candidate: By the early 2000s , the use of " generic credits " began to spread to cable ; most channels owned by the MTV Networks unit of Viacom ( including MTV , VH1 , Nickelodeon and Comedy Central ) , Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network ( though in June 2011 , it was abandoned on their movies and scripted drama series , in favor of showing the original studio credits on the lower half of the screen ) , BBC America and ( on certain syndicated programs and films ) ABC Family began using this type of format .