XYZ (Pikachufreak's TV Channel)

XYZ is an American television network that is owned and operated by a partnership between Disney/ABC and Adelphia Communications. XYZ was formerly owned by Mead Enterprises until April 2016 when Lady Luck Enterprises decided to buy majority share of the network from Mead Enterprises. Two months later, Mead Enterprises announced that they're easing on out of the broadcasting business, and that Adelphia Communications Corporation will purchase the remaining shares of the network. In 2017, Disney/ABC purchased Lady Luck's shares in XYZ, becoming part owners of XYZ with Adelphia.

Unlike MyNetworkTV, which, since 2009, became a programming service, similar to Ion Television, relying mainly on repeats of recent broadcast and cable series, MyTV would be having original programming going all seven nights of the week, compared to MyNetworkTV going five nights a week. Also, unlike MyNetworkTV (as well as their parent company, FOX), XYZ will have a nightly newscast to compete with the "Big 3" nightly newscasts. From 2009-2018, the network was known as MyTV

History
On February 9, 2009, Fox Entertainment Group announced that MyNetworkTV would convert from a television network to a programming service, similar to that of Ion Television, with a focus on repeats of acquired programs originally aired on broadcast and cable networks and in first-run syndication. Seeing a golden opportunity, Kevin Mead, CEO of Mead Enterprises, decided to launch his own network and take advantage of the opportunity. Mead named the new network, MyTV. Unfortunately, after having some disappointing ratings, Mead started to lose interest and decided to sell half the company.

New Owners and a New Direction
In 2016, Lady Luck Enterprises purchased a majority stake in the network. Then on July 25, 2016, Mead Enterprises left the broadcasting world for good and sold their remaining shares to Adelphia Communications Corporation. As such, Lady Luck and Adelphia owns 50/50 share of the company. However, on Mar. 2, 2017, it was announced that Disney-ABC Television Group (part of Walt Disney Company) bought out Lady Luck Enterprises' shares and are now part-owners of MyTV with Adelphia.

Rebranding
On June 11, 2018, Disney/ABC announced plans of renaming MyTV to XYZ. The reason for the re-branding was because of the consist confusion between MyTV and MyNetworkTV. XYZ was going to be the new name of ABC Family (now Freeform) back in 2006, but those talks were nixed. The change is expected to take place on Sept. 17, 2018. However, when Disney/ABC purchased more of a share from Adelphia on July 6, thus gaining controlling interest in the network, the change took effect the next day on July 7th.

Programming
The majority of XYZ's programming Americanized versions of foreign series, which are produced at Lady Luck Productions and ABC Circle Films.

Schedule for XYZ Kids (beginning September 22, 2018)

 * 8:00am The Emperor's New School
 * 8:30am The Replacements
 * 9:00am Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
 * 9:30am Star vs. the Forces of Evil
 * 10:00am Phineas and Ferb
 * 10:30am Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
 * 11:00am Underdog
 * 11:30am Accidentally Adventures
 * 12:00pm Livin' the Life with the Stereotypes
 * 12:30pm The Adventures of Lola Kane

The Disney Afternoon Schedule (beginning September 24, 2018)

 * 3:00pm DuckTales (1987)
 * 3:30pm The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
 * 4:00pm Disney's CatDog
 * 4:30pm Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers