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A&E
A&E
Founded February 1, 1984
President Abbe Raven
Company A&E Television Networks
Current Popular Series Dog the Bounty Hunter
The Glades
Intervention

A&E is an American television network.

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History

Created as a commercial-based version of PBS, A&E originally focused on biographies, art programming, British drama imports, and documentary series, with its flagship shows being Biography (spun into a separate channel in 1999) and anthology series A&E Stage, airing telecasts of stage plays and concerts. Eventually it came to broadcast several crime documentary series, including – among others – the critically acclaimed Cold Case Files (1999–2006) and The First 48 (since 2004)

Today, the art programming has vanished, being replaced mainly by reality series such as Dog the Bounty Hunter (since 2004), Intervention (since 2005) and Gene Simmons Family Jewels (since 2006). Other long-running non-scripted series are Flip This House (2005–2008), Criss Angel: Mindfreak (2005–2010) and Paranormal State (since 2007).

In the mid 1990s, A&E begun producing original movies and mini-series, and in 2001 its first two original scripted full-lenght series premiered: Sidney Lumet's legal drama 100 Centre Street, and film noir series A Nero Wolfe Mystery, based on the stories by Rex Stout, both airing for two seasons. Since 2008, when The Cleaner premiered, the network has continued to put out new original drama series.

In-Depth

  • Program Listing: A complete listing of shows that aired new episodes on A&E.

Current Shows (2012)

Scripted original series
Non-scripted original series

Upcoming Shows

Scripted original series
  • N/A
Non-scripted original series

External Sites

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