Unnecessary Channels

[MickeyMac]

I was over at my cousin's house yesterday and we were talking about all the TV stations you can get now with both cable and satelite. Way in the hundreds. We also discussed if some of those channels are even necessary. There is one channel that just shows the earth from a satelite view. Who is going to spend their time watching that??? Alson the C-Span channels. I do know some people are into politics but I would rather not watch a bunch of polticians argue at each other all day.


What channels are on now do you think are unnecessary???

[Rezny@gmail.com]

Univision,the Spanish Channel,for one.Yes,I know some people are of Spanish descent,speak the language,and like it.But I am not.

[MikeL]

i know direct got way to many paid program channells.which are not needed.wqed am wpcd fit tv,bbca discovery channells one is enough.green channell id channell

[Brad]

As more and more formerly niche channels shift toward general entertainment, you'll see more "unnecessary" channels because of the simple fact that there will be very little to distinguish them from each other. Just last night, I saw that The Golf Channel was showing Analyze This. What!? Um... fore?

[jimpickens]

The Golf Channel
Oxygen and WE what Lifetime isn't femanazi enough
All the bazillion sports channels that show nothing but the same stuff that ESPN and FOX Sports shows which is ball games at least Verses and The Outdoor Channel are different
Green channel
Hallmark
ID
Lifetime Movies
Food Network
E
The travel channel
OWN do we really need a channel dedicated to that megalomaniac

[cocytus]

I don't think that there are any unnecessary channels as market forces will remove or end any channels that aren't getting good ratings and I have a remote that works if I don't like what's on.

[jimpickens]

But do you pay the cable bill in your household because if you did you would be singing a different tune.

[cocytus]

Originally Posted by jimpickens

But do you pay the cable bill in your household because if you did you would be singing a different tune.

I have DISH and I pay the bill.
The extra channels are on there and if they don't get watched (which most don't) they just as good as being gone.

[LUNCH]

Originally Posted by AKA

As more and more formerly niche channels shift toward general entertainment, you'll see more "unnecessary" channels because of the simple fact that there will be very little to distinguish them from each other. Just last night, I saw that The Golf Channel was showing Analyze This. What!? Um... fore?

I concur, so many channels now are almost the same channel,just with different names.---When there were far less cable channels--- there was alot more variety.

[LUNCH]

Originally Posted by rrezny@usnetizen

Univision,the Spanish Channel,for one.

Yeah,I also agree with that.There should not be any spanish stations.I think,Univision used to be the only one,now there are alot more of them.And really,in America I don't think they should have any of these stations.Or the maximum should be just one spanish language station.---Overall the opening question is a hard one for me to answer because there are SO many unnecessary,useless channels and since we never view them I don't even know the names of most of these channels.

[cocytus]

Originally Posted by LUNCH

Yeah,I also agree with that.There should not be any spanish stations.I think,Univision used to be the only one,now there are alot more of them.And really,in America I don't think they should have any of these stations.Or the maximum should be just one spanish language station.---Overall the opening question is a hard one for me to answer because there are so many unnecessary,useless channels. And I don't even know the names of most of them because we never view them.

Umm..because you can't speak Spanish and don't watch the Spanish language channels, no one else should be able to?
You do realize that you can block those channels from your box don't you?

One of the many problems w/ this country is people not expanding their intellectual horizons. If you have no desire to do that, why bother telling people that you aren't?

[clj2]

How about all of those insane shopping and auction channels? When I had DISH I bet there were 10. Most of them (save for QVC and HSN, maybe the NBC one) didn't look trustworthy at all. "Liquidation Channel" was a joke.

[CommonTater]

I wish we only paid for what we watch!

We only have the channels we watch on our favorite guide. The channels we don't watch outweighs the ones we do.

As far as I'm concerned they can remove all


shopping channels
C-Span channels/too many political channels
Paid programming/infomercial channels
golf
hunting type channels
Oprah's even though it starts in Jan.
TV Land
WE
Oxygen
the music channels
TLC (because I don't feel it's the Learning Channel any longer, has jumped ship)
I agree about the bazillion sports channels, most are useless
I'm sure there are many more but I don't remember them all.



We don't watch the ones below much but do watch sometimes

Green channel (has one show we love about Florida wildlife officers)

Hallmark (enjoy some of the movies)

Lifetime Movies (enjoy some of the movies)

The travel channel (we enjoy the Extreme Christmas shows in Dec. but that's it)

[AB]

Originally Posted by MickeyMac

I was over at my cousin's house yesterday and we were talking about all the TV stations you can get now with both cable and satelite. Way in the hundreds. We also discussed if some of those channels are even necessary. There is one channel that just shows the earth from a satelite view. Who is going to spend their time watching that??? Alson the C-Span channels. I do know some people are into politics but I would rather not watch a bunch of polticians argue at each other all day.


What channels are on now do you think are unnecessary???

I saw that channel that just shows the earth at my mom's house yesterday, I could hardly believe it.

[KurtfromPitts]

Lifetime Movie Network does show some interesting films so I can live with it, but indeed, most of the others mentioned are not needed.