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The Premiere Network, or MGM/UA Premiere Network, was an ad-hoc television network created by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, which announced plans to launch in 1984, originally set for an October launch.

Background
In 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television was renamed MGM/UA Television Distribution after the merger with United Artists the previous year. In 1984, MGM/UA TV again launched an ad hoc TV network, MGM/UA Premiere Network, with movies.

The MGM/UA Premiere Network  along with MCA TV's Universal Pictures Debut Network came as a response to the weakened network television market for films in packages. By the summer of 1984, the network had signed affiliation agreements with eight television stations in large markets.

The service was expected to broadcast 24 movies in double-runs once a month for two years. MGM received 10½ minutes of advertising time within a two-hour movie telecast, while its stations would retain 11½ minutes. 100 television stations were signed as affiliates by October 1984, with the planned launch pushed back and set for November 10 of that year.

The Premiere Network was distributed in part by LBS Communications. By 1993, the name was shortened to simply the MGM Premiere Network.

List of films featured

 * Apocalypse Now
 * The Beastmaster
 * The Black Stallion Returns
 * Blue Steel
 * Brainstorm
 * Cannery Row
 * Cat's Eye
 * Clash of the Titans
 * Curse of the Pink Panther
 * Endangered Species
 * Fame
 * Forced Vengeance
 * The Formula
 * The Ice Pirates
 * The French Lieutenant's Woman
 * My Favorite Year
 * Pennies from Heaven
 * The Pope of Greenwich Village
 * Reckless
 * Red Dawn
 * The Return of a Man Called Horse
 * Romantic Comedy
 * Shoot the Moon
 * Spaceballs
 * Thief
 * To Live and Die in L.A.
 * Trail of the Pink Panther
 * True Confessions
 * WarGames
 * The Final Option
 * Whose Life Is It Anyway?
 * The Year of Living Dangerously
 * Yentl

Ratings
From September 4, 1988 through January 1, 1989, the Premiere Network earned a 7.5 rating. This placed it at eleventh place among the top barter series for the first 16 weeks of the 1988–89 United States television season. For the week of November 26-December 2, 1990, the Premiere Network garnered a 10.6 rating and a fourth place finish among syndicated programs. For the week ending on May 24, 1992, the Premiere Network finished in third place behind Wheel of Fortune and Star Trek: The Next Generation with a 10.9 rating.