I posted a best of... now this is the worst broadcast/cable network right now. Remember, these are just your opinions.

If you can call them networks I think its a tie between MyNetwork TV and ION. I mean they have no first run programming and very few shows that they do show anyway.

I'm baffled there are so many non-O&O stations that are still affiliated with MyNetworkTV. I bet we'll see many of them going independent or switching networks once their contracts expire.

I'm also willing to bet MyNetworkTV will no longer exist in 2-5 years.

MyNetwork TV, The CW, ION... and the last few years, all the children's oriented networks have gone down the toilet, such as Nick, Disney, and Cartoon Network.

MTV and VH1 are 100% crap. HBO and Showtime are nothing but smut networks.

I'm baffled there are so many non-O&O stations that are still affiliated with MyNetworkTV. I bet we'll see many of them going independent or switching networks once their contracts expire.

I'm also willing to bet MyNetworkTV will no longer exist in 2-5 years.i agree with everything you said

If you can call them networks I think its a tie between MyNetwork TV and ION. I mean they have no first run programming and very few shows that they do show anyway.

When ION first made its debut (As PAX TV) it showed PROMISE, featuring Family-Friendly Programming such as Doc, Sue Thomas: FB Eye, Chicken Soup for the Soul, It's a Miracle among others. Alas, this was not to last. These shows were either replaced with Cheesy Game Shows or other "Unscripted" Series, or were replaced with Reruns. :(

TVLand has fallen alot in the past 6 years, I no longer watch it because of all the changes they have done to the channel.

#1 abcfamaily ican't stand pretty little larit or secert life of teanger i can't standthat 70s shows.
#2 tv land i quite watching it after theygot ride of i lov lucy and when they add homeinmprovment to late night i do watch homeinmprovment and threes company. i cna't stand ramyond show and andy gritth show.

Some of the ones that I feel have gone downhill:
Cartoon Network
Syfy
The Weather Channel
MSNBC
CNN Headline News
TLC
Food Network
The History Channel
A&E
VH1
MTV
CMT
Trutv
Bravo
TV Land
MTV 2
The Disney Channel
Nickelodeon/Nick@Nite

The networks I think that have gone down hill are:

ION (I enjoyed the network when they were PAX and aired originals like Doc and game shows like Shop Til You Drop and Supermarket Sweep.)
MTV (Can't stand Jersey Shore. I wish they would air music videos again.)
VH1
CMT
Bravo (Too many Housewives shows)

Interesting about MyNetwork, the local one went independent almost a year ago. Too bad they waste most of their airtime by showing infomercials. May as well shut it down if you aren't going to show anything original except for the dollar saver show.

Here's what really made me mad. I heard the news that ion was going to get all those good classic shows back in 2006 and just started showing them in August. Then, what happens in September? My ion affiliate swtiches to MyNetwork and shows their crap. They might show one ion show in the afternoon at 4 and one late at night at 11 and that was in. Then ion got bad and stopped showing all the good classic shows. Then, in August 2009, my MyNetwork affiliate switched back to ion. Too late for that, all the good stuff was gone by then. They both suck. Too many commercials. Thank goodness for Antenna TV. Hopefully I'll have MeTV by the end of 2011.

The only program I watched on MyNetwork TV was WWE Friday Night Smackdown. Now that it's on Syfy, I have no reason to tune in. Ion was good when it was Pax and a few years ago when they showed the Wonder Years, Growing Pains etc. but now it's like all the other networks.

I don't get the hate over MTV and VH1. No one is going to sit down and watch a music video on television when you can go to YouTube and watch it. They had to adapt, and their decisions seem to be working, so get over it.

Anyways...

The CW is the worst broadcast network
??? is the worst cable network

I cast my Vote for :mad: :angryfire TV Land :angryfire :mad:

I was watching a "Homemade" DVD of a TV Series that was recorded off of TV Land in its heyday. The Show ran for 52 Minutes, and as the End Credits rolled an Announcer said "Stay tuned for (The Next Show) presented as it originally aired, UNCUT." If that show were a part of its libeup today AT LEAST 12 Minutes of it would be hacked off to make room for more Commercials, and the bottom of the screen would be consistantly obscured as "Pop-Ups" would announce future Shows. :cuss:

The only program I watched on MyNetwork TV was WWE Friday Night Smackdown. Now that it's on Syfy, I have no reason to tune in. Ion was good when it was Pax and a few years ago when they showed the Wonder Years, Growing Pains etc. but now it's like all the other networks.


