Defunct TV Channels | Discontinued Nostalgia #1

here's a list of tv channels that no longer exist.
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Layers:
00:00 Intro
01:07 The Comedy Channel/Ha! TV Comedy Network
03:38 National Educational Television
07:37 Game Lounge
09:10 Cable Music Channel
13:53 CBS Cable
17:56 Gun TV
20:12 Spike TV
28:41 Outro + Nick Update

[@coreylineberry8557]

I feel like if you do a "Discontinued Cable Networks 2," G4 has to be on that list. It managed to be discontinued in 2011 after stagnation, get a nostalgia-fueled revival in 2020/21, only to be discontinued and shuttered again a year later.

[@AmusingLuis]

definitely. i wanted to cover some channels that didnt get lots of attention for the first episode. but i will definitely make a run up

[@russellgroenewoud9199]

Dude, don't forget Toon Disney! 😎👍

[@melasn9836]

@@AmusingLuisIf you do a second one, can I recommend Fine Living? It eventually became/was replaced why Cooking Channel because someone realized that focusing on a channel about luxury living & expensive homes & such after the 2008 crash wasn't gonna work.

[@Cattafang]

@@AmusingLuis maybe an odd choice, but el rey network might be an interesting one to cover for part 2

[@bringbackpbskidsgo4562]

I think if you do an entire G4 video... 1: It should be called "2021 G4: Comcast's FAILED Atempt At A Revival" 2: Luis should say: "Just like Nickmom, 2021 G4 became a channel on autopilot waiting until it ran out of fuel."

[@cmxreno]

Ahhh yes 1000 ways to die, the show that straight up made me question life at a young age 😂

[@ChaseMC215]

I was actually afraid of eating game animals because of an episode from that show. You know, the one with a segment of the show where a taxidermy owner dies due to rabies?

[@andrejg4136]

​@@ChaseMC215many of those circumstances were dramatized, but the threat while minor, is real. Like never ever mix ammonia and bleach unless you like the smell of bootleg nerve gas (Cl 2(g))

[@evasimpson722]

Love 1000 Ways to die but I've always question life I always try to be careful but like they say on the show people should cherish their life yeah they said something different but that's what I learned from the show death gonna catch up with you but don't fast-forward your life to get to Jesus

[@archlich4489]

It made me question some fool's idea of what people are worth.

[@geekweidman]

SEGA CHANNEL???

[@ZeepTheWocky]

On the subject of discontinued channels, I'd suggest you discuss Hub Network. It was basically Discovery's attempt to compete with the big three kid's cable channels, and I was a huge fan of it back when it was on. My two favorite shows from there have to be Littlest Pet Shop and Twisted Whiskers. I remember being so disappointed when they changed it into Discovery Family. That whole cool Frutiger Aero vibe Hub had just vanished into thin air to make way for a more generic and bland feel. The worst part was when Hub's website got rebranded too. All the games were reduced to just a TV schedule. Looking back now, I think we should've taken that as a warning. Because a whole decade later, that same guy who downgraded Hub would go on to greatly shank the parts of Warner Bros that people actually loved. I guess you can say that Discovery just hates fun. 🤷‍♀️

[@Pastel_N0va]

i dont quite remember that channel, but the name does ring a bell, a very dull feint sounding bell

[@ZeepTheWocky]

@@Pastel_N0va Let me guess, THAT website? 🙄

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

Dan Vs is arguably the best Hub show

[@nickrustyson8124]

Also they use to show reruns of old 80s Cartoons which as that weirdo who liked Boomeranger I enjoyed that fact

[@kootunesscrewy]

I feel like The Hub and Nicktoons were the final animation networks to actually use the Fruitger Aero style until around 2014, when they both began to use the flatter style. However, for Nicktoons' case, the Metro style actually stayed for a very long time until 2023 (tho, some bumpers did stay for a bit until around January of this year). But the other network couldn't keep it for long as it was immediately replaced by Discovery Family.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Ted Turner was the media mogul from Atlanta, Georgia who founded WTBS 17, the TBS Superstation, CNN and Cartoon Network. He contributed greatly to the rise of cable TV in the 1980s and the 1990s with his innovation, plus he created the environmental superhero, Captain Planet.

