History Creator / TBS

This UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}-based cable channel began as WTCG, (for '''T'''urner '''C'''ommunications '''G'''roup), an independent station owned by UsefulNotes/TedTurner. It then changed its call sign to WTBS (for '''T'''urner '''B'''roadcasting '''S'''ystem) as its U.S. cable coverage increased, mainly due to satellite coverage (hence why it used to be called ''TBS Superstation'', as a superstation was a term for a broadcast TV station carried in many markets; from the late 90s until the 2004 format change, it was branded mainly as "the Superstation"). Now known as TBS, and separate from the Atlanta station [[note]]now known as WPCH, "Peachtree TV", which split in 2007 to allow TBS to carry Major League Baseball games involving teams other than the Braves. TBS doesn't even run it anymore, having leased its operations to Atlanta's Creator/{{CBS}} station WGCL 46; Turner finally sold it to them in 2017, breaking the final link to the superstation era[[/note]] it and the other Turner properties currently belong to Creator/WarnerMedia (also the owner of Creator/WarnerBros), part of AT&T.

Original content from the channel is available as part of the [=WarnerMedia=] streaming service Creator/HBOMax, debuting in 2020.

* '''''Series/TheCube''''' (2021-present)

* '''''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace''''' (2018-21) [[note]]From the second season, the show airs on Creator/AdultSwim first before airing on TBS a week later.[[/note]]

* '''''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace''''' (2018-19, 2021-present) [[note]]From the second season, the show airs on Creator/AdultSwim first before airing on TBS a week later.[[/note]]

* '''''Series/{{Conan}}''''' (2010-present)

* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'' (2018)

* ''[[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA on TBS]]'' (1984-2002; NBA coverage became TNT exclusive]]

* ''Series/SearchParty'' (2016-17)

Original content from the channel will be part of the upcoming [=WarnerMedia=] streaming service Creator/HBOMax, set to debut in 2020.

* ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs''[[/index]]
* ''17 Update Early in the Morning''[[note]]essentially a predecessor to ''Series/TheDailyShow'' and its' ilk, with the concept being a straight-laced anchor- Bill Tush, a major personality in the early days of WTCG/WTBS- reading the news with a comedic bent; it wasn't intended to be funny at first (Turner only started a newscast per FCC regulations, and he decided to air it at around 3:00 AM), but one day [[ThrowItIn someone decided to hurl a paper airplane from off-screen and it was kept in]] and from that point on Tush, co-anchor Tina Seldin, and the off-screen crew decided to add more and more comedy, including such things as "Rex the Wonder Dog" (a dog dressed up in a suit and with an off-screen VO to make it seem like he was reading the news) and the "Unknown Newsman" (a takeoff on the [[Series/TheGongShow Unknown Comic]]), and the show became an early cable legend, especially after the station went to satellite transmission; it ended in 1979 because Turner was about to launch CNN and a thing like this would present credibility issues; Tush and Seldin also anchored straight-laced news capsules during the day[[/note]][[index]]
* '''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''' (performed a ChannelHop from Creator/{{Fox}})
* '''Series/AngieTribeca'''
* ''The Creator/BillEngvall Show''
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''
* ''WesternAnimation/CartoonPlanet''
* ''[[Music/CeeLoGreen CeeLo Green's]] The Good Life''
* '''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough''' (intended for the network, but never aired; premiered on HBO Max instead)
* '''Series/{{Conan}}'''
* ''Series/CougarTown'' ([[ChannelHop Channel Hopped]] from Creator/{{ABC}})
* '''Series/TheDetour'''
* '''[[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming eLeague]]'''
* '''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'''
* '''Series/FullFrontalWithSamanthaBee'''
* ''Series/GroundFloor''
* '''Series/TheGuestBook'''
* '''Series/TheJokersWild''' (2017 revival, [[http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/snoop-dogg-jokers-wild-1202429961/ set to be produced and hosted by]] Music/SnoopDogg. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, this is real.]])
* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'' (also aired on TNT and Cartoon Network)
* ''Series/KingOfTheNerds''
* ''[[Series/LeaveItToBeaver The New Leave it to Beaver]]'' (previously aired on the Creator/DisneyChannel; also aired in syndication from 1988-89)
* ''Series/MenAtWork''
* ''Series/MiracleWorkers''
* ''Series/MyBoys''
* ''WesternAnimation/NeighborsFromHell''
* ''Series/PeopleOfEarth''
* ''The Creator/PeteHolmes Show''

* '''Series/SearchParty'''
* ''Series/{{Starcade}}''
* ''Series/SullivanAndSon''
* ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarantula}}''
* ''Series/TrustMeImAGameShowHost''
* ''Tush'' [[note]]a 1980-81 sketch comedy show, hosted by the aforementioned Bill Tush; RetroactiveRecognition came from [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Jan Hooks]] as a castmember, and [[Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun Bonnie &]] [[Series/That70sShow Terry Turner]], who wrote for the show[[/note]]
* ''[[Series/HouseOfPayne Tyler Perry's House of Payne]]''
** ''Meet the Browns''
** ''Series/ForBetterOrWorse'' (Seasons 1 & 2)

