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{{quote| ''Characters welcome.''}}▼
The USA Network is a cable channel owned by [[NBC]] Universal. Initially debuting as the Madison Square Garden Network from 1977 to 1980 ([[Similarly Named Works|no, not the one that shows the Knicks and Rangers]]), USA Network has never really pigeonholed itself into one genre or target demographic; this has essentially rendered it immune to [[Network Decay]]. Over the years, it has shown a variety of series and events, most notably ''[[WWE]]'' ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', ''[[Monk]]'', ''[[Psych]]'', ''[[Burn Notice]]'', the Wesminster Kennel Club Dog Show and U.S. Open tennis. ▼
▲The '''USA Network''' is a cable channel owned by [[NBC]] Universal. Initially debuting as the Madison Square Garden Network from 1977 to 1980 ([[Similarly Named Works|no, not the one that shows the Knicks and Rangers]]), USA Network has never really pigeonholed itself into one genre or target demographic; this has essentially rendered it immune to [[Network Decay]]. Over the years, it has shown a variety of series and events, most notably ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'' ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', ''[[Monk]]'', ''[[Psych]]'', ''[[Burn Notice]]'', the Wesminster Kennel Club Dog Show and U.S. Open tennis.
One of USA's notable [[Accidental Pun|characteristics]] from the early 2000s onward has been their programming choices and their focus on unique characters, which gave the network the [[Slogans|tag line]] ''USA: Characters Welcome'' . They like to make new shows, with unique premises, starring talented but largely unrecognized C- or D-list actors, but with an optimistic edge to their characters who are usually [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|Jerks with Hearts of Gold]] and promoted by the network under a theme known as the "[http://intersectedlightly.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/usa-networks-blue-skies-theme-is-it-right-for-chuck/ Blue Skies]" concept. This has worked out pretty well; how many Emmys did ''[[Monk]]'' win again?<ref>Six</ref> It also provides the network with a core concept that is wide-ranging enough that it can have shows with different premises while still successfully avoiding accusations of [[Network Decay]] (especially since the shows they've been airing since the "Characters Welcome" tagline came in have all been critically and popularly acclaimed). Often, they guest-star [[Hey Its That Guy]] actors from cancelled shows on sister NBC Universal networks [[Sy Fy]] and NBC.▼
▲One of USA's notable [[Accidental Pun|characteristics]] from the early 2000s onward has been their programming choices and their focus on unique characters, which gave the network the [[Slogans|tag line]] ''USA: Characters Welcome'' . They like to make new shows, with unique premises, starring talented but largely unrecognized C- or D-list actors, but with an optimistic edge to their characters who are usually [[Jerk
Some other notable USA Network programs and blocks:
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* ''[[The Dead Zone]]''
* ''[[Duckman]]''
* ''[[
* ''The $40,000 [[Chain Reaction (TV series)|Chain Reaction]]''
* ''[[In Plain Sight]]''
* ''[[Jackpot]]'' 1985
* ''[[La Femme Nikita]]''
* ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' - in this case, actual new episodes instead of just reruns, until the series ended in 2011.
* Lots of reruns of various ''[[Law and Order]]'' shows (except for the original, to which TNT owns the rights)
* ''[[Modern Family]]''
* ''[[Necessary Roughness (TV series)|Necessary Roughness]]''
* ''Night Flight'' (which introduced ''[[Super Sentai]]'' to the Continental United States with a ''[[Kagaku Sentai Dynaman|Dynaman]]'' parody dub)
* ''Pacific Blue''
* ''Radio 1990'', a music video show
* ''[[Royal Pains]]''
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' reruns of the [[
* ''Saturday Nightmares'', a horror-movie block that ran on Saturday nights in [[The Eighties]] and eventually merged with ''USA Up All Night''
* ''[[Saved
* ''Silk Stalkings''
* ''Smush''
* ''Strip Poker''
* ''[[
* ''[[Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills]]''
* ''USA Cartoon Express'', a block of classic and new cartoons which ran from the 1980's until it was canceled in 1996 in favor of [[Infomercial|infomercials]] and more endless repeats of ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'', which defined the network's image in the mid-to-late 1990's.
* ''USA High''
* ''USAM'' - A comedy block consisting ''[[
* ''USA Up All Night''
* ''[[The War Next Door]]''
* ''[[Weird Science (TV series)|Weird Science: The Series]]''
* ''[[White Collar]]''
* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' ([[Running Gag|we know...]])
Also, USA Network tends to have a weekend marathon almost every weekend, picking one show from their popular lineup, which means (at the moment) all their current original series (with the exception of ''[[
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