[@mikehunt4986]

He also founded WCW (World Championship Wrestling) and gave Vince McMahon a run for his money during the 90s!

[@louisduarte8763]

Sometimes I wonder if Captain Planet was more Jane Fonda's idea.

[@ThugShakers4Christ]

I loved his autobiography, The Turner Diaries

[@Peppmintleaf]

One of the biggest takeaways from this video for me was finding out that Bravo Tv (the channel that my mom watches the real housewives) used to be a fine arts channel. Never in a million years would I have thought that would be the channel's origin story XD

[@AmusingLuis]

TLC used to be about Learning 💀😭

[@MarvinPowell1]

@Peppmintleaf You must be young. Yes, Bravo and A&E both used to be fine arts channels before becoming reality TV trash in the mid 2000s.

[@fishkakat7700]

@@AmusingLuisand The History Channel used to be about real history. 😢

[@mattalan6618]

@@fishkakat7700 MTV used to show music videos

[@Lunar_WaveYT]

Fun fact: Spike still exists, They use the Spike name as their copyright holder and on Pluto TV, their alias for their cable channel is “Paramount Network,” although both channels are practically the same.

[@Pensfan5919]

Noggin needs to be covered at some point. I know it's "technically" Nick Jr., but Noggin had a totally different feel and presentation. Nick Jr. has been playing it safe with content and basically being a further sensitized Nickelodeon, with the only holdover show being Max and Ruby. Noggin, however, seemed a lot more willing to go with the flow and be more creative, following the minds of kids (especially those with AD/HD like myself) a lot more, going all over the place, from Pingu to Jack's Great Big Music House (my favorite) to Oobi. Kids TV is REALLY different without a channel or even a programming block presented quite like Noggin anymore. Edit: OH GOD I loved Game Lounge. Specifically Monopoly and Bowling. I can hear the bit-crushed ball rolling down the alley now. Thanks for that lol. I still use the DirecTV channel numbers to remember certain networks and area codes that aren't normally in my phone.

[@AmusingLuis]

I will definitely make a follow-up! Just wanted to give some obscure channels some love first~ 😁

[@johnwhitney5840]

​@AmusingLuis are you going to part 3

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

Republicans gripe about "Why Can't Johnny Resd??" yet they want to cut the budget for PBS!!😢😮

[@sweetcreamnpeaches9577]

@Lulaloopsy has a video talking about the downfall of noggin and talks a lot about channels like it like playhouse Disney, sprout, and boomerang if you wanna check her out!!

[@princesspikachu3915]

@@JohnPatterson-kz8jrPBS is useless for teaching reading. Nothing beats actually reading to your kids. No amount of Super Why and Reading Rainbow reruns can replace the one on one parent reading with child. They get more out of it.

[@kolonarulez5222]

Part 2 NEEDS to have Chiller! I was exposed to horrors beyond a 3rd grader's comprehension back in the day

[@constanceway45]

Chiller is an app now, so not TECHNICALLY gone, just behind a paywall.

[@Chelaxim]

0:43 Vortex is notable for being the end of Saturday morning cartoons on broadcast television after 60 years. I woke up one morning to watch a new episode of Yugioh Zexal summer 2014 and had no idea it was the end of an era that began in the 1950s.

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

Now me TV bring back Saturday morning cartoon and and weekend morning

[@NewGabeOrder]

When that happened, I became a Toonami faithful since they were one of the only weekend anime blocks left in existence as of 2014, but it was a block-within-a-block on a cable network, and I had to be prepared for more "brutal" cartoons. Fast forward to 2023 and MeTV finally had a SatAM cartoon block, but it's all "silent generation" content and nothing modern. I had an idea; if others wanted to get a piece of my Toonami substitution plan, but do not want to stay up late for Toonami, I handle a weekend morning anime live-stream series that also serves as a revival effort for modern SatAM cartoon blocks. It is Toon Time Theater, and it runs on the New Gabe Order Twitch channel. As of this comment, I am in the middle of a 10-week filler arc where I encounter multiple family issues, moving my block back to Sunday mornings with "next morning" Ninja Kamui premieres as a trade-off. I intend to go back to Saturday mornings on May after Ninja Kamui completes its finale. Other than that, I dedicate my weekend mornings live-streaming the newest Pokémon and One Piece episodes, as well as some not-too-old favorites like X-Men '92, Naruto Shippuden and Dragon Ball Z Kai.

