All their good content is moved to the streaming services. why make less money being bundled on cable when you can charge people whatever for the content and make way more? At least that’s why I think the content on cable is trash at the moment
Also, A&E (Which stands for Arts & Entertainment) used to show opera, ballet and classical music concerts. Maybe it wasn’t hugely popular, but my family would watch.
Myth busters was one of the shows that signaled the end honestly.
It was a good show but it was a signal that pure educational television no longer worked. Myth Busters was a quasi intellectual show but it rarely followed any scientific method other than “we tried it this way and will extrapolate all results from that”
Great show, lots of entertainment but it was definitely part of the “we need to be flashier and shinier and louder”
Plus all the filler. I love the Streamlined Mythbusters project, but it’s absurd how short some episodes get when cut down. Iirc there was one that was cut down to 11 minutes of actual content.
cable is still the cash cow for companies that own content, have networks, and streaming services (comcast, disney, etc), who cannot apparently make a profit off their streaming services. imagine that, selling your content on the open market made more money than locking it all behind your own paywall.
All their good content is moved to the streaming services. why make less money being bundled on cable when you can charge people whatever for the content and make way more? At least that’s why I think the content on cable is trash at the moment
It was trash long before that.
Discovery, History and TLC used to all show educational programming. TLC actually stands for The Learning Channel.
Mythbusters may have been one of the single greatest programs ever.
I miss Modern Marvels and How It’s Made.
Those were all great.
Also, A&E (Which stands for Arts & Entertainment) used to show opera, ballet and classical music concerts. Maybe it wasn’t hugely popular, but my family would watch.
the og a&e/nick (when it was a shared channel) used to be what the family room tv was tuned to for ‘noise’ when no one was watching.
They also aired reruns of Twin Peaks which was pretty rad.
Myth busters was one of the shows that signaled the end honestly.
It was a good show but it was a signal that pure educational television no longer worked. Myth Busters was a quasi intellectual show but it rarely followed any scientific method other than “we tried it this way and will extrapolate all results from that”
Great show, lots of entertainment but it was definitely part of the “we need to be flashier and shinier and louder”
Plus all the filler. I love the Streamlined Mythbusters project, but it’s absurd how short some episodes get when cut down. Iirc there was one that was cut down to 11 minutes of actual content.
cable is still the cash cow for companies that own content, have networks, and streaming services (comcast, disney, etc), who cannot apparently make a profit off their streaming services. imagine that, selling your content on the open market made more money than locking it all behind your own paywall.