Network Decay/Major Shifts That Fit: Difference between revisions

 

* Discovery HD Theater was rebranded as the auto-focused [http://jalopnik.com/#!5793450/velocity-is-the-new-car+themed-channel-for-rich-dudes Velocity Network]. It still fits because they show a bunch of car-related programming, like ''Chasing Classic Cars'', ''Wheeler Dealers'', and World Rally Championship coverage, and is a good rebranding now that networks that are just pure demonstrations of HD programming on a constant loop are no longer needed.

* The [[Playboy]] Channel probably goes here, in that it's still showing naked people. Originally, the channel showed video Playmate layouts and short, tasteful softcore movies that sometimes actually had well-written, endearing stories. Much like the original's [[Magazine Decay]], the channel's kept the sex and lost the class, and now shows (randomly renamed) hardcore movies and a near-endless barrage of "reality" shows, including more than one that could be described as "''[[Big Brother]]'' where they show the sex".

* The homogenization of [[BET]] (Black Entertainment Television) following its sale to Viacom (which didn't correspond to an increase in production values) led to its decline. They canned their news programs, and started to be more restrictive as to what and who they play on their music block. Back in [[The Nineties]], it was easy for you to be seen on BET if you were black and MTV refused to play you. Nowadays, groups like [[Public Enemy]] and NWA (to say nothing of [[Alternative Hip Hop]] acts like [[A Tribe Called Quest]] and [[De La Soul]], or black rock acts like [[Bad Brains]] and [[Living Colour]]) wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being played on BET if they had gotten started today. Mostly because the network has a policy of not wanting to play music that's deemed [[Viewers are Morons|too intelligent, relevant, creative, or over the heads of teenagers (specifically teenage girls)]]. It's become a perfect representation of the modern, hyper-commercialized rap scene, which is more interested in selling ringtones than actually creating art.

* To watch the Travel Channel, you'd think the ''only'' reason to travel would be to play poker, to find ghosts, or most importantly, to try the unusual, [[Foreign Queasine|sometimes disgusting]], local foods. See ''Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations'', ''Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern'', ''Food Paradise'', and ''Man v. Food''. One has to wonder if Travel Channel wishes they were Food Network for gluttons. No doubt a program of the most haunted restaurants with the best/strangest cuisine would be the ultimate fusion for both. Eventually they were bought by Food Network's parent company in 2010.

* [[Food Network]] began with cooking shows and has branched out into contests and reality shows...but every single one of these still has to do heavily with food and fits the network and every new personality has a background in the culinary arts.

** Really, the only show that would fit the old Animal Planet is the surprisingly good ''[[River Monsters]]''.