What is Ted Turner?
{{Infobox person | name = Ted Turner | image = Ted Turner at the LBJ Foundation.jpg | caption = Turner in 2015 | birth_name = Robert Edward Turner III | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|11|19}} | birth_place = [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[Brown University]] | occupation = Entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, philanthropist | title = {{unbulleted list|Chairman of Turner Enterprises|Chairman of the [[United Nations Foundation]]|Co-chairman of the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]]|Chairman of the Turner Foundation}} | known_for = {{unbulleted list|Founder of [[Turner Network Television|TNT]] [[Turner Broadcasting System|TBS]] and [[CNN]]|Co-founder of the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]]|Former [[Atlanta Hawks]] owner||Former [[Atlanta Braves]] owner|Former [[World Championship Wrestling]] owner|Co-founder of [[Ted's Montana Grill]]|Founder of [[TV-6 (Russia)|TV-6]]|Co-creator of [[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]}} | spouse = {{marriage|Julia Gale Nye|1960|1964|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|Jane Shirley Smith|1965|1988|end=div}}<br />{{marriage|[[Jane Fonda]]|1991|2001|end=div}} | children = 5 | parents = Robert Edward Turner II (father) Florence Turner (mother) | website = {{Official URL}} | footnotes = | signature = File:Ted signature.svg }} '''Ted Turner''' (born November 19, 1938 in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/19/Ted-Turner.html |title=Ted Turner Biography (1938-) |publisher=Film Reference |accessdate=March 24, 2010}}</ref>) is an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man who is best known for being the [[wikt:founder|founder]] of the [[television network]]s Turner Broadcasting Station ([[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]) and [[CNN|Cable News Network]] (CNN). These were the first [[cable TV]] networks. He is also famous for be