I must have missed something with CMT

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 24 Jun 2008 3:22 pm

I don't watch CMT because of their style of 'country' but they must be sneaking into a new format.

I surfed through that channel today and found programming such as 'Nanny 911',Silverado', 'Dale", 'Trading Spouses", Mobile Home Disaster', et al.

Music was mostly at night and early morning.

How long has these changes been going on?

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 24 Jun 2008 6:12 pm

I can't turn away from CMT because I've been watchin' it since I was just a kid in the eighties. I'm also friends with CMT's Katie Cook, who hosts the CMT Insider show.

Brett

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 25 Jun 2008 6:00 am

My son asked me if I knew the difference in old TV and new TV. I couldn't answer.
"Reality shows!" was his answer.

These changes happened while we weren't looking.

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 25 Jun 2008 8:47 am

Brett, how long has this 'transition' been going on?

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 25 Jun 2008 12:00 pm

Leroy, I think it's been goin' on since 2004, 2005, or 2006. I love the CMT Insider show and the Top Twenty Countdown shows.

Brett

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 27 Jun 2008 7:49 am

The only time I watch "Crappy Music Television" is when they broadcast the Crossroads shows. The rest of the time, the network should just go off the air. Or maybe sell Tupperware.

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 27 Jun 2008 8:24 am

Like I said, I don't watch the station anyway so it's not here nor there for me. It's just that when I found the change, it surprised me.

I wonder what that says about today's 'country'.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 27 Jun 2008 9:30 am

I don't think it's anything new, stations have always showed other programs under a certain label.

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 27 Jun 2008 10:09 am

I don't think it's anything new, stations have always showed other programs under a certain label.

My wife has pointed out that CMT had a format in the past that was not unlike that of GAC. When you compare the two channels, it seems to show CMT has changed a lot and GAC has remained pro-video and country-talk. This is not a simple night-time change--it's changed even during prime time to non-music shows. Country videos now seem to be 'a second thought'.

Oh well, whatever--not important.

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 27 Jun 2008 12:17 pm

Could it be that an all-music channel simply isn't going to work in the long run? Look what happened to MTV, the Nashville Network, and MuchMore Music (the Canadian version of MTV).

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 27 Jun 2008 12:25 pm

I guess things change like other channels do and life changes.

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 27 Jun 2008 12:45 pm

Could it be that an all-music channel simply isn't going to work in the long run?

Yeah, that could be the case. It'll be interesting to see if GAC does the same thing in the future.

Yep, 'life changes'. That's good. It could get real boring if it didn't.

John Steele (deceased) · Post by **John Steele (deceased)** » 27 Jun 2008 1:42 pm

When comedian George Carlin died, Stephen Colbert did a tribute to him, including an update on the new seven words you can't say on t.v.:

"This reality show is a bad idea."

-John

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 27 Jun 2008 3:13 pm

God Bless George, but he wasn't aways right.

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 28 Jun 2008 2:29 am

What was George wrong about, Theresa?

Terry Winter · Post by **Terry Winter** » 28 Jun 2008 10:45 am

I certainly don't watch CMT anymore. If they would have a wideranging video music format such as early country shows right up to what is going on now it would have more appeal to a wide audience!

Terry

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 28 Jun 2008 1:18 pm

Terry,
I agree!

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 29 Jun 2008 7:38 am

Country music shows???? Wow that would be diferent to actually have some Country on CMT. Direct TVs channel 101 shows Concerts if one has Direct TV..Not all Country but a great variety..Earl Thomas Connerly-Trace Atkins-Gretchen Wilson on the Country side....Full lenght uutdoor Concerts packed with about 80,000 people..A video recorders home-run.Free except for the Direct monthly charge..

Dennis Graves · Post by **Dennis Graves** » 29 Jun 2008 8:22 am

Ok, I watched about 5 minutes of that this morning. That's all I could take. The judges are the worse part in my opinion. Here you have 3 goof-balls up there. Only one I recognized, the one with Big & Rich. Don't really know which one and don't care to know. His opinion of how music should be is worthless. What does he know? Just because he's a big "star" in todays so called country music means nothing. The other two were just as useless in their knowledge of country music.
I'm buying all of my music out of Texas anymore. I wouldn't give 2 cents for the entire music business in Nashville.

Ok, I've finished griping and complaining now. I feel better.

Dennis

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 29 Jun 2008 10:13 am

I was amazed when even the History Channel went to reality junk, like "Ice Road Truckers".

And why haven't these guys heard of studded tires?

I watched about half of one show, and that was enough to make me consider roller derby to be more intellectually demanding.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 30 Jun 2008 10:47 am

Shows are put on whatever Channel they think the consumer watches.

John P. Phillips · Post by **John P. Phillips** » 30 Jun 2008 2:14 pm

Hey guys, Why don't we form a corporation of out own and start the "NOSTALGA COUNTRY CHANNEL". The NCC. Then a group of us, can oversee programming. Music shows like The Wilburns, Hee Haw, E.T, Porter, Flatt & Scruggs,all the great old shows and stuff like Ralph Emery,The old Bobby Bare show, Church Street Station, and show old westerns with country stars in them. I think it would go over if it was run right, just like the old TNN when it first started. Even develope new game shows based in country.
Anybody got any other ideas? Just my two pennies.

Terry Winter · Post by **Terry Winter** » 30 Jun 2008 2:33 pm

NCC Great idea. I would definately subscribe, my luck we wouldn't be able to access the channel here in the great white north. Heck I'd find a way. I would!

Terry

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 1 Jul 2008 4:50 am

Public Broadcasting have aired alot of these showes already, as GAC & CMT have.

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 1 Jul 2008 5:49 am

CMT found out the same thing MTV did. When you only hold kids attention 5 minutes at a time, with breaks in between, they quickly slip away. So they went back to the old tried-and-true 30-60 minute format, to try to hold viewers through several ad cycles.

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I must have missed something with CMT

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