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Post by Tricia on Sept 5, 2007 12:53:43 GMT -6
All-- I know this might be a tacky question to ask upon a history board, but what the heck is going on with the History Channel this summer? Every so often in the past, I could find historical content on the network ... even during the doldrums. Now I get ... what? Ice Truckers? Has anyone found this trend towards bad reality television as annoying as I have? ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL? Trish
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TopKick1833
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Post by TopKick1833 on Sept 5, 2007 13:44:06 GMT -6
My wife and I are both disturbed by the lack of history related shows on the history channel. Its better to do reruns of Civil War Journal, History Undercover, etc. rather than some reality based show. Just my 2 cents. R/S TopKick
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Post by Tricia on Sept 5, 2007 15:56:29 GMT -6
Top--
Yeah, I've just about had it with the History Channel. Jeeze, just show North and South for chrissakes ...
--t.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 5, 2007 16:34:58 GMT -6
It's happening everywhere. When I first started watching Court TV in the 80s, they showed trials virtually 24/7, which was cool because I could see the replays after work. Now they are down to six hours a day, with reality or docudramas filling the rest.
These channels are driving those of us who love to read back to our books, but what is the rest of America doing -- video games?
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Post by Scout on Sept 5, 2007 16:42:12 GMT -6
The History Channel is owned by NBC...I rest my case.
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Post by kenny on Sept 5, 2007 16:48:40 GMT -6
They all doing it. Even Fox news has a comedy news thing that come on late Sunday night.
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Post by Tricia on Sept 5, 2007 17:04:29 GMT -6
The History Channel is owned by NBC...I rest my case. As is Bravo. Remember when that station showed good stuff like Brideshead Revisited? Now it's Project Runway and Top Chef ... and while I'm bitching, does even an hour go by without a rerun of CSI or Law and Order? And when was the last time the Arts and Entertainment channel showed ... Art? But I am the most disturbed by the History Channel ... damn if it isn't history in my book! Trish
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Post by Tricia on Sept 5, 2007 17:08:31 GMT -6
They all doing it. Even Fox news has a comedy news thing that come on late Sunday night. I love MSNBC's Countdown, however ... but I recall those halcyon days when 24 hour news channels meant 24 hours of NEWS, not reruns of earlier broadcasts ... it's like the world stops past 10:00 central time ... I guess natural disasters need to better schedule their occurrences! Okay, now I'm really hacked off ... summer has finally claimed a victim! Trish
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Post by kenny on Sept 5, 2007 17:13:41 GMT -6
Maybe nothing happens in the middle of the night or they think they can save money.
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 5, 2007 23:19:34 GMT -6
Lpts of stuff happens in the middle of the night - you need to watch Showcase for that!!! The money is the thing. Reality shows [what is real about most of them, anyway?] became popular when producers saw the wild popularity of America's Funniest Home Videos, and the amazingly low production costs [the viewers provide the content!!], and thought HMMMMMMMMMMM. And, of course, there is that vast audience out there looking for whatever they can watch without thinking about it, so if one happens to doze off for a few minutes, nothing is really lost. Has anyone else noticed that CNN seems to be dependent upon the odd plane crash, natural disaster [Hajibaba has now been lowered to Category C minus 59, a sunshower, but it may regenerate itself as it crosses over a heated swimming pool somewhere, so we'll be reporting its progress every 12 seconds], and that they bend over backwards to not give an opinion or state a fact [the alleged bomb allegedly detonated, allegedly killing 70 people in the shopping mall - on the other hand General Pace says that Anbar Province is now safe and people are now gaily frequenting the local shopping malls] or that the BREAKING NEWS was read [poorly] by Don whatsisname yesterday morning? Another thing that bothers me is that all newscasters seem to equate "THE MARKET" with the economy, when everyone with a brain knows that its just idle dollars that have to be invested somewhere chasing a diminishing number of stocks. It's little wonder that you have a corporation consisting of two guys with a laptop and a used van being capitalized for 756 Billion Dollars. Maybe that's why a drop in the Dow [does anyone really know what the Dow is?] of 143 points is apparently not news, but a rise of 20 points is. Anyway, this is about history, and it has obviously become a thing of the past.................... Gordie, well they often call me Speedo, but my real name is Mister Earl.....................................
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Post by Tricia on Sept 6, 2007 16:47:24 GMT -6
Gordie ... I'm right with ya. Even Anderson Cooper has cut back his on-air time; he used to broadcast from 9 to 11, but now, now, the second hour is simply a rerun ... and Don Lemon is just a damn bore--milquetoast. I much prefer TJ Holmes--he's a Razorback, and he's cuter than hell. Mr. McDreamy, if you ask me.
My cousin works at CBS Hollywood and I know all about the money-making to be found in so-called "reality" programmes. His personal favourite is The Amazing Race ... he and a few other guys cut their commercials. They switch off so nobody knows who's going home. And I'm already hating that Kids Town or whatever it's called. Ya gotta wonder what the hell is wrong with the PARENTS! Are they so desperate to live their dreams through their eight year-olds?
It's all about money it seems; well, that and a heavy amount of ignorance on Americans' parts ... about "The Iraq" or "The South Africa" and that lack of maps, eh? As Judge Judy says, "beauty fades but stupid is forever ..."
Okay, current bitch session over. Anybody else wanna gripe? Arrrgggghhhh!
--t.
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 6, 2007 20:20:45 GMT -6
Thanks, my sweet [no offense intended], I thought I was the only one. Yeah - Don Lemon, he of the "initially, for the first time, we present the debut..." ARRRGGGHHH!!! to be sure - and what WAS that lil cutie babblin' on about........................
Gordie, take it back, take it back, oh no you cain't say that - all of my friends are not dead or in jail. Through rock and through stone, the black wind still moans: "Sweet Revenge".....................
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Post by Tricia on Sept 6, 2007 21:31:06 GMT -6
Yep, Gordie ...
Lemon is a lemon. He has no character etched into that dull face ... boring!
--t., your sweet ...
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Post by Montana Bab on Sept 6, 2007 21:58:26 GMT -6
Judge Judy says, "beauty fades but stupid is forever ..." Okay, current bitch session over. Anybody else wanna gripe? Arrrgggghhhh! --t. Trish, I thought the saying goes...."Beauty fades but UGLY is forever...." (At least my mirror says so!!) Arrggghhhh! B&B
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 7, 2007 9:28:16 GMT -6
On the subject of beauty, or ugly, and brains. Winston Churchill was supposedly asked by a sweet and beautiful young thing to imagine how wonderful their offspring might have been, given her looks and his brains. He replied: "Yes, madam; but suppose they had MY looks and YOUR brains!!"
Gordie, if I told a lie, if I made you cry when I said goodbye, I'm sorry.................................................
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