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   From: artis@nospamplease.net.invalid   
      
   "Your Name"  wrote in message   
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   > [Default] Thus spake brucegb@austin.rr.com (Bruce Burden):   
   >   
   >>jack  wrote:   
   >>: How do the suits work this out?   
   >>:   
   >>       Perhaps they are being paid to show the wrestling crapola?   
   >>    Somehow, I really doubt "wrasslin" is SyFy's main audience,   
   >>    even with their spiffy new logo proving they aren't just about   
   >>    geeks still living in Mommy's basement.   
   >   
   > From what I've read (since we don't get that channel here in New Zealand)   
   > SyFy / Sci-Fi channel hasn't been broadcasting just sci-fi shows for quite   
   > a while. The same thing is happening with the "Cartoon Network" here on   
   > SkyTV which is slowly broadcasting more and more non-cartoon shows.  :-(   
      
   And G4tv has likewise diversified away from being an all-games-and-computers   
   network, playing reality tv tripe.  And after SciFi/SyFy took wrestling away   
   from SpikeTV, Spike started doing Star Wars marathons.  What is with all   
   these big cross-pollenation trends regarding basic cable stations?  Have   
   they decided that narrowcasting doesn't work or something?   
      
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