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->''"There was Music/{{U2}}, and {{Music/Blondie|Band}}\\
And music still on Creator/{{MTV}}..."''
-->--'''Music/BowlingForSoup''', "1985".

->''"It's unbelievable! The Creator/CartoonNetwork is running live-action sitcoms now! They're the '''Cartoon''' Network! They're supposed to run cartoons! How can they get away with this?! It'd be like a news network running stuff besides news!"''
-->--'''Jason Fox''', ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot''.

->'''Zodd:''' Don't you think we can do a little better than DTV?\\
'''Phil:''' Why, what's wrong with DTV? It's television for demons, we're demons -- it's perfect.\\
'''Zodd:''' Yeah, but you know how these specialty cable networks are: they start out real good, but then they lose their focus and things go downhill real quick. Just look at what happened to [[Creator/G4TV G4]]!
-->--''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged''

->''"Then my third thought was, 'Hold on, what's it doing on the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} SCI-FI CHANNEL]]?' Since then BRAVEHEART has been shown on the Sci-Fi Channel, live action movies are shown on Cartoon Network and there isn't a music video to be seen on MTV so channel formats straying from the channel names doesn't really surprise me anymore."''
-->--'''Triple Kelly''', ''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}''.

->'''DJ:''' Classic Rock 103.7 WHTT, playin' the greatest Rock 'n' Roll hits of all time!\\
'''Chris:''' I hate this station. They always make promises they can't deliver.\\
(''"We Built This City" by [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Starship]] plays'')\\
'''Chris:''' See?
-->--'''''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''''', "Stew-Roids".

->''"At the very least, stop being disingenuous and just go ahead change the name of the network from Creator/{{MTV}} to '''Series/RoadRules'''-'''Series/PimpMyRide'''-and-Intoxicated-College-Students-Doing-Disgusting-Stunts-for-No-Pay-but-Rather-Because-Someone-Shoved-a-Camera-in-Their-Faces TV."''
-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]]''' in his rant "Why MTV Is the Root of All Evil", ''Stewie's Guide to World Domination''.

->'''CNN Representative:''' These new scripted programs will attract deep-pocketed advertisers!\\
'''Mulberry:''' But what if I want to watch the news? Where am I gonna get THAT?\\
'''CNN Representative:''' Eh...we sell reruns on DVD, if anyone's interested...
-->--''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}'s 2009 Fall TV Preview''.

->''"Hello, cable service? I'm watching [[{{Creator/BET}} Black Entertainment Television]], but there aren't any black people and it isn't entertaining."''
-->--'''Huey Freeman''', ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks''.

->'''Girl:''' Now that was a good episode.\\
'''[[Creator/SethMacFarlane Father]]:''' Wait, it's over? When's it on again?\\
'''Girl:''' [[BitingTheHandHumor Ah, stupid]] Creator/AdultSwim [[NetworkDecay only plays it on Saturdays now]].\\
'''Father:''' I'm not waiting a whole fucking week to find out whether Inuyasha and Kagome get together!
-->--''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' in the episode "But Not In That Way", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7k-BbwVqxo after a girl and her father watched an episode of]] ''Manga/InuYasha'' on Creator/AdultSwim.

->''"You're watching Creator/TheHistoryChannel, the only network dedicated to history. Coming up next, it's Monster Quest! Arr! Followed by Hairy Bikers. Grr! But now, back to part three of Series/AncientAliens at Thanksgiving!"''
-->--''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

->''"You asked for it, you got it! An entire 48-hour marathon of Ghost Harassers! On the "Used To Be About History Channel"!''
-->--''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''

->'''Butt-Head:''' They don’t play many video’s anymore. It’s all, like, shows and people snowboarding and stuff.
-->--'''''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead''''', referring to MTV’s transition to Reality TV.

->''"Ugh. Thank you! Why was that on the Military History Channel?"''
-->--'''Homer Simpson''', '''''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''''', after Marge turns off Topiary Wars.

->''"Those aren't educational at all! You're the Creator/DiscoveryChannel! Where's the discovery? Discovering that people are human garbage?"''
-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys Nigel Thornberry]]''', ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAADcaIHDig The Wild Thornberrys: Wild As F***]]"

-> '''Creator/StanLee:''' Since this is on [[Creator/TheHistoryChannel History]], I assumed that it would give you some quality education. I also figured that it would stick to facts. Or so I thought.\\
'''''Series/AncientAliens''''' '''Narrator:''' ''(on a TV, text displaying at the same time)'' Ancient astronaut theorists say yes.\\
''(the word "[-THEORISTS-]" is highlighted)''\\
'''Stan Lee:''' Now, that should give you some indic''ation'' that this inform''ation'' is very much specul''ation''. In other words... you're wrong.
-->--WebAnimation/DaThings, [[https://youtu.be/pQp_tldR_Hw Amciemt Aliems]]

