History YMMV / TheWeatherChannel

** Nowadays, some male viewers admit that they only watch TWC to see the gorgeous female meteorologists, whom their dress code has changed tremendously over the years. There's even websites and YouTube accounts (such as https://www.youtube.com/user/paustn31634) dedicated to them.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Apparently got this way in regards to global warming for awhile, to the point where various personalities from the channel were actually making ''threats'' against AGW skeptics. This prompted some to suggest a new slogan such as "The Weather Channel: We know where you live". They still tend to get rather preachy about it on a regular basis.
* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Anything that is a documented program, such as Highway Thru Hell, Fat Guys in the Wood will get scorn from longtime fans due to not focusing on weather and especially the fact they will often be aired in place of live weather programming in the weekday nights and majority of Saturday and Sunday (which means there's more hours of these type of programing than live weather broadcasting). At least a few of them such as Storm Stories and Full Force Natre has something to do with weather.

** Dave Schwartz, joined TWC as an intern in the 80s, but worked his way up to become a full-time meteorologist sometimes in the 90s. As a result, his comedic presentation impress viewers. It helps that after he was fired in 2008, they brought him back 6 years later, continuing his iconic humor. Unfortunately, he died too soon with cancer in 2016.

** Nowadays, some male viewers admit that they only watch TWC to see the gorgeous female meteorologists, whom their dress code has changed tremendously over the years. There's even websites and Youtube accounts (such as https://www.youtube.com/user/paustn31634) dedicated to them.
** Ever since the decline in quality, for those who has given up following on the channel regularly, viewers will only tune in when there's bad weather, especially winter storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Luckily, they will omit long-form documentaries on certain days just to get more hours of live weather coverage.

* NeverLiveItDown: Some of the meteorologists layouts can be considered this if you're a fan of their presentation, but the most extreme example was Nicole Mitchell's firing. Apparently, serving in the Navy while being a meteorologist is against the law in NBCU's eyes. Thankfully, she sued them a year and a half after her sudden termination.

** The Weather Channel's NetworkDecay scenarios is divided by the different demographic. Viewers who grew up watching TWC between 1982-1999 will claim to say the channel went downhill when they started adding documented programing/long-forms during the early 2000s, such as Storm Stories. Some would even say it got worse when it changed its logo in 2005 and thought "Bringing Weather to Life" wasn't as charming as the "Live By It" era. As for the people who grew up with the channel in the 2000s, some will admit the channel went downhill when NBC brought it, but it didn't become completely bad until the early 2010s.
* WinBackTheCrowd: The channel has attempted to win back the alienated viewers by adding Weather Underground in 2015. It's usually the last live program to air on the weekdays.
** As of 2016, smooth jazz music returns, but only on certain days. Sadly, monthly playlists has yet to return (which means the same production music are used) and they're all songs from The Weather Channel's Smooth Jazz [=CDs=].

* FanNickname: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yis90B7-Fu4 We're All Gonna Die Mode]]", or simply "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE9AQgsJwmU Red Mode]]" -- whenever severe weather coverage is happening, meaning the music gets dramatic and dark, while the graphics shift into a darker color palette and the logo goes from blue to red.

** The moment when Mike Bettes himself teared up on camera while covering tornado damage in Joplin, Missouri, in 2010.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Apparently got this way in regards to global warming for awhile, to the point where various personalities from the channel were actually making ''threats'' against AGW skeptics. This prompted some wags to suggest a new byline of, "The Weather Channel: We know where you live". They still tend to get rather preachy about it on a regular basis.

** Weatherscan plays very beautiful music 24 hours a day all while providing weather information. Some even tune in to the channel [[JustHereForGodzilla simply for the music]], with many leaving it on in the background during the day or overnight as great snoozing music. Here is a [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFDD5E9381CDC9B1B playlist]] of all of the songs that can currently be heard on the channel.

** Weather All the Time (the slogan it been used since 2013) is a mixed bag to the viewers. Some like the addition of weather information running 24/7. Others doesn't like how they ditched monthly playlists in favor of production music (which play the same tracks too much where it sounds repetitive), the bland map design, and still hate that the reality shows are still eating up the channel, especially during the weekends where there's only 8 hours of live weather broadcasting.

* FunForSome: One of the ultimate examples of a default "start channel" on a cable system and one that is watched for hours by those either fascinated by weather systems or not energetic enough to change the channel.

* {{Sadist}}: Many of the TV personalities seem like this when covering a horrific Hurricane or Tornado but are smiling for joy like children on Christmas Morning (and can't contain their excitement or joy). Makes for a disturbing contrast with the clips of property being damages by weather or the people dumbstruck because they have lost everything.
** Most assuredly not the case, however, when reporting live from the damage zone.