Since when did TLC become the White Trash channel?
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Even then, they used to have stuff like A Baby Story, A Wedding Story, A Makeover Story, and Trading Spaces. Calm, centered reality shows with a focus on the best parts of humanity.
But, eh, not enough drama in that shit.
Even then, they used to have stuff like A Baby Story, A Wedding Story, A Makeover Story, and Trading Spaces. Calm, centered reality shows with a focus on the best parts of humanity.
But, eh, not enough drama in that shit.
speculawyer
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Face it Tiger..
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Nat. Geo TV is its successor.
lol oh free
whiteninja
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I hate what happened to courttv (Tru TV). I used to love watching the crime shows that came on there but then they had to change into one of the absolute worst pieces of garbage tv Ive ever seen.
rudieboy77
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The Learning Channel is still learn' y'all, just in some deep meta ways. Its teaching how not live with every episode of every series they broadcast.
speculawyer
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HeisenbergLannister
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Too many scrubs.
I remember them airing stuff like Trauma: Life in the ER and nature, geography, etc... shows. It was kind of weird seeing TLC, The History Channel, and several others morph into their current state. History Channel was my favorite of the bunch, with Modern Marvels being my favorite program. When I started watching that channel they had a show called "The Most" and Mike Rowe was the host.
Fake Edit: I found an image that illustrates History Channel's decline pretty well.
ComputerMKII
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Wow... that is astute. Especially about the era where we got nothing but WW2 stuff.
rudieboy77
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When History first came out, it reminded me of all the best shows PBS would show back in the 80's with a touch of "in search of..." it was awesome.
Tatersalad
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Need someone to start raising the bar...
The Albatross
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Cheap to produce + Good ratings.
IT's been bad for 10 years.
History channel has been bad for 10 or 15 years.
Used to bother me when people would say that the History channel was the Hitler channel, as a joke, like "oh it's only about hitler and ww2!" It's basically never been that, it's always been pop history nonsense and then a handful of historical shows about historical events. But, even then, it would be like 1 historical show for 10 pop weird crap.
This is funny, but it's a myth. There were very few shows about actual history in the 1990s and 2000s. The Hitler period were never shows about WW2 or Hitler, but stupid shows like "HITLER AND THE OCCULT" and all of this crap made up history. See the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_History_(TV_network)#H
Of the shows with the word "Hitler" in them, all of them are pop-history nonsense. "High Hitler," "Hitler's Women," "Hitler and the Occult," "Hitler's Family," "Hitler's Henchmen." None of these were historical or about historical events, they were all bogus crappy fake historians talking about fake hitler history
The better history channel show was made relatively recently... "How the States Got Their Shape," was a great show that they spun into an equally good series. Also, "America: The Story of Us" was pretty good too, if a little over-dramatic, but still good.
IT's been bad for 10 years.
History channel has been bad for 10 or 15 years.
Used to bother me when people would say that the History channel was the Hitler channel, as a joke, like "oh it's only about hitler and ww2!" It's basically never been that, it's always been pop history nonsense and then a handful of historical shows about historical events. But, even then, it would be like 1 historical show for 10 pop weird crap.
This is funny, but it's a myth. There were very few shows about actual history in the 1990s and 2000s. The Hitler period were never shows about WW2 or Hitler, but stupid shows like "HITLER AND THE OCCULT" and all of this crap made up history. See the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_History_(TV_network)#H
Of the shows with the word "Hitler" in them, all of them are pop-history nonsense. "High Hitler," "Hitler's Women," "Hitler and the Occult," "Hitler's Family," "Hitler's Henchmen." None of these were historical or about historical events, they were all bogus crappy fake historians talking about fake hitler history
The better history channel show was made relatively recently... "How the States Got Their Shape," was a great show that they spun into an equally good series. Also, "America: The Story of Us" was pretty good too, if a little over-dramatic, but still good.
makeemsayuhjr
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So is it OK for me to only refer to certain black people as the n word? I just can't get on board with calling anyone trash or any derogatory names for any reason regardless of race. I don't really understand how white / trailer trash, redneck, hick, hillbilly, etc. are all still acceptable, but everything else is off limits. It should all be off limits and just treat everyone with a little respect.
The Abominable Snowman
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Hey, Bravo went from Documentaries and original Scripted Shows for middle-aged Caucasian moms to shows about middle-aged Black women having gay black friends screaming and scheming on each other
Shogmaster
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TLC will eventually morph into The Violence Channel and will rule the ratings with "Ow My Balls".
MisterGrey3000
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NEOPARADIGM
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Who watches TLC? I mean I literally made this same "what the fuck happened to this channel?" observation more than 20 years ago. Did I miss when it went back to being good?
Honestly, just watch V-Sauce or equivalent for what TLC and the like used to provide. "TV" proper is an afterthought these days, imo, just trying to take whatever cash they can before the internet takes over - and for my money it already has: I'm basically 95% Netflix, Amazon & YouTube these days and quite certain I'm not missing anything when it comes to "television" in the pre-internet sense of the word.
Honestly, just watch V-Sauce or equivalent for what TLC and the like used to provide. "TV" proper is an afterthought these days, imo, just trying to take whatever cash they can before the internet takes over - and for my money it already has: I'm basically 95% Netflix, Amazon & YouTube these days and quite certain I'm not missing anything when it comes to "television" in the pre-internet sense of the word.
Mushroomer25
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Simple. More people got cable TV. Initially, as cable TV was a luxury good - mostly subscribed to by higher-income individuals, the programming was centered on an audience with more education, more disposable income, and generally a different social class. The ratings were small, but natural - since less overall viewers were available. Then it started to become cheaper to access the content, the audience started to cover all of America - and the ratings for shows with broader appeal skyrocketed. It's just a matter of following demand.
poopninjamvc3mk
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I feel you but at least Tru TV bought us this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X1bc4kNLHI
So bad, it's good. Still not watching that channel though
There were fewer channels, too. Cable channels had a bigger slice of a smaller pie.
Now with 1000+ channels, programming is spread waaaay too thin. You have to fight for eyeballs, and that means catering to the lowest common denominator as cheaply as possible.
vagabondarts
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Yan Can Cook was awesome!!
Bedameister
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TLC recently launched in Germany. What the fuck is this shit? Who watches this crap?
I was about to come in here and complain about the History Channel especially H2 because all they talk about is conspiracy theories all the time from Aliens to Government.
water_wendi
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The moment where Bernice punches always gets me.
vagabondarts
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You guys know NPR and PBS have great instructional and educational programming.
How is National Geographic's channel now?
(I cut my cable a few years ago)
How is National Geographic's channel now?
(I cut my cable a few years ago)
vagabondarts
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One of the greatest "reality show" clips I've ever seen
It's kind of funny how H2 and MTV2 followed a very similar path - H2 started out as a channel that resembled the old History channel, much like how MTV2 started out resembling the old MTV. Over time, all of those BS Alien and Conspiracy shows flooded H2, much like how all of those BS reality TV shows flooded MTV2.
teruterubozu
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I blame...
Isn't he hapa trash?
ConfusingJazz
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NatGeo, as it is known, is currently in the middle of a "Border Wars" marathon, a reality TV show about border patrol agents.
NatGeo Wild, their nature channel, is currently in the middle of an "Alaksa Fish Wars" marathon, which is apparently just deadliest catch.
They suck just as much as everyone else.
vagabondarts
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Too bad. Such a great legacy and potential wasted.
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