I too follow WWE so I agree. I only watched Smackdown on MyNetwork TV and now I watch it on Syfy. I dont watch anything else on MyNetwork TV and as for ION, I dont watch it, maybe for an occasional movie. ION should bring back the classics too.

TV Land (for obvious reasons)
The History Channel (they hardly air anything that can be considered "historic" anymore)
Cartoon Network
A&E
Nickelodeon
MTV
VH1

Versus although it still somewhat sticks to its original Outdoor Life channel roots however ever since NBC sports took it over it has now become ESPN lite. SPIKE ever since CBS took it over it has been nothing but CSI, UFC, canceled cable shows that suck, reality shows, and ****ty original shows TNA wrestling is about the only redeeming program they have. USA once again wrestling is the only thing saving it. TBS and TNT ever since they decided to go the show nothing but canceled 90s and 2000s sitcoms neither station hasn't been worth a squat.

This is a toughie.

MTV for sure, not b/c of the whining over the fact that they don't show music videos anymore but b/c most of their reality shows they show are just smut. 16-yr. olds getting pregnant and spening their parents' credits cards.

Cartoon Network - outside of their originals from the end of the 1990s-very early 2000s and Tom and Jerry and rarely-reran Looney Tunes, their original shows nowadays are horrid, not to mention they get away with so much murder with what they're showing to today's kids. A show about getting bullied and a washed-up, lame game show now-aimed for kids, anyone?

Spike - outside of TNA Wrestling and the seldomly reran classic dramas like TJ Hooker, Charlie's Angels, etc., too much CSI crapola.

TV Land - ditto.

I'm not saying they're the worst, but BBCAmerica is slowly going down that same path as some of the other networks: airing shows that don't belong, like wrestling on Syfy Channel, or TVLand not airing classic TV shows- BBCAmerica is supposed to air British TV shows, hence the name, but now they've aired Star Trek:TNG, and The X-Files.

Ion I loved pax when it showed game shows and family friendly shows. Even the beginning of ion had Mama's Family, Growing Pains, and other shows I watch. Now just 2000's dramas

Here's my list

Broadcast:

ABC (for giving the world NYPD Blue and not giving The Wonder Years the closure it deserved)
CBS (for challenging the FCC fines with the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction")
FOX (for resurrecting Family Guy)
NBC (for letting Friends go on ten years in the name of greed; it should have been axed ten minutes in like Turn On was in 1969)

Cable:

ABC Family (did Pat Robertson envision it airing "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"?)
ESPN
MTV
Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, or whatever started airing The Wonder Years in 1997 but stopped in 2001
Spike TV (it should have stayed The Nashville Network!)
SyFy
TVLand
Versus (should have stayed the Outdoor Network and not sold itself out to NBC)

Im surprised nobody listed the Hallmark Channel. I taped a wagon train
episode off there once and when I took out the commercials and timed it, it
ran 37 minutes, that was supposed to be about 52 minutes without commercials. And then the end credits were butchered.

I watch the Hallmark Channel for Lucy and the Golden Girls. They have MANY commercial breaks. (Wish they would bring back Facts Of Life.)

Im surprised nobody listed the Hallmark Channel. I taped a wagon train
episode off there once and when I took out the commercials and timed it, it
ran 37 minutes, that was supposed to be about 52 minutes without commercials. And then the end credits were butchered.

I actually like a lot of the channels mentioned here like History, A&E, Hallmark, etc., more than before, but to each his own. My picks:

G4 (so terrible that DirecTV dropped it; I miss TechTV)
MTV, VH1, CMT, any music channel
Cloo (USA Jr.)
MyNetworkTV (just make the affiliates independent again)
TV Guide Network (change the name or something)
The CW

MyNetworkTV (just make the affiliates independent again)I like that MyNetwork airs Monk on Friday nights. And Without a Trace is pretty good too. I actually like MyNetworkTV more now than when they aired telenovelas and wrestling.

I like that MyNetwork airs Monk on Friday nights. And Without a Trace is pretty good too. I actually like MyNetworkTV more now than when they aired telenovelas and wrestling.True, anything is better than those telenovelas. I don't know if MNTV can even be considered a 'network' - isn't it more like a programming service?

Im surprised nobody listed the Hallmark Channel. I taped a wagon train
episode off there once and when I took out the commercials and timed it, it
ran 37 minutes, that was supposed to be about 52 minutes without commercials. And then the end credits were butchered.

23 Minutes of Commercials per hour. :barf:

Thank Heaven I Cut the Cord five years ago! :rolleyes:

Hey, Regulus, just curious: do you still have cable? If not, do you supplement your viewing habits with DVDs?