[@andrejg4136]

​@@JuanGomez-ke5py the economics around don't work anymore. You have to advertise a bunch of stuff to kids to pay for the programming (and turn profit) and it has to be good enough to watch live. You might get one or the other, but rarely ever both.

[@hildahilpert5018]

Boy you got that right.Miss them. Don't recallHA. And some of these.Liked USA up all night, like Duck Man,etc.

[@JoeMama-me2yj]

Honestly love this series concept...defunct products and channels and such is a under looked concept imo

[@jameshall8422]

Oh god you unlocked a forgotten memory when it comes to GSN Game Lounge.

[@artistwithouttalent]

Yeah, my parents subscribed to Directv for a hot minute in the early 2010s, and I have distinct and fond memories of playing games on the TV while top 40 pop played in the background.

[@SoulView]

29:05 "'Quiet On Set' required us to change the ending." Awesome. We need that because of Dan's picky pickled ass.

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

And to think Dirty Dan had the nerve to sue the producers of "Quiet on Set: the Dark Side of Kids TV."

[@firefly5343]

MXC was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid ironically when Spike labels its channel "being for men." Me and my grandmother would always watch it when an episode aired. It was quite hilarious.

[@jennibennecke669]

Loved MXC

[@Patrick-hm4eg]

One real oldy. The Dumont network.

[@TheTrumpReaper]

Fred Rogers was *HARD CORE.* 👊 I miss VH-1 when they played jazz videos. I miss VH-1 Classic. I currently avoid every MTV channel because they have forgotten what the M means in MTV. 😡🤬

[@wturner777]

The same reason why I stopped watching The Discovery Channel.

[@flclfan85]

so glad MTV Classic exists now, love putting that on to see what they're showing. @wturner777 nowadays, the only thing I even watch on Discovery is BattleBots when that's running the new season (which hopefully will be soon)

[@minervamclitchie3667]

I'm 62 and am a native New Yorker. Channel 13 WNET was on in NYC as far as I can remember. That would be late 1964.

[@AmusingLuis]

They're jersey based but also served the NY area

[@TuxerTuxar]

G'morning Grandpa

[@UnchainedAmerica]

Interesting to note is Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood started off on WGBH a Pittsburgh based public television station, before moving to NET then PBS. Mr. Rogers was a Pittsburgh native so that made sense he started locally and became one of the greatest national treasure of all time.

[@Pacmannion]

You mean WQED, WGBH is in Boston

[@rrsaga]

The comedy channel will always be Comedy Central to me. And yes, I watched that channel with all programs mentioned

[@NewGabeOrder]

20:12 Spike TV is still there, but under the ownership of Paramount. Therefore, it is currently named the Paramount Network.

[@gregsells8549]

Spike TV began as The Nashville Network, with a country music format, then flipped to general entertainment as The National Network.

[@daliceToons]

​@@gregsells8549Nashville Network (The Former CMT Network)

[@Lunar_WaveYT]

Spike was always owned by Paramount since 2000

[@VS-fn3uq]

Spike was such a fun channel

[@nightwingjosh8491]

In that case, should he also cover upn and the wb?

[@clockhanded]

One of my biggest regrets in life was not standing up to my 6th grade teacher who said spike TV was a dumb idea. No shit its not going to appeal to a 50 year old fundamentalist christian woman.

[@jacobwiggle3681]

If he does Discontinued Cable Networks 2, please, do Sprout and Qubo (while not Qubo is cable, it was a part of my childhood)

[@ashitomarisu]

It would be interesting to see The Box be mentioned. It was an American music channel where people would vote (via telephone) for the next music video; similar to like TRL but it was a 24-hour channel.

[@matthewpuddock1976]

Oh yeah my dad used to watch that channel

[@DemoManMLS]

The funny thing is that The Box aired on low powered over the air stations in some markets of the country. So technically it wasn't a cable channel.

[@andrejg4136]

I don't remember if The Box had a regional slate or not, because living in Louisiana there was a lot of No Limit, the Hot Boyz, 504 Boyz, and so on but I dunno if that got out to the rest of the country that had it.

