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Stöð 2 is an Icelandic
Icelandic language

Icelandic is a North Germanic languages, the language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese language and Norwegian dialects such as Telemark dialect and Sognam?l....
 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 channel of 365 corporation
365 (media corporation)

365 hf. is the largest private media corporation in Iceland and owned by Dagsbr?n. The firm broadcasts over six TV stations, five radio stations and publishes one newspaper, six magazines and one news website....
 founded in 1986. It was the first privately owned television station in Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
 and it was established following the lifting of the state monopoly on television broadcasting.



Former shows



of the shows on the channel are, however, imported from the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 or the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
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Stöð 2 is an Icelandic
Icelandic language

Icelandic is a North Germanic languages, the language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese language and Norwegian dialects such as Telemark dialect and Sognam?l....
 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 channel of 365 corporation
365 (media corporation)

365 hf. is the largest private media corporation in Iceland and owned by Dagsbr?n. The firm broadcasts over six TV stations, five radio stations and publishes one newspaper, six magazines and one news website....
 founded in 1986. It was the first privately owned television station in Iceland
Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
 and it was established following the lifting of the state monopoly on television broadcasting.

List of programs (incomplete)


News-related

  • Fréttir, an evening news program, every evening at 6:30 pm
  • Ísland í dag, "Iceland Today", a daily magazine covering various aspects of life in Iceland such as politics, culture and entertainment. It also includes sport
    Sport

    Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of regulation of sport or traditions and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome , but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor...
    , news
    NeWS

    NeWS was a windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid 1980s. Originally known as "SunDew", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S....
     and weather
    Weather

    Weather is a set of all the Phenomenon occurring in a given atmosphere at a given time. Weather phenomena lie in the hydrosphere and troposphere....
  • Silfur Egils, Sunday talkshow with interviews of those who made the news in the past week
  • Kompás
    Kompas

    Kompas is the most widely read newspaper in Indonesia. Published by Kompas-Gramedia Group Publishing since June 28, 1965, it has a reputation in Indonesia for high-quality writing and investigative journalism....
    , A weekly newsmagazine


Culture and entertainment

  • Eldsnöggt með Jóa Fel, cooking show
  • Sjálfstætt fólk, "independent people" interview program with Jón Ársæll Þórðarson and Steingrímur Jón Þórðarson
  • Logi í Beinni, an Icelandic Talk show hosted by Logi Bergmann Eiðsson
  • Idol Stjörnuleit
    Idol Stjörnuleit

    Idol stj?rnuleit is Iceland's version of the British reality series Pop Idol. The show allows the people of Iceland -- through telephone voting -- to select the winner of several televised singing contests, following the same format as Pop Idol....
    , the Icelandic version of Pop Idol
    Pop Idol

    Pop Idol was a United Kingdom television series which debuted on ITV on October 5 2001; the show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop music singer, or 'pop idol', in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation....
     and related shows (Returning in 2009)


Former shows

  • Einu sinni var..., "Once Upon A Time", a history show
  • Strákarnir, comedy
  • Það var lagið, talent show
  • Meistarinn, quiz show, hosted by Logi Bergmann Eiðsson
  • Stelpurnar, sketch show
  • Veggfóður, show about design and life style. Hosted by Vala Matt and Hálfdán Steinþórsson
  • The X Factor
    The X Factor (Iceland)

    The Icelandic version of the popular United Kingdom television show The X Factor premiered on November 17, 2006. The host is actress Halla Vilhj?lmsd?ttir....
    , the Icelandic version


Imported shows

Most of the shows on the channel are, however, imported from the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 or the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Foreign programmes are subtitled
Subtitle (captioning)

Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. They can either be a form of written translation of a dialog in a foreign language, or a written rendering of the dialog in the same language, with or without added information to help viewers who are deaf and hard-o...
 in Icelandic
Icelandic language

Icelandic is a North Germanic languages, the language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese language and Norwegian dialects such as Telemark dialect and Sognam?l....
. Generally, American shows are a few months behind the original American network presentation and some times the show is re-run.

  • Amazing Race
  • The Simpsons
    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
  • Beauty and the Geek
    Beauty and the Geek

    Beauty and the Geek is a reality television series on The CW Television Network. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and Nick Santora....
  • Hotel Babylon
    Hotel Babylon

    Hotel Babylon is a BBC television drama series based on the Hotel Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones, first shown in January 2006. Produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One, the show follows the lives of workers at a glamorous five-star hotel....
     (BBC series)
  • Mile High
    Mile High

    Mile High was a United Kingdom television drama based on the lives of the cabin crew members of Fresh!, a fledgling budget airline. The name of the show comes from the "Mile High Club"....
  • The Oprah Winfrey Show
    The Oprah Winfrey Show

    The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States Television syndication talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
  • Neighbours
    Neighbours

    Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
  • Friends
    Friends

    Friends is an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolves around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses....
  • Wife Swap
    Wife Swap

    Wife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by United Kingdom independent television production company RDF Media and created by Stephen Lambert ....
  • The Apprentice
  • Third Watch
    Third Watch

