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A&E Network, also known as Arts and Entertainment, is an American television network. Founded on February 1, 1984, A&E has ofer 88 million viewers worldwide, and over the last two years, A&E Network has experienced double digit growth in the network’s target demographic, being adults aged 25-54.

[edit] Network Programming

Some of A&E's signature network programming includes Biography, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2002 and continues to be the leader in the genre it created; the critically-acclaimed Cold Case Files and the gold standard of criminal justice programming American Justice, and also City Confidential.

[edit] Primetime Series

A&E has several successful primetime series in its lineup including the hit series Airline, a behind-the-scenes reality show exposing the tension and drama of commercial airline travel featuring Southwest Airlines; Dog the Bounty Hunter, capturing the wild life of legendary bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman and his brood; Family Plots, a groundbreaking real-life series that takes a look at the personal and professional lives of the family members who run the Poway Bernardo Mortuary; Growing up Gotti, which chronicles the life of Victoria Gotti, famous daughter of John Gotti, successful magazine editor, and mother of three; Intervention, a powerful and gripping new program featuring real people at the boiling point of a personal crisis as they are confronted by friends and family who have staged a surprise intervention; Kneivel's Wild Ride, an exuberant and altogether surreal look into the life of Kaptain Robbie, one of our generation's greatest living daredevils and son of Evel; and The First 48, which follows homicide detectives from around the country as they race against time to solve mysterious and harrowing murders before the clock runs out.

Premiering in July 2005 are the real life series: Inked, which will take viewers to the craft's cutting edge at Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company, Vegas’ first casino tattoo parlor; and Criss Angel: Mindfreak, “a master of shock as much as illusion” who transcends tradition and moves into a new brand of modern mysticism, exhibiting mystery on the stage, on the street and in his public.