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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English (imported feature films are broadcast in their native languages, provided with Englishsubtitling) |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to480iletterboxed for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery Networks |
| History | |
| Launched | April 14, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-04-14) |
| Founder | Ted Turner |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Affiliated Streaming Service | Max |
| TCM.com | Watch TCM (U.S. pay-TV subscribers only) |
| Hulu with Live TV,Sling TV,YouTube TV | |
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an Americanmovie-orientedpay-TVnetwork owned byWarner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in theMidtown business district ofAtlanta, Georgia.
The channel's programming consists mainly ofclassic theatrically releasedfeature films from theTurner Entertainment Co. film library – which comprises films fromWarner Bros. (covering films released before 1950),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986), and the North American distribution rights to films fromRKO Radio Pictures. However, Turner Classic Movies also licenses films from other studios and occasionally shows more recent films. Unlike its sister networksTBS,TNT, andTruTV, TCM does not carry any sports coverage throughTurner Sports.
The channel is available in the United States, Canada, Malta (as Turner Classic Movies), Latin America, France, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, the Middle East and Africa (as TNT).
In 1985, nine years before the launch of Turner Classic Movies,Ted Turner announced plans to acquire theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists film studio for $1.5 billion.[1] On March 25, 1986, the deal was finalized,[2] with Turner renaming the studioMGM Entertainment Co.[3] Furthermore, Turner's purchase of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer separated the studio from United Artists, which remained withKirk Kerkorian, after they had merged in 1981.[1] However, concerns over MGM andTurner Broadcasting's corporatedebt load (totaling $2 billion) resulted inTurner selling the studio back to Kerkorian, from whom Turner had purchased the studio less than a year before.[4]
On August 26, 1986, Turner sold MGM's production and distribution assets for $300 million to United Artists, while MGM's production and film laboratories were sold for $190 million toLorimar-Telepictures.[5][6] However, Turner Broadcasting still retained the MGM film library, primarily for its cable "superstation"WTBS.[4][7] Following the exchange, Turner rebranded his organizationTurner Entertainment Company.[8]
The film library of Turner Entertainment Co. would serve as the base form of programming for Turner Classic Movies upon the network's launch. Before the creation of Turner Classic Movies, films from Turner's library of movies aired on theTurner Broadcasting System's advertiser-supported cable networkTNT along withcolorized versions of black-and-white classics such asThe Maltese Falcon.
Turner Classic Movies debuted on April 14, 1994, at 6 p.m.Eastern Time, with Ted Turner launching the channel at a ceremony inNew York City'sTimes Square district.[10][11] The date and time were chosen to mark the exact centennial anniversary of the first commercial exhibition of a motion picture in the United States.[12]Gone with the Wind (1939) was the first film broadcast on TCM; it was also the same film that served as the debut broadcast of its sister channelTNT six years earlier on October 3, 1988.[13] At the time of its launch, Turner Classic Movies was available to approximately 1 million cable television subscribers.[14]
The network originally served as a competitor toAMC, which at the time was known as "American Movie Classics" and was owned by Rainbow Media (nowAMC Networks), a subsidiary of the now-defunctCablevision. AMC maintained a virtually identical format to Turner Classic Movies, as both networks largely focused on films released prior to 1970 and aired them in an uncut,uncolorized, and commercial-free format.
In 1996,Turner Broadcasting System merged withTime Warner which, besides placing Turner Classic Movies andWarner Bros. Entertainment under the same corporate umbrella, also gave Turner Classic Movies access to Warner Bros.' library of films released after 1950 (which itself includes other acquired entities such as theLorimar,Saul Zaentz andNational General Pictures libraries); incidentally, Turner Classic Movies had already been running select Warner Bros. film titles through a licensing agreement with the studio that was signed prior to the launch of the channel.[15]
In the early 2000s, AMC abandoned its commercial-free format, which led to Turner Classic Movies being the only movie-oriented basic cable channel to devote its programming entirely to classic films without commercial interruption or content editing. By 2002, AMC had broadened its film content to feature colorized and more recent films. That same year, AMC retired the American Movie Classics name due to shiftingits programming. It now mainly airs dramas and documentaries.
