[OT] All TV is bad?

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On Tuesday 21 June 2005 12:16, David Bodman wrote:
> I also find that on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, etc. That it's
> very madding when the return from a commercial that the "review" the last
> few bland comments over and over...Bleaach! Com'on, guys, I ain't THAT
> brain-dead!

(Just decided to use Kontact, not bad so far. Getting tired of Evolution, and 
Kontact seems to do everything it does anyway...)

What I've noticed is that when a channel like Discovery, Sci Fi, or Science 
first comes on line, the programming is not too bad. Then, it's a gradual 
descent into mediocrity. With the Science Channel, it only took them a few 
months. With the Sci Fi Channel, it took them a couple of years before 
getting REAL bad. 

Even the History Channel used to be better than what it is today. It used to 
be that they had interesting stuff nearly every time I tuned in. Now, it's 
all blah with the occasional exception.

Is there some sort of "dumbbing down field" that kicks into effect once a new 
channel goes on line? Or is it that they subcome to the usual "market to the 
masses for ad dollars" forces?

-Fred