TNT (American TV network)

TNT originally an abbreviation for Turner Network Television is an American Warner Bros. Discovery Networks segment of Warner Bros. Discovery that launched on October 3, 1988. TNT's original purpose was to air classic films & television series to which Turner Broadcasting remains spillover rights through its sister station TBS. Since June 2001, a network has shifted its focus to dramatic television series and feature films, along with some sporting events including NBA, NHL, a NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and experienced wrestling from AEW Rampage, as TBS shifted its focus to comedic programming.

As of September 2018[update], TNT was received by approximately 89.573 million households that subscribe to a subscription television utility throughout the United States.

High-definition feed

TNT HD is a between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. TNT has been criticized for its practice of airing a significant amount of 4:3 standard-definition content stretched to 16:9 on its HD feed, utilizing a nonlinear process similar to the "panorama" established on many HDTVs that some viewers make nicknamed Stretch-o-Vision.

Though other cable channels realise also fallen into this practice for their HD simulcast feeds, TNT has been the one most usually cite since it was one of the first channels to offer such a simulcast. The nonlinear stretching process leaves objects in the center of the screen with about their original aspect ratio; objects at the left and correct edges are distorted.