America 2012 :-(

[tk2kewl]

[leftstreet]

1. That says more about TV programmers than Americans

There are 350+ million people in the US.

How many actually watch that crap?

[loyalsister]

4. There must be quite a few

They are raking in $

[TwilightGardener]

2. I know what you mean, Mr. Tyson.

BTW, where'd the vomit smiley go?

[tk2kewl]

10. :puke:

[TwilightGardener]

13. Thanks.

[Panasonic]

3. Oooh! PumpkinChunkin

Definetely a DVR material!

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Yep, and that's the reason my deluxe, HDTV never leaves Investigation Discovery.

I pay a fortunate in a 'bundle' each month and watch one cable station.

[reflection]

6. Sadly true.

I remember when those channels were gold.

[bongbong]

7. The onslaught of "reality" TV

The movie "Network" was prophetic.

"Reality" shows are super-cheap to produce. That's why the lesser channels love 'em.

They're all heavily edited & low-to-highly scripted; they simply appear to be real. Most of them are, more or less, just the newest version of traditional soap operas.

[pintobean]

8. I watch Pawn Stars

wtf it has to do with history, I have no idea. I would much rather watch quality programming on actual history.

[former9thward]

16. There is plenty of history on pawn stars.

There is historical commentary on virtually every item they negotiate for.

[slackmaster]

9. What do you have against PumkinChunkin?

You should read about it in the latest issue of Scientific American Rifleman.

[marlakay]

11. Idiocracy

This movie is scarey actually.....

[Risen Demon]

12. Well, let's see

Honey Boo Boo: Learning the inside culture of the modern American suburbanite.

Pawn Stars: Watch as several cultures clash to barter for nostalgic artifacts!

Pumpkin Chunkin: Physics. Nuff said

[Comrade_McKenzie]

14. In all fairnes... AMC (American Movie CLASSICS) has kickass ORIGINAL programming... nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. TLC, Discovery channel have gold panning, oil drilling, intervention, hoarders, kid beauty pageants

Funny how the channels morphed from educational channels.

[edhopper]

17. Pumpkin Cunkin

is a fun way for people to see technology and innovation. The Mythbuster guys love it.