Why did the History Channel go to shit?
When it started.
>>942609
Genuine history isn't as profitable today as watchbait posters
Back when it was the Hitler Channel it was the best thing ever. They had documentaries about every tiny piece of Third Reich minutiae.
you forgot ice road truckers
>>942682
oh you didn't I no see the dates
>no American Pickers
>no Pawn Stars
>>942613
Not when, but why.
And why are you here if you cant read
>>942609
The country was becoming progressively stupider... and then it became even stupiderer.
Shockingly stupid.
The ripples of stupidity propagate still.
>>942640
I saw a 3 hour marathon about living in Nazi Germany 2 weeks ago.
>tfw no more modern marvels
who /MonarchyMondays/ here?
>>942683
huh?
>>942609
Everyone but old or stupid people stopped watching TV.
>>942609
>Why did the History Channel go to shit?
Money. Reality shows are cheap and make alots of money quick, historical documentaries don't. The concept of specialty channels has been dead for over a decade. Its all the same cash grab.
>>942753
Americans will never have this channel, I feel sorry for them
>>942865
But anyone could watch it online.
>>942609
A woman became CEO. Hence all the reality crap
>>942609
Watch Epic Rap Battles of History. See what History consists for Americans.
>Pop culture icons.
>Comic characters
>A fucking videogame character.
>>942923
>be irrelevant yurotrash
>take internet meme seriously
>shit your pants in rage that America is more successful than your entire continent ever was
>>942609
desu the 1995-2001 seems pretty Normie tier but I guess its pretty good by American Standard
>>942926
>Be American
>Have no culture
Logical that you do not understand history.
>>942929
Except every superfluous thing you take for granted is American culture
The only reason you think there is no American culture is because it's become the standard world culture
>>942753
Yesterday is good, but too much ww2, and it's got some shit shows on too
It's bretty damn good otherwise
>>942711
The narrator was great in that one.
>British Documentary
>These are remains of a Roman soldier who fell in battle in the 143BC we see his sword lying next to him, a gladius, common for a roman soldier at the time. This soldier fell in the battle of *insert name*, a battle fought between the Romans and *insert other culture* in the roman expansion of *insert area*.
>American Documentary.
>LYING HERE IS A KILLER, A TANK OF HIS TIME
>*Woosh*
>THE DEADLY GLADIUS LYING BY HIS SIDE, THIS WAS THE MOST FEARED WEAPON OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
>*cut to black and white shaky cam LARP of someone being stabbed*
>WHAT IS HE DOING LYING HERE?
>*woosh Cut to historian being taken out of context*
>"We simply don't know" (later in the documentary he says this in the context of something completely)
>WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS KILLER, YOU WILL BE SHOCKED!
>Cut to black and white reinactment again of a struggle with jaguar roar over the top
>Cut to flashy opening with CGI graphics and all sorts of shit flying around.
>>942923
>People actually think this
>>942978
>American documentary about the Normandy Landings
>75% of it is re-enactment footage that copies Saving Private Ryan
>>942753
>Every time I tune in it has fucking Antique Roadshow on
>In the rare case it isn't that, it's WW2
>Sometimes, at like 3:00 am, something good is on. Like Battlefield Britain or something about the SAS.
>>943091
US D-Day documentary:
>no brits
>no ANZAC
>Omaha beach only
>final destination: berlin
>>942923
You thick motherfucker. The 'of History' part of it doesn't mean it consists solely of Historical figures, rather it means that they are the most epic rap battles that history will/has seen.
The irony here is, while trying to call Ameriburgers dumb, you said something astronomically stupid. Well played, moron.
>>942929
>Be Europoor
>Think that culture is dressing up in leather pants and playing hand organs
>Think that one society can have more culture than another society
I see that you learned a lot about anthropology in that superior European boarding school founded by Neolithic Jesuits over ten million years ago.
>>942609
I look for the History channel and find this. Hahaha!
>>942978
>>943097
They even forget about the Canadians, American docs on WW2 are absolutely shit tier.
Are history, science, and discovery channels all owned by the same person? They all shit the bed around the same time.
>>94260
Updated history 2014+
pawnshopawnshopawnshop
Pickers
Garage invaders
I miss this show.
