New Sky channels: Crime, Comedy, Documentaries, Nature

Sky today announced plans to launch two new channel brands within its entertainment portfolio. Sky Crime will launch in October 2019 and Sky Comedy in February 2020, with both available to all Sky customers at no extra charge, through linear and on demand. Both channels will also launch on NOW TV, available as part of the NOW TV Entertainment pass.

Sky Crime will be the home of premium US true crime from Oxygen and HBO and the dedicated home of quality first run content from Jupiter and Woodcut. Key programming will include addictive, emotionally charged accounts of true crimes, many of which remain unsolved, including I Love You, Now Die and The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell. Additionally, famous headline cases from the US and UK like Kemper on Kemper and Britain’s Most Evil Killers and the In Defense Of series will bring new insight into some of the most notorious killers of modern times.

Sky Comedy, launching in February 2020, will be the home of premium scripted US comedy from HBO, NBC and Showtime, including brand new acclaimed comedies like Mrs Fletcher, starring Kathryn Hahn, Righteous Gemstones, starring John Goodman, Adam DeVine and Danny McBride, A.P. Bio and Sunnyside. Sky Comedy will also air all new series of returning hit US shows like Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and Ballers starring Dwayne Johnson. Top rated US talk shows like The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver will also be featured, as well as comedy titan Saturday Night Live and an enviable library of favourites like Will & Grace and Parks and Recreation.

And yet another attempt at bringing U.S. late night shows to this country.

Does this mean sky atlantic is getting the boot? IF it make CC up is game, im all for it.

https://www.skygroup.sky/corporate/media-centre/articles/en-gb/sky-to-launch-sky-crime-and-sky-comedy

So the question here is why Sky are deciding to compete against Comedy Central, though looking at the line-up it appears it will be a more interesting schedule than CC which these days seems to consist primarily of Friends marathons.

And yet another attempt at bringing U.S. late night shows to this country.

So what is the difference between Sky witness and Sky Crime?

Hopefully they could also add It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to the lineup, despite it being made by Fox and it being on Netflix.

Sounds an awful lot like they're breaking Sky Atlantic up. It's a shame Sky Comedy seems to be focusing mostly on American stuff. Gold is really the only outlet for British comedy and they're very keen on showing the same programmes over and over again.

Might not be relevant but I've noticed various SkyComedy social media usernames have been registered (though not necessarily by Sky).