I hope the Discovery Channel keeps their word.

[Gawdzilla]

I imagine their ratings will go down the shitter.

This is 'murrica, after all.

I suspect they're doing this because their ratings are going down the shitter.

[SteelCurtain]

Yeah, I think they were trying to capture the reality TV audience, but they were shit at producing those shows. So they lost their smart audience and gained a fickle reality TV audience that left when they realized the shows were shit.

[abaris]

Yeah, I think they were trying to capture the reality TV audience, but they were shit at producing those shows. So they lost their smart audience and gained a fickle reality TV audience that left when they realized the shows were shit.

Reality tv is just a different word for shit. So that can't be the reason. Might be that the pile wasn't aromatic enough for the flies to stay.

[Alex K]

The megalodon fake documentaries were boring. That's an unforgivable sin even for trash tv.

[SteelCurtain]

Reality tv is just a different word for shit. So that can't be the reason. Might be that the pile wasn't aromatic enough for the flies to stay.

But I think they were trying to get on the "unscripted" reality shows like Pawn Stars, American Chopper, or American Restoration. Some of those shows were entertaining, if not informational at times. But in the end, the ones Discovery poduced were not as good as the ones History chose.

[brewer]

Now if the History Channel were to air history instead of hystery, I'm tempted to call that a miracle.

Yeah, I got really tired of Ancient Anglicans! I mean, come on!

[abaris]

American Chopper unscripted? Well color me suspicious.

[SteelCurtain]

That's why the double quotes. Called unscripted, in reality anything but.

[Crossless2.0]

Now if the History Channel were to air history instead of hystery, I'm tempted to call that a miracle.

The History Channel is a damn disgrace. Even before its current programming nadir, it was little more than a military recruitment tool for several years.

I have to believe that there is an audience hungry for substantive programming that features well made, thoughtful documentaries about history. It amazes me that they can't figure out how to tap that market.

[abaris]

The History Channel is a damn disgrace. Even before its current programming nadir, it was little more than a military recruitment tool for several years.

It is. Sometimes it's just plain stupid. Like the series with Olly Steed, who's an absolute numbnut. Discovering the secrets of history by interviewing the mralstoners of the world. My ass.

You know, the Discovery as well as the History channel viewed with European eyes is a curious mixture of Goebbels programming and Soviet style Working Class Hero presentation. Sensationalist, militarist and know your place like.