>>942609
American audience
>>942978
The accuracy is painful. Mitchell and Webb do a good job at this in their gift shop sketch
>>942609
my dad watches the history channel constantly and it's not too bad anymore. almost all the ancient alien type shows are gone and it's just shows like Pawn Stars, American Pickers, Yukon Gold, Billion Dollar Wreck etc that are pretty enjoyable. and Vikings, probably the best Game of Thrones competitor. but there's still no real history
GOAT history channel show coming thru
get comfy lads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv_ZD1pGPCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uid9dE0y2SQ&nohtml5=False
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLnuQhw1Fgg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gTM-amoosc&nohtml5=False
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=593zijn2za8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEF17K-ATC8&nohtml5=False
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf50gztkKao
>>942978
Top kek I simply couldn't read the American voice in any voice than Lee Ermeys.
>>943353
I'll post the ones I have in my bookmarks. Trying to avoid the shit tier quality ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCntr0Sk3aI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eiHCUSjBWE&nohtml5=False
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-d2zrvQ91Y&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgOCJfY33ro&nohtml5=False
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyFVxRn7zzQ&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsHTxXm90Xk
>>943145
There was a very good doc recently on H2 called "War Story" mostly profiled Canadian and British soldiers(some americans) durring D-day and the liberation of France, Netherlands, Italy all the way to the end of the war. Very touching at times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2624pqXXaY4
>>942609
needs a 2012-2016 section with a bunch of rednecks
>HICK
>>942609
they still play 2012 related shit from time to time.
>>942923
>taking internet joke videos as a serious historical documentary
Why are europeans such humorless autistic fucks? Not saying you have to find it funny, but you have to realize its a joke
>>942609
No federal funding like BBC documentaries get, so American documentaries have to dumb it down for the sake of ratings. The ultimate result is a bunch of reality shows.
>>943265
I watched the entire series for the first time about a month ago. Robocop's way of speaking was a bit off putting for a documentary but enjoyable.
>>942711
but captain america: civil war is just around the corner!
Post full version.
>>943675
lol what's up with the chins?
>>943704
everyone in that show is really obese
>>943600
if you're talking about germans, then yes.
>>942978
I've seen this posted on /tv/ about nature documentaries and it's so true.
I think it's more a product of our cable television system more than anything else.
>>942609
I don't think it's as dreary as everyone thinks. The truth is History Channel was never really that good at producing content. Their best content such as "The World at War" was made by the BBC or other well funded organizations. All of that you can just watch on Youtube now. And if you're a weapons/armor autist such as myself, the internet is much better at testing videos as well.
>>942609
>3rd panel isn't just pawnstars.
People like reality TV more than history. See the Kardashians.
Why people like Reality TV, I will never guess. But they do.
>>942923
you strike me as the sort of illiterate retard that believes that GTA V represents America
>>942933
You mean the culture you got from whacky English heretics?
say what you want but pawnstars was fun
>>942978
>>943332
Soooo no history...
They are preparing for the Antichrist deception that will come in the last days.
>>943712
A grim reminder of America's rising obesity rates.
>>944522
It just means people die younger but old people are useless anyways and at least people are eating lol
>>942609
Depends which one. AHC and the other military channel are based. They always have revolutionary war stuff on.
>>942923
The whole point is to just joke around. They're not documentaries. Noone watches it and goes "huh. Mozart and Skrillex used to battle back in the day!"
>>943332
>The History Channel is good. The only thing they lack is shows about history.
>>942978
KEK'D
>>942624
This.
this show was pretty based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfB0EkvesWE
>>942923
To be honest, ERBH is usually better with its attention to historical detail and accuracy than the History Channel itself.
History Channel was always pretty bad, now it's just not even pseudo-historical shit. I was always told and now firmly believe that books > television, so instead of watching TV then or now I read books on what I was interested in (and even on what I wasn't interested in at the moment because that brought an interest).
So, in summation:
Books > television no matter what is on.
>>942978
American sports broadcasts are even worse with its constant stat wankery and stimulation of ADHD audience.
