TCM is resisting.

[surfered]

Today’s line up is all about criminals. Public Enemy, Al Capone, 20,000 Years in Sing, and more. Shortly after the Inauguration, their movies of the day were all about the Nazis’ rise to power.

[elleng]

1. Yes, they seem to be.

[Jazz Jon]

2. What is TCM?

[rurallib]

3. Turner Channel Movies - pretty standard channel on most cable TV lineups

[Ilsa]

4. I think it's Turner "Classic" Movies, but yes,

it feels as if Ted was ordering the lineup himself. I don't know who owns TCM now.

[rurallib]

5. I'll be darned - I learned it wrong probably 50 years ago

It has been around for a long time.

I don't feel like looking it up, but I think they are a part of Warner whatever, whatever now. I did read recently that tat channel is actually a big money maker despite no commercials. Merchandise, I guess

[barbtries]

8. i wondered too,

haven't had cable since 2007.

[dflprincess]

12. Not in my area

Xfinity moved it to a premium station several tears ago
Bastards.

[rurallib]

13. That is interesting - I cold easily see people willing to pay premium for it

TV in general is going through some major re-alignments right now with their eye on milking every little nickel out of consumers while screwing any and all content producers.

I suspect in about three years you will be purchasing every genre you want to watch as a separate streaming service. And it will be expensive.

[tanyev]

6. Interesting.

[Paladin]

7. A couple of first-rate prison flicks on TCM this morning.

"Brute Force" (9:45 EST), followed by "Caged" (11:30 EST).

Hell, the whole day looks good on TCM, culminating with "8 1/2" tonight.

[ihaveaquestion]

9. My mother noticed this as well.

It gives her a welcome respite from her non-stop doom-watching of MSNBC, which is her normal TV viewing.

[Tetrachloride]

10. how about Con Air

[travelingthrulife]

11. They did this during his last stint as well. It was great programming.