Discovery Network does "backflip"

[DrLeftover]

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/

 

[Dee]

Thank god. I stopped watching the Discovery channel ages ago because of all this bullshit, but especially when they stopped playing Mythbusters.

 

[DrLeftover]

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.

 

[Dee]

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.

 

[+paradox]

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...

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I rarely watch this network anyway. I didn't know any of this was going on.