Defunct TV Channels | Discontinued Nostalgia #1

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here's a list of tv channels that no longer exist.
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Sources: docs.google.com/document/d/e/...
Layers:
00:00 Intro
01:07 The Comedy Channel/Ha! TV Comedy Network
03:38 National Educational Television
07:37 Game Lounge
09:10 Cable Music Channel
13:53 CBS Cable
17:56 Gun TV
20:12 Spike TV
28:41 Outro + Nick Update

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@coreylineberry8557 2 ай бұрын

I feel like if you do a "Discontinued Cable Networks 2," G4 has to be on that list. It managed to be discontinued in 2011 after stagnation, get a nostalgia-fueled revival in 2020/21, only to be discontinued and shuttered again a year later.

@AmusingLuis 2 ай бұрын

definitely. i wanted to cover some channels that didnt get lots of attention for the first episode. but i will definitely make a run up

@russellgroenewoud9199 2 ай бұрын

Dude, don't forget Toon Disney! 😎👍

@melasn9836 2 ай бұрын

@@AmusingLuisIf you do a second one, can I recommend Fine Living? It eventually became/was replaced why Cooking Channel because someone realized that focusing on a channel about luxury living & expensive homes & such after the 2008 crash wasn't gonna work.

@Cattafang 2 ай бұрын

@@AmusingLuis maybe an odd choice, but el rey network might be an interesting one to cover for part 2

@bringbackpbskidsgo4562 2 ай бұрын

I think if you do an entire G4 video... 1: It should be called "2021 G4: Comcast's FAILED Atempt At A Revival" 2: Luis should say: "Just like Nickmom, 2021 G4 became a channel on autopilot waiting until it ran out of fuel."

@Peppmintleaf 2 ай бұрын

One of the biggest takeaways from this video for me was finding out that Bravo Tv (the channel that my mom watches the real housewives) used to be a fine arts channel. Never in a million years would I have thought that would be the channel's origin story XD

@AmusingLuis 2 ай бұрын

TLC used to be about Learning 💀😭

@MarvinPowell1 2 ай бұрын

@Peppmintleaf You must be young. Yes, Bravo and A&E both used to be fine arts channels before becoming reality TV trash in the mid 2000s.

@fishkakat7700 2 ай бұрын

@@AmusingLuisand The History Channel used to be about real history. 😢

@mattalan6618 Ай бұрын

@@fishkakat7700 MTV used to show music videos

@BobLee-df4zh 28 күн бұрын

@@mattalan6618They still do. There's literally a dozen MTV channels that show nothing but music videos. And if the main channel did still show videos it would be nothing but Taylor Swift and Drake, because, as anyone that was actually around then can tell you, they primarily played pop music , which everyone would then complain about.

@ZeepTheWocky 2 ай бұрын

On the subject of discontinued channels, I'd suggest you discuss Hub Network. It was basically Discovery's attempt to compete with the big three kid's cable channels, and I was a huge fan of it back when it was on. My two favorite shows from there have to be Littlest Pet Shop and Twisted Whiskers. I remember being so disappointed when they changed it into Discovery Family. That whole cool Frutiger Aero vibe Hub had just vanished into thin air to make way for a more generic and bland feel. The worst part was when Hub's website got rebranded too. All the games were reduced to just a TV schedule. Looking back now, I think we should've taken that as a warning. Because a whole decade later, that same guy who downgraded Hub would go on to greatly shank the parts of Warner Bros that people actually loved. I guess you can say that Discovery just hates fun. 🤷‍♀️

@Pastel_N0va 2 ай бұрын

i dont quite remember that channel, but the name does ring a bell, a very dull feint sounding bell

@ZeepTheWocky 2 ай бұрын

@@Pastel_N0va Let me guess, THAT website? 🙄

@ArtieRaccoonReviews 2 ай бұрын

Dan Vs is arguably the best Hub show

@nickrustyson8124 2 ай бұрын

Also they use to show reruns of old 80s Cartoons which as that weirdo who liked Boomeranger I enjoyed that fact

@kootunesscrewy 2 ай бұрын

I feel like The Hub and Nicktoons were the final animation networks to actually use the Fruitger Aero style until around 2014, when they both began to use the flatter style. However, for Nicktoons' case, the Metro style actually stayed for a very long time until 2023 (tho, some bumpers did stay for a bit until around January of this year). But the other network couldn't keep it for long as it was immediately replaced by Discovery Family.

