Show TV

SHOW TV
Launched March 1, 1991 Demo Broadcast in France; March 1, 1992 Broadcast In Turkey
Owned by Ciner Media Group[1]
Picture format 16:9 (576i, SDTV); 16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Slogan Smile To Life
Country Turkey
Language Turkish
Broadcast area Turkey
Headquarters Istanbul
Formerly called SHOW T.V.
Sister channel(s) SHOW PLUS, SHOWMAX, SHOW TURK
Website www.showtv.com.tr
Availability
Satellite
Digiturk Channel 22 (SD), Channel 322 (HD)
Cable
Ziggo (Netherlands) Channel 770
Cablecom (Switzerland) Channel 119
Channel 402 (digital CH-D)

SHOW TV is a nationwide television channel in Turkey owned by Ciner Media Group (since 2013, acquired from Çukurova Media Group after Çukurova was forced to sell due to tax debts). The channel was established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi on March 1, 1992. During the last years, Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Plus, Show Max and Show Turk to its group. .

SHOW TV aired many world-known series for the first time in Turkey. Among them were S.W.A.T., The Master, The Rookies, Silk Stalkings, T. J. Hooker, Booker, Roseanne, The Wonder Years, Superboy, Tequila and Bonetti, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Dream On, Generations, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Seinfeld, In the Heat of the Night, Friends, Beverly Hills, 90210, Power Rangers and Premiers Baisers.

Furthermore, it re-aired some television series like Fame, Charlie's Angels, The Twilight Zone and Dallas, which were very popular during the monopolistic era of TRT in Turkey.

The channel's personalities include Mustafa Ceceli, Begüm, Alişan, Asuman Krause, Ali Sunal, Jülide Ateş and Çağla Şikel.[2] The channel also aired successful Turkish television series like Kurtlar Vadisi, Doktorlar, Adını Feriha Koydum, and Muhteşem Yüzyıl.[3]

Turkish television series

Entertainment Shows

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