[@matthewpuddock1976]

@@DemoManMLS I have to agree but kind of disagree it did start as a local cable channel in Miami Florida so it's technically was a cable channel first

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

Hopefully in the future, you'll make a part two where you talk about some more popular and recent channels such as G4TV. It originally launched in 2002, shut down in 2014, returned in 2021, and then immediately shut down the next year in 2022 for a myriad of reasons such as mismanagement and the cord cutting movement. Oh but that's not all! The channel originally began as ZDTV in 1998, rebranded to TechTV in 2000, merged with G4TV in 2004 and renamed to G4TechTV, with G4 taking over the full name in 2005! And there's a few others such as Qubo, Esquire Network, Sprout, Cloo, Chiller, Current, Weatherscan, UPN, The WB, and Dumont; all you could possibly discuss.

[@ColinElkin-ce1337]

Dumont would be the ultimate blast from the past (similar time frame as NET). Also, PAX should be covered as well.

[@williereynolds3113]

Don't forget about Family Channel and Viewer's Choice

[@jayden_skingisjesuschrist1876]

Boomerang from Cartoon network too! I know it's called simply just "boomerang" but that's because of some reasons I can discuss if u want

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

Style network would also be a good choice for the video. Style was the predecessor to Esquire and had shows such as "Clean House" and "Running in Heels." The latter was about a group of interns at the New York City office of Marie Claire magazine and how they were trying to make it in the world of fashion journalism via their internship at Marie Claire magazine under the magazine's editor in chief Joanna Coles.

[@SephiGoat]

Ironic you’re talking about discontinued channels and making the nick video when Nick is getting cooked rn

[@MarkHeathcliff-bf2im]

Maybe by the end it’ll be added here

[@DavidWhite506]

I love this. Please do more defunct TV channels.

[@jameshall8422]

Please continue this series. This was a great watch.

[@TTFNG063]

21:10 If I had a nickel for everytime my favorite sport and special interest was mentioned in a AmusingLuis video, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice. in other words: *NASCAR MENTIONED* 🏁🏁🏁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔥🔥🔥

[@ladymctavish3299]

You and your sister wife must be thrilled.

[@TTFNG063]

@@ladymctavish3299 I don’t support incest nor am I from Alabama.

[@andrejg4136]

I just want to say, the bit here at 12:22 was one of the most apropo uses of this clip that I have ever seen. Turner: I will create a music video channel that's safe for kids, appeals to their parents, and doesn't seemingly rely on lewdness with women to be successful. Viacom: I too will create said music channel, and I also already have the content in the can so I don't have to worry about repeating the same videos over and over. Turner: Well... fuck me then I guess.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

The concept of this piece is amazing - well done. As a soon-to-be-60, I was in the thick of the cable "boom" 40 years ago. Slowly, I broke free of cable television, and am now just internet based. However, many of these shows and networks broke in to the mainstream, populace spectrum, if they became popular...or notorious. I'm also old enough to not have known that a lot of this stuff wasn't out there anymore. So...thanks!

[@miquon4717]

You should talk about the defunct broadcast networks someday like Dumont network, Paramount Television Network, PTEN, The WB, and UPN

[@EricE549]

8:05 this list reminds me of pogo, an online service from EA that also had a few games based on hasbro titles… except they were all flash-based and now that flash is dead, it just doesn't feel the same

[@BraydenBunch58]

Hey Luis, It’s Actually Pretty Cool About The Fact Of You Talking About Obscure/Defunct Channels. And In Depth Too! Hope The Nick Videos Are Bangers Tho :)

[@walkerpantera]

You did good kid. Ya kept my interest for 30 minutes. NOT many if at any all youtubers can do that.

[@nostalgiamostalgia0319]

AWESOME video. So many subchannels had the arguable upper hand over the main channels because they had more variety when the others wouldn't. Look at Nicktoons Network and Noggin.

[@andrejg4136]

Boomerang and Toon Disney meant slightly more to me in the late 90s and early 00s because I didn't like some of the vibe of Western animation at the time. I was a real sucker for 80s cartoons, both SatAM and syndicated. Still am really.

[@Cutekuramon]

Omg this series has so much potential! I'm so excited for what you have in store for us 🤩✨

[@Laceykat66]

Oddly CBS was a totally dysfunctional corporation in the early 1980s when it tried to expand from its commercial network into cable (as you said) and even video games. It was like a room of older executives saying they needed to get in on this "kid stuff" and green-lighting anything a young person would say. Great video, thanks for the memories.

