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Is mid-90s to mid-2000s History Channel the GOAT channel to watch when nothing was on?

Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:11 pm
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
9529 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:11 pm
Never knew how good we had it.

Modern Marvels was such a phenomenal show. Plus they actually had History shows on.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
35116 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:13 pm to
was it discovery or TLC that had how it’s made and junkyard wars?

Could watch those shows all frickin day
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117732 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:15 pm to
Gave us “Aliens” meme guy.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
34820 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:15 pm to
Wings was awesome
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65911 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:16 pm to
MTV was still good. Bunch of new shows, including Lauren

Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
4459 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:18 pm to
Those history documentaries with the cheesy cut-in dramatizations of like Caesar getting stabbed or Cleopatra holding a snake were the best.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38595 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:27 pm to
Discovery Channel in the 90’s was outstanding and highly educational.
Posted by Mr Breeze
The Lunatic Fringe
Member since Dec 2010
5973 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:36 pm to
And when it first started, no commercials.

It was great.
Posted by SeaBass23
VA
Member since Jul 2019
1590 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:52 pm to
Comedy Central was pretty good. Chappelle show, Man show etc.
Posted by MrBobDobalina
BRo.LA
Member since Oct 2011
2995 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:54 pm to
Infinite WW2 everything. Submarines and battleship documentaries...ancient Greek documentaries...its unreal how far they have fallen off but luckily almost everything is on YouTube from the glory days.
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
13231 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 2:10 pm to
Wasn't it nicknamed The Hitler Channel because all the show's it had on about Hitler?
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48750 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 2:11 pm to
In high school and college, I used to fall asleep to the History or Discovery channel all the time. Or come home stoned and watch a show about the mating and migration patterns of the duck-billed platypus

They both used to be awesome channels.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35400 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 2:32 pm to
That show about guns with R Lee Ermey was awesome.
Posted by Saunson69
Member since May 2023
1908 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 2:47 pm to
Oh look another, urghargh 80s and 90s was best ever hahaha. They still have great shows on those channels.
Posted by HangmanPage1
Wild West
Member since Aug 2021
1395 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:13 pm to
Unwrapped on Food Network with Marc Summer. I can watch that all day. And the Food that built America, excellent!
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63516 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:16 pm to
Cartoon Network was legit back then too.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142416 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:24 pm to
Early 2000s tHC was the 3rd most popular channel among men (after the two ESPNs)

But a lot of the men were older. Sponsors want younger viewers, who are supposedly more willing to switch products. And women are believed to do most of the shopping

Ergo, the 16-34 female demo is the most sought after. And the classic HC did not deliver that.
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
54182 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:30 pm to
How it’s made is tGOAT
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
8580 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 10:22 pm to
They did this one of my 94 cruise. Was well done

Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36119 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 11:48 pm to
Seconds from disaster on National Geographic. PBS used to be great in the 80s and 90s for nature, history, and science stuff as well.

Honestly, good content is still out there. It's just on YouTube.
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