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Off my list for the most part, anyway......as they're now doing the same thing the others are doing with what I call the "MTV approach" eg changing the picture on the screen every other second, whizzing things on and off the screen at breakneck speed, getting "in your face," and otherwise acting like everyone watching has a severe case of ADD. Annoying is far too kind a word. Would it cause ratings to plummet if they showed things in a calm, sane, documentary kinda way? sigh
Off my list for the most part, anyway......as they're now doing the same thing the others are doing with what I call the "MTV approach" eg changing the picture on the screen every other second, whizzing things on and off the screen at breakneck speed, getting "in your face," and otherwise acting like everyone watching has a severe case of ADD. Annoying is far too kind a word. Would it cause ratings to plummet if they showed things in a calm, sane, documentary kinda way? sigh
I agree and a good description with the similarities with MTV. It's no biggie for me anymore as i got rid of my cable tv and saved 50.00 dollars a month several years ago as the internet gives me free movies, tv shows, national and local news and weather broadcasts, internet radio stations, game sites etc.. etc.. as i'll never pay for that crap (cable) again as i see cable's demise some five years to ten from now
It's crazy. SyFy features "professional wrasslin'." The Learning Channel has become more of a side show feature. History has become the "End of the World / Armageddon" channel which also features commercial loggers and extreme fishing. Didn't Discovery get a logging show too? Music TV has no more music, etc, etc...
As for Nat Geo, it is owned by and programed by Fox. That's why you see all the prison and gang shows
What I find to be rather disturbing is that so many of the science-related channels are featuring UFO/Alien programs, as well paranormal programs. The History Channel is loaded with various UFO/Alien/Ancient Astronaut programs, Nostrodamus Doomsday Prophecies, the Da Vinci Code, etc. Even the Travel Channel (of all things) has its versions of ghost hunting programs.
I have a hunch that the new movie, "Splice," might set off a surge of discussions and programs.
Would it cause ratings to plummet if they showed things in a calm, sane, documentary kinda way? sigh
The generation who was born with MTV is becoming the most-desired demographic for advertisers. Their attention span is shorter than that of the folks older than they are. Programs that interest them have to be fast-paced and snappy. Plus those people are old enough to be producing these shows and the producers' tastes are reflected in the production style.
The generation who was born with MTV is becoming the most-desired demographic for advertisers. Their attention span is shorter than that of the folks older than they are. Programs that interest them have to be fast-paced and snappy. Plus those people are old enough to be producing these shows and the producers' tastes are reflected in the production style.
The defect in these show is the nature of the medium itself. They are on TV. Which is a visual medium. So, of course, absolutely nothing gets a mention unless there is a picture go to with it. Lost is the concept that the informational value of an idea is the criterion by which it is judged to be airworthy. It's easier (and therefore cheaper) to get footage of pawn shops, than to get footage of the Crimean War.
I think there must be a studio, somewhere, which specializes in hokey stock footage of reconstructed historical events in costume. A four-second clip of an actor dressed like Galileo reading a book, or Columbus looking at the horizon, or a cave man pondering fire.
There was a discussion similar to this, on the History board a few months ago.
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