Hey, Regulus, just curious: do you still have cable? If not, do you supplement your viewing habits with DVDs?

I havent had Cable (or any other form of Pay-TV) Since January of 2007. From approximately 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM I watch nothing but DVDs! and as you can see by my signature, I have LOTS of shows to choose from! :lol: NO Monthly Fees, NO Commercials and NO On-Screen Advertisments, just PURE PROGRAMMING!

I do have an Antenna attached to my TV Set incase there is a MAJOR News Event (9/11, Space Shuttle Crash) or a Major Sporting Event that's still on Free TV (Super Bowl), other than that I seldom tune in to any broadcast TV. If there is a Severe Weather Alert I have one of those Radios that turns itself on if there is a warning in my area. I get my News from the Internet and NOT the Gloom-and-Doom Woes of the World, Political Crap and Celebrety Scandals that the Media Spews out Morning, Noon and Night. :( :mad: :angryfire I watch what I want when I want, and even the reruns are on my terms, as after I finish watching something, I GET TO KEEP IT! :D

Oh, how can I forget "YouToo Social TV?" :rolleyes:

Totally agree with Syfy. When they first came on they aired Buck Rogers, the original BSG and they had great movie marathons. One Halloween they showed all the classic Universal monster movies. They also did marathons of The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman and The Six Million Dollar Man. It was cheesy nostalgia heaven for horror and sci-fi fans. Now it's pretty much crap and their original movies are not that good. At least they do classic Twilight Zone every now and then. But wrestling on a channel that's supposed be devoted to sci-fi, fantasy and horror? That makes no sense at all.

Chiller is another example. These indie channels have got to stop mainstream companies like NBC Universal taking over because the originality is lost. However, I do give them kudos for airing Monsters, the 80's version of Twilight Zone, Tales from the Darkside and they do air indie horror films (although edited) every Friday night.

Sleuth, now Cloo, isn't that good either. There is so much that could be done there and it's a mess.

And if BBC America would stop airing American shows just because UK actors and actresses star in it and get back to more actual British programs which don't star Gordon Ramsey and the dudes from Top Gear, it would be great. I think their content has more to do with licensing issues with the BBC channels but there's no need for endless repeats of The X-Files, ST: TNG and the rebooted BSG.

Well, the wrestling on it is only 2 hrs. out of the week. I dont think its that much. I dont watch SyFy but from what I see on the promos during Friday Night Smackdown, I thought they were still true to form but I guess not.

Hallmark-they feel the need to bleep out words on shows like Frasier.
SYFY-they used to show Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, etc. when they first came on.
Nick at Nite-went down the drain years ago when they stopped showing the classics.
TV Land-see Nick at Nite above.
ION- when it was Pax, I remember watching Here's Lucy and The Love Boat.
AMC-use to show classic movies with no commercials, like TCM. Nick Clooney was the host. American Movie Classics? Yea, right.

Any channel showing those damn ad pop ups during a program. I also hate those station watermarks, but looks like we are stuck with them. :soapbox:

1)-TVLand- They have gotten worse with age.Instead of classic TV from the 1960's(they were a very good station once,with lots of good stuff,but not anymore )they air more NEW 1990's-beyond type comedies.Why?"Do they think audiences LIKE the stuff they carry now(Retired at 35,Happily Divorced)with lots and lots and LOTS of commercials,and very little show,and itsy-bitsy bite-sized closing credits,instead of full-screen closing credits like they USED to have ? 2)The Hallmark Channel-Does NOT "Care enough to send -or air -the very best.Example:"Empty Nest" was a REAL welcome breath of fresh air when The Hallmark Channel aired it.Now it's gone.And who REALLY cares about "The Martha Stewart Show",and all the other stuff in "The Martha Stewart Block",although "Petkeeping with Marc Marrone"is pretty good. 3)ION -They USED to air good stuff,(and it's true,they DID air these)"Green Acres","Amen","Alice" and "Mama's Family",but not anymore.

Well, the wrestling on it [Syfy] is only 2 hrs. out of the week.

And that's two hours too many!

For syndication editing I also nominate Hallmark Channel as the worst. Little over a year ago when I still had cable I briefly watched Cheers on it. I soon realized they lifted some of funniest bits right out of the show (even worse than TV Land's edits when they still aired it a few years back) and censored some pretty tame language. What made me say screw this was a word they edited out of "Peterson Crusoe" - one of my favorite eps. The very last line of the show Cliff calls Norm "Christopher Colum-butt." They edited out the word BUTT!!!! They air a show that is set in a bar and then censor a toddler level euphemism. What a joke.

