"The Entertainment Channel" redirects here. There was also a short-lived United States cable network known as "The Entertainment Channel" that merged with Alpha Repertory Television Service in 1984 to become A&E.
E!: Entertainment Television (or simply E!) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. From November 2006 onwards, it became wholly owned by Comcast. E! is known for it focus on Hollywood celebrities from A list on E! News (Angelina Jolie,Brad Pitt, Miley Cyrus) to its own stars which have their own shows (Kim Kardashian, Dina Lohan, Denise Richards and Kimora Lee Simmons).

History

E! Entertainment Television was launched by Larry Namer, Brian Owens, Rick Portin, Mark Hale, and others on July 31, 1987 as Movietime, a service that aired movie trailers, entertainment news, event coverage, and interviews query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DD173CF930A35755C0A966958260&sec=&spon=. Early Movietime hosts included Greg Kinnear, Paula Abdul, Katie Wagner, Julie Moran, Suzanne Kay, Mark DeCarlo, Sam Ruben and Richard Blade. Three years later, in June 1990, Movietime was renamed E! Entertainment TelevisionBox Office Magazine, July 1990 to emphasize its widening coverage of the celebrity-industrial complex, contemporary film, television and music, entertainment awards shows, daily Hollywood news and gossip, and fashion.