Cable television service is provided in all residence hall rooms on both the main and Tenley campuses, as well as in some office locations.
Please note: students must bring their own television and coaxial connection cable and the original remote control in order to program the television for cable service.
If there are problems, contact the IT Help Desk at 202-885-2550, helpdesk@american.edu, or or AskAmericanUHelp to arrange for an IT staff member to be dispatched. Available channels are listed below.
Cable Channel Lineup for Main and Tenley Campuses
| 2 ATV |
| 3 NBC |
| 4 MTVu |
| 5 Food Network |
| 6 FOX |
| 7 Galavision |
| 8 MPT |
| 9 Local Origination (SOC) |
| 10 WB |
| 11 WHUT |
| 12 UPN |
| 13 WETA |
| 14 Local Origination (Commencement) |
| 15 Local Origination (ATV) |
| 16 TV-1 |
| 17 ABC |
| 18 CBS |
| 19 A&E |
| 20 MSNBC |
| 21 BBC America |
| 22 TV Land |
| 23 CNBC |
| 24 Bloomberg |
| 25 Fox News |
| 26 Headline News |
| 28 CNN |
| 29 ESPN Classic |
| 30 ESPN |
| 31 ESPN News |
| 32 ESPN2 |
| 33 NBA |
| 34 BET |
| 35 Fuse |
| 36 Deutche Welle |
| 37 MTV |
| 38 MTV2 |
| 39 CMT |
| 40 VH1 |
| 41 Discovery |
| 42 TLC |
| 43 Animal Planet |
| 44 Lifetime |
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| 45 ABC Family |
| 46 TNT |
| 49 Spike |
| 50 Court TV |
| 51 Language Lab |
| 52 History |
| 53 HBO1 |
| 54 HBO2 |
| 55 HBO3 |
| 56 AMC |
| 57 Nickelodeon |
| 58 Cartoon Network |
| 59 Gameshow |
| 60 Sci Fi |
| 61 E! |
| 62 Comedy Central |
| 63 CSPAN |
| 64 CSPAN2 |
| 65 Weather Channel |
| 66 FX |
| 67 HBO Family |
| 68 OWN - Oprah Winfrey Network |
| 69 Health Network |
| 70 Univision |
| 71 USA |
| 72 TBS |
| 73 NASA |
| 75 Language Lab |
| 76 Language Lab |
| 77 Bravo |
| 78 IFC |
| 79 Discovery Science |
| 80 ESPN-U |
| 81 NFL Network |
| 82 VH1 Classic |
| 85 SOAP |
| 89 Women's Entertainment |
| 90 MHz1 |
| 91 Link TV |
| 92 Current |
| 93 National Geographic |
| 94 Language Lab |
| 95 Language Lab |
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