Initially established in 1998 to recap the show "Dawson's Creek", the site changed its name to "Mighty Big TV" when it expanded to other shows. It adopted the "Television Without Pity" name by 2002. The site was bought by the Bravo network within NBCUniversal in 2007, which continued to operate it until it was shuttered in April 2014. Sometime after this point, the site and branding was acquired by Tribune Media, who had announced plans in 2016 for a relaunch, but this was scrapped among other cost-cutting measures at Tribune in April 2017. The site's recap and forum archives remain available at the BrilliantButCancelled website.