Nelonen (TV channel)

Nelonen
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Country	Finland
Founded	June 1, 1997
Owner	Nelonen Media, part of SW Television Oy, a subsidiary of the electronic media business unit SWelcom of SanomaWSOY
Former names	PTV PTV4 (1989-1997)
Digital channel(s)	Channel 4
Official website	www.nelonen.fi

Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on the 1 June 1997. Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four. The channel is mostly owned by SanomaWSOY Oyj, which owns the Helsingin Sanomat and Ilta-Sanomat newspapers. Its largest owner is Aatos Erkko. Much of its programming is American (50%) and European imports (20%), with Finnish subtitles. Its main market is the 25-44 demographic. Nelonen owns the digital channel JIM.

Programmes

Some programmes may not air as of 2007.

• Alias
• All in the Family
• America's Next Top Model
• American Chopper
• The Bachelor
• Bad Girls
• Big Love
• Brainiac
• Brotherhood
• Carnivàle
• Charmed
• Commander in Chief
• Days of our Lives
• Damages
• Deadwood
• Desperate Housewives
• Dexter
• Discovery Channel documentaries
• Dr. Phil
• Extreme Duudsonit
• Fear Factor
• Footballer's Wives
• Ghost Whisperer
• Grey's Anatomy
• Jericho
• Judging Amy
• Las Vegas
• Less Than Perfect
• Lost
• Married... with Children
• Medium
• Men Behaving Badly
• Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
• NCIS
• The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Oz
• Pimp My Ride
• Punk'd
• Rome
• Scrubs)
• Seinfeld
• The 4400
• The Comeback
• The Shield
• The Sopranos
• South Park
• So You Think You Can Dance
• Starsky and Hutch
• Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
• That '70s Show
• The Cut
• The Golden Girls
• The West Wing
• Threshold
• Trading Spouses
• Tsunami: The Aftermath
• Ugly Betty
• Weeds
• What About Brian
• Wife Swap (Finnish, British and American versions)

Criticism

Nelonen was launched quickly and in an unprepared state. It has been criticised for importing "trash shows", instead of quality. Its import documentaries, in particular, have been the subject of criticism. Entertainment value and the focus on highly emotive issues have earned the label of "the tabloids in documentary". On the other hand, Nelonen has brought many quality television series such the The Sopranos and airs many prime time drama series weekly.

Controversy

During the fall of 2007, a day after the Jokela school shooting, Nelonen decided not to air a scheduled episode of the TV series Dexter. The TV series depicts a fictional serial killer Dexter Morgan and it was said to be inappropriate after such nationwide dramatic turn of events. The episode was instead shown a week later.

See also

• JIM

External links

• Nelonen