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kentuck

(111,095 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 02:53 PM Jun 2012

How Current-TV could improve their programming?


They have some really good hosts already but the format of their programs are behind the curve. Whether we like Scarborough or not, he has a good format with rotating guests speaking on different subjects. It's unfortunate that Scarborough ruins the format with his abrasive style and rude shouting, but the format is a winner.

Bill Press, for example, is a very good host but he cannot carry an interesting show for 3 hours every morning. He needs others to help him carry the program. A roundtable discussion is much more interesting than one viewpoint. That's just the way it is.

If Current-TV could adopt the intelligence and the style of the Chris Hays show, early weekend mornings on MSNBC, then they could compete with anyone. Single hosts are a thing of the past. Current-TV needs to change, in my opinion.
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How Current-TV could improve their programming? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2012 OP
HD warrior1 Jun 2012 #1
Oh I don't know, I find myself watching more Current and less MSNBC all the time.. Bandit Jun 2012 #2
Ditto randr Jun 2012 #3
pretty much what I do. I really like Spitzer rurallib Jun 2012 #5
90% of us Can't Get Current TV On Our Cable Anyway AndyTiedye Jun 2012 #4
Agreed! Xyzse Jun 2012 #7
They also need to upgrade their sound quality csziggy Jun 2012 #6
Keith Olbermann is looking for a job... AngryAmish Jun 2012 #8
Take a clue from the station that they destroyed and start showing foreign news broadcasts Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2012 #9
More flesh. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #10
Prison reality shows on weekends (just kidding)... richmwill Jun 2012 #11
Wish I could get that channel at all. limpyhobbler Jun 2012 #12
One thing they might try to do...? kentuck Jun 2012 #13

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
2. Oh I don't know, I find myself watching more Current and less MSNBC all the time..
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:15 PM
Jun 2012

I am becoming quite partial to "The War Room" lately...I also like the Spitzer Show. I was bouncing back and forth between MSNBC and Current. During a commercial break I would switch but lately I find myself staying with Current more and more.

randr

(12,412 posts)
3. Ditto
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:20 PM
Jun 2012

If I am going to spend some of my time I want to hear solutions offered and just straight facts.
MSNBC has become a whine fest.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)
5. pretty much what I do. I really like Spitzer
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:26 PM
Jun 2012

and Cenk makes me think. Can't remember the last time I saw Tweety.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
6. They also need to upgrade their sound quality
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:33 PM
Jun 2012

The sound is really fuzzy and about half volume or less than any other channels. This was true when I got it over DirecTV and is still true over Prism TV (CenturyLink internet TV), so it's not just the provider.

I have to jack the volume way up to understand what is being said. But I am a channel hopper and get blasted with the elevated sound when I jump to other channels. So I avoid watching Current since I can't easily jump between channels.

If it takes moving to HD quality to improve their sound, then they should invest the money now, not later.

richmwill

(1,326 posts)
11. Prison reality shows on weekends (just kidding)...
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:07 PM
Jun 2012

Seriously, I would say besides the programming itself they should fight for a better channel number on the systems that carry them. And cable channels do fight each other for lower channel numbers, by the way. I had Current at my previous apartment, it was somewhere in the 800's. Where I currently live, it's channel 560. CNN is 46, MSNBC is 49, Fox News is 70. People aren't going to browse around and click up to a channel in the 500's unless they really intend to watch a specific channel.

kentuck

(111,095 posts)
13. One thing they might try to do...?
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 06:11 PM
Jun 2012

..is not to have their commercials at the same time as MSNBC. People usually switch channels during commercial breaks. They don't like to switch from one commercial to another. I have noticed that Current is loaded down with commercial breaks, as is MSNBC, and as the Chris Hays show on the weekend. It's difficult to follow a discussion.

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