Couch Potato Television

Couch Potato Television (Branded simply as Couch Potato) is an American broadcast television network that is owned jointly by Journal Media Group Lorimar Television. The network airs a variety of classic television programs from the 1950s through the 1990s. Rivals to Couch Potato included MeTV, Antenna TV, Retro TV, UPN Retro and The WB Classics.

Couch Potato is carried on digital subchannels of affiliated television stations in most markets; however, some Couch Potato-affiliated stations carry the network as a primary affiliation on their main channel, and a small number of stations air select programs from the network alongside their regular general entertainment schedules. Couch Potato's operations are based out of Lorimar Television's corporate headquarters in San Diego, CA.

History
Couch Potato came as a result of Journal Media Group's failed bid at buying the Safari Network and all of it's affiliates. CEO David Lawrence's plan was to keep the Safari Network going, but instead turn it into a hybrid of MeTV and Ion Television. However, when Journal Media Group failed on it's purchase (the network went to Fortner Digital Media Properties), Lawrence turned his focus to establishing a network to carry out his plan of classic TV at it's finest. After discussing with Lorimar Television to launch a network on some of their subchannels, Lawrence named the network "Couch Potato Television," or just simply, "Couch Potato," airing classic programming from Lorimar Television's library (which is now owned by Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures).