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After MTV, what channel has jumped the shark more?

  • wes_mantooth
    ESPN

    I don't watch it.
  • Ironman92
    wes_mantooth;1352014 wrote:ESPN

    I don't watch it.

    You don't watch Monday Night Football? NBA? Sunday Night Baseball or regular MLB? US Open, Masters coverage?
  • wes_mantooth
    Ironman92;1352028 wrote:You don't watch Monday Night Football? NBA? Sunday Night Baseball or regular MLB? US Open, Masters coverage?

    Not really....

    Nba sucks, I only watch the tribe and they are never on espn, don't follow golf or tennis. Mnf...I would, but the games haven't appealed to me lately
  • gut
    Commander of Awesome;1351809 wrote:History channel should change its name to Armageddon and redneck channel.
    Was kind of thinking the same. It was either History or Discovery that ran a bunch of Mayan 2012 crap. I didn't think those channels would sink to such ridiculously fictional garbage. A couple were decent, like 10 ways the Earth could meet its end (but then they attached these stupid probabilities to it for dramatic effect).

    Look at it this way: It's what sells. Americans are getting really stupid and [intellectually] lazy.
  • gut
    ccrunner609;1351980 wrote:TV sucks
    The only networks that seem to do decent original programming anymore are HBO, USA, A&E and FX. Showtime, too, I suppose.
  • Sonofanump
    gut;1352066 wrote:Americans are getting really stupid and [intellectually] lazy.
    Very true.
  • Speedofsand
    I quit watching MTV 20 years ago. It was great in the 80s though, because I was working for the cable co when they came to Daytona Spring Break. I partied with Martha Quinn and lots of 80s bands.
    /cool story bro'd
  • Gardens35
    BoatShoes;1351907 wrote:T.V. In general is getting pretty close to jumping the shark...
    That.
  • believer
    gut;1352066 wrote:Americans are getting really stupid and [intellectually] lazy.
    Without question.

    There are women at my place of employment, for example, who live to watch Dances with the Stars and before that it was brain-dead programs like America's Got Talent and American Idol.
  • GoChiefs
    believer;1352184 wrote:Without question.

    There are women at my place of employment, for example, who live to watch Dances with the Stars and before that it was brain-dead programs like America's Got Talent and American Idol.
    How's that different than most of us men who live to watch NFL, MLB, NCAA, and NBA?
  • believer
    GoChiefs;1352186 wrote:How's that different than most of us men who live to watch NFL, MLB, NCAA, and NBA?
    seriously Clark? :D
  • GoChiefs
    believer;1352189 wrote:seriously Clark? :D

    Don't get me wrong, I agree with you, but a lot of people conider those "brain dead" programming as well.
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    Classyposter58;1351924 wrote:Plus Mike & Mike, The Herd and SVP & Russillo are actually awesome
    Good point. I LOVE The Herd and enjoy listening to Mike Greenberg . SVP is a quality show, just on at a bad time [for me].
    Commander of Awesome;1351926 wrote:No they're not.

    SMH.
  • like_that
    Scarlet_Buckeye;1352207 wrote:Good point. I LOVE The Herd and enjoy listening to Mike Greenberg . SVP is a quality show, just on at a bad time [for me].

    SMH.


    The guy who likes twilight and agrees with classlessposter is trying to be smug about ESPN....

    Excuse me while I LMAO.
  • Commander of Awesome
    Also likes that weasel Greenberg over Golic? Not surprised mr fancy twilight pants enjoys him more.
  • Tiernan
    I remember when the OC channel was all about sports now its about popularity contests and stupid polls.
  • LJ
    Automatik;1351793 wrote:TLC is up there.
    raiderbuck;1351813 wrote:I read the first question, and I immediately thought of TLC. I 100% agree with you.

    VH1 has turned into MTV light. Plus, we have them to thank for ridiculous shows like Flavor of Love, and Hip Hop/Basketball/Baseball/Football wives.
    ptown_trojans_1;1351798 wrote:TLC
    History
    Discovery to an extent.

    Any channel that has sold its soul for the garbage that is "reality" based tv.
    Get back to what you were created to do, constructive program that inform, not dumb us down.
    End of Line;1351802 wrote:ESPN
    History
    TLC
    VH1
    CMT
    vball10set;1351879 wrote:this
    yes
  • ou1980
    Disney channel. Back in the 90's they had pretty good family entertainment in the evenings and decent shows for the kids in the mornings, plus it was commercial free.

    Travel Channel...when it became a cooking channel.
  • I Wear Pants
    gut;1352069 wrote:The only networks that seem to do decent original programming anymore are HBO, USA, A&E and FX. Showtime, too, I suppose.
    You mean AMC.
  • dazedconfused
    Ironman92;1352028 wrote:You don't watch Monday Night Football? NBA? Sunday Night Baseball or regular MLB? US Open, Masters coverage?
    it's not really the programming on espn that is the problem. its that the content of the programming that has morphed into slim to none "sports journalism" to almost exclusively "tmz sports" that is espn's biggest problem nowadays
  • Classyposter58
    like_that;1352216 wrote:The guy who likes twilight and agrees with classlessposter is trying to be smug about ESPN....

    Excuse me while I LMAO.
    Don't hate because ESPN isn't totally awful. PTI is pretty great as well and they have Bill Simmons who is the best sports writer around
  • Tiernan
    You all watch ESPN every F'n day so get off your high horse like_that - its still the best source for sports around.
  • like_that
    Classyposter58;1353677 wrote:Don't hate because ESPN isn't totally awful. PTI is pretty great as well and they have Bill Simmons who is the best sports writer around
    LMFAO.
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    Tiernan;1353745 wrote:You all watch ESPN every F'n day so get off your high horse like_that - its still the best source for sports around.
    Reps
  • gut
    Sportscenter and other ESPN highlight shows jumped the shark years ago, particularly for football, when it became all about fantasy points and superstars. They stopped showing and telling you what happened in games - especially for lower profile games - in order to have time to show you five angles of Lebron dunking a ball.

    Add to that dumping in a bunch of over the top panache and overused cliches to "jazz up" the highlights and it just became unwatchable. It became like WWF-style delivery, and it was usually too painful to watch.