Inventive programming...or?

DeSica

DeSica

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Right now The Professional is on The History Channel. I love this film, and I own a copy, but I don't see how it would qualify as historical content. Can't wait to hear how Ann Medina ties this one together.

As I wonder this to myself, I flip the channel and come across Teletoon, an anmation station, and they're running The Matrix.

Explain that one to me.

What's next...a 'how to' about card counting on The Learning Channel?
 
everyone knows that italian hitmen and crooked DEA officers are crucial to american history.

Not to mention the fine line between friends and pedophiles.
 
I love the movie too. Number 5 on my list. I wouldn't complain.

(not trying to say you are complaining)
 
I've noticed the history channel is making some serious stretches for movie content, but they're playing some really great films, so I'm all for it. Didn't watch tonight's though, was saving up my attention for Dementia 13 on TCM (no commercials and widescreen).
 
I think the connection is pretty clear....

History is anything that occurred before now.
The Professional was made in the past.
Ergo, The Professional is part of History.

Of course, by that logic they can play ... anything.
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yeah, that is a major stretch.
They must be searching for ratings.
 
bballplaya283 said:
I wouldn't complain.

(not trying to say you are complaining)
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Well, yes and no.

They didn't letterbox it, so I'd complain about that. I think it overlapped with CBC's running of Owning Mahowny, (apparently, the actual bookies from that story are from my mom's hometown in Italy, and my dad knew them pretty well over here) so I could complain about that.

The point is that when these channels apply for their permits and licenses, they put forth their mandate and establish what their programming will be about. If TLC started running films, then TBS, Bravo or Showcase might get slightly miffed, since that would cut into their market. Like some have said, they are kind of stretching things now, and it could be for ratings.

Hostage was on the History Channel the other day. Ann Medina wrapped things up by discussing the knowledge a real life hostage negotiator had imparted. What, if anything, a bad Bruce Willis movie that resembled a poorly made MOW had to do with history was never discussed, from what I saw.

Maybe the TIFF has something to do with it. Who knows?
 
Wow. Now Rounders is on The History Channel. I have a copy of the script and the DVD, and I have seen this thing a dozen times...

...but seriously, The History Channel?
 
Maybe they're using these movies to purposely degrade the network ... then, during sweeps they will come roaring back with their week long miniseries on "The History of the History Channel"

I can hear people's reactions now....
"Wow, I never knew that. The history channel used to only show programs actually related to history. Amazing!"
 
Is there a channel out there this hasn't happened to? MTV doesn't show music anymore, Sc-Fi barely shows science fiction, TLC only seems to show reality shows about home redecorating... how long will it be before "The History Channel" becomes "THC," just another channel like all the rest?

(Well, OK, maybe they wouldn't be using those exact letters... :) )
 
Well, okay, "barely" was an overstatement. But you 're never going to convince me that "Ghost Hunters," their Stan Lee "superhero" show, and all the other low-rent "reality" shows they have are science fiction. (And you're never going to convince me that just about anything they produce is good science fiction, or even good TV in general, but that's neither here nor there. : )
 
Ghost Hunters certainly isn't science non-fiction.... :)


Yeah I dont know what all they syndicate, have they tried Andy Griffith yet? Because that would be awesome if they just inserted futuristic sounds when doors opened and closed. Or a robotic voice whenever Andy gets on the phone with whatsername.
 
What's truly distressing, is the flood of religious programming being aired on the various history channels.

Airing religious content is of course not problematic, but it certainly does not belong on any channel claiming to focus on history.
 
Sad Max said:
What's truly distressing, is the flood of religious programming being aired on the various history channels.

Airing religious content is of course not problematic, but it certainly does not belong on any channel claiming to focus on history.
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Religion has had a huge impact on world history. The issue is when all the religious history is focused on one particular belief without appreciating the importance of others.
 
Really, the problem is treating stories from religious texts, as though they were actual history.

A program about the events transpiring during the Crusades, is legitimate.

A program purporting to show the truth or accuracy of one, the other, or both of the Holy Books promoted by the combatants, is not.
 
Sad Max said:
Really, the problem is treating stories from religious texts, as though they were actual history.

A program about the events transpiring during the Crusades, is legitimate.

A program purporting to show the truth or accuracy of one, the other, or both of the Holy Books promoted by the combatants, is not.
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Entirely agree.
 
Not to mention that Ice Road Turckers is possibly the worst show Ive ever seen....

Narrator: "Its devastatingly cold today."

Guy on screen: "Man its cold today."

Narrator: "He prepares to head out on the ice."

Guy on screen: "Well I'm gonna head out on that ice over there."


Sorry if any of you guys worked on Ice Road Truckers, but that really didnt work for episodic telivison. The last episode was a few rednecks sitting around a breakroom drinking beers.
 
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