Why would I include the Biography Channel, and the series Biography [which I think first debuted on A&E?) on Devolution Media? Well... because of its content. Every day for months, years, I click on a random episode of Biography...and it's always about an actor.
There are politicians. There are scientists. There are explorers. There are economists. There are aviatiors. There are inventors. All their stories deserve to be told, but all anyone ever gets to see are biographies of some of the most unimportant people on the planet.
But, of course, it's all about ratings. The sad - and the frightening - thing is is that people will tune in to find out the biography of an actor, but wouldn't life a finger to find out what makes a scientist tick.
Here's the biographies being shown on the Biography Channel on May 8, 2010:
10 - 11 - Charlie Sheen
11 - 12 - Joaquin Phoenix
12 - 1 - Mickey Rourke
1 - 2 - Robert Downey Jr
2 - 3 - A question of life or meth (doc of meth addicts)
3 - 4 - Jose Canseco
4 - 5 - The Unexplained: Moon Madness
5 - 6 - The Unexplained: Human Transformations
6 - 7 - Destination: Earth (extraterrestrials)
7 - 8 - Ghostly Encounters (half hour series, until 10 pm
10 - 11 - Celebrity Ghost Stories (celebrities from the 2000s, because I've never heard of them!)
Psychic Kids, Children of the Paranormal
and this is a typical broadcast day.
Utter garbage.
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