It's getting so bad that I'm close to boycotting the Weather Channel entirely! I used to be an avid watcher in the late '90s and early '00s. I didn't exactly like the direction they were going, starting in 2000, but it was still a million times better than it is now. I can deal with one long-form program, like Atmospheres, but weekend programming is about a 50/50 proposition (12 hours programming and 12 hours long-form shows.) In addition, even when they have live weather shows, half the time they are talking about random news events, probably because NBC owns the channel. I was just watching, and they were talking about animals from Busch Gardens. I don't get it. That's why there's Animal Planet! The Weather Channel should rightfully be the Weather Channel, and nothing else, and no true TWC fan should stand for this, period. Thank you for letting me rant.