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Tubehead · 05-03-2012, 08:17 AM

mine are:
nick at nite
tv land
lifetime
e entenment
style
the ophry network
golf cchannel
most of the sportand news stations
comdy cental
spike tv they show to much csi only watch acution hunter andrepeo games
usa they hsow to much nsic and lawandorder
sicifi channle or now know as syfy what happedn to this station?
tnt ossbed with law and order
catoon network what horrbile channel
tv guide i don't use it any more my dvr got tvguid in it who wonts to watch tv show on two black bars

comedyfreak · 05-04-2012, 04:08 AM

Mine:
CW
TVLand
Tru TV

MickeyMac · 05-04-2012, 01:05 PM

MTV, VH1, BET

Do people even watch videos anymore (not that these channels show videos)

factsoflife · 05-04-2012, 01:11 PM

BET
E!
HSN
QVC (with the internet do we really need home shopping anymore?)
Oxygen and WE (they are just LIFETIME light).

TKMetal · 05-04-2012, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyMac

MTV, VH1, BET

Do people even watch videos anymore (not that these channels show videos)

They do, but only on YouTube.

I agree all three are a waste, Beavis and Butt-head is the only thing I've watched on MTV in years an that's a rebooted series from nearly 20 years ago.

AKA · 05-04-2012, 02:13 PM

I think it's only a matter of a few years before The CW and MyNetworkTV cease operations, which would cause a lot of small stations that can't afford to go independent to go dark.

EmoJoe · 05-04-2012, 04:53 PM

There are plenty of channels I don't like but I understand the existence of most of them.

However, My Network TV seems to be completely useless at this point. What does it even air anymore?

Jude The Obscure · 05-04-2012, 06:09 PM

MNTV is just simply a programming service-- a step below even Antenna TV and Me-TV in that it only provides primetime programming (most of it repurposed cable shows or old L&O reruns)--those stations either have to buy syndicated programs or affiliate with another service to fill out their schedules (and some just revert to infomercials all day--which is a waste of air time). I don't see it lasting beyond next year at the most.

BensonFan · 05-04-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyMac

MTV, VH1, BET

Do people even watch videos anymore (not that these channels show videos)

I will second eMpTyV. They have been pretty much worthless since the late 80's/early 90's, IMO.

Regulus · 05-04-2012, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad

I think it's only a matter of a few years before The CW and MyNetworkTV cease operations, which would cause a lot of small stations that can't afford to go independent to go dark.

If Pay-TV Providers are forced to offer their channels a-la-carte (There is a lawsuit working its way through the courts) A LOT of Channels will end up going dark!

Tubehead · 05-05-2012, 08:45 AM

I like my network tv i watch judge mathis and people court on it they show differnt other show i like.

Vahan · 05-05-2012, 11:59 AM

There are so many, but one that comes to mind right away is GSN (Formerly Game Show Network).

The channel used to be one of the best, but ever since the dreaded 2004 changeover, they've slowly, but surely, become one of the worst.

No matter how hard they've tried to redeem themselves, they always found a way to screw it up.

And in 2009, things went from bad to worse, when Deal or no Deal started hogging so many timeslots, they began losing the rights to the Goodson-Todman library, and only leasing them in increments, and among other things, began going back and forth to Reality TV, failing to realize that Reality TV didn't work then, and certainly isn't going to work now. In 2009, I stopped watching the channel, and it was one of the hands-down best decisions of my life.

This channel even has the worst credit crunch job I have ever seen in my entire life. Most channels do them, but GSN's is the most horrendous I have ever seen! It's for the same old repetitive promos we've seen many times, and then they just cut off the program that is still being shown over to the next one.

If they're so desperate in promoting their upcoming programs, what's wrong with just squeezing the program that is currently airing to the right, and showing the list of shows that are coming up next to the left, while the program and the audio from it are still playing, like FamilyNet does?

