History YMMV / TurnerClassicMovies

* TearJerker: "[[InMemoriam TCM Remembers]]", anyone? You know, those end-of-December montage bumpers dedicated to famous actors, directors, etc. who have passed on each year? Yeah, they ''definitely'' deserve a mention here. [[TearJerker/TelevisionChannels Much more detail here.]] [[https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/honoring-hollywoods-departed-the-art-of-creat/ Produced by TCM's Andrew Alonso and directed and edited by Scott Lansing of Sabotage Film Group]], and featuring beautifully {{repurposed pop song}}s from small indie artists, they can be heartrending even if you don't know who everybody was. Robert Osborne, who was the host of the channel ever since the network launched, died in 2017 and was included at the very end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA0-1QvnTA8 that year's "TCM Remembers" reel]], in a slot usually reserved for someone like Creator/ElizabethTaylor who has had a particularly rich legacy in classic film. They didn't even have to run his name at the bottom of the screen because everyone already knew.

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* BrokenBase: In 2021, TCM featured a month-long series, ''Reframed'', in which certain classic films with ValuesDissonance were analyzed and evaluated (''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' for its romanticized depiction of the Antebellum South, ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' for its use of {{Yellowface}}, etc.). The films were shown in their entirety, with the host segments at the beginning and the end of the films discussing the problematic elements of the films and what society can learn from them. TCM insists that the program was created to prevent the films from not being screened at all and becoming victims of "cancel culture", but that still hasn't stopped some people from saying that what they're doing ''is'' cancel culture because it admits to ValuesDissonance (rather than excusing or denying it). The series returned in November 2022 with a month of movies that helped advance discussion on controversial issues and/or broke down barriers in Hollywood filmmaking (''Film/GentlemansAgreement'', ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'', etc.).

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: The British channel Talking Pictures TV, which show classic British and Hollywood films/television shows.

* CultClassic: ''TCM Underground'', which ran Friday nights/early Saturday mornings (though it, like other blocks, took breaks in February for 31 Days of Oscar and August for Summer Under the Stars) from 2006-2023, focused on movies of this stripe, programmed as thematic {{Double Feature}}s. {{Exploitation Film}}s, {{Blaxploitation}} films, all kinds of horror films, {{Unintentional Period Piece}}s, SoBadItsGood movies, and just plain quirky movies had a place. Even the interstitial programming in the block consisted of vintage shorts that would make the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} gang smile. '''Very''' likely to run films that have fallen into KeepCirculatingTheTapes[=/=]out-of-print territory (the November 2020 titles included ''Film/NearDark'', ''Times Square'', and ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy''; since then, the latter two have had new physical media releases). It was also the only block without a regular host, a rare thing for TCM; it was initially hosted by Creator/RobZombie but he left pretty quickly (no one seems to know why).

** In TheNewTwenties, the network's increased spotlighting of post-1980s titles and '''especially''' the work of minority, female, and/or LGBTQ+ creatives has been met with a great deal of disdain from viewers who insist they cannot be considered classic movies, even if they have won awards and acclaim. Part of this has to do with such movies often falling outside SmallReferencePools, but it's telling that the channel's official Facebook page often has to block comments on posts highlighting these films when they take a turn towards the hateful. Since the mid-1990s, TCM's ''Race and Hollywood'' series has taken one month (usually May) to focus on non-white creators in front of and behind the camera with insightful commentary and interviews. Another such series is ''Screened Out'', featuring LGBTQ+ creators. Generally these were well-received rather than detracted as "woke".
* CultClassic: ''TCM Underground'', which and ran Friday nights/early Saturday mornings (though it, like other blocks, took breaks in February for 31 Days of Oscar and August for Summer Under the Stars) from 2006-2023, focused on movies of this stripe, programmed as thematic {{Double Feature}}s. {{Exploitation Film}}s, {{Blaxploitation}} films, all kinds of horror films, {{Unintentional Period Piece}}s, SoBadItsGood movies, and just plain quirky movies had a place. Even the interstitial programming in the block consisted of vintage shorts that would make the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} gang smile. '''Very''' likely to run films that have fallen into KeepCirculatingTheTapes[=/=]out-of-print territory (the November 2020 titles included ''Film/NearDark'', ''Times Square'', and ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy''; since then, the latter two have had new physical media releases). It was also the only block without a regular host, a rare thing for TCM; it was initially hosted by Creator/RobZombie but he left pretty quickly (no one seems to know why).

