# New cable channel - Wealth TV - The end must be nigh **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 15, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614 "2004-01-15T18:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/1 "2004-01-15T18:02:20Z")
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108436,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108436,00.html) How much time is left for our people? ---
**Author:** ![Rev.G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rev.G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rev.G)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/2 "2004-01-15T18:08:46Z")
About 10 minutes. [http://www.catalaw.com/doom/](http://www.catalaw.com/doom/) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/3 "2004-01-15T18:15:48Z")
Maybe that’s not bad, at least I won’t have to watch that stupid channel. Who cares about that shit anyway? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/4 "2004-01-15T18:30:20Z")
They did say one thing I agree with, though … > [@](#): > > “I’d rather see a show on the Hilton family and what they did to build up that empire than on those two daughters,” Herring said. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/5 "2004-01-15T18:43:44Z")
There’s a reality TV network in the works too. \ ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/6 "2004-01-15T22:04:56Z")
About 3 years ago I underwent a bit of a personal sea-change (as did Mrs Boo Boo). We adopted the philosophy that by and large, commercial TV simply offers anything it can offer to act as a vehicle to shove advertisements down our throats. Sometimes, that “something” is a tried and proven old chestnut like “60 Minutes” or professional sports like football etc, or other times it might be more “novelty” based television like the current plethora of reality TV shows. And other times, it might just be brain dead crap like “Friends”. Whatever, we found ourselves watching less and less and less. We basically only turn the thing on during the weekends now to watch a film or maybe a cool history documentary. It was a liberating thing with hindsight. Namely, to become so cynical about the motives behind the choices behind the programs that we (the public) are offered to watch, well our lifestyles changed for the better. We do other shit now… lots more reading and other interests and hobbies. As a result, occasionally I stumble across a thread like this and I’m reminded once again of that little epiphony we had 3 or more years ago. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/7 "2004-01-16T16:10:00Z")
> [@Boo Boo Foo](#): > > About 3 years ago I underwent a bit of a personal sea-change (as did Mrs Boo Boo). We adopted the philosophy that by and large, commercial TV simply offers anything it can offer to act as a vehicle to shove advertisements down our throats. > > Sometimes, that “something” is a tried and proven old chestnut like “60 Minutes” or professional sports like football etc, or other times it might be more “novelty” based television like the current plethora of reality TV shows. And other times, it might just be brain dead crap like “Friends”. > > Whatever, we found ourselves watching less and less and less. We basically only turn the thing on during the weekends now to watch a film or maybe a cool history documentary. > > It was a liberating thing with hindsight. Namely, to become so cynical about the motives behind the choices behind the programs that we (the public) are offered to watch, well our lifestyles changed for the better. We do other shit now… lots more reading and other interests and hobbies. > > As a result, occasionally I stumble across a thread like this and I’m reminded once again of that little epiphony we had 3 or more years ago. I’m headed down that road myself. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/8 "2004-01-16T16:55:56Z")
I think it would be a very informative channel, on how wealthy people got that way. I would watch it. Not everyone inherited it. What’s wrong with wanting to be rich? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/9 "2004-01-16T17:53:40Z")
What you suggested isn’t too bad **Ivy** , I just think it will actually end up being 24/7 of P diddy, Paris & gang doing the wild on E thing. We don’t need any more of that. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/10 "2004-01-16T18:21:32Z")
I think E! pretty much has that covered. The article said they would focus not on how the rich live, but how they got there, and they wouldn’t necessarily focus on the stars. A lot of wealthy people worked damned hard to get where they are, and I admire them for it. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/11 "2004-01-16T18:57:44Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I think E! pretty much has that covered. The article said they would focus not on how the rich live, but how they got there, and they wouldn’t necessarily focus on the stars. > > A lot of wealthy people worked damned hard to get where they are, and I admire them for it. I guess I’m a cynic, I just don’t see this being a “rags to riches” channel, giving us a glimpse into the life of all these hardworking who pulled themselves up by the bootstraps. Maybe it will start that way, but a format change will occur about a week later, when it becomes the exact opposite of what it was intended to be. We might as well call it E2 or something. Who pulls down bigger ratings, Paris Hilton or her Grandfather? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/12 "2004-01-16T22:11:27Z")
> [@Boo Boo Foo](#): > > As a result, occasionally I stumble across a thread like this and I’m reminded once again of that little epiphony we had 3 or more years ago. Hmm… Has anyone ever known someone who gave up the Demon Image Box that _didn’t_ do their best to bring it up at every single opportunity? As you were. -Joe, doesn’t need to shout his few good habits from the mountaintop ---
**Author:** ![olanv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ec8ea/32.png) [@olanv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/olanv)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cable-channel-wealth-tv-the-end-must-be-nigh/224614/13 "2004-01-17T02:32:20Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108436,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108436,00.html) > > How much time is left for our people? I always thought that the Hitler Channel was the precurser of end times.