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2003 NBA Playoffs

This also marks the debut for the NBA Playoffs to be aired on NBA TV, and the return broadcast on ESPN & ABC after the NBA departed from NBC and TBS.

Air and Space Basic Course

The aegis for ASBC was The Basic School (TBS), the 6-month initial school for all newly commissioned U.S. Marine Corps officers regardless of commissioning source.

Arashi no Yoru ni

A small group of voice actors and sound engineers acquired permission from the original producers Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) to make a complete English Re-dub of the Arashi No Yoru Ni movie for YouTube.

Boku wa Pegasus Kimi wa Polaris

It was written specifically for the TBS television drama S: Saigo no Keikan, starring Osamu Mukai and Go Ayano, for which it serves as ending theme.

Cesar Alzona

As a Lieutenant in the Philippine Navy, he was sent to attend the professional United States Marine Corps TBS at Quantico, Virginia, and transferred to the U.S. with his wife and two small children, Augustus Caesar and Eduardo, in 1954.

Daniela Bobadilla

It was announced on February 15, 2012 that she will play the 13-year-old obsessive-compulsive daughter of Shawnee Smith and Sheen’s unorthodox therapist in Anger Management on FX in the United States, CTV in Canada and on TBS in Latin America.

Dinner and a Movie

Dinner and a Movie was a cooking and entertainment television program produced in the U.S. by TBS from 1995 to 2011.

Food Battle Club

Food Battle Club (フードバトルクラブ) is a Japanese competitive eating television program by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS).

Glay discography

Beloved:theme song for TBS's drama "ひと夏のプロポーズ"/"Hokkaido Shumbun Press" commercial movie.

Hato no kyojitsu

The video is accompanied by a custom-made orchestra piece (composed by Shirō Fukai), and features three doves, each representing the three televisions networks in Japan at the time (NHK, Nippon Television, and TBS).

Isshin Tasuke

These aired on TBS (1969, 52 episodes starring Tarō Yamada), Fuji (1971, 25 episodes, starring Ryōtarō Sugi), Asahi (ANB) (1989, a New Year special starring Tōru Nakamura), Nippon Television (1990, a special with Morio Kazama), and NHK (1999, 24 episodes on Friday evening prime time) with Naoto Ogata as Tasuke.

Japanese television drama

Although TBS has produced some very successful dramas in the past and still continues to produce some popular dramas, however in recent years its ratings success have been gradually wearing off and have been overtaken by NTV.

Joe Dean

He coined the phrase "String Music" and is also known for other phrases such as, "Stufferino" and "Lexington, K-Y." During his run, he worked with NBC, TBS, ESPN, TVS and Jefferson Pilot.

Junichi Inagaki

His 1992 ballad "When The Christmas Carols Play" (クリスマスキャロルの頃には Kurisumasu kyaroru no koro ni wa) was featured on the TBS drama series Homework (ホームワーク), and remains one of the most popular holiday songs in Japan.

Kinniku

Kinniku Banzuke, weekly Japanese TV program and sports entertainment variety show of the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Maria Mori

Individually, Maria appeared in the television jidaigeki series Edo o Kiru and Yuki-hime Onmitsu Dōchūki and from 1988 to 1993 as Oryū in the TBS television series in Ōoka Echizen.

Marumi Shiraishi

In 1978, Shiraishi auditioned for the part of leading man Hiromi Go's sweetheart on the TBS TV drama, Mū ichozoku and debuted as the girl in "Izakaya Hiromi."

Melling Racing

Nadeau returned for the 1999 season, with Turner Broadcasting taking a larger role in its sponsorship duties, advertising TBS, Dinner and a Movie, WCW, and the Atlanta Braves in addition to their Cartoon Network sponsorship.

Mike Gorman

He has called the NCAA basketball tournament on CBS; tennis at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics with Bud Collins on NBC; the NBA Playoffs on TBS and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Night Tracks

Night Tracks is an American television series which ran from 1983 to 1992 on SuperStation WTBS (later known as TBS SuperStation) on late night weekends.

