This is one of those more shocking lists. Its basically who really controls which channels for American TV. Lets start shall we?

Disney

ABC
Disney Channel
Playhouse Disney
Disney XD
ABC Family
SOAPnet
Lifetime
Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime Real Women
A&E
History Channel
Biography Channel
History Channel International
Military History Channel
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPN Classic
ESPNews
ESPN Deportes
ESPNU
ESPN Now
ESPN Plus
ESPN International

News Corp

Fox
My Network TV
Fox News
Fox Movies
Fox Classics
Fox Business Network
Fox Sports Net
FX Networks
Speed Channel
Fuel TV
As a note, News Corp does have a lot more international holdings.

Viacom

MTV
MTV2
MTV Tr3s
MTV Desi
MTV Hits
MTV Jams
mtvU
Palladia
Nickelodeon
Nick 2
Nick Jr
Teen Nick
Nicktoon Network
TV Land
CMT
Spike
VH1
VH1 Classic
VH1 Soul
BET
BET Hip Hop
BET Gospel
Centric
Comedy Central
Logo

Time Warner

HBO
Cinemax
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
truTV
TBS
TNT
TCM
CNN
Headline News
The CW (Half Owned)

So pretty much 4 companies own 68 Cable/Broadcast networks. Not only that but just about every channel you would expect to see on a basic cable package is listed here too. So who controls what your seeing?