Kintarian@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months 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-square132fedilinkarrow-up1535
arrow-up1535message-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 · 4 months agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·4 months 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-up6·4 months 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.