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I remember history channel as the WWII channel.

• moloch-hai 4y ago
  "All Hitler, all the time!" Advertisers have a strong preference for the most gullible people, and know where to find them.
  • geraldcombs 4y ago
    IIRC that had a lot to do with WWII footage being plentiful and either cheap or free.
    • moloch-hai 4y ago
      The pivot to ancient aliens is what the advertisers favor.
    • GauntletWizard 4y ago
      And that literally a whole generation lived through it, and you could find plentiful interviewees to fill time with. I loved watching my grandfather's generation tell stories, because it felt like watching grandpa tell stories.
• marricks 4y ago
  Yeah… it certainly had a lot of that.