@cmxreno 2 ай бұрын

Ahhh yes 1000 ways to die, the show that straight up made me question life at a young age 😂

@ChaseMC215 2 ай бұрын

I was actually afraid of eating game animals because of an episode from that show. You know, the one with a segment of the show where a taxidermy owner dies due to rabies?

@andrejg4136 2 ай бұрын

@@ChaseMC215many of those circumstances were dramatized, but the threat while minor, is real. Like never ever mix ammonia and bleach unless you like the smell of bootleg nerve gas (Cl 2(g))

@evasimpson722 2 ай бұрын

Love 1000 Ways to die but I've always question life I always try to be careful but like they say on the show people should cherish their life yeah they said something different but that's what I learned from the show death gonna catch up with you but don't fast-forward your life to get to Jesus

@archlich4489 2 ай бұрын

It made me question some fool's idea of what people are worth.

@geekweidman 2 ай бұрын

SEGA CHANNEL???

@Pensfan5919 2 ай бұрын

Noggin needs to be covered at some point. I know it's "technically" Nick Jr., but Noggin had a totally different feel and presentation. Nick Jr. has been playing it safe with content and basically being a further sensitized Nickelodeon, with the only holdover show being Max and Ruby. Noggin, however, seemed a lot more willing to go with the flow and be more creative, following the minds of kids (especially those with AD/HD like myself) a lot more, going all over the place, from Pingu to Jack's Great Big Music House (my favorite) to Oobi. Kids TV is REALLY different without a channel or even a programming block presented quite like Noggin anymore. Edit: OH GOD I loved Game Lounge. Specifically Monopoly and Bowling. I can hear the bit-crushed ball rolling down the alley now. Thanks for that lol. I still use the DirecTV channel numbers to remember certain networks and area codes that aren't normally in my phone.

@AmusingLuis 2 ай бұрын

I will definitely make a follow-up! Just wanted to give some obscure channels some love first~ 😁

@johnwhitney5840 2 ай бұрын

@AmusingLuis are you going to part 3

@JohnPatterson-kz8jr 2 ай бұрын

Republicans gripe about "Why Can't Johnny Resd??" yet they want to cut the budget for PBS!!😢😮

@sweetcreamnpeaches9577 2 ай бұрын

@Lulaloopsy has a video talking about the downfall of noggin and talks a lot about channels like it like playhouse Disney, sprout, and boomerang if you wanna check her out!!

@princesspikachu3915 2 ай бұрын

@@JohnPatterson-kz8jrPBS is useless for teaching reading. Nothing beats actually reading to your kids. No amount of Super Why and Reading Rainbow reruns can replace the one on one parent reading with child. They get more out of it.

@Justin-Hill-1987 2 ай бұрын

Ted Turner was the media mogul from Atlanta, Georgia who founded WTBS 17, the TBS Superstation, CNN and Cartoon Network. He contributed greatly to the rise of cable TV in the 1980s and the 1990s with his innovation, plus he created the environmental superhero, Captain Planet.

@mikehunt4986 2 ай бұрын

He also founded WCW (World Championship Wrestling) and gave Vince McMahon a run for his money during the 90s!

@louisduarte8763 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes I wonder if Captain Planet was more Jane Fonda's idea.

@ThugShakers4Christ Ай бұрын

I loved his autobiography, The Turner Diaries

@KellanLollis 18 күн бұрын

he also owned the braves

@Justin-Hill-1987 18 күн бұрын

@@KellanLollis Yes, he also owned the Atlanta Braves.

@kolonarulez5222 2 ай бұрын

Part 2 NEEDS to have Chiller! I was exposed to horrors beyond a 3rd grader's comprehension back in the day

@constanceway45 2 ай бұрын

Chiller is an app now, so not TECHNICALLY gone, just behind a paywall.

@Chelaxim 2 ай бұрын

0:43 Vortex is notable for being the end of Saturday morning cartoons on broadcast television after 60 years. I woke up one morning to watch a new episode of Yugioh Zexal summer 2014 and had no idea it was the end of an era that began in the 1950s.