Here's how a soccer game would look like in the American format:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJn5XxWg9U
>>942685
you put your ball in your powder and your powder i your ball
Unregulated corporatism is what allows companies to hold the good shows hostage and extort the consumer into adding more channels to their cable subscription.
I can't wait until tv media finally falls over and becomes free of charge or less costly while the industry either dies off or moves to online platforms.
>>942609
You forgot ICE ROAD TRUCKERZ
>>944013
>Why people like Reality TV, I will never guess. But they do.
Because their lives are shit and they need to escape themselves in the lives of those who live more glamorously than themselves
>>950924
When I think of reality TV, "glamorous" is not the first word that comes to mind.
>>942624
True. It seems the History Channel is doomed to go the way of the "Learning" Channel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TLC_%28TV_network%29#Early_history
>>950924
It's actually control that is subconsciously programming you to value your work more and therefore bring more profit to your employer.
Think about it: why are a lot of comedies and just TV shows in general focused on work? It's not simply because they're cheap to make, but it also conditions you to work more or focus on work. You go to work, you slave all day, and then you return home to watch people work on television.
>>951185
>>942769
This
>>942923
This is the face of autism.
Because at first the show about Hitler did really well.
Then the show about Hitler looking for alien technology did better.
Then the show about buying alien technology from a storage unit that could've possibly been Hitler's did the best. So that's what they went with.
Also Alaskans and pawn shops for whatever reason.
Forged in fire is pretty cool
>>952457
I can't believe it's real though. I mean seriously, it seems like half the episodes have someone getting kicked out in the first round for either not understanding that the tang isn't considered for the length, or some other "I completely didn't listen" reason.
>>942978
Its so true it hurts. I just want some good goddamn Historical documentaries.
>>943432
>first documentary
It increases PRECISION, and only effectively accuracy.
>>942609
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
>>942711
I know that feel bro
Ancient aliens is hilarious.
But the problem is it's all pawn shops and motorcycles
Real history has a left wing bias (just look at this board it's the only real left wing board on 4chan) but most people who watch history are old conservatives with nostalgia and like war... they have to appeal to their base
>>942609
>Not continuing the timeline into the 2010s when history channel became White Trash Jobs Channel
I honestly miss the ancient aliens shit to stuff like Pawn Stars and Axemen and Ditch Diggers.
>>955680
No.
>>955680
>Real history has a left wing bias
History is history.
Saying history has a left wing bias is saying that real history allows shit like positivism/progressivism.
Because the left is heavily progressivist.
>>943675
R.I.P Chumlee
>>955714
History is headed somewhere, most historians are influenced by Hegel and Marx who were both even by today's standards left, therefore history today has a left wing bias, outside of Niall Ferguson and other popular history writers most academics I took in college were very much Left and that's true at most unis. My friend went from Conservative to Marxist in two years at another school
>>955729
>History is headed somewhere
To where?
>outside of Niall Ferguson and other popular history writers most academics I took in college were very much Left and that's true at most unis
In the west probably, but not in fucking Asia, nor even here in Central/Eastern Europe. And we're not talking about nationalist fuck
Lefties are as retarded as milenarian religious historians. They think history has to live up to some sort of standard as if it has to justify itsfuckingself.
>>955729
>To where?
To a new economy to a new national structure, history is always changing. Lower classes always take over from the upper classes
>They think history has to live up to some sort of standard as if it has to justify itsfuckingself
it's not a standard, it's just how you see the world. There is no standard
>>942609
funny how they ended up combining hitler and aliens
epic
>>955756
>Lower classes always take over from the upper classes
wew lad
>>955915
Plebians took from patricians
Monarchs took from Romans
Aristocrats took from Monarchs
Bourgeois took from Aristocrats
Workers will take from Bourgeois
Learn to Hegel
American Heroes channel is the new History Channel.
Horrible Histories was the only patrician TV show.
capitalism
>>942978
>star wipe to next clip
>>955921
This is such an absurdly bad reading of Hegel it's crazy. Hegel was an idealist. have you ever read his philosophy of history? He doesn't deal with classes but with ideas. Also aristocrats actually lost power to monarchs. The absolute monarchies in early modern history could only come about because they could get income stream from taxing burgeoning capitalism making them independent of the landed aristocracy.