Launched in 2006, Turner Classic Movies maintains its own comprehensive database of actors, actresses, and film crew (listing more than 1.25 million people, with 15,000 written biographies),[16] and motion picture titles (more than 130,000 titles), not limited to the film libraries that Turner Classic Movies owns, and it includes links by which a user can request that Turner Classic Movies schedule any title for viewing.[17][18][19][20]TCM Movie Database has lost some functionality.[21] The portal page is now unavailable, yet database entries are still available and function.[20][22][23][24] Richard B. Steiner was the creator, architect, and supervisor ofTCM Movie Database.[25][26] By 2013, theWatch TCMapp for iOS, Android, and Blackberry had someTCM Movie Database information.[27][28][29] Leonard Maltin's reviews appear in the TCM Movie Database.[30]
On March 4, 2019, Time Warner's new ownerAT&T (who renamed the companyWarnerMedia) announced a planned reorganization to effectively dissolve the Turner Broadcasting System division, which involvedCartoon Network,Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, and digital media companyOtter Media being transferred directly under Warner Bros. Entertainment. Aside from Otter, which was transferred toWarnerMedia Entertainment on May 31, 2019 to oversee development ofHBO Max, the newly transferred properties came under a newly formed division,Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics.[31][32][33][34]
On September 1, 2021, Turner Classic Movies introduced a new logo and slogan, "Where Then Meets Now", in the network's first major rebranding since its launch. The rebranding was intended to give Turner Classic Movies a more modern and energetic presentation while continuing to emphasize its commitment to showcasing classic cinema; new branding elements includeTechnicolor-inspired color schemes, and a new stylized "C" in its wordmark, which resembles a camera lens and symbolizes themes of "curation", "context", "culture" and "connection".[35][36]
In March 2023, it was announced that TCM was marking the centennial of Warner Bros., in conjunction withThe Film Foundation and theTCM Classic Film Festival. This included special airings of newly-restored Warner Bros. films:Rio Bravo (introduced byMartin Scorsese), andEast of Eden (introduced byWes Anderson andJoanna Hogg).[37]
On June 20, 2023, multiple TCM executives (including executive vice president Pola Changnon, who had been with Turner for over 25 years) were released by the channel's current owner,Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), as part of layoffs affecting its U.S. Networks division.[38] The network was to be moved under the oversight of Cartoon Network headMichael Ouweleen, and it was reported that there were plans for more synergies and cross-promotion of TCM with the rest of the networks group.[39] The layoffs led to concerns over the future of the channel, with filmmakersMartin Scorsese,Steven Spielberg, andPaul Thomas Anderson holding a meeting with WBD CEODavid Zaslav to discuss them. They later issued a joint statement, explaining that the channel has been a "precious resource of cinema, open 24 hours a day seven days a week", and had "always been a profitable endeavor".[40][41]
On June 23, 2023, WBD appointed the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group's CEOsMichael De Luca andPamela Abdy as heads of the network, reporting to head of U.S. Networks Kathleen Finch.[42] The pair stated that "We have each spent time talking to Zaslav, separately and together, and it's clear that TCM and classic cinema are very important to him. Our primary aim is to ensure that TCM's programming is untouched and protected."[40] On June 28, it was announced that Scorsese, Spielberg, and Anderson would actively collaborate with De Luca and Abdy on the network's direction; a spokesperson stated that "TCM is not immune to the very real pressure on the entire linear ecosystem, but we have taken steps to ensure that we stay true to the mission of the network — bringing more titles to the air, driving content investment, and preserving and protecting the culture of cinema."[42]
Turner Classic Movies essentially operates as acommercial-free service, with breaks between films usually consisting ofpromos for its programming, advertising for the network's events and merchandising, and interstitial segments profiling classic film actors and actresses. In addition to this, extended breaks between features are filled with theatrically released movie trailers and classic short subjects – from series such asThe Passing Parade,Crime Does Not Pay,Pete Smith Specialties, andRobert Benchley – under the banner nameTCM Extras (formerlyOne Reel Wonders). In 2007, some of theshort films featured on Turner Classic Movies were made available forstreaming on Turner Classic Movies's website. Partly to allow these interstitials, Turner Classic Movies schedules its feature films either at the top of the hour or at :15, :30 or :45 minutes past the hour, instead of in timeslots of varying five-minute increments.
