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{{short description|American pay television channel}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = Turner Network Television
| logo = [[File:TNT (TV Channel).svg|200px|class=skin-invert]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1988|10|3}}
| founder = [[Ted Turner]]
| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])<br>{{small|(downscaled to [[letterboxing (filming)|letterbox]]ed [[480i]] for the [[standard-definition television|SDTV]] feed)}}
| owner = [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]
| parent = [[Warner Bros. Discovery Global Linear Networks]]
| country = United States
| language = English<br>Spanish (via [[Second audio program|SAP]] audio track)
| area = Nationwide
| headquarters = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.
| key_people = {{Plainlist|
* Casey Bloys (President, TBS/TNT/TruTV)
* Sam Linsky (Co-President, Original Programming)
* Adrienne O'Riain (Co-President, Original Programming)
}}
| former_names = Turner Network Television (1988–1995)
| replaced = 
| sister_channels = {{collapsible list|
* [[Adult Swim]]
* [[American Heroes Channel]]
* [[Animal Planet]]
* [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]]
* [[Cartoon Network]]
* [[Cartoonito (American programming block)|Cartoonito]]
* [[Cinemax]]
* [[CNN]]
* [[Cooking Channel]]
* <!-- sale still pending -->
* [[Destination America]]
* [[Discovery Channel]]
* [[Discovery Familia]]
* [[Discovery Family]]
* [[Discovery Life]]
* [[Food Network]]
* [[HBO]]
* [[HGTV]]
* [[Investigation Discovery]]
* [[Magnolia Network]]
* [[Oprah Winfrey Network]]
* [[Science Channel]]
* [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
* [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]]
* [[Travel Channel]]
* [[TruTV]]
* [[Turner Classic Movies]]
}}
| webcast = {{URL|https://www.tntdrama.com/watchtnt|Watch Live}} {{small|(U.S. pay-TV subscribers only; 10 minute free trial)}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.tntdrama.com}}
| online_serv_1 = Affiliated streaming service
| online_chan_1 = [[HBO Max]]
| online_serv_2 = Service(s)
| online_chan_2 = [[YouTube TV]], [[DirecTV Stream]], [[Sling TV]], [[Hulu]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Sling TV bulks up base package with AMC and IFC |url=http://www.techhive.com/article/2892328/sling-tv-bulks-up-base-package-with-amc-and-ifc-next-month.html|author=Jared Newman|website=TechHive|publisher=IDG Communications, Inc.|date=March 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sling TV brings back the linear video element that other cord-cutting services lack, but could use some polish and a few more features|author=Jared Newman|website=TechHive|publisher=IDG Communications, Inc.|date=January 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sling TV's web-based live television opens to all cord cutters, adds AMC to lineup|url=http://www.techhive.com/article/2880211/sling-tvs-web-based-live-television-opens-to-all-cord-cutters-adds-amc-to-lineup.html|author=Ian Paul Paul|website=TechHive|publisher=IDG Communications, Inc.|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=March 11, 2015|archive-date=April 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405222950/https://www.techhive.com/article/2880211/sling-tvs-web-based-live-television-opens-to-all-cord-cutters-adds-amc-to-lineup.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
'''TNT''' (originally an initialism of '''Turner Network Television''' and also referred to as '''TNT Drama''') is an American [[basic cable]] [[television channel]] owned by the [[Warner Bros. Discovery Global Linear Networks|Global Linear Networks]] unit of [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]. Its sister networks are [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]], [[TruTV]], and [[Turner Classic Movies]], with the former two also having sports coverage. {{As of|September 2018}}, TNT was received by approximately 89.573 million households that subscribe to a subscription television service throughout the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nielsen coverage estimates for September see gains at ESPN networks, NBCSN, and NBA TV, drops at MLBN and NFLN (Cable Network Coverage Area Household Universe Estimates: September 2018)|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/nielsen-coverage-estimates-september-espn-nbcsn-nbatv-mlbn-nfln.html|author=Andrew Bucholtz|website=Awful Announcing|publisher=[[NESN|NESN Digital]]|date=September 10, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref> By June 2023, this number has dropped to 71.2 million households.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://internetcompost.substack.com/p/how-many-homes-the-sports-networks|title=How many homes the sports networks are available in|date=June 4, 2023 }}</ref>

The channel was launched on October 3, 1988,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/us/media-release/warnermedia-organization-update|title=WarnerMedia Organization Update|date=August 7, 2020}}</ref> with the purpose to air classic films and television series to which [[Turner Broadcasting System]] maintained spillover rights through sister channel [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]. In June 2001, the network went through a major shift in [[List of programs broadcast by TNT (American TV network)|its programming]], and began to focus on drama series and [[feature film]]s, along with some [[TNT Sports (United States)|sporting events]] (including [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]], [[United States Soccer Federation|U.S. Soccer]], the [[NCAA March Madness (CBS/Turner)|NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]] and the [[professional wrestling]] show ''[[AEW Collision]]''), as TBS shifted its focus to [[Television comedy|comedic]] programming. The channel is called '''TNT Drama''' by some, with its website URL alluding to this.

==History==

===Beginnings===
{{see also|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer#MGM Entertainment}}
Prior to the launch of the channel in 1988, the '''Turner Network Television''' name had been used by the [[Turner Broadcasting System]] for an ad hoc syndication service which produced and distributed various sporting events for carriage on Turner's [[Atlanta]], Georgia, [[superstation]] WTBS (channel 17, now [[WPCH-TV]], which was separated from its national cable feed, [[TBS (TV network)|TBS]], in October 2007) as well as broadcast television stations throughout the United States.

The Turner Network Television syndication service launched in 1982 to produce two exhibition games organized by the [[NFL Players Association]] (NFLPA) during the [[1982 NFL strike|NFL strike]], which were broadcast on WTBS and its national superstation feed. (The agreement with the NFLPA originally called for 18 games to be broadcast by WTBS on Sunday afternoons and Monday nights during the originally proposed strike season, but was reduced to the exhibition games amid lawsuits filed by the [[National Football League]] against Turner Broadcasting and the NFLPA union.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Players, Turner set details for strike league|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/82-OCR/1982-08-23-BC-OCR-Page-0053.pdf|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=53|date=August 23, 1982|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Strike force|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/82-OCR/1982-09-27-BC-OCR-Page-0032.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=32|date=September 27, 1982|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=It's fourth and a mile for NFL TV|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/82-OCR/1982-10-11-BC-OCR-Page-0028.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=28|date=October 11, 1982|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> The TNT syndication service also produced and distributed the first [[Goodwill Games]]—organized by [[Ted Turner]] himself, in response to the Olympic boycotts involving the United States and the Soviet Union of the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] and [[1984 Summer Olympics]]—in [[1986 Goodwill Games|1986]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Turner's sports detente|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-08-12-OCR-Page-0040.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=40|date=August 12, 1985|access-date=September 29, 2018}}<br>{{cite web|title=Turner's sports detente|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-08-12-OCR-Page-0045.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=45|date=August 12, 1985|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref>

