ORIGINAL: WKP Todd
GMAT,
I hear you man - and thanks for the feedback. I talk to a TON of guys, and I don't think any of them ever makecomments like "That show was awesome" or "did you see this show?". More guys say things like "who is paying for this show" -or- "That was the worst show I've ever seen". There aresome good ones that I enjoy watching, but the majority IMOareno an enjoyment to watch.It is also somewhat rareto see whitetail bowhunting. This is pretty much all I enjoywatching. I've cancelled all my "sporting" channels for that reason. I would get more irritated watching them than I would enjoy them! Instead, I'd rather pay for the shows season DVD's, when I can watch the ones I want, and can fast-forward through commercials.
I think the hunting industry is currently in a TV Show frenzy - and at some point - when there are too many shows on the air - it's going to be very difficult to pay for the time slot because there isgoing to be too many shows - not enough sponsors - and most shows will just get lost in the shuffle. It all comes down to sponsorship.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly. The shows that are bad are made even worse in my eyes since I watch them more from a producer/editor point of view now rather than just a hunter's pov.
We are going to do TV one more time in 2009 to see if we can make it worth it. If we can't do any better than breaking even, then we'll step back and do the DVD's only. Everyone and their brother that has a digital camera thinks they can make dvd's and do a tv show and potential sponsors are so overloaded with requests (and many are tired of getting ripped off by "shows" that never make it to air) that it is becoming more than a full time job just to sell the advertising.