    Third Watch was an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005....
  • 24
    24 (TV series)

    24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
  • Gossip Girl
    Gossip Girl

    Gossip Girl is a series of novels for teenagers created by Cecily von Ziegesar and written by herself as well as by an unknown Ghostwriter. The name of the Gossip Girl , Gossip Girl, is also the nom de plume of the narrator....
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition , is an Emmy Award winning reality television series providing home renovations for deserving families, hosted by Ty Pennington....
  • The Shield
    The Shield

    The Shield was an United States drama television series which aired on FX in the U.S. and other networks internationally. Known for its controversial portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as "Rampart, Los Angeles, California" in reference to the true life Rampart Scandal, which the show's Strike Team was loos...
  • NCIS
    NCIS (TV series)

    NCIS , aka Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the United Stat...
  • Kevin Hill
    Kevin Hill

    Kevin Hill is an United States Legal drama television series that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season.The series starred Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10 month old cousin....
  • Two and a Half Men
    Two and a Half Men

    Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated United States television Situation comedy, which premiered on CBS on Monday, September 22, 2003 at 9:30 p.m., North American Eastern Time Zone/Pacific Time Zone....
  • The Osbournes
    The Osbournes

    The Osbournes was an Emmy Award-winning United States reality television program broadcast by MTV in the U.S., by CTV Television Network in Canada, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and MTV UK and Ireland in Ireland and the United Kingdom, RT? Two in Ireland, Network Ten, MTV Australia in Australia, Television New Zealand in New Zealand and...
  • Whose Line is it Anyway?
    Whose Line Is It Anyway?

    Whose Line Is It Anyway? was a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a United Kingdom radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for Britain's Channel 4....
  • Monk
    Monk (TV series)

    Monk is an Television in the United States comedy-drama Television program created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the main character....
  • Shark
    Shark (TV series)

    Shark is an United States legal drama that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. Created by Ian Biederman, the series starred James Woods as Sebastian Stark, a notorious Los Angeles defense attorney who becomes a prosecutor....
  • The 4400
    The 4400

    The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with British Sky Broadcasting, Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope for USA Network....
  • Nip/Tuck
    Nip/Tuck

    Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
  • Prison Break
    Prison Break

    Prison Break is an American serial drama Television program created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005....
  • Rome
    Rome (TV series)

    Rome is a British Academy Television Awards, Golden Globe-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning historical drama film television series co-created by John Milius, William J....
  • Huff
    Huff (TV series)

    Huff was an United States, Emmy Award-winning television dramedy series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr....
  • My Life in Film
    My Life in Film

    My Life in Film is a British television comedy series written by Mark Chappell and originally aired on BBC Three, and then on BBC Two.It uses iconography, situations and dialogue from films....
  • Grey's Anatomy
    Grey's Anatomy

    Grey?s Anatomy is an American primetime medical drama. It debuted on American Broadcasting Company as a mid-season replacement for Boston Legal on March 27, 2005, immediately following Desperate Housewives....
  • You Are What You Eat
  • Punk'd
    Punk'd

    Punk'd was an United States hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003....
  • Listen Up!
  • How I Met Your Mother
    How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother is an United States situation comedy that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005. The show was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays....
  • Missing
    Missing (TV series)

    Missing, hosted by Alex Paen, is a weekly syndicated TV series in the United States profiling real cases of missing persons. The series debuted in 2003....
  • Strong Medicine
    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminism, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime Television network from 2000 to 2006....
  • Most Haunted
    Most Haunted

    Most Haunted is a United Kingdom paranormal television documentary film reality television series that premiered on May 25, 2002 on the Travel Channel....
  • The Closer
    The Closer

    The Closer is an United States television police drama series. The show focuses on the character of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson . It is shown on TNT ....
  • NUMB3RS
    NUMB3RS

    NUMB3RS is an American television show produced by brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. It follows Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematics genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI....
  • Entourage
    Entourage (TV series)

    Entourage is an HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase ? a young A-list movie star ? and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, California....
  • Cold Case
    Cold Case

    Cold Case is an United States police procedural television series revolving around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division in Pennsylvania that specializes in investigating cold cases....
  • The George Lopez Show
  • The Bernie Mac Show
    The Bernie Mac Show

    The Bernie Mac Show is a half-hour United States situation comedy featuring the antics of comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana and Vanessa....
  • Studio 60
  • Flight of the Conchords
    Flight of the Conchords

    Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Billing themselves as "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a capella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", the group uses a combination of witty observation, characterisation and acoustic folk guitars....
  • Frasier
    Frasier

    Frasier is an American situation comedy broadcast on National Broadcasting Company for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004....
  • Chuck
    Chuck (TV series)

    Chuck is an action-comedy television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working in the Central Intelligence Agency; the message embeds the only remaining copy of the world's greatest...
  • The Big Bang Theory
    The Big Bang Theory

    The Big Bang Theory is an American situation comedy created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, which premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007....


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