Is cable TV going downhill?

[twcclassics]

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

Hey, I do! And obviously others do, otherwise they wouldn't show it.

[wxntrafficfan]

The lineup has changed countless times in the past year. I must say I am extremely pleased that Nick at Nite brought back Family Matters. I love that show, and it is hilarious. They now apparently show it from 3 to 5 in the mornings, and again during WUWA from 6 to 7 in the AM EST. They also brought back the Cosby show, which airs in the 5 ET hour. Not as funny as Family Matters, but not a bad show. AFAIK, they alternate between Glenn Martin ( ) and MIM at 8, with MIM thru 9. Then Everybody Hates Chris, then George Lopez (ftw ) and then the Nanny. Outside of Glenn Martin, Malcolm in the Middle, and the Nanny, I like the lineup at the moment. Still not happy I haven't seen Home Improvement since early October.

[Mike M]

Aaron, Home Improvement airs on TV Land now weeknights at 9. I don't get why they're showing that show when shows older than HI (Cosby Show, Family Matters, and the Nanny) are airing on Nick.

[wxntrafficfan]

Aaron, Home Improvement airs on TV Land now weeknights at 9. I don't get why they're showing that show when shows older than HI (Cosby Show, Family Matters, and the Nanny) are airing on Nick.

Thanks for letting me know that. I have been needing to see the show again and it's bittersweet
Actually, Family Matters is the same age as Home Improvement, and actually had the same season years (1991-1999, afaik)

[Mike M]

The lineup has changed countless times in the past year. I must say I am extremely pleased that Nick at Nite brought back Family Matters. I love that show, and it is hilarious. They now apparently show it from 3 to 5 in the mornings, and again during WUWA from 6 to 7 in the AM EST. They also brought back the Cosby show, which airs in the 5 ET hour. Not as funny as Family Matters, but not a bad show. AFAIK, they alternate between Glenn Martin ( ) and MIM at 8, with MIM thru 9. Then Everybody Hates Chris, then George Lopez (ftw ) and then the Nanny. Outside of Glenn Martin, Malcolm in the Middle, and the Nanny, I like the lineup at the moment. Still not happy I haven't seen Home Improvement since early October.

I don't mind the Nanny, and MITM is pretty cool. But I agree about Glenn Martin, that show is a joke.  I just recently started watching Family Matters at 6 and find it very hilarious.

[Localonthe8s]

The lineup has changed countless times in the past year. I must say I am extremely pleased that Nick at Nite brought back Family Matters. I love that show, and it is hilarious. They now apparently show it from 3 to 5 in the mornings, and again during WUWA from 6 to 7 in the AM EST. They also brought back the Cosby show, which airs in the 5 ET hour. Not as funny as Family Matters, but not a bad show. AFAIK, they alternate between Glenn Martin ( ) and MIM at 8, with MIM thru 9. Then Everybody Hates Chris, then George Lopez (ftw ) and then the Nanny. Outside of Glenn Martin, Malcolm in the Middle, and the Nanny, I like the lineup at the moment. Still not happy I haven't seen Home Improvement since early October.

I don't mind the Nanny, and MITM is pretty cool. But I agree about Glenn Martin, that show is a joke.  I just recently started watching Family Matters at 6 and find it very hilarious.

Family Matters and Malcolm are some of my favourite shows. I used to watch them on FOX but never cared for them on Nick @ nite. I also don't like Glenn Martin. That show makes no sense

[wxntrafficfan]

Idk why I said I didn't care for the Nanny... I love how Niles and CC interact

[jtmal0723]

Aaron, Home Improvement airs on TV Land now weeknights at 9. I don't get why they're showing that show when shows older than HI (Cosby Show, Family Matters, and the Nanny) are airing on Nick.

Thanks for letting me know that. I have been needing to see the show again and it's bittersweet
Actually, Family Matters is the same age as Home Improvement, and actually had the same season years (1991-1999, afaik)

Family Matters aired from 1989-1998, Home Improvement was from 1991-1999

[twcclassics]

Nick At Nite's current lineup is terrible IMO. There's not a single show that's even worth watching when nothing else is on, let alone every night.

[lfmusiclover]

Nick At Nite's current lineup is terrible IMO. There's not a single show that's even worth watching when nothing else is on, let alone every night.

