There aren't actually too many channels I like to watch, but I put it on DirecTV #284, the Science Channel.
I was suddenly pissed, pacing the floor, and ranting and raving. (Just ask my wife)
I can't believe we are paying for this shit.
Seriously? "NASA's Unexplained Files?"
I hit the info button to see WTF I was watching, and the description was (paraphrasing) "Life on Mars & Mysterious Moon Pigeons." I am not making this shit up.
I think they even had astronaut Story Musgrave on, but by then they had lost me. (I don't know what he might have seen, but I *AM* disinclined to listen to conspiracy theories and such...)
So... Major networks jumped the shark LONG ago.
MTV 1 & 2, VH1 might as well not exist.
TLC has apparently become the Honey Boo-Boo network. (The primary thing I have learned from The Learning Channel is to not watch it anymore.)
History Channel is purveyor of Monster Quest, Pawn Stars, American Pickers & Ice Road Truckers.
Animal Planet is home of the American Mermaids Are Us program (or some shit like that.) If I remember correctly, I think they tried to pass that off as a documentary.
This crap makes me angry. Now, for a while, I was cable & satellite-less. That actually worked quite well when I was living in the single-guy mode. Although insomnia nights sucked. Even though I got 12 or 15 channels... late night infomercials blew chunks. And I could only live through a few seasons of She-Ra, Princess of Power. Not to mention Brave-Starr & Tex Hex.
Why have we allowed this crap to become what we accept?
Unfortunately, in January I just extended our contract by 2 years in exchange for going High-Def and getting a DVR. So apparently I get to see the same crappy programming, only in higher resolution.
Yay.
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