Writer: Lisa Resnick
Client: A&E Network
Time. Every time we turn on the television we are faced with a choice. In fact, many choices. And soon there’ll be hundreds more. And yet, when time is so valuable and choices many, A&E’s viewership grew an incredible 24 percent last year. Why?
Quality. When it comes to quality original programming, A&E is the clear choice.
Advertisers, affiliates and critics alike have measured our performance and pronounced our success. They know that A&E will engage and entertain them. And just recently, our ongoing commitment to quality entertainment was recognized when the cable industry honored us with more CableAce Awards than another basic network.
Welcome to this preview of the programming that lies ahead. You’ll find that A&E is time well spent.
Biography
Five nights a week, A&E’s extraordinary gallery of celebrated personalities offers the most captivating portraits of the world’s most colorful people. Some made their dream real. Others found the price of fame too costly. But whether distinguished or disgraced, revered or reviled, these men and women are legends, their stories legendary.
Mysteries
Fog, footprints, and fear. You’re on the trail of spine-tingling drama. Could be a little murder. A little blackmail. But always a lot of intrigue. Our ever-clever whodunits toil until all the missing pieces fit.
Documentaries
Revealing. Intriguing. Informing. Often controversial. Always compelling. A&E’s riveting documentaries spark conversation, stir ideas, and just might change the way you think.
Law & Order
From the time of the arrest to the sound of the judge’s gavel, three-time Emmy winner Law & Order presents edgy, compelling drama — the kind that only New York’s gritty streets can deliver.
Comedy
It’s first-rate funny business when you’re invited to sit down with America’s hottest stand-up comics like Robin Williams, Whoopie Goldberg, and Billy Crystal. A&E looks at the lighter side of life with loads of laughs to brighten up the night.