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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2013, 06:46 PM Dec 2013

A&E is the perfect example of why cable stations should all be à la carte. [View all]

I don't want to support yet another racist, misogynistic channel of hate mongering.

But there it is in our cable package.

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A&E is the perfect example of why cable stations should all be à la carte. [View all] onehandle Dec 2013 OP

Yep get the red out Dec 2013 #1

I don't want to pay for sports channels, religion shows, shopping channels, or "adult channels" SharonAnn Dec 2013 #52

it used to stand for "Arts and Entertainment" FatBuddy Dec 2013 #2

Now it's Assholes and Egomaniacs Warpy Dec 2013 #6

OMG - "Assholes and Egomaniacs" cyberswede Dec 2013 #8

Assholes and Egomaniacs is right meow2u3 Dec 2013 #38

Just like TLC is supposedly an acronym for "The Learning Channel", Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #23

i think it was initially funded by nasa FatBuddy Dec 2013 #29

cable companies track channel usage.. pipoman Dec 2013 #3

Exactly iandhr Dec 2013 #5

Another great reason for a la carte! Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #26

I'm wondering how many of those complaining the most ever watched in the first place. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2013 #50

C'mon man! You can't rely of the free market as far as tv programming goes! brewens Dec 2013 #4

With a whole bunch of cable stations owned by Disney... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #7

Cut the cable...that is the answer. zeemike Dec 2013 #9

Not just A&E... ElboRuum Dec 2013 #10

And those will be ruined soon. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #25

Hear, hear!!!! nt kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #11

One of the biggest opponents of a la carte rrneck Dec 2013 #12

Same thing with Mr.Bill Dec 2013 #15

Those channels typically either give it away for free or pay the cable/satellite companies to carry Trekologer Dec 2013 #42

I absolutely think consumer groups should continue to lobby Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #13

I resent all those jewelry/buck knife/coin channels clogging up my remote. Throd Dec 2013 #14

So block them. WillowTree Dec 2013 #30

I'd rather just choose the eleven I want, rather than block to 358 I don't. Throd Dec 2013 #33

yep. I think this is a universal gripe. I used to program my channels Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #32

zactly! n/t westerebus Dec 2013 #16

DirecTv SCVDem Dec 2013 #17

Cable goes a la carte, say goodbye to NASA kcr Dec 2013 #18

Where's the Discovery SCVDem Dec 2013 #21

Yes, exactly. kcr Dec 2013 #22

they could include channels like NASA for FREE. then you buy a channel like ESPN....you get 3 or 4 Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #34

I agree, but I doubt it would work like that. kcr Dec 2013 #35

I have NSA, also. They view everything I am watching!! madinmaryland Dec 2013 #24

The sad thing is ... frazzled Dec 2013 #19

That reminds me of how much I liked A&E. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #27

AMC used to be American Movie Classics. House of Roberts Dec 2013 #31

We have to change the business culture, first cprise Dec 2013 #41

A&E, History, Discovery, and the others began going downhill Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #47

Fortunately, I think the cable model of programming is dying frazzled Dec 2013 #48

Fox "News" moblsv Dec 2013 #20

Pretty sure a la carte would cost more per channel, but I'd be okay with that ... Auggie Dec 2013 #28

It won't. It'll have the opposite effect. WillowTree Dec 2013 #36

Not according to the L.A. Times. And it would kill smaller channels. Auggie Dec 2013 #49

Turn that shit off. tabasco Dec 2013 #37

You're not housebound SCVDem Dec 2013 #40

Animal Network still trying PatrynXX Dec 2013 #39

I've longed wish for this (nt) bigwillq Dec 2013 #43

Our household absolutely agrees! SoapBox Dec 2013 #44

Used to be known for Biography oberliner Dec 2013 #45

If you don't need or want sports channels, there's no reason not to cut the cord Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #46

A la carte would kill most of the sufrommich Dec 2013 #51

So they say, but in fact, a la carte exists in other countries Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #56

I would love a cable company that.. SummerSnow Dec 2013 #53

I will not buy cable or satellite again. sendero Dec 2013 #54

It is indeed shit openfield Dec 2013 #57

24/7 propaganda... sendero Dec 2013 #58

Arts and Entertainment what a joke workinclasszero Dec 2013 #55