Agreed. Whose idea was it that George Lopez and Malcolm in the Middle belong on Nick at Nite in the first place? The shows aren't old or classic in any way, at least as far as I'm concerned...even Home Improvement was more fitting...at least it was from a different decade! LOL.

[TWCToday]

I am so sick of George Lopez. I never thought that show was funny

[XL FANIC]

Read something online that Analog Cable will be supported until 2012

[beanboy89]

Read something online that Analog Cable will be supported until 2012

Analog cable will be supported for however long cable companies want it to be. There is no set date by the FCC or any other regulatory agencies for it's discontinuation.

[twci89]

Here's some more noticeble cable channels that I think jumped the shark:

18. Spike TV (formaly TNN -- The Nashville Network). Reason why: too much UFC, TNA, and all that other wresleling garbage! Its just as bad as the WWE! So much for the first ever "Men's network!"

19. QVC. Reason why: the internet ruining home shopping on TV. Back in the '80s and '90s (before the internet), home shopping channels like QVC and HSN was one of the best places to order items. Even back then, it was fun to watch too. Even I used to watch QVC alot back in the late '90s, early '00s. 

20. HSN. Reason why: same thing as QVC. Even I use to watch HSN alot too back when I was little.

21. BET. Reason why: raceism. African Americans needs to stop listing to that rap music and listen to the music on TWC!  I even bet famous Afican Americans (like Barack Obama and Jessie Jackson) are tuning out BET too.

22. AMC. Reason why: Airing post-2000 movies (2000-present day). So whats next for American Movie Classics? Recently released movies from earlier this year? Plus watching movies on basic cable sucks, because its edited and they would always would have those annoying commercial breaks durring the movie!

23. ABC Family (formaly CBN Family, The Family Channel, Fox Family). Reason why: when Disney bought out the station after when Fox sold it. Like the Disney Channel, alot of the programming from ABC Family sucks these days.

24. Lifetime. Reason why: "Television for women." Don't expect to see Lifetime to be the the new home for the Super Bowl.

25. Bravo. Reason why: Another chick channel. No affence of course.

26. Food Network. Reason why: the obeasity epicdemic. Stop eating making all of those greasy foods!

27. Disney Channel/Toon Disney. Reason why: day one. I hate Disney! They are an monopoly! Plus they even took all of the good cartoons away from both The CW and Cartoon Network. That's Warner Brothers property! Disney is supose to hate Warner Brothers (hence Daffy Duck and Donald Duck -- othough no releation).

28. TLC. Reason why: no more education shows. Don't ever they know what "E/I" is? 

29. FSN. Reason why: when old man Rupert Merdoct just had to buyout every regional sports network. He even owns FSN Midwest which is our regional FSN affiliate! Fox doesn't know sports!

30. Oxygen. Reason why: Yet another chick channel. NBC Universial should of not bought out the channel and should of not aired the Olympics on it. I think Disney would of been a better choice because, they aready "F"ed-up ABC. They already ruined one of the major network televison stations and started to air more chick shows on ABC (like Desperite Housewifes and Super Nanny). I hope NBC woun't ruin TWC!

31. Golf Channel. Reason why: day one. I rather watch pro football or pro baseball! P.S. Go St. Louis Cardinals! P.P.S. Also, go Rams! 

32. SoapNet. Reason why: yet another chick channel. I even herd that they are rarely airing any recent soap oprea episodes from the network television stations (like As The World Turns and Day of Our Lives).

33. Style. Reason why: day one. Plus its not another channel that appeals me.

So there you have it. Even Comcast just had to add fuel to the fire. All of us are sick and tired of watching crappy shows on a good channel or even crappy channels that no one is watching. And lets not forget a whopping $70.00 a month just for basic cable! 

The only channels that I could name that haven't jumped the shark are:

• MSNBC
• C-SPAN
• C-SPAN 2
• C-SPAN 3
• NFL Network
• Boomerang
• All premium cable channels (like HBO and Cinemax)

Let's hope they continue staying strong. 

  What about Turner classic movies? They have never jumped the shark!

[WeatherSTARIII]

What about Turner classic movies? They have never jumped the shark!

I almost forgot about TCM. Thanks for reminding me.