Nearly all cable networks have become indistinguishable, filled to the brim with reality garbage and programming that doesn't even reflect their brand. So I stopped paying for that crap and now make my own program schedule with Netflix, DVDs, and some OTA television.

Im surprised nobody listed the Hallmark Channel. I taped a wagon train
episode off there once and when I took out the commercials and timed it, it
ran 37 minutes, that was supposed to be about 52 minutes without commercials. And then the end credits were butchered.

Hallmark is horrible with the way they squash the end credits to the point that you can't read them. It's not even half of the screen anymore--it's much less, and that really annoys me for some reason. :mad:

In the words of one of the reminders of when TV was great, Flo:
"You want the whole list or just the top 10?"

For syndication editing I also nominate Hallmark Channel as the worst. Little over a year ago when I still had cable I briefly watched Cheers on it. I soon realized they lifted some of funniest bits right out of the show (even worse than TV Land's edits when they still aired it a few years back) and censored some pretty tame language. What made me say screw this was a word they edited out of "Peterson Crusoe" - one of my favorite eps. The very last line of the show Cliff calls Norm "Christopher Colum-butt." They edited out the word BUTT!!!! They air a show that is set in a bar and then censor a toddler level euphemism. What a joke.

Nearly all cable networks have become indistinguishable, filled to the brim with reality garbage and programming that doesn't even reflect their brand. So I stopped paying for that crap and now make my own program schedule with Netflix, DVDs, and some OTA television.
With all the vulgar crap they allow on tv,why do they censor the harmless parts ? I was taping this 1950s prison escape movie off THIS tv, Charles Bronson,Broderick Crawford,Lon Chaney and I noticed a very tiny blurred out space on the screen where they were in this cell plotting an escape. The camera panned away real fast for a couple of seconds,and when they came back to that scene,they forgot to blur out what they didn't want me to see.
It was a 5 inch tall topless hula dancer doll on a table. I guess I am going to hell now for seeing her hooties. Thanks a lot THIS tv.

Right now I would say NBC has very little going for them. They seem to be unable to break a true hit and are stuck in third/fourth place most weeks.

For syndication editing I also nominate Hallmark Channel as the worst.



The first, and I think the last time I saw Hallmark was in 2006, in a hotel in Portland OR. It was one of a very few channels that the hotel offered. I called it the "Waltons Channel", because that's all I saw on that channel, no matter when I tuned in. :rolleyes:

I have no idea since I don't have telly. Nothing hooked up to a cable or even local programming. Just DVDs and VHS, and the VHS needs to be replaced so really just DVDs for now.
..just thought i'd come here and brouse what you guys said about the channels, lol:cool:

With all the vulgar crap they allow on tv,why do they censor the harmless parts ? I was taping this 1950s prison escape movie off THIS tv, Charles Bronson,Broderick Crawford,Lon Chaney and I noticed a very tiny blurred out space on the screen where they were in this cell plotting an escape. The camera panned away real fast for a couple of seconds,and when they came back to that scene,they forgot to blur out what they didn't want me to see.
It was a 5 inch tall topless hula dancer doll on a table. I guess I am going to hell now for seeing her hooties. Thanks a lot THIS tv.
I don't understand it either.Maybe for the same reason they censor harmless Warner Bros cartoons--American tv has gone crazy.

The CW, ION, TV Land, ABC Family, Nick, Disney, TBS, FX, Lifetime, We, TLC, CMT, VH1, MTV, USA, TNT...Most of the shows we watch are on INSP, GMC, WHT, HUB, Encore westerns, Fox Movie and TCM and a few on CBS. We don't really watch ABC, NBC or Fox. I could go on but these are some that I consider the worst. At one time they weren't.

With all the vulgar crap they allow on tv,why do they censor the harmless parts ? I was taping this 1950s prison escape movie off THIS tv, Charles Bronson,Broderick Crawford,Lon Chaney and I noticed a very tiny blurred out space on the screen where they were in this cell plotting an escape. The camera panned away real fast for a couple of seconds,and when they came back to that scene,they forgot to blur out what they didn't want me to see.
It was a 5 inch tall topless hula dancer doll on a table. I guess I am going to hell now for seeing her hooties. Thanks a lot THIS tv.


LOL I find the blurring of harmless objects in movies to be funny (where did prisoners in the 50s get a dancing hula doll anyways?) Whereas butchering dialogue can totally ruin the whole flow of a scene. It's more offensive to the writers by hacking up their work than it is to censor words that were perfectly OK for broadcast when they originally aired.