Who Owns Spiketv? Viacom Is this a Paramount Network application? What happened to 5 Spike TV? What song is 5spike on Freeview? How can I see the Paramount network? Who founded Spike TV? Albie Hecht What was the Paramount channel? Reps for Viacom declined comment. No leadership change is expected as president Kevin Kay just had his responsibilities greatly expanded a week ago, when he also received oversight of CMT and TV Land with a big vote of confidence by Bakish.
He is the driving force behind hit global, multiplatform formats such as the Emmy-nominated Lip Sync Battle, Ink Master and Bar Rescue , which rank among the highest-rated cable series in their respective timeslots. It has scored some major coups in terms of its programming, receiving syndication rights to several Star Trek series which was produced by another Viacom branch, Paramount Pictures , as well as most of the James Bond series of movies. Its finale led to the channel's highest ratings at the time, and a second season aired in the Summer of It joined the lineup on October 1, The promotion of the CSI franchises earned Spike the colloquial title "The CSI Channel" during this period because as much as one third eight hours of programming blocks were devoted to the franchise.
Template:Citation needed. The first episode aired on March 8, From that point on, it moved back to Thursday. The contestants are given options on how they will be struck, ranging from a sack of nickels, to a female soccer player. The most popular episode was episode four of season 1 which aired January 28, On this episode Swedish actress Annika Svedman dressed as an NCAA cheerleader and was selected twice by contestants to be kicked in their testicles by her.
The best known version of the clip usually distributed as a Flash clip shows a cheerleading outfit clad Svedman complete with pom poms moving her legs back and forth before delivering a debilitating kick. The original clip was made and distributed on YouTube from a thread of the original segment.
The clip has been continuously removed from the website for copyright infringement, however, the clip continues to reemerge due to its cult-like popularity. Spike has devoted large chunks of its programming time to the Star Trek franchise, to varying degrees. All of these introductions were accompanied by multi-day marathons at some point, the Next Generation one including appearances by celebrities such as Wil Wheaton.
Deep Space Nine and Voyager had been relegated to late-night hours before their disappearances and The Next Generation had disappeared months before the syndication rights were bought by Syfy.
The promotion of the Trek franchises earned Spike the colloquial title The Star Trek Channel during this period because as much as one third eight hours of programming blocks were devoted to the franchise. A notable omission during the period was Star Trek: Enterprise , which the channel passed on Syfy had proceeded to ease it into four-hour Monday night blocks. TV Land meanwhile had the rights to Star Trek: The Original Series , but Spike stated that there may not be sufficient episodes only three seasons to accommodate the kind of blocks it would like to air.
In May , the station was re-branded to accentuate its masculinity, including a new logo, dropping the second half of its channel name TV from the logo and adding the "Get More Action" tagline. David S. Goyer, writer of all three Blade films and director of Blade: Trinity , wrote the television pilot and served as executive producer on the series.
It was canceled on September 28, Expand the sub menu TV. Expand the sub menu What To Watch. Expand the sub menu Music. Expand the sub menu Awards. Expand the sub menu Video. Expand the sub menu What to Hear. Expand the sub menu Digital.
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