Spike TV
Spike TV is the new name of the TNN cable network. Originally, this was The Nashville Network, with country programming such as The Dukes of Hazzard. Since the late '90s, it was The National Network or The New TNN after being acquired by Viacom. The programming changed significantly.
Spike TV was marketed as the first television network for men. The name change was supposed to coincide with its change in programming, including shows like Stripperella and the Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon, as well as MXC (formerly Most Extreme Elimination Challenge); however, on June 19, 2003, Spike Lee won a New York State Supreme Court injunction preventing the name change, which Lee feared viewers would associate with him.
On July 8, 2003, the suit was settled, and TNN was allowed to call itself Spike TV. The name change became official on August 11 of that same year. However, Spike TV may be taken off the air in Canada due to the pre-existing Men TV network there, which had already been granted exclusive rights to the all-for-men programming format by the CRTC.
Spike TV operates as part of MTV Networks, owned by Viacom.
Programming
Spike TV also regularly airs Star Trek and James Bond films.
