kabel eins (literally: cable one) is a commercial television channel in Germany. It started business on 29 February 1992, as the Kabelkanal and belongs to the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. The channel is largely known for showing classic American films as well as series and documentaries. It is considered to be the little sister channel of ProSieben.In recent years, kabel eins has regularly taken over TV series from ProSieben when they were not successful enough or had already been shown several times. The best example of this is Without a Trace, which was considered a failure on ProSieben but is quite successful on kabel eins.It also acquired several shows from RTL II.