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{{Short description|American television network owned by NBCUniversal}}
{{Distinguish|text = the South African TV channel [[e.tv]]}}
{{About|the American television network|3=E! (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = E! Entertainment Television
| logo = E! Logo Flat 2012.svg
| logo_size = 42px
| founder = {{ubl|[[Larry Namer]]|[[Alan Mruvka]]}}
| launch_date = {{launch date and age|1987|7|31}}
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| country = United States
| area = Nationwide
| owner = [[NBCUniversal]] ([[Comcast]])
| parent = [[NBCUniversal Media Group]]
| language = English
| headquarters = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| sister_channels = {{collapsible list| [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]| [[NBC]]| [[Oxygen (TV network)|Oxygen]]| [[Syfy]]| [[USA Network]]}}
| former_names = Movietime (1987–1990)
| website = {{URL|http://www.eonline.com}}
| online_serv_1 = Streaming Services
| online_chan_1 = [[Sling TV]], [[YouTube TV]], [[fuboTV]], [[Hulu|Hulu Live TV]], [[DirecTV Stream]]
| online_serv_2 = [[Claro_TV|Claro TV+]]
| online_chan_2 = {{small|(requires subscription to access content)}}
}}

'''E! Entertainment Television''' is an American [[basic cable]] [[Television broadcaster|television network]]. It is owned by the [[NBCUniversal Media Group]] division of [[Comcast]]'s [[NBCUniversal]]. The channel focuses primarily on pop culture, celebrity based reality shows and movies.

{{As of|2023|11}}, E! is available to approximately 71,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrestlenomics.com/u-s-cable-network-households-universe-1990-2023-nielsen-data/|title=U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023|website=wrestlenomics.com|date=May 14, 2024|access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref>

==History==

===Movietime===
E! was originally launched on July 31, 1987, as '''Movietime''', a service that aired movie trailers, entertainment news, event and awards coverage, and interviews as an early example of a national [[barker channel]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DD173CF930A35755C0A966958260&sec=&spon=|work=The New York Times|first= Jeremy|last=Gerard|title=TELEVISION; Fledgling Cable Networks Are Poised for Flight|date=June 3, 1990}}</ref> The channel was founded by [[Larry Namer]] and [[Alan Mruvka]].<ref name="BOOK1">{{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=The television industry: a historical dictionary|publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |year=1991 |edition=illustrated|page=94|isbn=9780313256349|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4EYAAAAIAAJ&q=alan-mruvka}}</ref><ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/business/advertising-promoting-movies-via-cable.html|title=Advertising; Promoting Movies Via Cable|last=Dougherty|first=Philip H.|date=July 30, 1987|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=August 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831042549/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/30/business/advertising-promoting-movies-via-cable.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Early Movietime hosts included [[Greg Kinnear]], [[Katie Wagner]], [[Julie Moran]], Suzanne Kay (daughter of [[Diahann Carroll]]), [[Mark DeCarlo]], [[Sam Rubin]] and [[Richard Blade]].

===E!===
[[File:E! Logo.svg|thumb|left|60px|E!'s logo from the launch under that branding. Used from June 1, 1990, until July 8, 2012, for the US flagship channel. Remained in use for many of E!'s international networks until they gradually began rebranding with the current US logo.]]
Controlling ownership was originally held by a [[consortium]] of five cable television providers ([[Comcast]], [[Continental Cablevision]], [[Cox Communications|Cox Cable]], [[Tele-Communications Inc.|TCI]], and [[Time Warner Cable|Warner Cable]]), [[HBO]]/[[WarnerMedia#Background|Warner Communications]], and various founding shareholders, with HBO directly programming and managing the network. In 1989, after [[Time Inc.]] bought Warner Communications to fend off a takeover bid by Paramount, the new [[WarnerMedia#Time-Warner (1990–2001) and Time Warner Entertainment (1992–2001)|Time Warner]] company held four of the eight major ownership positions and took over management control of Movietime and renamed the network as '''E!: Entertainment Television''' on June 1, 1990 based in [[Los Angeles]]; this name change was made to emphasize its widening coverage of the [[celebrity–industrial complex]], contemporary film, television and music, daily Hollywood gossip, and fashion.