[@pikachuhutch234]

Do Sprout. I loved that channel. I want to hope one day that NBCUniversal might change the name back to sprout.

[@V0ID_X5]

I would love to see more of this! I absolutely loved your iceberg on discontinued foods and this type of content about TV channels is right up my alley. I absolutely love your work please keep it up :)

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

This is fascinating. I was born in ‘65, so I have no memory of NET. I was, however, a first-generation PBS kid. I loved those shows, and learned so much from them!

[@samuelsolomon7330]

Found you with the excellent cartoon network video, and i am just giddy knowing Nick will be coming soon.

[@stvojay]

Just discovered your channel through this show. Fantastic first episode! Keep them coming I’ll be watching. Subscribed and will be going through more of your channel content soon. Wishing the best! - STVO

[@ThatGuy64AndTdiBfdi]

Jetix (it was a channel internationally) Hub network Spout Only the classic for part 2

[@AlexDirector]

Don't forget about G4

[@ThatGuy64AndTdiBfdi]

@@AlexDirector of course it’s the one network that had the power to air Scott the woz

[@andrejg4136]

​@@AlexDirectorI like TechTV so much, and early G4 was fine (but I was/am a weeb/Nintendo gamer so there wasn't a lot specifically for me) Then it kept getting so frat-bro focused I gave up around 2005.

[@isaiahedmonson5832]

Anyone remember X Play 🎮

[@KeyLimePunk]

Great job. Can’t wait for part 2. ❤

[@Jdub6580]

Wow that N.E.T. logo: the globe with the cut-out flame video effect inside it, was amazing!!

[@alyxgraff9121]

Between this video & the Nick 70s-90s retrospective, this channel has been doing great. I'd absolutely love a follow up video to this one that talks about even more obscure channels & maybe even some ones like Boomerang & Disney XD, that aren't dead per se, but have basically become dormant.

[@alyxgraff9121]

Edit: 29:24 Wow. You can't talk about the channel that brought Big Idea to the mainstream like that.

[@Busch22Fan]

In a way, Green Day immortalized the original Spike TV. In their multi-part song "Homecoming" from 'American Idiot', one part opens with guitarist Mike Dirnt singing, "I fell asleep while watching Spike TV..." It's fun listening to it every now and again, because I have a lot of nostalgia for that channel. I remember tuning in to Spike TV back around 2004-05 for their "Real TV-Maximum Exposure-Police Videos" block from 4-7pm nearly every day. (Except on most Fridays. Most Fridays for me as a NASCAR fan, that was peak NASCAR practice/qualifying watching time, over on the now-defunct Speed Channel (or sometimes, TNT would carry a qualifying or practice session for them.) I also remember trying to flip between those latter two and "King of the Hill" (at 5:30pm) and "The Simpsons"' (at 6:00pm) on my local FOX affiliate. (Though I do have fond memories of trying to juggle Speed (or TNT), Spike, and Fox all at once. Those were the days, at least for me.

[@Quartzer.]

I really like the bumpers of CMC, especially the character designs (also, I like how despite it's short stay, it had a respectful shutdown with them airing I Love LA while footage of a ton of people who I assume worked on the channel was shown)

[@Trekapedia]

G4, The WB and Kids’ WB! combined. Those would be awesome ones too! Great videos man and keep the awesome stuff coming please! I mentioned it above but would you ever consider doing a History of I Guess video for Kids’ WB! and The WB? Lots of stuff to go into there especially why Kids’ WB! ended its weekday run. Ty for letting me ask and you do a fantastic job. I grew up with Nickelodeon so I can’t wait for the Nick videos!

[@MadCatNobody]

i remember watching Star Trek TNG on The New TNN/Spike TV

[@TwinRiver100]

thanks for this video i liked this idea of looking into discontinued channels. good job

[@johndunkelburg9495]

The show I most remember from Spike was “Deadliest Warrior”. I just wish that there had been a fourth season.

[@daveraschke]

I'd say your channel is pretty good keep up the good work

[@perrybarton]

Props for acknowledging "The Now Explosion." I used to watch it when it originally aired in Atlanta.

