
Its Canadian counterpart is The Weather Network, which, for years, used a version of TWC's proprietary WeatherStar system. The Weather Channel was owned by Comcast/ NBC/ Universal and two private equity firms, The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital however, the non-TV parts of the company were sold to IBM in 2016, and the network itself was sold two years later to infamous low-budget TV producer Byron Allen.


The network is well known for its CNN-like weather coverage, and will usually be the first to send reporters, usually meteorologists themselves, to report live on site at major weather events something that can quickly become awesome, if not crowningly so, if it involves the words "hurricane" or "tornado" occurring within visual range.

Whenever a major severe weather event isn't happening, there are also speculative documentaries usually airing each afternoon, evening, and during the overnight hours (these shows are pre-empted in case of major severe weather outbreaks).

The purest nuts-and-bolts television channel that will ever be created, The Weather Channel is a 24-hour American cable weather network based just outside Atlanta, Georgia dedicated to telling you what to expect outside every morning, afternoon, evening and night.
