TVNorge (originally abbreviated TVN, now just abbreviated N in the logos; i.e. "TVNorway") is a Norwegian television channel.

TVNorge went on the air on 5 December 1988 and was the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel. The channel was started with 50 000 NOK. The first broadcast was a live variety show from Oslo Cabaret with Swedish singer Lill-Babs and Norwegian pop group Tomboy as musical guests. Originally TVNorge broadcast via satellite and cable, later they have affiliated several local television broadcasters.The local broadcasters generally were allowed the 17.30-18.30 timeslot for local programming, along with a second slot from 19.30-20.30. The rest of the time was assigned to TVNorges own schedule.

When the last Analogue Terrestrial television transmitter closed in December 2009, the agreement with the local broadcasters and TVNorge ended. TVNorge now broadcasts via private cable and satellite providers in addition to RiksTV, which is the Norwegian Digital Terrestrial television distributor.

Thomas Giertsen (born 4 July 1971) is a Norwegian producer, stand-up comedian and actor from Oslo.

He runs a production company named Feelgood Scene, Film & TV. He played "Jacob Sand" in the Norwegian movie Kvinnen i mitt liv Other than this one movie part he has hosted or co-hosted several TV-shows like "Mandagsklubben", "ikveld med Thomas Giertsen" and "Torsdagsklubben". But he is probably most known for his skills as a stand-up comedian and for getting his arm broken while arm-wrestling a woman during a stand up show.

Jon Almaas (born August 29, 1967) is a Norwegian TV-host, best known from the weekly comedy Nytt på nytt, which he has presented from the beginning of 1999.

He has also published three books, Slik blir du husets herre (2002), Bare så du vet det (2004) and Den store norske TV-boka, alt du ikke visste om norske TV-kjendiser (og litt til), 2006.

Hans Erik Dyvik Husby (born 15 June 1972), also known as Hank von Helvete, Hertugen and Hærtis, most famous for being the former lead vocalist of the Norwegian death-punk band Turbonegro. While not explicitly addressed to date, the name Helvete was adopted due to its meaning "hell" or "a place of suffering" in Norwegian, He is nicknamed Hank From Hell. Though a speculative conclusion, it should not be ignored that Helvete was also the name adopted by an Oslo music store, founded by the late Euronymous of ill-fated Norwegian band Mayhem. The store and its basement record label, acted as the de facto hub for Norway's black metal scene until just before Euronymous' murder in 1993, the same year that Husby joined Turbonegro.

Husby's band is most well known for their tongue-in-cheek humor dealing with homosexual aesthetics and punk rock antics, and the formation of a genre they label "death punk". The band formed in the late 1980s and put out a few records before disbanding in 1998 when Husby's heroin addiction made him unable to perform. After going through rehab, Turbonegro reunited in 2002, but Husby and the band "laid it on ice" in 2010. The main reason for this was his new lifestyle as a sober family man.