_M._Cohen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph M. Cohen (page does not exist)">Joseph M. Cohen</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">December 1955<span class="noprint">; 69 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">December 1955</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">1956<span class="noprint">; 69 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1956</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Eugene_Bailey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Eugene Bailey (page does not exist)">Dick Bailey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former names</th><td class="infobox-data">Sports Network</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>HTN Communications</b>, better known as <b>Hughes Television Network</b> (<b>HTN</b>) and formerly <b>Sports Network</b>, was an American television network created by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Eugene_Bailey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Eugene Bailey (page does not exist)">Richard Eugene Bailey</a>. The company is now in the business of providing video and audio services to sports networks. </p><p>It never lived up to its dream of being the nation's <a href="/wiki/Fourth_television_network" title="Fourth television network">fourth television network</a>, following the demise of the <a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont Television Network</a>. HTN limited itself to broadcasting sports events, including the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Professional_Bowlers_Association" title="Professional Bowlers Association">PBA Bowling</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and special programming, including the <a href="/wiki/Muppets" class="mw-redirect" title="Muppets">Muppets</a> special <i><a href="/wiki/The_Frog_Prince_(Muppets)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Frog Prince (Muppets)">The Frog Prince</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-vty_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and provided facilities links to a loose network of stations, who were usually <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">independents</a> or affiliates of <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, or <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>. </p><p>In 2013, HTN Communications merged with The Switch.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hughes_Television_Network&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_Network_Incorporated">Sports Network Incorporated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hughes_Television_Network&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sports Network Incorporated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally working as chief network coordinator at <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> in 1954, Richard Eugene Bailey conceived of a cost-effective means of broadcasting away <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> games to their home cities. The idea came from the <a href="/wiki/BBDO" title="BBDO">BBDO</a> advertising agency, who appealed to Bailey on behalf of advertisers, <a href="/wiki/Schaefer_Beer" title="Schaefer Beer">Schaefer Beer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucky_Strike" title="Lucky Strike">Lucky Strike</a> cigarettes, to save money on their broadcast of <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> games; Bailey came up with the concept of "streamlining transmission operations." This innovation for covering away games became the basis for the Sports Network.<sup id="cite_ref-si_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bailey capitalized his company with $1,000.<sup id="cite_ref-si1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1956, Bailey met with sponsors, ad agencies and the baseball teams' representatives at <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>'s Hotel Knickerbocker to get SNI off the ground. In 1956, the first operational year, the network had 300 television and 1,200 radio broadcasts of major league baseball games.<sup id="cite_ref-si_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the fall 1956, SNI started showing <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> football games. In later years, they acquired rights to <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> basketball. SNI's coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1963_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">1963 NCAA final</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_Chicago" title="Loyola University Chicago">Loyola University Chicago</a> upset the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a>, was a ratings smash, with a larger audience than <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>' hit westerns <i><a href="/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel" title="Have Gun – Will Travel">Have Gun – Will Travel</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Gunsmoke" title="Gunsmoke">Gunsmoke</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-si_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the early sixties, the Browns (still on SNI) were the only NFL team not signed to a major TV network. At the insistence of new commissioner <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Pete Rozelle</a>, the Browns dropped SNI when the entire league signed a collective television contract with CBS in <a href="/wiki/1962_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1962 Cleveland Browns season">1962</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hughes_Television_Network">Hughes Television Network</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hughes_Television_Network&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hughes Television Network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hughes" title="Howard Hughes">Howard Hughes</a> failed to purchase a controlling interest in <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> in 1968, Hughes' <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Tool_Company" title="Hughes Tool Company">Hughes Tool Company</a> purchased the Sports Network and renamed it the Hughes Television Network, with Dick Bailey continuing as president.<sup id="cite_ref-si1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On a staggered schedule in May 1971, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Frog_Prince_(Muppets)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Frog Prince (Muppets)">The Frog Prince</a></i> was shown on HTN with 150 stations including <a href="/wiki/WCBS-TV" title="WCBS-TV">WCBS-TV</a> and sponsored by <a href="/w/index.php?title=RJR_Foods&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RJR Foods (page does not exist)">RJR Foods</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vty_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> purchased the Network including its satellite time in planning for the <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Television_Service" title="Paramount Television Service">Paramount Programming Service</a> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-Nadel_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nadel-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the planned network's launch was scuttled in 1978, Paramount sold HTN to <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden_Sports" title="Madison Square Garden Sports">Madison Square Garden</a> in 1979. In 1986, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_M._Cohen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph M. Cohen (page does not exist)">Joseph M. Cohen</a>, a Madison Square Garden executive, led an investment group in purchasing HTN from Madison Square Garden. IDB Communications purchased the company in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-theintelligencer_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theintelligencer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March, 1991, HTN purchased fiber optic transmission services from Vyvx NVN to supplement its existing satellite network.