April 14th , 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of Turner Classic Movies , here at Joshuaonline we are wishing this channel a Happy anniversary. Unlike other cable channels that launched with a purpose then changed it's focus sometimes ( We are looking at you AMC, TV Land, Nick at Nite, The Weather Channel , FXM , HLN (at least they changed the name) , Tru TV ( at least they changed the name ) , MTV , etc. ) Turner Classic Movies has stayed true to it's mission to air classic movies from the silent movies to early talking to 30's, 40's and 50's and stayed commercial free showing different generations of viewers classic movies and classic stars that help make the movies something people enjoy to watch even now. With so many movies and types from the past you will also find a treat .Turner Classic Movies has for the past 20 years been a great movies network that even their presentation makes things feel special. They have hosts that give you information on the movies, the actors and other interesting facts ,they air original trailers for movies that will be airing on the channel.
For it's 20th anniversary we are glad that they have stayed doing it's classic movies format , after AMC gave up in 2002, and Fox Movies was remade as FXM airing newer movies ,still airing classics from 3AMET-3PMET (for now). It's also stayed commercial free and has always something to view. It's a great thing to see movies from the earliest age of movies when they didn't know what they were doing but did something good. It's also good to see the "bad" classic movies that still are a treasure.
So with that we say Happy Birthday TCM! , Thanks for airing the classic movies and let's hope that continues for the next 20 years.
Turner Classic Movies promo 1995 - Youtube
On this day in 1979 , Nickelodeon launched as children's channel on cable and satellite , you know the early days of cable , as a children's channel that broadcast about 12 hours a day. The idea of a children's channel fit in the world of cable where many single genre channels were being launched before and after Nickelodeon came to be. Before then children , could really only get children's programming in the Saturday/ Sunday Mornings .and if they were lucky they had some independent channels doing some in the afternoon and mornings on weekdays. Also, unlike children's on over the air TV (PBS not with standing) it didn't have commercials. Anyway , in it's early days it broadcast repeats of older shows and acquired new shows like "You can't do that on Television".
