Editing Esquire Network (section)

===End of operations===
On January 18, 2017, it was announced that the network would end all pay television distribution in the summer of 2017 and convert to an online-only model. The network went off the air on June 28 at noon Eastern time. The network programmed a final marathon of ''[[Friday Night Tykes]]'' that day, ending with the season one finale, "Finish What We Started".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/esquire-network-1201962261/|title=NBCUniversal to Shut Down Esquire Network Cable Channel, Relaunch Brand as Digital Platform (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Holloway|first=Daniel|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 18, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/esquire-network-transition-cable-online-210735230.html|title=Esquire network will transition from cable to online channel|work=Yahoo News|date=January 18, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> After the episode ended, a "thank you" slide was shown with the network's web address (which shortly thereafter was turned into a redirect to the main Esquire website).<ref>{{YouTube|Bf8qf9-XMTw|Esquire Network shutdown RIP! 1998–2017}}</ref> No further comment was made in regards to the supposed online-only version of the network, and Esquire's "TV" section on their website now contains the general features and behind-the-scenes footage prevalent on most magazine sites. The network's final two projects, ''Edgehill'' (a [[true crime]] series about the [[Murder of Suzanne Jovin]]) and ''Borderland USA'' (a reality series about the [[BORTAC|U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit]]) were promised to air on the new digital version of the network, but have since been abandoned.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/esquire-network-end-linear-digital-only-carriage-loss-1201889015/|title=Esquire To Shut Down As Linear Network & Become Digital-Only Brand Following Carriage Losses|last=Nellie|first=Andreeva|date=18 January 2017|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=7 June 2020}}</ref>

By coincidence, [[G4 (Canadian TV channel)|G4's Canadian network]] outlived both its mother American network and the Esquire Network, ending operations on August 31, 2017, two months longer than Esquire.

G4 would relaunch in the United States in a new hybrid cable-digital form on November 16, 2021, after a year of lead-up promotions and announcements, though it ended operations itself on November 18, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bankhurst |first=Adam |date=2022-10-16 |title=G4 Is Being Shut Down Less Than a Year After It Launched |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/g4-is-being-shut-down-less-than-a-year-after-it-launched |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>

Hearst has since re-established ''Esquire''-branded programming through the stations of [[Hearst Television]] and its streaming network Very Local beginning in 2021, with ''In Transit'', a tourism travelogue series hosted by [[David Holmes (actor)|Dave Holmes]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/esquires-in-transit-season-three-on-hearst-tvs-very-local-june-21|title=Esquire's 'In Transit' Season 3 Starts on Hearst TV's Very Local June 21|last=Malone|first=Michael|date=14 June 2023|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|access-date=14 June 2023}}</ref>