Except that I spent 17 years working in cable and I remember when the
thrust/appeal of cable was to have niche programming. You wanted music, you
turned on MTV. You wanted news, you turned on CNN. You want weather, you turned
on TWC. A hundred channels each with their own appeal. (And it was the
broadcast stations that programmed for the masses.) Now it seems like no matter
what the name of the channel is, all they do is show reruns from the broadcast
networks. And, if I want to know what to expect from the weather in the next 24
hours, I shouldn't have to wait until a show about prospectors is over.
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From: Mark Jeffries
To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] And what do any of these have to do with
providingweather information?
The return to weather programming was during the day on weekdays. Prime time
didn't change and I'm sure they'll argue that the only way they can remain
competitive in prime time is airing shows that ask their audiences to stay for
a half-hour, not a few minutes during the commercial break of another program.
Advertisers have a hostility to radio-formatted television--just ask people who
worked back in the day at HLN, MTV and VH1--and TWC.
Mark Jeffries
Saints Spotlight Editor
spotligh...@gmail.com
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Bradford <bradfo...@dwx.com> wrote:
When DirecTV reinstated TWC last April, I seem to recall that they promised
to have less programming like this and devote more of their programming
to.......WEATHER.
The Weather Channel has announced that three original primetime series will
be returning.
The third season of “Prospectors” premiers on Dec. 7 at 9 pm ET. The show
follow miners as they conspire on the mountains of Colorado to discover some of
the planet’s rarest gems for big paydays.
“Prospectors” will be followed by the third season debut of ”Highway Thru
Hell.” The the men of Jamie Davis Heavy Rescue fight to keep the roads open on
some of the most economically important and most traveled routes in America.
Jackknifed semi-trucks and death-defying cliff rescues are just a sample of
what Jamie and his team experience.
The second season of “Why Planes Crash” premiers on Dec. 15 at 9 pm ET,
investigating elements that contributed to some of the world’s most shocking
aviation incidents. Witnesses, survivors and experts weigh in on case files of
the FAA. The series also the series explores what happens when weather goes
terribly wrong for those traveling by air.
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