There are multiple posts about this. MeTV is a broadcast network carried by a local TV station. Comcast just passes on what is broadcast. The local station made some changes and apparently dropped MeTV.
andyross,
which local channel dropped it?
I have no idea where this 196 is. Nobody has posted what station it originally was.
Can't speak for your market.
In my market MeTV is carried on a 'sub channel' of the NBC affiliate. In my travels I have found it being a 'sub channel' for a CBS, FOX and ABC affiliates.
If you watch whatever MeTV station long enough - the owner station will put some of their own programming on the channel, overriding the MeTV content.
Locally, the parent station puts its News on MeTV at 10 PM - it's regular newscast is 11 PM.