On October 6, 1987, Ted Turner announced the launch of Turner Network Television (TNT)—his fifth basic cable network venture, following SuperStation TBS, CNN, Headline News (now [[HLN (TV network)|HLN]]) and the short-lived [[Cable Music Channel]]—in a keynote address at the opening day of the Atlantic Cable Show in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], stating that the channel would center around major television events. Turner originally estimated that TNT would be offered to cable systems at a monthly rate of 10¢ per subscriber at launch (increasing to 20¢ per subscriber per month by March 1989), with 10 minutes of advertising being carried each hour (three to four minutes of which would be given to prospective cable systems for local advertising).<ref>{{cite web|title=Turner's TNT adds spark to Atlantic Cable Show|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-10-12-OCR-Page-0031.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=31|date=October 12, 1987|access-date=September 29, 2018}}<br>{{cite web|title=Turner's TNT adds spark to Atlantic Cable Show|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-10-12-OCR-Page-0032.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=32|date=October 12, 1987|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cable's interest in 'Hollywood's best'|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-10-26-OCR-Page-0098.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=98|date=October 26, 1987|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> Turner Broadcasting struggled to obtain carriage commitments from various cable providers to commence with the proposed service's launch plans, making TNT's fate uncertain.<ref>{{cite web|title=TNT in limbo|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-11-23-OCR-Page-0039.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=39|date=November 23, 1987|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> Turner also entered into preliminary discussions with [[NBC]] to purchase a 25% stake in the company, with the prospect of using NBC's financial and programming expertise to get TNT off the ground; however, such discussions terminated by January 1988 without a resolution.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC-Turner talks progressing|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-12-07-OCR-Page-0042.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=42|date=November 23, 1987|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In Brief|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-01-18-OCR-Page-0110.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=120|date=January 18, 1988|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:TNT logo 1988.png|thumb|left|175px|Former logo, used from October 3, 1988, until 1995. A yellow oval background was added in 1992.]]
By February 1988, Turner had disclosed that TNT's programming would focus around movies from the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) film library – which Turner acquired as a result of his 1986 sale of the MGM film studio to Kirk Kerkorian – and major television events, including made-for-cable movies, high-profile specials, sports events, documentaries and miniseries. Cable systems were given the option of substituting a [[superstation]] (other than SuperStation TBS) or other out-of-market television station for TNT upon launch without incurring any copyright liabilities for carriage of the distant signal for the second half of 1988. However, the proposed launch date, originally slated for July 1 of that year, was delayed because it would have presented several issues, including obtaining channel clearances and assembling a programming schedule in such a contracted timespan, and the unfavorability of promoting a service during the summer (when television networks typically programmed reruns).<ref>{{cite web|title=Turner talking TNT|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-02-29-OCR-Page-0034.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=37|date=February 29, 1988|access-date=September 29, 2018}}<br>{{cite web|title=Turner talking TNT|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-02-29-OCR-Page-0035.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=38|date=February 29, 1988|access-date=September 29, 2018}}<br>{{cite web|title=Turner talking TNT|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-02-29-OCR-Page-0090.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=90|date=February 29, 1988|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Turner network gets MSO boost|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-03-07-OCR-Page-0031.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=31|date=March 7, 1988|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> On March 7, Turner Broadcasting System's board of directors unanimously approved Ted Turner's plan for Turner Network Television, with October 3 as the channel's proposed launch date. Plans called for TNT to offer 250 nights of original and live sports programming per year within five years of its debut.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turner hoping to jolt cable world with TNT|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-03-14-OCR-Page-0030.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=30|date=March 14, 1988|access-date=October 2, 2018}}<br>{{cite web|title=Turner hoping to jolt cable world with TNT|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-03-14-OCR-Page-0031.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=31|date=March 14, 1988|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref>

The channel launched at 7:55&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] on October 3, 1988, with TNT founder Ted Turner delivering a message about the channel's launch and programming, followed by a pre-recorded performance of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]," which traditionally played during the launch of a new Turner-owned network.<ref name="b&c-tntlaunch">{{cite web|title=TNT takes its first step|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-10-03-OCR-Page-0044.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=48|date=October 3, 1988|access-date=September 29, 2018}}<br>{{cite web|title=TNT takes its first step|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-10-03-OCR-Page-0045.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=49|date=October 3, 1988|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> Its inaugural telecast (which followed at 8:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern) was the first half of the 1939 classic film ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', a film to which Ted Turner had acquired the rights; the second half aired the following night at the same time (both halves were repeated at 11:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern on their respective nights), with the film then being shown in its entirety that Sunday. It was said that ''Gone with the Wind'' was chosen as the channel's inaugural program because it was Turner's favorite movie.<ref name="b&c-tntlaunch"/> (''Gone with the Wind'' would also serve as the first program aired on sister channel [[Turner Classic Movies]], when it debuted in April 1994). Incidentally, the film was set and had its [[premiere]] held in [[Atlanta]], Turner's hometown and the headquarters of the channel's corporate parent, Turner Broadcasting System.

TNT was initially a vehicle for older movies and television shows to which Turner either already held rights or acquired specifically for the channel; these films made up the majority of TNT's programming during its first six years of operation. The initial schedule also consisted of animated and live-action children's programs (airing Sunday through Fridays from 7:00 to 9:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time and Monday through Saturdays from 6:00 to 8:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time), with [[Western (genre)|western series]] on Saturday mornings and a limited schedule of other classic television series in select other time periods.<ref name="b&c-tntlaunch"/> In its early years, TNT caused controversy among film critics and fans for its airings of [[Film colorization|colorized]] versions of many classics that were originally filmed in [[Black and white|black-and-white]].

The channel launched with an estimated 17 million subscribers, its initial coverage totaling 6.8 times that of the largest previous cable network launch ([[VH1]], which launched on January 1, 1985, with 2.5 million homes estimated to have initially received that channel).<ref name="b&c-tntlaunch"/> The channel's operations were based inside office space at Turner Broadcasting's Techwood Drive complex in midtown Atlanta that formerly served as the facilities for CNN Headline News from its launch as CNN2 in January 1982 until it and parent network [[CNN]] moved their operations into the [[CNN Center]] downtown in 1987. Turner Entertainment Networks president Gerald Hogan stated around the time of its launch that TNT would eventually become "the first cable network to directly challenge the three broadcast networks," through the production of original programming that would be of "a quality level equal to and [..] significantly better" than programs carried on the major American broadcast television networks; as such, the channel slowly began to add original programming and newer reruns within two years of its launch.<ref name="b&c-tntlaunch"/> The channel debuted its first original made-for-TV film on March 8, 1989, when TNT premiered ''[[Nightbreaker (film)|Nightbreaker]]'', an [[Nuclear arms race|Arms Race]]-era drama starring [[Martin Sheen]] (who also co-produced the film) and [[Emilio Estevez]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TNT buys Sheen-produced feature|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-03-06-OCR-Page-0037.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|via=American Radio History|page=39|date=March 6, 1989|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref>

===Expansion===
{{see also|Monday Night War}}

[[File:Tnt tv logo old.svg|thumb|left|175px|Former logo, used from 1995, until June 12, 2001.]]
In September 1995, TNT debuted ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]'', which assumed the distinction as the flagship program of the now-defunct [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) from ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]'', ran on TBS until 2000. At one point, ''Monday Nitro'' was regularly the highest-[[Nielsen ratings|rated]] weekly program on cable television. ''Monday Nitro'' beat ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'', the flagship show of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now the [[WWE]] or World Wrestling Entertainment), in the ratings for 83 consecutive weeks from 1996 to 1998.<ref>{{cite news|title=WWE Vs. WCW Ratings|url=http://www.prowrestling.com/almanac/wwe_vs_wcw_ratings/|newspaper=ProWrestling.com|language=en-US|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228221429/http://www.prowrestling.com/almanac/wwe_vs_wcw_ratings/|archive-date=December 28, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, by early 1999, ''Monday Nitro'' began to lose viewers to ''Raw'', which became the highest-rated wrestling program on television due to its use of [[Attitude Era|more adult-like storylines]]. On March 23, 2001, the WWF acquired most of the assets of WCW, which had been up for sale since late 2000;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/03/23/deals/wwf/|title=WWF buys rival WCW|website=money.cnn.com|date=March 23, 2001|access-date=June 29, 2025}}</ref> ''Monday Nitro'' aired its last episode three days later.

