Bravo in the 80's was magnificent. They were showing arts and "arty" films when no one else was. I saw lots of foreign films (which included basically all of Bergman's films), plays and classic films that had never been shown or released on video (Olivier's Othello, Welles' Chimes at Midnight, the BBC Wars of the Roses from the 60's, etc). Now it's just a queer channel. I don't even keep it on my regular DirecTV grid.
Reality tv wrecked everything. Ironically it’s all scripted.
Reality tv is very cheap to make. It makes less total money but more profits. Hence AandE scraps the excellent Hornblower series and gives us gutter muck.
Bravo is now a queer channel
History is anything but history, ie Ice Truckers, etc.
AMC used to be commerical free classic movies, now its not commercial free or classic.
MTV was music videos and music, now leftist claptrap
Comedy Channel used to be comedy, now utter trash
I agree with all of you assessment. Sad to see so many channels go to the birds