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Discovery Network does "backflip"

DrLeftover

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Discovery boss vows change: No more anaconda stunts, fake sharks

8 Jan
Under Discovery Channel’s new regime, fake shark movies and man-eating anaconda stunts are out.

In an apparent response to viewer dismay over ratings-grabbing stunts that went against Discovery’s science-and-nature brand, the cable channel’s new president, Rich Ross, said he will avoid such content under his leadership.

Appearing at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour in Pasadena on Thursday, Ross was first asked about bogus nature documentaries, like last year’s Shark Week movie Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives – a fictional film about a “serial killer of the seas” disguised as a legitimate documentary. The project was slammed by fans of the annual programming stunt and is part of a line of programs that includes Discovery sister channel Animal Planet’s notorious mermaid films.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/08/discovery-anaconda-sharks/
 
Thank god. I stopped watching the Discovery channel ages ago because of all this bullshit, but especially when they stopped playing Mythbusters.
 
DrLeftover said:
Mythbusters has had a good run, and it IS supposed to be back, although without the 'build team', and in a slightly different format.

The show has been on for ten years, and, judging from the last season or so, it's about run its course.

I get that it was ending because it was just over and had it's good run, but it was the last good thing that was on the channel.
 
that man being eating alive by a snake thing got me crazy upset!

those stupid shark movies or whatever was ridiculous as well...

glad the channel has changed for the better... :cool:
 
I rarely watch this network anyway. I didn't know any of this was going on.
 
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