# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 194
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3861 "2024-01-06T22:56:09Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > **Cable TV Networks** (past and present) > > 1. TNN (The Nashville Network) > > Now CMT Correction: TNN was relaunched as Spike in 2003; CMT was a competitor of TNN. **Cable TV Networks** (past and present) 1. TNN (The Nashville Network) 2. Spike 3. WFN (World Fishing Network) 4. SIFI (short term rebranding of Sci Fi) 5. C-SPAN 6. A&E 7. The Financial News Network ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3862 "2024-01-06T22:58:00Z")
**Cable TV Networks** (past and present) 1. TNN (The Nashville Network) 2. Spike 3. WFN (World Fishing Network) 4. SIFI (short term rebranding of Sci Fi) 5. C-SPAN 6. A&E 7. The Financial News Network 8. CNN ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3863 "2024-01-06T23:14:26Z")
**Cable TV Networks** (past and present) 1. TNN (The Nashville Network) 2. Spike 3. WFN (World Fishing Network) 4. SIFI (short term rebranding of Sci Fi) 5. C-SPAN 6. A&E 7. The Financial News Network 8. CNN 9. Freeform (fka ABC Family, fka Fox Family Channel, fka The Family Channel) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3864 "2024-01-07T18:50:44Z")
**Cable TV Networks** (past and present) 1. TNN (The Nashville Network) 2. Spike 3. WFN (World Fishing Network) 4. SIFI (short term rebranding of Sci Fi) 5. C-SPAN 6. A&E 7. The Financial News Network 8. CNN 9. Freeform (fka ABC Family, fka Fox Family Channel, fka The Family Channel) 10. Home Shopping Network Next up: **Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3865 "2024-01-07T18:58:49Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera He had a tabloid news show, but wasn’t an anchor. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3866 "2024-01-07T19:06:48Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow Got his start on the radio, but did a lot of late-career TV work. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3867 "2024-01-07T19:37:31Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3868 "2024-01-08T14:41:28Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent (aka “the Scud Stud”) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3869 "2024-01-08T14:46:04Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3870 "2024-01-08T17:09:04Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel 7. Linda Ellerbee ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3871 "2024-01-08T18:34:03Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel 7. Linda Ellerbee 8. Baba Wawa Sorry. **Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel 7. Linda Ellerbee 8. Barbara Walters ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3872 "2024-01-08T20:29:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > **Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** > > 1. Linda Ellerbee Didn’t she co-host “Overnight” on NBC during the 80s? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3873 "2024-01-09T15:50:08Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel So she did, and Ms. Walters was co-anchor on ABC Evening News. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3874 "2024-01-09T15:55:54Z")
Ah, I hadn’t known that. Thanks. **Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel 7. Kelly O’Donnell I met her in Cleveland during the 1992 presidential campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3875 "2024-01-10T19:14:18Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel 7. Kelly O’Donnell 8. Morely Safer ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3876 "2024-01-10T22:04:20Z")
**Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel 7. Kelly O’Donnell 8. Morely Safer 9. Chuck Todd ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3877 "2024-01-11T22:25:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Noted TV journalists who didn’t become news anchors** 1. Peter Baker 2. Geraldo Rivera 3. Edward R. Murrow 4. Andy Rooney 5. Arthur Kent 6. Richard Engel 7. Kelly O’Donnell 8. Morely Safer 9. Chuck Todd 10. Bill Moyers NEXT: **TV characters who were always addressed by two names** 1. Mary Ann (_Gilligan’s Island_) ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3878 "2024-01-11T22:32:50Z")
NEXT: **TV characters who were always addressed by two names** 1. Mary Ann (_Gilligan’s Island_) 2. Colin Robinson (_What We Do in the Shadows_) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3879 "2024-01-11T23:01:40Z")
**TV characters who were always addressed by two names** 1. Mary Ann (_Gilligan’s Island_) 2. Colin Robinson (_What We Do in the Shadows_) 3. a three-fer … Billie Joe, Betty Joe, and Bobbie Joe (_Petticoat Junction_) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/3880 "2024-01-12T06:16:44Z")
**TV characters who were always addressed by two names** 1. Mary Ann (_Gilligan’s Island_) 2. Colin Robinson (_What We Do in the Shadows_) 3. a three-fer … Billie Joe, Betty Joe, and Bobbie Joe (_Petticoat Junction_) 4. Mr. Wilson (_Dennis the Menace_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=193) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=195)