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Weather Channel Greenlights 6 New Series in Time for First Upfront in 5 Years
Secrets of the Earth, Weather That Changed the World to premiere first
The Weather Channel held its first-ever full-blown upfront presentation this morning at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Manhattan, with Weather Company president David Kenny touting a new slate of originals and several recent shows that represent a change in the forecast for the elderly cable network. It's been five years since Weather had an upfront of any kind, but it's always been a party and never (until now) a programming presentation.
http://www.adweek.com/news/television/weather-channel-greenlights-6-new-series-time-first-upfront-5-years-148370 (http://www.adweek.com/news/television/weather-channel-greenlights-6-new-series-time-first-upfront-5-years-148370)
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Weather Channel Greenlights 6 New Series in Time for First Upfront in 5 Years
Secrets of the Earth, Weather That Changed the World to premiere first
The Weather Channel held its first-ever full-blown upfront presentation this morning at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Manhattan, with Weather Company president David Kenny touting a new slate of originals and several recent shows that represent a change in the forecast for the elderly cable network. It's been five years since Weather had an upfront of any kind, but it's always been a party and never (until now) a programming presentation.
[url]http://www.adweek.com/news/television/weather-channel-greenlights-6-new-series-time-first-upfront-5-years-148370[/url] ([url]http://www.adweek.com/news/television/weather-channel-greenlights-6-new-series-time-first-upfront-5-years-148370[/url])
Looks like i can look forward to upload new show openers when they premiere.
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Ugh. They might as well change their name to "The Reality Show Network."
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Was there any mention at the upfront of the changes to daytime?
A few months ago TWC said there would be more of a talk show forum in afternoons.
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Wouldn't "When Weather Changed the World" be essentially the same as "When Weather Changed History"?
Honestly, TWC does not need anymore new shows.
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Is TWC ever going to produce new episodes of their shows that are actually about weather or just keep broadcasting old episodes?
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Wow... just.... wow.
Wouldn't "When Weather Changed the World" be essentially the same as "When Weather Changed History"?
Honestly, TWC does not need anymore new shows.
How about a "When TWC changed the world." Then maybe NBC would get a clue of what it actually is that they bought.
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What do they mean by "first upfront in 5 years"?
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What do they mean by "first upfront in 5 years"?
My guess is it is their first public UpFront programming conference/release/whatever since 2008, when there was all the HD hype.
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Wouldn't "When Weather Changed the World" be essentially the same as "When Weather Changed History"?
Honestly, TWC does not need anymore new shows.
TWC just aired a commercial on that show and yes, it looks exactly like WWCH.
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Why not launch a show that shows TWC at its finest? There could be clips of severe weather coverage, classic LOT8s, and even a little history on the channel here and there. The OCMs we love from the past would be in these clips forecasting the weather. Of course, there would have to be a disclaimer that none of the clips are related to current weather events. As the channel thins out things like live weather coverage and LFs, though, this disclaimer will become less necessary.
It would be one golden hour a week of TWC at its best. You might say that TWC would never go for it, but if it were packaged as another hour of longform, then they just might take the bait. :happy:
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Honestly, TWC does not need anymore new shows.
That's the truth. You are so very right. :thumbsup:
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From Zap2it Lava Chasers premieres Saturday June 8 at 9PM.
http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?sgt=list&fromTimeInMillis=1370664000000&stnNum=11187 (http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?sgt=list&fromTimeInMillis=1370664000000&stnNum=11187)
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I'm not exactly sure what lava-chasing has to do with weather :dunno: I'm certain that nobody else knows why either.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypnu6_tR9eg#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypnu6_tR9eg#ws)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNFcKKxfJMI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNFcKKxfJMI#ws)
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I'm not exactly sure what lava-chasing has to do with weather :dunno: I'm certain that nobody else knows why either.
