MarvinisaLunatic Posted July 13, 2004 Report Posted July 13, 2004 I can't even begin to say how stupid this is. News Corp. is discussing going forward with a new network devoted to the reality genre. The so-called Fox Reality Channel, which would be cable- and satellite-delivered, would run reality programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Electronic Media has learned. News Corp. has also been contemplating the idea for another channel that would be built around classic Fox TV programming and would be Fox's answer to Viacom's Nick at Nite and TV Land. More reality programming is the last thing writers and actors want to hear about. In one version of the Fox Reality Channel plan, according to insiders, a digital-tier cable channel would be up and running in the United States by 2005 at the latest and perhaps sooner in the United Kingdom and elsewhere internationally as a satellite-delivered service. In the U.S. networks' full-on freeway chase for higher ratings with lower production costs, News Corp.'s American broadcast network, Fox Broadcasting Co., has been the acknowledged reality-genre innovator. "Fox pretty much wrote the book on reality," said one grudgingly admiring competitor, pointing to Fox's history of successes, ranging from "Cops," "America's Most Wanted" and innumerable car-crash clip shows to "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?" "Temptation Island" and, most recently, this summer's "American Idol." Planning for the tentatively named Fox Reality Channel as well as the classic Fox channel, began last year when News Corp. was bidding for DirectTV. If they go ahead with this it means that Fox will feel forced to push more reality crap out on FOX during the regular season. The only good news is that blurb about a classic Fox Channel although most of their classic stuff (Simpsons, Married With Children, X Files, etc) are reruned to death already elsewhere.
Mole Posted July 13, 2004 Report Posted July 13, 2004 Fox Reality channel will never ever ever ever ever get me to watch them.
starvenger Posted July 13, 2004 Report Posted July 13, 2004 There's already a fledgling digital cable channel that's trying for 24/7 reality TV. Do we really need another?
Mole Posted July 13, 2004 Report Posted July 13, 2004 We don't need reality shows on network TV anyway.
Guest Nelly's Bandaid Posted July 13, 2004 Report Posted July 13, 2004 If this means the return of Hermans Head I'd like to know how anyone can be upset.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Posted July 13, 2004 There's already a fledgling digital cable channel that's trying for 24/7 reality TV. Do we really need another? I bet it doesn't have the strong brand of reality tv that FOX is known for. /sarcasm
MarvinisaLunatic Posted May 25, 2005 Author Report Posted May 25, 2005 Directv Channel 250! Of course Directv would have this given they are owned by Rupert Murdoch who owns Fox... Right now its some stupid Britsh Dating Show called the Villa...and its obviously edited for the FRC. http://foxreality.com/schedule.php Such great reality programming as COPS (Ok..how many channels is COPS on now, like 6 not including FOX itself..?)Joe Millionaire, Extreme Dating, The 5th Wheel, Love Cruise, and Real Stories of the Highway Patrol. Maybe the only saving grace for the channel is Last Comic Standing.. OMG GREATEST CHANNEL EVER *deleted from EPG*
MarvinisaLunatic Posted May 25, 2005 Author Report Posted May 25, 2005 Rupert Murdoch owns DirecTV? http://bg.broadcastengineering.com/ar/broa..._grants_rupert/ Beyond The Headlines, Dec 22 2003 By a one vote majority, the FCC has approved giving Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation control of the DirecTV direct-to-home satellite broadcast system. In a huge win for Murdoch’s News Corporation, the FCC removed the final obstacle to the $6.6 billion media mega-merger that will combine Hughes’ DirecTV with the Fox motion pictures studios, the Fox News and Speed pay television networks, its Fox television network and 35 owned television stations. Murdoch’s Fox News Channel is headed by former GOP political operative Roger Ailes. The deal will give Murdoch control of the largest global conglomerate of media businesses ever assembled. His holdings include a 40 percent interest in the UK’s British Sky Broadcasting, as well as pay television systems in Australia, Japan and Latin America. If all goes as planned, the DirecTV deal could close in a matter of days. -- Directv used to be run by General Motors of all companies prior to them selling it.
Exslade ZX Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 I'd watch it.. I long for repeats/new season of Paradise Hotel.
Guest El Satanico Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 As a mark for programming from Fox's early years, Classic Fox excites me. Please Classic Fox, don't forget the early years.
smh810 Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 Such great reality programming as COPS (Ok..how many channels is COPS on now, like 6 not including FOX itself..?)Joe Millionaire, Extreme Dating, The 5th Wheel, Love Cruise, and Real Stories of the Highway Patrol. Maybe the only saving grace for the channel is Last Comic Standing.. dont forget Boot Camp.
spman Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 How exactly would re-runs of America's Most Wanted work? Wouldn't that create a false impression in people that criminals that have long since been captured / escaped to a different country / died / whatever are still on the loose?
SuperJerk Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 There's already a fledgling digital cable channel that's trying for 24/7 reality TV. Do we really need another? We already have another. Its called MTV....and it sucks.
Guest El Satanico Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 How exactly would re-runs of America's Most Wanted work? Wouldn't that create a false impression in people that criminals that have long since been captured / escaped to a different country / died / whatever are still on the loose? Only complete morons...Drooling on themselves morons
spman Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 How exactly would re-runs of America's Most Wanted work? Wouldn't that create a false impression in people that criminals that have long since been captured / escaped to a different country / died / whatever are still on the loose? Only complete morons...Drooling on themselves morons So like the entire viewing audience of the Fox Reality Channel?
Guest El Satanico Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 How exactly would re-runs of America's Most Wanted work? Wouldn't that create a false impression in people that criminals that have long since been captured / escaped to a different country / died / whatever are still on the loose? Only complete morons...Drooling on themselves morons So like the entire viewing audience of the Fox Reality Channel? and Fox News
spman Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 How exactly would re-runs of America's Most Wanted work? Wouldn't that create a false impression in people that criminals that have long since been captured / escaped to a different country / died / whatever are still on the loose? Only complete morons...Drooling on themselves morons So like the entire viewing audience of the Fox Reality Channel? and Fox News Oh come now, that's not fair. Nuttin wrong with FOX News.
razazteca Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 Bill O'Reilly will demand the Army to search for these terrorist.
Guest El Satanico Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 How exactly would re-runs of America's Most Wanted work? Wouldn't that create a false impression in people that criminals that have long since been captured / escaped to a different country / died / whatever are still on the loose? Only complete morons...Drooling on themselves morons So like the entire viewing audience of the Fox Reality Channel? and Fox News Oh come now, that's not fair. Nuttin wrong with FOX News. That's what the terrorists want you to think
nl5xsk1 Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 We don't need reality shows on network TV anyway. I know it's not network TV, but aren't you the one that always pimps the Real World/Road Rules things? That led me to believe that you were relatively a fan of "reality" tv.
Celtic Guardian Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 There's already a fledgling digital cable channel that's trying for 24/7 reality TV. Do we really need another? That Reality Central entry (renamed Reality 24-7) seems to have fallen apart over the past year, largely due to Fox using its leverage to take most of the available cable/satellite clearances for its own reality channel.
Exslade ZX Posted May 25, 2005 Report Posted May 25, 2005 We don't need reality shows on network TV anyway. I know it's not network TV, but aren't you the one that always pimps the Real World/Road Rules things? That led me to believe that you were relatively a fan of "reality" tv. He's made it clear in most threads that he despises reality TV, most notably in the American Idol thread, and from what I remember the main reason was that it takes away valueable jobs, and tv time from 'aspiring writers' and writers themselves. Even though it seems he is a fan of RR/RW, odd >_>.
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