History Channel tonight - PLAGUE! All plague, all night!

[csziggy]

The Plague - "life during times of pestilence"
The Next Plague - Avian Flu, worst case scenario, compared to the 1918 flu epidemic
History Now - "Sars and the New Plague" Lessons taught by past plagues

What an up beat night!

[Archae]

1. The Hysteria Channel.

:eyes:

[LeftyMom]

2. That one on the Black Death is actually really good.

Haven't seen the others.

[csziggy]

4. Yes, it was pretty good and informative

I just found it amusing that they would stack all those shows - four hours worth - together while the pandemic worry is out there.

[LeftyMom]

6. They seem to make an effort to be topical- Jesus shows on Easter Week, etc.

They ran a pretty interesting "future history" kind of mockumentary on Peak Oil when gas was up to $4.50 or something last year. The funny thing was, a lot of the stuff that had probably seemed dramatic and unlikely (Nobody can sell their SUV! Oh noes! We'll have to carpool with the neighbors to get groceries!) when they were filming already was going on while I was watching the thing.

[NavyDavy]

3. their really not bad shows....there not being paranoid they are actually

showing epidemics happened thru history and man/woman kind has always survived and repopulated

[csziggy]

5. The Next Plague one was fairly horrific

Showing the absolute worst case scenario. They did have one short interview with someone who disagreed with that possibility and took a more moderate attitude. And they made clear their extrapolation was the worst possible case.

[Bozita]

7. and my local teevee news spent the first 8 minutes on local school closings ... in Michigan

[MADem]

8. They have to capitalize on the SWINE FEAR while they can, before it peters out! nt

[RamboLiberal]

9. I watched History Channel from 8-11 and not about plagues

9PM was Sun-Tzu and the Art of War with how it relates to Vietnam, D-Day and the American Civil War. 10PM was a series about what would happen to cities like Chicago & London 300 years after humans are gone.

You were watching one of the up-channel History-International shows not the main History Channel.

[csziggy]

10. Whups! You're right! Shows how great I am functioning tonight!

Now I'm wondering what is going on on TLC - there is a show called "Guess Who's Coming Over?" The description reads "A self-described redneck plays host to a black man." WTF? This is programming? I am not even going there! In fact, I cannot remember the last time I watched anything on TLC.

DirecTV - 200 channels and nothing to watch!