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==Background==

Previously, there were three attempts by MCA TV/Universal Television to launch some sort of organized independent programming. First, MCA TV launched the ad hoc movie [[Universal Pictures Debut Network]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite book|author=Kerry Segrave|title=Movies at Home: How Hollywood Came to Television|date=January 1, 1999|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|pages=147|isbn=9780786406548|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZTehB3M1_kC&pg=PA146|accessdate=April 8, 2015|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> With [[Fourth television network#Premier Program Service|Premier Program Service]], MCA TV teamed up with Paramount for this planned network by October 1989 which was abandoned in February 1990. The last was a two night three-series [[WWOR-TV#Hollywood Premiere Network|Hollywood Premiere Network]] in 1990-911990–91.<ref name=vty0>{{cite news|title=MCA TV Spins The Bottle |url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/mca-tv-spins-the-bottle-99128011/|accessdate=April 6, 2017|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information|Cahners Business Information]]|date=April 10, 1995}}</ref>

==History==

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*''The Adventures of Captain Zoom'' (December 9, 1995)<ref name="ct">{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Allan|title=Mission On Planet Pangea Full Of Sci-fi Schtick|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-12-03/entertainment/9512030370_1_zoom-captain-midnight-planet|accessdate=June 9, 2017|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tronc|Tribune Publishing]]|date=December 3, 1995|language=en}}</ref>

* ''[[Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus]] (May 24th, 1996)

* ''Atlantis: The Lost Continent'', first shown on a Starz/Encore network channel in March 1997 before being run on Action Pack as a pilot TV film in August 1997.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=Tim|title=Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/11/04/features/story1.html|accessdate=June 9, 2017|newspaper=[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=November 4, 1996}}</ref> When it finally aired it was known as ''Escape From Atlantis.''<ref>{{CitationDiff|title=Escape from Atlantis en:Escape_from_Atlantis_(film)|datediff=2018-12-23|urloldid=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title875115576|label=en:Escape_from_Atlantis_(film)&, oldid= 875115576}}{{Circular reference|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18July 2022}}</ref>

==Series==