What Cable Channels on Your System Do You HATE?

[Jack1000]

Hi,

Note that I am not looking for type of programming carried on a particular channel (for example, We all hate Nick at Nite for editing their shows severly and having such few shows on their schedule now.) What I want to know is, what channels are carried on your cable system that you consider just a total waste of channel space?

For me, there are four, QVC and Valuevision that I wish would be replaced with something more exciting. As you may know, QVC and Valuevision are Home Shopping Network clone channels. We already have HSN and that's enough. I can also do without GAC (Great American Country) cause I hate country music and I don't see what the hoopla is about the Oxygen channel (With the dreaded black bar!!!) on their movies!

We have a great cable system though and if they ever move the great and WONDERFUL best channel in the universe, Game Show Network to analog, then, all faults will be forgotten!!! (You have to upgrade to digital for us to get GSN)

[Truth]

CNN Headline News, MTV2

[Kay Scarpetta]

C-SPAN...whatever in the hell that is.

[Bootsy Whoosh]

PIN- get this....PIN is a 24 hour infomercial network. Anyone else get it?

C-Span and C-Span 2.

PAX

[Chocoholic]

Can I name more than 5?

At home, we only get basic cable, which gives us about 25 channels. 3 of them are PBS, 4 of them are some type of home shopping network, 4 of them are local access, 4 of them are in a foreign language, 2 of them are religious stations (including PAX), and 1 of them is an extra ABC affiliate. The only decent channels we have are NBC, ABC, CBS, UPN, WB, and a local independant station that doesn't even come in clearly half the time.

At school, we have free cable. It's free because we have a pretty crappy selection of channels to choose from. We have at least 12-15 news, sports, local access, and home-shopping channels total (serious!). We also have LifeTime, PAX, Travel Channel, Weather Channel, and a few other stations that I've programmed my remote control to skip over. I also hate USA network because they dumped Wings reruns! :bash: :smash: :livid: :angryfire

[Hollow]

C~span and c~span 2 and stuff and N@N Pax tv and that whatever the news 24~7 channels called

[DJM77]

I only get basic cable and I hate nearly half of the channels that I get. I hate the following...

OLN (outdoor living)
CSPAN (news)
CSPAN 2 (news)
CNN (news)
CNNH (news)
HSN (shopping)
QVC (shopping)
TWC (weather)
CMT (country music)
Food Network
HGTV (gardening)
Travel Channel
CNBC (news)
Speedvision (stock car racing)


:sleep2:

[XoVanillaRain90oX]

I like all the news channels! lol!

~*WLNY TV, NY 55!* LoL
~spanish channels (blah blah blah is wat it sounds like)



that kinda it

[Mossopp]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
PIN- get this....PIN is a 24 hour infomercial network. Anyone else get it?


Oh God - I get PIN. It's awful, isn't it?!
I don't have cable - I have Sky Digital and if you have the full-price Sky Digital package you get tonnes of channels that they don't even advertise in their literature - and they are all a massive waste of channel space. Basically, with Sky Digital, once you get past the kids channels (numbers 601 - 622) everything is really crap. There's a bunch of lame shopping channels and then you start getting into all the wierd stuff like The God Channel and The Dating Channel!

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by DJM77
Food Network

Oh Gawd, that channel bugs me. The only reason I watch it is because I love the cooking show "Emeril". Other then that, the channel can go jump in a lake

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by Jean Smart Forever
Oh Gawd, that channel bugs me. The only reason I watch it is because I love the cooking show "Emeril". Other then that, the channel can go jump in a lake

NO! I need my Iron Chef. That show is sooo cool, and everything they cook on there looks so yummy, I just sit there and drool at the screen.

I also like the news channels, most especially Headline News. How could you not like it? It's so convenient, tells you all the big news of the day without all the crap.

And since no one seems to really know what C-SPAN is, C-SPAN is not news, they show Congressional hearings on there. I guess it's kind of news-like, but it's not news. And actually, as boring as C-SPAN is, I'm glad it exists, and even though I don't watch it I'm glad I have it. It's nice that it was set up as a way to bring the general public into the political process, and at least it's non-profit. Look at it this way, at least you can keep an eye on what our Representatives are doing if you wanted to. Without C-SPAN that would be very difficult.

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
NO! I need my Iron Chef. That show is sooo cool, and everything they cook on there looks so yummy, I just sit there and drool at the screen.

