Is cable TV going downhill?

[texasstooge]

In addition, Cartoon Network reduced its programming schedule for the late night "Adult Swim" block. While a few of their shows ("Family Guy", "Home Movies", "Robot Chicken" and "Space Ghost Coast To Coast") are my favorites, there are other shows ("The Boondocks", "Lucy, Daughter Of The Devil") I like to see GONE!!!!!

I haven't seen Home Movies and Space Ghost on CN in years. I used to watch them a lot. Do they still even show them, or on another channel?

"Space Ghost CTC" was shown on Cartoon Network a few months ago as part of Adult Swim's "Old School Fridays", but they replaced SGCTC's slot with the ever sacreligious "Lucy, Daughter of The Devil".

"Home Movies" is still on. The next showtimes on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim are: Wednesday-Friday 12:30AM and 4:00AM; next Tuesday-Thursday 4:30AM and Saturday 12:30AM & 4:00AM.

[Mike M]

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4. Tru TV (formaly Court TV). Reason why... Nancy Grace anchors (including Headline News), they have bad programming choices, and the overall theme changed. No one is watching 20+ year old reruns of COPS! I also think it was a bad idea to rename Court TV.
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IMO, truTV has improved slightly the past several months. They've recently brought back law-enforcement shows they've haven't shown in months or even over a year, like LA Forensics, Till Death Do Us Part, SWAT USA, and the John Bunnell specials. Still, not nearly as good as it was during the Court TV days when they showed nine hours of courtroom coverage - that has since been cut down to six. Catherine Crier needs to be brought back too. Although I've never seen it live it looked like it was good based on what I saw on YouTube.

[Gil]

"Is cable TV going downhill?"

Yes - 500 channels, and nothing to watch.

[toxictwister00]

"Is cable TV going downhill?"

Yes - 500 channels, and nothing to watch.

 

[gt1racerlHDl]

If only TWC lHDl and 100's of HD channels were available on every Cable Television then Cable would't be going downhill.

Thank the restrictions and not available in all areas bologna.

[phw115wvwx]

I'd even argue that TV as a whole has been going downhill, not just cable TV by itself.  There are still some good shows, but the overall quality of programming seems to have fallen somewhat over the last twenty years.

[CartoonJazzLover]

"Is cable TV going downhill?"

Yes - 500 channels, and nothing to watch.

Agreed. Since TWC started going downhill, TV is not good anymore.

[Mike M]

I just realized that truTV got rid of In Session, and instead is showing trial coverage from Headline News from 9AM-3PM, which isn't the same (more talk and less trial coverage). The last branch of the old Court TV is gone.

Now, God forbid if they cancel the only good show left, Forensic Files. That's the only show I watch now.

[wxntrafficfan]

Now that Home Improvement has been phased out completely, I'm worried I have started to lose interest in it. It used to be that Nick @ Nite was showing it several hours a nite. I remember it premiered on N@N back in September 2007. But once they added Malcolm in the Middle, the show was slowly phased out... 1, maybe 2 hours a nite. Then, they took it out. No problem, it was still airing between 12 and 2 in the afternoons on TBS. I even changed my lunch at school (switched a couple hours) so that I could watch Home Improvement. Then, TBS takes off an hour and only airs it from 1 to 2. After a bit, phased out completely.

Honestly, is a 4 hour marathon of Roseanne from 2 to 6 in the mornings really necessary? No one even likes that show! 

I'm giving serious thought to buying episodes of Home Improvement.

[toxictwister00]

Now that Home Improvement has been phased out completely, I'm worried I have started to lose interest in it. It used to be that Nick @ Nite was showing it several hours a nite. I remember it premiered on N@N back in September 2007. But once they added Malcolm in the Middle, the show was slowly phased out... 1, maybe 2 hours a nite. Then, they took it out. No problem, it was still airing between 12 and 2 in the afternoons on TBS. I even changed my lunch at school (switched a couple hours) so that I could watch Home Improvement. Then, TBS takes off an hour and only airs it from 1 to 2. After a bit, phased out completely.

Honestly, is a 4 hour marathon of Roseanne from 2 to 6 in the mornings really necessary? No one even likes that show! 

I'm giving serious thought to buying episodes of Home Improvement.

Popular syndicated shows like that are always going to jump from one network to another, I saw an ad last month that it's moving to TVLand. IDK what it's ratings were on Nick@Nite, but they must have not been too great at the timeslots it was airing or they just lost rights to air the show.

Also, the main thing that ruined the quality of television was the rise of Reality TV, one peron does one and suddenly everyone has to do one, it's just as bad as every celebrity trying to do a talk show.

[WilliamEBrantley]

I agree.
Several of my Favorite shows are no longer seen on TV either.
In most cases the ones on now are uninterestng to me.
I do not watch a lot of TV anymore.
I mostly read blogs and forums in the internet.
You can actually read more about the weather now on the internet than you will hear about on tv.
Weather reporting on the internet has soared very high in recent months.
A lot of it has gone digital.
Personally I prefer Manual Obs.
Here in West Tenn one tv station in Memphis, Tn. now uses stories from their viewer blogs and uses them over the air.
Talking on the home phone - land line - is almost a thing of the past as well. 
This is scary to some people.
I really like posting my Weather Data on the Internet including here on TWC Today.
Thanks for a great topic.     

[Mike M]

Popular syndicated shows like that are always going to jump from one network to another, I saw an ad last month that it's moving to TVLand. IDK what it's ratings were on Nick@Nite, but they must have not been too great at the timeslots it was airing or they just lost rights to air the show.

Also, the main thing that ruined the quality of television was the rise of Reality TV, one peron does one and suddenly everyone has to do one, it's just as bad as every celebrity trying to do a talk show.

They're moving Home Improvement to TV Land?

No one I know (in person or over the internet) likes reality TV, so I'm dead lost how ratings are showing that reality is popular.

[TWCToday]

With such classic TV shows I just end up buying them on DVD or downloading them. Ive given up on reruns of old shows.

[CartoonJazzLover]

The only channel I watch more than TWC now is Nickeloden.

[Mike M]

Well, Nick@Nite has improved somewhat. They've brought back The Cosby Show (first time I've seen it there since like 2006), and they're showing more of Family Matters than they have in months! Now all they need to bring back is Home Improvement (it does NOT belong on TV Land) and ditch Glenn Martin and Everybody Hates Chris...