All New South Park! Episode 1515 "A History Channel Thanksgiving"

South Park Studios ^ | November 9, 2011 | Trey Parker and Matt Stone

[wally_bert]

A lot like the sister network of A&E. Loved that channel years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-3i7u8Fzw8

[Vaquero]

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s15e13-a-history-channel-thanksgiving

the stuffing mines are OPEN!

[SevenofNine]

OH Wally I get both Antenna TV and ME TV here in SO CAL that so cool yeah History Channel used to be good I remember when History Channel first came on they used show Ancient Britian Kings as series that pretty cool

Some of programming has been transfer they now call it history 2 used to be History Internatnioal channel

[SevenofNine]

I still call it Hitler Channel ROFL

I saw one about the French govt collebate with the Nazis that intersting so no wonder the French surrender

[SevenofNine]

I still call it Hitler Channel ROFL

I saw one about the French govt collebate with the Nazis that intersting so no wonder the French surrender

[mainepatsfan]

I’ve enjoyed those shows as well but it’s not on the History Channel it’s on the military channel which is owned by Discovery I believe.

[rmlew]

You are thinking of the Military Channel, which is making a farce of itself today by being all WW2, all day long, ignoring the very existence of World War 1 on the anniversary of the armistice ending that war. Instead of running a WW1 flick tonight like "The Lost Battalion" they are re-running for the hundredth time the Kennedy re-election campaign contribution, PT-109.

History 2, formerly History International still does carry history focused shows. (They are the equivalent of MTV2, here). It's also all WW2.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Beyond making the channel's viewship history, that is.

Oh, contraire, i'm afraid. Those shows are the biggest hits on History Channel and have boosted their bottom line considerably. They've actually cracked the Basic Cable Top 10 ratings list for the first time on their strength.

History Channel Turns Trash Into Ratings Gold

[ReignOfError]

Oh, contraire, i'm afraid. Those shows are the biggest hits on History Channel and have boosted their bottom line considerably. They've actually cracked the Basic Cable Top 10 ratings list for the first time on their strength.

The problem is that all the cable networks are chasing the same middle-of-the-road, lowest common denominator audience. Reality programming is cheap to produce (not that the History Channel's formula of stock footage and voice over was very expensive), and draws a bigger audience than niche fare. Which is why you can't find history on the History Channel, science on Discovery, science fiction on SciFi SyFy, courts and criminal justice programming on CourtTV TruTV, music on Music Television or Video Hits 1 MTV or VH1, or classic movies on American Movie Classics AMC.

I miss my niche channels.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

The problem is that all the cable networks are chasing the same middle-of-the-road, lowest common denominator audience.

I'm afraid that's what you get with an advertising-based media landscape. There's no incentive to pursue the niche audience because the advertisers don't find enough value for their marketing dollar in them.

[ReignOfError]

Depends on the niche. The Golf Channel has to have a smaller audience than Sci Fi or History did when they were true to their roots, but I would bet that its demographics are the best on the dial. Or in simpler words, they’re fewer but richer.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Yeah, that’s exactly why the Golf Channel works. Hell, why golf on TV has ever worked. It would be interesting to see what their production costs are and their ad rates compared to other channels. I know that their website does pretty well.