No, they won’t be airing old episodes of “Joey,” “Stark Raving Mad,” or other failed NBC sitcoms; the new net will be a cross-platform distribution channel for real, good old-fashioned horror fare:
The company is planning Chiller, a horror-themed network that will exist as a standard and HD cable channel, a VOD package and a broadband Website.
Chiller, which is slated to launch March 1 and already has carriage on DirecTV, will use for its programming old horror TV shows and movies from the Universal library and others. Titles include the TV shows Twin
Peaks and Tales From the Crypt and movies The Shining, Psycho and The Birds.
Of course, the new net will consist entirely of recycled content, and will not be without its competitors (including Comcast’s FearNet, as well as much of SciFi’s programming). Thus, the question remains: will viewers tune in to Chiller for more than “a damn fine cup of coffee” with their friends in Twin Peaks?
