Random History Channel Question
Since History Channel is the major channel hocking the 2012 crap, have they renewed any shows beyond 2012?
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Thought about this tonight.......
That's a good question…I couldn't find an answer on their website either way. Maybe someone else will have better luck, or know a better place to look!!
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I see where you're going with this, but the thing with History is that they generally do single seasons of most of their shows, or otherwise just air re-runs of documentaries, or air one-shot documentaries. They generally do not have many shows that go beyond a single season.
If they have any long-standing shows that anyone is aware of, I could do some digging. Regardless, most television stations do NOT have contracts that far in advanced. They tend to do them by season, with a season-end evaluation deciding if a renewal is needed or not.
I don't think any shows airing right now have cinched contracts beyond 2011, just by nature of how television programs work. Sometimes they do well, and the next season they're a flop and are canceled.
But, yeah. If anyone knows if History has long-standing shows that have been around for more than two seasons, let me know and I'll do some digging, though likely they won't have contracts beyond the end of the first season of 2011, or this end season of 2010.
To the best of my knowledge, there are no TV programs that extend their schedule beyond one year, but I'm not exactly 100% sure on that.
If there are new shows scheduled for 2012, then they most likely haven't added it to their list yet, I've learned that TV broadcasters focus on now to figure out what they can do for ratings now, they really aren't that well-known for planning for the future.
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Actually, the Maury show, Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos shows have been extended until 2013 or 2014.
Well, I did say that I may be wrong, and I have been corrected. :P
I'd imagine that talk shows are an entirely different breed of their own, Jerry Springer just doesn't know how to die.
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Talk shows actually are the exemption of the rule. The contracts are written up differently, as there is only one 'face' that needs to be cast there. There's also the station individuality thing, as if Jerry Springer's given home station decided to not give him a nice, long contract? You'd bet he'd be picked up by someone else like that.
So, yes. Popular talk shows break the trend.
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