Kintarian@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThere is no history on the History channel. There's nothing true on TruTV. There's no music on music television. There's no science on the science channel.message-squaremessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1541
arrow-up1541message-squareThere is no history on the History channel. There's nothing true on TruTV. There's no music on music television. There's no science on the science channel.Kintarian@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square133fedilink
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 year agoBecause around 20 years ago these networks figured out that they can make just as much money pumping out cheap and crappy reality shows as they can by creating expensive and difficult to produce quality programming.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAnd it worked before streaming came around. Now cable subscriptions are in free fall and they don’t know what to do.
Because around 20 years ago these networks figured out that they can make just as much money pumping out cheap and crappy reality shows as they can by creating expensive and difficult to produce quality programming.
Capitalism at its best
capiTALiSm bREeDS INnOvATIon
And it worked before streaming came around. Now cable subscriptions are in free fall and they don’t know what to do.