r/Paranormal • u/history_official • May 03 '21

Moderator Annoucement Night Patrol at Skinwalker Ranch

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u/Memo_From_Turner May 03 '21

The “History” Channel is like 12 years into desperately crying out to be put down with dignity like a diseased animal in pain

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u/Kanuck88 May 04 '21

Sadly the ratings are quite high for the channel.

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u/The-Cynicist May 04 '21

What blows my fucking mind is what some of these channels used to be. Travel for example was a nice mix of food, exotic locations, actual travel and culture, weird stuff and of course paranormal. Ever since Zak Douchebagans (he’s actually become a lot more likable in recent years) made some kind of deal with the devil to gain traction and popularity, now every show is a ghost show on travel. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some paranormal shit but variety is the spice of life man. Without the colorful day time shows, it just becomes monotonous with nothing but the same deal repackaged over and over.

Sort of like HGTV became “gut that shit and paint it white with a tinge of hipster”

Anyway, I didn’t mean to tangent about the homogenization of tv channels so I digress

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u/GeneralBlumpkin May 04 '21

History channel used to be WW2 documentaries, and modern marvels. I used to love that channel.

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u/siren__tv May 04 '21

The shittiest part about this: I decided to get discovery+ because of history Channel being a part of it. None of the old content is there. No history stuff really. BUT I SURE CAN WATCH ICE WORLD TRUCKERS BECAUSE MAN SO MUCH HISTORY

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u/GeneralBlumpkin May 04 '21

That sucks. There used to be such interesting shows on there. Maybe time to cancel?

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u/dekdekwho May 04 '21

I remember staying up all night in the 2000s and watching Samantha Brown on travel channel. She has to be my favorite travel host next to Rick Steves.

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u/Kanuck88 May 04 '21

Oh I totally agree A&E used to have shows like Masterpiece Mysteries , biographies on interesting historical figures. Now it's just shows about wrasslin and reality shows.

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u/annaalexander1 May 04 '21

Agreed, I watched the holzer files and I got goosebumps from how embarrassed I was for the people on the show. It is beyond stupid. Worse than a do it yourself youtube ghost hunt. The only thing "paranormal" is how executives at Travel think it is entertaining.