@JuanGomez-ke5py 2 ай бұрын

Now me TV bring back Saturday morning cartoon and and weekend morning

@NewGabeOrder 2 ай бұрын

When that happened, I became a Toonami faithful since they were one of the only weekend anime blocks left in existence as of 2014, but it was a block-within-a-block on a cable network, and I had to be prepared for more "brutal" cartoons. Fast forward to 2023 and MeTV finally had a SatAM cartoon block, but it's all "silent generation" content and nothing modern. I had an idea; if others wanted to get a piece of my Toonami substitution plan, but do not want to stay up late for Toonami, I handle a weekend morning anime live-stream series that also serves as a revival effort for modern SatAM cartoon blocks. It is Toon Time Theater, and it runs on the New Gabe Order Twitch channel. As of this comment, I am in the middle of a 10-week filler arc where I encounter multiple family issues, moving my block back to Sunday mornings with "next morning" Ninja Kamui premieres as a trade-off. I intend to go back to Saturday mornings on May after Ninja Kamui completes its finale. Other than that, I dedicate my weekend mornings live-streaming the newest Pokémon and One Piece episodes, as well as some not-too-old favorites like X-Men '92, Naruto Shippuden and Dragon Ball Z Kai.

@andrejg4136 2 ай бұрын

@@JuanGomez-ke5py the economics around don't work anymore. You have to advertise a bunch of stuff to kids to pay for the programming (and turn profit) and it has to be good enough to watch live. You might get one or the other, but rarely ever both.

@hildahilpert5018 2 ай бұрын

Boy you got that right.Miss them. Don't recallHA. And some of these.Liked USA up all night, like Duck Man,etc.

@Lunar_WaveYT 2 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Spike still exists, They use the Spike name as their copyright holder and on Pluto TV, their alias for their cable channel is “Paramount Network,” although both channels are practically the same.

@televisionarchivedude 28 күн бұрын

oh hello there!

@Lunar_WaveYT 22 күн бұрын

@@televisionarchivedude TVAD?!

@JoeMama-me2yj 2 ай бұрын

Honestly love this series concept...defunct products and channels and such is a under looked concept imo

@jameshall8422 2 ай бұрын

Oh god you unlocked a forgotten memory when it comes to GSN Game Lounge.

@artistwithouttalent Ай бұрын

Yeah, my parents subscribed to Directv for a hot minute in the early 2010s, and I have distinct and fond memories of playing games on the TV while top 40 pop played in the background.

@firefly5343 2 ай бұрын

MXC was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid ironically when Spike labels its channel "being for men." Me and my grandmother would always watch it when an episode aired. It was quite hilarious.

@jennibennecke669 2 ай бұрын

Loved MXC

@UnchainedAmerica 2 ай бұрын

Interesting to note is Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood started off on WGBH a Pittsburgh based public television station, before moving to NET then PBS. Mr. Rogers was a Pittsburgh native so that made sense he started locally and became one of the greatest national treasure of all time.

@Pacmannion 2 ай бұрын

You mean WQED, WGBH is in Boston

@anthonyaustin3370 Ай бұрын

Mister Rogers’. actually started in Canada on the CBC in 1962. Fred Rogers moved back to the United States in 1966. You’re correct that his American show was taped in Philadelphia but it wasn’t solely for WQED. It was part of the Eastern Educational Television Network which also syndicated Julia Child’s French Chef series.

@minervamclitchie3667 2 ай бұрын

I'm 62 and am a native New Yorker. Channel 13 WNET was on in NYC as far as I can remember. That would be late 1964.

@AmusingLuis 2 ай бұрын

They're jersey based but also served the NY area

@TuxerTuxar Ай бұрын

G'morning Grandpa

@rrsaga 2 ай бұрын

The comedy channel will always be Comedy Central to me. And yes, I watched that channel with all programs mentioned

@SoulView 2 ай бұрын

29:05 "'Quiet On Set' required us to change the ending." Awesome. We need that because of Dan's picky pickled ass.

@MichaelLovely-mr6oh Ай бұрын

And to think Dirty Dan had the nerve to sue the producers of "Quiet on Set: the Dark Side of Kids TV."

