# Cable Networks You'd Like To See **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730 "2004-12-14T04:25:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/21 "2004-12-14T17:20:57Z")
> [@Judith Prietht](#): > > I really want the Horror Channel to get itself together and come aboard, already. I was so happy during Halloween when it was basically guaranteed that somewhere (usually on Bravo), someone would be showing something horror. > > I also want **AWW-The Puppy Channel**. All puppies, all the time. Puppies sleeping. Puppies cavorting. Puppies tugging on pieces of rope. Come home from a rough day at work, and watch puppies for a bit. Or The Horror Channel. Flip between the two. This is the third such topic here- I’ve always been for a Horror Channel! Here are the other suggestions I’ve always posted. TNA The Jiggle Channel- Scantily-clad good-looking women in motion. No porn or wardrobe malfunctions, just healthy teasing. Religious C-SPAN- Serious discussion of theological issues from all perspectives. Paranormal News Network- The Fortean Channel- Serious reports & investigations of UFOs, sasquatches, hauntings, etc. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/22 "2004-12-14T17:26:59Z")
The Israeli HIstory Channel did a promo week and was never heard from again. [http://www.stanford.edu/group/iso/linksAndTips/israeli\_tv\_and\_radio.htm](http://www.stanford.edu/group/iso/linksAndTips/israeli_tv_and_radio.htm) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/23 "2004-12-14T17:35:37Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > The Celebrity Skin Channel - plays only the nude scenes from movies. I’d watch this! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/24 "2004-12-14T17:59:21Z")
> [@bob\_loblaw](#): > > the stock footage channel. > > all stock footage all day long. maybe with theme nights. “blowin shit up tuesday” and “random weather shots friday” And, of course, the annual Guy Who Gets Shot In the Chest with a Cannonball Day Marathon! ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/25 "2004-12-14T19:34:25Z")
How 'bout the “Actual Science. No, Really” Channel? About, y’know, actual science. Physics. Chemistry. Biology. Geology. Geography. Astronomy. Medicine. Psychology. Sociology. Space exploration. Deep sea exploration. There’s no lack of subject material. Which means we can exclude a few things that are commonly found on channels supposedly dedicated to science, “discovery” _cough_, and “learning.” _cough cough_ No psychics. No alternative medicine. No ghosts. No UFOs. No alien astronauts. No rediscoviering Atlantis. No Bigfoot. No Loch Ness monster. No Bermuda triangle. No more freakin’ nonsense. Okay, I take it back. We can have _some_ shows about this stuff. But they have to be _actual science_ shows. But absolutely not “Are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_s Real? We’ll give you two hours of credulous weenies spouting factual errors and logical fallacies and sympathetic recreations of inadequately documented events, plus fake and doctored footage, then we’ll give the skeptical side thirty minutes to disagree—_then you can decide for yourself!_ Are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_s Real? Thursday at 7, on the Supposed Science Channel.” ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/26 "2004-12-14T19:57:18Z")
\*\*The Japanese Monster Movie Channel \*\* – for those times when you’ve just gotta have your Godzilla/Gamera/Mothra, etc. fix. They wouldn’t even have to print a schedule, because it doesn’t matter what movie it is, or when it starts. Turn it on anytime, and there you go: men in rubber suits knocking down balsa wood model cities. Yee-hah! **The Chan Channel** – all Jackie Chan movies, all the time. For more or less the same reasons as above. \*\*The Classic But Now Politically Incorrect Stuff That Everyone Else is Afraid to Run But is Still Funny to Those of Us Who Aren’t Overly Sensitive Channel \*\* – filled with such gems as _The Jack Benny Program_, _Our Gang/Little Rascals_, the old “Inky & the Myna Bird” cartoons, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/27 "2004-12-14T20:18:22Z")