Turner Classic Movies' film content has remained mostly uncut and uncolorized (with films natively filmed orpost-produced in the format being those only ones presented in color), depending upon the original content of movies, particularly movies released after the 1968 implementation of theMotion Picture Association of America'sratings system and the concurrent disestablishment of theMotion Picture Production Code. Because of this, Turner Classic Movies is formatted similarly to apremium channel with certain films – particularly those made from the 1960s onward – sometimes featuringnudity, sexual content,violence and/or strongprofanity; the network also features ratingbumpers prior to the start of a program (most programs on Turner Classic Movies, especially films, are rated for content using theTV Parental Guidelines, in lieu of the MPAA's rating system).
The network's programming season runs from March of one year until the following February of the next when a retrospective ofOscar-winning and Oscar-nominated movies is shown, called31 Days of Oscar. As a result of its devoted format to classicfeature films, viewers who are interested in tracing the career development of actresses such asBarbara Stanwyck orGreta Garbo or actors likeCary Grant orHumphrey Bogart have the unique opportunity to see most of the films that were made during their careers, from beginning to end. Turner Classic Movies presents many of its features in their originalaspect ratio (widescreen or full screen) whenever possible – widescreen films broadcast on Turner Classic Movies areletterboxed on the network'sstandard definition feed. Turner Classic Movies also regularly presents widescreen presentations of films not available in the format on anyhome video release.
Occasionally, Turner Classic Movies shows restored versions of films, particularly oldsilent films with newly commissioned musical soundtracks. Turner Classic Movies is also a major backer of theDescriptive Video Service (created byBostonPBS member stationWGBH-TV), with many of the films aired on the network offeringvisual description for theblind andvisually impaired, which is accessible through thesecond audio program option through most television sets, or a cable or satellite receiver. After Turner’s merger with Time Warner, it began to air classic films made byWarner Bros., mainly those before the 1960s.
During the prime time hours, an ident for the "Watch TCM" app is shown after every movie. Watch TCM is Turner Classic Movies’ official mobile app. Certain titles on Turner Classic Movies are not available tostreaming services, due to restrictions through this service platform, and during these scheduled times, the movie title is blocked from airing and a visual notice is provided to the viewer.
Turner Classic Movies formerly publishedNow Playing, a monthly program guide, originally available through a standalone subscription, which provided daily listings and descriptions for films scheduled to air on Turner Classic Movies in the coming month. The digest-size magazine highlighted a featured actor on the cover, and featured essays about the "guest programmer" as well as a movie-and-actor themed crossword puzzle. The May 2017 issue, following the death in March 2017 of hostRobert Osborne, contained "Remembering Robert Osborne" byBen Mankiewicz.[43]
Turner Classic Movies ceased print publication ofNow Playing (which had been one of the few channel-specific program guides that remained in print circulation for most of the 2000s and 2010s) with the August 2017 issue, moving it to an electronic format available via email free of charge.[44]
Turner Classic Movies' library of films spans several decades of cinema and includes thousands of film titles. Before its launch in April 1994, Turner's film library had included pre-1986 MGM and RKO films, as well as all pre-1948Warner Bros. films.[45] In August 1993, TCM obtained exclusive rights to 300 films fromParamount Pictures, for a cost of $30 million.[46] In August 1996, TCM obtained an exclusive, three-year licensing deal to 36 films fromSony Pictures Entertainment (primarily film content fromColumbia Pictures andTriStar Pictures).[47]
In April 2004, near their 10th anniversary, TCM purchased the television licensing rights to 146 titles fromUniversal Pictures and Columbia Pictures.[48] In August of the same year,20th Century Fox agreed to license several classic film titles from their library.[49] In 2014,Walt Disney Studios agreed to license titles from their library, including episodes from theiranthology television series. These were aired during theirTreasures From the Disney Vault programming block, hosted by film historianLeonard Maltin.[50]
Turner Classic Movies includes movies in the public domain, mostly from the 1900s to 1920s. Although most movies shown are from the 1930s through the 1970s, the channel sometimes shows newer movies.
