I know they could have interesting, quality programs on all the channels. So why don't they? I know they could stay on topic, Travel Channel for Travel shows (not ghosts), Animal PLanet should be about the life histories of animals. History Channel should have history not monster or UFO shows. And so on. It's just common sense. So why don't they do it? And I would like to see you be able to pick the channels you want, 3/4 of them I never will watch in a million years. Oh and NASA could sell things to raise money and have interesting space shows instead of the incredibly boring programming they now have. Right or what?
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TV COULD be interesting and on topic right?
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Oh man you get the NASA channel? Lucky
the programers are idiots; the same type that pay howard stern to work 7 days in 5 weeks.
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Pawn Stars is a lot funner to watch if you play 'guess the meth head'.
Some may be iffy, but when someone is slightly too happy; or trying to sell some marble from 'Lincoln's tomb'; its too funny (and too obvious).
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Pawn Stars is a lot funner to watch if you play 'guess the meth head'.
Some may be iffy, but when someone is slightly too happy; or trying to sell some marble from 'Lincoln's tomb'; its too funny (and too obvious).
You need to remember that (in the eyes of execs) the show is not the product. The product is the audience. Audience size determines ad cost. Ad cost equals profit. Any show that produces profit is a quality show.
They pander to low Iq T.V. viewers
Also a certain demographic...........Rural, white, lower socio-economic class.
T.V makes a lot of money off these folks.
Also a certain demographic...........Rural, white, lower socio-economic class.
T.V makes a lot of money off these folks.
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gilgahash
Its a simple answer really, these idiot reality shows; Ice road fuckers, Bigfoot hillbilly's, Anal Probe hunters ect ect, are much cheaper and easier to produce then documentaries that actually require intellect to produce. Until their ratings reflect otherwise they'll keep producing this reality crap instead of doing what their networks were intended to do. The viewer is as much to blame as the producer...
Could be but 99% of the time is not.
The audience ratings are the product that the networks sell to advertisers so in the end the ones watching those shows are the ones to blame. Sad but unavoidable.
There were never so many good TV shows as nowadays. Sadly the disproportion between good shows and bad ones it´s at is maximum as well.
I don´t see much point in criticizing tv products while my remote still has batteries on it
The audience ratings are the product that the networks sell to advertisers so in the end the ones watching those shows are the ones to blame. Sad but unavoidable.
There were never so many good TV shows as nowadays. Sadly the disproportion between good shows and bad ones it´s at is maximum as well.
I don´t see much point in criticizing tv products while my remote still has batteries on it
TV is the most powerful mind-control device ever invented.
while it could be used to educate and better the population, the opposite is done.
why?
because educated and happy people are hard to rule and make for very bad consumers.
while it could be used to educate and better the population, the opposite is done.
why?
because educated and happy people are hard to rule and make for very bad consumers.
They say if you don't like what's on TV, you can change the channel.
But when I change the channel, I see the same thing.
They say well then you can turn it off.
But if I turn it off, I am now bored and unruly, to which was the point of me wanting to turn it on in the first place.
But when I change the channel, I see the same thing.
They say well then you can turn it off.
But if I turn it off, I am now bored and unruly, to which was the point of me wanting to turn it on in the first place.
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KSP
I wish I could give you a week's worth of positive rep for that.
Programming is just terrible. I can remember when the History channel aired programs about...history. At least the History International channel does, but they still show some stupid stuff, e.g. UFO crap, God v. Satan.
Even the Weather channel is starting to blow. I can't stand to turn it on in the mornings knowing that fat bastard Al Roker will be on.
"the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didnt exist"
the most entertaining ive seen to date is morgan freeman ,through the worm hole.
im a big nerd, love me some theoretical physics.
and the wounders of the universe.
i mostly stick to science channel ,commedy central,and some news stations, the rest of the programming is just superficial and depressing.
im a big nerd, love me some theoretical physics.
and the wounders of the universe.
i mostly stick to science channel ,commedy central,and some news stations, the rest of the programming is just superficial and depressing.
AllDayEveryDay
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Ding, ding, ding. You are correct sir. Google, "George Carlin Education."
AllDayEveryDay
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Wanted to like it. Too much "implied god."
AllDayEveryDay
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Fire your cable company. I haven't had cable in about 2 years. Netflix ($8/mo), Hulu premium ($8/mo) and Quest DSL ($35/mo) are all I need to be adequately entertained. I can watch all the movies I want on Netflix and all the television programs I care for on Hulu. Oh and my cable bill went from $150/month with Comcast, to $50/month for all 3 services I currently use.
Bingo...100% on the money.
TV exists for one reason, and one reason only......TO SELL YOU MORE SHIT.
Breaking Bad is on whats originally American Movie Classics and I could give two damns because the show still kicks ass.
