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In reply to the discussion: The History Channel - the Fox News of the Social Sciences for terminal dumb asses [View all]bullsnarfle
(254 posts)is mostly what I watch now. Lot's of history there; recently, during the holiday breaks, I got to watch a treasure chest of shows --- from the history of Sparta, to the golden age of Egypt, the dust bowl, the American Civil War, etc... Even Downton Abbey (which is, I admit, a bit "soap-opera-y" is light-years better than most of the crap elsewhere.
Also, Ken Burns' series are all on PBS, I could watch them again & again - The Civil War, National Parks, Baseball, Prohibition - the guy rocks.
We are lucky to have 4 PBS stations in my veiwing area...which comes in handy since I can't afford cable/dish, and most broacast tv stinks (reality {not!} tv makes me sick).
Virtually everything that came out of Romney's mouth hacked me off, but when he threatened to kill PBS he REALLY hacked me off. To steal a line from the redneck gun nuts: "You can have Big Bird when you pry him from my cold dead fingers".