TNT (American TV network)

TNT (originally an initialism of Turner Network Television and also referred to as TNT Drama) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the Global Linear Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. Its sister networks are TBS, TruTV, and Turner Classic Movies, with the former two also having sports coverage. As of September 2018, TNT was received by approximately 89.573 million households that subscribe to a subscription television service throughout the United States.^[4] By June 2023, this number has dropped to 71.2 million households.^[5]

The channel was launched on October 3, 1988,^[6] with the purpose to air classic films and television series to which Turner Broadcasting System maintained spillover rights through sister channel TBS. In June 2001, the network went through a major shift in its programming, and began to focus on drama series and feature films, along with some sporting events (including NBA, NHL, U.S. Soccer, the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and professional wrestling shows AEW Rampage and AEW Collision), as TBS shifted its focus to comedic programming. The channel is called TNT Drama by some, with its website URL alluding to this.