Trouble (TV channel)

Trouble was a subscription television channel operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland that was owned and operated by Virgin Media Television.

Trouble had a key demographic of young adults and teenagers, aged between 15 and 24. The channel aired primarily American and Australian imports, with only a small margin of programmes being British.

Trouble's 1-hour timeshift channel named Trouble +1 (formerly Trouble Reload) closed on 5 February 2009 to make way for the launch of Living2 +1.

History

The idea of Trouble was originally influenced by the now-defunct television channel The Children's Channel's late afternoon scheduling for teen audiences, branded "TCC". When Bravo was revamped in 1997 to become a channel targeting a male audience, Bravo became an evenings and night-time channel, with Trouble occupying its channel space during the day, broadcasting between 12noon and 8pm. The Children's Channel closed down British and Irish operations on 3 April 1998, allowing Trouble to expand as a full-time channel, targeting teenagers and young adults.

Its programming consisted more of popular sitcoms, rather than the cartoons The Children's Channel originally aired. On Sky Digital and NTL, Trouble was in the children's section, due to being a channel aimed at teenage year groups. However, on Telewest, it was in the entertainment section.

Programmes

* '' 3 Non-Blondes''
* ''8 Simple Rules''
* ''Amish in the City''
* '' All About Us''
* '' All of Us''
* ''Batman''
* '' Baywatch''
* '' Beakman's World''
* '' Beautiful People''
* ''Big Wolf on Campus''
* ''Blossom''
* '' Brookside''
* '' Brotherly Love''
* '' Byker Grove''
* ''California Dreams''
* ''Charmed''
* '' City Guys''
* '' Clueless''
* ''The Cosby Show''
* '' Cuts''
* '' Cutting It''
* '' Dance 360''
* ''Dawson's Creek''
* ''Dead Last''
* ''Desmond's''
* '' Diff'rent Strokes''
* '' Earthworm Jim''
* ''Echo Point''
* '' Eve''
* ''Forever Eden''
* '' Freddie''
* '' Free Ride''
* ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''
* '' Game Over''
* '' Gary the Rat''
* '' Girlfriends''
* '' Grounded for Life''
* '' Half & Half''
* '' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper''
* '' Hang Time''
* '' Happy Hour''
* ''Heartbreak High''
* ''Hollyoaks''
* ''Home and Away''
* ''How I Met Your Mother''
* '' The Hughleys''
* '' In The House''
* '' It's All Relative''
* '' Jesse''
* '' Just Deal''
* ''Kyle XY''
* ''Las Vegas Garden of Love''
* '' Life as We Know It''
* ''Live Through This''
* '' The Loop''
* ''Madison''
* '' Making the Band''
* '' Malcolm & Eddie''
* '' Malibu, CA''
* ''Martin''
* '' Maybe It's Me''
* ''Moesha''
* ''The Monkees''
* '' My So-Called Life''
* ''My Wife And Kids''
* ''No Angels''
* '' Odd Man Out''
* '' One On One''
* '' One World''
* '' Out of This World''
* ''Paradise Hotel''
* '' The Parkers''
* '' Party of Five''
* '' The Princes of Malibu''
* '' Pugwall''
* '' Ready or Not''
* '' The Real World''
* ''The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott''
* ''Room Raiders''
* '' Run of the House''
* ''The Sausage Factory''
* '' Saved by the Bell''
* '' Saved by the Bell: The College Years''
* '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class''
* '' Scene One''
* '' The Secret Life of Us''
* '' Shipwrecked''
* '' Sk8''
* ''Singled Out''
* '' Sister, Sister''
* ''Spider-Man''
* '' The Steve Harvey Show''
* '' Still Standing''
* '' Summerland''
* '' Swan's Crossing''
* ''Sweat''
* '' Sweet Valley High''
* ''Teachers''
* ''That '70s Show''
* ''The Trap Door''
*'' Trigger Happy TV''
* '' Two Guys and a Girl''
* '' Undergrads''
* '' USA High''
* ''Veronica Mars''
* '' The Wayans Bros''
* '' Weird Science''
* '' Whistler''
* '' ''Wildfire''''
* ''Young Americans''
* '' Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane''

Closure

On 17 March 2009, Virgin Media Television indicated it would close Trouble and replace it with a version of Living. The channel was closed in April that year after 12 years airing, and was replaced with a two-hour timeshift service of Living titled Living +2.

References

External links

Trouble at TV Ark

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Living TV Group channels
Television channels and stations established in 1997
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009
Defunct British television channels
1997 establishments in the United Kingdom
2009 disestablishments in the United Kingdom