They all got bought up by one or two companies that want to show the same stuff they air on other channels because they have higher ratings than the niche stuff the channels were created for.

I still watch American Justice and Cold Case Files.

I hope the whole "anti-intellectual" trend is reversed under Obama.

Intervention or w/e was interesting a time or two

>>2373692
Obama won't change anything.

PROTIP: PEOPLE WITH INTELLIGENCE DON'T OWN TV SETS

>>2373692
Oh my, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment, aren't you?

>>2373706
Of course they don't, they're all banging away furiously at their keyboards, over-analyzing irrelevant shit on forums while torrenting all their movies and shows.

At least AMC has Mad Men.

yes. americans are getting that dumb. speaking of non-shit shows, when teh fukz will they brings bahk mah LOST?

Mythbusters killed Discovery.

>>2373656
You must be too young to remember the A&E of the late 80s, early 90s: a whole lotta WWII documentaries, shitty stand-up comedy and motherfuckin' Lovejoy.

>>2373675
This. I don't watch anything else on A&E.

It's because more people moved to cable.

Once they realised they could get more ratings and more money, every channel tried to sell out and appeal to everyone instead of staying in its niche audience.

Now every network has maybe one or two good shows and a lot of shit.

Also,

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NetworkDecay

The fuck do you have against Dog? Arts & ENTERTAINMENT. That's what it stands for.

Arts for your CSI-fad capitalization, Entertainment for Dog.

It's a delicate balance of easily watchable TV.

DOG is better than shitty TV crime dramas

Cartoonnetwork: showing live tv shows

G4tv "For Gamers": cops, cheaters, movies, and random none game shit

scifi: wrestling

>>2373656
1. Media Consolidation
2. Cable got mainstream
3. Lowest Common Denominator = Profit!

Shamefully if you want to have the real stuff A&E used to broadcast you have to pay more with a digital tier, PBS (which to be honest to you sucks compared to the BBC), or buy the DVDs.

99% Of America is a dumb as the third world.

The remaining 1% are jews (and sympathizers) and control all of the money and media.

Intervention is good at times as a high-brow Jerry Springer, but they can never be forgiven for that Growing up Gotti shit, and their attempt at hour-long drama with The Cleaner is terrible

All of Discovery's niche programming moved to their dedicated digital channels: health, science, nat. geo. etc.

Which i don't get because i'm content with 70 channels as opposed to spending an extra $20 on my cable bill for 200 other re-run channels i'll never watch.

>>2374001
I never understood why white supremacists consider Jews to be exceedingly intelligent, yet still consider themselves to be superior.

>>2374190
Bundles exist so that unwatched channels will still survive. There was talk of mandatory al-a-catre cable via the FCC but it's in the back burner.

>>2373932
that was a fantastic read

If anyone watches American Justice, do you remember that episode about Maddie Clifton?

Some kid was watching porn/or some other disturbing stuff on his computer, killed Maddie with a baseball bat when she came over to play, hid her under his bed, and participated in the searches for her when everyone thought she was missing?

I can't find it in the episode guide. I need to see this again.

>>2374323
yeah, he was a goon on something awful. Someone released the interrogation transcript from his case and the things he did to that girl were fucked

>>2374323
also, it was a cutting board he hit her with

>>2374323
also, it was a cutting board he hit her with. also he was going to sex the corpse with the severed head watching, but like all goons he gave up halfway into it

>>2373898

THIS BITCH killed Discovery.

>>2373906

I remeber that Incurable Collector Show. Does that count?

>>2374970

+1.

>>2374970

Her and those two faggots totally ruined it. I really hate that douchebag with the beret. What a nigger.

I do wash Cash Cab, though..

>>2373692
>>2373702

>I hope the whole "anti-intellectual" trend is reversed under Obama.

Too much to ask for but I expect the next few years to be more hopeful.

>>2373656
1. Cheaply made shit makes more money.

2. Yes.

I used to watch Huff on A&E

Then it got cancelled ;_;