TBS (an abbreviation from Turner Broadcasting System) is a television network that was launched in 1976 and is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It was formed to broadcast WTCG outside of Atlanta (currently WPCH-TV, a CW affiliate, which partially has it connected to a network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery). It currently broadcasts two series from CBS, with those being The Big Bang Theory (in 2011, after its original broadcast in 2007) and its spinoff series Young Sheldon (in 2021, after its original broadcast in 2017).
Related networks
- USA Network, a network owned by NBCUniversal that has broadcast programming in similar genres.
- Comedy Central, a network owned by Paramount Global that broadcasts series of the same genre and also had the same part-owner until 2003/2004.
- Paramount Network, Both networks currently and previously broadcast programming of the same genre.
- Cartoon Network, a TV network that has the same owner and also broadcasts some of the same series, particularly during the 1990s.
- Nick at Nite, a programming block provided through Nickelodeon that has broadcast some of the same series as TBS.
- CBS, Aside from the name of both networks rhyming and having a similar full name (Columbia Broadcasting System / Turner Broadcasting System), both networks broadcast some series (as mentioned above) concurrently.
- The CW, a television network that has the same part-owner as TBS (Warner Bros. Discovery). One of its predecessors, The WB also had the same ownership as the network (WarnerMedia).
- Fox, a television network named after 20th Century Fox that is the original broadcaster of some of the series currently and previously broadcast by TBS.
- FX, a network formed in 1994, with its name being both an acronym for Fox eXtended and named after the film production company that it was owned by, 20th Century Fox, both networks have broadcast some programming in similar genres.
- TNT, both networks have the same owner and broadcast some of the same programming.