->''"Creator/{{IFC}} are liars! Don't call yourself the 'Independent Film Channel' and then air Film/AVeryBradySequel!"''
-->--'''Klaus''', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''

->''"I remember when Bravo used to air operas."''
-->--'''Jack Donaghy''', '''''Series/ThirtyRock''''', after a cutaway to the reality show Wedding Bitches
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[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"We are no longer a wrestling company but rather a global entertainment company with a movie studio, international licensing deals, publisher of three magazines, consumer good distributor and more."''
-->--'''Kellie Baldyga''', a publicist for Wrestling/{{WWE}}.

->''"I sure am glad the Creator/{{SyFy}} channel is doing more {{reality show}}s, instead of original ScienceFiction shows!" - Nobody, ever. ''
-->--'''Creator/WilWheaton''' [[http://twitter.com/wilw/status/238851722431315968 on]] Website/{{Twitter}}.

->''"America 2012: The Learning Channel has '''[[Series/HereComesHoneyBooBoo HoneyBooBoo]]''', History Channel has '''Series/PawnStars''', and the Science Channel has '''Pumpkin Chunkin[='=]'''"''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson''', arguing why the government shouldn't defund Creator/{{PBS}}.

->''"Des [Lynam] switched sides to Creator/{{ITV}} as it has more live football than Creator/TheBBC, unsurprising as even Creator/CartoonNetwork has more live football than the BBC."''
-->--'''Angus Deayton''', ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou''.

->''"This weekend on Creator/TheHistoryChannel, someone digs through old plastic junk ("It's a '''Dukes of Hazzard''' wastebasket!"), someone else tries to sell a doll head ("I used to take the heads off the bodies, and I kept the heads")... and Larry the Cable Guy taste-tests Tabasco sauce ("I can't feel my dadgum tongue!"). The History Channel. What the hell happened to us?"''
-->--''Series/JimmyKimmelLive''

->''"[[AnimationAgeGhetto ANIME IS A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME!]] WE'RE GOING ALL [[LiveActionTV LIVE ACTION]] THIS SUMMER!"''
-->--Creator/AdultSwim, [[http://www.bumpworthy.com/bumps/3862 lampshading]] their ''own'' Network Decay.

->''"I want to apologize to all of you. I was SEVERELY mislead. Was told we were bagging the ''movie'' to do what [[Creator/TheWeatherChannel this network]] was created for."''
-->--'''[[https://twitter.com/JimCantore/status/13165039488 Jim Cantore]]''' on Twitter; [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_tornadoes_in_April_2010#April_30_event April 30,]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tennessee_floods 2010.]] [[note]] ([[{{Irony}} Ironically,]] said movie was called ''Wind.'') [[/note]]

->"So, I can get music videos on Creator/{{MTV}} with this?"\\
"No, they don't do those anymore. They do supercheap reality programs."\\
"Oh... What about Creator/VH1?"\\
"They show nothing but I Love The __'s shows now."\\
"But that's an even bigger niche than showing only videos! How could that possibly be more profitable?"\\
"Dunno, but it's their station."\\
"How about Creator/TechTV?"\\
"They changed their name to [[Creator/G4TV G4]] and their focus to video games."\\
"So they cover game news?"\\
"No, they buy repeats of male-centered shows and run them."\\
"That doesn't make any sense."\\
"I'm sure it does to somebody."\\
"What are they running on [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nick At Nite]]?"\\
"Nothing made earlier than 2000."\\
"Creator/{{TLC}}....does that still stand for The Learning Channel?"\\
"Yes, but you couldn't learn anything from it now if you tried."\\
"What's on the Creator/DisneyChannel?"\\
"Nothing even remotely related to Disney."\\
"How about Creator/CartoonNetwork?"\\
"They're showing live-action movies."\\
"Er.....is there anything on this cable package that actually does what the name says it's supposed to do??"\\
"The Home and Garden Channel still does....but I hear they're shifting their focus to Mexican wrestling in three months."''
-->--Website/PlatypusComix's article on [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/videos/toptwenty.html MTV's Top 20 Videos of 1984]].

->''"'''Series/WhoWantsToBeASuperhero''' was a reality show developed by Creator/StanLee and the [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]], before they decided poor literacy is cool and that women prefer the letter Y as opposed to C and I."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''', "Top 15 Comics I'll Never Review".