* CultClassic: ''TCM Underground'', which launched in 2006 and currently airs Friday nights/early Saturday mornings (though it, like other blocks, takes breaks in February for 31 Days of Oscar and August for Summer Under the Stars), focuses on movies of this stripe, programmed as thematic {{Double Feature}}s. {{Exploitation Film}}s, {{Blaxploitation}} films, all kinds of horror films, {{Unintentional Period Piece}}s, SoBadItsGood movies, and just plain quirky movies all have a place here. Even the interstitial programming in the block consists of vintage shorts that would make the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} gang smile. '''Very''' likely to run films that have fallen into KeepCirculatingTheTapes[=/=]out-of-print territory (the November 2020 titles included ''Film/NearDark'', ''Times Square'', and ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy''; since then, the latter two have had new physical media releases).
** It's also the only block without a regular host, a rare thing for TCM; it was initially hosted by Creator/RobZombie when it began in 2006, but he left pretty quickly (no one seems to know why).

* CultClassic: ''TCM Underground'', which launched in 2006 and currently airs Friday nights/early Saturday mornings (though it, like other blocks, takes breaks in February for 31 Days of Oscar and August for Summer Under the Stars), focuses on movies of this stripe, programmed as thematic {{Double Feature}}s. {{Exploitation Film}}s, {{Blaxploitation}} films, all kinds of horror films, {{Unintentional Period Piece}}s, SoBadItsGood movies, and just plain quirky movies all have a place here. Even the interstitial programming in the block consists of vintage shorts that would make the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} gang smile. '''Very''' likely to run films that have fallen into KeepCirculatingTheTapes[=/=]out-of-print territory (the November 2020 titles included ''Film/NearDark'', ''Times Square'', and ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'').

* CultClassic: ''TCM Underground'', which launched in 2006 and currently airs Friday nights/early Saturday mornings (though it, like other blocks, takes breaks in February for 31 Days of Oscar and August for Summer Under the Stars), focuses on movies of this stripe, programmed as thematic {{Double Feature}}s. {{Exploitation Film}}s, {{Blaxploitation}} films, all kinds of horror films, {{Unintentional Period Piece}}s, SoBadItsGood movies, and just plain quirky movies all have a place here. Even the interstitial programming in the block consists of vintage shorts that would make the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} gang smile. '''Very''' likely to run films that have fallen into KeepCirculatingTheTapes / out-of-print territory (the November 2020 titles included ''Film/NearDark'', ''Times Square'', and ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'').

* BrokenBase: In 2021, TCM featured a month-long series, ''Reframed'', in which certain classic films with ValuesDissonance were analyzed and evaluated (''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' for its romanticized depiction of the Antebellum South, ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' for its use of {{Yellowface}}, etc.). The films were shown in their entirety, with the host segments at the beginning and the end of the films discussing the problematic elements of the films and what society can learn from them. TCM insists that the program was created to prevent the films from not being screened at all and becoming victims of "cancel culture", but that still hasn't stopped some people from saying that what they're doing ''is'' cancel culture because it admits to ValuesDissonance (rather than excusing or denying it).

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Once you get past the sheer tearjerkingness of the “TCM Remembers” montages, you get a loving, well-done annual tribute to stars big and small, writers, technicians, composers, etc., who made a lasting impact on cinema, especially more obscure names that the Oscars and such often miss. Some years, they even edit in people who died in late December ''after the bumper has already aired.''[[note]]The producers joke that after these clipreels are released, they pray that everyone else "hang on through the holidays, ''please!''"[[/note]]
* TearJerker: ''[[InMemoriam TCM Remembers]]'', anyone? You know, those bumpers dedicated to famous directors/actors/etc. who have passed on each year? Yeah, they ''definitely'' deserve a mention here. [[TearJerker/TelevisionChannels Much more detail here.]] [[https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/honoring-hollywoods-departed-the-art-of-creat/ Produced by TCM's Andrew Alonso and directed and edited by Scott Lansing of Sabotage Film Group]], and featuring beautifully {{repurposed pop song}}s from small indie artists, they can be heartrending even if you don't know who everybody was. Robert Osborne, who was the host of the channel ever since the network launched, died in 2017 and was included at the very end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA0-1QvnTA8 that year's TCM Remembers reel]], in a slot usually reserved for someone like Creator/ElizabethTaylor who has had a particularly rich legacy in classic film. They didn't even have to run his name at the bottom of the screen because everyone already knew.