stevearino
08-19-2024, 11:37 AM
https://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_ha_network
A few days ago, yours truly uncovered, per the link above, some interesting piece of information: on April 1, 1990, MTV Networks, from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. ET / PT, turned over their airwaves and 50 million viewers to one of the biggest April Fool's Day Pranks of ALL TIME: the official launch of the HA! Network, a 24/7 comedy channel primarily showcasing Classic TV Sitcoms from the 1950s to the 1980s, with a few original Programs mixed in; the struggling channel would last exactly 365 days before merging with the HBO-Owned Comedy Channel, also a struggling network, to form what would become known as Comedy Central.
Comedy Central would become fully owned by Viacom (now officially known as Paramount Global) in 2003.
That night, on April 1, 1990, the launch of the HA! Network was seen on Nick at Nite, as well as sister networks MTV and VH-1 before officially launching on April 2, 1990 as a 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a week channel.
If you were lucky that night on April 1, 1990 on Nick at Nite, among the shows and programs you saw that night included the short-lived sitcom "Occasional Wife," starring Michael Callan and Patricia Harty; future Nick at Nite staple "Rhoda," starring Valerie Harper; the 1979 special "Bob & Ray, Laraine, Gilda and Jane"; and the 1984 Jim Carrey sitcom "The Duck Factory."
A few days ago, yours truly uncovered, per the link above, some interesting piece of information: on April 1, 1990, MTV Networks, from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. ET / PT, turned over their airwaves and 50 million viewers to one of the biggest April Fool's Day Pranks of ALL TIME: the official launch of the HA! Network, a 24/7 comedy channel primarily showcasing Classic TV Sitcoms from the 1950s to the 1980s, with a few original Programs mixed in; the struggling channel would last exactly 365 days before merging with the HBO-Owned Comedy Channel, also a struggling network, to form what would become known as Comedy Central.
Comedy Central would become fully owned by Viacom (now officially known as Paramount Global) in 2003.
That night, on April 1, 1990, the launch of the HA! Network was seen on Nick at Nite, as well as sister networks MTV and VH-1 before officially launching on April 2, 1990 as a 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a week channel.
If you were lucky that night on April 1, 1990 on Nick at Nite, among the shows and programs you saw that night included the short-lived sitcom "Occasional Wife," starring Michael Callan and Patricia Harty; future Nick at Nite staple "Rhoda," starring Valerie Harper; the 1979 special "Bob & Ray, Laraine, Gilda and Jane"; and the 1984 Jim Carrey sitcom "The Duck Factory."