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I think this is a bit of revisionist history- A&E used to show 25 hours a day of "Murder, She Wrote"- and MTV and all the others have always aired crap alongside music videos, etc. People tend to forget this- but shows like "Remote Control" and "Lip Service" were far from quality fare.

At the end of the day, these are businesses and their model only works if they attract eyeballs and then advertisers. If there was demand for X, then these channels would show X. However, the demand isn't there, so they evolve.
 
I think I've seen Cheers at weird times of the overnight hours (5:30AM after a long movie, etc) on USA, but comedies are very rare...

-crainbebo
 
justpassingthough said:
I think this is a bit of revisionist history- A&E used to show 25 hours a day of "Murder, She Wrote"- and MTV and all the others have always aired crap alongside music videos, etc. People tend to forget this- but shows like "Remote Control" and "Lip Service" were far from quality fare.
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MTV really started their decend into what it is now starting in the early 90s, when they started adding more original non-music programming, with House of Style, Beavis and Butthead, The Real World, the expansion of MTV News, and the two aforementioned show among others.

The changes in the music business (along with the internet) pretty much forced MTV's (and their sister music networks) hand to change its programming format if wanted to remain relevant and survive.
 
ShawnHill1 said:
justpassingthough said:
I think this is a bit of revisionist history- A&E used to show 25 hours a day of "Murder, She Wrote"- and MTV and all the others have always aired crap alongside music videos, etc. People tend to forget this- but shows like "Remote Control" and "Lip Service" were far from quality fare.
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MTV really started their decend into what it is now starting in the early 90s, when they started adding more original non-music programming, with House of Style, Beavis and Butthead, The Real World, the expansion of MTV News, and the two aforementioned show among others.

The changes in the music business (along with the internet) pretty much forced MTV's (and their sister music networks) hand to change its programming format if wanted to remain relevant and survive.
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So two-thirds of MTV's history involves airing non-music programming, and this was arguably when MTV had the highest culture reach and awareness, as programs like the Real World defined a generation. The music videos were great but they've always garnered their highest ratings from reality and scripted programming so they'd be fools to not continue in this fashion. Fifty years from now, MTV will probably be remembered for Pedro from Real World SF and the Osbournes, not for countless Aerosmith videos with Alicia Silverstone.
 
Every generation since non-music programming started showing up has joked about MTV not showing music videos anymore, and their complaints have gotten more and more hilarious as MTV has continually proved their ability to show even less music when you'd thought they ran out of blocks to cut, until they finally got rid of TRL and FNMTV and really didn't have any music anymore until AMTV started. As late as ten years ago, there was plenty of music on MTV if you knew where to look.
 
Morgan Wick said:
Every generation since non-music programming started showing up has joked about MTV not showing music videos anymore, and their complaints have gotten more and more hilarious as MTV has continually proved their ability to show even less music when you'd thought they ran out of blocks to cut, until they finally got rid of TRL and FNMTV and really didn't have any music anymore until AMTV started. As late as ten years ago, there was plenty of music on MTV if you knew where to look.
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Exactly the point...MTV's spinoff networks (Jams, Hits, MTVU among others) have been around at least as long you stated, but you unless you have digital cable (and if your cable provider does provide those channels), you can't see those channels anywhere else. Even so, there's always YouTube and Vevo, plus MTV's own website.
 
the USA network was at its best in the days they showed a lot of cult movies.USA UP ALL NIGHT was great.
 
crainbebo said:
I think I've seen Cheers at weird times of the overnight hours (5:30AM after a long movie, etc) on USA, but comedies are very rare...

