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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|access-date=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 1990–91.<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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