Comment on And this is why I no longer have cable.

• realitista@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No doubt that’s the main thing but how are there enough people to watch all these channels of garbage?

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  • CitizenKong@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s so cheap to produce that it doesn’t need as many people watching it to be deemed profitable. And many people watching it probably just let it run in the background because it doesn’t need any close attention. Basically like soaps, but soaps need writers so are more expensive.

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s my brother. Every time I visit, he seems to have some new reality show he watches. Somehow he’s always surprised I’ve never heard of I t and am not interested in it.

      It’s always on in the background and no one pays attention unless the ice starts cracking under the truck, or the survivalist misses his airdrop, or some manufactured drama hit the fishing boat or whatever. He’s a pretty active guy, so I’ll bet most of the time these reality shows are going, there’s no one even in the room

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  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe no one is actually watching, the TV ratings system is crooked somehow, and TV advertisers are getting screwed?

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