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Let’s take a small ride back to the cable television past. We need not go too far, but let’s go back about 15 or 20 years. Can you remember what cable TV channels were like then as compared to now?

Back then, many of the channels were split up into niche channels. There was something for everyone and you could easily find the type of thing that you were interested in or that you felt like watching at that moment.

For example, Bravo and A&E both focused on the fine arts, and nearly every piece of programming that was broadcast on these networks actually pertained to that. This is no longer the case, as plenty of reality TV shows and segments focusing on other areas of interest have emerged here.

Another prime example is that of MTV and VH1, who both originated as 24 hour music networks. Can you remember the days where all they would mainly show were music videos?

But sadly, this can no longer be said of either of them. They both have more things going on other than the music videos that they were once famous for.

On both MTV and VH1, there are a ton of reality TV shows. Whether they’re dating shows like Rock of Love, or reality shows that chronicle the lives of people like MTV’s Jersey Shore, it seems like everything on both of these networks is also reality TV.

All said there are still some channels that actually do what they are supposed to do, Channels such as The Game Show Network, which actually shows game shows for the majority of the time. Nevertheless, even this one as begun to be affected by the reality TV disease as a new series plans to follow the Newlywed Game host.

I hope that most of these channels that have digressed will eventually turn on their heels and head back to the strong roots that enabled them to grow so well to begin with.

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