Trio (TV network)


Trio was an American cable and satellite television network.
Trio went on the air in 1994, then originally owned and operated jointly by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Power Broadcasting Inc. along with 24-hour international news channel Newsworld International. The channel served as a venue for airing the CBC's arts, culture and entertainment programming in the United States. It was sold to USA Networks in 2000, and was subsequently transferred to Vivendi Universal and later NBC Universal.
With the slogan, "pop, culture, TV", Trio programming under Vivendi/NBC Universal ownership focused on television as a cultural tool and art form.
In January 2005, Trio was dropped from DirecTV, eliminating about two-thirds of the homes that could receive the network. On November 21, 2005, NBC Universal announced that the Trio brand would be transferred to a broadband Internet TV initiative under the Bravotv.com banner on January 1, 2006. Cable and satellite providers still carrying Trio were offered a new NBC Universal cable network instead, called Sleuth, which was renamed Cloo in 2011 and continued on until its sudden closure on February 1, 2017.

Notable Trio programs

Original

The N-Word, Peabody Award–winning documentary starring Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson and many other African American celebrities discussing the origin and power of the word nigger.Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks, documentary hosted by Janeane Garofalo, focusing on his David Letterman appearances, especially his last one, where he was cut from the program.The Award Show Awards Show, examination of America's obsession with awardsThe Christmas Special Christmas SpecialFilm Fanatic, cinema, hosted by Amy SedarisFlops 101: Lessons from the BizTV's Most Censored Moments, a documentary about censorship in television. The Blockbuster Imperative, a documentary about Hollywood's obsession with blockbuster movies.Saturday Spin Theatre, feature films like Leon the Pig Farmer and The Legend of the North Wind.

Reruns

Adrenaline Junkies (a.k.a. Medivac) Airline All Saints Battle of the Network Stars Black Harbour Blue Heelers Brides of Christ Bugs Coming Home Coronation Street Counterstrike Cracker The Dame Edna Experience The Damnation of Harvey McHugh Deepwater Black Degrassi Dog House The Dreamstone Duggan EGG, the Arts Show E.N.G. The Fifth Estate Flightpath (Canadian TV series) Good Guys, Bad Guys Hot Type Judy Garland Show Christmas Special Kath & Kim Late Night with David Letterman The Little Flying Bears The Littlest Hobo London's Burning Madison Max Glick McCallum MediaTelevision Mercury Mr. Dressup Mysterious Island Nancherrow The Nature of Things New York Undercover North of 60 Northwood Once Upon a Hamster Pink Lady Queen for a Day The Raccoons Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In SCTV The Secret Rulers of the World Sessions at West 54th Spaced Street Legal Taggart Traders Undercurrents A Very British Coup

''Brilliant But Cancelled''

This was the umbrella title under which Trio aired repeats of series that had very short lives on mainstream broadcast television, yet were still considered to be programming that "broke the mold" of what was normally expected from the "Big Three" networks. Series that appeared under the Brilliant But Cancelled umbrella included:ActionBakersfield P.D.Brideshead RevisitedCharlie Cobb: Nice Night for a HangingDiner East Side/West SideThe Ernie Kovacs ShowEZ StreetsFargo God, the Devil and BobJohnny StaccatoKolchak: The Night StalkerL.A. Confidential Lookwell Now and AgainParenthoodProfitThe PJsUnited States
Brilliant But Cancelled was later used by Universal as a title for a series of DVDs that feature samples of short-lived series. Two of these have been released—one being a sampler of short-lived crime drama series, while the other was selected episodes of EZ Streets.

''Flops''

Special airing of shows that flopped.Cop RockMy Mother the CarPink Lady and Jeff
.