On September 22, 1995, [[Time Warner Entertainment]]—a [[New York City]]-based media company formed in 1989 through the merger of [[Time Inc.]] and [[Warner Bros.]] corporate parent [[Warner Communications]]—reached an agreement to acquire the Turner Broadcasting System and its associated properties (including TNT, TBS, CNN, Headline News and Cartoon Network as well as [[Turner Entertainment]]) for $7.5 billion; the deal would also expand Time Warner Entertainment's pay television holdings, as it had owned [[HBO]] and sister premium service [[Cinemax]] as well as cable television provider [[Time Warner Cable]] since the Time-Warner Communications merger six years prior. (Time Warner and predecessor Warner Communications had owned an 18% interest in Turner Broadcasting since 1987, as part of a cable television industry-backed bailout of the company amid severe financial issues.) Under the terms, Turner would acquire an approximate 10% interest in Time Warner Entertainment as well as oversee its subscription network group—comprising the Turner and [[Home Box Office, Inc.|Home Box Office]] units and its minority interests in [[Comedy Central]] and [[E!]]—and hold a position on the company's [[board of directors]] (which he retained until he stepped down from the company in February 2006) upon the merger's closure.<ref>{{cite web|title=It's TBS Time|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/95-OCR/BC-1995-09-25-OCR-Page-0008.pdf|author=Steve McClellan|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=American Radio History|page=8|date=September 25, 1995|access-date=October 2, 2018}}<br>{{cite web|title=It's TBS Time|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/95-OCR/BC-1995-09-25-OCR-Page-0010.pdf|author=Steve McClellan|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=American Radio History|page=10|date=September 25, 1995|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Turner to Merge Into Time Warner; a $7.5 Billion Deal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/23/us/turner-to-merge-into-time-warner-a-7.5-billion-deal.html|author=Mark Landler|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 23, 1995|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Time Warner, TBS Agree on $7.5 Billion Merger|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/09/23/time-warner-tbs-agree-on-75-billion-merger/1453ea45-2e9d-4c75-962a-823ddadb4891/|author=Paul Farhi|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=September 23, 1995|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Time Warner, Turner agree to merge|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/09/22/Time-Warner-Turner-agree-to-merge/9796811742400/|work=[[United Press International]]|date=September 22, 1995|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Time Warner-TBS deal widens entertainment vistas|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9509/Time_Turner_Movies/|author=Paul Vercammen|website=CNN|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|date=September 23, 1995|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Turner-Time Warner Merger Approved by Shareholders|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-11-fi-52676-story.html|author=Thomas S. Mulligan|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 11, 1996|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Turner to head TW cable interests|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/96-OCR/BC-1996-09-23-OCR-Page-0012.pdf|author=Steve McClellan|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=American Radio History|page=12|date=September 23, 1996|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Time Warner Says Goodbye to Ted Turner|url=https://adage.com/article/media/time-warner-goodbye-ted-turner/48652/|author=Abbey Klaassen|periodical=[[Advertising Age]]|publisher=[[Crain Communications]]|date=February 24, 2006|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Time-Warner, Turner Approve Merger|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/time-warner-turner-approve-merger/|website=[[CNET]]|date=November 16, 1995|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> The merger received regulatory approval on September 12, 1996; the Turner–Time Warner deal was finalized one month later on October 10, forming what at the time was the largest media company in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Time-Turner deal OK'd|url=https://money.cnn.com/1996/09/12/deals/timeturner/|website=CNN|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|date=September 12, 1996|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Merger of Time Warner, Turner OKd|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-11-fi-52676-story.html|author=Sallie Hofmeister|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 11, 1996|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Time-TBS merger closed|url=https://money.cnn.com/1996/10/10/deals/time_warner_a/|website=CNN|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|date=October 10, 1996|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref>

The channel was also known for its late night programming. One such program was ''[[MonsterVision]]'', a Saturday night [[B movie]] showcase that aired from 1991 to 2000. Often the series had special themes, such as "Godzilla Bash '94," an all-day marathon of movies from the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' franchise. [[Penn & Teller]] served as occasional guest hosts during its early years; and in 1996, ''MonsterVision'' found a permanent host in cult personality and [[drive-in movie]] aficionado [[Joe Bob Briggs]], who hosted a pair of more contemporary horror films each week, such as ''[[Friday the 13th Part 2]]'' and ''[[Wes Craven's New Nightmare]]''. During the wraparound segments within each film, Briggs provided a running commentary, trivia, off-color jokes, and a drive-in total, as well as jokes at the expense of TNT's [[Standards & Practices]] department regarding the heavy censorship of the featured movies. This running joke culminated in a ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'' all-night [[Halloween]] marathon in 1998, where it was implied that Ted Turner was out to kill him.

Into the 1990s, TNT continued to air cartoons from the Turner library, such as ''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', and ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' as part of a daily block called ''TNT Toons''; the [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises|DePatie-Freleng]] ''[[The Pink Panther Show|Pink Panther]]'' cartoons were also featured. ''[[The Rudy and Gogo World Famous Cartoon Show]]'', which ran from 1995 to 1997, was an original children's program on the channel featuring [[Warner Bros.]], [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|MGM]], and ''[[Popeye the Sailor (film series)|Popeye]]'' shorts, hosted by a titular pair of a [[marionette]] and a nanny goat. In January 1996, the channel began scaling back its children's programming amid competition in that market from [[Nickelodeon]] and Turner-owned sister channel [[Cartoon Network]]; at that time, TNT discontinued its late-afternoon block of animated series in favor of airing acquired drama series such as ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'' and ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cutting out the kid stuff|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/96-OCR/BC-1996-01-08-OCR-Page-0057.pdf|author=Jim McConville|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|via=American Radio History|page=27|date=January 8, 2001|access-date=October 5, 2018}}<br>{{cite web|title=Cutting out the kid stuff|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/96-OCR/BC-1996-01-08-OCR-Page-0058.pdf|author=Jim McConville|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=American Radio History|page=60|date=January 8, 2001|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> In 1998, TNT dropped all of its remaining cartoons, relegating those shows to Cartoon Network. Most of the animated series and shorts that were dropped would also serve as the core of [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]], a subscription channel devoted to classic cartoons that launched on April 1, 2000.

During the 1990s, TNT scheduled a weekday afternoon block that included ''[[Due South]]'', ''[[Kung Fu: The Legend Continues]]'', ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' and ''[[Babylon 5]]''. In 1998, TNT made efforts to increase its original programming, bumping its production budget by 146%, with programming production costs running in the range of $175 million to $200 million by 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=TNT revamping its image|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/98-OCR/BC-1998-04-13-OCR-Page-0043.pdf|author=Donna Petrozzello|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=American Radio History|page=27|date=June 11, 2001|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> That year, TNT took over production of the fifth and final season of ''Babylon 5'' from the [[Prime Time Entertainment Network]] after the ad hoc syndication block ceased operations. The following year, TNT produced the ''Babylon 5'' spinoff series ''[[Crusade (TV series)|Crusade]]'', which was canceled after 13 episodes, as TNT management decided that science fiction did not fit the channel's brand identity. In 2001, TNT debuted what became its most successful original series at the time, ''[[Witchblade (2001 TV series)|Witchblade]]'', which ran for two seasons, ending in 2002.

===Shift towards drama===
[[File:TNT TV logo.svg|thumb|155px|Former TNT logo, used from June 12, 2001, to January 29, 2016, the current logo is loosely based on this design.]]
On June 12, 2001, TNT underwent an extensive [[rebrand]], with the introduction of a new logo designed by Trollbäck + Company as well as a new slogan, "We Know Drama," a repositioning of TNT that Bradley Siegel, then-president of Turner Entertainment Networks, explained had emerged through extensive focus group research with frequent TNT viewers. The slogan emphasized the channel's new focus on dramatic programming, including sports and off-network [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] dramas such as ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[NYPD Blue]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' and ''[[Judging Amy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Five Blind Mice: How the Big Cable Nets Lost Their Way|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/01-OCR/BC-2001-06-11-OCR-Page-0033.pdf|author=John M. Higgins|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=American Radio History|page=27|date=June 11, 2001|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>

