Weigel Broadcasting Co. has expanded its reach to DISH TV customers, making three additional networks available to those with internet-connected set-top boxes. MeTV Toons, Dabl, and Catchy Comedy now join the lineup, complementing existing Weigel offerings on the platform. MeTV and WEST require an internet connection for access via set-top boxes, while Start TV and Heroes & Icons remain accessible without it. Furthermore, MeTV extends its availability nationwide through Sling Blue, Orange, and Select packages.
This development broadens the entertainment options for DISH subscribers, providing a comprehensive selection of classic television content from Weigel’s diverse portfolio. Viewers can now explore an extensive range of timeless comedies, iconic dramas, and beloved heroes, enhancing the value of their subscription with programming that spans multiple genres and eras.
MeTV, positioned on DISH Channel 247 and also part of the Dish Sling service across Blue, Orange, and Select packages, stands as America’s leading all-classic television network since its inception in 2005. It draws from a vast library of enduring favorites, including military humor in wartime settings, small-town wholesomeness, family-oriented sitcoms from the 1990s and 2000s, variety shows with sketch comedy, Western lawmen adventures, courtroom mysteries, island castaway escapades, and numerous other staples that have defined television history.
On DISH Channel 376, MeTV Toons dedicates itself entirely to classic animation, reviving the golden age of cartoons through Hollywood-era shorts and television-specific creations. The channel showcases an array of iconic characters from Warner Bros. Discovery’s archives, such as a clever rabbit, a lisping duck, a mystery-solving Great Dane, a cat-and-mouse duo, a futuristic family man, a street-smart feline, a picnic-basket-loving bear, a sailor with superhuman strength from spinach, an adventurous boy with his dog, and a stone-age patriarch, among others. Complementing these are figures like a mischievous woodpecker, a friendly ghost, a flapper-era cartoon star, a high-speed anime racer, crime-fighting reptilian adolescents, and additional animated legends that evoke Saturday morning nostalgia.
Catchy Comedy, found on DISH Channel 375, centers on premium classic television humor. Weekday schedules emphasize lighthearted, feel-good series led by homemaker archetypes, redheaded comediennes, newsroom ensembles, and similar uplifting figures. Evenings shift to groundbreaking 1970s sitcoms tackling social issues through laughter, featuring junkyard entrepreneurs, bigoted yet lovable characters, and modern ensemble casts. Late-night slots highlight intelligent wit with workplace banter in advertising or bars, cab driver philosophies, Vermont innkeeper quirks, and psychologist dry humor. Weekend programming extends into marathon blocks of fan-favorite comedies, with Sundays dedicated to binge-watching sessions of rotating sitcoms and comedy classics.
Heroes & Icons on DISH Channel 293 delivers action-packed heroic narratives around the clock. Prime-time slots six nights a week feature all five original live-action Star Trek series, surrounded by procedural crime investigations, lone ranger justice in Texas, detective partnerships in San Francisco, mercenary team exploits, military legal dramas, naval crime-solving, cyber forensics, resourceful secret agents, island police work, reformed outlaws, aerial combat in World War II, and more, ensuring a constant stream of adventure, drama, and science fiction.
Start TV, airing on DISH Channel 291, highlights empowered female protagonists in engaging dramatic series. The schedule includes mystery-solving writers, Boston detective duos, deputy chief investigations, police captain closures, psychic consultations, modern Sherlock adaptations, unsolved case revivals, marshal protections, spy operations, Southern legal battles, additional cyber crimes, and now fast-talking mother-daughter dynamics in a Connecticut town.
Dabl on DISH Channel 357 focuses on scripted comedies starring Black performers, presenting proven hits that celebrate urban friendships, stand-up origins, family antics in multiple generations, sibling rivalries turned businesses, ensemble female bonds, teenage navigations of high school and home, reluctant parenthood humor, ice cream truck ventures, basketball player transitions, fashion industry aspirations, blended family challenges, twin separations, and college dorm life.
Finally, WEST on DISH Channel 372 serves as the premier hub for Western genre programming, boasting over 30 of the most acclaimed TV Westerns. Selections encompass long-running marshal tales in Dodge City, sprawling ranch family sagas, card-sharp gamblers, cattle drive hardships, gadget-filled frontier spies, bounty hunter pursuits, epic Virginia settlements, and other cornerstone series that capture the essence of the American West.
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