User:Lolcatistan/USA TV networks

PBS1

 * Basically if OTL's PBS was founded much earlier and was closer to the BBC model.
 * Sesame Street is over here, while Mr. Rogers (and now Daniel Tiger and Donkey Hodie) are on NET.
 * Speaking of Sesame, the CTW is a production unit of the PBS ITTL. (Yes, it's the PBS, like how it's the BBC).

PBS2

 * OTL's "secondary" PBS stations, crossed with an Americanized version of the concept of BBC2.

NHKG

 * Same as in OTL Japan.

NHKE

 * Same as in OTL Japan.

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
The Alphabet Network
 * Owned by Sony Pictures ITTL.
 * Mostly same as in OTL, but with Sony influences instead of Disney influences: also bits from "SPN" from literally every other US media althistory on DA or Fandom. (I think that the SPN idea has become WAY too overused, and as a result, I don't have it in my TLs.)
 * Has the iconic "circled abc" logo.

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
The Peacock Network
 * Still ends up owned by Comcast/NBCU, but since RCA owned RKO, NBC was instead formed by General Electric.
 * Mostly same as in OTL.
 * Has the 6-coloured peacock logo.

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
The Tiffany Network
 * Owned by CBSParamount, itself part of Verizon. (Note that ITTL, Viacom was never bought out by National Amusements, therefore never expanding much beyond TV syndication, and the Viacom name declined, eventually ending up getting itself attached to a really nasty terrorist group that also serves as a Neo-Nazi propaganda mill.)
 * Mostly same as in OTL.
 * Has the iconic eye logo.

Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS)
The Mutual Network
 * Owned by LionsgateMBS (formerly WGNLionsgate), itself part of T-Media (a media arm of T-Mobile). The idea basically comes from Piklok and Brownie's T-Media AU.
 * Has a lot of children's programming, as well as connections to the renowned WGN, which is its Chicago O&O.
 * Bluey airs here; so does anything by Guru Studio that isn't on PBS or NET.
 * Logo is a stylized geometric M.

Johnson Television (JTV)
The Blue Globe Network
 * Owned by Johnson Industries, a fictional railway/media/food/retail conglomerate that I borrowed from "Johnsonverse", but with some adjustments (namely, it doesn't buy Disney or Fox, instead simply outbidding Disney for LucasFilm).
 * Had a nadir under the Stacker regime in the '80s, but has since recovered massively, with hits such as Detective Jenny and Monster World.
 * The first English-language network to rely on dubbed content from the Japanese States, long before 4Kids was a thing.
 * Logo is the Continental Rail "Blue Globe".

United World Network (UWN)
The Smile Network
 * Original idea by Cuben/UWM: my version is slightly different, being owned by ArgosyMTM Group (my own fictional conglomerate).
 * Often adapts series from YouTube and other new media to broadcasting; a popular example being BFDI.
 * Logo is a smiley face.

Radio-Keith-Orpheum Network (RKO)
The Thunderbolt Network
 * Based very loosely on an idea from the Kaylor days of DLFW, before Donaldo and Luke left to form Gapia: what if RKO not only was still a major studio, but ended up becoming a conglomerate, with assets in virtually every industry? (My version is dialed down, only owning its broadcasting networks, TV and movie production studios, record labels, and more generally media-related ventures, as well as a fast food chain "RKO Restaurants", a grocery store chain "RKO Food Stores", and a railway company "RKO Railways".)
 * Relies on imports from Brazil and the UK; thinks they're the American version of Globo (or sometimes ITV). Monica's Gang earned itself a cult following when it aired on here.
 * Often does strange stunts for April Fools Day and/or overnight programming.

Warner Broadcasting Network (WBN)
The Frog Network
 * Basically the OTL WB network if it never merged with UPN, was founded much earlier (1969), and had elements from Trevaughn's StoogeWB AU; akin to OTL's CW, which never existed ITTL, but with news and sports departments.
 * Owned by Kapuso Group (a Filipino media company also known as GMA); before that, it was owned by Warner Bros Discovery (an ill-fated merger that tanked because its CEO David Zaslav was an idiot); before that, it was owned by AT&T WarnerMedia; before that, it was owned by Time Warner; and so on.
 * Has Michigan J. Frog as its mascot.
 * Logo is a more angular version of the Saul Bass Big W.

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX)
The Searchlight Network
 * Same as IOTL: the Murdochs bought out MetroMedia, made a 4th (or, ITTL, 9th) network, and became a proper major by getting NFL rights, as well as breaking ground in adult animation with the Simpsons.
 * Owned by TwenCen Media, which is basically everything the Murdochs would have owned today if they didn't sell out to Di$n€¥. (Before TwenCen formed, it was briefly owned by FOX Corporation, which was basically a remnant of the failed Disney-Fox merger.)
 * Uses the "searchlights in a box" used by the FX cable network IOTL.

The Disney Network (TDN)
The Mouse House Network
 * Original idea by TimzUneeverse on DA. Basically, Disney sees the success of the FOX network, and in 1989, forms its own broadcast TV network.
 * Owned by The Walt Disney Company, itself owned by Alphabet aka Google.
 * Basically the cable Disney Channel, heavily relying on kids' programming, crossed with the Disney influences of OTL's ABC.
 * A lot of its affiliates (such as WQED) are former PBS or NET stations that went bankrupt in the early-90s and had to be sold to commercial interests to make ends meet.
 * Most of its logos over the years have had the Disney script "D" as the central element.