SciFi channel now shows wrestling...
...whats next?...nascar?
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by I.R. Brainiac | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
The title says it all...I am at a loss for words,at least words that can be openly used here.
I knew they had reached a new low (or so I thought) when they were running that John Edwards,talking to the dead bullshit,but being a show about the paranormal I could just kinda make the connection.His show was offensive to any sane intelligent person and he deserves ANY bad mojo that comes his way.
But wrestling?...I would,if I actually had money for that tier of programming,cancel my service no matter what else I would lose...in protest.
If the money is better just dump scifi completely and give the rednecks another mullet inspired channel because your giving sci fi a bad name and you obviously have zero respect for its viewers.
Some have claimed the addition of wrestling brought in a new crowd of scifi watchers and that there was already a large demographic of people who watched both... oh BULLSHIT!
IF that were even true...do real scifi fans want to watch ANY scifi show that wrestling fans would like?
Not in my universe. guess I wasnt at a loss for words after all. 
As a longtime tv and movie watcher I have over the years come to realise...Hollywood(and all media providers)thinks your STUPID...they have no repect for YOU or even the shows they create.They dont CARE if they ruin/cancel your favorite show.Only money matters and sometimes not even that if some exec just hates a show.
Example...Fred Freiberger producer...responsible for the final seasons of Star Trek,Space 1999,6Million dollar man and others.
Bad luck?Bad shows?No viewers?...nope,somebody wanted those shows dead and Fred was the man for the job. 
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Reply #22 Wednesday, April 1, 2009 7:18 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, April 1, 2009 8:55 PM
I recently recorded an episode of Lost for later viewing... after removing the ads, the actual show ran for 39.57 minutes... take out the "Previously on Lost" and you've only got 35 -36 minutes of new material.
It's all in pursuit of the almighty 'advertising' dollar... and TV execs, believing they have a captive audience, care nothing of the viewer and will continue to erode our viewing experience.
Ain't that the truth! I was considering Foxtel via cable to get Rugby League games that aren't shown on free-to-air, but to get that I would be forced to purchase umpteen shopping and news channels I'd never ever watch, such is the packaging structure... and then there's 20+ years worth of repeats... shows that are repeated several times annually, and new content is far and few between.
I had Foxtel about 10 years ago, but with the way they've restructured their packages, I'd have to pay and extra $49 to get the same channels as I had then... and we've already discussed the endless repeats, so they can shove it where the sun don't shine, cos $89.95 per month for very minimal new content and a handful of Rugby League games is hardly value for money.
Also, there should NEVER EVER be advertising on pay TV. You're paying a premium price to avoid commercials, and airing ads is double dipping at your expense... protest this by closing your wallets.
As for airing the wrestling on the sci-fi channel... well that's no different to showing adult movies/content on Nickelodeon during peak childerens viewing times... it's inappropriate and out of context. Shame on the programmers.
Reply #24 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:22 PM
At one time not all of them did...only channels that already ran commercials because they were city locals or network affiliates...true cable channels didnt have commercials(or at least a lot didnt).
But they figured if some could and get away with it(and you would still pay)why not us too.MO MONEY!
I choose to say no...I dont even leave the tv on the same channel during commercials...I flip over to pbs or something during the breaks.(sometimes I forget what I was watching...must not have been very interesting haha)
You could ask why do you watch at all if you dont like the way they do things...well I need my downtime because of poor health,tv massages my brain so I can stop thinking for a bit.
When I can afford it I sign up for Blockbuster or Netflix and order tv shows on dvd...for about 1.50$ you get 5 episodes,no commercials and it hasnt been shortened to fit around extra commercials.And you can watch them in order,in much less time than on tv and as many episodes back to back as you like...a nice plus. 
Reply #25 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:28 PM
For years people(even some in the govt)have been trying to get cable providers to offer an ala carte service...picking which channels you wanted to pay for rather than tiers of service that contained channels you NEVER watch.
But obviously they HATE that idea...channels would die because nobody would pay for them...and that would drastically drop the percieved value of cable...no more we have 280 channels!(250 of which are crap...that you pay for whether you watch or not...sounds like taxes to me)
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Reply #21 Wednesday, April 1, 2009 6:58 PM
been watching commercials for 40 years now and other than food I dont remember buying a single item because I saw a commercial for it...selective memory possibly but not much.