What happened to the History and Discovery channels?

[KnightInShiningArmorDis92]

I remember back in the late 2000s both the History and Discovery Channels had shows on military stuff, space, and the future.

Now it is all redneck stuff.

Why was society so excited for science and technology back in the 2000s?

 

[TippyThomas]

It's like a broken record.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Same exact thing that happened the last time you brought it up.

 

[Micca]

It's like a broken record.

Sidebar: Is this phrase becoming outdated? Should we be changing it to "like a corrupt file?" I totally know what a broken record sounds like, I'm just trying to keep up

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Sidebar: Is this phrase becoming outdated? Should we be changing it to "like a corrupt file?" I totally know what a broken record sounds like, I'm just trying to keep up

Does a corrupt file keep repeating? "a broken record" just keeps repeating itself.

 

[tvguy]

I remember back in the late 2000s both the History and Discovery Channels had shows on military stuff, space, and the future.

TV is pretty simple. They run programming that people watch (or DVR). Your cable box, satellite box and streaming service all report what you are watching.

 

[Nabas]

Remember when MTV actually had musical videos all day long?

 

[KayMichigan]

They found out that more people watched the redneck stuff than the other stuff.

 

[Carol_]

I find it’s mostly necromancer shows. (I might watch them too much.)

 

[Dan Murphy]

https://www.disboards.com/search/3815350/

Maybe in here?

 

[Marrila]

OP, there is plenty of information on all sorts of subjects on you tube.
Add in the wealth of subjects covered on podcasts and the total far exceeds programming on a couple of cable channels.

 

[mrodgers]

Does a corrupt file keep repeating? "a broken record" just keeps repeating itself.

Technically a broken record would spin and the needle would fall off where it is broken. A scratched record keeps repeating itself.

 

[Mysterian]

You can rent/stream all the space content you want on different platforms, so why lament what other people are watching, or what type of programming dominates X or Y channel? "Hey why can't the Food Network have more Space stuff?" "Too many rednecks and not enough aliens on the Weather Channel!"

Also there was once a show called Rocket City Rednecks about a redneck who actually worked for NASA. So there!

And for someone so concerned about space pop-culture and how it relates to public interest in space travel, you don't seem as concerned about the real nuts-and-bolts science or the researchers and engineers who actually work in these fields. If you went down that path, there would be more doors opening up for you to learn about, so many that you'd no longer care about public interest in rednecks or some Sci-Fi TV show's popularity.

EDIT: THere's also BOOKS. Not just video games and movies. Books can float in space!

 

[sunshine1178]

Remember when MTV actually had musical videos all day long?

Reality killed the video star

 

[DLgal]

Remember when MTV actually had musical videos all day long?

MTV is the channel that invented reality TV. Their music downfall is their own doing.

 

[Dead2009]

https://www.disboards.com/search/3815350/

Maybe in here?

That link apparently no longer exists.

Anyway, I only watch Discovery for whenever Shark Week comes on. Used to watch Mythbusters as well but once they cancelled that, I stopped caring. Not really interested in staged reality television either.