@NewGabeOrder 2 ай бұрын

20:12 Spike TV is still there, but under the ownership of Paramount. Therefore, it is currently named the Paramount Network.

@gregsells8549 2 ай бұрын

Spike TV began as The Nashville Network, with a country music format, then flipped to general entertainment as The National Network.

@daliceToons 2 ай бұрын

@@gregsells8549Nashville Network (The Former CMT Network)

@Lunar_WaveYT 2 ай бұрын

Spike was always owned by Paramount since 2000

@VS-fn3uq 2 ай бұрын

Spike was such a fun channel

@nightwingjosh8491 2 ай бұрын

In that case, should he also cover upn and the wb?

@TheTrumpReaper 2 ай бұрын

Fred Rogers was *HARD CORE.* 👊 I miss VH-1 when they played jazz videos. I miss VH-1 Classic. I currently avoid every MTV channel because they have forgotten what the M means in MTV. 😡🤬

@wturner777 2 ай бұрын

The same reason why I stopped watching The Discovery Channel.

@flclfan85 2 ай бұрын

so glad MTV Classic exists now, love putting that on to see what they're showing. @wturner777 nowadays, the only thing I even watch on Discovery is BattleBots when that's running the new season (which hopefully will be soon)

@DavidWhite506 2 ай бұрын

I love this. Please do more defunct TV channels.

@ashitomarisu 2 ай бұрын

It would be interesting to see The Box be mentioned. It was an American music channel where people would vote (via telephone) for the next music video; similar to like TRL but it was a 24-hour channel.

@matthewpuddock1976 2 ай бұрын

Oh yeah my dad used to watch that channel

@DemoManMLS 2 ай бұрын

The funny thing is that The Box aired on low powered over the air stations in some markets of the country. So technically it wasn't a cable channel.

@andrejg4136 2 ай бұрын

I don't remember if The Box had a regional slate or not, because living in Louisiana there was a lot of No Limit, the Hot Boyz, 504 Boyz, and so on but I dunno if that got out to the rest of the country that had it.

@matthewpuddock1976 2 ай бұрын

@@DemoManMLS I have to agree but kind of disagree it did start as a local cable channel in Miami Florida so it's technically was a cable channel first

@clockhanded 2 ай бұрын

One of my biggest regrets in life was not standing up to my 6th grade teacher who said spike TV was a dumb idea. No shit its not going to appeal to a 50 year old fundamentalist christian woman.

@ArtieRaccoonReviews 2 ай бұрын

Hopefully in the future, you'll make a part two where you talk about some more popular and recent channels such as G4TV. It originally launched in 2002, shut down in 2014, returned in 2021, and then immediately shut down the next year in 2022 for a myriad of reasons such as mismanagement and the cord cutting movement. Oh but that's not all! The channel originally began as ZDTV in 1998, rebranded to TechTV in 2000, merged with G4TV in 2004 and renamed to G4TechTV, with G4 taking over the full name in 2005! And there's a few others such as Qubo, Esquire Network, Sprout, Cloo, Chiller, Current, Weatherscan, UPN, The WB, and Dumont; all you could possibly discuss.

@ColinElkin-ce1337 2 ай бұрын

Dumont would be the ultimate blast from the past (similar time frame as NET). Also, PAX should be covered as well.

@williereynolds3113 2 ай бұрын

Don't forget about Family Channel and Viewer's Choice

@kingjayprod_1 2 ай бұрын

Boomerang from Cartoon network too! I know it's called simply just "boomerang" but that's because of some reasons I can discuss if u want

@MichaelLovely-mr6oh Ай бұрын

Style network would also be a good choice for the video. Style was the predecessor to Esquire and had shows such as "Clean House" and "Running in Heels." The latter was about a group of interns at the New York City office of Marie Claire magazine and how they were trying to make it in the world of fashion journalism via their internship at Marie Claire magazine under the magazine's editor in chief Joanna Coles.

@jameshall8422 2 ай бұрын

Please continue this series. This was a great watch.

