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<h2 id="as-a-cbs-division-name">As a CBS division name</h2> <p>The CBS Cable name was used for three years as the name of the network's cable division, after the 1996 purchase of The Nashville Network (now the general-interest <a href="/facts/Paramount_Network/7taMgqhN">Paramount Network</a>) and <a href="/facts/Country_Music_Television/dN74BaS2">Country Music Television</a> from <a href="/facts/Gaylord_Entertainment/0SPapl4l">Gaylord Entertainment</a>, along with CBS' existing stakes in the <a href="/facts/Regional_sports_network/h5QIRFIS">regional sports networks</a> Midwest Sports Channel in the <a href="/facts/Twin_Cities/jMN3SqzK">Twin Cities</a>/<a href="/facts/Milwaukee/Ucx5PVHn">Milwaukee</a> (now split into <a href="/facts/Bally_Sports_North/R7ESUgVU">Bally Sports North</a>, serving Minnesota and the <a href="/facts/Dakotas/4zlnxe4c">Dakotas</a>, and <a href="/facts/Bally_Sports_Wisconsin/MljvsAVe">Bally Sports Wisconsin</a> for <a href="/facts/Wisconsin/XvyqH6vN">Wisconsin</a>, purchased in 1992 by CBS as part of their acquisition of Midwest Television, the owners of <a href="/facts/WCCO-TV/YIEj5S9I">WCCO-TV</a> and Green Bay's <a href="/facts/WFRV-TV/lX8QM6va">WFRV-TV</a>) and the Home Team Sports network in the <a href="/facts/Baltimore/ncJvTzBU">Baltimore</a>/<a href="/facts/Washington,_DC/enXPK156">Washington</a> market (now <a href="/facts/Monumental_Sports_Network/2dgmHfzu">Monumental Sports Network</a>). TNN and CMT were folded into <a href="/facts/MTV_Networks/wIgGVqyT">MTV Networks</a> after the 1999 merger with <a href="/facts/Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)/R8Ymse2h">Viacom</a>, with the sports networks sold to other parties shortly after the merger. </p> <h2 id="host">Host</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Patrick_Watson_(producer)/xK5Qa6PH">Patrick Watson</a> (also known for PBS' <i>Live at Lincoln Center</i>)</li></ul> <h2 id="programs">Programs</h2> <ul><li><i>Artists and Mothers</i> included the film <i>A Film About My Home</i>, an autobiographical piece by <a href="/facts/Oren_Rudavsky/JDHcR1Fd">Oren Rudavsky</a>, as well as pieces by <a href="/facts/Joseph_Cornell/zBnSdKyk">Joseph Cornell</a>, <a href="/facts/Martin_Scorsese/WcboUwcB">Martin Scorsese</a>, <a href="/facts/Jonas_Mekas/mAo3wcR2">Jonas Mekas</a> and Mark Rance.</li> <li><i>Confessions of a Cornermaker</i>, an original dance piece by <a href="/facts/Twyla_Tharp/v0p5uFCX">Twyla Tharp</a>.</li> <li><i>Count Basie Live at Carnegie Hall</i>, one of Basie's final performances, featuring guests <a href="/facts/Tony_Bennett/kUK49jIr">Tony Bennett</a>, <a href="/facts/George_Benson/fcIkeeyd">George Benson</a>, <a href="/facts/Joe_Williams_(jazz_singer)/hwe0qwQW">Joe Williams</a> and <a href="/facts/Sarah_Vaughan/hovtFCh6">Sarah Vaughan</a>.</li> <li><i>Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein</i>, starring Pat Carroll, a video recreation of her one-woman off-Broadway play of the same name from 1977.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gilbert_%26_Sullivan/C7M2aW3j">Gilbert & Sullivan</a> productions by <a href="/facts/Brent_Walker/hA5WeUs7">Brent Walker</a> (<i><a href="/facts/H.M.S._Pinafore/66aoUPag">H.M.S. Pinafore</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Pirates_of_Penzance/r38b6nX5">The Pirates of Penzance</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Iolanthe/P2NCBXmN">Iolanthe</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Mikado/WV5WszrP">The Mikado</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/The_Gondoliers/BgGAblTc">The Gondoliers</a></i>) aired in its last week of broadcast.</li> <li><i>Kennedy's Children</i> (1982), play by <a href="/facts/Robert_Patrick_(playwright)/BRBmqYCn">Robert Patrick</a>, directed by <a href="/facts/Marshall_W._Mason/hmEGsAbh">Marshall W. Mason</a>, produced by Glenn Dubose, Feb. 11 & 12, 1982, starring <a href="/facts/Shirley_Knight/ljcrSlaw">Shirley Knight</a>, <a href="/facts/Jane_Alexander/fEhCv2wk">Jane Alexander</a>, <a href="/facts/Lindsay_Crouse/2qLyacpQ">Lindsay Crouse</a>, <a href="/facts/Brad_Dourif/18VdLgaf">Brad Dourif</a>, and personnel from the <a href="/facts/Caffe_Cino/2qJIuhKD">Caffe Cino</a>.</li> <li><i>Mornings at Seven</i></li> <li><i>Music Music Music</i> (1981), the history of music in 90 seconds, with a score arranged by <a href="/facts/Mel_Torm%C3%A9/NGpqI5Xk">Mel Tormé</a>; designed and directed by <a href="/facts/John_Canemaker/LKvcMQ66">John Canemaker</a>.</li> <li><i>Nichols and Dimes</i>: A documentary film about business investment, with <a href="/facts/Mike_Nichols/8wIPISlA">Mike Nichols</a>' very successful Arabian horse business portrayed as an example. This was the first show broadcast on the network.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Quiz_Kids/q4l80QCb">The Quiz Kids</a></i>, a revival of the 1950s game show, hosted by <a href="/facts/Norman_Lear/B6mgCU0N">Norman Lear</a>.</li> <li><i>The Ring of the Fettuccines</i>, parody opera co-authored by Marie Allyn King</li> <li><i>Signature</i>, an interview series in which the camera never cut away from the interviewee.</li> <li><i>Singin'!</i>, three specials produced by and featuring <a href="/facts/Nancy_Dussault/Kup40RJM">Nancy Dussault</a> singing popular classics.</li> <li><i>The Song Writers</i>, a series saluting composers of <i><a href="/facts/The_Great_American_Songbook/cKr7x5fR">The Great American Songbook</a></i></li> <li><i>Tintypes</i>, a revue of American music from 1895 to 1912.</li> <li><i>Mixed Bag</i>, a selection of highlights from the channel's short history, shown as the network's final program.</li></ul> <ul><li>Beck, Kirsten. <i>Cultivating the Wasteland: Can Cable Put the Vision Back in TV?</i> New York: <a href="/facts/American_Council_for_the_Arts/vn6koLIw">American Council for the Arts</a> (Edwards Brothers Printing), 1983. Chapter: "The CBS Cable Story".</li></ul> <ul> <li>1980s portal</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to CBS Cable. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Clarke, Gerald (October 26, 1981). "Cable's Cultural Crapshoot". Time. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930083726/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925022-1,00.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070930083726/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925022-1,00.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>O'Connor, John J. (December 12, 1982). "TV VIEW; WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR CULTURAL PROGRAMMING". New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/12/arts/tv-view-what-lies-ahead-for-cultural-programming.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/12/arts/tv-view-what-lies-ahead-for-cultural-programming.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>