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askye - Feb 01, 2005 8:56:16 am PST #8637 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

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.


§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 8:57:09 am PST #8638 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

the practically music video - less MTV and VH1

Hey, now. They have a good six or so hours every morning.


Connie Neil - Feb 01, 2005 8:57:57 am PST #8639 of 10001
brillig

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.


DavidS - Feb 01, 2005 8:58:53 am PST #8640 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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.

VH-1 Classic. ijs. All kinds of cool videos, neatly lumped by your preferred era and/or genre from Metal to Alternative.


Alibelle - Feb 01, 2005 8:59:54 am PST #8641 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan

When I was at the theatre at the Grove, I think last weekend?, there was a costume in the lobby from some movie where Alan Cumming plays Loki. It was pretty cool.


Connie Neil - Feb 01, 2005 9:07:00 am PST #8642 of 10001
brillig

VH-1 Classic.

Which does not appear as one of my cable choices. Grr ....


Lyra Jane - Feb 01, 2005 9:14:45 am PST #8643 of 10001
Up with the sun

I have the expensive cable, and as far as I can tell VH1 Classic, MTV en Espanol, and MTV Hits are the only channnels that actually play videos most of the time. Even MTV2, which was supposed to be cool when it launched, is all reruns of MTV programming from the '90's now.

It's sad. Do Real World reruns really get great ratings? And whose genius idea was it to cut the few videos they DO show into 90-second clips and have people talking over them, more often than not? Argh.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 01, 2005 9:33:40 am PST #8644 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

And then there is the practically music video - less MTV and VH1.

To be fair, there's a goodly amount of music on those I Love the __'s shows that VH1 currently airs on continuous loop.


§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 9:36:54 am PST #8645 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

To be fair, there's a goodly amount of music on those I Love the __'s shows

But just teaser length.

Of a morning, I'll leave TiVo on VH1 or MTV, and then rewind through the saved thirty minutes to see the highlights reel. During prime time I usually want to watch actual narrative TV, so their morning music schedule works perfectly for me. 3am to 10:30 am, if I read the MTV schedule right.


Gandalfe - Feb 01, 2005 10:14:16 am PST #8646 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Are you guys, particularly the L.A.istas, familiar with FIDM?

Heh. Reequeen (my Lovely Wife™) went there.