Ok yeah. Emeril and Iron Chef. Those are the only 2 good shows on there

[Czas na Zywiec]

We only get about 30 channels on our cable, because he have basic cable. And the thing is all our news channels are bunched up! These are the channels I don't like.

C-Span
CourtTV
CNN Headline News
Univision (Hablan mucho en Español y entiendo un poquito, pero hablan muy rapidos!!!):eek:
CNBC
CNN
FOX News Channel (well, only sometimes. Other times I really like it. "And now around the world in 80 seconds" by Shepard Smith) Does anyone find him boring? Just asking, that's all. ;)

[Mr. Shy Guy]

Shop at Home
NASA
Court TV
QVC
C-SPAN
Headline News
Country Music Television
Home Garden TV
Fox News
Food Network
Travel Channel
Oxygen
Shop NBC
CNBC
Soap Opera Network

[ClassicComedyFan2]

In response to above, the Sheperd Smith report is great. It's fast-paced and very tounge-in-cheek. I love the: "Best news show...*slams hand down* PERIOD!*

Anyway, waste of space?

MTV & MTV2 - How any station has the gall to air such tripe as The Real World and The Osburnes shouldn't even exist.
Comedy Central - Full of unispired trash. With SNL floating away (the early ones that is) the only good thing on it is the occasional good movie (McHale's Navy was the last good one)
Golf Channel - What? No baseball or Soccer channel? Goofs!
The Learning Channel - You don't learn anything any more, except how bad all of their reality shows are!

My favorite stations are: TV Land, Nick at Nite, ABC Family, TNN, Sci-Fi, PAX, The Weather Channel, NASA, ESPN, Gameshow Network, AMC, A&E and of course, my local affliates! Again, those are my favorites! I don't hate them! :)

[Penny Lane]

I hate the music on the Weather Channel that plays while showing the forecasts. Some of it is really annoying!:rolleyes:

[Seth]

Get a coke. This may take a little while

TV Guide Channel
PBS
FamilyNet (WHAT THE HECK?)
INSP
CNN
Lifetime (OK..I'll give in...The Golden Girls reruns are funny, but, that's it)
CMT (Country Music = Evil)
CNN Headline News
Discovery Channel (Occasionally is OK, not often)
QVC
Bravo
C-Span
Trinity Broadcasting Network
Home Shopping Network
CNBC
HGTV
Fox News Channel
SoapNet
Guthy Renker Television (YES, I have a channel that shows NOTHING but Guthy Renker Infomercials)
MSNBC
WE
40 out of the 42 PPV channels I have (Cause the other 40 repeat the first 2)
Discovery Kids
Discovery Health
Discovery Science
Golf Channel
The last 10 of the 45 Digital Music Channels I have
(I have Digital Cable BTW.)

[joan davis fan]

I actually at one time enjoyed C-Span. They used to show newscasts from different parts of the country. Interesting to see they way the news is done say in Kansas and Hawaii. Now its just a waste of channel space on Dish Network as well as their many ( too many ) shopping channels.

Though I live on the border of WV & MD I can pick up on Dish the Denver channels, interesting the way they try to give away money
on their local news.

Not a big fan of GAC & CMT either.

[sami dg]

Got to be Oxygen!

[Beruche]

Oxygen
HGTV
The Weather Channel (I don't need a channel to tell me the weather!)
CMT (Annoying!)
QVC

[Plata]

TSN:rolleyes:
TH:rolleyes:
HGTV:rolleyes:
Food:rolleyes:
HLS:rolleyes:
GOLF:rolleyes:
HIST:rolleyes:
TOON:rolleyes:
RSW:rolleyes:
CPAC:rolleyes:
BN:rolleyes:
Speed Vision:rolleyes:

[ILuvJoandBlair]

Screensavers- They just talk about screensavers 24/7.
Vh1 total request live- They play some of the dumbest oldest music that no one wants to hear.
Court TV 1- Trial coverage 24/7.

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by joan davis fan
Now its just a waste of channel space on Dish Network as well as their many ( too many ) shopping channels.

Gag! I hate those shopping channels!!

Though I live on the border of WV & MD I can pick up on Dish the Denver channels, interesting the way they try to give away money on their local news.


I love getting those channels. I watch KTLA morning news more than my own local news. :)

[Will and Grace Fanatic]

These are the Cable channels I hate:
VH1
MTV2(but not MTV)
QVC
CNN
TNN(the night time programming only)
BRAVO
AMC
The Game Show Network

[Blair85]

I like never watch TV anymore! I like the dish network channels, but there's some I never watch like all the news, sports, & shopping channels. I'm glad I don't have cable anymore! The cable here is bad & expensive for not many channels & I got so sick of local channels like WSAZ Ch. 3 cause on weekends all they would show were sports! Nope I can't stand the locals on the cable system!

