Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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AMC is kind of bush league, but when you need to see a minor horror flick from the 70s about a hundred million times, they're the place to go.
'Zactly. They show '90's movies all the time, too -- "classic" seems to mean "whatever we can afford the rights to."
But last night, Scream 2 was about my speed, so I'm not complaining.
It's funny--after seeing the complaint about AMC changing its format here, I was listening to the radio at home and heard the host complaining about other channels doing the same (Game Show Network hosting Extreme Dodgeball and Fear Factor instead of High Rollers and What's My Line; TVLand now showing MacGuyver instead of just the old black-and-white shows from the 50s and 60s).
TVLand now showing MacGuyver instead of just the old black-and-white shows from the 50s and 60s).
What I think is weird is that Full House is on Nick at Night. I always thought that was Nickelodeon's block of programming for grown-ups, and Full House was pretty firmly aimed at children/pre-teens.
In the world of tv shows, "classic" means whatever I was watching as a kid to me. So, yeah, that includes old B&W I Love Lucy episodes, because they were in syndication at the time. But MacGuyver fits, too.
I need to at least in theory reasonably be able to have kids to whom the show would be at all meaningful before fixtures of my childhood are on TVLand or Nick at Night.
(i.e.-I'm too young for MacGuyver to be "Classic tv", dammit)
Oh, and if you haven't been spoiled for Million Dollar Baby, don't read the Globe and Mail arts page, they give away a big plot point in a headline by stating what groups are protesting the movie.
Game Show Network hosting Extreme Dodgeball
Hey! I like Extreme Dodgeball!
Don't mess with the sexy!
If we're talking about channels that have strayed from their origins I'd say A&E (Arts and Entertainment) has gone pretty far away from that, they are still heavy on the entertainment but pretty light on the arts.
And then there is the practically music video - less MTV and VH1.
the practically music video - less MTV and VH1
Hey, now. They have a good six or so hours every morning.
And then there is the practically music video - less MTV and VH1
Grrrr....
Not that there are many videos I want to see these days as popular music and I parted company a long time ago. I'm sure the expensive cable package has channels that show the '80s videos, but I only pay 23 bucks a month for cable and I'm keeping it that way.