# Themed channel with most/least fidelity **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509 "2007-10-29T22:49:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/21 "2007-10-30T16:35:52Z")
Cartoon Network is starting to slip a little bit now. Lately they’ve been showing a lot of _Goosebumps_, which is a live-action show. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/22 "2007-10-30T16:59:26Z")
[QUOTE=Engineer Dude] Cartoon Network is starting to slip a little bit now. Lately they’ve been showing a lot of _Goosebumps_, which is a live-action show. [/QUOTE] They’ve been slipping for a while now, showing live action movies and so forth. And there’s an original show that’s live action, too. They haven’t been all Cartoons for a little while now. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/23 "2007-10-30T18:23:59Z")
Boomerang is all classic cartoons however. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/24 "2007-10-30T18:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Boomerang is all classic cartoons however. [/QUOTE] And Comcast sucks for not carrying it. Oh, sure, they think they’re throwing us a bone by carrying some Boomerang programming On Demand, but no Flintstones or Huckleberry Hound lately. I want the full channel programming. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/25 "2007-10-30T22:27:23Z")
I would say The Disney Channel and Toon Disney are pretty true to their name. The exception would be a couple of Disney’s live action shows like the Power Rangers, do end up on Toon Disney. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/26 "2007-10-30T23:27:01Z")
The Spanish-language channel, Telemundo, seems to be pretty consistent. Whenever I turn it on, they’re always speaking Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/27 "2007-10-30T23:29:40Z")
Comedy Central has done a good job with their theme and can almost be considered a major network at this point. Their mid-day programming tends to be weak (just like all the rest) but it is still comedy on some level. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/28 "2007-11-03T20:55:14Z")
Discovery Travel (U.K. version)seems to have nothing at all to do with travel and everything to do with getting people to buy holiday homes abroad. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/29 "2007-11-03T21:00:28Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] less faithful, Court TV. A large chunk of their shows deal with areas of the justice system, but most have little to do with court. [/QUOTE] In January 2008, Court TV will change its name to [truTV](http://www.courttv.com/press/2007/tru_tv_071107.html). ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/30 "2007-11-03T23:23:21Z")
Here’s another one I forgot about, but was reminded of today. abcFamily. For some reason, there seems to be a lot of syndicated shows and movies that I wouldn’t necessarily consider traditional “family” fare on that channel. I think I saw one of the American Pie movies on there today. And I am speaking for what might be considered “traditional” family fare. I realize that there may be families out there that allow their children to watch such types of movies and I do not hold them in contempt or judge them for doing so, just making an observation really… ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/31 "2007-11-04T00:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Boomerang is all classic cartoons however. [/QUOTE] Not quite. Some of their programming is reruns of rather recent vintage. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509/32 "2007-11-04T13:18:36Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] I’ve really come to appreciate ESPN, and wish they’d continue to metastasize more channels up to and including the sadly hypothetical ESPN8 (“The Ocho”), from **Dodgeball, The Movie**. _“If it’s practically a sport, you’ll find it on ‘the Ocho’!”_ [/QUOTE] They’re close: 1. ESPN 2. ESPN2 3. ESPNU 4. ESPN News 5. ESPN Classic 6. ESPN Deportes That’s one more speciality ESPN\* left before the world may bask in the Ocho! \*Or perhaps we’re already there, if you count the very niche ones or the ones not available in the US or the ESPN branding elsewhere or the same ESPN programming, but in HD: ESPN on ABC (aka ABC Sports) ESPN International ESPN Brasil ESPN HD ESPN2 HD ESPN Plus ESPN Pay Per View ETA: _Brasil_ with an “s” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-channel-with-most-least-fidelity/424509.md?page=1)