Is cable TV going downhill?

[WeatherSTARIII]

Ever since when TWC was relaunched back in 2005, cable TV is going downhill, and TWC isn't the only one. Do you think cable TV is declining? I think it is personaly because of the lack of good programing, good channels, and higher cable rates. I used to watch TWC all the time until 2005 (shortly before the relaunch). Another win for network television. What do you guys think?

[NicoleWasHere]

Cable TV started going downhill in 2002, in my opinion.  Especially when reality TV became a huge thing, and just had to be shoved in our faces, everywhere.    It's reality tv that's killing cable; I don't need to see how trashy Bob is, or how slutty Peggy Sue is, or how big of a twat Hannah is.  TWC is the LEAST of cables problems, there're way worse networks out there, like E! or VH-1, or MTV.  NO ONE wants to see how the trashier citizens of America can easily snag their own timeslot.  No way, man.


Until I see Stephanie Abrams and Jim Cantore going on a drunken rampage and punching everyone's lights out, or Mike Bettes sliding on a strippers pole, I'd say TWC's just fine.   

[lfmusiclover]

Umm...why's the poll locked? 

[WeatherSTARIII]

Umm...why's the poll locked? 

When I was editing, I accendently chose "select mutible choices." Anyone could of clicked both "Yes" and "No" and summited.

[WeatherSTARIII]

I want to close this tread and start over again to include a poll.

[lfmusiclover]

I've edited this poll. You needn't start a new one.  :sunglasses:

[WeatherSTARIII]

I've edited this poll. You needn't start a new one.  :sunglasses:

Thank you. 

[Alejandro]

Cable TV here has been going downhill Ever since comcast came in my area after Buying out AT&T New England & MediaOne South Coast in 2001 thats when hell broke loose and cable here has never been the same since

[Localonthe8s]

Absolutely.

[Gil]

I want AT&T Broadband back...

[Mike M]

I miss Suburban Cable.

[WeatherSTARIII]

Around here, I miss UA Cable, TCI, and Insight Communications. Those were three cable companys that used to be in my area.

[WeatherSTARIII]

Here's some noticeble cable channels that I think is going downhill:

1. Cartoon Network. Reason why... First off: They stopped showing all of the "good cartoons." As a result, they "rolled on their own" (probliy in refrence to to their sister network, Boomerang). Second: They keep showing all of these stupid and really boring Japanese animes. I hate anime! Third: They are airing live-action movies that are not animated and movies thats shown on either basic cable/satellite/broadcast takes away all of the good stuff. I also hate commercials! See link below:
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Cartoon-Network/Cartoon-Network-General-Comments/336?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

2. CNBC. Reason why... The anchors become more important than the market. America is in a financal crises and the price of oil keeps going up! See link below:
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Cnbc/Cnbc-General-Comments/391?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

3. CNN/CNN Headline News. Reason why... When they canceled Inside Pollitics Crossfire, Newsnight, and Palla Zhan Live. Also over at Headline News, their sister network jumped too when they launched "Headline Prime" back in 2005. I hate Glen Beck and they need to bring back Aarron Brown, Palla Zhan, and Judy Woodruff! Also, the news had became too harsh these days since Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Cnn/Cnn-General-Comments/392?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

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.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Court-Tv/Court-Tv-General-Comments/429?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

5. E! Reason why... Day one. West cost bias sucks! Nuff said.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/E-News/E-News-General-Comments/615

6. Fox News Channel. Reason why: Day one, its more like "Republican TV," Declared that Bush won Florida back in 2000, annoying news alerts every four minutes, it attempted to be hip, and having all of those annoying scrawls, tickers, and pop-ups. (Even both CNN and MSNBC does it too as well as TWC!) At lease I don't mind the gas mask reporting.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Fox-News-Channel/Fox-News-Channel-General-Comments/712?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

7. GSN. Reason why: They hide the classics, they always condense the credits, they have a stupid time compression, and also, they have a lack of the Goodman/Todman classics.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Game-Network/Game-Network-General-Comments/744?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

8. The History Channel. Reason why: They dumbed down and when they stopped airing all of the documentaries.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/History-Channel/History-Channel-General-Comments/914?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

9. MTV. Reason why: Shows instead of videos, Yo MTV Raps, Beavis and Butt-head get canned, recycling (the same shows again!), they stopped showing the astronaut sticking the flag on the moon, and commercials. They don't even have good music anymore! Something which even TWC would not air!
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Mtv-Music-Television/Mtv-Music-Television-General-Comments/1364?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

10. Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite. Reason why: Lousy shows (like on rival Cartoon Network), annoying Jimmy Neutron ads, when they stopped showing the game shows, too much SpongeBob, plays the same shows too much, Avatar, Catscratch, Nick at Nite overkill, and too much The Fresh Prince of Bel Air reruns.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Nickelodeon/Nickelodeon-General-Comments/1430?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

11. VH1. Reason why: No more videos (just like on their sister network, MTV), celeb-Reality, The Fabulous Life of __________, and all countdowns, all the time!
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Vh1/Vh1-General-Comments/20714?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

12. The Weather Channel. Reason why: They started to create full-length programs, became too political ever since the 2005 Hurricane season, the guy started talking over the local forecasts, It Could Happen Tomorrow, it became "the hurricane authority," everything is life or death, they became alarmists, when they changed the typeface on the local forecast, IntelliSTAR, they axed the WeatherSTAR 3000, they stopped doing "Weather and Your Home," when Hillary Andrews left, the 2005 relaunch, when Jim Cantore started shaving his scalp, the death of John Hope, Forecast Earth, and when they started airing in HD.
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Weather-Channel/Weather-Channel-General-Comments/2139?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

13. TV Guide Network (formaly Prevue Guide/Prevue Channel/TV Guide Channel). Reason why: Rupert Merdoct bought out TV Guide and "FOXed" it up, when they stopped using the local program guide scroll, when they shrunked the local TV listings and added graffical ads (including the magizine), when they started showing orginal programing, too much American Idol, and when they disconenued the program preview segments (like Prevue Tonight, and Family VUE). I now find the newspaper and the internet to be more useful these days! 

14. ESPN/ESPN2. Reason why: Stuart Scott has to constantly prove he's "da bomb," they cover the WNBA, it got Disneyfied (I really hate Disney and I wish The Walt Disney Company would sell ESPN!), they only talk about games on their networks (including ABC Sports), they "FOXed"-up the set and logo, and when Rupert Murdoch buys the regional networks (even though he really owns rival FSN).
http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Sportscenter/Sportscenter-General-Comments/1849?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true

15. TNT. Reason why: "We Know Drama." No body is watching anymore!

16. FX. Reason why: its a ripoff of Fox! 'Nuff said.

16. WGN America (formally Superstation WGN). Reason why: When they stopped showing WGN Morning News on their cable channel, when they stopped showing Bozo the Clown, whenever they would black out their local Chicago newscasts with reruns of crappy shows or edited movies, reruns of crappy shows and edited movies, when they stopped showing The WB and never showed The CW on their cable channel, and lastly... CUBS MANIA!!! I hate the Cubs!    I'm really a St. Louis Cardinals fan!

So there you have it. I'm so sorry you guys. I still love TWC and I still like to watch it. Its just that they made it so harsh these days. It not like how it was back in the '80s, '90s, and all the way into the early 2000s (before the 2005 relaunch). Plus I miss the WeatherSTAR 3000.

[ABC7]

You forgot about the Disney Channel...

[Localonthe8s]

You forgot about the Disney Channel...

Who watches the Disney Channel these days?