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Weather Channel cutting back reality shows to show more weather

Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:41 pm
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
10993 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:41 pm
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That means paring back its original programming investments (shows like "Prospectors" and "Fat Guys in the Woods") and lifestyle coverage. The priority is essential, live weather coverage -- particularly during periods of severe weather -- and local information.


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"It's going to cost more money to do longer hours of live, so we have to be more efficient about it," he said.


TLDR - The switch to reality has almost killed the channel due to low viewership. Time to cough up the $$ on what made the channel watchable all those years... Hot weather chicks and live tornado coverage.

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Posted by Esquire
Chiraq
Member since Apr 2014
11753 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:43 pm to
Cancel the channel all together. They have an app that tells me if it's going to rain or not.
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 5:47 pm
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
13283 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:55 pm to
I'll be satisfied if they'll just get some new Local on the 8s music. I mean did The Weather Channel DJ forget to turn the record over? Same 4 or 5 songs every damn time.
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
25224 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 5:55 pm to
The Weather Channel, the History Channel, and MTV all should serve as warnings to every network executive.

A short term boost by going away from your core programming, followed by a long and possibly fatal decline.

You don't watch Animal Planet for shows about animals any more. MTV doesn't feature music. The closest the History Channel comes to history is yet another show about Hitler being an alien.

If you are a niche network and you wander too far from your programming then it will catch up to you. Sooner rather then later.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 6:05 pm to
I liked fat guy in the woods

Oh well
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 6:23 pm to
How does the weather channel still exist??
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
15402 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 7:35 pm to
Genius
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
65147 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 7:48 pm to
My favorite channels to watch as a kid growing up in the 90s were Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and TLC. The latter three were because I loved history and science. I didn't watch for reality television - which is what they have turned those last three channels into.

Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
71807 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 7:49 pm to
They're pretty bad at doing the weather though.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120431 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 7:50 pm to
Just need to get some more OT 10 weather babes. Might watch then
Posted by Wishnitwas1998
where TN, MS, and AL meet
Member since Oct 2010
58354 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 7:50 pm to
So what people have screaming since they started the bullshite? Gotya


Can't wait for the History Channel to forcibly pull its head out of its arse
Posted by tracytiger
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2009
3631 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 8:20 pm to
We stopped watching when they became liberal and started shoving the fake global warming, climate change crap.

And when Jim Cantore started doing push ups in the street.
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
10990 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 8:31 pm to
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"Fat Guys in the Woods"


NOOOOOOOOO! I can't believe I'm gonna lose FGitW!!!!! IT HAD TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS!!! FAT GUYS!!! AND THE WOODS!!!!!!!!
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
51493 posts
Posted on 9/9/15 at 9:11 pm to
Hell, I have weather apps on my phone. I can see radar on my phone. Only time I need them is during an actual disaster such as a hurricane.
Posted by Das Jackal
Da Bayou
Member since Sep 2011
2600 posts
Posted on 9/10/15 at 11:19 am to
The only time I really watch The Weather Channel is when a hurricane is coming...
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98347 posts
Posted on 9/10/15 at 11:41 am to
Bring back Jill Brown. Last I heard she was selling real estate in ATL.

I will say Coast Guard Alaska was a legit show.

They should go heavy on storm chasing. In a country as big as this, there's some kind of severe weather happening nearly every day.
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