In 1997, Comcast, one of the minority partners, teamed up with [[Disney–ABC Television Group|Disney/ABC Cable Networks]] to buy the channel after Time Warner had exercised their put agreement.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106155855/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19020738.html Comcast Corp. Gains Exclusive Right to Buy E! Entertainment], Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (originated from ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''; via [[HighBeam Research]]), January 11, 1997.</ref> Comcast increased the ownership stakes in the network through mergers with forerunners of TCI and Continental under various circumstances. In November 2006, Comcast acquired Disney's 39.5% share of E! for $1.23 billion to gain full ownership of the network as part of a broader programming carriage agreement between Disney/ABC and Comcast.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=24|title= Comcast and the Walt Disney Company Announce Long-Term Comprehensive Distribution Agreements Securing Carriage for Disney Media Networks' Products and Services|publisher= [[Comcast]]|access-date= March 19, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120224182246/https://comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=24|archive-date= February 24, 2012|url-status= dead}}</ref>

In January 2011, Comcast Entertainment Group, the company's television unit, became a division of the [[NBCUniversal Television Group]], after Comcast acquired a 51% majority stake in [[NBCUniversal]] from [[General Electric]].<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/183652/nbcuniversalcomcast_merger_what_we_do_and_dont_know.html NBC-Universal-Comcast Merger: What We Do and Don't Know] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080420/http://www.pcworld.com/article/183652/nbcuniversalcomcast_merger_what_we_do_and_dont_know.html |date=June 5, 2011 }}, ''[[PC World (magazine)|PCWorld]]'', December 3, 2009.</ref> E!'s only sister networks prior to the NBC Universal merger were the now-defunct channels Style Network (then [[Esquire Network]]), [[Universal Kids|PBS Kids Sprout]] and [[G4 (American TV network)|G4]], along with Comcast's sports networks: Versus, [[Comcast SportsNet]] and [[Golf Channel]]. In the case of Versus, E! staff produced that network's ''[[Sports Soup]]'' and G4's ''[[Web Soup]]'', while the Orlando-based Golf Channel featured no crossovers with E! at all due to incompatible audiences and operations. Versus and Golf Channel were taken under the direct control of the [[NBC Sports]] division, with the former being renamed [[NBC Sports Network]] in January 2012, and are no longer connected to their former sister networks beyond advertising and in-house operations.

On July 9, 2012, the channel introduced a revised logo (the first change to its logo since the network rebranded as E! in 1990), removing the [[exclamation mark]] background behind the "E" but keeping the exclamation point underneath, along with a new slogan "Pop of Culture", which coincided with the launch of the new series ''[[Opening Act]]''. The network also started the process of introducing scripted programming (the first series, ''[[The Royals (TV series)|The Royals]]'', premiering in March 2015), in addition to its existing reality and documentary series. The changes were announced during E!'s programming upfront presentation on April 30, 2012.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/e-new-logo-pop-of-culture-tagline-318032 E! Unveils New Logo, 'Pop of Culture' Tagline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801115054/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/e-new-logo-pop-of-culture-tagline-318032 |date=August 1, 2020 }}, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', April 30, 2012.</ref>

==Programming==
{{main|List of programs broadcast by E!}}

===News===
{{see also|E! News}}
E! is one of the few U.S. general-entertainment cable channels that broadcasts a daily news program; its flagship entertainment news program is ''[[E! News]]'', which debuted on September 1, 1991. The weekday program (which also has an hour-long weekend edition) features stories and gossip about celebrities, and the film, music and television industries, and has been broadcast under various formats since its launch, even being aired live for a time during the mid-2000s. It was first hosted by Dagny Hultgreen. Steve Kmetko was a host from 1994 to 2002.{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}} It has been hosted by [[Terrence Jenkins]] and [[Giuliana Rancic]] since 2012 and 2006, respectively, with [[Ryan Seacrest]] (who co-anchored the program from 2006 to 2012) serving as [[managing editor]] of the news operation.

''E! News'' was the only entertainment news show on the channel for much of its history until 2006, when the channel launched ''[[The Daily 10]]'', hosted by [[Sal Masekela]] and [[Catt Sadler]] ([[Debbie Matenopoulos]] also co-hosted from the show's inception until 2008); the series was cancelled in September 2010 after E! announced that the weekday editions of ''E! News'' would be expanded to one hour starting on October 25, 2010.<ref>[http://www.multichannel.com/article/457412-E_Expands_Weeknight_Newscast_To_One_Hour.php E! Expands Weeknight Newscast To One Hour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924174419/http://www.multichannel.com/article/457412-E_Expands_Weeknight_Newscast_To_One_Hour.php |date=September 24, 2010 }} 2011 NewBay Media September 21, 2010</ref>

E! also carried a [[simulcast]] of business news channel [[Bloomberg Television]] from 2004 to January 2009, when the latter network had expanded its cable and satellite carriage to a level that allowed the discontinuation of the simulcast.

Outside ''E! News'' telecasts, the channel runs an ''E! News''–branded [[news ticker]] displaying entertainment news headlines each half-hour during regular programming; fast-breaking entertainment headlines (such as a celebrity arrest or death) may also be displayed on a ticker, during any program when warranted.

On August 5, 2020, E! canceled both New York-based shows, along with ''In The Room'', one of the first of many program and employee cuts and staff realignments announced across [[NBCUniversal]] that week due to the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/e-news-pop-of-the-morning-in-the-room-canceled-e-financial-1203005259/|title='E! News', 'Pop Of The Morning', 'In The Room' Canceled By E!|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 5, 2020|access-date=August 5, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805220715/https://deadline.com/2020/08/e-news-pop-of-the-morning-in-the-room-canceled-e-financial-1203005259/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbcuniversal-tv-shake-up-nbcs-paul-telegdy-frances-berwick-oversee-networks-1306249|title=NBCUniversal TV Shake-Up: NBC's Paul Telegdy Out, Frances Berwick to Oversee Networks|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=6 August 2020|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=8 August 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808233407/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbcuniversal-tv-shake-up-nbcs-paul-telegdy-frances-berwick-oversee-networks-1306249|url-status=live}}</ref> The news operation continued to maintain the ''E! News'' website, and its social media presences.
Two years later, E! announced that ''E! News'' would be revived as a late-night entertainment news program and would return to the E! network after a two-year hiatus, with [[Adrienne Bailon|Adrienne Bailon-Houghton]] and Justin Sylvester (the latter of whom returned to the show for the revival) serving as co-hosts; it premiered on November 14, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=White|first=Peter|title=E! News Returns With Nightly Telecast After Two-Year Break; Adrienne Bailon-Houghton & Justin Sylvester To Host|url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/e-news-returns-adrienne-bailon-houghton-justin-sylvester-1235150791/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 20, 2022|access-date=October 10, 2023|archive-date=December 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227070421/https://deadline.com/2022/10/e-news-returns-adrienne-bailon-houghton-justin-sylvester-1235150791/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Panaligan |first=E. J. |date=2022-10-21 |title='E! News' Nightly Broadcast to Return After Two-Year Hiatus (TV News Roundup) |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/e-news-big-brunch-wild-kingdom-tv-news-roundup-1235409961/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321001443/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/e-news-big-brunch-wild-kingdom-tv-news-roundup-1235409961/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Original series===
The network was known early on for its daily video simulcast of the ''[[Howard Stern]] [[The Howard Stern Show|Show]]'', which aired from June 20, 1994, until July 8, 2005, weeknights in a truncated half-hour form, airing three times in late night. The program was discontinued several months after Stern moved to [[Sirius XM|Sirius Satellite Radio]] and sold the video rights to his show to pay-per-view provider [[In Demand]] as a monthly pay offering (video rights are now held by Sirius XM).<ref>{{Cite web|title=E! pulls the plug on Howard Stern|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/e-pulls-plug-howard-stern-wbna8321127|access-date=2021-03-06|website=TODAY.com|date=June 22, 2005 |language=en|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730223022/https://www.today.com/popculture/e-pulls-plug-howard-stern-wbna8321127|url-status=live}}</ref>

