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**Charryith** · 09-17-2010, 04:21 AM

You guys get different show host etc in the USA compared to the UK on allot of programs. Allot of the programs are not good but allot are very good and you can learn allot by watching them.

Obviously Deadlist Catch, Ice road truckers etc are not really those programs, but still good to watch. Stuff about the Universe, the Wars and other history, then Nasa, Trains, Planes etc and so on are very interested to watch and gain knowledge from. Have you ever actually watched any of these? Or only watched the entertainment programs?

I NEVER watch any of the programs I listed, which is why I have a problem with them. When I'm in the learning mood, I'll flip over to The Learning Channel/History/Discovery etc.. in hopes of learning something new and interesting but instead all that's ever on is some overly dramatized portrayal of competitively baking a cake or horribly raising your children.

There are programs that are great like LIFE, Planet Earth, Earth: The Biography, The Universe, America: The Story of Us, How Stuff Works, Mythbusters(to an extent, sometimes it's useless), etc... but they are few and far between.

What it comes down to is people are being dumbed down by television because all that ever airs is useless bullshit, and television companies only air useless bullshit because anything of educational substance gets terrible ratings and makes no money for the company. It's a vicious, endless cycle.

09-17-2010, 04:21 AM	#22
Charryith Join Date Oct 2005 Location Italy Posts 587 Senior Member	You guys get different show host etc in the USA compared to the UK on allot of programs. Allot of the programs are not good but allot are very good and you can learn allot by watching them. Obviously Deadlist Catch, Ice road truckers etc are not really those programs, but still good to watch. Stuff about the Universe, the Wars and other history, then Nasa, Trains, Planes etc and so on are very interested to watch and gain knowledge from. Have you ever actually watched any of these? Or only watched the entertainment programs? I NEVER watch any of the programs I listed, which is why I have a problem with them. When I'm in the learning mood, I'll flip over to The Learning Channel/History/Discovery etc.. in hopes of learning something new and interesting but instead all that's ever on is some overly dramatized portrayal of competitively baking a cake or horribly raising your children. There are programs that are great like LIFE, Planet Earth, Earth: The Biography, The Universe, America: The Story of Us, How Stuff Works, Mythbusters(to an extent, sometimes it's useless), etc... but they are few and far between. What it comes down to is people are being dumbed down by television because all that ever airs is useless bullshit, and television companies only air useless bullshit because anything of educational substance gets terrible ratings and makes no money for the company. It's a vicious, endless cycle.
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