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HGTV seems to have Love It or List It on at all times. I'm sure others would say some show with the "Property Brothers" on it, but I seem to hit the LIOLI speedbump more often.
Logo used to be 24/7 RuPaul and the Drag Queens, but in the last few months it has become reruns of The Facts of Life every time I flip through. There's a mean-spirited joke in there, but I choose not to write it.
I've liked all of Dick Wolf's shows. Not as much as Homicide or NYPD Blue, but they're alright for procedurals that wrap up in one episode. I don't like NCIS as much at all. They're not as poorly-written as the CSI shows, but in no way do I enjoy them as much as L&O.
Yes, I have noticed what the OP is talking about. What is similar is when the rip-off overpriced cable/satellite companies offer free premium channels for a few days in hopes of getting me to prescribe, but all it does is reinforce my belief that all they show is one new movie and the rest reruns. they must thing we're totally stupid.
I just started a subscription to cable after several years away, and I am finding it not that interesting at all. I watch Ray Donovan, Suits, and Murder in the First. There's next to nothing on On Demand, and it seems as if there's a lot less to watch than there used to be. I'd like to be able to watch old episodes of Million Dollar Listing: LA, and there's nothing on. Or Barefoot Contessa. But it's not available. I was going to settle in and bingewatch Justified, but Comcast wants $2.99 an episode.
It's not worth it to me. I think I'm going to take advantage of Comcast's 30-Day Guarantee and go back to basic basic.
But at least that had something to do with history.
What exactly does "Ice Road Truckers" have to do with history?
I know! That's something I bring up in my discussions of "mission drift" or "format drift" of cable channels.
Ice Road Truckers and Swamp People have nothing to do with history.
Why does Animal Planet have shows about building treehouses?
Why does The Learning Channel (TLC) have to focus on dwarves all the time?
Why does MTV no longer play music videos?
Next they'll be having Andy Griffith marathons on BET.
Since 90% of the cable channels are either owned by Discovery Communications or Disney, of course they show the same things over and over and over. Cheap and sells advertising, which is what tv is all about.
I have tinnitus, and to alleviate the constant whine the tv is on all the time. Monday thru Friday, TNT shows 4 - 5 episodes of Bones, then 4 - 7 episodes of Castle. EVERY day. Even though there's a lot of episodes, they can run through them all in about two months. And then they start over again.
Have been doing this for a few years.
To me it's lazy programming, but in reality I believe it's because the viewer is a total afterthought, if we are thought of at all. It's about selling ad time -- and, yes -- they trim those shows to stuff in more ads, they start the next show in a smaller screen while they speed through the previous shows credits in teeny tiny letters no one can read...
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