I think, by this point, any activity that takes place outdoors qualifies as having "something" to do with the weather. In the absence of a "Geology Channel," I think The Weather Channel is as close as they're going to get for finding a place for such a show. It doesn't seem to fit with Discovery's current programming, and The Learning Channel is now anything but.
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In my opinion TWC should return to live weather programming 2pm-5pm instead of reruns of long form programming.
Leave the long form for evenings and overnight.
Maybe I'm wrong though I just can't believe there are that many people tuning in to reruns 2pm-5pm.
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In my opinion TWC should return to live weather programming 2pm-5pm instead of reruns of long form programming.
Leave the long form for evenings and overnight.
Maybe I'm wrong though I just can't believe there are that many people tuning in to reruns 2pm-5pm.
I don't think there are that many people tuning in to TWC at 2pm - 5 pm period. Many are at work, so TWC probably finds that it makes more sense to show long-form than have live coverage. Why have live coverage if relatively few people are watching?
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I don't think there are that many people tuning in to TWC at 2pm - 5 pm period. Many are at work, so TWC probably finds that it makes more sense to show long-form than have live coverage. Why have live coverage if relatively few people are watching?
TWC should bring back Storm Stories, Epic Conditions and Cantore Stories in the 2pm - 5pm block
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TWC is airing new episodes of "Weather Caught on Camera.".
They are using just a voice over and Mike Bettes is no longer the host.
Hopefully this means other shows actually about weather like "Storm Stories" are going to have new episodes produced.
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As of yesterday TWC is airing yet another show called "Heavy Metal Monsters". Seems like the network will air just about anything to get higher ratings and more revenue :rolleyes: but I can pretty much guarantee that all if not many of TWC's viewers probably never watch those shows anyway. :lol:
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As of yesterday TWC is airing yet another show called "Heavy Metal Monsters". Seems like the network will air just about anything to get higher ratings and more revenue :rolleyes: but I can pretty much guarantee that all if not many of TWC's viewers probably never watch those shows anyway. :lol:
And "Heavy Metal Monsters" is related to the weather... how, exactly? :dunno:
I've never watched more than a couple of minutes of any of this programming, and those couple of minutes are only because I put the remote control down to temporarily free my hands for something else.
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Wonder how much money TWC/NBC loses when these shows bomb and are canceled?
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There are more non weather reality shows coming. TWC just did a survey for the best name to use for a show about ocean spear fishing. :thrilled: :censored:
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There are more non weather reality shows coming. TWC just did a survey for the best name to use for a show about ocean spear fishing. :thrilled: :censored:
Reynolds Wolf will be all over this.....
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6 new series? If only they could put as much effort into upgrading their weather coverage as they put into these inane shows. Also, if they can't be bothered to have at least one man in a studio covering the weather for huge chunks of the day, then they must be close to bankruptcy or something. This is afternoon we're talking about here, not 1 AM.
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6 new series? If only they could put as much effort into upgrading their weather coverage as they put into these inane shows. Also, if they can't be bothered to have at least one man in a studio covering the weather for huge chunks of the day, then they must be close to bankruptcy or something. This is afternoon we're talking about here, not 1 AM.
I guess a scrolling ticker on the bottom of the "weather always on" format describing severe weather is a "good enough" replacement for them. That way, they still get to air longform yet technically they're also still covering severe weather live.
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Shows that have nothing to do with weather are returning to TWC.
Prospectors is back for another season this month.
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Tipping Points is premiering on Friday.
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I like Strangest Weather on Earth. It shows footage of things I didn't know that could happen and how they happen.
I agree that some other shows would be good on a geology channel.
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TWC is airing yet another non-weather-related show called "Highway Thru Hell". :rolleyes:
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TWC is airing yet another non-weather-related show called "Highway Thru Hell". :rolleyes:
Coming up next, How Traffic causes Headaches.