On January 1, 2003, TNT launched a substitute feed called ''TNT Plus'', although it does not appear this was ever reflected in the channel's on-air identity. The apparent sole purpose of its establishment was to force renegotiations with subscription providers to increase carriage fees—with some [[Multichannel television in the United States|multiple system operators]] suggesting that Turner was seeking a 10% increase in subscriber fees for the channel—to help pay for TNT's new [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] and [[NASCAR]] contracts well before the channel's distribution agreements with providers were scheduled to come up for renewal. In theory, TNT Plus was to have been the sole carrier of Turner's NBA and NASCAR coverage from that point forward, while any providers still carrying the original TNT would have seen replacement programming instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cameras on the court|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/02-OCR/BC-2002-10-28-OCR-Page-0062.pdf|author=Allison Romano|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=American Radio History|page=44|date=October 28, 2002|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TNT to ops: pay up for 'Plus'|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-93460284/tnt-ops-pay-up.html|author=Thomas R. Umstead|periodical=[[Multichannel News]]|publisher=Cahners Business Information|via=Access My Library|date=October 21, 2002}}</ref> Although it appears that [[Comcast]] did not immediately sign on to carry TNT Plus, there is no evidence that Turner had actually pulled its sports programming from the "original" TNT.<ref>{{cite web|title=TNT gets in HD game – TCM next?|url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/tnt-gets-hd-game-tcm-next-161462|author=Linda Moss|author2=R. Thomas Umstead|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Cahners Business Information|date=January 12, 2004}}</ref>

On December 7, 2008, TNT unveiled an update to its logo, displaying it mainly in a silver or sometimes gold [[bevel]]ing. The "We know drama" tagline remained, but the channel added more of a focus on its original series and announced plans to carry three nights of original programming a week during primetime, starting in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lafayette |first=Jon |url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/12/new_promo_campaign_touts_tnts.php |title=New Promo Campaign Touts TNT's Dramatic Credentials |publisher=TVWeek |access-date=September 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223222429/http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/12/new_promo_campaign_touts_tnts.php |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, TNT rebranded itself with a new slogan: "Drama, Period." (visually displayed as "Drama.," with the TNT logo serving as the [[full stop|period symbol]]), with the logo being recolored to match the themes of its shows.

On May 14, 2014, TNT altered its on-air branding to "TNT Drama" and introduced a new slogan, "Boom." The branding campaign reflects the channel's refocusing towards action-adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, suspense series alongside its slate of crime dramas.<ref>{{cite news|title=TNT Introduces New 'Boom' Tagline; TNT & TBS Unveil 2014-2015 Development Slates|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/tnt-tbs-upfront-development-projects-2014-2015-vince-vaughan-donnie-wahlberg-729817/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=May 14, 2014}}</ref> TNT purchased subscription-television rights in September for the next five [[Marvel Studios]] films starting with ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Graser|first1=Marc|title=TNT Locks Down Next Five Marvel Movies Starting With 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron'|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/tnt-marvel-studios-movies-the-avengers-age-of-ultron-1201307635/|access-date=September 17, 2014|work=Variety|date=September 17, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, TNT changed its logo after 15 years.

===AT&T ownership===
On October 22, 2016, [[AT&T]] announced an offer to acquire Time Warner for $108.7 billion, including debt it would assume from the latter; the merger would bring Time Warner's various media properties, including TBS, under the same corporate umbrella as AT&T's telecommunications holdings, including satellite provider [[DirecTV]].<ref>{{cite news|title=AT&T Reaches Deal to Buy Time Warner for $86 Billion|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084|author=Thomas Gryta|author2=Keach Hagey|author3=Dana Cimmiluca|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023013659/http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T Sets $85.4 Billion Time Warner Deal, CEOs Talks 'Unique' Potential of Combination|url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/att-time-warner-deal-1201897938/|author=Cynthia Littleton|periodical=Variety|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023204133/http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/att-time-warner-deal-1201897938/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AT&T agrees to buy Time Warner for more than $80B|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/10/22/reports-t-agrees-buy-time-warner-more-than-80b/92589816/|author=Roger Yu|newspaper=USA Today |date=October 22, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023013659/http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/10/22/reports-t-agrees-buy-time-warner-more-than-80b/92589816/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T Reaches Deal to Buy Time Warner for $86 Billion|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084|author=Thomas Gryta|author2=Keach Hagey|author3=Dana Cimmiluca|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher=[[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp.]]|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=October 22, 2016|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023013659/http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-reaches-deal-to-buy-time-warner-for-more-than-80-billion-1477157084|url-status=live}}</ref> Time Warner shareholders approved the merger on February 15, 2017; however, on February 28, FCC Chairman [[Ajit Pai]] announced that his agency will not review the deal, leaving the review to the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Time Warner shareholders vote to approve AT&T merger|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/15/media/time-warner-shareholders-att-merger/|author=Tom Kludt|website=CNNMoney|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System/Time Warner|date=February 15, 2017|access-date=August 3, 2020|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401233504/https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/15/media/time-warner-shareholders-att-merger/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=FCC chief: AT&T-Time Warner deal won't face agency's scrutiny|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/02/27/fcc-chief-t-time-warner-deal-wont-face-agencys-scrutiny/98491670/|newspaper=USA Today |date=February 27, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232315/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/02/27/fcc-chief-t-time-warner-deal-wont-face-agencys-scrutiny/98491670/|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 20, 2017, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against AT&T and Time Warner in an attempt to block the merger, citing [[antitrust]] concerns surrounding the transaction.<ref>{{cite news|title=AT&T Sued by U.S. Seeking to Block Merger With Time Warner|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-20/at-t-is-said-to-face-u-s-antitrust-lawsuit-over-time-warner|author=Sara Foden|author2=David McLaughlin|author3=Scott Moritz|website=Bloomberg News|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|date=November 20, 2017|access-date=September 22, 2018|archive-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120214748/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-20/at-t-is-said-to-face-u-s-antitrust-lawsuit-over-time-warner|url-status=live}}</ref> The proposed merger—which had already been approved by the [[European Commission]] and Mexican, Chilean and Brazilian regulatory authorities—was affirmed by court ruling on June 12, 2018, after [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia|District of Columbia U.S. District Court]] Judge [[Richard J. Leon]] ruled in favor of AT&T, dismissing the DOJ's antitrust claims in the lawsuit. The merger closed two days later on June 14, with the company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T under the renamed parent company [[WarnerMedia]]. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington unanimously upheld the lower court's ruling in favor of AT&T on February 26, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge approves $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner deal|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/12/media/att-time-warner-ruling/index.html|author=Hadas Gold|website=CNNMoney|publisher=Time Warner|date=June 12, 2018|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711204644/https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/12/media/att-time-warner-ruling/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Justice Department Sues to Block AT&T-Time WarnerMerger|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/business/dealbook/att-time-warner-merger.html|author=Cecilia Kang|author2=Michael J. de la Merced|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 20, 2017|access-date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211123601/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/business/dealbook/att-time-warner-merger.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=AT&T Completes Acquisition of Time Warner Inc.|url=http://about.att.com/story/att_completes_acquisition_of_time_warner_inc.html|website=AT&T|date=June 15, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2018|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615011751/http://about.att.com/story/att_completes_acquisition_of_time_warner_inc.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=European Commission Approves AT&T Acquisition of Time Warner|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/european-commission-approves-at-t-acquisition-time-warner-986380|author=Georg Szalai|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=[[Eldridge Industries|Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group]]|date=March 15, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731041841/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/european-commission-approves-at-t-acquisition-time-warner-986380|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T's $85B Time Warner deal gets Mexico's approval|url=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3291126-ts-85b-time-warner-deal-gets-mexicos-approval|author=Jason Aycock|website=[[Seeking Alpha]]|date=August 22, 2017|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-date=June 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617093602/https://seekingalpha.com/news/3291126-ts-85b-time-warner-deal-gets-mexicos-approval|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T-Time Warner merger approved with conditions by Chilean regulators|url=http://www.fiercecable.com/broadcasting/at-t-time-warner-merger-approved-conditions-by-chilean-regulators|author=Ben Munson|website=FierceCable|publisher=Questex LLC|date=September 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=With consent from Brazil, AT&T has only one regulatory hurdle left before it can gobble Time Warner|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-att-time-warner-approval-20171018-story.html|author=Meg James|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=October 18, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423163909/http://beta.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-att-time-warner-approval-20171018-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. appeals court OKs $81 billion merger of AT&T and Time Warner|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-t-time-warner-merger-approved-by-u-s-appeals-court-81-billion-takeover-wont-harm-competition/|website=[[CBS News]]|publisher=[[CBS Corporation]]|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=March 31, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331013453/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-t-time-warner-merger-approved-by-u-s-appeals-court-81-billion-takeover-wont-harm-competition/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 4, 2019, WarnerMedia underwent a major reorganization of its broadcasting assets, in which Turner Broadcasting would effectively be dissolved, and WarnerMedia's television properties would be divided among three divisions within the WarnerMedia umbrella, with TNT, along with TBS, truTV and HBO being reassigned to WarnerMedia Entertainment, chaired by [[Bob Greenblatt]]. AT&T did not specify any timetable for the changes to take effect, although WarnerMedia had begun to remove all Turner references in corporate communications and press releases, referring to that unit's networks as "divisions of WarnerMedia."<ref name="cnbc-wmreorganize">{{cite news|title=WarnerMedia reorganizes its leadership team after AT&T acquisition|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/04/warnermedia-reorganizes-its-leadership-team-after-att-acquisition.html|author=Lauren Feiner|website=[[CNBC]]|publisher=[[NBCUniversal|NBCUniversal News Group]]|date=March 4, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AT&T to HBO, Turner: No More Fiefdoms|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-readying-overhaul-of-warnermedia-11551483138?mod=article_inline|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=March 1, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=What the End of the Turner Brand Could Mean for Its Channels|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/turner-brand-time-warner-tnt-tbs-trutv-1203160652/|author=Michael Schneider|website=Variety|date=March 12, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref>

