Huge =/= iconic
That's the first thing I thought about.Dante is NOT
Even though I don't watch it, how is Shark Week garbage? It's just a week of educational content every year learning about sharks.
I know people have a problem with it because it basically perpetuates the Sharks murder people thing at least.
I highly doubt there is as many people actually following this as you're trying to make out to be for it to be a public laughingstock. That said, this is no different than people being upset of public presentations and announcements at game developer conferences because the information went over their head because they weren't the target audience despite it being public. If people want to be ignorant while they poke fun at something, that's their right but it doesn't change the fact that they're being ignorant about it.
Remeber when they made people think that megalodons weren't extinct and that mermaids were real? They're worse than clickbait cause they have an air of authority and abuse it.
There is a 90day fiancé universe? where the heck did that come from?
If you don't think consolidation is going to have an effect on pricing, content investments, content focus, and shift the benchmarks of success that will affect those things in the future too, I don't know what to tell you.
I've kinda been thinking this the last couple days internally. Don't get me wrong, I don't like any of this. But it's entirely possible that I'm just drastically undervaluing the popularity of stuff like Top Chef, Property Brothers, anything with Chip and Joanna Gaines, 90 Day Fiance, etc.
Just blows my mind that the company that made Bugs Bunny thinks that a smart way forward is without animated content.
Shark Week use to be educational. But it too is getting pushed into the Discovery reality bullshittery. Now they peddle stuff like watch Shaq cry like a baby near a whale shark or here watch Thor on a boat. Shark Fest on National Geographic was much better imo this past July.
To underline how shit Shark Week was for years. Here's a clip from their fake documentary about the megalodon being alive.
It hasn't been educational in a long time. Now they've got shit like the Jackass crew doing stunts with sharks and Voodoo Sharks.
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I'm actually looking through it now. There is one with Snoop Dog and another that is titled Tyson Vs Jaws: Rumble on the Reef. I'm dying. At least it's still mixed in with some informative stuff. As others have said, there is also still a lot of for lack of better words, "fearmongering".
This graphic is literally showing why they should not mash up the services. These are distinct audiences that want different content experiences. Forcing dissimilar things on each other is like peak GE. The decision making is dumb and cost driven. Their reach will be smaller combined than if it were separate.This is quite the graphic!
I'm not saying it's a given, I'm saying the backlash will be loud if it doesn't. But at the same time, Harley probably has a better shot than the other two given that it's one of the biggest shows on the entire service. I'm pretty sure the only DC HBO Max show that's bigger than Harley Quinn is Peacemaker, which James Gunn already confirmed is safe.