[@UnanimousDelivers]

I always thought NET was always just part of PBS, not a predecessor. And I'm 55.

[@kshinokevin]

What about these channels: WB (Warner Bros.), UPN (United Paramount Network) ?; the CW Network still exists..

[@j.darekpatterson8609]

I'm aging myself with this comment, but whatever. I remember when I was a kid, I used to stay up late so I could sneak the shows HA! used to air. Yes, it did show reruns of Saturday night live, I love lucy, Abbott and costello. But - it also introduced me to the kids in the Hall and mystery science theater 3000. I have pretty fond memories of those evenings and not so fond memories of the mornings after. 😂

[@AmusingLuis]

sounds nostalgic!

[@johncollie337]

Commenting on this during my second watch, and I can see myself watching this a lot. I love nostalgic old television, and I'd like to see more videos from you covering defunct store brands, game companies, etc. Didn't know some of these channels tbh lol. BTW, I'm in college for graphic design, so I'm willing to draft up a logo for the series

[@juliolopez5539]

I loved it! "Can't wait to see the next one!"

[@PaintyMations757]

This was a very great first episode! 😮. Can't wait for the history of nickelodeon video! Great job btw :] 🎉🎉🎉

[@GardenCelluloids]

If you did discontinued blocks, a good addition would be MAX after dark.

[@dogcowrph]

There was also CNet TV later changed to TechTV.

[@mattwolf7698]

This was nice, I like how you talked about cable history as a whole, most KZbinrs only seem to want to cover the cartoon channels and while that's still interesting I get sick of hearing about it.

[@AmusingLuis]

i get that. i like to go above and beyond when it comes to talking about topics that have yet to be discussed

[@BestGuy2103]

If you do a part 2, I'd love to see some international channels. Stuff like Sky TV (went from cable to streaming) and BBC Choice from the UK are some great examples

[@sandhanitizer209]

Loved this video. you just got a new subscriber :)

[@aleks1939]

I instantly thought of HA! when I saw the title of your video. And there it is!

[@LeandryXyrx]

Yo AmusingLuis! I love your content!

[@AmusingLuis]

thank you!

[@LeandryXyrx]

@@AmusingLuis I did like the animated history videos and the toonami iceberg.

[@masterakinskywalker]

FINALLY A VIDEO ON MY SPECIAL INTEREST LETS GOOOO

[@poopawman]

What a novel series to shine some light at channels time had forgotten. Hopefully down the line, we can toss in other channels such as The Box Music Channel and Qubo but for now can't wait to see what's coming next.

[@SomeRandomDude908]

If you do another episode, PLEASE talk about the original run of battlebots on Comedy Central, it’s a hidden gem

[@blahblahblah1234blah]

Love the depth of research and content you went through to create this; you deserve more subscribers! I just added myself to your count :-)

[@scottburton9701]

Very interesting & informative.

[@GokaiSanyu]

Honestly, Saturday Morning/kids blocks would be an interesting video all its own, if you ever want to do that! It'd be a fun little deep dive into what made a lot of people's childhoods!

[@goofymamageezers]

I think Luis should include courttv (later trutv) next video

[@matthewdrummond1340]

Great video 🙂

[@TheBrotherGrim]

Ha. Those Spike Tv outro tweets were gold.

[@wendyschickennuggets]

Me and my sister always watched cops reruns on spike tv, good memories :)

[@SempieXD]

LMAOOOO the spike TV tweets are HILARIOUS

[@mattamiller2002]

Interesting video and lots of great research. LOL at Dallas being a "male focused" show though.

[@ShadyRK9]

Oh, wow! I had totally forgotten all about The Game Lounge! Use to play it from time to time but got bored of it after an hour.

[@awesomeocelot7475]

Oh wow dude we are born in the same year!

[@mix3k818]

0:39 For the late 90s and early 2000s kids confused by this: Fox Kids and Jetix did not have their own dedicated channels like the rest of the world had.

[@mikehunt4986]

You need to include G4 in the next one, but there is so much to talk about with that one (since it came back and then got shut down again) that you could do a whole video about it!

