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As anyone who grew up in the eighties should know, the "superstation" was WTBS, which later was changed to simply, "TBS." TNT came along years later. WTBS had a plethora of classic old shows like The Andy Griffith Show, some really bad contemporary shows, and plenty of Braves baseball and NBA games, back when the NBA was worth watching. The one undeniable contribution of TNT was Joe Bob Briggs' shows Last Call and Monstervision.
We can thank Ted Turner (aka The Mouth of the South) who realized that Cable Tv needed content to fill up hundreds of channels 24 hours a day. he bought a an obscure UHF station in Atlanta and redesignated it as WTNT the first Superstation put it on Cable from coast to coast and created Turner Netwoork Television. He bought the Atlanta Braves and with a stroke of the wand they became America's Team. He bought up the film achieve of MGM and created the Turner Classic Movie Channel.
Next he realized that you could have a bunch of mediocre talking heads bloviating and news anchors blathering to fill up an hour or two and then broadcast it over and over again to fill up the hours. Pure genious that Ted who called his new venture CNN.
I still remember when channel 17 from Atlanta was free if you had a big satellite dish. They used to have cool movies and some local Atlanta news on there. I didn't know Turner owned it though. I know he owns CNN.
And Chicago is always in the news about Rahm ramming some crazy crap down the residents throat. Or some hoods gunning down babies or how bankrupt the city is because of liberal policies.
The most appropriate response to the above, just might be:
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Lotsa gravel around Atlanta.
