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I recall watching TLC in the mid-90's, and splitting my time between it and Discovery Channel. The whole push for "A [foo] Story" turned me away, and I guess t
by bentcorner 12y ago
I recall watching TLC in the mid-90's, and splitting my time between it and Discovery Channel. The whole push for "A [foo] Story" turned me away, and I guess things went downhill from there.
Also, this is mind boggling:
> The Weather Channel, for instance, faced severe backlash for its attempts to add movies to its lineup (already having drifted from all-forecast programming into reality shows for much of its lineup over the course of the previous decade) in 2010.
I guess you could call this a "pivot", but if you've named yourself "The Weather Channel", I don't think you should be surprised if you get backlash because you decide to stop delivering what you said on the tin.
- cratermoon 12y agoDid you happen to read the article linked from this OP's? TLC changed its tagline to "Everyone needs a little TLC", more or less explicitly jettisoning any association with "learning" http://qz.com/239882/american-cable-tv-has-now-reached-total-convergence/ http://qz.com/239882/american-cable-tv-has-now-reached-total... Remember when you could watch music videos all day on MTV?