-crainbebo
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Back when USA Network ended its CARTOON EXPRESS it aired USAM IN THE MORNING which aired comedies Gimmie A Break, Perfect Strangers, America's Funniest Home Videos, Something So Right, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, and more and prior to that they aired Just The Ten Of Us and Major Dad
 
ABC FAMILY

6AM DINOSOURS
6:30 FULL HOUSE
7AM FAMILY MATTERS
7:30 BOY MEETS WORLD
8AM STEP BY STEP
8:30 HANGIN WITH MR. COOPER
9AM 700 CLUB
10AM GROWING PAINS
10:30 JUST THE TEN OF US
11AM ROSEANNE
11:30 COACH
NOON HOME IMPROVEMENT
12:30 GRACE UNDER FIRE
1PM AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS
1:30 AMERICA'S FUNNIEST PEOPLE
2PM THE DREW CAREY SHOW
2:30 ELLEN
3PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAYS?
3:30 DOOGIE HOWSER M.D.
4PM THE WONDER YEARS
4:30 HEAD OF THE CLASS
5PM MR. BELVEDERE
5:30 WEBSTER
6PM WHO'S THE BOSS?
6:30 PERFECT STRANGERS
7PM M-TH) ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING / MOVIES
F) TGIF FLASHBACK
9PM WHOOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAYS?
9:30 THE DREW CAREY SHOW
10PM 700 CLUB
11PM ROSEANNE
11:30 COACH
MID. GRACE UNDER FIRE
12:30 THE WONDER YEARS
 
This would be my ideal line up for TNT WEEKDAYS

5AM ANGEL
6AM CHARMED
7AM SUPERNATURAL
8AM THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
9AM ER
10AM NYPD BLUE
11AM SMALLVILLE
NOON COLD CASE
1PM NUMBERS
2PM THE MENTALIST
3PM LAW AND ORDER
4PM PENSACOLA WINGS OF GOLD
5PM BONES
6PM PRISON BREAK
7PM TNT MOVIE / ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING
9PM LIE TO ME
10PM 24
11PM FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
MID. WITHOUT A TRACE
1AM LAW AND ORDER
2AM PRISON BREAK
3AM BONES
4AM LIE TO ME

FUTURE SHOWS : THE FOLLOWING, PERSON OF INTEREST, BLUE BLOODS, ELEMENTRY, UNDER THE DOME
 
umfan said:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b4svAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pNwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5931,2903586

Here's a channel lineup from 1985 from a mid size town in Kentucky. Drop CNN and FNN and replace with FNC and Fox Business now, drop the dual broadcast networks that are on here and replace maybe with TNT, AMC and FX and this is a lineup that would more than serve my needs, and I suspect quite a few others.
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Cause CNN and CNBC are part of that goldanged liberal media, doncha know?
 
What i would choose as the sci-fi channel (never would of made it syfy)

6AM THE INCREDIBLE HULK
7AM FOREVER KNIGHT
8AM SIGHTINGS
9AM KNIGHT RIDER
10AM PORT CHARLES
10:30 DARK SHADOWS
11AM PASSIONS
NOON CROSSING OVER WITH JOHN EDWARD
12:30 CROSSING OVER WITH JOHN EDWARD
1PM SLIDERS
2PM THE X-FILES
3PM POWER RANGERS
3:30 POWER RANGERS
4PM HERCULES THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS
5PM XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS
6PM THE TWILIGHT ZONE
6:30 TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE
7PM QUANTUM LEAP
8PM SCI-FI SERIES COLLECTION
9PM FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES
10PM TWILIGHT ZONE
10:30 TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE
11PM QUANTUM LEAP
MID. SCI-FI SERIES COLLECTION
1AM FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES
2AM TALES FROM THE CRYPT
2:30 RAY BADBURY THEATER
 
Morgan Wick said:
Did TBS or USA ever have stated themes for them to drift from? Sure, they may have aired certain shows a lot, but a least nominally they were explicitly general entertainment channels. In fact, if anything TBS has gotten narrower with its "very funny" slogan.
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TBS has become more of a comedy channel while sister networks TNT has become the drama channel & TCM has become a movie channel. Either way it's still entertainment

As for A&E, it airs some dramas but is mostly Reality beyond that (Afterall Art DOES imitate LIFE ;D)

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
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