# Rob Zombie on TCM

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombie-on-tcm/374263>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 26, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombie-on-tcm/374263 "2006-09-26T20:32:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombie-on-tcm/374263/21 "2006-09-28T21:22:15Z")

</div>

[QUOTE=MGibson]  
I just know that unless you attract a younger audience at some point TCM will wither and die on the vine. Nobody wants that.  
[/QUOTE]

Of course not. Yet old movies continue to find an audience–albeit a rarefied one–without such “enticements.” I mean, there will always be enough of an audience for such movies to _survive_; I just hope TCM isn’t lunging for something bigger than mere subsistance. Being a valuable resource for such films has always been “good enough.” Since they don’t sell advertising, demographics–even viewership–is ultimately irrelevant. The fact that suddenly it’s relevant worries me; will it just become another AMC? Perish the thought.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-zombie-on-tcm/374263.md?page=1)