Kintarian@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days 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-square135fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down117
arrow-up1517arrow-down1message-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 · 13 days agomessage-square135fedilink
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down1·13 days 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-squareKintarian@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·13 days agoCapitalism at its best
minus-squarehydroptic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·13 days agocapiTALiSm bREeDS INnOvATIon
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 days 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.