TV3 (Euro Republics)

TV3 is a Euro Republics commercial television channel, launched on 24th February, 1989 at 8:00 p.m.

TV3 is the Euro Republics’ biggest commercial broadcaster, and is also the most watched channel, having surpassed ETV 1 in 2012, but had been in second place for many years beforehand.

TV3 is a general entertainment channel owned by EuroMedia, with a significant news and current affairs element under the banner of Three News.

About 65% of TV3's programming is local, most of which airs at daytime and later at night, with British and American shows taking up most of the evening schedule.

TV3 used in-vision continuity from 1989-2002, and was reintroduced full-time in 2011, It was still being used however on Friday and Saturday nights between 2002 and 2011.

History
TV3 launched in 1989 broadcasting an English simulcast of what was broadcasting on the Scandinavian version, although by 1990 it was broadcasting it's own lineup.

1993 saw the channel break a deal with The National Lottery to show their live programmes & draws on TV3 on Friday & Saturday nights. The draws premiered with an 2 hour-long special event on 8th October, 1993.

In 1995, TV3 launched it's own terrestrial sister network, Channel 4 (now FOX).

Beginning in 1997, TV3 airs Super Saturday, a Saturday night block of children's programmes. It still runs today.

TV3 announced in mid-2000 that a HDTV version of the channel would launch within the next year, and it finally launched on 2nd February, 2001.

At first, TV3 only broadcast few HD programmes, with the 2001-02 UEFA Champions League on TV3. In 2003, TV3 began airing all of their Euro Republican programming in HD, along with their sister channels launching in HD. 95% of their schedule was in HD by 2012.

In 2020, TV3 introduced local news, for the first time since ETV dropped the practise in 2007. Local news shows typically air on the channel at 7:05 pm.

On 18th December, 2020, the channel was rebranded as part of a new schedule to introduce a more formal lineup, which co-incited with the re-launch of Sunday night news & current affairs show Hartman after a 15-year absence, and the re-formatting of Three Eyewitness News with a more high-brow and news-focused agenda, while the less serious entertainment & sport features were spun-off into a supplementary show on it's sister channel Fox, called Fox Headline News, airing in the same time slot.

On 1st January, 2021, TV3 launched a network of regional channels, echoing ARD in Germany.

Schedules
See TV3 (Euro Republics)/Schedules

Programming strands

 * 3C: This is TV3's daily block of programmes for children. Using in-vision continuity, 3C airs both original & imported shows. It broadcasts on weekdays between 2:30 pm & 7:05 pm.
 * Super Saturday: Airing once a week, Super Saturday is another kids block on TV3, but unlike 3C, airs in the evenings. It begins at 6pm and ends at 11pm.
 * Star: Airing on Saturday nights from 11:30pm (after Nightline), Star is aimed at an older audience than Super Saturday, with comedy, drama & movies. It is also available as a brand on My ET1, and as a Thursday night strand on TMF.

News

 * Three News
 * Three News (7:05pm) (1989-present)
 * Nightline (midnight) (1991-present)
 * Sunrise (1990-present)
 * Early Sunrise (1997-present)
 * Sunrise Extra (2006-present)
 * Fox Headline News (2020-present)
 * ITV World News (1989-present)
 * ITV Newsdesk (1989-present)
 * ITV News At Ten (1989-present; during UK elections)
 * BBC News (1989-present)
 * Now (1989-present)
 * Liquid News (2001-present)
 * Fox News (1998-present)
 * CNN (1989-present)
 * MSNBC (1996-present)

Rights

 * WarnerMedia/HBO
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * 20th Century Studios
 * Marvel Comics
 * Pixar
 * Lucasfilm
 * NBCUniversal
 * MGM Holdings
 * Entertainment One
 * Most independent producers
 * A24
 * Gaumont
 * Amblin Partners

Movie blocks

 * Friday Night Movie (1989-present) (typically family, comedy or sci-fi film)
 * Saturday Afternoon Movie (1989-present) (typically "modern classics" movies from the 1980's to the 2000's)
 * Sunday Night Movie (1989-present) (typically sci-fi, horror, thriller or action film)

Entertainment & reality

 * Big Brother Euro Republics (2001-present)
 * Euro Republics' Got Talent (2008-present)
 * Stars In Their Eyes (1991-1996; 1999-2007; 2016-present)
 * Dancing With The Stars (2007-present)
 * Euro Republican Idol (2003-present)
 * Stardom (2003-present)
 * The X Factor Euro Republics (2005-present)
 * Come Dine With Me (2006-present)
 * The Euro Republics Bake Off (2015-present)

Cooking

 * Sink or Swim (2009-present)
 * Masterchef (2011-present)
 * The Euro Republican Bake Off (2015-present)

Comedy

 * The Simpsons (1990-present)
 * Family Guy (1999; 2018-present)
 * American Dad! (2005-present)
 * Matt Hughes’ TV Burp (2003-present)
 * Schweetzman (1994-2005; 2020-present) (also aired on FOX, Spark & Premiere)
 * North Springs (1998-present)
 * Mintered (1996-1999; 2005-present)
 * Mr. Bean (1990-present)
 * You've Been Framed! (1991-present)
 * You've Been Framed! UK (1991-present)
 * South Park (1998-present)
 * Spitting Image (2020-present)
 * Friends (1995-present)
 * Seinfeld (1990-present)
 * Mixup (2021-present)
 * The Oddjobs (2021-present)

Game show

 * Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (1999-present)
 * Supermarket Sweep (2020-present)
 * Family Fortunes ER (1992-present)
 * Blockbusters ER (1989-2001; 2005-2009; 2020-present)
 * Catchphrase (1990-present)
 * A or B? (2001-present)
 * The Weakest Link (2003-present)
 * Countdown (2008-present)
 * Domino (1992-present)
 * Challenger (2002-present)

Lottery shows

 * The National Lottery: In It To Win It (2005-present)
 * The National Lottery: Winning Streak (1995-present)

Arts

 * ArtsClub (2020-present; moved from Spark)

Drama

 * Line Of Duty (2012-present)
 * Bodyguard (2018-present)

Soap opera

 * Coronation Street (UK) (1989-present; previously on ETV1)
 * Neighbours (AU) (1994-1995; 2003-present; previously on ETV2)
 * EastEnders (UK) (1989-present)

Programming blocks

 * 3C (2011-present)
 * Super Saturday (1997-2009; 2020-present)

Entertainment and reality

 * The Masked Singer Euro Republics (2019)
 * Challenge The ER (1995-2020)
 * Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (1994-2001)
 * Love Island Euro Republics (2019-2020)
 * Jack & Suzy's Friday Night Takeaway (2003-2010)
 * Popstars (2001-2009; 2012-2018)

Comedy

 * Some Guys (2016-2021)

Soap opera

 * Emmerdale (1989-2020; moved from and back to ETV1)
 * Chances (1992-1994)
 * Brookside (1989-2003)
 * Barcroft (1989-2020)
 * Shortland Street (1996-2010; moved to Network Two)
 * General Hospital (US) (1991-2005; moved to Spark)
 * The Young & The Restless (US) (1991-2005; moved to Spark)

Children’s

 * The Disney Club (1990-2000)

Programming blocks

 * The Fix (1989-2011)

International availability

 * In El Kadsre, TV3 is available on Punto+ channel 505.
 * In the UK & Ireland, TV3 and other EuroMedia FTA channels can be manually tuned on BSB.