@Rose_creature 2 ай бұрын

Omg this series has so much potential! I'm so excited for what you have in store for us 🤩✨

@V0ID_X5 2 ай бұрын

I would love to see more of this! I absolutely loved your iceberg on discontinued foods and this type of content about TV channels is right up my alley. I absolutely love your work please keep it up :)

@jacobwiggle3681 2 ай бұрын

If he does Discontinued Cable Networks 2, please, do Sprout and Qubo (while not Qubo is cable, it was a part of my childhood)

@markjamesmeli2520 2 ай бұрын

The concept of this piece is amazing - well done. As a soon-to-be-60, I was in the thick of the cable "boom" 40 years ago. Slowly, I broke free of cable television, and am now just internet based. However, many of these shows and networks broke in to the mainstream, populace spectrum, if they became popular...or notorious. I'm also old enough to not have known that a lot of this stuff wasn't out there anymore. So...thanks!

@SephiGoat 2 ай бұрын

Ironic you’re talking about discontinued channels and making the nick video when Nick is getting cooked rn

@MarkHeathcliff-bf2im 2 ай бұрын

Maybe by the end it’ll be added here

@samuelsolomon7330 2 ай бұрын

Found you with the excellent cartoon network video, and i am just giddy knowing Nick will be coming soon.

@stvojay 2 ай бұрын

Just discovered your channel through this show. Fantastic first episode! Keep them coming I’ll be watching. Subscribed and will be going through more of your channel content soon. Wishing the best! - STVO

@johndunkelburg9495 2 ай бұрын

The show I most remember from Spike was “Deadliest Warrior”. I just wish that there had been a fourth season.

@BraydenBunch58 2 ай бұрын

Hey Luis, It’s Actually Pretty Cool About The Fact Of You Talking About Obscure/Defunct Channels. And In Depth Too! Hope The Nick Videos Are Bangers Tho :)

@miquon4717 2 ай бұрын

You should talk about the defunct broadcast networks someday like Dumont network, Paramount Television Network, PTEN, The WB, and UPN

@KeyLimePunk 2 ай бұрын

Great job. Can’t wait for part 2. ❤

@TTFNG063 2 ай бұрын

21:10 If I had a nickel for everytime my favorite sport and special interest was mentioned in a AmusingLuis video, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice. in other words: *NASCAR MENTIONED* 🏁🏁🏁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔥🔥🔥

@ladymctavish3299 Ай бұрын

You and your sister wife must be thrilled.

@TTFNG063 Ай бұрын

@@ladymctavish3299 I don’t support incest nor am I from Alabama.

@QueenOfTheNorth65 2 ай бұрын

This is fascinating. I was born in ‘65, so I have no memory of NET. I was, however, a first-generation PBS kid. I loved those shows, and learned so much from them!

@EricE549 2 ай бұрын

8:05 this list reminds me of pogo, an online service from EA that also had a few games based on hasbro titles… except they were all flash-based and now that flash is dead, it just doesn't feel the same

@andrejg4136 2 ай бұрын

I just want to say, the bit here at 12:22 was one of the most apropo uses of this clip that I have ever seen. Turner: I will create a music video channel that's safe for kids, appeals to their parents, and doesn't seemingly rely on lewdness with women to be successful. Viacom: I too will create said music channel, and I also already have the content in the can so I don't have to worry about repeating the same videos over and over. Turner: Well... fuck me then I guess.

@Code7Unltd 27 күн бұрын

You think Cable Music Channel was underwhelming? Try looking up "Hit Video USA". Hit Video never had a TV stations outside of a 1000-watt channel (K05HU) in the Houston,Texas TV market, only branching out as a one-hour TV show (usually during graveyard hours) to most other states. If we're talking music on broadcast, Atlanta's local "Video Music Channel" expanded out to what was WVEU-TV to replace the programming delivered by failed paid aerial service "Superstar TV", only to fizzle out with syndicated filler taking over the lineup progressively.

@walkerpantera 2 ай бұрын

You did good kid. Ya kept my interest for 30 minutes. NOT many if at any all youtubers can do that.

@sandhanitizer209 2 ай бұрын

Loved this video. you just got a new subscriber :)

@TwinRiver100 2 ай бұрын

thanks for this video i liked this idea of looking into discontinued channels. good job

@johncollie337 2 ай бұрын

Commenting on this during my second watch, and I can see myself watching this a lot. I love nostalgic old television, and I'd like to see more videos from you covering defunct store brands, game companies, etc. Didn't know some of these channels tbh lol. BTW, I'm in college for graphic design, so I'm willing to draft up a logo for the series

@daveraschke 2 ай бұрын

I'd say your channel is pretty good keep up the good work

@juliolopez5539 2 ай бұрын

I loved it! "Can't wait to see the next one!"