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, HTN was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Globecast" title="Globecast">Globecast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-theintelligencer_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theintelligencer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, Cohen acquired the Network again.<sup id="cite_ref-theintelligencer_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theintelligencer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hughes_Television_Network&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Sports Network, the Network broadcast on a network basis sports programming in the following sports: auto racing, baseball, basketball (pro and college), bowling, boxing, dog shows, football (pro and college), frostbite sailing, golf, gymnastics, horse racing, iceboating, ice hockey, <a href="/wiki/Jai_alai" title="Jai alai">jai alai</a>, lacrosse, polo, skiing, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and wrestling. </p><p>SNI pick up rights for: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> football games (1956–1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> basketball</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> basketball</li> <li>1963 Bing Crosby pro-amateur golf tournament</li> <li>PGA National Tour program</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament</a><sup id="cite_ref-si_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monday_Night_Football"><i>Monday Night Football</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hughes_Television_Network&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Monday Night Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the book <i>Monday Night Mayhem</i> (Reed Business Information, 1988), the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> received a bid from HTN for broadcast rights to <i><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a></i>; this, while negotiations with <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> were nearing a standoff. HTN was reportedly offering a significantly higher price than any other network, including ABC. Reportedly, had Hughes made the deal, about half of ABC's affiliates would have carried the HTN football games anyway, including at least one ABC owned-and-operated station. 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title="1958 Cleveland Browns season">1958 Browns</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Coleman" title="Ken Coleman">Ken Coleman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dudley" title="Jimmy Dudley">Jimmy Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1959 Cleveland Browns season">1959 Browns</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Coleman" title="Ken Coleman">Ken Coleman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dudley" title="Jimmy Dudley">Jimmy Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1960 Cleveland Browns season">1960 Browns</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Coleman" title="Ken Coleman">Ken Coleman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dudley" title="Jimmy Dudley">Jimmy Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1961 Cleveland Browns season">1961 Browns</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Coleman" title="Ken Coleman">Ken Coleman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cliff_Lewis_(quarterback)" title="Cliff Lewis (quarterback)">Cliff Lewis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Cusick" title="Fred Cusick">Fred Cusick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Darling" title="Ted Darling">Ted Darling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Earle" title="Don Earle">Don Earle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Hart" title="Gene Hart">Gene Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kelly_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Kelly (sportscaster)">Dan Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiggs_McDonald" title="Jiggs McDonald">Jiggs McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Nover" title="Sam Nover">Sam Nover</a></li> <li>Brad Palmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Ryan_(sportscaster)" title="Tim Ryan (sportscaster)">Tim Ryan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Awrey" title="Don Awrey">Don Awrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Bennett" title="Curt Bennett">Curt Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Chadwick" title="Bill Chadwick">Bill Chadwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Crisp" title="Terry Crisp">Terry Crisp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Dornhoefer" title="Gary Dornhoefer">Gary Dornhoefer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ferguson_Sr." title="John Ferguson Sr.">John Ferguson Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Giacomin" title="Eddie Giacomin">Eddie Giacomin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jensen" title="Steve Jensen">Steve Jensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Michael_(sportscaster)" title="George Michael (sportscaster)">George Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mikita" title="Stan 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Sports">CBS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_College_Basketball" title="ESPN College Basketball">ESPN</a>/<a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_ABC" title="College Basketball on ABC">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_College_Hoops" title="Fox College Hoops">Fox/FS1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_NBC_Sports" title="College Basketball on NBC Sports">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_USA" title="College Basketball on USA">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_TNT_Sports" title="College Basketball on TNT Sports">TNT Sports</a> (<a href="/wiki/TBS_(American_TV_channel)" title="TBS (American TV channel)">TBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/TNT_(American_TV_network)" title="TNT (American TV network)">TNT</a>/<a href="/wiki/TruTV" title="TruTV">truTV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CW_Sports" title="CW Sports">The CW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secondary broadcast partners</th><td 