Most feature movies shown during theprime time and early overnight hours (8:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Eastern Time) were presented by film historianRobert Osborne. He was the network's first host since its 1994 launch until 2016, except for a five-month medical leave from July to December 2011, when guest hosts presented each night's films.[51] In September 2003,Ben Mankiewicz was hired as the network's daytime weekend host.[52] In October 2012, Osborne announced he was delegating his on-air appearances over to Mankiewicz, who assumed primetime hosting duties on Fridays by the next year. Osborne nevertheless continued hosting thePrivate Screenings andThe Essentials series.[53]
In January 2014, during his "Noir City" film festival inSan Francisco,Eddie Muller announced he had been hired as an on-air host for the network.[54] In May 2016, Tiffany Vasquez, a graduate ofNYU Tisch School of the Arts, became the network's first female host, introducing films on Saturday afternoons. She had previously won TCM's 20th Anniversary Ultimate Fan Contest, flying to Atlanta to introduce a film of her choice on-air with Robert Osborne.[55] In January 2018, Vasquez announced onTwitter she had taped her last introductions and her contract was not renewed.[56] That same year,Dave Karger andAlicia Malone were jointly announced as full-time hosts for the network.[57] In September 2019,Jacqueline Stewart was hired and became the network's first African-American host.[58]
Turner Classic Movies regularly airs aStar of the Month throughout the year in which most, if not all, feature films from a film star are shown during that night's schedule. August is the only month to not have aStar of the Month due toSummer Under the Stars.
Silent Sunday Nights is a weekend late-night programming block showcasingsilent cinema broadcasting on Sunday midnights Eastern Time.[59] Its first broadcast was on April 17, 1994 when it airedBuster Keaton'sThe Cameraman (1928).[60] In 2013, Ben Mankiewicz began hosting the block.[61] In September 2019,Jacqueline Stewart became the current host.[58] Two years later, in September 2021, Sibling Rivalry, aNew York City-based independent creative agency, designed the latest bumper intro for the block.[62]
TCM Imports is a weekend late-night programming block showcasinginternational cinema. Originally broadcast on Friday nights at 2 a.m. Eastern Time,[59] the block was moved to late Saturday nights. It currently airs on Sunday nights at 2 a.m. Eastern Time. In 2013, Mankiewicz began hosting the block.[61] In March 2019,Alicia Malone became the current host.[63]
The first bumper intro was designed by the animation studioCuppa Coffee Studios,[64] which featured severalstop-motion animated men rolling a giant globe brandishing the programming logo.[65] During the 2010s, the logo design studio Hool & Co. designed a new bumper featuring a customary countdown meant to highlight several international film movements.[66] In September 2021, Sibling Rivalry designed the latest bumper.[62]
During its early years, TCM devoted a programming block to thefilm noir genre titledDarkness After Dawn.[59] In March 2017, the program was rebranded asNoir Alley, hosted byEddie Muller.[67][68]The Maltese Falcon (1941) was its first broadcast.[67] It broadcasts on Saturday nights and repeats on Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
In January 2013, Muller had previously hosted a four-film marathon block titled "Night in Noir City". In June of the same year, he was invited back to host their "Friday Night Spotlight," showcasing 16 noir films with adapted stories by crime fiction writers, includingDashiell Hammett andJames M. Cain.[54] He was invited back again for theSummer of Darkness retrospective in 2015, which proved popular with viewers.[67]
In October 2022, TCM announced their latest programming block titledMusical Matinee broadcasting musical films, primarily from theGolden Age of Hollywood. The program is hosted by Dave Karger and broadcasts on Saturday afternoons Eastern Time.Singin' in the Rain (1952) was the block's first film broadcast on November 5, 2022.[69]
