The Weather Channel: Difference between revisions

The purest nuts-and-bolts television channel that will ever be created, '''The Weather Channel''' is a 24-hour American cable weather network based just outside Atlanta, Georgia dedicated to telling you what to expect outside every morning, afternoon, evening and night, and little else. (This has changed recently as it has started showing [[Speculative Documentary|speculative documentaries]].) The network is well known for its [[CNN]]-like weather coverage, and will usually be the first to send reporters, usually meteorologists themselves, to report live on site at major weather events; something that can quickly become awesome, if not crowningly so, if it involves the words "hurricane" or "tornado" occurring within visual range. The Weather Channel is owned not by Time Warner, but by [[Comcast]]/[[NBC]] [[Universal]] and two private equity firms, The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital (before that, Landmark Communications).

 

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* [[And Starring]]: ''Wake Up With Al, starring Al Roker and [[Fake Guest Star|Stephanie Abrams]].''

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: One of the draws of the network, and why they're so valuable. If someone on The Weather Center tells you to seek shelter - ''[[Don't Ask, Just Run|listen to them]].''

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Almost mandatory for the on-air staff who go out into hurricanes. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] for Warren Madden and former OCM Nicole Mitchell, as they're Air Force Reserve officers and 'Hurricane Hunters' - the folks who ''fly missions into hurricanes''.

* [[Badass Creed]]: 'The ''(insert weather condition here)'' Authority'.

* [[Bishonen]]: Mike Bettes.

* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Jim Cantore (again).

* [[Cult Soundtrack]]: The network's local forecast music has been offered for sale on CD by the network.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Jim Cantore can do this on occasion. Such as when there's a wildly unpredictable storm system:

* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: The computerized [[Weather Report Narration]] of the forecast during a massive storm. Calmly stating it will be [[Captain Oblivious|windy with rain - heavy at times]] [[Oh Crap|with winds that might reach 100-140 mph.]]

* [[Don't Ask, Just Run]]: If the on-air meterologists tells you to do this ''your better do it.''

* [[Reality Ensues]]: Oh so very much, when bad weather events occur.

* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: why Jeanetta Jones left the network.

* [[Serious Business]]: ''Thoroughly averted''. Many people depend on The Weather Channel for top-level weather predictions, and look to the channel for life-saving warnings and advisories during serious weather conditions and events.

** Farmers especially. As long as they exist, TWC will always exist with it.

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