BAD TV What? Two shows about catching pigs?

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The forum discussion centers on the controversial programming choices of A&E, particularly the airing of shows focused on wild pig hunting, such as "Lady Hoggers." Participants express frustration over the decline in quality content on A&E, contrasting it with the channel's previous reputation for documentaries and educational programming. The conversation highlights the proliferation of reality TV as a response to audience demand and the financial pressures faced by networks, leading to a perceived degradation of broadcast standards.

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  • #31


Ivan Seeking said:
I was looking at the lineup today. It was Storm, then The Storm, Storm Wars, Megafault, Snowmageddon, and then this.

Geez Evo, you left out the best stuff!
Yeah today's theme was ridiculous and impossible devastation shows. :frown:
 
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  • #32


Evo said:
Yeah today's theme was ridiculous and impossible devastation shows. :frown:

I'm still destressing and don't want to move. But there's not much to choose from on the tube.
 
  • #33


Viking Apocalypse! On Nat Geo.

Oooh, sounds apocalyptic! What horrible devastation could it be about?

Oh, a grave with 51 Vikings found in England. :rolleyes: Gee, well Vikings did invade England, I'm pretty sure some died. :rolleyes:
 
  • #34


Evo said:
Viking Apocalypse! On Nat Geo.

Oooh, sounds apocalyptic! What horrible devastation could it be about?

Oh, a grave with 51 Vikings found in England. :rolleyes: Gee, well Vikings did invade England, I'm pretty sure some died. :rolleyes:

I've seen a couple of similar themes... Extreme Biology, or Reality Cartography, or something similar.
 
  • #35


Ivan Seeking said:
I've seen a couple of similar themes... Extreme Biology, or Reality Cartography, or something similar.
Caligraphy Armageddon!
 
  • #36


Sewing Apocalypse!
 
  • #37


Evo said:
Viking Apocalypse! On Nat Geo.

Oooh, sounds apocalyptic! What horrible devastation could it be about?

Oh, a grave with 51 Vikings found in England. :rolleyes: Gee, well Vikings did invade England, I'm pretty sure some died. :rolleyes:

51-vikings-died-in-england-aliens.jpg
 
  • #38


micromass said:
51-vikings-died-in-england-aliens.jpg
:smile: I love it!
 
  • #39


Evo said:
:smile: I love it!

You KNOW it's going to turn out like this eventually...
 
  • #40


Ivan Seeking said:
Sewing Apocalypse!
<snork>

At what point will they realize people will become imune to the hype? Or will people become immune to the hype? :rolleyes:
 
  • #41


micromass said:
You KNOW it's going to turn out like this eventually...
They WERE aliens! They weren't native.

Fifty one alien bodies found hidden in unmarked mass grave in England!
 
  • #42


Ok, so they were naked and beheaded. Why didn't they say so?
 
  • #43


Evo said:
Ok, so they were naked and beheaded. Why didn't they say so?

OK, their orgy ran a little out of hand... I still see no apocalypse...
 
  • #44


It seems the Vikings that were settled there were rounded up, stripped naked, beheaded, and thrown into a pit. The anthropologists are searching for any record of what happened. They're thinking it was part of King Ethelred of England/Britain going a bit crazy. I don't remember that he went crazy from my Dark Ages studies.

Oh, lovely gross gratuitous re-enactments of the naked beheadings.
 
  • #45


Evo said:
Ok, so they were naked and beheaded. Why didn't they say so?

In my wild youth, I remember several parties I left early - out the back door - as I sensed they were going that direction :wink:.
 
  • #46


lisab said:
in my wild youth, i remember several parties i left early - out the back door - as i sensed they were going that direction :wink:.
buwahaha!
 

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