TCM features a monthly programming block called theTCM Guest Programmer, in which one of the hosts is joined by a celebrity guest responsible for choosing that evening's films (examples of such programmers during 2012 includeJules Feiffer,Anthony Bourdain,Debra Winger,Ellen Barkin,Spike Lee,Regis Philbin andJim Lehrer).[70] Since 2023, theTCM Guest Programmer block has appeared sporadically, with appearances from Martin Scorsese (during his promotional tour of his 2023 filmKillers of the Flower Moon),[71]Noah Baumbach,[72]George Miller (during his promotional tour of his 2024 filmFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga),[73]Kevin Costner (during his promotional tour of his 2024 filmHorizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1),[74] andRyan Reynolds (during his promotional tour of his 2024 filmDeadpool & Wolverine).[75]
Turner Classic Movies suspends its regular schedule twice each year for a special month of film marathons.31 Days of Oscar is a programming block airing eachOscar season on the network during the month of theAcademy Awards.[76] Each feature that TCM airs in this block can be either an Oscar winner or nominee. Each August, TCM airsSummer Under the Stars, featuring an entire daily schedule devoted to the filmographies of a particular actor, with programming pertaining to the star of the day.[77]
In the summer of 2007, the channel debutedFunday Night at the Movies, a block hosted by actorTom Kenny (best known as the voice ofSpongeBob SquarePants). This summer block featured classic feature films (such asThe Wizard of Oz,Sounder,Bringing Up Baby,Singin' in the Rain,Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,The Adventures of Robin Hood, and20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) aimed at introducing these movies to new generations of children, and their families.
In 2008,Funday Night at the Movies was replaced byEssentials Jr., a youth-oriented version of its weekly series,The Essentials (originally hosted by actorsAbigail Breslin, andChris O'Donnell, then byJohn Lithgow from 2009 to 2011, and then byBill Hader, starting with the 2011 season), which included such family-themed films asNational Velvet,Captains Courageous, andYours, Mine and Ours, as well as more eclectic selections, such asSherlock Jr.,The Music Box,Harvey,Mutiny on the Bounty, andThe Man Who Knew Too Much.
In 2014, the channel debutedTreasures from the Disney Vault, hosted byLeonard Maltin. This block showcased a compilation of vintageDisney feature films, cartoons, documentaries, episodes ofDisney's anthology television series, and episodes ofThe Mickey Mouse Club. The last scheduledTreasures from the Disney Vault aired on September 2, 2019 due to the launch ofDisney+ in November of that year.[78][79][80][81]
TCM Underground debuted in October 2006 as a Saturday late night block which focused oncult film. The block was originally hosted by rocker/filmmakerRob Zombie until December 2006; as of 2014[update], it was the only regular film presentation block on the channel that did not have a host.TCM Underground was discontinued in February 2023 after its programmer,Millie De Chirico, was laid off from the network.[82]
In addition to films, Turner Classic Movies also airs original content, mostlydocumentaries about classic movie personalities, the world of filmmaking and particularly notable films. An occasional month-long series,Race and Hollywood, showcases films by and about people of non-white races, featuring discussions of how these pictures influenced white people's image of said races, as well as how people of those races viewed themselves. Previous installments have included "Asian Images on Film" in 2008,[83] "Native American Images on Film" in 2010,[84] "Black Images on Film" in 2006[85] "Latino Images on Film" in 2009[86] and "Arab Images on Film" in 2011.[87] The network aired the film seriesScreened Out (which explored the history and depiction of homosexuality in film) in 2007 andReligion on Film (focusing on the role of religion in cinematic works) in 2005. In 2011, TCM debuted a new series entitledAFI's Master Class: The Art of Collaboration.[88][89]
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Many films shown on Turner Classic Movies were made during theGolden Age of Hollywood, an era with few survivors. In December 1994, Turner Classic Movies debuted "TCM Remembers", a tribute to recently deceased film personalities (including actors, producers, composers, directors, writers, and cinematographers) which occasionally airs during promotional breaks between films. The segments appear in two forms: individual tributes and a longer end-of-year compilation. Following the recent death of an especially famous film personality (usually an actor or filmmaker), the segment will feature a montage of select shots of the deceased's work.
