List of defunct television networks in the United States

• American Independent Network - Commercial network, predecessor to UATV
• America's Store - (1988–2007)
• AZN Television - Ceased broadcasting 2008.
• Badger Television Network - Short-lived television network consisting of three stations for a few months in 1958.
• The Box - Music video network in the 1980s to around 2001, was bought out by Viacom/CBS and became part of MTV2.
• Channel America - First commercial network intentionally made up of low-power stations, a model for Pax and AIN/UATV, and the predecessor of America One.
• DuMont Television Network - Commercial network, 1946 – 1956
• Hispanic Television Network - 2000-2003
• Hughes Television Network (HTN) - Started by billionaire Howard Hughes - Active in the '60s and '70s.
• LAT TV - Spanish-language network, 2006 – 2008.
• Más Música - Spanish-language music videos, predecessor of MTV3.
• Mizlou Television Network - An occasional over the air broadcast network from 1961 to 1991.
• National Educational Television (NET) - Educational network, 1952 – 1970, predecessor to PBS.
• NBC Weather Plus - 2004-2008.
• Network One (N1) - A small independent network, similar to PAX/i and America One. Ceased operations at 12:00am, November 13, 1997.
• Overmyer Network (ON) - Commercial network, 1967; also the United Network, not to be confused with UPN.
• Paramount Television Network - Commercial network, 1949 to 1953.
• PBS Kids - late 1990s-2005. Some of its functions are being taken up by successor PBS Kids Sprout, a commercial cable venture; a new successor service, PBS Kids Go!, was promised for October 2006, but has been postponed indefinitely (while PBS continues to feature daily "PBS Kids" blocks of programming).
• PBS YOU - late 1990s-2006. "Your Own University," this service offered a mix of crafts, college-credit and Standard Deviants instructional programs, and news, commentary, and documentary programming. Many of its affiliates joined Create, a similar if more craft- and travel-focused service administered by American Public Television, as YOU went dark in early 2006.
• PTL Satellite Network - Evangelical Christian network known for broadcasting the PTL Club hosted by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Collapsed in the wake of a sex and embezzlement scandal that resulted in Jim Bakker being sentenced to prison. On the air from 1977 to 1987.
• Prime Time Entertainment Network (1993–1997)
• Satellite Program Network, which became Tempo Television, then CNBC
• Shop at Home Network - (1987–2008)
• Spanish International Network (SIN) - Spanish-language commercial network, 1961–1986; predecessor to Univisión
• Tempo Television, which became CNBC
• The Tube Music Network - Digital-only music video network. Folded October 2007 due to financial difficulties.
• TuVisión - 2007-2009
• TVS Television Network - From 1960s to the 1990s
• UPN (formerly initialism for "United Paramount Network") - From January 16, 1995 to September 15, 2006, merged with WB to make The CW.
• Urban America Television (UATV) (a successor to the American Independent Network, AIN) A small network with 60 affiliate stations, UATV airs original programming mixed with older films, rather similarly to America One.
• Variety Television Network - Ceased broadcasting in 2009.
• The WB Television Network - From January 11, 1995 to September 17, 2006, merged with UPN to make The CW.
• World Championship Sports Network - 2005 to 2008.
• Retro Jams - 2007 to 2008 (carried by some Equity Media Holdings LPTV stations, most replaced it with Retro Television Network - format did reappear in 2009 after EBC ended dealings with RTN).

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