TLC F'in Sucks.

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UNCjigga

Lifer
Dec 12, 2000
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Dude, where have you been? Ever since Discovery Channel bought them out they've turned from 'The Learning Channel' into 'The Living Channel'. Someone up there in management realized all 13 Discovery channels only appealed to men, so they figured they'd have one channel for women.
 

Parrotheader

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Dec 22, 1999
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Originally posted by: MustISO
Paige is definitely F'able. See here:http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/tradingspaces/bio/bio_11.html


I'd really love to sink myself into :http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/tradingspaces/bio/bio_03.html
That's the whole secret to the show and few people are willing to admit it. People say they like to watch it because of the decorating (and maybe that's true on a small level) but it's obvious the success of the show is based on the casts' good loooks. Women like the good-looking male carpenters and the fact that the female hosts are 'girl next door' kind of cuties instead of plastic Hollywood creations so it makes it someone they can identify. And a lot of men will tolerate any show that has ultra tight shirts and low cut jeans on a tight body (I'll go right ahead and admit that's why I'm willing to watch the show sometimes.) All the other shows of this ilk do the same thing. If they did the same exact shows with less attractive casts they wouldn't be hits. They've had shows like this for years, but nobody paid attention because it was 50 year old women and Bob Villa doing the hosting. :p

 

conjur

No Lifer
Jun 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: Linux23
that Paige chick is smokin'

i could watch a whole day of that.

Bah...

She's a sh!t-don't-stink prima donna.


Alex McLeod was HOT and she was COOL! Never understood why they dumped her for precious-princess Paige.
 

Gurck

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Mar 16, 2004
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Originally posted by: GrouchyLadybug
While I like Trading Spaces, my favorite TLC show is Maternity Ward. They need more shows of that type to balance out all of that decorating stuff (I don't watch any of the other ones...they are only on there to cash in on the success of Trading Spaces anyway).

Yeeeech! Ok the miracle of birth is great, and all that, yadda yadda.. It's also disgusting though :p I'm sorry but I nearly horked out my breakfast back in a high school health class when they made us watch a childbirth and ten years later I feel much the same way about it. I'd even rather watch one of those godawful home decorating shows :\
 

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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Yeah, I agree they should rename it to something other than The Learning Channel. You can only watch so much of that home decorating crap before you want to ram an icepick through your own skull.
 

DanTMWTMP

Lifer
Oct 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Yeah, I agree they should rename it to something other than The Learning Channel. You can only watch so much of that home decorating crap before you want to ram an icepick through your own skull.

yeah i agree...what happened?


bring back beyond2000 (well, was on discovery..but still)..

looks like it's tailored for housewives...TLC should be called the new lifetime or We channel