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unusual facts about Turner Network Television



1996 Indianapolis Colts season

This game has the distinction of being the first NFL on TNT broadcast after TNT's parent Turner Broadcasting System completed its merger with Time Warner, only 3 days earlier.

Corey Reynolds

Corey Reynolds (born July 3, 1974) is an American musical theatre, television, and film actor known for originating the role of Seaweed in the Broadway adaptation of Hairspray, and for the TNT crime show The Closer.

Frank von Zerneck

Of the company's most notable productions are four Native American films produced for Turner Network Television between 1993 and 1996, which included the Emmy winning Geronimo, nominated Crazy Horse, and Golden Globe nominated Lakota Woman.

Joanna Miles

In 2001, she had a secondary role as the wife of a storekeeper in Tom Selleck's Turner Network Television Western film, Crossfire Trail.

Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects

It premiered at 7:00pm Eastern Time on November 19, 1995 on TNT, and was the final iteration of classic Quest.

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee is a 1994 TNT original movie starring Irene Bedard, Tantoo Cardinal, Pato Hoffmann, Joseph Runningfox, Lawrence Bayne, and Michael Horse and August Schellenberg.

Michael M. Robin

Robin was also an executive producer/director on the TNT series, The Closer.

Multichannel television in Canada

For example, entertainment-based networks are typically forbidden from airing sports programming (unlike U.S. equivalents such as TNT, which infrequently airs NBA basketball and NASCAR auto racing; both of which are aired in Canada on sports networks), while sports networks are allowed to air a small number of films (although, typically this is restricted to films which are themed around sports).

Nationwide Series

Since 2007, ESPN2 as well as ABC and ESPN have been the exclusive carrier of all Nationwide Series races, replacing Fox, FX, TNT and NBC.

Peter McNab

He was also a TV announcer on NBC as an analyst on NHL on NBC during the 2006 Winter Olympic games in Torino, Italy, and as a color analyst on TNT for the Olympic games in Nagano, Japan.

Phil Parsons

He is also the younger brother of the late 1973 Winston Cup champion and former NBC/TNT commentator Benny Parsons.

The End of the Whole Mess

"The End of the Whole Mess" was included as the fourth installment of Turner Network Television's Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, starring Ron Livingston as Howard and Henry Thomas as Bobby.

The Ron Clark Story

The Ron Clark Story (also known as The Triumph in Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Philippines) is a 2006 television film, starring Matthew Perry, that premiered on TNT on Sunday, August 13, 2006.

Umney's Last Case

"Umney's Last Case" was included as the third installment of TNT's Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, starring William H. Macy in a dual role as both Umney and the author.

Wally Dallenbach, Jr.

Without a ride, Dallenbach took up TV commentating in 2001, covering the NASCAR races for NBC and TNT alongside Allen Bestwick (later Bill Weber, then Adam Alexander) and Benny Parsons (later Kyle Petty).


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Sam Conn

Conn became well known for his horsemanship and his horses appeared in several motion pictures including "Silverado", Gambler 3, the television series "The Lazarus Man" on TNT (Turner Network Television), and the film "Friday Night Lights".