21-07-2005 17:20									#1
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Okay, the classic, of course, is MTV, Music Television, which no longer shows music videos.

How about some others?

The Discovery Channel is now all about motorcycles and big machines.

TLC, The Learning Channel is now all about home improvement.

A&E, Arts & Entertainment: crime investigation and murder

The History Channel: not so bad as the others as it still devotes half it's time to WWII and the American Civil War. Much of the rest though is devoted to big machines.

Biography: The mystery shows that used to be on A&E (Poirot, Inspector Morse, Cadfael, etc.)

What else is there?

	21-07-2005 17:22									#2
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Fox News

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Euler networks never show Eulers

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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Fox News

	21-07-2005 18:06									#5
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CNBC - Consumer News and Business Channel

Now almost exclusively Business News.

The History Channel is usually called the Nazi Network in media circles

	21-07-2005 18:13									#6
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I've heard it as The Hitler Channel.

	21-07-2005 18:20									#7
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I thought CNBC meant Cable NBC.

	21-07-2005 18:30									#8
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quote: Originally posted by GePap I thought CNBC meant Cable NBC.

Yeah... when they named the network, that was probably where it came from. However, when they actually launched it/promoted it... it was listed as the "Consumer News and Business Channel" and was true to their name at first. Then they started getting the financial advertisers... and found their role as a business news channel.

And che... I've heard it called that as well... But the Nazi Network is the name that survived in the media community

	21-07-2005 18:35									#9
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For awhile, Cartoon Network was the Scooby Doo Network.

	21-07-2005 19:05									#10
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Okay, the classic, of course, is MTV, Music Television, which no longer shows music videos. How about some others? The Discovery Channel is now all about motorcycles and big machines. TLC, The Learning Channel is now all about home improvement. A&E, Arts & Entertainment: crime investigation and murder The History Channel: not so bad as the others as it still devotes half it's time to WWII and the American Civil War. Much of the rest though is devoted to big machines. Biography: The mystery shows that used to be on A&E (Poirot, Inspector Morse, Cadfael, etc.) What else is there?

GMTA. My wife and I were having this conversation just last night, and we used the exact same examples as you did (except "Biography".)

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8 months without cable now and still one of the best decisions I've made in years. I broke free of the crap.

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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara I've heard it as The Hitler Channel.

The Stuka Channel! though they apparently stopped that after the simpsons episode.

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I thought you meant misnamed LANs. I can see all the other wireless LANs in my building and they presumably can see mine. Makes me want to change the name of my network to "Satanic gay orgies and donkey buggering here".

	22-07-2005 01:44									#14
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I still watch the History channel occasionally. It's just not as good as it used to be.

And for further clarification: TLC is not only the home improvement channel, but the channel about babies, pregnant women, and marriages.

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CourtTV is only court during the day.

The Military channel should be renamed the Air Force channel.

ACK!

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quote: And for further clarification: TLC is not only the home improvement channel, but the channel about babies, pregnant women, and marriages

... and "What Not To Wear"

What did TLC used to host before "While You Were Out" and "Trading Spaces" hit it big? I certainly can't remember- didn't it host documentaries?

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DR 1and DR2 - DR means Danmarks Radio.

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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud ... and "What Not To Wear" What did TLC used to host before "While You Were Out" and "Trading Spaces" hit it big? I certainly can't remember- didn't it host documentaries?

Yeah, documentary series. They used to have "The Day the Universe Changed" and "Connections" BY James Burke. Great series.

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Until they ran it for the 47th time.

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Until BG came on, I would Say Si-Fi could have renamed itself "Bad animal movies" Channel.

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quote: Originally posted by Wezil 8 months without cable now and still one of the best decisions I've made in years. I broke free of the crap.

I haven't had cable for 4 years.

I miss Comedy Central and the History, er Nazi, Channel.

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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Until they ran it for the 47th time.

Good for me I only watched until thr 46th repetition.

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quote: Yeah, documentary series. They used to have "The Day the Universe Changed" and "Connections" BY James Burke. Great series.

Can't say I ever heard of those two... Just wondering, what were they about?

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Burke specializes in explaining various connections between seemingly unrelated inventions (one episode in Connections goes into how ideas in the development of the Jaquard (sp?) loom were implemented in early computers.)

You can see his works here. Fascinating stuff, even if he does reach some times.

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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Can't say I ever heard of those two... Just wondering, what were they about?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078588/

quote: This series explores the various paths of how technological change happens and the social effects of these changes on Western society. To illustrate this, James Burke follows various timelines of how one innovation lead to something seemingly totally unrelated in the future such as how a 17th century Dutch cargo ship design lead to development of plastic in the 20th century.

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thanks!

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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud ... and "What Not To Wear" What did TLC used to host before "While You Were Out" and "Trading Spaces" hit it big? I certainly can't remember- didn't it host documentaries?

I remember watching some British documentary about sex. . This was 7 years ago or so.

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The Day the Universe Changed was an awesome series.

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yeah I still watch history channel.

Mail Call is on right now. That's a pretty good program. They are covering radios right now. Really cool how they can build a field radio out of a few common items.

yeah sure it's more of a military channel than a history channel, but oh well. Actually, I think there is an military channel now. But I don't think it's nearly as good as the history channel. R. Lee Ermey rules! though he also reminds me of the computer game Fallout Tactics. He's a major character (V.O.) in that game.