{{see also|Wednesday Night Wars}}
On May 15, 2019, upstart promotion [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW) and WarnerMedia announced a broadcasting agreement to offer a weekly prime-time wrestling program on TNT—later named ''[[AEW Dynamite]]'', which premiered on October 2, 2019, as AEW's flagship program—marking TNT's re-entry into the professional wrestling scene following the aforementioned closure of WCW eighteen years prior.<ref name=CBSTNT>{{cite web|title=AEW TV deal: Weekly show to air live on TNT with Turner also streaming pay-per-views |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/aew-tv-deal-weekly-show-to-air-live-on-tnt-with-turner-also-streaming-pay-per-views/| last1=Adam Silverstein|website=[[CBS Sports]]|publisher=[[CBS Corporation]]|date=May 15, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> On August 13, 2021, AEW premiered a second weekly program on TNT—''[[AEW Rampage|Rampage]]''—which aired on Friday nights until December 2024. In January 2022, ''Dynamite'' moved to TBS, with ''Rampage'' remaining on TNT.<ref>{{cite web |author=Joe Otterson |date=September 23, 2021 |title='AEW: Dynamite' Sets January Date for TBS Move, 'Rampage' to Remain on TNT |url=https://www.variety.com/2021/tv/news/aew-dynamite-tbs-premiere-date-rampage-tnt-1235072280/ |work=Variety |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref> AEW would add a third weekly program, that being ''[[AEW Collision|Collision]]'', on June 17, 2023; ''Collision'' airs mostly on Saturday nights on TNT.

===Warner Bros. Discovery ownership===
On April 8, 2022, WarnerMedia was divested by AT&T and merged with [[Discovery, Inc.|Discovery Inc.]] to form [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] (WBD).<ref name="wbdlaunch">{{cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=April 8, 2022 |title=Discovery Closes Acquisition of AT&T's WarnerMedia |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/discovery-warnermedia-merger-close-warner-bros-discovery-1235200983/ |access-date=May 21, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]}}</ref> On April 26, it was reported that WBD had suspended original scripted series development at TBS and TNT in order to evaluate the channels' strategies moving forward. At this point, TNT only had two original scripted series still airing first-run episodes, ''[[Animal Kingdom (TV series)|Animal Kingdom]]'' and ''[[Snowpiercer (TV series)|Snowpiercer]]'', both of which are preparing for their final seasons.<ref name="renamed_from_1235241348_on_20231108062054">{{Cite web |last1=Maas |first1=Jennifer |last2=Otterson |first2=Joe |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Warner Bros. Discovery Cuts Scripted Programming Development at TBS, TNT (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/tnt-tbs-scripted-programming-development-scrapped-warner-bros-discovery-1235241348/ |access-date=May 12, 2022 |website=Variety}}</ref> On May 11, [[Brett Weitz]] was removed as general manager for TBS, TNT, and TruTV; the channels are now overseen by [[Kathleen Finch]] as head of U.S. Networks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 12, 2022 |title=Tom Ascheim Exits As President Of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classic |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/tom-ascheim-exits-warner-bros-president-global-kids-young-adults-and-classics-1235021790/ |access-date=May 12, 2022 |website=Deadline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 12, 2022 |title=Johanna Fuentes Departs As Head of Global Communications Studios & Networks Group At Warner Bros. Discovery |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/johanna-fuentes-exit-head-of-global-communications-warner-bros-discovery-1235021818/ |access-date=May 12, 2022 |website=Deadline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 11, 2022 |title=Brett Weitz Exits As General Manager Of TNT, TBS & truTV |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/brett-weitz-exit-general-manager-tnt-tbs-trutv-1235011472/ |access-date=May 12, 2022 |website=Deadline}}</ref>

==High-definition feed==
[[File:TNT HD.png|thumb|right|165px|TNT HD logo, used from 2008 to 2016.]]
'''TNT HD''' is a [[high-definition television|high definition]] [[simulcast]] feed of TNT, which broadcasts at a picture resolution of [[1080i]]; the HD feed launched on May 21, 2004, inaugurated with the network's coverage of Game 1 of the [[2004 NBA Playoffs#Conference finals: (1) Minnesota Timberwolves vs. (2) Los Angeles Lakers|2004 NBA Western Conference finals]] between the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]].<ref>{{cite web|title=High Time for TNT HD|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/high-time-tnt-hd-101732|author=Allison Romano|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=January 11, 2004|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TNT To Offer High-Definition Lineup|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/tnt-to-offer-high-definition-lineup/|website=[[Digital Trends]]|publisher=Designtechnica|date=May 19, 2004|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref> TNT has been criticized for its practice of airing a significant amount of 4:3 [[standard-definition]] content stretched to 16:9 on its HD feed, using a [[Nonlinear system|nonlinear]] process similar to the [[Video scaler#Scaling by television channels|"panorama" setting on many HDTVs that some viewers have nicknamed Stretch-o-Vision]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Just say no to stretch-o-vision|url=https://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/just-say-no-to-stretch-o-vision/|author=Ben Drawbaugh|website=[[Engadget]]|publisher=[[Weblogs, Inc.]]|date=October 5, 2007|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TNT's Leverage is the latest stretch-o-vision victim|url=https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/tnts-leverage-is-the-latest-stretch-o-vision-victim/|author=Richard Lawler|website=Engadget|publisher=Weblogs, Inc.|date=January 15, 2009|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TNT Stretches for HD|url=https://www.tvweek.com/in-depth/2007/01/tnt-stretches-for-hd/|website=TVWeek|publisher=Dexter Canfield Media Inc.|date=January 4, 2007|access-date=September 29, 2018}}</ref>

Though other cable channels have also fallen into this practice for their HD simulcast feeds, TNT has been the one most commonly cited since it was one of the first channels to offer such a simulcast. The nonlinear stretching process leaves objects in the center of the screen with approximately their original [[aspect ratio]]; objects at the left and right edges are distorted. All HD programs are broadcast in [[5.1 surround sound]].

==Programming==
{{Main|List of programs broadcast by TNT (American TV network)}}
Ever since 2001, TNT currently airs a mix of original drama and [[reality television|reality series]], and reruns of dramas that originally aired on the major broadcast networks. TNT’s sole original program as of 2025 is  [[The Librarians: The Next Chapter]]. The channel's daytime, overnight and Saturday morning schedule is heavily dominated by reruns of current and former network [[police procedural]] series such as ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]],'' ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' and TNT mainstay ''[[Law & Order]]'', while its weekday morning schedule focuses on sci-fi, supernatural and fantasy series.

