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Many cable channels are created to fulfill [[Niche Network|a specific programming niche]], and their name is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] — the Golf Channel shows golf, the [[GSN|Game Show Network]] shows [[Game Show]]s, and so on.
Some channels, however, are not as wedded to their original concept as others. In a pattern known as '''channel drift''', [[Executive Meddling|
The fans of the original programming ''will'' mind, of course, but the channel tends to keep going regardless. This may show up with only a couple of odd programs in the schedule, but far too often, given enough time, a channel will have pretty much abandoned its original concept. Whether or not the former invariably leads to the latter is a subject for debate.
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