Opinion : The Discovery Channel

They seem to make this network over every now and then, along with its sister networks: TLC and Discovery Health. (I rarely get the science channel so I cant comment on that one) As a loyal fan, I have a few observations, starting with the positive ones:

During the day, I have recently noticed that the Discovery channel is repeatingly airing a show called How its Made. This is a show that shows random things being manufactured with a little dry commentary and some strange repetitive background music. Apparently this show was made by some Canadian public broadcast station or something. It is oddly surreal and beats any other Day time television that is on, although I will admit that I am a little embarrassed when my roommates catch me watching it...It may be the dorkiest show on television.

Something that really sucks is that the TLC network seems to have been given over to chick programming all the time. I have nothing against having a network for that crap (alright, maybe I do) but I really liked what used to be on The Learning Channel. There is no learning involved in gay men making over houses.

Another gripe is that the health channel seems to be going the same way. More and more the only programming on there is women talking about being pregnant. The still occasionally do the "real-life" versions of ER and forensic detectives, but they stopped showing my favorite thing: late night surgery. They used to show random taped surgery at night on that channel, and I was a big fan. Now they seem to show prime time re-runs. Its alright though, I recently discovered videos of surgical telecasts on Hahneman Hospital's website...