E! is known for its live red carpet pre-shows for the industry's three prominent award shows, the [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, the [[Golden Globe Award]]s, and the [[Academy Awards]], and were famous for their fashion critiques by [[Joan Rivers]]; Rivers also hosted post-awards specials under the title ''[[Fashion Police]]'', which became a regular weekly series in September 2010. In April 2017, it was announced that E! had acquired the [[People's Choice Awards]], which will move to the network from [[CBS]] in 2018 with a new November scheduling. The network promoted that the show would be given an "end-to-end" experience that will leverage its existing experience in awards show coverage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/peoples-choice-awards-premiere-date-e-den-of-thieves-jesse-ignjatovic-evan-prager-1202226809/|title=People's Choice Awards Sets Premiere Date For Inaugural Telecast On E!|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=December 14, 2017|work=Deadline|access-date=December 14, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118003816/http://deadline.com/2017/12/peoples-choice-awards-premiere-date-e-den-of-thieves-jesse-ignjatovic-evan-prager-1202226809/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/peoples-choice-awards-cbs-e-1202063827/|title=People's Choice Awards Moves From CBS To E!|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=April 6, 2017|work=Deadline|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211003611/http://deadline.com/2017/04/peoples-choice-awards-cbs-e-1202063827/|url-status=live}}</ref> As ratings declined across all of cable television overall, the People's Choice returned to broadcast television in 2021, with E! simulcasting the ceremony with NBC.

The network also produces many documentary and biographical series, most notably ''[[E! True Hollywood Story]]''; many of E!'s original specials are entertainment-related ranging from light fare (such as ''25 Cutest Child Stars All Grown Up'') to serious fare (such as ''15 Most Unforgettable Hollywood Tragedies''). It also produces specials centering on investigative and crime stories including ''E! Investigates'', which features topical investigative reports on subjects ranging from [[child prostitution]] to [[teenage pregnancy]].

In recent years, the network has become known for its [[reality television]] programs. Its most popular series for over a decade has been ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'', which spawned eight [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off series]] and countless specials. Other original reality programming airing on the network currently includes ''[[Total Divas]]''–a series featuring the [[WWE]]'s [[Bella Twins]], ''Hollywood Medium with [[Tyler Henry]]'', the [[plastic surgery]] repair series ''[[Dr. 90210]]'' and ''[[Botched (TV series)|Botched]]'', along with ''[[Very Cavallari]]'' with [[Kristin Cavallari]] and her (later ex-) husband [[Jay Cutler]],  ''Ladygang–''a television version of the popular [[podcast]], and [[Dating game show|dating show]] [[Dating NoFilter|''Dating #NoFilter'']],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2018-12-12 |title=E! Orders 'Dating #NoFilter' Blind Dating Series For January Premiere |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/e-orders-dating-nofilter-blind-dating-series-january-premiere-1202518448/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313091856/https://deadline.com/2018/12/e-orders-dating-nofilter-blind-dating-series-january-premiere-1202518448/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-21 |title=Will 'Dating #NoFilter' Return For Season 2? It's The MTV-Style Throwback You Need To See |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/will-dating-nofilter-return-for-season-2-its-the-mtv-style-throwback-you-need-to-see-15967811 |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Bustle |language=en |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123160118/https://www.bustle.com/p/will-dating-nofilter-return-for-season-2-its-the-mtv-style-throwback-you-need-to-see-15967811 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-11 |title=E!'s New Unscripted Series 'Dating #NoFilter' Premieres Jan. 21 |url=http://www.realitywanted.com/newsitem/8326-es-new-unscripted-series-dating-nofilter-premieres-jan-21#.YirAAB2IbYU |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=www.realitywanted.com |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602195259/https://www.realitywanted.com/newsitem/8326-es-new-unscripted-series-dating-nofilter-premieres-jan-21#.YirAAB2IbYU |url-status=live }}</ref>

E! has had five comedy programs: the late night talk show ''[[Chelsea Lately]]'', hosted by comedian [[Chelsea Handler]], its scripted/improvised spin-off ''[[After Lately]]'', and ''[[The Soup]]'' (based on the popular 1991–2002 E! series ''[[Talk Soup]]''), featuring clips of the previous week's TV shows with humorous commentary delivered by the host, actor/comedian [[Joel McHale]]. Handler also produced ''[[Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings|Love You, Mean It]]'', a weekly comedic look at pop culture hosted by [[Whitney Cummings]], and a nightly talk show from actress [[Busy Philipps]], ''[[Busy Tonight]]''. ''The Soup'' returned in February 2020, with new host [[Jade Catta-Preta]], though it, and many of E!'s in-studio shows, were cancelled in the last quarter of 2020 due to the effects of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] hampering production.

