Basic cable channel (3)

I think it could be either:

usa

tbs

(Other definitions for usa that I've seen before include "11 Nation" , "Initially, a great federation" , "Briefly, a great federation" , "Trumpland?" , "Union" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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