@mattwolf7698 2 ай бұрын

This was nice, I like how you talked about cable history as a whole, most KZfaqrs only seem to want to cover the cartoon channels and while that's still interesting I get sick of hearing about it.

@AmusingLuis 2 ай бұрын

i get that. i like to go above and beyond when it comes to talking about topics that have yet to be discussed

@nostalgiamostalgia0319 2 ай бұрын

AWESOME video. So many subchannels had the arguable upper hand over the main channels because they had more variety when the others wouldn't. Look at Nicktoons Network and Noggin.

@andrejg4136 2 ай бұрын

Boomerang and Toon Disney meant slightly more to me in the late 90s and early 00s because I didn't like some of the vibe of Western animation at the time. I was a real sucker for 80s cartoons, both SatAM and syndicated. Still am really.

@TheRankingChannel15 21 сағат бұрын

Nicktoons Network didn’t shut down. It was just renamed.

@PaintyMations757 2 ай бұрын

This was a very great first episode! 😮. Can't wait for the history of nickelodeon video! Great job btw :] 🎉🎉🎉

@alyxgraff9121 2 ай бұрын

Between this video & the Nick 70s-90s retrospective, this channel has been doing great. I'd absolutely love a follow up video to this one that talks about even more obscure channels & maybe even some ones like Boomerang & Disney XD, that aren't dead per se, but have basically become dormant.

@alyxgraff9121 2 ай бұрын

Edit: 29:24 Wow. You can't talk about the channel that brought Big Idea to the mainstream like that.

@blahblahblah1234blah Ай бұрын

Love the depth of research and content you went through to create this; you deserve more subscribers! I just added myself to your count :-)

@aleks1939 2 ай бұрын

I instantly thought of HA! when I saw the title of your video. And there it is!

@GokaiSanyu Ай бұрын

Honestly, Saturday Morning/kids blocks would be an interesting video all its own, if you ever want to do that! It'd be a fun little deep dive into what made a lot of people's childhoods!

@GardenCelluloids 2 ай бұрын

If you did discontinued blocks, a good addition would be MAX after dark.

@Trekapedia 2 ай бұрын

G4, The WB and Kids’ WB! combined. Those would be awesome ones too! Great videos man and keep the awesome stuff coming please! I mentioned it above but would you ever consider doing a History of I Guess video for Kids’ WB! and The WB? Lots of stuff to go into there especially why Kids’ WB! ended its weekday run. Ty for letting me ask and you do a fantastic job. I grew up with Nickelodeon so I can’t wait for the Nick videos!

@Quartzer. 2 ай бұрын

I really like the bumpers of CMC, especially the character designs (also, I like how despite it's short stay, it had a respectful shutdown with them airing I Love LA while footage of a ton of people who I assume worked on the channel was shown)

@masterakinskywalker 2 ай бұрын

FINALLY A VIDEO ON MY SPECIAL INTEREST LETS GOOOO

@Jdub6580 2 ай бұрын

Wow that N.E.T. logo: the globe with the cut-out flame video effect inside it, was amazing!!

@CarltonYouTube 2 ай бұрын

Yo AmusingLuis! I love your content!

@AmusingLuis 2 ай бұрын

thank you!

@CarltonYouTube 2 ай бұрын

@@AmusingLuis I did like the animated history videos and the toonami iceberg.

@SomeRandomDude908 2 ай бұрын

If you do another episode, PLEASE talk about the original run of battlebots on Comedy Central, it’s a hidden gem

@matthewdrummond1340 2 ай бұрын

Great video 🙂

@perrybarton 2 ай бұрын

Props for acknowledging "The Now Explosion." I used to watch it when it originally aired in Atlanta.

@poopawman 2 ай бұрын

What a novel series to shine some light at channels time had forgotten. Hopefully down the line, we can toss in other channels such as The Box Music Channel and Qubo but for now can't wait to see what's coming next.