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Like Ice Pilots it's not even a new show. It's an old NatGeo series.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/hell-on-the-highway/episode-guide/ (http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/hell-on-the-highway/episode-guide/)
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Like Ice Pilots it's not even a new show. It's an old NatGeo series.
So TWC is essentially becoming "NatGeo Lite" like I feared? :rolleyes: I guess this is the closest thing to a traffic flavor we'll see...
:huh: ...Wait a minute, what? You mean to tell me Ice Pilots wasn't a new show? I've deceived myself this whole time.
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Correct. Ice Pilots started on Nat Geo for seasons 1 and 2.
TWC picked up the series in 2012 airing seasons 1 & 2 then the new season 3.
Apparently TWC dropped the show after season 3.
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TWC is airing yet another non-weather-related show called "Highway Thru Hell". :rolleyes:
Coming up next, How Traffic causes Headaches.
Haha! :rofl2:
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More non weather related reality shows are coming to TWC.
"Four new series are being scheduled by the Weather Channel: “Catching Hell,” about commercial spearfishers; “Now What?” about people’s behavior during weather emergencies; “Tornado Alley”; and “Wicked in the Weather,” about meteorological legends like “a bad moon rising.” Four series are being renewed, including “Strangest Weather on Earth” and “Why Planes Crash.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/media/morning-show-for-weather-channel.html?dtoc (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/media/morning-show-for-weather-channel.html?dtoc)
Commercial spearfishers? Give me a break! I'm sure this show has as much to do about weather as Reel Rivals.
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IMO I would much rather see new episodes of "Storm Stories" and "It Could Happen Tomorrow" than watch shows about people fishing, gold-digging and other non-weather related whatnot. :rolleyes:
Also wouldn't mind seeing new episodes of that Peter Lik show from 2011. I really liked all of the landscape pics that Lik took :) plus I happen to have all 13 episodes on DVD which I recorded from TV a couple of years ago. :yes:
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More non weather related reality shows are coming to TWC.
"Four new series are being scheduled by the Weather Channel: “Catching Hell,” about commercial spearfishers; “Now What?” about people’s behavior during weather emergencies; “Tornado Alley”; and “Wicked in the Weather,” about meteorological legends like “a bad moon rising.” Four series are being renewed, including “Strangest Weather on Earth” and “Why Planes Crash.”
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/media/morning-show-for-weather-channel.html?dtoc[/url] ([url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/media/morning-show-for-weather-channel.html?dtoc[/url])
Commercial spearfishers? Give me a break! I'm sure this show has as much to do about weather as Reel Rivals.
how long before comcast is the only system with this channel
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More non weather related reality shows are coming to TWC.
"Four new series are being scheduled by the Weather Channel: “Catching Hell,” about commercial spearfishers; “Now What?” about people’s behavior during weather emergencies; “Tornado Alley”; and “Wicked in the Weather,” about meteorological legends like “a bad moon rising.” Four series are being renewed, including “Strangest Weather on Earth” and “Why Planes Crash.”
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/media/morning-show-for-weather-channel.html?dtoc[/url] ([url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/business/media/morning-show-for-weather-channel.html?dtoc[/url])
Commercial spearfishers? Give me a break! I'm sure this show has as much to do about weather as Reel Rivals.
I guess TWC doesn't care about appeasing DirecTV anymore. :rolleyes:
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Catching Hell and Cold Water Captains coming Sunday June 1 at 9PM to The Weather Channel.
http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?sgt=list&fromTimeInMillis=1401595200000&stnNum=11187&aid=tvschedule (http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?sgt=list&fromTimeInMillis=1401595200000&stnNum=11187&aid=tvschedule)
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Both shows do not belong on The Weather Channel.
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Too much "hell" on The Weather Channel. First "Highway Through Hell," and now "Catching Hell." What's next - a show called "Burning in Hell?" :rolleyes:
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They keep putting captions on screen for the "Cold Water Captains" show as if people can't understand english being spoken with a Canadian accent.
"Cold Water Captains" is not a new produced for TWC show either.
