There is no history on the History channel. There's nothing true on TruTV. There's no music on music television. There's no science on the science channel.
There is no history on the History channel. There's nothing true on TruTV. There's no music on music television. There's no science on the science channel.
Discovery is full of shows all about people looking for things but not discovering them.
105 0 ReplyNo truth on truth social
68 1 ReplyBecause around 20 years ago these networks figured out that they can make just as much money pumping out cheap and crappy reality shows as they can by creating expensive and difficult to produce quality programming.
59 1 ReplyPBS is the only television worth a damn. Incidentally, it is replete with history, documentaries, non-editorial news, music, and science.
58 1 ReplyThere's no foxes on Fox News either.
47 0 ReplyReminds of an observation my dad made once about how neighborhoods are named after what had to cleared away to build there. Oakwoods. Rolling hills. Pleasent view. Etc etc
31 0 ReplyHistory channel has Forged in Fire where, for about 30 seconds per episode, they give a quick lesson about the historic weapon the contestants will make.
But yeah, TV is bullshit. Fuck commercials.
25 0 ReplyDon't forget Animal Planet, which hosts shows about tree houses and mermaids now.
25 0 ReplyCable is dying and they will do whatever it takes to keep it afloat until the last second
23 0 ReplyThere used to be. Turns out you can make more money with reality TV.
22 0 ReplyBecause of capitalism. Because all content must drive quarterly profit ever-higher.
Meanwhile, public broadcasting (PBS) is still putting out great content for families regardless of profitability.
24 3 ReplyEnshittification time
23 2 ReplySometimes I can get the weather forecast on The Weather Channel.
20 0 Replyadvertising is the most corrosive poison
15 0 ReplyBut there are letters on ABC.
Checkmate, atheists.
16 1 ReplyI was 100% watching MTV the other day and they legitimately played some music
Thought I was hallucinating
15 0 ReplyAll those examples (except MTV) is David Zaslav hard at work. So glad he's in charge of WB now!
14 0 ReplyAll of those channels were idealistic and naive. The reality of capitalism destroyed them.
14 1 ReplyLearning on The Learning Channel (TLC)
13 0 ReplyDon't even get me started about the Body Shop.
13 0 ReplyThey use to say television rots the brain, but now it's clear that television just rots.
14 2 ReplyNickelodeon wasn't actually a movie theater that cost a nickel per show.
Fox isn't owned or operated by foxes.
ABC is not gum that has already been chewed.
Thank God for Cartoon Network.
13 1 ReplyThere used to be
11 0 ReplySomeone should make a channel called boredom.
11 0 ReplyThere is no socialism on social media
10 1 ReplyThere is no war in Ba Sing Se
9 0 ReplyAh, but is there Sy in Syfy?
No. No there isn’t.
9 0 ReplyThere is no Mötorhead on Lemmy
8 0 ReplyAnd Beyond 2000 stopped airing in 1999
8 1 ReplyI remember when The Learning Channel had learning on it. Now watching it actively depletes your intellect.
8 1 ReplyIts all simple minded commercial fodder. Geared to hold the attention of the slow witted emotion driven masses long enough to throw ads down their psychological throats
7 0 ReplyThere's little to no British content on BBC America.
6 0 ReplyTravel channel and Food network switch content sometimes
5 0 ReplyAnd there are no Indians in Indiana.
To the tune of Home Again In Indiana:
There are no Indians, in In-diana Most were removed, through treaties And the Del-a-ware, had no care went to Miss-ou-ri, with ease The Shaw-nee screwed, the Mi-am-i With the treaty, of, Fort Wayne William Hen-ry Harr-i-son versus Te-cumseh The In-dian's loss, became, whitey's gain Now there are no Indians in In-diana
5 0 ReplyThere's no entertainment on BET
4 0 ReplyThe Learning Channel changed their name to TLC when they stopped carrying educational content.
5 1 ReplyUnder capitalism, when you have the perfect product the only way to continue to increase profits is to make cheaper and shittier
5 1 ReplyNo Turner on the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)
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4 1 ReplyIt's the same here in the UK, multiple BBC channels all disappointing
3 0 ReplyThere's no Nick's on Nickelodeon.
3 0 ReplyDeep.
This is now classic stoner chat.
This dude took it for a spin over a decade ago...
4 2 ReplyWhat are these, tv channels ? youtube ? they seem badly named
2 0 ReplyI've heard it said, lawyers and police create criminals, doctors create sick people, politicians create corruption.
Don't know how true a sentiment that is, but I can see some true aspects to it.
3 1 ReplyThere is no democracy in a democratic country.
3 1 ReplyMinitrue, Minipax, Miniplenty, Miniluv
1 0 Reply1 0 ReplyAnd there is no queen of England
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