@MadCatNobody 2 ай бұрын

i remember watching Star Trek TNG on The New TNN/Spike TV

@pikachuhutch234 2 ай бұрын

Do Sprout. I loved that channel. I want to hope one day that NBCUniversal might change the name back to sprout.

@mattamiller2002 2 ай бұрын

Interesting video and lots of great research. LOL at Dallas being a "male focused" show though.

@scottburton9701 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting & informative.

@DCMarvelMultiverse 2 ай бұрын

What requirement did NET ignore? Not criticize Nixon? That seems like a bonus hit against them, not ignoring a regulatory requirement.

@SempieXD 2 ай бұрын

LMAOOOO the spike TV tweets are HILARIOUS

@MarvinPowell1 2 ай бұрын

My grandmother grew up with DirectTV from 2000 to 2013 and I literally never heard of Game Lounge until now.

@foureyedewok 2 ай бұрын

Ayyyy coachella valley mentioned! I absolutely had no idea that guntv existed. What a strange but interesting concept. Now im wondering if it was filmed out here too.

@j.darekpatterson8609 2 ай бұрын

I'm aging myself with this comment, but whatever. I remember when I was a kid, I used to stay up late so I could sneak the shows HA! used to air. Yes, it did show reruns of Saturday night live, I love lucy, Abbott and costello. But - it also introduced me to the kids in the Hall and mystery science theater 3000. I have pretty fond memories of those evenings and not so fond memories of the mornings after. 😂

@AmusingLuis 2 ай бұрын

sounds nostalgic!

@ThatGuy64AndTdiBfdi 2 ай бұрын

Jetix (it was a channel internationally) Hub network Spout Only the classic for part 2

@AlexDirector 2 ай бұрын

Don't forget about G4

@ThatGuy64AndTdiBfdi 2 ай бұрын

@@AlexDirector of course it’s the one network that had the power to air Scott the woz

@andrejg4136 2 ай бұрын

@@AlexDirectorI like TechTV so much, and early G4 was fine (but I was/am a weeb/Nintendo gamer so there wasn't a lot specifically for me) Then it kept getting so frat-bro focused I gave up around 2005.

@isaiahedmonson5832 2 ай бұрын

Anyone remember X Play 🎮

@mikehunt4986 2 ай бұрын

You need to include G4 in the next one, but there is so much to talk about with that one (since it came back and then got shut down again) that you could do a whole video about it!

@BestGuy2103 2 ай бұрын

If you do a part 2, I'd love to see some international channels. Stuff like Sky TV (went from cable to streaming) and BBC Choice from the UK are some great examples

@TheBrotherGrim Ай бұрын

Ha. Those Spike Tv outro tweets were gold.

@wendyschickennuggets 2 ай бұрын

Me and my sister always watched cops reruns on spike tv, good memories :)

@goofymamageezers 2 ай бұрын

I think Luis should include courttv (later trutv) next video

@UnanimousDelivers 2 ай бұрын

I always thought NET was always just part of PBS, not a predecessor. And I'm 55.

@kshinokevin 2 ай бұрын

What about these channels: WB (Warner Bros.), UPN (United Paramount Network) ?; the CW Network still exists..

@loboblanco4426 Ай бұрын

Omg, I had totally forgotten about night tracks!

@grapeshot Ай бұрын

I remember watching Spike TV quite a bit in the 2000s.

@jjlynn2372 Ай бұрын

I like this video and I subscribed to you

@Alfenium Ай бұрын

I don't believe you

@ChaseMC215 2 ай бұрын

Telus also had a their own game lounge. I remember playing Tetris on a Telus cable box.

@ShadyRK9 Ай бұрын

Oh, wow! I had totally forgotten all about The Game Lounge! Use to play it from time to time but got bored of it after an hour.

@WestleyWolf 2 ай бұрын

7:38 I do remember being subscribed to that. i remember if you had a Directv H21 or HR21 box certain games would lag terribly with choppy audio until they fixed it with updates. weirdly after the update they would change sound effects to their original games but i defintely remember! also Dish network would have a similar thing as part of their DishHome Platform (AKA the Dish Logo Button on their Remotes) and theirs were actually in a significantly smoother 60FPS and better than Directv's offerings (IN 2002 Mind you!) that were way ahead of its time almost, you had different vendors too like PlayJam (which would also be offered in other countries), Playin' TV and DishGames to name a few. Dish's games would be offered later than Directv's. a couple of notable games that were pretty popular under dish was Carrot Mania and some Ice eskimo pong thing they had.