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href="/wiki/Lincoln_Financial_Media" title="Lincoln Financial Media">Lincoln Financial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorimar_Sports_Network" title="Lorimar Sports Network">Lorimar Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizlou_Television_Network" title="Mizlou Television Network">Mizlou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MountainWest_Sports_Network" title="MountainWest Sports Network">MountainWest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBCSN" title="NBCSN">NBCSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports" title="Prime Sports">Prime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pac-12_Network" title="Pac-12 Network">Pac-12</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SNI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SportsChannel" title="SportsChannel">SportsChannel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVS_Television_Network" title="TVS Television Network">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACC_on_Regional_Sports_Networks" title="ACC on Regional Sports Networks">ACC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Raycom_Sports" title="Raycom Sports">Raycom</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Monday" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Monday">Big Monday</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Championship_Week" title="Championship Week">Championship Week</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_GameDay_(basketball_TV_program)" title="College GameDay (basketball TV program)"><i>College GameDay</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_College_GameDay_(basketball_TV_program)_locations" title="List of College GameDay (basketball TV program) locations">locations</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rivalry_Week" title="Rivalry Week">Rivalry Week</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Primetime" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Primetime">Saturday Primetime</a></i></li> <li><a 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men's basketball tournament Final Four broadcasters">Men's Final Four</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament_Final_Four_broadcasters" title="List of NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four broadcasters">Women's Final Four</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Full_Court" title="ESPN Full Court">ESPN Full Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_of_the_Century_(college_basketball)" title="Game of the Century (college basketball)">"Game of the Century"</a></li> <li>Mega March Madness</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Productions" title="NCAA Productions">NCAA Productions</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Shining_Moment" title="One Shining Moment">One Shining Moment</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Roundball_Rock" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1955_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1955 Cleveland Browns season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1956 Cleveland Browns season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1957 Cleveland Browns season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1958 Cleveland Browns season">1958</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">The Browns'</a> SNI arrangement from <a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_season" title="1956 NFL season">1956</a> to <a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_season" title="1958 NFL season">1958</a> was national in scope.</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1959 Cleveland Browns season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1960 Cleveland Browns season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1961 Cleveland Browns season">1961</a> (<i>For <a 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title="UPN Kids">UPN Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_One_Too" title="Disney's One Too">Disney's One Too</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_films_produced_for_UPN" title="List of television films produced for UPN">Television films</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Breaker_High" title="Breaker High">Breaker High</a></i> (1997–98)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burning_Zone" title="The Burning Zone">The Burning Zone</a></i> (1996–97)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clueless_(TV_series)" title="Clueless (TV series)">Clueless</a></i> (1997–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deadly_Games_(TV_series)" title="Deadly Games (TV series)">Deadly Games</a></i> (1995–96)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dilbert_(TV_series)" title="Dilbert (TV series)">Dilbert</a></i> (1999–2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DiResta" title="DiResta">DiResta</a></i> (1998–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Family_Rules_(American_TV_series)" title="Family Rules (American TV series)">Family Rules</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goode_Behavior" title="Goode Behavior">Goode Behavior</a></i> (1996–97)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_News_(TV_series)" title="Good News (TV series)">Good News</a></i> (1997–98)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grown_Ups_(1999_TV_series)" title="Grown Ups (1999 TV series)">Grown Ups</a></i> (1999–2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guys_Like_Us" title="Guys Like Us">Guys Like Us</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Head_over_Heels_(American_TV_series)" title="Head over Heels (American TV series)">Head over Heels</a></i> (1997–98)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hitz" title="Hitz">Hitz</a></i> (1997–98)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Home_Movies_(TV_series)" title="Home Movies (TV series)">Home Movies</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Homeboys_in_Outer_Space" title="Homeboys in Outer Space">Homeboys in Outer Space</a></i> (1996–97)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_House_(TV_series)" title="In the House (TV series)">In the House</a></i> (1996–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legacy_(American_TV_series)" title="Legacy (American TV series)">Legacy</a></i> (1998–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legend_(TV_series)" title="Legend (TV series)">Legend</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_Shot" title="Live Shot">Live Shot</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Boat:_The_Next_Wave" title="Love Boat: The Next Wave">Love Boat: The Next Wave</a></i> (1998–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_%26_Eddie" title="Malcolm & Eddie">Malcolm & Eddie</a></i> (1996–2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marker_(TV_series)" title="Marker (TV series)">Marker</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Point" title="Mercy Point">Mercy Point</a></i> (1998–99)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moesha" title="Moesha">Moesha</a></i> (1996–2001)</li> <li><i><a 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