History Creator / USANetwork

* ''Series/ThePurge'' (2018-19) - a 10-episode miniseries based on [[Film/ThePurge the film series of the same name]].

The USA Network is a cable channel owned by Creator/{{NBCUniversal}} (initially it was owned together by Creator/{{Universal}}, Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{HBO}}, but HBO sold their stake in 1987 and Paramount sold out in 1997). Initially debuting as the Madison Square Garden Network from 1977 to 1980 ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks no, not the one that shows the Knicks and Rangers]], although they were staples of the network's early years). Over the years, it has shown a variety of series and events, most notably ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Smackdown]]'' (until it moved to Creator/{{Fox}} in 2019) and ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}'', ''Series/{{Monk}}'', ''Series/{{Psych}}'', ''Series/BurnNotice'', the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and U.S. Open UsefulNotes/{{tennis}}.

* ''Check it Out'' (1985-88), a NoBudget Canadian sitcom (co-produced by USA), which was an adaptation of the notably bad British sitcom ''Tripper's Day''. It's all about a fictional supermarket and its weird crew of employees, centered on the OnlySaneMan store manager played by [[Series/GetSmart Don Adams]], of all people. It managed to run three seasons (''Tripper's Day'' only lasted one).[[index]]

The USA Network is a cable channel owned by Creator/{{NBCUniversal}} (initially it was owned together by Universal, Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{HBO}}, but HBO sold their stake in 1987 and Paramount sold out in 1997). Initially debuting as the Madison Square Garden Network from 1977 to 1980 ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks no, not the one that shows the Knicks and Rangers]], although they were staples of the network's early years). Over the years, it has shown a variety of series and events, most notably ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Smackdown]]'' (until it moved to Creator/{{Fox}} in 2019) and ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}'', ''Series/{{Monk}}'', ''Series/{{Psych}}'', ''Series/BurnNotice'', the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and U.S. Open UsefulNotes/{{tennis}}.

The USA Network is a cable channel owned by Creator/{{NBC}} Creator/{{Universal}} (initially it was owned together by Universal, Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{HBO}}, but HBO sold their stake in 1987 and Paramount sold out in 1997). Initially debuting as the Madison Square Garden Network from 1977 to 1980 ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks no, not the one that shows the Knicks and Rangers]], although they were staples of the network's early years). Over the years, it has shown a variety of series and events, most notably ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Smackdown]]'' (until it moved to Creator/{{Fox}} in 2019) and ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}'', ''Series/{{Monk}}'', ''Series/{{Psych}}'', ''Series/BurnNotice'', the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and U.S. Open UsefulNotes/{{tennis}}.

In 1998, media mogul Barry Diller bought the USA network and Universal's television division. Diller, the former CEO of Paramount and Fox, and owner of the Home Shopping Network (HSN), decided to use these assets to create a new conglomerate, USA Networks Inc. Diller re-branded Universal Television as ''Studios USA'', which continued making the Universal shows for networks, cable and syndication. When Universal bought USA back in 2001 it was renamed back to Universal TV; there were also film and home entertainment divisions (the former created by merging October Films and Creator/GramercyPictures after he acquired them along with USA, and has since become Creator/FocusFeatures, the latter absorbed into Universal's video division). Diller also created ''USA Broadcasting'' and began converting his over-the-air HSN stations into independent stations airing syndicated and local programming (a format dubbed ''[=CityVision=]'', and modeled after Canada's Creator/{{Citytv}}); this experiment was carried out in Miami, Boston, Atlanta, and Dallas, but any further attempts to expand the format were quashed by fiscal issues (indeed, the New York station was on the verge of switching to the new format) and the stations were sold, after a bidding war with Creator/{{ABC}}, to Univision (which utilized the stations to form a secondary network named Telefutura, since renamed [=UniMas=]).

Then, by The New Twenties, rumblings of another new phase began to emerge, marked by USA's shift away from scripted programming in favor of cheaper, unscripted entertainment as well as limited series. This was signaled by the announcement of NBC Sports Network ceasing operations by the end of 2021, with most of its sports coverage moving to USA Network afterward (though some events on NBCSN were simulcast on USA prior to the closure). This could signal a return-to-the-roots sort of phase, where USA had a more diverse variety of programming until the mid-'90s. USA currently only has one ongoing scripted program, ''Series/{{Chucky}}'', which is shared with Creator/{{Syfy}}.

The USA Network is a cable channel owned by Creator/{{NBC}} Creator/{{Universal}} (initially it was owned together by Universal, Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{HBO}}, but HBO sold their stake in 1987 and Paramount sold out in 1997). Initially debuting as the Madison Square Garden Network from 1977 to 1980 ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks no, not the one that shows the Knicks and Rangers]], although they were staples of the network's early years). Over the years, it has shown a variety of series and events, most notably ''Wrestling/WWERaw'', ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackdown Smackdown]]'' (until it moves to Creator/{{Fox}} in 2019) and ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}'', ''Series/{{Monk}}'', ''Series/{{Psych}}'', ''Series/BurnNotice'', the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and U.S. Open UsefulNotes/{{tennis}}.