@hollypinky7702 2 ай бұрын

Please do part 2 😂

@dogcowrph 2 ай бұрын

There was also CNet TV later changed to TechTV.

@Inspiration_Date 2 ай бұрын

Things that need to be covered: G4 & TechTV Nick GAS Toon Disney The Hub The WB & UPN The various Family Channels (Freeform's past iterations)

@ArtieRaccoonReviews 2 ай бұрын

Don't forget Qubo!

@MarvinPowell1 2 ай бұрын

Most of those were TV blocks, though. G4 was a legit network though. Then it came back in 2021...

@Inspiration_Date 2 ай бұрын

@@MarvinPowell1 No. Those were all TV networks.

@awesomeocelot7475 2 ай бұрын

No Qubo? I’m surprised (even with that tiny screen at the end)

@louisduarte8763 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely forgot Qubo existed, or what its specialty was.

@crazydud3380 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video, other than the tasteless lines at the very end. It is possible it is meant as a joke, but it doesn't sound that way to someone who is new to the channel. 1000 Ways to Die's narrator often mocked death, and sometimes even said that some people deserve their death. It was a show that treated life as a cheap carnival sideshow attraction, and as something to make fun of, and that can only make society worse off. Unquestionably one of cable's all time most morally reprehensible shows.

@LovelyAutoRace-hh2gu 28 күн бұрын

Lol , the guy at the Spike Twitter account is a savage for going out like that

@itszacharytime 2 ай бұрын

im very surprised you talked about NET, its not very well known. Everyone should see that clip of Mr. Rodgers because it literally made me cry.

@charliejoson9145 2 ай бұрын

I'm just surprised since not many KZfaq channels that covered "defunct channels" didn't include this NET defunct channel

@Patrick-hm4eg 2 ай бұрын

One real oldy. The Dumont network.

@itsrickyschannel. 2 ай бұрын

0:38 interesting you mention Jetex being a tv block. I'm from the UK and there was a point Jetex was its own channel, that and Toonami when it was a thing.

@nicksullivan4994 2 ай бұрын

I Really wish Paramount would add SpikeTV’s 1000 Ways to Die The Complete Series onto Paramount+, because I can’t watch any or all of My Favorite Death Segments on SpikeTV’s website anymore!❤️📺🎶👍🏻

@ArtieRaccoonReviews 2 ай бұрын

Piracy is the way to go!

@ChaseMC215 2 ай бұрын

Well they would have to talk to the production studio who made the show first (being Original Productions). Look, I also want 1000 Ways To Die on Paramount+ as well, but as of now they won't do it.

@nicksullivan4994 2 ай бұрын

@@ChaseMC215 Well Then, Screw The 2018 Paramount Network Rebrand! Because, If I can’t watch all of My Favorite episodes and segments of 1000 Ways to Die anywhere anymore, Then There’s No point in even wanting to shut down The SpikeTV website at all!

@mazovic_official 2 ай бұрын

Brother nice Vid Can you maybe do a vid for europe aswell and then continue for other Continents?

@MrRight80 2 ай бұрын

I enjoyed Spike when it had those shows like 1000 ways to Die, Surviving Disaster, The Deadliest Warrior, MANswers, Joe Shomo, Auction Hunters, American Digger/Savage Family Diggers, Flip Men, & Thrift Hunters. Bar Rescue still airs new episodes on Paramount Network. Hopefully one day the revise the other shows I mentioned.

@Matthew6248 2 ай бұрын

If ya do a follow up, Z Channel has to be on that list, it was a local cable premium channel in Los Angeles CA that ran from 1974-1989, HBO's Festival channel from sometime in the 1980s, ONTV (Over the Air Pay TV network)

@enderblazer479 Ай бұрын

I'd love to see more episodes I'm for a big blast of nostalgia here are some topics you could cover you don't have to cover all of them and these are all suggestions Nostalgic brands like blockbuster and toys r us Video game brands e.g Disney Interactive and THQ Saturday morning cartoons And maybe things from the 2000s (and 2010s (a.k.a a time to be alive))