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Turns out that more people would like to watch the bullshit shows than actual history. Its stupid but there ya go. Time for History to call itself the Bullshit channel. :)

Channel Yesterday on freeview is better

Pretty much, what the 2nd guy said.

As with most entertainment, its much more profitable to dumb things down, and show trendy, flavor of the month, watered down television shows. Rather then broadcast high quality content actually worth watching.

I guess that would be somewhat logical, as chances are..Majority of the people who are sitting in front of a tv anyway are basically, moderately stupid, average thinking loafs. So to appeal to the masses, they now show moderately stupid, average thinking televsion shows.

Ratings rules the airwaves.

I miss the good ole days of the history channel too. All the bullshit reality tv shows are pure swill.

history channel is history. get it?
take my wife, please!

The history channel, being owned by media corporation, (which in turn is owned by financial company), can't show you real history. All it did was regurgitate the BS you're taught in grade school... the usual brain-washing, ethnocentric BS that's used to indoctrinate people into a country's social & financial system w/o questioning things.

If you want to watch real history, the kind the History channel would never be allowed to broadcast (b/c it would shed light on how the financeers are pulling everyone's strings and creating wars & market booms/busts to their benefit) you need to google for it...

"Money Masters"
"The Ascent of Money"

Those are some good starters. You'd be amazed at how much history making moments we attribute to heroics or common-good or what-not really came down to just a bunch of rich fuckers having a pissing contest at the global level, the common person's life and livelihood be damned.

The worst is when they have all the ufo bullshit shows

WTF u talkin' 'bout Wilis?

I was dropped on this planet by a UFO.

History channel is the poster c.h.i.l.d for what's wrong with cable. Here they have the entire history of the the planet to draw from for material, and what do we get? -- 30 hour marathons of some fat fucks fleecing people in a pawn shop, or a couple of tired dudes picking through peoples garbage. Sad.

Wow, listen to all you people bitch about the few shows that pay the bills for all those big production actual history shows. Would any of you like to bitch about how you wish you shouldn't work and still live a life of wealth?

You need some money makers to pay the bills so the other shows that ARE actual history books shows can be showed. But hey, go ahead and keep bitching, that's what the soapbox is for.

Also, I don't hear anyone mentioning they put focus on the HISTORY of the items.

Wisdom overcomes all ignorance if people learn it. Educate yourself, TYT and RT america on youtube.

OP is right. Look at the video page for the History Channel. Sad.... http://www.history.com/videos

the aliens abducted them.

"Jersey Shore" has infected all the other channels.

Pawn Turds rule!

History channel now sucks.

Ha Ha! Agreed. I remember we used to call it the "Hitler Channel" because in the early days of it's existence all you saw were old B&W filmreels of WW-II era Germany and 'Der Fuhrer'. Today it's all over the map with varied programs constantly re-inventing themselves. Just like the other one that is TLC (The Learning Channel) which when it started out was like watching a 24/7 self-help programs like they put on PBS on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Today TLC is a non-stop carny freak tent sideshow! Hoarders, Hermaphrodites and Honey Boo-Boo! I love watching TLC with our friends when we're a bit drunk, especially H-B-B which leaves us roaring laughing at times. Thank G-d for 300+ cable TV channels!

i'm one of those people who bitches about what the history channel has become, but at the same time i catch myself watching it ALL the time. it's definetly one of the 4-5 channels i constantly land on. i loved their reality stuff more then anyone else's i guess cause i love antiques and historical stuff.
so i love me some american/canadian pickers.
and i can't get enough pawn stars, CHUM LEE FOREVER!!

History channel is truly now a piece of shit. Really love the special "american picker dudes pick a car for the pawn fuckers" show.