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WCGreen

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19. Remember when the Bio channel had bio's of historical people instead of...

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 04:02 AM

Dec 2012

the Olson twins or Joe the Plumber.

When Arts and Entertainment had entertainment about the arts.

Or when the History Channel didn't show ridiculous shows such as Ancient Aliens.

Every thing is being reduced to the lowest common denominator.

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The history channels, a story of us [View all] nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 OP

The History Channel actually shows history?? I thought it was all about biker build offs and madinmaryland Dec 2012 #1

Those shows pay for this. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #2

Posting from your "smart"phone again!! madinmaryland Dec 2012 #14

My Ipad nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #15

God recovered it??? No. I recovered it! madinmaryland Dec 2012 #17

I use History Channel as a reference to what I need to fact check amerikat Dec 2012 #3

A few American Historians ave a few choice words for it nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #4

The spin-off 'Military Channel' and 'Military History Channel' are almost unwatchable now Populist_Prole Dec 2012 #5

Yup nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #7

Remember when the Bio channel had bio's of historical people instead of... WCGreen Dec 2012 #19

it's weird how all those channels melded into an indistinguishable programming blob. anyone HiPointDem Dec 2012 #22

There's a huge and very quiet consolidation underway. Hugin Dec 2012 #31

thanks. i felt that might be the reason, but the work of doing the research -- on all these HiPointDem Dec 2012 #35

For all it's faults amerikat Dec 2012 #6

That was American Exceptionalism on steroids nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #10

It was still better than the Hayabusa Dec 2012 #39

The right wing points to this channel as evidence marybourg Dec 2012 #8

I know. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #11

I used to LOVE watching the history channel when it had history stuff on it. ejpoeta Dec 2012 #29

You can watch the Dustbowl on line by going to PBS Videos Online marybourg Dec 2012 #34

thanks! i will definitely do that. was so looking forward to it. ejpoeta Dec 2012 #38

But it's EduTainTional! eShirl Dec 2012 #9

For those without a lot of education> it presents a timeline of historical events in a way KittyWampus Dec 2012 #12

The problem is that it is jumping all over nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #13

I turned it off in frustration after a half-hour or so. Aristus Dec 2012 #16

The show is not cohesive. Nothing new. LeftInTX Dec 2012 #24

I was watching How the States got their Shapes. Lasher Dec 2012 #18

I thought "How the States Got Their Shapes" would be really interesting. I set my DVR to record the Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #21

Do you still have the South Carolina segment? Lasher Dec 2012 #23

No, sorry, I really did nuke them all right then and there. We run low on space, so nothing stays Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #27

Yes, I think that's it. Lasher Dec 2012 #30

They do say "watch full episodes online," so maybe at the other link I posted. If not, just go to Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #36

On the other hand, I like How the States Got Their Shapes LeftInTX Dec 2012 #25

I could say something snarky about "former comedian," but (even though I just did), horses for Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #26

I tried watching it, but it wasn't coherent. dmr Dec 2012 #20

I was thinking about the HC the other day while flipping channels obxhead Dec 2012 #28

The height of hilarity for me has been "The Men Who Built America". Hugin Dec 2012 #32

I recorded those shows but deleted them after they had Donald Trump as one of the talking heads. My Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #37

Pretty bad. Hugin Dec 2012 #40

I was doing a search hoping to find an article or blog post that gave an overview of the Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #41

Well, for one thing it doesn't surprise me. Hugin Dec 2012 #42

agreed. Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 #33