Every mid-December, a more inclusiveTCM Remembers interstitial is produced, featuring a selection of clips interspersed with scenes from settings such as an abandoned drive-in (2012) or a theatre which is closing down (2013). Since 2001, most of the soundtracks for these have been introspective melodies by indie artists such asBadly Drawn Boy (2007) orSteve Earle (2009).[90] 2015's song, "Quickly Now", was written especially forTCM Remembers by Chuck Moore and Reid Hall, and sung by Eryn McHugh.[91]
| Year | Artist | Song |
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| 2002 | Rickie Lee Jones | "Cycles" |
| 2003 | Sarah McLachlan | "I Will Remember You" |
| 2004 | Ryan Adams | "Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd." |
| 2005 | Joe Henry | "Flesh and Blood" |
| 2006 | Robinella | "Press On" |
| 2007 | Badly Drawn Boy | "Promises" |
| 2008 | Joe Henry | "God Only Knows" |
| 2009 | Steve Earle | "To Live is To Fly" |
| 2010 | Sophie Hunger | "Headlights" |
| 2011 | OK Sweetheart | "Before You Go" |
| 2012 | M83 | "Wait" |
| 2013 | Sleeping at Last | "In the Embers" |
| 2014 | Kodaline | "All I Want" |
| 2015 | Eryn McHugh | "Quickly Now" |
| 2016 | Dan Auerbach | "Goin' Home" |
| 2017 | The Cardigans | "Lead Me Into The Night" |
| 2018 | Lord Huron | "When the Night is Over" |
| 2019 | Alice Boman | "Waiting" |
| 2020 | Prisca Strother & Tunewelders | "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" |
| 2021 | Reuben and the Dark & AG (Originally byR.E.M.) | "Shiny Happy People" |
| 2022 | Lord Huron | "The Night We Met"[92] |
| 2023 | AG andChristina Perri (Originally byTom Petty and the Heartbreakers) | "Learning to Fly" |
| 2024 | Birdtalker | "Life's a Trip" |
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Turner Classic Movies received a2008 Peabody Award for its dedication to film preservation and "a continuing, powerful commitment to a central concept—the place of film in social and cultural experience".[9]
Turner Classic Movies received a2013 Peabody Award for its presentation ofMark Cousins'The Story of Film: An Odyssey, a 15-episode documentary about the development and advancement of the medium of motion pictures. Drawing on its exhaustive film library, Turner Classic Movies complemented each episode with short films and feature films from the familiar to the little-seen. The Peabody Award praised Turner Classic Movies'sThe Story of Film "for its inclusive, uniquely annotated survey of world cinema history".[93]
In April 2016, TCM announced it had partnered withThe Criterion Collection to create a subscription streaming service calledFilmStruck. The service included a curated selection of more than 1,000 classic Hollywood, international, arthouse and independent films, including those from theJanus Films andKino libraries.[94] FilmStruck was launched on November 1, 2016, and included exclusive bonus content such as hosted introductions, interviews and rare media.[95] In November 2018, FilmStruck was shut down by WarnerMedia, under the ownership of AT&T, to streamline business operations.[96]
Since its 2020 launch, TCM has been associated with its parent companyWarner Bros. Discovery'sMax streaming service.[97] TCM has its own category hub on the service with a curated selection of classic films.[98]
TheTCM Vault Collection consists of several differentDVD collections of rare classic films that have been licensed, remastered and released by Turner Classic Movies (through corporate sisterWarner Bros. Home Entertainment). These boxed set releases are of films by notable actors, directors or studios that were previously unreleased on DVD orVHS. The sets often include bonus discs including documentaries and shorts from the Turner Classic Movies library. The initial batch of DVDs are printed in limited quantities and subsequent batches are made-on-demand (MOD).
