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Permalink Reply by Doug Reardon on January 6, 2011 at 11:09am

I gave up watching TV years ago, the few channels I watched all sold out and started pandering to woo!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Sizer-Watt on January 6, 2011 at 11:37am

omg, you're not serious?  Sarah Palin has a show?  wow.  I don't have cable, so I don't catch much tv these days.  your post doesn't entice me to change that.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Sizer-Watt on January 6, 2011 at 12:10pm

haha!  "caribou barbie"!  haha!  I am an avid animal rights activist.  Now I dislike her even more!

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Permalink Reply by Tony Del Bono on January 6, 2011 at 11:36am

They have already done 'Ghost Lab' so this is, unfortunately, not surprising at all.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Sizer-Watt on January 6, 2011 at 12:10pm

Yeah, a few months ago I went to see Michael Shermer speak at CFI Toronto and he mentioned that Discovery had contacted him to get some information about 2012.  He told them "well, it's a bunch of bunk" and they replied "oh we know that, but we're in the business of showing what sells".

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Permalink Reply by Billy on January 6, 2011 at 12:32pm

Yes. Sad but true.

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Permalink Reply by Kirk Holden on January 6, 2011 at 1:11pm

Because showing what doesn't sell is the province of PBS?

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Permalink Reply by Shine on January 6, 2011 at 7:23pm

I'm finding it harder and harder to distinguish between the Discovery channel and the E! network.

 

Oh, and what the hell happened to the SyFy--formerly known as the "Science Fiction" channel--channel?!

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Permalink Reply by Matt on January 7, 2011 at 1:28am

Battlestar and Doctor Who are gone from the network, so no reason to really watch SyFy any more.

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Permalink Reply by Jonel Burge on January 6, 2011 at 11:44pm

This is why I watch the freaking Science Channel.

Which has you know, actual SCIENCE in it.

The other day they had Mutant Planet on, I just discovered this--and this episode focused on Australia, specifically The Kangeroo and other unique animals there. Freaking Awesome.

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Permalink Reply by Matt on January 7, 2011 at 1:30am

They are losing their edge as well though with their show called Head Rush. I don't know the point of it, but it seems all they do is take clips from Mythbusters, and rebroadcast them with maybe 10 minutes of interesting facts mixed in with it.

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