EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Time
Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.'s ("TWE") Registration Statement on Form S-3
pertaining to the registration of $1 of Debt Securities, which Registration
Statement also carries forward pursuant to Rule 429 $2,000,000,000 of Debt
Securities previously registered on TWE's Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File No. 33-75144), and to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement and related prospectus of our reports dated February 10, 1998, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of TWE, Warner
Communications Inc. and American Television and Communications Corporation,
included in TWE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
New York, New York
December 23, 1998