On September 8, 2020, it was announced the network's most popular series ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'' would be ending with season 20 in 2021.

===Acquired series and films===
Over the years, E! has occasionally run acquired programming including reruns of ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]'', ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'', ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'' lifestyle-based interview shows from [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (since removed under NBCUniversal ownership), and edited 60-minute versions of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', though fewer of these programs currently air.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/media-news/out-with-the-e-in-with-the-new-at-canwest-upfront-8989|title=Out with the E!, in with the new at Canwest upfront|work=[[Marketing (magazine)|Marketing Magazine]]|date=June 3, 2009|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=March 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316110808/http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/media-news/out-with-the-e-in-with-the-new-at-canwest-upfront-8989|url-status=live}}</ref> The only programming currently airing on E! that it does not produce are [[standards and practices|broadcast standards-edited]] reruns of the former [[HBO]] series ''[[Sex and the City]]'' originally carried by HBO's sister network [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]], and [[feature film]]s that air under the banner "Movies We Love"; the latter was part of a since-abandoned initiative by the network to use films to increase the network's ratings, though the branding remains, and low and mid-grossing female-focused films from the [[Universal Pictures]] library usually receive their basic cable premiere on E!, with higher-grossing films premiering on [[USA Network]]. The network has aired same-week runs of NBC series (such as ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]'', ''[[Fashion Star]]'', ''[[Whitney (TV series)|Whitney]]'', and ''[[Are You There, Chelsea?]]''), and in the past aired previews of G4 programming to give that network an extended promotional platform due to their lowered carriage when it was removed from [[DirecTV]] in November 2010.<ref name="auto"/> The network also airs selected shows from the [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] streaming service (which E!'s parent company NBCUniversal owns).

=== Sports programming ===
Since Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal, E! has infrequently aired sporting events as an overflow outlet for [[NBC Sports]]. It has participated in NBC's "[[Survival Sunday|Championship Sunday]]" effort to broadcast all matches on the final matchday of the [[Premier League]] soccer season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-13 |title=Non-soccer fans were pissed off that Premier League soccer was on every NBC network |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/non-soccer-fans-pissed-premier-league-every-nbc-network.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520040720/https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/non-soccer-fans-pissed-premier-league-every-nbc-network.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2022—amid the shutdown of long-time sister channel [[NBCSN]]—E! was incorporated into NBC Sports' coverage of two [[figure skating]] events ahead of the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], the [[2022 European Figure Skating Championships]] and [[2022 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents Figure Skating Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NBC Sports and U.S. Figure Skating Announce 2021–22 Television Schedule |url=https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2021/10/7/nbc-sports-and-us-figure-skating-announce-2021-22-television-schedule.aspx |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone |date=October 7, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108222138/https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2021/10/7/nbc-sports-and-us-figure-skating-announce-2021-22-television-schedule.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> E! would be involved in NBC's coverage of the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |date=2024-08-12 |title=2024 Paris Summer Olympics TV Schedule: Full Event, Date & Channel Listings |url=https://deadline.com/lists/2024-paris-summer-olympics-tv-schedule/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

==E! HD==
'''E! HD''' is a [[High-definition television|high definition]] simulcast feed of E! launched on December 8, 2008, in Comcast's default [[1080i]] resolution format. Currently, the network's entire original programming roster post-2010 is carried in high definition, along with most films. Available on the vast majority of pay television providers, it is downscaled at the provider [[Cable television headend|headend]] level to provide a [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] equivalent for those systems.<ref name="auto"/>

During E!'s run as a broadcast service in Canada, the ''E! Ontario'' version of the service until the December 2008 discontinuation of the E! broadcast television system was available in HD over [[Hamilton, Ontario]]-based [[CHCH-TV]] (channel 11) on its channel 18 [[ATSC standards|ATSC]] digital signal, though the majority of E!'s programming outside American primetime series before the shutdown of the [[television system]] was not available in the format.<ref name="auto"/>

