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Esquire Network

<p><b>Esquire Network</b> was an American <a href="/en/Pay_television" title="Pay television" class="wl">pay television</a> network that was a 50/50 <a href="/en/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture" class="wl">joint venture</a> between <a href="/en/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal" class="wl">NBCUniversal</a> and the <a href="/en/Hearst_Corporation" title="Hearst Corporation" class="mw-redirect wl">Hearst Corporation</a>. The network carried programs aimed at a <a href="/en/Metrosexual" title="Metrosexual" class="wl">metrosexual</a> audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashion, along with reruns of popular sitcoms and dramas.</p>

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<ul><li><a href="/en/NBCUniversal_Cable_Entertainment_Group" title="NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group" class="mw-redirect wl">NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group</a> (50%)</li>
<li><a href="/en/Hearst_Communications" title="Hearst Communications" class="wl">Hearst Communications</a> (50%)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #efefef;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">October<span>&nbsp;</span>1, 1998<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>24 years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1998-10-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">June<span>&nbsp;</span>28, 2017<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>5 years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="dtend">2017-06-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former names</th><td class="infobox-data">Style Network (1998–2013)</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashion, along with reruns of popular sitcoms and dramas. 