>>955714
The joke is that republicans think anything honest and factual is left wing bias. "the truth has a well known liberal bias" etc.
>>943432
I can't even watch these, the quality is a mess.
>>956171
Jokes are supposed to be funny.
>>945605
Try as a might I never can never stayed focused when watching football it's like they go to a commercial break every time I finally mange to concentrate on the game.
TV historian waifus anyone?
>>957259
Blimey guvna!
claimed
>>942609
""""""""""""""""""""History"""""""""""""""""""""""" Channel
>>942933
>being this delude
Sure is brainwashing in murrica working properly.
>American culture is because it's become the standard world culture
American culture is the biggest cancer that happened in the world do you realize that?
>>942609
TLC used to be The Learning Channel
>>942711
History's Mysteries was my favorite
>>945605
sign me up
>>943145
>>943097
You fags aren't worth mentioning
>>942929
when will this America has no culture thing end?
>>942708
well, how was living in nazi germany?
I expect a great standard of living
>>959726
when you stop mass producing crap like deadliest warrior and majkl bay movies
>>959726
American culture is mass retardation and materialism. Stop pretending it's anything but, lad.
>>942711
H2 used to have it along with the actual history shows but unfortunately it got bought out by vice
>>962159
Memes like this, and those that use them despite that they only started as jokes...
>>942609
this show is actually pretty great. just Craig Ferguson and some guests sitting down and talking about history, no gimmicks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvpbW7JRu0Q
Best documentary
>>944140
>>942609
>Coast to Coast
>Shit
Hey man, C2C is a legit fun radio show.
>>965605
fun, but not of the edifying variety.
>>942609
Gotta get them ratings bruv.
Also, add another tier to the present covering Pawn Stars and Swamp People.
>>965607
What are you talking about? It taught me tons about "batshit crazy".
>>942933
What a coincidence that the world went to shit around the time it became the standard world culture
>>965619
>>945605
i watched the superbowl for the first time this year, that was sooooo horrible.
like it felt it switched to commercials every 10-15 minutes.
>>965641
>like it felt it switched to commercials every 10-15 minutes.
That's because it does.
Sports radio isn't nearly as bad, and you can have it on in the background while doing other stuff.
>>958529
>>965630
The world is much better off now you fucking pampered faggots. Living standards are higher and now people are less likely to be genocided in the millions by some power-hungry warlord/dictator.
And what happened when you Eurocucks tried a hand at globalizing your culture? Colonialism, genocide, famine, etc.
>>942609
Its always been shit
>>942753
>look up shows on Google
>it's almost all brit bong shit
Not missing out on anything it seems
>>942923
You have to be German there's no way someone could completely miss a joke so badly.
>>943265
Same here. Just rewatched the Persia episode recently. Shit was so good
>>942923
Das ist ein Deutschlander, ja?
>>958529
The last time you Euros tried globalism we got fucking Lenin and Stalin right after.
Fuck the fuck right off.
>>942609
Anybody remember Guts and Glory Sundays?
And reruns of Black Sheep Squadron?
Oh, and the 3-hour special on the raising of the Monitor, the one where Clive Cussler's NUMA crew was helping out?
>>955368
that gives me a woody
>>942711
>watch MM as a kid
>nuclear episode
>they show the nuclear football
>scared the piss out of me for a month.
>>942978
>>944103
>Lollardy and Protestantism
>Heretical
faggot
The paranormal and conspiracy shit is just fine in small doses imo. I used to love watching ufo files. The biggest issue is crap like iceroad truckers
>>943675
Chumlee went to jail for meth and unregistered firearm possession, which was found during a sexual assault investigation.
>>962452
History actually got better just now because the H2 stuff got folded in instead of more repeats and infomercials;
>>942711
Engineering disasters is it's own show now.
They were the best ones of MM.
History Channel these days is more like AE. They have a bunch of stupid reality shows about jobs. I almost miss the conspiracy shit.
>>966424
>And what happened when you Eurocucks tried a hand at globalizing your culture? Colonialism, genocide, famine, etc.
Creating America.
>>943128
>Counting cars
WTF? Is this really a thing?
