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Rant - 1/8 - DCRTV hears that Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications plans to rename its flagship Discovery Channel "Boom TV" come March. "We've done an extensive study of our largely male audience, and they want to watch things blow up," a Discovery honcho tells DCRTV. "We've found that dumbing-down our programming increases our ratings and makes our networks more attractive to advertisers," we're told. Look for more shows like "Time Warp," which shows high-speed photography of exploding small objects like soda bottles, to more episodes of "Destroyed In Seconds," which features everything from exploding tanker trucks to fireworks factories, as well as "Explosions Gone Wrong." DCRTV hears that Discovery is also planning to stage separate stand-alone specials that will feature the explosions of a 747, a series of SUVs, a barnyard of dead animals, an office building already slated for destruction, more shows where meteors and comets hit Earth and cause horrific destruction, exploding volcanos, and even a "game show" in which losers will have their homes blown up. Also look for "Cash Cab Hit-And-Run," where pedestrians are mowed-down and other vehicles are hit, and, you guessed it, explode.

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Originally posted by Zeruel quoting the article

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...specials that will feature the explosions of...a barnyard of dead animals...shows where meteors and comets hit Earth and cause horrific destruction...a "game show" in which losers will have their homes blown up. Also look for "Cash Cab Hit-And-Run," where pedestrians are mowed-down....

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Originally posted by PeterStork

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Given it's under "Rants" and...well...the last line of your quote and I'd say April 1 came early.

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