MeTV
E349826
MeTV is an American broadcast television network specializing in classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1990s.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3341195 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MeTV Context triple: [U.S. broadcast television networks, includeNetwork, MeTV]
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A.
Nick at Nite
Nick at Nite is an American nighttime programming block known for airing classic and syndicated sitcoms on the Nickelodeon channel.
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B.
TV Land
TV Land is an American cable television network known for airing classic television series and original sitcoms aimed primarily at adult audiences.
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C.
MADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series known for its ensemble cast, pop culture parodies, and long run on the Fox network from the mid-1990s into the 2000s.
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D.
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television channel known for its stand-up specials, sketch shows, and satirical series such as The Daily Show and South Park.
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E.
Grundy Television
Grundy Television is a television production company known for creating and producing various scripted series and entertainment programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MeTV Target entity description: MeTV is an American broadcast television network specializing in classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1990s.
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A.
Nick at Nite
Nick at Nite is an American nighttime programming block known for airing classic and syndicated sitcoms on the Nickelodeon channel.
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B.
TV Land
TV Land is an American cable television network known for airing classic television series and original sitcoms aimed primarily at adult audiences.
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C.
MADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series known for its ensemble cast, pop culture parodies, and long run on the Fox network from the mid-1990s into the 2000s.
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D.
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television channel known for its stand-up specials, sketch shows, and satirical series such as The Daily Show and South Park.
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E.
Grundy Television
Grundy Television is a television production company known for creating and producing various scripted series and entertainment programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television network
ⓘ
broadcast television network ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Memorable Entertainment Television ⓘ |
| availableVia |
cable providers
ⓘ
local broadcast affiliates ⓘ satellite providers ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
select markets in Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionFormat |
cable television
ⓘ
digital subchannel network ⓘ over-the-air broadcast ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| focusesOnRerunsOf | off-network syndicated series ⓘ |
| genre | classic television programming ⓘ |
| hasSisterNetwork |
Decades
ⓘ
Heroes & Icons ⓘ Movies! ⓘ Start TV ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| inception | 2010 ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.metv.com ⓘ |
| operator | Weigel Broadcasting ⓘ |
| originallyLaunchedAs | local programming block on WCIU-TV ⓘ |
| owner |
Katz Broadcasting
ⓘ
surface form:
Weigel Broadcasting
|
| parentCompany | Weigel Broadcasting ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
16:9 letterboxed
ⓘ
480i ⓘ |
| programmingEraRangeEnd | 1990s ⓘ |
| programmingEraRangeStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| programmingFocus |
television series from the 1950s
ⓘ
television series from the 1960s ⓘ television series from the 1970s ⓘ television series from the 1980s ⓘ television series from the 1990s ⓘ |
| slogan | The Definitive Destination for Classic TV ⓘ |
| targetAudience | viewers interested in classic television ⓘ |
| typicalProgrammingIncludes |
classic dramas
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classic science fiction series ⓘ classic sitcoms ⓘ classic variety shows ⓘ classic westerns ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MeTV Description of subject: MeTV is an American broadcast television network specializing in classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
3.2 MeTV