[@crazydud3380]

Awesome video, other than the tasteless lines at the very end. It is possible it is meant as a joke, but it doesn't sound that way to someone who is new to the channel. 1000 Ways to Die's narrator often mocked death, and sometimes even said that some people deserve their death. It was a show that treated life as a cheap carnival sideshow attraction, and as something to make fun of, and that can only make society worse off. Unquestionably one of cable's all time most morally reprehensible shows.

[@awesomeocelot7475]

No Qubo? I’m surprised (even with that tiny screen at the end)

[@louisduarte8763]

I absolutely forgot Qubo existed, or what its specialty was.

[@NOSTALGIUM-yt]

I remember when sprout was around, that was the shit for 2000s kids, or atleast for me.

[@theblackratexplores]

the CBC in Canada actually introduced Mr. Rogers. It was the MRogers CBC show that also brought Ernie "Mr.Dressup" Coombs to Canada...

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

What requirement did NET ignore? Not criticize Nixon? That seems like a bonus hit against them, not ignoring a regulatory requirement.

[@MrRight80]

I enjoyed Spike when it had those shows like 1000 ways to Die, Surviving Disaster, The Deadliest Warrior, MANswers, Joe Shomo, Auction Hunters, American Digger/Savage Family Diggers, Flip Men, & Thrift Hunters. Bar Rescue still airs new episodes on Paramount Network. Hopefully one day the revise the other shows I mentioned.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

But oh there's more defunct channels. We'll be here all day.😂

[@neveronspotify]

You should do Qubo since that's the only one that i remember

[@NoshikiYT]

Same😍

[@bobm7250]

Add on TBS to that list when they became PeachTree TV on October 1, 2007.

[@katamari_]

dude ate too much popcorn :(

[@WestleyWolf]

7:38 I do remember being subscribed to that. i remember if you had a Directv H21 or HR21 box certain games would lag terribly with choppy audio until they fixed it with updates. weirdly after the update they would change sound effects to their original games but i defintely remember! also Dish network would have a similar thing as part of their DishHome Platform (AKA the Dish Logo Button on their Remotes) and theirs were actually in a significantly smoother 60FPS and better than Directv's offerings (IN 2002 Mind you!) that were way ahead of its time almost, you had different vendors too like PlayJam (which would also be offered in other countries), Playin' TV and DishGames to name a few. Dish's games would be offered later than Directv's. a couple of notable games that were pretty popular under dish was Carrot Mania and some Ice eskimo pong thing they had.

[@nicksullivan4994]

I Really wish Paramount would add SpikeTV’s 1000 Ways to Die The Complete Series onto Paramount+, because I can’t watch any or all of My Favorite Death Segments on SpikeTV’s website anymore!❤️📺🎶👍🏻

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

Piracy is the way to go!

[@ChaseMC215]

Well they would have to talk to the production studio who made the show first (being Original Productions). Look, I also want 1000 Ways To Die on Paramount+ as well, but as of now they won't do it.

[@nicksullivan4994]

@@ChaseMC215 Well Then, Screw The 2018 Paramount Network Rebrand! Because, If I can’t watch all of My Favorite episodes and segments of 1000 Ways to Die anywhere anymore, Then There’s No point in even wanting to shut down The SpikeTV website at all!

[@screwyoutubealgorithm]

Can you cover Qubo on part 2 please? I used to watch that channel when I was a kid.

[@ChaseMC215]

Telus also had a their own game lounge. I remember playing Tetris on a Telus cable box.

[@AdamDonaldson7272]

"She sells seashells by the seashore"

[@kriscynical]

I LOVE InkMaster. I'm an illustrator for a living, and tattooing is just highly specialized illustration on skin. Holy shit is there ever some gorgeous stuff on there. Except for pinup day. I think I've seen less than five successful pinup tattoos in like 14 seasons because they all seem to skip human anatomy in their technical arsenal. But everything else can be beautiful. lol

[@louisduarte8763]

5:51 Baller move. Mr. Rogers saved PBS from Congress' penny-pinching by being himself at them. 9:49 I kinda recall TNN existing, and thinking it belonged to Turner. 11:19 ANd now I'm convinced a lot of that came from Jane Fonda. 28:06 WHo was supposed to be behind MTV there, VH-1? Fascinating and enlightening stuff in this video. I look forward to more.

[@bingofromblueyfan]

Surprised that he didn’t mention noggin which is now teenick and Nick jr channel respectively