==''E! Online''==
''E! Online'' is the online arm of E!, featuring live updates on entertainment news stories; the website includes an online-only entertainment news bulletin titled ''E! News Now'', which is updated each weekday. The website also provides live streaming video of major red carpet events including movie premieres and award shows such as the Academy Awards and the Emmys, along with some blogs involving shows such as ''The Soup''. Columnists featured on the website include [[Kristin dos Santos]] (the "Watch with Kristin" television blog), [[Ted Casablanca]] ("The Awful Truth" gossip blog), and Marc Malkin (writer of an eponymous gossip blog and host of a daily video blog on the site).{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}. The website was ranked among the best of 1998 by [[Entertainment Weekly]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Gary|last=Walk|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/12/25/multimedia-best-and-worst-1998/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128174328/https://ew.com/article/1998/12/25/multimedia-best-and-worst-1998/|title=Multimedia: The best and worst of 1998|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archivedate=November 28, 2022|date=December 25, 1998|accessdate=December 19, 2024}}</ref>

As part of the rebrand of the cable channel on July 9, 2012, EOnline.com was redesigned for [[HTML5]], including tablet and mobile devices.<ref>[http://www.lostremote.com/2012/05/01/e-emphasizes-social-presence-and-tablet-friendliness-at-upfront/ E! emphasizes social presence and tablet friendliness at upfront], ''The Lost Remote'', May 1, 2012. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504054452/http://www.lostremote.com/2012/05/01/e-emphasizes-social-presence-and-tablet-friendliness-at-upfront/ |date=May 4, 2012 }}</ref>

==International versions==
===Australia and New Zealand===
{{Main|E! (Australia and New Zealand)}}

===Canada===
{{Main|E! (Canadian TV channel)|E! (Canadian TV system)}}

===Europe===
{{Main|E! (European TV channel)}}

===Asia===
{{Main|E! (Asian TV channel)}}
E!'s Asian network aired across [[Southeast Asia]] and the [[Philippines]] from May 3, 1995, until December 31, 2019.

====Philippines====
Some of E! programs started to air on Cinema Television during its inception by [[Radio Mindanao Network|RMN]] (thru [[DWKC-TV|UHF Channel 31]]; now acquired by [[Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media|BEAM]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaviola |first1=Gilbert |title=A good showing, a strong following, a bright future |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LpUVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6592%2C5297183 |access-date=January 7, 2019 |publisher=[[Manila Standard]] |date=October 31, 1994 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210223618/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LpUVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6592,5297183 |url-status=live }}</ref> But in 2000, both RMN and E! announced its partnership to relaunch CTV into E! Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vanzi|first=Sol Jose|title=RMN Joint Venture for E! Philippines|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2000/10/sb/sb001344.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010315180224/http://www.newsflash.org/2000/10/sb/sb001344.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 15, 2001|work=PHNO: Showbiz Center|publisher=Philippine Headline News Online|access-date=September 13, 2012}}</ref> It was originally broadcast 24 hours a day, but eventually reduced in 2001 to a primetime 6-midnight block, before ending in 2003. Some of E!'s programs were brought to the Philippines and remade in a local version, one of which was ''Wild On! Philippines''.

Three years after the relaunch as a standalone cable channel,<ref>[http://www.pep.ph/photos/2403/the-launch-of-e-entertainment-television-in-the-philippines The launch of E! Entertainment Television in the Philippines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093338/http://www.pep.ph/photos/2403/the-launch-of-e-entertainment-television-in-the-philippines |date=April 2, 2015 }} PEP.ph. Retrieved June 7, 2011.</ref> E! produced its first original reality series in Asia, ''It Takes Gutz to Be A Gutierrez'' starring the Gutierrez family.

====Israel====
E! is broadcast in Israel by cable provider [[HOT (Israel)|HOT]] and by satellite provider [[yes (Israel)|yes]].

==== Latin America ====
E! it is distributed in Latin America, since January 1, 1997, being operated by [[NBCUniversal International Networks]] and distributed by [[Ole Distribution]] (a joint venture between [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] and Ole Communications). Its operations center is located in [[Caracas]], [[Bogotá]] and [[Mexico City]].

====South Korea====
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== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.eonline.com}}
*[http://la.eonline.com/preindex.php E! – Latin America official website] {{in lang|es}}
*[[n:An interview with gossip columnist Michael Musto on the art of celebrity journalism|Wikinews interview with Michael Musto about the art of celebrity journalism]]

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