History Main / AlphabetNewsNetwork

* In the world of dragons in ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' there is DNN (Dragon News Network).

* Music/{{Negativland}}, in its incarnation as a Creator/TheFiresignTheatre-esque avant-garde surrealist radio theater group instigated by master culture jammer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFWeclhFoig Don Joyce]], had the Universal Media Netweb, often referred to as UMN. All of Joyce's creations including his weekly [[http://www.kpfa.org KPFA]] show ''[[https://archive.org/details/ote Over the Edge]]'' were presented under the aegis of UMN and its mind-breaking or mind-controlling (or mind-liberating) agenda. UMN was founded by C. Elliot Friday, the wealthiest man in the solar sphere, who lives on [[UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart Howland Island]], runs Fridatronics Industries and still (despite [[AuthorExistenceFailure Joyce's untimely death]]) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-DGA7xBfSs runs for President of the United States]] every four years on the Universal Party ticket. Casual listeners are probably most familiar with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evrht0Q46lQ Crosley Bendix]], UMN's Director of Stylistic Premonitions and Cultural/Arts Reviewer. He's the one who proposed a fourth primary color, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8biSTQ7wk Squant]]". UMN's biggest competitor is ABS, the American Broadcasting System, which runs "The [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Piddle Diddle Report]]", investigating and criticizing Friday and his empire.

* ''Creator/TheChaser'' called their fake news network ''Series/{{CNNNN}}'' (Chaser [=NoN=]-stop News Network).

* ''Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything'' called their fake news network CNNNN (Chaser's [=NoN=]-stop News Network).

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fandom knows CNN as "Cirno News Network", thanks to some pretty bad CowboyBebopAtHisComputer.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe has a Galaxy News Network (GNN). Although "Galaxy News Network" appears in the first Fallout game, the acronym "GNN" doesn't appear with any prominence (other than a single note in Fallout 2) in-universe until ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', where it is featured on banners and billboards.

* Averted in ''Comics/{{XIII}}'': the channel broadcasting [[spoiler:president Wally Sheridan]]'s "judgement" is ABS, a clear cross of ABC and CBS.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeeMovie'' has BNN (Bee News Network) airing Bee Larry King (do you see a pattern?).

* ZNN on ''Series/{{JAG}}'', ''Series/FirstMonday'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' and everything else [[Creator/DonaldPBellisario Bellisario-produced]].

* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, the Home Galaxy (of ''Star Wars'' fame) has the Galaxy News Network (GNN), Galaxy News Service (GNS), and Nova Network (NN).

* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' has '''T'''ransylvania '''N'''ews '''N'''etwork.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/VampirinaBallerina Vampirina]]'' has '''T'''ransylvania '''N'''ews '''N'''etwork.

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* Averted in Comics/{{XIII}}: the channel broadcasting [[spoiler:president Wally Sheridan]]'s "judgement" is ABS, a clear cross of ABC and CBS.

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* The ''Creator/RosemaryWells'' picture book ''Emily's First 100 Days of School'' is presented by BNN, or the "Bunny News Network."

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* In TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}, CNN itself became NN ([=NewsNet=]) when it was re-organized in accordance with Ted Turner's will.
* One of the playable factions in [[TabletopGame/{{Netrunner}} Android: Netrunner]] is NBN, which changed what it stands for so often that NBN became it's whole name.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seaUxPOguz0 This]] game review gives us ACNN during a parody news cast. We're never told what it stands for though...

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* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw: [=DNN=].

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* The ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' features INN (the "International News Network").

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* ''The Bee Movie'' has BNN (Bee News Network) airing Bee Larry King (do you see a pattern?).
* ''{{Disney/Zootopia}}'' has ZNN. The anchors are a female snow leopard and [[CulturalTranslation (depending on the region)]] a male moose (US, UK, Canada and most of Europe), jaguar (Brazil), koala (Australia), panda (China), or raccoon dog (Japan).

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' universe has ME! TV (Medieval Entertainment Television) and KNN (Kingdom News Network).

* Anime News Network (ANN) was named after this trope.

* ''Film/TheFlintstones'' partially avert this. They use the CNN initials, but it's called the Cave News Network.

* ''Series/TheMorningShow'' is all about- who would have thought?- a [[ExcatlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin morning news/talk show]] on the fictional UBA network.

* The ''WesternAnimation/Shrek'' universe has ME! TV (Medieval Entertainment Television) and KNN (Kingdom News Network).

* ''WebVideo/DiamandaHagan'': Hagan noted that the no-budget CaughtUpInTheRapture movie ''Apocalypse'' has a WNN, which is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial entirely unlike]] GNN from the much more famous ''Movies/LeftBehind'' movie. (To be fair, ''Apocalypse'' predates the ''Left Behind'' movie, while the book didn't feature GNN.) The review is then interupted by one of Hagan's minions with [[HypocriticalHumor an HNN special report]] about the skirmishes being fought over the few remaining available letters.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' had JNN. The odd thing is that JNN is a ''real world'' network; it is the news division of TBS, the broadcaster for the series.