In October 2015, Turner Classic Movies announced the launch of the TCM Wine Club, in which they teamed up with Laithwaite to provide a line of mail-order wines from famous vineyards such as famed writer-director-producerFrancis Ford Coppola's winery. Wines are available in 3-month subscriptions and can be selected as reds, whites, or a mixture of both. From the wines chosen, Turner Classic Movies also includes recommended movies to watch with each, such as a "True Grit" wine, to be paired with theJohn Wayne filmof the same name.[104]
In 2000, Turner Classic Movies started an annual Young Composers Film Competition, inviting aspiring composers to participate in a judged competition that offers the winner of each year's competition the opportunity to score a restored, feature-lengthsilent film as a grand prize, mentored by a well-known composer, with the new work subsequently premiering on the network.[105] As of 2006, films that have been rescored include the 1921Rudolph Valentino filmCamille, twoLon Chaney films: 1921'sThe Ace of Hearts and 1928'sLaugh, Clown, Laugh, andGreta Garbo's 1926 filmThe Temptress.
In April 2010, Turner Classic Movies launched their first Classic Film Festival, an event—now held annually—at theGrauman's Chinese Theater and theGrauman's Egyptian Theater onHollywood Boulevard.The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel serves as the festival's key venue for special events. Initially hosted byRobert Osborne, the four-day festival features celebrity appearances, special events, and screenings of around 50 classic films, including several newly-restored films byThe Film Foundation, an organization devoted to preserving Hollywood's classic film legacy.[106][107]
The Classic Film Festival was cancelled in 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic and was moved to a virtual setting, billed as the "Special Home Edition".[108] In 2021, the festival was cancelled again as a live event, and continued its virtual setting.[109] In 2022, the festival returned to its live setting, with its theme being "All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen."[110] A year later, the festival celebrated the centennial anniversary of Warner Bros. launching with the premiere of a newly-restored edition ofRio Bravo (1959).[111]
In 2011, TCM launched its inaugural Classic Cruise event, first aboard theCelebrity Millennium cruise ship traveling fromMiami toKey West andCozumel.[112] In 2013, the Classic Cruise held its maiden voyage aboard theDisney Magic for the first time.[113] In 2016, the cruise instead used theDisney Fantasy, which holds 4,000 passengers compared to theMagic's 2,700-passenger accommodation.[114] In 2019, the Classic Cruise returned from a three-year absence aboard theDisney Magic, sailing from New York toBermuda.[115]
Turner Classic Movies is available in many other countries around the world. In Canada, Turner Classic Movies began to be carried onShaw Cable and satellite providerShaw Direct in 2005.Rogers Cable started offering Turner Classic Movies in December 2006 as afree preview for subscribers of itsdigital cable tier, and was added to its analogue tier in February 2007. While the schedule for the Canadian feed is generally the same as that of the U.S. network, some films are replaced for broadcast in Canada due to rights issues and other reasons. Other versions of Turner Classic Movies are available in France, Greece, Canada, Spain, Middle East, Africa, Asia,Latin America,Nordic countries, the United Kingdom,[116] Ireland and Malta. The UK version operated two channels, including a defunct spinoff calledTurner Classic Movies 2. TCM UK ceased operations on 6 July 2023.[117]
On the new version of the TCMDB entries for movies do not display when they are scheduled to air on TCM.
As head of Turner Classic Movies's digital team, I envisioned, created and supervised the launch of countless digital products and services across multiple digital platforms while running teams both large and small building the most creative and engaging web, mobile, streaming, and connected device applications of any national network.
'The idea is to keep fans connected and engaged with Turner Classic Movies and to create a useful, meaningful companion to the network', said Richard Steiner, vice president of new media and TCM Digital, Atlanta
To view their live stream and on-demand movies, users must log in with their TV provider user-name and password.
He will also host three films on Saturday evenings followingThe Essentials with Osborne and Drew Barrymore, as well as taking over showcases for silent and foreign films late Saturday nights.
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