I Find This Ad to be a Hoot.
Saturday, August 14th, 2010 / TV, Videos / Author: Shawn / Comments Off
It’s one I enjoy watching. Got any ads you enjoy?
Disappointment in the History Channel
Monday, January 4th, 2010 / TV / Author: Shawn / Comments Off
Remember my rant about cable channels abandoning their roots?
Today on Fark, there was a discussion about an LA Times article about History getting into reality programming. In the discussion was this gem of a pie chart:
It actually prompted me to write the History Channel a letter:
I just read enough of an LA Times article titled “History channel pursues updated look”. I stopped at the part about an Annie Oakley related reality show.
What has happened to the History Channel? I am barely watching the channel I used to love because they have removed the element that caused me to watch it: HISTORY!
I do not come to History to watch reality TV. When I do have Ice Truckers on, it’s usually for background noise to fall asleep to. I have no interest in it other wise. I don’t watch Pawn Stars, either.
I hardly see Modern Marvels on anymore, which was the show I enjoyed the most. It showed discoveries and observations of the past that people used to improve things of the present.
And what is up with the UFO stuff? Not everyone believes in UFOs. That stuff should belong on Sci-Fi (excuse me, that’s SyFy now, which is another example of a cable channel abandoning its roots). Same goes with all the Nostradamus and other guessing games of the Bible and physics. Half of Nostradamus’s predictions haven’t even come true.
If A&E wants a Discovery Channel clone, turning the History Channel to that clone is not the way to go.
And believe it or not, I am a 31 year old female. I have always enjoyed history. I had a professor in college beg me to become a history major because of my love of history. I have learned a lot from the OLD History channel, and not this new impostor. I come to History to watch documentaries.
I may be one viewer with a small voice, but many of your old fans feel like I do. Abandoning the History may bring you higher ratings now, but who’s to say it will in the long run. As it is now, your advertisers are loosing one set of eyeballs with me choosing not to watch you any more.
I doubt I’ll get a reply, but at least I got my opinion of my chest. I’m getting sick of all these cable channels becoming clones of each other.
Remember When…
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 / TV / Author: Shawn / Comments Off
- …American Movie Classics (AMC) played old movies?
- …Music Television (MTV), Video Hits One (VH1), and Country Music Television (CMT) aired music videos?
- …Sci Fi was science fiction?
- …History Channel aired history documentaries?
- …The Weather Channel was the weather forecast?
- …Arts & Entertainment (A&E) had an arts component?
- …The Learning Channel (TLC) was about learning?
- …Home Box Office (HBO) was about movies?
- …Cartoon Network was about cartoons?
- …Game Show Network (GSN) was about game shows?
- …Biography was about biographies?
- …G4 was about video games and technology?
All these channel once has a niche. Now, they all, in a way, have strayed from their original purpose? Who knew “57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)” would morph into “1000 Channels (And Nothin’ On)” 17 years later
Free Fun
Monday, September 28th, 2009 / Flickr Photos, TV / Author: Shawn / Comments Off
Tonight, I decided show my father where my mailbox was located. On the way back to my apartment, we noticed the decorative pond on the way back was filled with ducks, like pictures above. No, the picture was not taken tonight. I grabbed an old box of Cheez-Its and and came back to the pond. We decided to feed the rest of the box to the ducks. It was quite fun watching the ducks go at the crackers, fighting each other and the fish in the pond.
It was also quite a comfortable night. I would love to open the windows if there wasn’t fear at the cats would push out the screens. Graysie got caught once.
And while I’m posting, don’t forget to vote for Tom Delay on Dancing with the Stars. There is just something about him being on the show that is entertaining. Be it you think it’s a real joke or that he’s really that good, the point is it’s entertaining. Let’s keep him around for a few more weeks. Let’s stay entertained.
What I Miss About Countdown
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 / TV, Videos / Author: Shawn / Comments Off
When Countdown with Keith Olbermann first premiered, I watched it. I enjoyed video like the one posted above. No matter what side of the aisle you were on, if you did something stupid enough, you got called out on it just like the woman in this article got called out. Other than that, it stayed strictly with the news, and presented it in a hilariously way.
And over time, either it changed or I did. While I still enjoyed some of the news it presented, when it clearly started insulting Bill O’Reilly and President Bush, I lost interest. There is something different between attacking the story and attacking the players in the story. And most of the time, the insults just went too far for me.
I don’t know how I came across this video, but I did. And it made me miss what I enjoyed about Countdown. I don’t feel the video particularly attacked the woman it was about, but her actions. Did she need to get so upset about being called Liz? Probably not. Also, watching the video made more more inclined to know the whole story than to read it.