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It was a cultural Perfect Storm in 1983-86: Cable was just going national, new channels that up till now had been just satellite feed (like CBN becoming the Family Channel, or the ex-sports network USA) were springing up trying to follow the MTV "theme network" gold-rush with no programming...

And now that TBS has become so obsessed with becoming the Sitcom Network, with original programming and "themed" Seinfeld reruns, I confess:I'm now partliy ashamed of being one of those cable viewers so disgruntled with Turner's hyperactive "I own 'em" merchandising of their few limited low-rent...

Every time Warner decides that they're "safer" to treat one of their DC superhero properties with "kitsch" goofiness (the, ahem, Green Lantern movie springs nimbly to mind), we're still living with the legacy of Cartoon Network thinking they had to school-bully those annoying 70's-80's...

Not to mention, the new "Cram 'em in!" directive that removes all current TV end-credits, so the network can run promos for the next show before you lose interest and might, heavens, change the channel between programs. Back in the reruns' day, networks didn't do that--So, like every other...

And if you want to throw in Bravo, that offers up a clue to what happened to a lot of the above once-great channels: Bravo used to have a mystique--A premium service for foreign films and cultural concerts, until premium channels started hitting the skids, providers had to start running the...