Nördlingen

The town shown in the anime Attack on Titan also bears a striking resemblance to Nördlingen, with similar architecture and a wall surrounding the city, as shown in the TBS documentary show Discovery of the World's Mysteries.

Outstanding Studio Show

2001 TNT and TBS's Inside the NBA (Daily); ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown (Weekly)

Passage SAS

Since 1983, yachtsmen such as Philippe Jeantot, Florence Arthaud and Pierre Follenfant have been equipped with TBS anti-slip products, thus contributing to the promotion of the image of TBS anti-slip in the field of racing.

Paul Andrew Hutton

Dr. Hutton has appeared in, written or narrated over 150 television documentaries on CBS, NBC, PBS, Discover, Disney Channel, TBS, TNN, A&E, and the History Channel.

Paul Gilmartin

Dinner and a Movie was a hit from the onset, helping significantly improve ratings for TBS.

Paul Gilmartin is an American stand up comedian, podcast host and television personality best known as the longtime host of TBS's Dinner and a Movie.

Philip I. Kent

Mr. Kent is responsible for TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, Boomerang, TNT Latin America, Cartoon Network Latin America, TCM & Cartoon Network in Europe, TCM & Cartoon Network in Asia Pacific, Cartoon Network Japan, CNN News Group, which includes CNN/U.S., CNN Headline News, CNN International, CNNfn, CNN Radio, CNN Newsource, CNN Airport Network and CNN.com.

Ray Di Carlo

The studio's advertising agency clients including DDB Worldwide(Chicago, NY, LA, and Tribal British Columbia), FCB, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Santo (Bueno Aires/London), Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Sedgwick Rd., Campbell Ewald, Pedone, Euro RSCG, The Buntin Group, Borders Perrin and Norrander, and Ogilvy & Mather, as well as networks clients NBC, TBS, Cartoon Network, The Learning Channel, and PBS.

Romeo × Juliet

It was later broadcast by other Japanese television networks such as TBS, KBS Kyōto and SUN-TV.

Sandra Denton

In January 2011, Pepa appeared in an episode of the TBS sitcom "Are We There Yet?" as a woman who falls for the Terry Crews character of Nick.

Stand Up to Cancer

The Telethon returned on Friday, September 7, 2012 at 8/7c to ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, E!, VH1, Style Network, Smithsonian Channel, VH1 Classic, Ion Television, TBS, Encore, Starz, HBO, Showtime, HBO Latino, Bio., MLB Network, LMN, Mun2, Palladia and Logo TV.

Sweet Flower

Sweet Flower was chosen as the April theme song for TBS show Count Down TV (CDTV).

Terri J. Vaughn

She also had a recurring role as the hospital receptionist Renee on the TBS sitcom Meet the Browns.

The Force Behind the Power

It rose to prominence after released as a single worldwide in 1989 (most prominently in Japan in 1990, after it was used as the theme song for the TBS drama Omoide ni Kawaru Made).

Tokyo Broadcasting System

1989 - TBS became culpable in the Sakamoto family murder by Aum Shinrikyo, resulting in complaints against the network after the case was solved several years later.

Townes–Brocks syndrome

TBS is an autosomal dominant involving the a mutation of the gene SALL1, which encodes a transcriptional repressor which interacts with TRF1/PIN2 and localizes to pericentromeric heterochromatin.

Turner Program Services

Founded in 1982, the company was originally responsible for syndicating Turner-produced programs (such as the syndicated game show Starcade) as well as developing programming for TBS such as Night Tracks.

York Community Access Television

The television service expanded as more cable television offerings increased over the years with the start of services such as HBO, Showtime, CNN, the Disney Channel, TBS, Lifetime and ESPN.

Yoshika Yuhnagi

In late 2000, as a high-featured teenage model with a rapidly rising popularity, she appeared on several television programs which included TV Asahi's Tonight 2 and TBS's Wonderful.

Zomahoun Idossou Rufin

In 1998, Zomahoun was "discovered" by a TBS executive and became a cast member on the TV show Koko ga Hen da yo Nihonjin.


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