Certain cable TV stations have been bugging me lately. There is an increasing number of them that no longer show what they are named after.
The biggest offender is The Sci-Fi network. Crappy made for TV horror and fantasy movies are not science fiction. ECW wrestling is not science fiction, it is fiction but nothing more. Ghosthunters (both original recipe and international) and what ever show they have on after it are at best fringe science, but what they really are is a reality show that follows a bunch of people around in the dark. So they should either change the name of the channel or start showing some Scifi.
Discovery Channel: They still have some good programs but why in chaos do they have to show Deadliest Catch everyday for several hours in a row. Oh look we discovered seafood. Dirty Jobs at least does new jobs every show. Man vs Wild just plain sucks hes not in danger that he hasn't chosen to be in, plus he has a camera crew.
The History Channel - The majority of its programs cover stuff thats pretty recent. Ice Road Trucker will be history in a few years but right now its just a normal reality show that was filmed the previous winter. They will cover historical events if a big movie comes out. Then they will have several programs that while they are history are just on the air to shill for movie.
History International its sister station seems to have gotten all of the history.
The Learning Channel or TLC: Not much learning going on. American Chopper, a show about a dwarf family, a Tattoo shop, a show about a family with 8 kids, and some fashion show with a woman and a gay man that tell people that their clothes suck.
Court TV used to bug me the same way but at least they changed their name to True Tv so they will be forgiven for their sins.
G4 when they gobbled up TechTV I don't think anyone believed that the the Tech was going to survive at leasts the dropped the Tech TV part. The only thing they have going for them is the geeks dream girl Morgan Webb.
Now they just focus on Video games, entertainment news, Cops reruns, and a couple of Japanese game shows.
I'm just waiting for one of the chick channels (Oxygen, Lifetime or WE) to start showing monster truck rallies and professional wrestling.
I just wish there was room on cable for for topical channels that you can depend on if you want your fix of a certain genre of entertainment. Its like going to an icecream parlor and finding out that they only serve ice cream a few days a week and only at certain times.
The biggest offender is The Sci-Fi network. Crappy made for TV horror and fantasy movies are not science fiction. ECW wrestling is not science fiction, it is fiction but nothing more. Ghosthunters (both original recipe and international) and what ever show they have on after it are at best fringe science, but what they really are is a reality show that follows a bunch of people around in the dark. So they should either change the name of the channel or start showing some Scifi.
Discovery Channel: They still have some good programs but why in chaos do they have to show Deadliest Catch everyday for several hours in a row. Oh look we discovered seafood. Dirty Jobs at least does new jobs every show. Man vs Wild just plain sucks hes not in danger that he hasn't chosen to be in, plus he has a camera crew.
The History Channel - The majority of its programs cover stuff thats pretty recent. Ice Road Trucker will be history in a few years but right now its just a normal reality show that was filmed the previous winter. They will cover historical events if a big movie comes out. Then they will have several programs that while they are history are just on the air to shill for movie.
History International its sister station seems to have gotten all of the history.
The Learning Channel or TLC: Not much learning going on. American Chopper, a show about a dwarf family, a Tattoo shop, a show about a family with 8 kids, and some fashion show with a woman and a gay man that tell people that their clothes suck.
Court TV used to bug me the same way but at least they changed their name to True Tv so they will be forgiven for their sins.
G4 when they gobbled up TechTV I don't think anyone believed that the the Tech was going to survive at leasts the dropped the Tech TV part. The only thing they have going for them is the geeks dream girl Morgan Webb.
Now they just focus on Video games, entertainment news, Cops reruns, and a couple of Japanese game shows.
I'm just waiting for one of the chick channels (Oxygen, Lifetime or WE) to start showing monster truck rallies and professional wrestling.
I just wish there was room on cable for for topical channels that you can depend on if you want your fix of a certain genre of entertainment. Its like going to an icecream parlor and finding out that they only serve ice cream a few days a week and only at certain times.
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