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| founder ={{ubl|[[Larry Namer]]
| launch_date = {{launch date and age|1987|7|31}}
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
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'''E! Entertainment Television''' is an American [[basic cable]] [[television network]]. It is owned by the [[NBCUniversal Media Group]] division of [[Comcast]]'s [[NBCUniversal]]. The channel focuses primarily on pop culture, celebrity based reality shows and movies.
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==History==
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===E!===
[[File:E! Logo.svg|thumb|left|60px|E!'s logo from the launch under that branding. Used from June 1, 1990, until July 8, 2012, for the US flagship channel. Remained in use for many of E!'s international networks until they gradually began rebranding with the current US logo.]]
Controlling ownership was originally held by a [[consortium]] of five cable television providers ([[Comcast]], [[Continental Cablevision]], [[Cox Communications|Cox Cable]], [[Tele-Communications Inc.|TCI]], and [[Time Warner Cable|Warner Cable]]), [[HBO]]/[[
In 1997, Comcast, one of the minority partners, teamed up with [[Disney–ABC Television Group|Disney/ABC Cable Networks]] to buy the channel after Time Warner had exercised their put agreement.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106155855/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19020738.html Comcast Corp. Gains Exclusive Right to Buy E! Entertainment], Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (originated from ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''; via [[HighBeam Research]]), January 11, 1997.</ref> Comcast increased the ownership stakes in the network through mergers with forerunners of TCI and Continental under various circumstances. In November 2006, Comcast acquired Disney's 39.5% share of E! for $1.23 billion to gain full ownership of the network as part of a broader programming carriage agreement between Disney/ABC and Comcast.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=24|title= Comcast and the Walt Disney Company Announce Long-Term Comprehensive Distribution Agreements Securing Carriage for Disney Media Networks' Products and Services|publisher= [[Comcast]]|access-date= March 19, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120224182246/https://comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=24|archive-date= February 24, 2012|url-status= dead}}</ref>
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===Original series===
The network was known early on for its daily video simulcast of the ''[[Howard Stern]] [[The Howard Stern Show|Show]]'', which aired from June 20, 1994, until July 8, 2005, weeknights in a truncated half-hour form, airing three times in late night. The program was discontinued several months after Stern moved to [[Sirius XM|Sirius Satellite Radio]] and sold the video rights to his show to pay-per-view provider [[In Demand]] as a monthly pay offering (video rights are now held by Sirius XM).<ref>{{Cite web|title=E! pulls the plug on Howard Stern|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/e-pulls-plug-howard-stern-wbna8321127|access-date=2021-03-06|website=TODAY.com|date=June 22, 2005|language=en|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730223022/https://www.today.com/popculture/e-pulls-plug-howard-stern-wbna8321127|url-status=live}}</ref>
E! is known for its live red carpet pre-shows for the industry's three prominent award shows, the [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, the [[Golden Globe Award]]s, and the [[Academy Awards]], and were famous for their fashion critiques by [[Joan Rivers]]; Rivers also hosted post-awards specials under the title ''[[Fashion Police]]'', which became a regular weekly series in September 2010. In April 2017, it was announced that E! had acquired the [[People's Choice Awards]], which will move to the network from [[CBS]] in 2018 with a new November scheduling. The network promoted that the show would be given an "end-to-end" experience that will leverage its existing experience in awards show coverage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/peoples-choice-awards-premiere-date-e-den-of-thieves-jesse-ignjatovic-evan-prager-1202226809/|title=People's Choice Awards Sets Premiere Date For Inaugural Telecast On E!|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=December 14, 2017|work=Deadline|access-date=December 14, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118003816/http://deadline.com/2017/12/peoples-choice-awards-premiere-date-e-den-of-thieves-jesse-ignjatovic-evan-prager-1202226809/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/peoples-choice-awards-cbs-e-1202063827/|title=People's Choice Awards Moves From CBS To E!|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=April 6, 2017|work=Deadline|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211003611/http://deadline.com/2017/04/peoples-choice-awards-cbs-e-1202063827/|url-status=live}}</ref> As ratings declined across all of cable television overall, the People's Choice returned to broadcast television in 2021, with E! simulcasting the ceremony with NBC.
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=== Sports programming ===
Since Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal, E! has infrequently aired sporting events as an overflow outlet for [[NBC Sports]]. It has participated in NBC's "[[Survival Sunday|Championship Sunday]]" effort to broadcast all matches on the final matchday of the [[Premier League]] soccer season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-13 |title=Non-soccer fans were pissed off that Premier League soccer was on every NBC network |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/non-soccer-fans-pissed-premier-league-every-nbc-network.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520040720/https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/non-soccer-fans-pissed-premier-league-every-nbc-network.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2022—amid the shutdown of long-time sister channel [[NBCSN]]—E! was incorporated into NBC Sports' coverage of two [[figure skating]] events ahead of the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], the [[2022 European Figure Skating Championships]] and [[2022 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents Figure Skating Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NBC Sports and U.S. Figure Skating Announce 2021–22 Television Schedule |url=https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2021/10/7/nbc-sports-and-us-figure-skating-announce-2021-22-television-schedule.aspx |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone|date=October 7, 2021|language=en |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108222138/https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2021/10/7/nbc-sports-and-us-figure-skating-announce-2021-22-television-schedule.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
==E! HD==
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