History Creator / TheWeatherChannel

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: One of the draws of the network, and why they're so valuable. If someone on The Weather Center tells you to seek shelter, ''[[DontAskJustRun listen to them]].''

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: During serious weather events, ''[[UpToEleven everyone on the air qualifies.]]'' Hell, even ''the logo'' is affected, going from its' normal blue, to [[RedIsViolent red]]. Some people have called this "We're All Gonna Die Mode", or simply "Red Mode".

The network is well known for its Creator/{{CNN}}-like weather coverage, and will usually be the first to send reporters, usually meteorologists themselves, to report live on site at major weather events; something that can quickly become awesome, if not crowningly so, if it involves the words "hurricane" or "tornado" occurring within visual range. The Weather Channel is owned by Creator/{{Comcast}}[=/=]Creator/{{NBC}}[=/=]Creator/{{Universal}} and two private equity firms, The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital.

* TheElevatorFromIpanema: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3kkCMGWjAo local forecasts]] sponsored by the viewer's TV provider used to feature Muzak in the background. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ax3PURlUc Holiday Muzak would be used in December]].

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: During serious weather events, ''[[UpToEleven everyone on the air qualifies.]]''

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When the on-air meterologists break from the script or broadcasts and start speaking with emotion directly to the people in an affected or threatened area (as [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Jim Cantore]] did in 2005 before Hurricane Katrina hit, when he all but said to people ''[[DontAskJustRun "Evacuate, because if you stay here - you are going to die."]] '')

** The network has made no effort to hide their endorsement for L.L.Bean outdoor apparel, which the various meteorologists often wear when doing live shots while covering various storms.

** Farmers especially. As long as they exist, TWC will always exist with it.

* WeatherReport: Whenever reality programming isn't airing, you can tune in to get weather forcasts. Briefer weather forecasts and updates still happen on "Local on the 8's".

!!Programs aired by the Network include:

** The network has made no effort to hide their endorsement for LL Bean outdoor apparel, which the various meteorologists often wear when doing live shots while covering various storms.

** The Weather Channel's biggest controversy regarding its programming occurred in 2010, when the network began airing ''movies'' on Friday nights. Some of them had only a scant tie-in to weather such as ''{{Film/Misery}}'' (clearly, they didn't think a little film about [[{{Twister}} storm chasers]] was suitable to air there). Jim Cantore issued a [[http://twitter.com/JimCantore/status/13165039488/ public apology]] to his Twitter followers, on one night when the channel aired the film ''Wind'' (which was actually about yachting), [[EpicFail instead of running extended coverage of a tornado outbreak in the Southeast U.S.]] This shift to more of an entertainment-based network than a news/information channel was one of the factors in Dish Network threatening to drop TWC that year, the Friday movie block was eventually dropped by the network.

* TheGrimReaper: If Jim Cantore [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive shows up in front of your house]] - [[DoomedHometown oh, well...]]

** [=WeatherNation=] TV launched as this in 2011. Like the other two competitors, it differs from TWC in that it actually focuses on weather 24/7. It initially suffered from being like The Local [=AccuWeather=] Channel in offering mostly pre-recorded content, but in 2015, amid complaints about it's lack of live coverage, has begun providing real-time severe weather information and reports. The only drawback to WeatherNation's severe weather coverage is that it breaks away to comply with its fixed "wheel" segment format, with over-the-air viewers having to wait 20 minutes to find out if a tornado is on the ground in Kansas or a hurricane has made landfall on the Gulf Coast.

The network is well known for its Creator/{{CNN}}-like weather coverage, and will usually be the first to send reporters, usually meteorologists themselves, to report live on site at major weather events; something that can quickly become awesome, if not crowningly so, if it involves the words "hurricane" or "tornado" occurring within visual range. The Weather Channel is owned by Creator/{{Comcast}}[=/=]Creator/{{NBC}}[=/=]Creator/{{Universal}} and two private equity firms, The Blackstone Group and [[MittRomney Bain Capital]].

* ''Forecasting The End''

* ''Hacking The Planet''

* ''Strangest Weather On Earth''

* WeatherReportNarration: Again, it's the whole point of the channel, so if they start off with [[OhCrap a non-weather related story...]]

* DissonantSerenity: The computerized WeatherReportNarration of the forecast during a massive storm. Calmly stating it will be [[CaptainOblivious windy with rain - heavy at times]] [[OhCrap with winds that might reach 100-140 mph.]]

The purest nuts-and-bolts television channel that will ever be created, '''The Weather Channel''' is a 24-hour American cable weather network based just outside Atlanta, Georgia dedicated to telling you what to expect outside every morning, afternoon, evening and night. Whenever a major severe weather event isn't happening, there are also [[SpeculativeDocumentary speculative documentaries]] usually airing each afternoon, evening, and during the overnight hours (these shows are pre-empted in case of major severe weather outbreaks).

