I'm not sure I would want to say ratings drop is temporary.
That's what A&E is saying with reports of the drops they have had since the start of June. It comes from the cancellation of Live PD. Just for context, prior to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter crap, this channel was bent on airing that and The First 48 constantly. They canned a lot of programs for Live and for the last two plus years it worked. You have to understand that cable ratings are different. Anything over a million or two is very good. Live was pulling close to two million viewers.
Since the cancellation, there has been a lot less First 48. Constant reruns of Storage Wars and one or two other programs. Hoarders every once in a while on weekends. Maybe some movies if they do air some. I think A&E is trying to make themselves look less like a network that airs lots of police matter and it has backfired. The fact that the numbers from what I read dropped by nearly 50 percent, that's huge for a cable network to go down to less than half a million. They don't have anything original airing that's new. What is there?
I'm not going to say A&E is going to fold. But people like real life stuff. That's why stuff like 60 Days In worked. Leah Remini's Scientology show was getting nominations for tackling the infamous group and going after them for their cult like behavior. Crime stuff is a big deal. You lose these kind of programs, what do you expect? I'd like to see where the channel is at the start of 2021 because if they can't fix their issues, this becomes more than a temporary drop in ratings.
Fake stuff like Storage Wars will not keep them going and they can't bend over for protesters similar to what the NBA, NFL, and MLB are doing.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Saturday, June 13, 2020
The Cancel Culture
I've seen backlash for films and shows. Some question whether they should be on the air or not. It is very unfortunate for someone who has a mass communications degree to see this happen. This cancel culture is getting very ridiculous over the last few days. So what are the casualties?
First was the 1939 film, Gone with the Wind. I've never seen the film. Hear it's very good. HBOMax pulled it for racial reasons. With the exception of war propaganda or being that controversial when it released, I'm struggling to see why this got removed. A lot of older stuff reflects the time period they were in. By this logic, you have to get rid of The Three Stooges and various movies that portray race in a manner that doesn't sit well with others. Simply put, have a warning about these films. There is no reason to ban it.
I'm surprised, but not with the next thing. Paramount Network cancelled Cops. I didn't even know they were doing new episodes. I do remember reading that there was criticism about the stuff they showed with pulling over suspects or chasing them down. There was a formula for the show, but it's not like the formula was deliberate. You get what you can film. But I do think cancellation is a huge overreaction.
Huge overreaction can be said for A&E's Live PD. The ironic and hypocritical thing is they are still airing marathons of The First 48. By that logic, they should get rid of reruns and new episodes of it. Back to PD, the show wasn't just pulling people over. It was real time, seeing specific crimes or helping out certain individuals. Even stuff like saving animals. It wasn't pulling people over every segment. This was huge for the network and why they canned a lot of their scripted programs. It's going overboard to please a group that only wants to look at the negative side.
But the last thing is depressingly sad. People wanting a goddamn kids show canned. Protests against Paw Patrol, which has been on the air for almost seven years. Showing the various goods of what actual emergency services people do, but in animal format. It's a program aimed for little kids. This is purely entertainment. Not engaging like a live action crime drama. These snowflakes probably have no interest in the show (I don't, either, but I'm not going to protest) and are looking for anything cop related.
You can't erase everything. With certain exceptions, there was no reason to get rid of some of this stuff and there's no reason to go after something intended for toddlers. You think we couldn't get more stupider? Here you go.
First was the 1939 film, Gone with the Wind. I've never seen the film. Hear it's very good. HBOMax pulled it for racial reasons. With the exception of war propaganda or being that controversial when it released, I'm struggling to see why this got removed. A lot of older stuff reflects the time period they were in. By this logic, you have to get rid of The Three Stooges and various movies that portray race in a manner that doesn't sit well with others. Simply put, have a warning about these films. There is no reason to ban it.
I'm surprised, but not with the next thing. Paramount Network cancelled Cops. I didn't even know they were doing new episodes. I do remember reading that there was criticism about the stuff they showed with pulling over suspects or chasing them down. There was a formula for the show, but it's not like the formula was deliberate. You get what you can film. But I do think cancellation is a huge overreaction.
Huge overreaction can be said for A&E's Live PD. The ironic and hypocritical thing is they are still airing marathons of The First 48. By that logic, they should get rid of reruns and new episodes of it. Back to PD, the show wasn't just pulling people over. It was real time, seeing specific crimes or helping out certain individuals. Even stuff like saving animals. It wasn't pulling people over every segment. This was huge for the network and why they canned a lot of their scripted programs. It's going overboard to please a group that only wants to look at the negative side.
But the last thing is depressingly sad. People wanting a goddamn kids show canned. Protests against Paw Patrol, which has been on the air for almost seven years. Showing the various goods of what actual emergency services people do, but in animal format. It's a program aimed for little kids. This is purely entertainment. Not engaging like a live action crime drama. These snowflakes probably have no interest in the show (I don't, either, but I'm not going to protest) and are looking for anything cop related.
You can't erase everything. With certain exceptions, there was no reason to get rid of some of this stuff and there's no reason to go after something intended for toddlers. You think we couldn't get more stupider? Here you go.
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