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USA Network

The USA Network is a cable channel owned by NBC Universal. Initially debuting as the Madison Square Garden Network from 1977 to 1980, USA Network never really pigeonholed itself into one gimmick or target demographic; this has essentially rendered it immune to Network Decay. Over the years, it has shown a variety of series and events, most notably WWE Raw, Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, the Wesminster Kennel Club Dog Show and U.S. Open tennis.

Some other notable USA Network programs and blocks:

Commander USA's Groovy Movies
USA Cartoon Express, canceled in 1996 in favor of infomercials and more endless repeats of Wings, which defined the network's image in the mid-to-late 1990's.
Radio 1990, a music video show
Calliope, a response to Nickelodeon's Pinwheel
Dance Party USA
Bumper Stumpers
The $40,000 Chain Reaction
Smush
Strip Poker
USA Up All Night
Silk Stalkings
La Femme Nikita
Night Flight
Pacific Blue
Saved By The Bell: The New Class
USAM
In Plain Sight
The Dead Zone
"Back-to-Back-to-Back NCIS" (a three-hour block of, well, guess what)
Law And Order Criminal Intent
Lots of reruns of various Law And Order shows (except for the orginial, to which TNT owns the rights)
The final season of Airwolf was made for this channel.
Royal Pains
White Collar

Also, USA Network tends to have a weekend marathon almost every weekend, picking one show from their popular lineup, like both Law and Order series, Monk, Psych, Burn Notice and NCIS. In Plain Sight and new show Royal Pains will likely get added when they get enough episodes under their belts.