American television network
Television channel
Trio
(stylized as
TR!O
) was an American
cable
and
satellite
television network
.
Trio went on the air in 1994, then originally owned and operated jointly by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
and Power Broadcasting Inc. (a subsidiary of
Power Corporation of Canada
) along with 24-hour international news channel
Newsworld International
. The channel served as a venue for airing the CBC's arts, culture and entertainment programming in the U.S. It was sold to
USA Networks
in 2000,
[1]
and was subsequently transferred to
Vivendi Universal
and later
NBC Universal
.
With the slogan, "pop, culture, TV", Trio programming under
Vivendi/NBC Universal
ownership focused on television as a cultural tool and art form.
In January 2005, Trio was dropped from
DirecTV
, eliminating about two-thirds of the homes that could receive the network. On November 21, 2005, NBC Universal announced that the Trio brand would be transferred to a
broadband
Internet TV
initiative under the
Bravotv.com
banner on January 1, 2006. Cable and satellite providers still carrying Trio were offered a new NBC Universal cable network instead, called
Sleuth
, which was renamed Cloo in 2011 and continued on until its sudden closure on February 1, 2017.
Notable Trio programs
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Original
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- The N-Word
,
Peabody Award
?winning documentary starring
Whoopi Goldberg
,
Samuel L. Jackson
and many other African American celebrities discussing the origin and power of the word
nigger
.
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- Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of
Bill Hicks
, documentary hosted by
Janeane Garofalo
, focusing on his
David Letterman
appearances, especially his last one, where he was cut from the program.
- The Award Show Awards Show
, examination of America's obsession with awards
- The Christmas Special Christmas Special
- Film Fanatic
, cinema, hosted by
Amy Sedaris
- Flops 101: Lessons from the Biz
- TV's Most Censored Moments
, a documentary about censorship in television.
- The Blockbuster Imperative
, a documentary about Hollywood's obsession with blockbuster movies.
- Saturday Spin Theatre
, feature films like
Leon the Pig Farmer
and
The Legend of the North Wind
.
Reruns
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Brilliant But Cancelled
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This was the umbrella title under which Trio aired repeats of series that had very short lives on mainstream broadcast television, yet were still considered to be programming that "broke the mold" of what was normally expected from the "
Big Three
" networks. Series that appeared under the
Brilliant But Cancelled
umbrella included:
Brilliant But Cancelled
was later used by
Universal
as a title for a series of DVDs that feature samples of short-lived series. Two of these have been released so far?one of these a sampler of short-lived crime drama series; another was selected episodes of
EZ Streets
.
Flops
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Special airing of shows that flopped.
(
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
was supposed to air, but was pulled due to the controversial nature of the program, which played for laughs the relationship between a black nobleman and President
Abraham Lincoln
during the
American Civil War
).
Schedule Lineup
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Kids Block
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08:00 AM ?
The Raccoons
08:30 AM ?
Once Upon a Hamster
09:00 AM ?
Mr. Dressup
09:30 AM ?
The Littlest Hobo
10:00 AM ?
The Raccoons
10:30 AM ?
Once Upon a Hamster
11:00 AM ?
Mr. Dressup
11:30 AM ?
The Littlest Hobo
Lifestyle
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12:00 PM ? Taste of Life
12:30 PM ? Canadian Gardener
Red Hot Dramas
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01:00 PM ?
Blue Heelers
02:00 PM ?
North of 60
03:00 PM ?
Street Legal
04:00 PM ?
Murdoch Mysteries
After-School Theatre
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05:00 PM ?
Northwood
05:30 PM ? (Monday;
Max Glick
)
05:30 PM ? (Tuesday;
Mysterious Island
)
05:30 PM ? (Wednesday;
Dog House
)
05:30 PM ? (Thursday;
Madison
)
05:30 PM ? (Friday;
Deepwater Black
)
06:00 PM ? (Saturday;
Degrassi
)
06:30 PM ? (Saturday;
Street Cents
)
In-Style
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06:00 PM ?
SCTV
06:30 PM ?
Fashion File
Highway 7
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07:00 PM ? (Monday; Coltrane in the Cadillac)
07:00 PM ? (Tuesday;
The Fifth Estate
)
07:00 PM ? (Wednesday; Flightpath)
07:00 PM ? (Thursday; Frost's Century)
07:00 PM ? (Friday;
Undercurrents
07:30 PM ? (Friday;
MediaTelevision
)
Dramarama
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Mondays only
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08:00 PM ?
Black Harbour
08:30 PM ?
North of 60
Tuesdays only
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08:00 PM ?
Street Legal
08:30 PM ?
Mercury
Wednesdays only
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08:00 PM ?
Noah's Ark
08:30 PM ?
Murdoch Mysteries
Thursdays only
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08:00 PM ?
London's Burning
08:30 PM ?
Traders
Fridays only
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08:00 PM ?
Counterstrike
08:30 PM ?
McCallum
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