Hooray Television Network

The Hooray Television Network (commonly known as Hooray!) is an American Broadcasting network. Launched in 1982, Hooray! had a slow climb towards respectability, but they finally achieved that in 2006 shortly after both UPN and The WB merged to form The CW.

History
In 1978, Gene Thomas decided to invest some money into a broadcasting company to help launch a new network. Gene Thomas Enterprises decided to launch Hooray Television Network. Unlike the other networks, Hooray! only scheduled two hours a day for broadcasting, three hours on Sunday (an idea that Fox, the CW, and the Prime Network would copy). After a slow climb, Hooray entered 2000 wondering if they can move out of the ratings basement. That chance came in 2006 shortly after UPN and The WB merged. Hooray! launched a new reality series called Castaway House. And much to the surprise of critics, Castaway House was a huge hit. Capitalizing on the success, Hooray! added another reality series: Long Island Boss. Airing back-to-back, the success of those two series enabled Hooray to climb out of the cellar. In 2010, Hooray! launched two successful comedy series: Bite Sized Comic and Big Bad Sinner. After the 2014-15 season, Hooray! saw their biggest numbers to date.