{"id":570495,"date":"2026-02-06T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/570495\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:41:09","slug":"paramount-just-suddenly-shut-down-an-entire-tv-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/570495\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount just suddenly shut down an entire TV network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paramount just cut the cord on one of its channels, and it happened seemingly in the blink of an eye. <\/p>\n

It all started when Comcast announced its separation of most of its cable networks into a separate platform named Versant Media Group. As a new entity, it didn\u2019t waste time acquiring Free TV Networks. <\/p>\n

The new network describes itself as a \u201cleading provider of national premium free over-the-air digital broadcast networks, dubbed \u2018diginets\u2019 and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels.\u201d <\/p>\n

With that, the new deal Versant entered into immediately brought change to one TV network: Fave TV, Men\u2019s Journal<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n

Fave TV, a digital network owned by Paramount<\/a> Skydance Corporation through its CBS Entertainment Group division, made its debut in December 2020. <\/p>\n

\u201cAppearing quietly as a subchannel on CBS-owned television stations without any accompanying promotional campaigns, dedicated website, or social media presence,\u201d according to CordCutters News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But as softly as the channel entered the scene, it quietly went off the air early Sunday morning, according to TV listings obtained by The Desk<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a move Paramount chose not to announce. The website that featured program-related information for the channel now redirects to Paramount Plus\u2019 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The network\u2019s programming largely came from archives of Paramount Skydance\u2019s adult networks and reruns of sitcoms such as \u201cThe Office\u201d and \u201cMarried with Children.\u201d Before the network shutdown, some titles that ran were \u201cBar Rescue,\u201d \u201cDallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,\u201d and \u201cRun\u2019s House.\u201d <\/p>\n

The subchannel was distributed by local CBS TV stations in major markets that include Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle and Tampa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount just cut the cord on one of its channels, and it happened seemingly in the blink of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":570496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[23038,26173,9470,12062,97257,92747,171,15079,4549,15329,2331,18692,173,67,132,68,42897],"class_list":["post-570495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-app","tag-application","tag-apps","tag-brand","tag-cellphone","tag-device","tag-entertainment","tag-logos","tag-online","tag-paramount","tag-phone","tag-smartphone","tag-tv","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-website"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116023740624101835","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}