51 Minutes of The Prevue Channel

From 1997 comes The Prevue Channel uninterrupted for 51 minutes.
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[@Jose0421]

God do I miss this so much. Long live the prevue era.

[@MrBlack252]

I miss the days of this so much it hurts me to my soul

[@AdamG1983]

If you remember this before the days of digital IPG, you deserve a veterans' discount

[@MrBlack252]

These were the days. As a kid or teenager scrolling through channels late night and finding nothing on then stopping on this channel to see what's on then falling asleep. I truly miss the days of this channel and when pay per view was super exciting because that's how you saw new movies and events that came out.

[@prycerobertson4695]

Forget about the veterans' discount. Everybody has alternatives. (Yes, you do see stuff like this on television).

[@lunayoshi]

I see someone had cable in L.A. in 1997. I recognize those channels IDs. :) Thanks so much for sharing! I'm from San Diego and there was a bit of channel overlap. We got KTLA and WGN with basic cable. It's interesting to compare channel numbers with content. Our channels 14 through 20 were all public access or Spanish stations. I guess that wasn't the case in areas not bordering Mexico.

[@VHSdude]

Yep!!

[@Mirokuofnite]

Remembered these trailers and everything. I was watching this back in May 25 1997. Maybe watching UFO stuff on TLC or Nick at the time.

[@sml2k186]

Idk what’s crazier. The fact we have documented footage of this or that the prevue channel is STILL active to this day

[@thefalcon2k]

Not here, we have Zap2It

[@prof3ssor178]

NOSTAGIC RIGHT HERE ELEMENTARY DAYS IN THE 90s

[@MrBlack252]

I'm with you!

[@prof3ssor178]

@@MrBlack252 hell yea everyday! Back when TV was the ISH lol

[@MattReinhartTV2]

Location: Santa Barbara, CA Date: May 25, 1997 Provider: TBA

[@daveporter0217]

I knew it had to be Memorial Day weekend, as the Coca-Cola 600 is always then. Since this is Pacific Time, a 6:30 EDT start in Charlotte would be just right in California.

[@FUCKINGENIOUS]

My birthday

[@DrRawBalls_TheDummy]

Does anyone remember the Preview channel blues song? It was a bluesy guitar riff and lyrics was like I need my preview channel yeah that’s what I need, cause I need my preview channel or something like that

[@benjaminmars6680]

Upload more prevue channel listings from 1998. This is good.

[@VHSdude]

I don't have any more.

[@benjaminmars6680]

@@VHSdude ok...

[@SybilKibble]

I uploaded some 1995 clips a couple days ago. :)

[@MrRetroCommercials]

I remember those movies that they’re released in 1996 (and a few from 95, too)

[@xxkingbeefxx]

So many hours spent staring at this back in the day. If I remember correctly, Showtime was channel 1, Cinemax was 14 and HBO was 60 where we lived.

[@lunayoshi]

That's neat! We had no Channel 1 in San Diego. Channel 2 was WGN of all things, channel 3 was the Prevue Channel so we'd always see it when we'd turn the TV to switch to our video games or VCR, no channel 4, channel 5 was an L.A. station, 6, 7, 8 were Fox, ABC, and CBS, channel 9 was independent, channel 10 was ABC, 11 was PBS, and everything beyond that was public access or Spanish channels unless you paid for extended cable. Watching all those channel listings scroll by on the Prevue Channel was often depressing.

[@misteroldschoolguy]

When there was nothing on TV, this was the channel to watch to kill time. Good times watching this channel.

[@JHollowayNetwork]

I wonder If they had Prevue Channel for FTA Ku-Band? (as they did for C-Band), the abbreviation of sat names used in the listings would be IK, P2, P4, B4, B5, B6, X3, X4, X7, W6, W7 (Primestar), W8, S8, S9, T7, T8, R4, K2 (KC on 4DTV), A1, A2, A3 etc..

[@SybilKibble]

Good question. I think it was just used for cable. It later got bought out by TV Guide and turned into The TV Guide Channel.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Watching this it's like it never left us.

[@CJODell12]

Sunday May 25, 1997 The #1 film was “Jurassic Park: The Lost World”, earning $72.1 million ($90.2 million including Memorial Day Monday) The #1 song was “MMMBop” by Hanson, its first of three weeks in a row on top. The top shows of the week were “Mad About You” (17.6/29, 25.67 million) and “The Odyssey, Part 2” (16.7/26, 26.32 million) both on NBC.

[@zsombor_99]

There was a kinda similar channel here in Hungary, called "C8", which was only available over the air for free. It only broadcasted daily from 08:00PM for a few hours. It featured some full episodes from shows/cartoons from a few different channels, which were changed regularly. However, "C8" channel is only lasted for some years before it suddenly become extinct forever. No other (at least a bit) similar channel exist since then. Yeah, the early years of the DVB-T digital transmission era... 🙄

[@bradyanderson6311]

5/25/1997.

[@tobechukwuolumba7337]

Sunday, May 25, 1997

[@JHollowayNetwork]

All copyrights belong to their respective holders, no copyright infringement intended.

[@spencerkarterlive7378]

Copyright is a joke

[@nostalgicboy102]

6:26 - My favorite commercial

[@susanfit47]

Can you upload the Nickelodeon CGI up next bumps from 1996-98 if you have any?

[@bambam9721]

I miss this immensely!

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

R.I.P. prevue channel.😢

[@berryseinfeld6772]

man oh man nostalgia rush.

[@nostalgicboy102]

5:54- That’s my movie ❤❤❤

[@Mark257380]

The good old days

[@dabnis92]

The blue sidebars during commercials use to annoy me

[@RockinReed97]

23:02 FamilyVue

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

Sweet mother of Frankie Flouristan!

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Today's generation don't know how Good we had it.😂

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

We do have stuff similar to this but Doesn't move up tho on satellite, Pluto t.v. etc.

[@spencerkarterlive7378]

KCBS Channel 2 blackout due to FCC exclusivity rules?

[@Cantpasslevelcandycrush]

KABC 7 was also blacked out for network programming.

[@spencerkarterlive7378]

@@Cantpasslevelcandycrush The so-called Exclusively Rules (network non-duplication and syndicated exclusively) are a joke just like the NAB.

[@christophereubanks2900]

Upload ufc episode 13 the ultimate force please

[@DesmondShannon87]

no because copyright!

[@jalilmuhammad8270]

In the Los Angeles area.

[@kennethb375]

Hey it was Trump before he became president!