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GAC - adds Paula Deen Reruns

It was only a matter of time until Great American Country stopped covering country music and went with reality shows and movies like CMT did. When they stopped airing The Grand Ole Opry was the beginning of GAC's decline.
 
logo which im guessing is owned by mtv has old reruns of true life,and teen mom ,as well as cmt!!
 
This reminds of me of the Travel Channel broadcasting programs from the Food Network that have nothing to do with traveling. Both of those programming services along with Great American Country are owned by Scripps Networks.

I hope the Country Network and the Cool Music Network (also known as TheCoolTV) don't follow the bad examples set by other programming services, especially those dealing with music videos.
 
Braves2005 said:
When they stopped airing The Grand Ole Opry was the beginning of GAC's decline.
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Actually I think they started airing Grand Ole Opry again. I noticed in my program guide the past couple weeks that it airs Saturday nights at 9pm and they appear to be new episodes. Whether or not it's actually "live" I don't really know.
 
MarcB said:
... speaking of CMT they're airing reruns of Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.
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They should debut a new show: "CMT Viewer Nightmares." :eek:
 
Mario-500 said:
This reminds of me of the Travel Channel broadcasting programs from the Food Network that have nothing to do with traveling. Both of those programming services along with Great American Country are owned by Scripps Networks.
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Man V. Food, Bizarre Foods, etc. do have a travel element to them, and I'm sure that it probably helps increase business for a lot of the restaurants that are featured.
 
I like "Man v. Food" and it was not the program I had in mind while typing my previous post. I mean programs first broadcast by the Food Network that were broadcast later by the Travel Chanel that have nothing to do with traveling.
 
This argument pops up every time ANY channel veers away slightly from their namesake programming. Its myopic to think that the average viewer of GAC likes country music and only country music. Every cable channel is selling to a specific demographic, but more importantly, they're also selling to a specific psychographic. If research shows that the 25 to 54 year olds who watch GAC are also heavily into cooking, NASCAR, whatever it may be- then its completely appropriate to feature programming highlighting these activities.

From an advertising standpoint, it would be foolish to lose viewers to another channel because you were only serving one interest of the viewer.
 
If GAC is going into having repeats of food shows it looks like Man V. Food or Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (My two favorites) would be good choices.

I noticed that Travel Channel had a "new" show with Adam Richman called Amazing Eats, which so far at least looks like it's a repackaging of older Man V. Food segments.
 
Marc, although I am not impressed with her faux south'n chahm, because she reminds me of Beau's south'n belle who offered Auntie Mame "Meditation", you could probably learn to cook a fine meal for you and your ma. Aaaaaannnnndddd...you might even invite a nice young lady to the house to dine with you both sometime.
 
justpassingthough said:
This argument pops up every time ANY channel veers away slightly from their namesake programming. Its myopic to think that the average viewer of GAC likes country music and only country music. Every cable channel is selling to a specific demographic, but more importantly, they're also selling to a specific psychographic. If research shows that the 25 to 54 year olds who watch GAC are also heavily into cooking, NASCAR, whatever it may be- then its completely appropriate to feature programming highlighting these activities.

From an advertising standpoint, it would be foolish to lose viewers to another channel because you were only serving one interest of the viewer.
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Logic and rational thought have only limited appeal here, no matter how dead-on you happen to be. :)
 
Silkie said:
Marc, although I am not impressed with her faux south'n chahm, because she reminds me of Beau's south'n belle who offered Auntie Mame "Meditation", you could probably learn to cook a fine meal for you and your ma.  Aaaaaannnnndddd...you might even invite a nice young lady to the house to dine with you both sometime.
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The Paula Deen you see on TV is what I'd call a exaggeration of the real Paula.  I've lived in Savannah, Ga. for nearly 12 years, and met Ms. Deen a couple of times, once in her restaurant .... mind you, back when she was a LOCAL celebrity and The Lady & Sons was a nice, down-to-earth eatery.  And Paula was a nice, down-to-earth Southern lady, who would often come out into the dining room and chat it up with the customers. 

(I might add that she's from Albany, Ga. - maiden name Paula Hiers - and she was in the same high school class as my mother-in-law.  The Hiers family operated a motel and restaurant south of Albany, a place called River Bend.  My wife spent many fun hours swimming in the River Bend pool.)

Then came Food Network, and fame.  The Lady & Sons most days has a line stretching halfway to Macon, and few locals eat there anymore.  First, operation of the restaurant turned over to her two sons, then when they themselves became famous, it became as it appears today - run by hired managers.  Tip for visitors to Savannah: there are plenty of wonderful restaurants in our city -- and most don't have the long lines of TL&S; plus, the experience is much better.  Trust me. 

Personally, I lay the blame for the Paula caricature at the feet of her handlers.  I remember one day - five years ago, maybe - out and about with my wife's parents.  Paula happened to be there, and came out to greet my MIL ... her words, as she came toward our car?  "Hey, y'all!"  But it was just that.  Not the "HAAAAAY, YAWWWWWWWWWL!!!!!!" we now hear coming out of her mouth on national TV.  That part is cringing phony.  But trust me, underneath is a real Southern woman.

In any case, we gowta pump up th' SUUUUTH-UNNNN TAWWWK for those who dawnt know th' dayfrance.    ::)

--Russell
 
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