> [@Judith Prietht](#): > > I also want **AWW-The Puppy Channel**. All puppies, all the time. Puppies sleeping. Puppies cavorting. Puppies tugging on pieces of rope. I give you [The Puppy Channel](http://www.thepuppychannel.com/tvframe.htm) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/28 "2004-12-14T20:22:43Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I’m no longer a fan so I don’t know for certain but I’m pretty sure but I believe there’s a Pro Wrestling channel that has already been made or is being made, one and if McMahon is smart, he’ll eventually turn it into more of a general “fight network” over the years to broaden its appeal and be less of a niche channel. He is, sort of. There’s a new service where you can watch any wrestling match that McMahon owns the rights to (any old WWF, WCW, ECW, and a few others) online for either a monthly fee or a match-by-match basis. Only thing wrong with it is you can only watch it online. [Link for anyone who cares.](http://www.wwe24-7.com/) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/29 "2004-12-14T20:36:18Z")
_@#$% **!** _ - the channel that really shows inept homeowners how to fix stuff, every step of the way, without skipping over any hidden gotchas. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/30 "2004-12-14T20:52:31Z")
The Video Game Channel – because, really, it’s long overdue. I want tournaments, reviews, footage of super-cool sessions, news, tips, and maybe some old Nintendo cartoons on Saturday morning. The Liberal Media Channel – a _real_ liberal media, dammit, not the imaginary bullstuff the right-wing nutjobs keep yammering about. The Robot Channel – 'cuz, like, they’re **robots!** What could be cooler? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/31 "2004-12-14T20:56:52Z")
PDNHA-TV. Plurals Do Not Have Apostrophes. Plurals Do Not Have Apostrophes. Plurals Do Not Have Apostrophes. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/32 "2004-12-14T21:12:34Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > How 'bout the “Actual Science. No, Really” Channel? About, y’know, actual science. Physics. Chemistry. Biology. Geology. Geography. Astronomy. Medicine. Psychology. Sociology. Space exploration. Deep sea exploration. There’s no lack of subject material. I was thinking they needed PSC - The Pesudo-Science Channel. A place where all the wacky shows you just mentioned could be shown. I’d watch it occasionally when I needed a laugh. There also needs to be a channel for Bridal/Wedding/Birth’n shows. That was The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel can have their bandwidth back to actually show, I don’t know, discovery and learning stuff? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/33 "2004-12-14T21:34:08Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > I give you [The Puppy Channel](http://www.thepuppychannel.com/tvframe.htm) :eek: [This American Life](http://207.70.82.73/pages/descriptions/03/233.html) did a piece on the The Puppy Channel. Sounded interesting. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/34 "2004-12-14T21:35:47Z")
ESPN “Old School” featuring Australian rules footbal.l ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/35 "2004-12-14T21:48:24Z")
I too have thought there should be an all-Simpsons channel. Or if that doesn’t get the ratings, throw in Beavis and Butthead and Futurama for a few hours each day. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/36 "2004-12-14T21:51:33Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > XCPWAL: The Extreme Close-up of Pets with a Wide-Angle Lens Cable. > > XCPWAL2: The Extreme Close-up of Pets wearing Hats with a Wide-Angle Lens Cable. Sponsored by Robotussen! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/37 "2004-12-14T22:39:27Z")
**The Spaceships Blasting The Hell Out Of One Another Channel** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/38 "2004-12-14T22:54:51Z")
The Outtakes Channel - all the bloopers and bad takes from movies and TV shows. The MST3K Channel - All the experiments, specials, and so forth. The We-Do-Weird-Shit-To-Shows Channel - TV shows shown in reversed colors, upside down, with the audio slightly out of sync, etc. The Boring Highlights Channel - A sports channel with mundane sports moments. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/39 "2004-12-14T22:59:14Z")
Forgot one: The Five Minute Movie Channel: Not a series of short flms, but regular movies stripped down to five minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Typically\_Sunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Typically\_Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typically_Sunday)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730/40 "2004-12-15T00:16:59Z")
The Commercial Channel- all the good commercials that they’ve stopped showing for one reason or another The “We Actually Play Music Videos” Channel- music videos 24/7. No talk, no top 40 whatever countdowns or TRL -just music videos [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-networks-youd-like-to-see/279730.md?page=3)