Programming
This TV's program schedule relies on the extensive library of films and television programming currently owned by MGM and subsidiary United Artists (notably excluding the pre-May 1986 MGM film and television library, the a.a.p. library, Gilligan's Island and its animated spin-offs, and the U.S. rights to the RKO Pictures library, whose rights are currently held by Turner Entertainment and Time Warner).
No originally produced programming appears on the network, although the use of on-air presenters had been considered for This TV's movie broadcasts. The network does not utilize a split-screen credit sequence or feature voiceovers promoting upcoming network programming during the closing credits and is also devoid of informercial programming. However, the network does display an on-screen logo bug during its programs, and affiliates are inclined to include regional descriptors reflecting the station's primary broadcast area underneath the logo. Films broadcast on the network do feature commercial interruption, and breaks during programming primarily consist of direct response advertisements for products featured in informercials and particularly during This TV's children's programming, public service announcements. The network's continuity announcer is Milwaukee radio personality and Miller Park PA system announcer Robb Edwards.
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