It's a Discovery Canada show "Cold Water Cowboys" that finished its first season on April 25th.
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Too much "hell" on The Weather Channel. First "Highway Through Hell," and now "Catching Hell." What's next - a show called "Burning in Hell?" :rolleyes:
Well, after all, The Weather Channel has "gone to hell" these past few years. :D
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Ahh yet another friendly reminder from TWC as to why I cut the cable, and post 2008 for sure post 2012 TWC aint worth a damn :biggrin:
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http://press.weather.com/press-releases/weather-hackers-undiscovered-monsters-weather-channel-shows/ (http://press.weather.com/press-releases/weather-hackers-undiscovered-monsters-weather-channel-shows/)
Funniest Show Title: “How Weather Created a Monster”
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I was watching The Supernatural Weather and during the hurricane episode a John Hope clip was shown.
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TWC Renews ‘Fat Guys in the Woods’ for Season Two
The Weather Channel has picked-up reality/survivalist series “Fat Guys in the Woods” for a second season, with production set to begin in November for a premiere in second quarter 2015. Hosted by survival expert Creek Stewart, “Fat Guys in the Woods” takes groups of three average Joes into the woods to battle Mother Nature and teach them the art of outdoor survival while armed with only the basic of tools. Next season will feature new locations, different weather conditions and women joining the mix.
http://www.tvmediainsights.com/the-weather-channel-renews-fat-guys-in-the-woods-for-season-two/ (http://www.tvmediainsights.com/the-weather-channel-renews-fat-guys-in-the-woods-for-season-two/)
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Six more reasons why I won't watch.
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TWC Renews ‘Fat Guys in the Woods’ for Season Two
The Weather Channel has picked-up reality/survivalist series “Fat Guys in the Woods” for a second season, with production set to begin in November for a premiere in second quarter 2015. Hosted by survival expert Creek Stewart, “Fat Guys in the Woods” takes groups of three average Joes into the woods to battle Mother Nature and teach them the art of outdoor survival while armed with only the basic of tools. Next season will feature new locations, different weather conditions and women joining the mix.
[url]http://www.tvmediainsights.com/the-weather-channel-renews-fat-guys-in-the-woods-for-season-two/[/url] ([url]http://www.tvmediainsights.com/the-weather-channel-renews-fat-guys-in-the-woods-for-season-two/[/url])
Why on earth would TWC renew these kind of shows that no one watches and no one likes?
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Seems to me that TWC likes to fight fire with fire with these so-called "weather" shows, adding more junk and renewing the ratings-questionable junk that's on now. When will the network learn that this strategy never works? :rolleyes:
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I'm not saying I like these shows either, but does anyone have any actual evidence that no one likes these shows and have questionable ratings, other than the opinions of the people on this forum?
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Weather Channel Aims To Please Science Geeks With New Shows
At TV’s Weather Channel, the forecast calls for fewer series about random subjects and more programs about, well, the weather.
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/weather-channel-aims-to-please-science-geeks-with-new-shows-1201371028/ (http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/weather-channel-aims-to-please-science-geeks-with-new-shows-1201371028/)
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TWC should return to live weather programming 2pm-5pm instead of reruns of long form programming.
Leave the long form for evenings and overnight. vidmate.app (https://get-vidmate.com/index/) saveinsta (https://instasave.onl/saveinsta/)
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TWC should return to live weather programming 2pm-5pm instead of reruns of long form programming.
Leave the long form for evenings and overnight. vidmate.app (https://get-vidmate.com/index/) saveinsta (https://instasave.onl/saveinsta/)
Are you living in a world where it's pre-January 2014? Because since the DirecTV dispute in January 2014, TWC has had live weather every weekday from 2pm-5pm et, barring major holidays.
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I thought it was Verizon that caused them to return to live programming? It was DirectTV in 2014 & Verizon in... what 2010? Someone give me a history lesson.