===Movies===
Feature films have been a mainstay of TNT since its inception. TNT maintains film licensing agreements with sister company [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.]] (primarily releases from [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[New Line Cinema]]), [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|The Walt Disney Studios]] (primarily releases from [[Walt Disney Pictures]] (live-action only), [[Touchstone Pictures]], [[Hollywood Pictures]], [[Marvel Studios]], [[Lucasfilm]] and [[20th Century Studios]]), [[Columbia Pictures]], [[Universal Pictures]], [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Lionsgate Studios]] (mostly blockbuster films, primarily releases from [[Lionsgate Films]] and [[Summit Entertainment]]) and [[STX Entertainment]].

Since the launch of Turner Classic Movies, TNT's film lineup has shifted away from classic films outside of special airings of films such as ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (which has been  aired recently since 2014) in December many times in a row on certain days every year either before or close to Christmas time. ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' had also used to be aired on TNT in the past for several years in November close to Thanksgiving time a few times in a row on certain days every year too. Now in favor of more recent films released from the 1980s onward, with an emphasis on films released after 1995. Presently, most of the films broadcast on TNT are of the drama and action genres, however some [[comedy film]]s continue to air on the channel periodically. Films generally air on the channel during the overnight hours on most nights and for much of the day on weekends.

Beginning in 1997, TNT broadcast a 24-hour marathon of the 1983 comedy film ''[[A Christmas Story]]'' from the evening of [[Christmas Eve]] to the evening of [[Christmas Day]]. The marathon also runs on its sister channel TBS beginning in 2004, when the annual event became exclusive to that channel and it still does now along with TNT airing it again at the same time starting in 2014 together on both networks. Beginning one hour early on TBS, one hour later on TNT and ending one hour early on TBS and one hour later on TNT. Each weekend, TNT airs a film in [[prime time|primetime]] with limited commercial interruption, branded in on-air [[promo (media)|promos]] under the title "More Movies, Less Commercials."

===Sports programming===
{{main|TNT Sports (United States)}}

====National Basketball Association====
{{Main|NBA on TNT}}

In July 1989, the Turner Broadcasting System announced that TNT would obtain partial pay television rights to the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) beginning with the {{nbay|1989|app=season}}, as part of a transference of TBS SuperStation's existing [[NBA on TBS|NBA telecast rights]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Turner to move NBA to TNT|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-07-17-OCR-Page-0030.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=30|date=July 17, 1989|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> As a result, TNT's NBA coverage would consist of games involving other teams within the league, with TBS's rights being scaled back to only encompass game telecasts involving the franchise serving its parent television station WTBS's home market, the [[Atlanta Hawks]] (which Ted Turner had purchased from Atlanta-based real estate developer [[Tom Cousins]] in 1977). Under the initial agreement and a subsequent five-year contract signed in December 1989, TNT carried about 50 regular season and 25 playoff games during the inaugural season of its contractual rights. (TBS SuperStation/WTBS, in acquiring exclusivity for the Hawks, expanded its schedule to include 25 away games through the acquisition of Atlanta rival WGNX [now independent channel [[WANF]]]'s partial Hawks telecast rights.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Report: Basketball 1989–90|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-10-16-OCR-Page-0044.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=44|date=October 16, 1989|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TNT keeps NBA for $275 million|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-12-04-OCR-Page-0040.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=40|date=December 4, 1989|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, some Hawks game telecasts shown on TNT and TBS were blacked out within 35 miles of the home team's arena. This restriction was dropped in 2000, allowing TNT the right to be the exclusive broadcaster of any game it chose to carry. TNT had regularly broadcast NBA games on multiple Tuesday nights until the {{nbay|2002|app=season}} and again since 2021. The weekly telecasts were then moved to Thursday nights in {{nbay|2003|app=season}} until 2021 in which it moved back to Tuesday nights, when TBS was opted out of rights to NBA coverage as a result of the league's contract renewal with [[TNT Sports (United States)|Turner Sports]]. In addition to carrying NBA regular season games, which typically air as a [[doubleheader (television)|doubleheader]] on most weeks, TNT also airs opening night games, the [[NBA All-Star Game]], and the vast majority of games within the conference playoffs and one of the [[NBA Conference finals|Conference finals]] (the Eastern Conference finals in odd-number years and the Western Conference finals in even-numbered years). From 2015 to 2025, the All-Star Game has been simulcast on TBS to prevent it from [[Counterprogramming (television)|counterprogramming]] TNT, although in 2022 TBS experimented with an alternate broadcast of the game featuring the panel of TNT's studio show ''[[Inside the NBA]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 15, 2022 |title=Turner shuffles NBA All Star plans, will offer Inside The NBA alternate broadcast on TBS |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/turner/turner-shuffles-nba-all-star-plans-will-offer-inside-the-nba-alternate-broadcast-on-tbs.html |access-date=February 15, 2022 |work=Awful Announcing}}</ref> In July 2024, TNT Sports announced they would be ending their deal to broadcast the NBA after 36 years, with the rights headed to [[NBA on NBC Sports|NBC]] and [[NBA on Prime Video|Prime Video]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=2024-07-22 |title=Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Will Match Amazon's NBA Bid, Setting Up Showdown Over Rights |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tnt-sports-match-amazon-nba-rights-bid-1235954481/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

====National Hockey League====
{{Main|NHL on TNT}}

Beginning in the [[2021–22 NHL season]], Turner Sports holds rights to the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL); the contract includes rights to up to 72 exclusive regular season games per-season on TNT,<ref name=":9">{{cite news |last=Lucia |first=Joe |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Turner's NHL deal will include "up to 72" exclusive national games each season, half the Stanley Cup Playoffs, HBO Max streaming |work=Awful Announcing |location= |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nhl/turners-nhl-deal-will-include-up-to-72-exclusive-national-games-each-season-half-the-stanley-cup-playoffs-hbo-max-streaming.html |access-date=}}</ref> predominantly consisting of Wednesday night doubleheaders.<ref name="awful announcing">{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2021 |title=ESPN, Turner release NHL schedules for 2021-22 season, featuring 78 regular season games on cable and broadcast |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-turner-release-nhl-schedules-for-2021-22-season-featuring-78-regular-season-games-on-cable-and-broadcast.html |access-date=September 18, 2021 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}</ref> TNT also splits coverage of the [[Stanley Cup Playoffs]] with fellow rightsholder [[NHL on ESPN|ESPN]], and will hold exclusive rights to the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] in odd-numbered years.<ref name=":9" />

====College basketball====
{{main|College Basketball on TNT Sports}}

In 2011, TNT obtained a share in the television rights to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]] as part of a comprehensive broadcast rights deal known as ''[[NCAA March Madness (CBS/Turner)|NCAA March Madness]]''. The deal also involves [[CBS]] and fellow Turner properties [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]] and [[TruTV]]. During even-numbered years, Turner holds exclusive rights to the [[Final Four]]-onward; until 2022, TNT and TruTV aired alternate broadcasts of the games tailored towards the participating teams,<ref name="si-nostream">{{cite magazine|title=Media Circus: Breaking down CBS and Turner's March Madness broadcast package|url=https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/03/12/ncaa-tournament-cbs-turner-broadcasting-coverage-media-circus|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> but this was quietly discontinued in 2022, with all three channels simulcasting the TBS broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2022 |title=Your 2022 NCAA Tournament Final Four and National Championship broadcast primer |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/your-2022-ncaa-tournament-final-four-and-national-championship-broadcast-primer.html |access-date=May 28, 2022 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Golf====
{{Main|Golf on TNT Sports}}
TNT televised the [[PGA Championship]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classictvsports.com/2013/08/history-of-pga-championship-tv-coverage.html |title=History of PGA Championship TV coverage (1958-present) |date=August 5, 2013 |website=Classic TV Sports }}</ref> carrying full coverage of the first two rounds and early coverage of the weekend rounds. The rights were held from 1999 to 2019, when the contract with the [[PGA of America]] ended—after which [[ESPN]] assumed the rights.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2018/10/10/Media/PGA-Championship.aspx |title=PGA Championship Leaving TNT For ESPN In '20, Re-Ups With CBS |work=Sports Business Daily |first1=John |last1=Ourand |first2=John |last2=Lombardo |date=October 10, 2018 |access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> TNT's golf coverage has since been limited to [[The Match (golf)|''The Match'']]—a series of charity [[match play]] events organized by Turner Sports that are simulcast across the Turner channels.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jon Lewis |date=December 4, 2020 |title=Ratings: "The Match," Tyson PPV, F1 and more |url=https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/12/the-match-ratings-tnt-tyson-jones-buys-f1/ |website=Sports Media Watch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Jon Lewis |date=May 25, 2020 |title=Blockbuster numbers for "The Match" |url=https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2020/05/match-ratings-tiger-phil-peyton-brady-most-watched-cable/ |website=Sports Media Watch}}</ref>

