TV Channels that have gone downhill
Neil_N
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Which stations do you think have gone downhill?
Really - Too much cheap factual, a lot less drama and well the channel has become deathly dull.
Food Network - Seem to have Nigella fetish at weekends, now a Jamie Oliver one who is a dirty UKIP supporter. Too many Guy Fieri shows. They axed "Resteraunt Impossible" for another one of his shows. Show programmes by a couple of fakes - "Pioneer Woman" which was proven in the US and Ellie Kreiger a fake dietician.
Animal Planet - The excuse not to show the new series of "Monkey Life" is a joke. More reality crud.
Really - Too much cheap factual, a lot less drama and well the channel has become deathly dull.
Food Network - Seem to have Nigella fetish at weekends, now a Jamie Oliver one who is a dirty UKIP supporter. Too many Guy Fieri shows. They axed "Resteraunt Impossible" for another one of his shows. Show programmes by a couple of fakes - "Pioneer Woman" which was proven in the US and Ellie Kreiger a fake dietician.
Animal Planet - The excuse not to show the new series of "Monkey Life" is a joke. More reality crud.
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Clubland used to be great - 24/7 requests - now filled most of the day with charts and Judge Jules and a lot of the songs should never be anywhere near Clubland.
The less said about the MTV/Bauer/CSC channels the better.
The diluting of TV resources has not worked to the benefit of broadcasters or viewers.
Sky 1 - diluted by the launch of Sky Atlantic
CITV - doesn't air many new homegrown shows these days.
Disney XD - lines blurring between the former Fox Kids/Jetix and the Disney Channel.
And as mentioned, MTV simply for not even being the same genre any more.
Every single one, bloody recession, greedy bankers have killed my TV viewing.
I agreed ShaunW. Things have done dramatically since 2011/2012. Personally I think we are in death zone when it comes to broadcast TV.
What I don't get is, what's with the reality TV crap and soaps? Surely the money could be spent wisely.
With regards to Nat Geo and Discovery Network's reality crap, apparently the Americans like it so we must grin and bare it.
When you look at audience size and cost of programme, they probably get more viewers per £ spent than any other programme genre.
However it is a bit like living off Tesco's Value baked beans and white sliced bread the whole time.
Seconded. Whatever happened to ORDINARY PEOPLE going on quiz shows? We might not be glamorous, but we're good people and can be more entertaining than some slapper from Corrie.
Channel 5 - Big Brother, and too many working-class bashing programmes thinking we're all on benefits (and chastising those who are through no fault of their own) or football hooligans. It might be ran by the owners of a Tory rag "The Daily Express", but don't bash the majority of the UK people. We're not all home-owners earning £50k a year ffs. We've lived!
CBS Action: Star Trek and Bonanza on repeat.
Horror Channel: Too many shows like Doctor Who and not enough B Movies and low budget horror. The fims are too mainstream now.
Really: Was a brilliant channel but now all they show is DIY SOS and A Place In The Sun.
Movies4Men: Used to show some hidden gems but it's just a dumping ground for films Sony don't want to show on Sony Movies. Some movies aren't even for men.
Also, MTV - I remember when they used to have music on there; now it's reality sh!t 24/7.
Exactly what I feel! ITV was superior TV in those days. It's exactly as you say now - reality shows and two soaps!! (Many times per week!).
I'm a soap-lover - but EVERY day?? What happened to the quality of the days when they were twice a week?
And don't get me started on reality shows!! They truly piXX me off!!
UK GOLD was good when it started - but as G.O.L.D. it's a pile of shite! Glad I cannot get it anymore and am now on Freeview anyway...and I certainly wouldn't pay for it!
The History chanel has also gone downhill a little.
The Discovery Channel is still a fine channel but even that has changed a little and in eager of starting to go downhill.
Darren
ITV -> awful these days. It's full of celebrity trash and soaps. ITV2 is the worst digital channel in existence. I'm in their target demographic but I can never find anything to watch on there. It's obsessed with celebrities and reality shows. Only decent thins on ITV are the football and Doc Martin.
Discovery Home and Health -> when it was Discovery Travel and Living it was really good. Mum used to watch all the property shows they had. Now all it seems to show is hospital documentaries and programmes about childbirth and that kind of stuff. Who would want to watch things like that?
History Channel -> someone please tell me what is so historic about Pawn Stars and Storage Wars. I thought this channel was supposed to show history documentaries, not shows that are essentially the US equivalent of Flog It or Cash In The Attic.
MTV -> I remember the days when this channel used to play actual music instead of just show cheap reality crap all the time. Talk about lowest common denominator TV! Seems to be aimed at those who have got the attention span of a gnat.
VIVA -> Why is this even in the music section of the EPG? It seems to be more a general entertainment channel than a music channel. They don't seem to show music all that often. I remember when they first launched they showed more music than they do now.
Channel 4 -> Used to have some great documentaries but it seems to be now another home of trash TV. E4 and More4 are dreadful as well. All I ever see on More4 are endless repeats of Come Dine With Me and Location Location Location.
The days of the middle man like a programme scheduler are gone when we have on demand. You can watch what you want, When you want, no adverts or digital on screen graphics.