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For the Afghan album of the composer, Farhad Darya, see Ha! (album)
| Ha! The Comedy Network | |
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| Launched | April 1, 1990 |
| Closed | April 1, 1991 |
| Owned by | Viacom |
| Replaced by | Comedy Central |
Ha! The Comedy Network, owned by Viacom, was one of the first American all-comedy channels available to basic cable subscribers. Launched on April 1, 1990, it competed with The Comedy Channel from the HBO unit of Time Warner.
Ha!'s schedule vs. Comedy Channel's schedule
While The Comedy Channel (which was launched on November 15, 1989) broadcast mostly low-budget original programming, Ha!'s schedule featured sitcom and sketch comedy reruns (many of which had been previously licensed for sister network Nick at Nite) as well as complete 90-minute reruns of Saturday Night Live from the sixth through sixteenth seasons. The first SNL to air was hosted by Susan Saint James from October 1981.
Ha! and Comedy Channel merge to create Comedy Central
The two networks merged to create CTV: The Comedy Network, which began airing on April 1, 1991, but because of confusion with the Canadian-based CTV network, the name of the network was subsquently changed to Comedy Central.
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