History Creator / TBN

** One more recent example of this was when TBN began airing ''Huckabee'', hosted by former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, which had [[ChannelHop Channel Hopped]] from Creator/FoxNews.

* ''WesternAnimation/DaveyAndGoliath'' - possibly the only program presented by a mainline denomination.

* '''TBN Salsa''': Launched 2015, it is targeted towards English-speaking Hispanic Americans. Following the launch of Salsa, due to technical limitations with TBN's digital transmitters, the over-the-air feeds of JUCE and Smile were merged -- with Smile airing in the daytime and JUCE airing at night (they are still 24-hour channels on digital platforms and most TBN-owned stations).

** In the summer of 2013, TBN dropped most of its Saturday morning kiddie shows in favor of running hours of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins''

** Smile TV does this with some of the originally-secular children's shows on its schedule. (''The Reppies'' has its songs redubbed to mention God, while ''Dooley and Pals'' adds "Fun Bible Facts".)

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: This happened to JUCE TV and Smile of a Child TV in June 2015, when both were reduced to 12-hour blocks on the .3 subchannel of its broadcast stations to make room for the new TBN Salsa (which took over Smile's former .5 slot). Both networks still operate as 24-hour networks, but it requires subscribing to a cable or satellite provider that carries either network (some of which, as TBN has even noted in some promotions, have dropped Smile and JUCE since 2014) or watching them online via TBN's website and mobile apps. This apparently was the result of TBN's transmission equipment not being capable of adding a sixth subchannel, even though the main TBN feed is not broadcast in HD over-the-air.

** Jan Crouch's death in 2016 spelled the end for the Church Channel, which was pushed aside for a new collaboration with Australia's Hillsong Church known as TBN Inspire[[note]]originally known as the Hillsong Channel[[/note]]. Traditional programs were done away with in favor of the more cheerful and youth-skewing views of Hillsong, which seemed especially jarring as it launched the day after Jan's death.

The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is a non-profit [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} Christian]] network launched by Paul and Jan Crouch in TheSeventies, and has since grown to become the largest religious broadcaster on the planet. It has dozens of affiliated stations in practically every corner of the globe. Despite its wide reach, it isn't that well-known outside of the non-inclusive world of the evangelical Christians in its target audience, or people who grew up in evangelical Christian homes (whether or not they still identify as evangelical and/or Christian).

* {{Telethon}}: Ten-day/afternoon-long "Praise-a-thons" in the spring and fall, and smaller-scale "Macedonian Calls" during the summer. Similar fundraising pitches turn up when Paul Crouch says God told him to start one.

TBN is largely responsible for giving many televangelists their first national exposure. It was the first national broadcaster to carry Pat Robertson's ''Series/The700Club'', and launched pastors like Benny Hinn, Rod Parsley, Paula White, and T.D. Jakes to international prominence. Apart from daily sermons and Bible readings, TBN also airs Christian movies and videos; documentaries about Creationism or America's "Christian heritage"; and [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday Morning Cartoons]] with a religious slant. Occasionally it will also air concerts featuring Christian musical artists.

* ''Series/The700Club'' - with Pat Robertson

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* SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords: Averted in TheNineties, when TBN wanted to book Music/{{Genesis|Band}} to appear after they released the song "Jesus He Knows Me." TBN apparently thought, what with the title of the song and the biblical significance of the band's name, that "Jesus He Knows Me" was a praise song. Instead, it turned out that the song was Music/PhilCollins' savage satire of recent televangelism scandals. Once they figured this out, TBN dropped any interest in hosting a performance.

* ''Virtual Memory'' - a GameShow focusing on Bible-related trivia questions, yet oddly mixed with a computer theme.

* SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords: Averted in TheNineties, when TBN wanted to book Music/{{Genesis}} to appear after they released the song "Jesus He Knows Me." TBN apparently thought, what with the title of the song and the biblical significance of the band's name, that "Jesus He Knows Me" was a praise song. Instead, it turned out that the song was Music/PhilCollins' savage satire of recent televangelism scandals. Once they figured this out, TBN dropped any interest in hosting a performance.

* '''TBN Salsa''': Launched 2015, it is targeted towards English-speaking Hispanic Americans. Following the launch of Salsa, due to technical limitations with TBN's digital transmitters, the over-the-air feeds of JUCE and Smile were merged -- with Smile airing in the daytime and JUCE airing at night (they are still 24-hour channels on digital platforms).

* '''TBN Inspire''': A network devoted to content from the [[Music/{{Hillsong}} Australian megachurch of the same name]]. The network previously operated as '''The Church Channel''' (devoted to Church services and instructional programming) until 2016, although some of its previous programming has remained in off-peak hours. The network continued to carry the ''Hillsong'' name under the beginning of 2022; when it was renamed TBN Inspire partly as a result of a series of controversies involving a number of Hillsong-affiliated churches and pastors since 2020.

The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is a non-profit [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} Christian]] network launched by Paul and Jan Crouch in TheSeventies, and has since grown to become the largest religious broadcaster on the planet. It has dozens of affiliated stations in practically every corner of the globe. Despite its wide reach, it isn't that well-known outside of the non-inclusive world of the evangelical Christians in its target audience, or people who grew up in evangelical Christian homes ([[RaisedCatholic whether or not they still identify as evangelical and/or Christian]]).

* ''Anime/PattaPottaMonta'' (''Going Wild, Going Green'') - an anime series aired on Smile TV.

* ''Patta Potta Monta'' (''Going Wild, Going Green'') - an anime series aired on Smile TV.