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Related: About this forumBehind-the-scenes drama threatens TCM; will the classic-film network survive?
Is it going to be a slow fade-out for Turner Classic Movies?
For a little while, after the 2022 merger that birthed Warner Bros. Discovery, the channel seemed to escape the new conglomerates attention. Perhaps the ludicrously overpaid geniuses running Warner were too busy making other bad decisions, like shelving Batgirl, not shelving The Flash, diluting the still-potent brand of HBO, and steering the once-stable CNN straight into the rapids.
But then they finally noticed TCM.
Unfortunately.
For a little while, after the 2022 merger that birthed Warner Bros. Discovery, the channel seemed to escape the new conglomerates attention. Perhaps the ludicrously overpaid geniuses running Warner were too busy making other bad decisions, like shelving Batgirl, not shelving The Flash, diluting the still-potent brand of HBO, and steering the once-stable CNN straight into the rapids.
But then they finally noticed TCM.
Unfortunately.
Read more: https://www.njarts.net/behind-the-scenes-drama-threatens-tcm-will-the-classic-film-network-survive/
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Behind-the-scenes drama threatens TCM; will the classic-film network survive? (Original Post)
ificandream
Jun 2023
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Jeebo
(2,025 posts)1. I love old movies, and I watch TCM all the time.
Old movies are fascinating to me because they are a portal into the past. They are a form of time travel. You can't step through that portal into the past, but you can get a good view of the past through it.
I hope that channel will ALWAYS be there on my cable TV lineup.
-- Ron
I would hate to see it go.
Auggie
(31,172 posts)3. I'd like to see a la carte purchase offer for TCM streaming only
Currently I need a cable package worth $60+ dollars that comes with FOX News and a host of other awful cable channels. I'd pay separate for TCM, $10 a month, if I could.