E4 Extra
Appearance
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom and Ireland |
Programming | |
Picture format | 16:9 576i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 29 June 2022 |
Replaced | 4Music (first version) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 31 |
Virgin Media | Channel 337 |
Sky | Channel 139 |
Freesat | Channel 181 |
YouView | Channel 31 |
E4 Extra is a British free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation,[1] launched on 29 June 2022.[2] It is a sibling channel to E4 and replaced 4Music, with 4Music in turn replacing Box Hits which has shut down. It shows comedy and entertainment programming, with music programming airing in the mornings.[3]
Idents for the new channel have been directed by Michael Marczewski, where various everyday events develop unexpectedly, such as 'most dangerous interdimensional monster' being entered alongside a village fete's massive vegetable competition.[4]
Programming
Comedy and drama
- Batwoman
- The Big Bang Theory
- Black-ish
- Catastrophe
- Charmed
- Dead Pixels
- Derry Girls
- Father Ted
- Fresh Off the Boat
- Friday Night Dinner
- The Goldbergs
- How I Met Your Mother
- The Inbetweeners
- The IT Crowd
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Man Down
- Melissa and Joey
- Rick and Morty
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Scrubs
- Stath Lets Flats
Reality, factual and entertainment
- 8 Out of 10 Cats
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
- Couples Come Dine with Me
- Don't Tell the Bride (UK and Irish versions)
- The Great British Bake Off
- Hotel Hell
- Kitchen Nightmares (US version)
- Legendary
- Married at First Sight (UK version)
- Ninja Warrior (UK reversion, previously on Challenge)
- Rude Tube
- Taskmaster (UK version)
- Travel Man
- Undercover Boss (US version)
- Wipeout (US version)
References
- ^ Elliott, Dave (June 13, 2022). "Channel 4 To Launch "E4 Extra" Spin-Off Channel". Geektown.
- ^ "E4 Brand extension sees 4Music become E4 Extra | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ @4Music (June 16, 2022). "🚨 BIG NEWS FOR 4MUSIC FANS... We are moving! 🚨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Channel 4 rolls out weird idents to launch E4 Extra". The Drum.