I even stopped posting on the GSN boards in 2009. And during my time there, one thing that made me so mad was some people having the nerve to list Reality shows as Game Shows. Really? You call fake competition, game shows that have no rerun value whatsoever, "game shows"?

EmoJoe · 05-05-2012, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tubehead

I like my network tv i watch judge mathis and people court on it they show differnt other show i like.

Those are syndicated shows not exclusive to My Network TV. My Network TV is the network that replaced UPN and had a bunch of crappy low-budget soaps for a few years until they delved into...I don't even know what now. Re-runs, I guess?

icecream · 05-08-2012, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by EmoJoe

However, My Network TV seems to be completely useless at this point. What does it even air anymore?

This is their primetime schedule.
Monday 8-10 Law & Order: SVU
Tuesday 8-10 Cold Case
Wednesday 8-10 Burn Notice
Thursday 8-10 Without a Trace
Friday 8-10 Monk

icecream · 05-08-2012, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by factsoflife

Oxygen and WE (they are just LIFETIME light).

Actually WE is better than Lifetime now that it has Frasier.

05-03-2012, 08:17 AM	#1
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	What tv station you don't understand is still on air? mine are: nick at nite tv land lifetime e entenment style the ophry network golf cchannel most of the sportand news stations comdy cental spike tv they show to much csi only watch acution hunter andrepeo games usa they hsow to much nsic and lawandorder sicifi channle or now know as syfy what happedn to this station? tnt ossbed with law and order catoon network what horrbile channel tv guide i don't use it any more my dvr got tvguid in it who wonts to watch tv show on two black bars

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05-04-2012, 01:11 PM	#4
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05-04-2012, 04:53 PM	#7
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	There are plenty of channels I don't like but I understand the existence of most of them. However, My Network TV seems to be completely useless at this point. What does it even air anymore?
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05-04-2012, 01:05 PM	#3
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,006	MTV, VH1, BET Do people even watch videos anymore (not that these channels show videos)

05-04-2012, 02:13 PM	#6
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	I think it's only a matter of a few years before The CW and MyNetworkTV cease operations, which would cause a lot of small stations that can't afford to go independent to go dark.

05-04-2012, 06:09 PM	#8
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	MNTV is just simply a programming service-- a step below even Antenna TV and Me-TV in that it only provides primetime programming (most of it repurposed cable shows or old L&O reruns)--those stations either have to buy syndicated programs or affiliate with another service to fill out their schedules (and some just revert to infomercials all day--which is a waste of air time). I don't see it lasting beyond next year at the most.

05-05-2012, 08:45 AM	#11
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	I like my network tv i watch judge mathis and people court on it they show differnt other show i like.

05-05-2012, 11:59 AM	#12
Vahan Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2008 Posts: 2,712	There are so many, but one that comes to mind right away is GSN (Formerly Game Show Network). The channel used to be one of the best, but ever since the dreaded 2004 changeover, they've slowly, but surely, become one of the worst. No matter how hard they've tried to redeem themselves, they always found a way to screw it up. And in 2009, things went from bad to worse, when Deal or no Deal started hogging so many timeslots, they began losing the rights to the Goodson-Todman library, and only leasing them in increments, and among other things, began going back and forth to Reality TV, failing to realize that Reality TV didn't work then, and certainly isn't going to work now. In 2009, I stopped watching the channel, and it was one of the hands-down best decisions of my life. This channel even has the worst credit crunch job I have ever seen in my entire life. Most channels do them, but GSN's is the most horrendous I have ever seen! It's for the same old repetitive promos we've seen many times, and then they just cut off the program that is still being shown over to the next one. If they're so desperate in promoting their upcoming programs, what's wrong with just squeezing the program that is currently airing to the right, and showing the list of shows that are coming up next to the left, while the program and the audio from it are still playing, like FamilyNet does? I even stopped posting on the GSN boards in 2009. And during my time there, one thing that made me so mad was some people having the nerve to list Reality shows as Game Shows. Really? You call fake competition, game shows that have no rerun value whatsoever, "game shows"?