[Jack1000]

Originally posted by shyguy418
These are the Cable channels I hate:
VH1
MTV2(but not MTV)
QVC
CNN
TNN(the night time programming only)
BRAVO
AMC
The Game Show Network


You hate Game Show Network!!?? OMG!!! I've been waiting for YEARS for that channel! (It's on digital, but we don't have digital, and to avoid the added cost, I'm petitioning my cable company to move the channel to analog!) Game Show Network RULES!!! (Good choices on the others though!)

[vienna waits]

c span, history chanell, and sci-fi

[TALLguyinKY]

Originally posted by King31

CMT (Country Music = Evil)


Um, you can say you don't like it, but don't you think "evil" is a little harsh?

I don't understand why some people "hate" country music anyway. It really bugs me when you ask somebody what kind of music they like, and they say, "Oh, I like everything---except country." :confused:

What's the deal? There are SO many different kinds of country music. There's the true country music from the days like the '50s and '60s, there's Honky-Tonk, there's Contemporary---which is more like pop anyway, and not much "country" at all.

I just don't get it. There are so many different levels in country, and I think everybody could find at least a few songs in that genre they'd like---some don't even sound country at all (check out "Something In Red" by Lorrie Morgan---beautiful and poignant, and with a symphony and not "country" feel).

[tonicapollo]

that stupid WE channel yuck it's gross..... and all news channel's..[COLOR=red]:wave:

[tonicapollo]

Originally posted by TallKyGuy


Um, you can say you don't like it, but don't you think "evil" is a little harsh?

I don't understand why some people "hate" country music anyway. It really bugs me when you ask somebody what kind of music they like, and they say, "Oh, I like everything---except country." :confused:

What's the deal? There are SO many different kinds of country music. There's the true country music from the days like the '50s and '60s, there's Honky-Tonk, there's Contemporary---which is more like pop anyway, and not much "country" at all.

I just don't get it. There are so many different levels in country, and I think everybody could find at least a few songs in that genre they'd like---some don't even sound country at all (check out "Something In Red" by Lorrie Morgan---beautiful and poignant, and with a symphony and not "country" feel).

country just sucks it aint no fun to listen too. rap and rock are the best they sound better...


And most "all" country songs sing about boys,girls,braken up,crushes and kissy face songs like that.. they sing like everything's perfect well this world aint perfect.. and rappers and rockers say it like it is and not the old day rappers and rockers the today ones like , bubba sparks "rap" and linkin park "rock" well that's just my opinion i hope i dont offend you in any way that's just why i hate country...:wave:

[Jo/Blair_fan]

I hate
(all of thoes news channels)
CMT
Food Network
TV guide channel
PBS
CSPN
(that one channel that always shows what is going on in the congress room)
Spanish Channel
Nick at night has me pissed off cuz they took Facts of Life off the air.
Home Shopping Networks.
(that one channel that always has words scrolling down it.)
Discovery Channel
History Channel

[TALLguyinKY]

Originally posted by tonicapollo
country just sucks it aint no fun to listen too. And most "all" country songs sing about boys,girls,braken up,crushes and kissy face songs like that.. they sing like everything's perfect well this world aint perfect..

A lot of people think it is fun, though. And today's "pop-country" is about those things you mentioned (a lot of the time, anyway), but "truer" country music is definitely not all happy and carefree stuff. That's where country music came from, heartache, despair, etc.

And nah, you didn't offend me, it's just sometimes interesting to see other viewpoints. :)

[Cokies]

How could anyone hate MTV2, but not MTV? Modern MTV RUINED pop music. It ****ing sucks. Sorry to be blunt, but at least MTV2 tries to attempt to bring people new music that's not spoon fed for particular audiences.

Anyway, besides MTV, I hate...

Lifetime: The leader of all that is mediocre in television. Except for the afore mentioned "Golden Girls" reruns.

Oxygen:bah.

Hallmark Channel: The bloody network that bumped The Sci-Fi Channel up to 187. My cable box doesn't go that high!

Nicklelodeon: Oh, how I miss the Nick of yesteryears...

Disney Channel: When they started showing commercials in the middle of their programming, it was all downhill...

Animal Planet: "America's Funniest Pets"? Oh my god.