In [[2003 Open Championship|2003]], TNT took over the rights to broadcast the Thursday and Friday rounds of [[The Open Championship]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://classicsportsmedia.blogspot.com/2013/07/history-of-british-open-on-us-tv-1962.html |title=History of British Open on US TV (1962-present) |date=July 15, 2013 |publisher=Classic Sports TV and Media |access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref> as well as the rights to weekday rounds of the [[Women's British Open]] and [[Senior British Open]]. [[Golf on ESPN|ESPN]] assumed the Open Championship rights in [[2009 Open Championship|2009]]. From [[2000 Presidents Cup|2000]] to [[2007 Presidents Cup|2007]], TNT also carried the biennial PGA Tour-managed [[Presidents Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://classicsportsmedia.blogspot.com/2013/09/history-of-presidents-cup-tv-coverage.html |title=History of Presidents Cup TV coverage (1994-present) |date=September 30, 2013 |publisher=Classic Sports TV and Media |access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref> The television rights were assumed by [[Golf Channel]] beginning with the [[2009 Presidents Cup|2009 event]] until the [[2019 PGA Championship|2019 event]] as part of its overall cable television deal with the PGA Tour, from the 2020 event and on those rights were transferred back to ESPN.

==== UEFA Champions League ====
Beginning in the 2018–19 season, Turner Sports held the rights to the [[UEFA Champions League]] and [[Europa League]], the two highest levels of European club competition, under a three-year deal. 46 Champions League matches and the finals of both competitions (as well as the [[UEFA Super Cup]]) are aired per-season on TNT, with the remainder streaming on [[B/R Live]]—a newly created streaming service run by its sister sports news website ''[[Bleacher Report]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/turner-sports-bleacher-report-streaming-service-uefa-nba-1202737168/|title=Turner Sports Unveils 'Bleacher Report Live' Pay-Streaming Service|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=March 27, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=July 31, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/turner/turner-sports-to-broadcast-46-champions-league-matches-b-r-live.html|title=Turner Sports to broadcast 46 Champions League matches on TNT, offer B/R Live subscription on per match basis|date=July 31, 2018|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=July 31, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2020, Turner Sports announced they would be ending their deal to broadcast the UEFA Champions League a year early with those rights headed to future rights partner CBS Sports.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fenner|first=Jake|date=June 25, 2020|title=BREAKING: Turner Sports terminates the remainder of Champions League deal|url=https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2020/6/25/21302478/breaking-turner-sports-opts-out-champions-league-deal-cbs-espn-nbc|access-date=July 14, 2020|website=Bavarian Football Works|language=en}}</ref>

==== Major League Baseball (overflow) ====
{{Main|MLB on TBS}}
TNT carries limited playoff coverage from [[Major League Baseball on TBS|MLB on TBS]], but only in rare exceptions where a long-running or [[extra innings]] game forces a bump over in coverage of the newer game temporarily from TBS to TNT until the earlier game's conclusion, when the coverage on TNT ends at the conclusion of the current half-inning and the game moves fully to TBS (due to this, TNT's schedule in early-to-mid October is usually made up of little original content). In the [[2011 Major League Baseball season|2011]] and [[2012 Major League Baseball postseason|2012 playoffs]], it carried seven pre-scheduled Division Series games in full before [[Major League Baseball]] decided to use [[MLB Network]] in future years in a shift of scheduling to allow more night game carriage.

====NASCAR====
{{Main|NASCAR on TNT Sports}}

In 2001, TNT began presenting [[NASCAR on TNT|NASCAR coverage]], as part of [[NASCAR]]'s first unified television rights deal (where television rights were centralized with the association itself, rather than brokered directly by each track owner). The broadcasts were a successor to [[NASCAR on TBS|TBS's past NASCAR broadcasts]] and originally intended to be carried by TBS, but ultimately assigned to TNT in support of its new brand positioning. TNT's coverage was initially a co-production with [[NBC Sports]], serving as the cable partner for [[NASCAR on NBC|NBC's broadcast television coverage of NASCAR]]. Under the contract, TNT held the cable rights for the second half of the [[Winston Cup Series]] and [[Busch Series]] seasons, carrying races not aired by NBC; the broadcasts shared their on-air production and talent with NBC's broadcasts.

When the contract expired in 2006, NBC declined to bid on the next package. TNT would join [[NASCAR on Fox|Fox]] and new rightsholder [[NASCAR on ESPN|ESPN]] as part of the next round of broadcast rights, retaining a smaller package of six mid-season [[Nextel Cup Series]] races per-season, beginning with Daytona's July race (by then known as the [[Coke Zero 400]])—which became exclusive to TNT under the new contract; previously, NBC and TNT held rights to the race in odd-numbered years, alternating with Fox (which carried the race in even numbered years; contrarily, the network not carrying the 400 would carry the [[Daytona 500]]). The contract lasted through the 2014 season, after which NASCAR returned to splitting its media rights between Fox and NBC. NASCAR returned to TNT in 2025 for five mid-season NASCAR Cup Series races, with NASCAR holding an in-season tournament during these 5 races not too dissimilar to the [[NBA Cup]].

====National Football League====
{{Main|NFL on TNT}}
In [[1990 NFL season|1990]], TNT obtained partial television rights to the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s ''Sunday Night Football'' package in a comprehensive agreement in which games were split with [[ESPN]]. The ''[[NFL on TNT]]'' consisted of three or four preseason game broadcasts and telecasts of regular season games during the first half of each season until [[1997 NFL season|1997]]. Abiding by NFL broadcasting rules, TNT distributed its game telecasts to [[terrestrial television|broadcast]] [[television station]]s in the local markets of the teams playing in that week's game.

==International==
European, Middle Eastern, African, Australian, [[Latin America]]n and Asian versions of TNT were launched in the middle of 1990s, which were exclusively dedicated to movies, mainly from the MGM and Warner Bros. archives (however, the UK, Scandinavian, and Australian versions of TNT all broadcast ''WCW Monday Nitro'' (the UK and Scandinavian versions broadcast the show on Friday nights on a four-day delay from its U.S. broadcast), and the Latin American version aired a children's block called "Magic Box"). The European, Australian and Asian versions of TNT shared channel space with Cartoon Network, while the Latin American version shared space with [[CNN International]]. The [[Europe]], [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]], [[Asia-Pacific]] TNT channels were eventually relaunched as Turner Classic Movies, while the Latin American version retained the TNT branding. The most well-known TNT channel in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific was (and still is) the [[France|French]] version, which used similar graphics to what the flagship U.S. channel was using at the time.

===Canada===
{{further|CTV Drama Channel}}
No version or feed for TNT exists in [[Canada]] though some of its programming is aired on [[Bell Media]] channels such as [[CTV Drama Channel]] and [[The Sports Network|TSN]].

