Show TV
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SHOW TV is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey
owned by Çukurova Holding. The channel was established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi on March 1, 1992. During the last years, Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Plus, Show Max and Show Turk to its group.
SHOW TV aired many world-known series for the first time in Turkey. Among them were S.W.A.T.
, The Master
, The Rookies
, Silk Stalkings
, T. J. Hooker
, Booker
, Roseanne
, The Wonder Years
, Superboy
, Tequila and Bonetti
, Doogie Howser, M.D.
, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
, Dream On
, Generations, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
, Seinfeld
, In the Heat of the Night
, Friends, Beverly Hills, 90210
, Power Rangers
and Premiers Baisers.
Furthermore, it re-aired some television series like Fame
, Charlie's Angels
, The Twilight Zone
and Dallas
, which were very popular during the monopolistic era of TRT
in Turkey.
The channel's personalities are Acun Ilıcalı
, Ali Kırca, Caner Karaer, Cansu Özdenak, Derya Baykal, Dinçer Karaca, Korcan Karar, Melih Gümüşbıçak, Mert Öğün, Seda Sayan
, Tuba Atav, Yonca Oskay, Alişan
and Çağla Şikel. The channel also aired successful Turkish television series like Kurtlar Vadisi, Doktorlar, Adını Feriha Koydum, and Muhteşem Yüzyıl
.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
owned by Çukurova Holding. The channel was established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi on March 1, 1992. During the last years, Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Plus, Show Max and Show Turk to its group.
SHOW TV aired many world-known series for the first time in Turkey. Among them were S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T. (TV series)
----S.W.A.T. is a 1970s American television series about the adventures of the WCPD's Olympic Division Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city....
, The Master
The Master (TV series)
The Master is a short-lived ninja-themed action-adventure TV series created by Michael Sloan which aired on NBC. The show focused on the adventures of John Peter McAllister, an aging ninja master , and his young pupil, Max Keller...
, The Rookies
The Rookies
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It followed the exploits of three rookie police officers in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department .-History:...
, Silk Stalkings
Silk Stalkings
Silk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package, and rebroadcast on the USA Network. After CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in 1993, the series ran exclusively on USA until its finale in the...
, T. J. Hooker
T. J. Hooker
T.J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982 on ABC and ran on the network until May 4, 1985...
, Booker
Booker (TV series)
Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series was a spin-off of 21 Jump Street...
, Roseanne
Roseanne (TV series)
Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
, The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988 after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII....
, Superboy
Superboy (TV series)
Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El's early years as Superboy. The show ran from 1988–1992 in syndication...
, Tequila and Bonetti
Tequila and Bonetti
Tequila and Bonetti is an American comedy-drama series starring Jack Scalia. The series originally aired on CBS from January 17, 1992 to April 17, 1992...
, Doogie Howser, M.D.
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American television comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a 16-year-old doctor who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, ABC aired the show from 1989 to 1993 for four seasons totaling 97 episodes.-Plot:Dr....
, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their...
, Dream On
Dream On (TV series)
Dream On is an American adult-themed situation comedy about single New Yorker, Martin Tupper. The show used a gimmick where old black and white clips were used to punctuate the main character's feelings or thoughts...
, Generations, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with...
, Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
, In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...
, Friends, Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...
, Power Rangers
Power Rangers
Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...
and Premiers Baisers.
Furthermore, it re-aired some television series like Fame
Fame (1982 TV series)
Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...
, Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
, The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...
and Dallas
Dallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
, which were very popular during the monopolistic era of TRT
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, also known as TRT , is the national public broadcaster of Turkey and was founded in 1964. Around 70% of TRT's funding comes from a tax levied on electricity bills and a sales tax on television and radio receivers...
in Turkey.
The channel's personalities are Acun Ilıcalı
Acun Ilicali
Acun Ilıcalı is a Turkish television personality, producer and sport journalist. He is also the founder and head of Acun Medya.- Biography :...
