The Burly Bear Network was an American

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channel targeted at 18- to 24-year-old college students founded in 1994. The company was created by four friends from Connecticut, Danny Stein, Brian Nurenberg, Danny Ameri and James Mairs and led by CEO Stein. Programming was offered on some university TV stations, including

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in Richmond, as well as late nights on TBS. The Network was a privately held company, under CEO Danny Stein, who ran the company while Ameri and Mairs led production and Nurenberg led distribution. The Company become the premier college entertainment television network, ultimately passing 8 million college students at hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States. The network also included an events business that brought its branded entertainment to campuses and through online exploits at the dawn of the commercial internet boom. Stein led a sale to Lorne Michael's Broadway Video in May 1997, and then departed in 1999 after the company was integrated into Broadway Video. Howard Handler was hired in 1999 as CEO with

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as the head of programming. In September 2002, the company was bought by National Lampoon for an undisclosed amount. This sale corresponded to the end of programming on TBS.

Programs

Some programming included *Tame Show (Hosted by Jodi Lennon, celeb interviews, undercover camera, sketches) *

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* Kevin Spencer (both the original shorts and full-length series) *

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*Half Baked (the #1 show on college TV as reported by Student Monitor) *Press Junky (off-beat celeb interviews & movie reviews) *Shuffle (a music magazine show) *Burlyvision (student and independent short films) *The Henry Brothers (subversive shorts) *Imposter (pranks and hidden cameras) *Overkill! (extreme sports) *Sexology (relationships)

Network Promos

The commercials and promo videos for the Burly Bear Network were created and produced by Mike Henry and Patrick Henry, whose other work included the FOX television series ''

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''.Burly Bear Network Commercials and Promos Mike and Patrick Henry on CrossEyedTV
Retrieved 04 February 2019

External links

Internet Movie Database listing

References

{{reflist Defunct television networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1994 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002 1994 establishments in the United States 2002 disestablishments in the United States