** ''Best of World Championship Wrestling''
** ''Georgia Championship Wrestling''/''[[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] World Championship Wrestling''/''WCW Saturday Night''
** ''Clash of the Champions''
** ''WCW Thunder''
** ''NWA/WCW Main Event''
** ''NWA/WCW Power Hour''
* '''Series/{{Wrecked}}'''
* ''Series/YourFamilyOrMine''

* '''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough''' (intended for the network, but never aired; will air on HBO Max instead)

This UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}-based cable channel began as WTCG, (for '''T'''urner '''C'''ommunications '''G'''roup), an independent station owned by UsefulNotes/TedTurner. It then changed its call sign to WTBS (for '''T'''urner '''B'''roadcasting '''S'''ystem) as its U.S. cable coverage increased, mainly due to satellite coverage (hence why it used to be called ''TBS Superstation'', as a superstation was a term for a broadcast TV station carried in many markets; from the late 90s until the 2004 format change, it was branded mainly as "the Superstation"). Now known as TBS, and separate from the Atlanta station [[note]]now known as WPCH, "Peachtree TV", which split in 2007 to allow TBS to carry Major League Baseball games involving teams other than the Braves. TBS doesn't even run it anymore, having leased its operations to Atlanta's Creator/{{CBS}} station WGCL 46; Turner finally sold it to them in 2017, breaking the final link to the superstation era[[/note]] it and the other Turner properties currently belong to [=WarnerMedia=] (also the owner of Creator/WarnerBros), part of AT&T.

* '''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'''

* ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs''
* ''17 Update Early in the Morning''[[note]]essentially a predecessor to ''Series/TheDailyShow'' and its' ilk, with the concept being a straight-laced anchor- Bill Tush, a major personality in the early days of WTCG/WTBS- reading the news with a comedic bent; it wasn't intended to be funny at first (Turner only started a newscast per FCC regulations, and he decided to air it at around 3:00 AM), but one day [[ThrowItIn someone decided to hurl a paper airplane from off-screen and it was kept in]] and from that point on Tush, co-anchor Tina Seldin, and the off-screen crew decided to add more and more comedy, including such things as "Rex the Wonder Dog" (a dog dressed up in a suit and with an off-screen VO to make it seem like he was reading the news) and the "Unknown Newsman" (a takeoff on the [[Series/TheGongShow Unknown Comic]]), and the show became an early cable legend, especially after the station went to satellite transmission; it ended in 1979 because Turner was about to launch CNN and a thing like this would present credibility issues; Tush and Seldin also anchored straight-laced news capsules during the day[[/note]]

Its secret weapon was "Turner Time", scheduling programs 5 minutes after the top of the (half) hour in order to make sure viewers would miss the beginnings of other channels' fare and thus be resigned to stay with TBS for another show[[note]]HilariousInHindsight now that ''Series/{{Conan}}'' is the only late-night talk show to ''not'' regularly air 5 minutes after the (half) hour[[/note]]. It would also get its own listings in TV Guide back when that was still a big thing, hence attracting more attention. Up until the 2004 format change, it was, befitting the genesis of the network, a grab bag of older movies, off-network reruns, Turner-owned cartoons from Creator/HannaBarbera, Creator/{{MGM}} and WB, the occasional Creator/{{CNN}}-produced news update in between programs, Atlanta sportscasts, and the ''National Geographic Explorer'' series. Starting in the mid-80s, some low-budget original sitcoms, movies, and game shows like ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' began creeping their way in. Also during this time, the national feed carried one of the few American {{Teletext}} services, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_(teletext) Electra]]'', which was a joint venture between TBS, Zenith Electronics (who made Teletext-capable TV sets) and Taft Broadcasting (who programmed the service).

* '''WesternAnimation/{{Tarantula}}'''

** ''Georgia Championship Wrestling''/''[[Wrestling/TheNWA NWA]] World Championship Wrestling''/''WCW Saturday Night''

** ''Georgia Championship Wrestling''/''World Championship Wrestling''/''WCW Saturday Night''

* Wrestling/{{WCW}}

** ''WCW Main Event''
** ''WCW Power Hour''

* ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro''

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This UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}-based cable channel began as WTCG, (for '''T'''urner '''C'''ommunications '''G'''roup), an independent station owned by UsefulNotes/TedTurner. It then changed its call sign to WTBS (for '''T'''urner '''B'''roadcasting '''S'''ystem) as its U.S. cable coverage increased, mainly due to satellite coverage (hence why it used to be called ''TBS Superstation'', as a superstation was a term for a broadcast TV station carried in many markets; from the late 90s until the 2004 format change, it was branded mainly as "the Superstation"). Now known as TBS, and separate from the Atlanta station [[note]]now known as WPCH, "Peachtree TV", which split in 2007 to allow TBS to carry Major League Baseball games involving teams other than the Braves. TBS doesn't even run it anymore, having leased its operations to Atlanta's Creator/{{CBS}} station WGCL 46; Turner finally sold it to them in 2017, breaking the final link to the superstation era[[/note]] it and the other Turner properties currently belong to Time Warner (also the owner of Creator/WarnerBros).

* ''Series/{{Wrecked}}''

** ''For Better or Worse'' (Seasons 1 & 2)