, Ali Kırca, Caner Karaer, Cansu Özdenak, Derya Baykal, Dinçer Karaca, Korcan Karar, Melih Gümüşbıçak, Mert Öğün, Seda Sayan
Seda Sayan
Seda Sayan is a Turkish pop folk singer, actress and TV variety-show hostess. She performed in the comedy "Hababam Sınıfı 3,5" in 2006. She now hosts a very popular talk show on channel D in Turkey, which is called "Sabahların Sultanı". The last part of this talk show had been shown under the...
, Tuba Atav, Yonca Oskay, Alişan
Alisan
Serkan Tektaş , better known as Alişan, is a Turkish singer and actor.At high school he recorded his first album. In 1997 his first hit album Sana Birşey Olmasın was released. The song entitled "Kralı Gelse" from this album became number one on Turkish music charts.He played in Tepecikspor for 10...
and Çağla Şikel. The channel also aired successful Turkish television series like Kurtlar Vadisi, Doktorlar, Adını Feriha Koydum, and Muhteşem Yüzyıl
Muhteşem Yüzyıl
Muhteşem Yüzyıl is a Turkish prime time historical soap opera television series broadcast on Turkey's Show TV network. It is based on the life of Süleyman I , the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Hürrem Muhteşem Yüzyıl is a Turkish prime time historical soap opera television...
.
Turkish television series
- Adını Feriha Koydum (2011-present)
- Muhteşem YüzyılMuhteşem YüzyılMuhteşem Yüzyıl is a Turkish prime time historical soap opera television series broadcast on Turkey's Show TV network. It is based on the life of Süleyman I , the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Hürrem Muhteşem Yüzyıl is a Turkish prime time historical soap opera television...
(2011–present) - KaradağlarKaradağlarKaradağlar is a Turkish television drama loosely based on the novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It airs on Show TV every week on Monday evenings at 20.00 local time, and is repeated on Wednesdays at 23.00, as well as on Sundays at 16.45.-Overview:Karadağlar is set in the 1930s,...
(2010–present) - Ezel (2009)
- Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu (2007–2009)
- Acı Hayat (2005–2007)
- Cennet Mahallesi (2004–2007)
- Kurtlar VadisiKurtlar VadisiValley of the Wolves is a Turkish prime time TV series created by Osman Sınav, which followed a Turkish agent working under the assumed identity of Polat Alemdar attempting to infiltrate the Turkish mafia...
(2003–2005) - Tatlı Hayat (2001–2003)
- Deli Yürek (1999–2001)
- Doktorlar (2006-2010)
Entertainment Shows
- Var mısın? Yok musun?Var misin? Yok musun?Var mısın? Yok musun? is a Turkish adaptation of the game show Deal or No Deal. Produced by Acun Ilıcalı for Show TV, the show has been aired between September 10, 2007 and October 31, 2009 and in the second half of 2010...
(the Turkish version of Deal or No DealDeal or No DealDeal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...
) - Pazar Sürprizi
- Şahane Show
- Yemekteyiz (the Turkish version of Come Dine With MeCome Dine With MeCome Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...
) - Wipe OutWipe Out-Television:* Wipeout , a competition featuring obstacle courses** Wipeout , a derivative of the above program** Several other international versions of the above program...
(Based On US game show Wipeout) - Canlı Para (the Turkish version of The Million Pound Drop Live)
- MasterchefMasterchefMasterChef is a BBC television cooking game show. It initially ran from 1990 to 2001 and was later revived in a different format known as MasterChef Goes Large from 2005 onwards. In 2008, the "Goes Large" part of the name was dropped, but the format remains identical...
- Survivor TurkeySurvivor TurkeySurvivor Turkey is the Turkish version of the popular reality Survivor. This version of the show has aired on both Kanal D in 2005, and on Show TV in 2006, 2007, and 2010. From the beginning Survivor was a success in Turkey, however the cost of producing the show proved to be too much for Kanal D...
- Huysuz'la Dans Eder misin? (the Turkish version of So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
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