->'''Announcer:''' Coming soon on Ninja Movie Week! Ninja Dry Cleaner, Ninja Shoe Repair, Ninja Video Rental and Ninja Dentist! Coming this week on... See-Fee?... [[Creator/{{Syfy}} S-Y-F-Y?]] Eh. Um. That wrestling channel!
-->--'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', "Raiders of the Story Arc: [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 TMNT]]".

->''"They've been celebrating their 30th anniversary. I don't know why they bother. MTV is not what MTV was. It's like the Oklahoma City Thunder celebrating their years as the Seattle Supersonics. One is not the other, so why even pretend?"''
-->--'''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', "[[http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/vlog-the-mtv-video-music-awards-2011-5510106 VLOG: The MTV Video Music Awards 2011]]".

->''"They're allowed to watch half an hour of television, and only cartoons. Which means no Creator/CartoonNetwork."''
-->--From ''[[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 01]]'' in the episode "Jumpy George", from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZtaYZR29c a woman hiring Meatwad to babysit her children.]]

->''"Remember [[Creator/CartoonNetwork they]] used to run "[[WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow What-A-Cartoon]]"? Now it’s "Where's-the-Cartoons?""''
-->--'''Jerry Beck''', ''Blog/CartoonBrew'', [[https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/the-office-on-adult-swim-13239.html on an article about]] the UK version of ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}'' being premiered on Creator/AdultSwim.

->''People ask: Why is Creator/AdultSwim showing "Live" Action on a [[Creator/CartoonNetwork "Cartoon" Network]]? Good Question! Our reasons are threefold.''
-->'''1.''' [[MoneyDearBoy Live Action is where it's at]],
-->'''2.''' [[CaptainObvious Cartoons are not live action]], and...
-->'''3.''' [[AnimationAgeGhetto No one likes cartoons, especially Anime.]]
->''Why not? Once again, our reasons are threefold.''
-->'''1.''' [[DarkerAndEdgier Anime is not funny]],
-->'''2.''' [[CaptainObvious Anime isn't live action]], and...
-->'''3.''' [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes It's all on DVD anyway.]]
->''We're Creator/AdultSwim, the home of {{Anime}}, whether we like it or not.''
-->--Creator/AdultSwim [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VomFDbCeKOo once again,]] lampshading their ''own'' Network Decay.

->''The worst television is Creator/{{MTV}}. "Music Television" -- they call it that, they don't even play music. What if everybody did that? "Hey thanks for calling New York Pizza. Yeah, give me two large pepperoni pizzas. Oh we don't sell pizzas. What? No, we just have raccoon hats and eye patches. Call a bookstore if you're hungry.".''
-->-- '''Creator/DanielTosh'''

-> ''When did The History Channel become a network for shows about what people in the Klan do during the day?''
-->-- '''Dana Gould'''

->'''...You are all witnessing television history and like most history, it's not on the [[Creator/TheHistoryChannel History Channel]]."''
-->-- '''Creator/StephenColbert''' during the first episode of his ''[[Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert Late Show]]''.

-> Your name is Creator/CartoonNetwork,\\
so you expect to see,\\
nothing but [[AnimatedShows animation]] when [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you flip CN on your TV]].\\
[[MediaNotes/TheMillenniumAgeOfAnimation But the times they are a-changing,]]\\
[[AnimationAgeGhetto so don’t get left behind,]]\\
because now [[LiveActionTV we’ve got real people]] and,\\
we’ve heard it [[ThisIsGoingToBeHuge blows your mind]].
-->-- '''Music/AndrewWK''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwlb2gGEk54 during a commercial for CN Real.]]

-> Not everything you're told is true. MTV: We Don't Play Music.
-->-- '''MTV''', "Old Wives' Tales" campaign from September 2005. Yes, they ''actually used this'' as a slogan.

-> ''BBC Two has turned into BBC One, right? There's some quite good programmes on BBC Two, but the BBC One shows, on the whole, are a bit ITV. So BBC One's turned into ITV, ITV's turned into Sky. BBC Four is BBC Two now -- BBC Four is the only thing you can get any kind of arts or decent documentary stuff on -- and BBC Three, what is that? Channel Five.''
-->-- '''Harry Hill''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bg-0JTaE04 interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live]].

-> ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is next on Creator/{{Freeform}}. They once had an episode where the Griffins met the Pope. Does that help?
-->-- Creator/{{Freeform}} (originally the Christian Broadcast Network), station ident placed after ''The 700 Club''.

->''A good "stand and stir" cooking show is to the Creator/FoodNetwork what the music video is to Creator/{{MTV}}: ancient relics of both institutions' respective original purposes before mission creep led them to trashy reality competition programming, apparently the entropic end stage of all TV.''
-->-- '''Adam Ragusea'''
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