===Latin America===
Regional versions of TNT were launched in [[Latin America]] in 1991; the channel mostly shows films, along with a few series. All programs used to be presented subbed in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], until 2015, when the channel reverted it and made available the dubs; however, the channel also offers closed captions (which can be removed or placed by the user) on digital operators. TNT Latin America and TNT Brazil began operating high definition simulcast feeds in 2009. In Latin America, TNT broadcasts all of the high-profile award shows including the [[Academy Awards]], the [[Emmy Awards]], and the [[Grammy Awards]].

'''Feeds'''
* TNT Mexico
* TNT Colombia
* TNT Central America/Venezuela/Caribe
* TNT Chile/Peru/Ecuador/Bolivia
**TNT Chile
* TNT Argentina/Paraguay/Uruguay
**TNT Argentina

===Germany===
{{Main|WarnerTV Serie}}
In January 2009, a version of TNT launched in Germany as [[TNT Serie]]. The channel shows a wide variety of older and recent American drama and comedy programs (such as ''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]'', ''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''ER'', ''[[The King of Queens]]'', ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' and ''[[Falling Skies]]''). TNT Serie maintains two audio channels: one with the original English language audio track and one with a German-dubbed soundtrack. In June 2009, the German version of [[TCM Germany|TCM]] was relaunched as TNT Film. TNT also has a comedy channel which shows ''[[2 Broke Girls]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' and ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''. TNT Comedy also maintains two audio channels: TNT Serie, TNT Comedy and TNT Film both launched high definition simulcast feeds in the fall of 2010. On June 14, 2021, it was announced that TNT would be rebranding their channels into Warner TV from September 25, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2021/06/14/tnt-channels-to-become-warner-tv-in-germany/ |title=TNT channels to become Warner TV in Germany |website=broadbandtvnews.com |date=June 14, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 }}</ref>

===Spain===
The TNT brand returned to the Spanish market in the summer of 2007, when it launched exclusively on the pay television platform [[Digital+]]. {{As of|2012}}, TNT is available on several subscription providers in Spain. TNT España is divided into two blocks: one exclusively carrying movies and another exclusively carrying television series (such as ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''Falling Skies'' and ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]''). In 2019, TNT España aired the first series they commissioned locally in Spain, ''[[Vota Juan]]''.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} The channel was rebranded as Warner TV on April 14, 2023, discontinuing the TNT brand as an entertainment channel in Europe in the process.

===Turkey===
A local version of TNT in [[Turkey]] launched on March 3, 2008, by Doğan Media Group as a channel focusing on feature films. Foreign television series and movies were eventually added to the channel's schedule. On January 24, 2011, it was relaunched as a general entertainment channel with the addition of new television series to its lineup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medyatava.net/haber.asp?id=42930|title=Will TNT be on Digiturk?|work=Medyatava|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209133114/http://www.medyatava.net/haber.asp?ID=42930|archive-date=February 9, 2008}}</ref> In 2012, TNT was rebranded as [[teve2|tv2]].

===Scandinavia===
{{Main|TNT (Swedish TV channel)}}
The Scandinavian TNT channel was originally launched by tabloid newspaper [[Aftonbladet]] as "Aftonbladet TV7" on October 9, 2006. Aftonbladet sold the channel in late 2007. In August 2008, it was sold once again to [[NonStop Television]]. On March 2, 2011, the channel was relaunched as TNT7, following the Turner Broadcasting System's purchase of NonStop Television owner [[Millennium Media Group]]. On March 21, 2012, the channel was renamed TNT, dropping the "7" from the name.

===Netherlands and Flanders===
{{Main|TNT (Dutch TV channel)}}
On April 10, 2012, TNT HD Benelux launched in [[Belgium]], carried exclusively on [[Telenet (Belgium)|Telenet]]. The first month of the service was offered to consumers for [[free preview|free]], with a subscription required thereafter to view the channel. TNT HD Benelux offers a mix of comedies, movies and current television series (such as ''Falling Skies'', ''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'' and ''[[Memphis Beat]]''), as well as reruns of older series (such as ''ER'', ''[[The West Wing]]'' and ''[[Smallville]]'').<ref name="Briel"/> The channel launched in the [[Netherlands]] on January 24, 2013.<ref name="Briel">{{cite news|last=Briel|first=Robert|title=KPN scoops TNT Benelux|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/12/10/kpn-scoops-tnt-benelux/|access-date=December 10, 2012|newspaper=Broadband TV News|date=December 10, 2012}}</ref>  It was later launched on [[Base (mobile telephony provider)|SNOW]] and [[Proximus TV|Belgacom TV]] in Belgium; however it stopped broadcasting in both countries on January 1, 2014.

===Poland===
The Polish version of TNT was launched as Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on June 1, 1998, replacing the European version of TNT, Classic Movies. It relaunched in both SD and HD on October 6, 2015. On July 8, 2021, it was announced that the channel would rebrand into Warner TV from October 23.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/warner-tv-koniec-tnt-jak-odbierac |title=TNT od października w Polsce jako Warner TV |website=wirtualnemedia.pl |language=Polish |date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 }}</ref>

===Romania===
The European version of TNT was launched for first time in Romania on September 17, 1993, with Cartoon Network, until October 15, 1999, when it was replaced with Turner Classic Movies. In 2007, TCM was localized in Romania, the Romanian version was launched and it was made a 24/7 channel. On some carriers, Cartoon Network and TCM were shared (the last carrier who maintained them shared was RDS-RCS, from launch of European version to October 20, 2017). On October 6, 2015, TCM was replaced by TNT, 22 years after the first launch. On July 8, 2021, it was announced that the channel would rebrand into Warner TV from October 23.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/tnt-devine-warner-tv-20282104 |title=La revedere, TNT! Bun venit, Warner TV! Când va fi lansat noul post care înlocuieşte TNT? |language=Romanian |website=paginademedia.ro |last=Bambu |first=Raul |date=July 8, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 }}</ref>

===Africa===
{{Main|TNT Africa}}
The African version of TNT launched on October 15, 1995. On October 15, 1999, TNT was replaced with Turner Classic Movies. On September 21, 2018, 23 years after the first relaunch, TNT replaced the African version of TCM.<ref>{{cite news|title=TCM rebranded as TNT Africa to appeal to younger male audiences|url=http://broadcastprome.com/news/tcm-rebranded-as-tnt-africa-to-appeal-to-younger-male-audiences/|website=BroadcastPro ME|access-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref>

===Thailand===
Launched in 2016, it replaced Toonami Thailand. Owned by M Turner Company (a joint-venture with Major Kantana Co., Ltd.), the channel was closed on January 1, 2018.

===United Kingdom===
A service carrying [[Cartoon Network]] programming from 5am to 7pm and [[TCM Movies#TNT UK|a TNT channel]] at other times launched on the analog Astra satellite service in September 1993; the start time of TNT broadcasts was later pushed back to 9pm to allow additional time for cartoons. The UK version of TNT was predominantly a movie channel, though some other content, most prominently [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW wrestling]] also aired. Cable networks provided TNT and a separate 24-hour Cartoon Network feed, and when digital services launched from the late 90s the 24-hour Cartoon Network transitioned across but TNT did not; instead, from October 1999 a 24-hour [[TCM Movies|Turner Classic Movies]] service was launched to digital viewers, with the analog TNT service revised at the same time into a general entertainment service showing drama, films and sport. This continued until July 2000, when [https://tntdramacomactivateroku.com/ TNT UK] was withdrawn and replaced on the soon-to-decline analog platforms by a cut-down version of TCM, running from 9pm to 1am nightly. This ended use of the TNT brand in the UK, though other Turner/Warner properties continued to operate in the territory.

The TNT brand returned to the UK after more than two decades on July 18, 2023, with the rebranding of the BT Sport channel network as [[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|TNT Sports]], following the establishment of a joint-venture between BT Group and Warner Bros. Discovery to take charge of the channels previously wholly owned by BT. The Eurosport channels' UK operations will be shut down and folded into TNT Sports at some point between 2024 and 2026, following the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].

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