Its Canadian counterpart is '''The Weather Network'''; a competing US service is Weather Nation (see CableSatelliteMudslinging below.)

** Lampshaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48r4IQTB3NE one commercial]] where he shows up at a beach on a nice summer day. Everyone there, [[DoomMagnet knowing the above]], [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy starts evacuating the beach]] as soon as [[OhCrap they lay eyes on him]].

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Jim Cantore. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEkrCtgCAec John Hope was this before his passing.]]

* ''Forcasting The End''

* ''Lifeguard!: Southern California''

The network is well known for its Creator/{{CNN}}-like weather coverage, and will usually be the first to send reporters, usually meteorologists themselves, to report live on site at major weather events; something that can quickly become awesome, if not crowningly so, if it involves the words "hurricane" or "tornado" occurring within visual range. The Weather Channel is owned by Creator/{{Comcast}}[=/=]Creator/{{NBC}}[==]Creator/{{Universal}} and two private equity firms, The Blackstone Group and [[MittRomney Bain Capital]].

** And a conflict over more Network Decay developed with [=DirecTV=] dropping the channel from the satellite service. The Weather Channel tried to invoke an InternetCounterattack against [=DirecTV=], but the satellite provider called out The Weather Channel's decay citing [[TakeThat 40% of their programming consists of reality shows]] and replaced TWC's broadcast feed with a duplicate feed of Weather Nation. (See also: CableSatelliteMudslinging above.)

* TheRival: AccuWeather launched two of these. The Local AccuWeather Channel debuted in 2005 as an over-the-air network; however, its main downside is that it's content is fully pretaped, meaning that TWC trounces it in regards to providing live coverage during severe weather events. A similar cable network, AccuWeather Network, remedied this when it launched in 2015 at the time of TWC's dispute with Verizon FiOS (AWN's initial carrier), providing live weather content.
** NBC Weather Plus was created in the same vein as The Local AccuWeather Channel when it launched in 2004; however, while much of its programming was pre-taped, Weather Plus did offer live severe weather content (with help from NBC affiliates around the country) during the afternoon and evening hours. Ironically, [=NBCUniversal=]'s purchase of The Weather Channel with Bain Capital and Blackstone Group led to Weather Plus' shutdown in 2008, relegating as a shell of its former self under the locally focused NBC Plus banner until 2012.
** WeatherNation TV launched as this in 2011. Like the other two competitors, it differs from TWC in that it actually focuses on weather 24/7. It initially suffered from being like The Local AccuWeather Channel in offering mostly pre-recorded content, but in 2015, amid complaints about it's lack of live coverage, has begun providing real-time severe weather information and reports. The only drawback to WeatherNation's severe weather coverage is that it breaks away to comply with its fixed "wheel" segment format, with over-the-air viewers having to wait 20 minutes to find out if a tornado is on the ground in Kansas or a hurricane has made landfall on the Gulf Coast.

Programs aired by the Network include:
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The network is well known for its Creator/{{CNN}}-like weather coverage, and will usually be the first to send reporters, usually meteorologists themselves, to report live on site at major weather events; something that can quickly become awesome, if not crowningly so, if it involves the words "hurricane" or "tornado" occurring within visual range. The Weather Channel is owned by Creator/{{Comcast}} [=/=] Creator/{{NBC}} {{Universal}} and two private equity firms, The Blackstone Group and [[MittRomney Bain Capital]].

Tropes invoked by The Weather Channel include:

* AndStarring: ''Wake Up With Al, starring Al Roker and [[FakeGuestStar Stephanie Abrams]].''

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: One of the draws of the network, and why they're so valuable. If someone on The Weather Center tells you to seek shelter - ''[[DontAskJustRun listen to them]].''

* DeadlineNews / RedShirtReporter: The 2013 Tornado Hunt crew came ''very close'' to this in the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado.

* ''SeriesItCouldHappenTomorrow''

** The Weather Channel's biggest controversy regarding its programming occurred in 2010, when the network began airing ''movies'' on Friday nights. Some of them had only a scant tie-in to weather such as ''{{Misery}}'' (clearly, they didn't think a little film about [[{{Twister}} storm chasers]] was suitable to air there). Jim Cantore issued a [[http://twitter.com/JimCantore/status/13165039488/ public apology]] to his Twitter followers, on one night when the channel aired the film ''Wind'' (which was actually about yachting), [[EpicFail instead of running extended coverage of a tornado outbreak in the Southeast U.S.]] This shift to more of an entertainment-based network than a news/information channel was one of the factors in Dish Network threatening to drop TWC that year, the Friday movie block was eventually dropped by the network.

* ''ItCouldHappenTomorrow''