I can't believe this!!!! [:@]

I just sent them a scathing email too. I don't agree with all the marijuana leafs on their website, but to each his own. Their hunting shows were the last little bit of TV sanctuary we have left!! I'm done watching them now and forever. Spike TV can kiss my a$$!!! [:@]

Butch

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Done

If you'd have bothered to take the time to click on the marijuana banner, you'd have found it's an anti-drug site. If you'd look at the owners of MTV and Spike, you'd see MTV is the MTV Network. Spike is owned by Viacom. Anyone know if MTV sold Spike to Viacom or is Viacom is the parent company of MTV Network?

As for them dropping their outdoor programming, I've been expecting that for two years, ever since they turned TNN into The National Network or 'The NEW TNN.' The ONLY real shocker is it took this long for them to do it. Maybe the Outdoor Life channel will pick up some of those shows and replace their bicycle crap with 'em.

http://www.spiketv.com/about_us.jhtml

That is the link on their page that says who owns them.

Sent my letter in

I guess that they feel that all the "Real" men are into cars and how to jack em up or put a new damn exhaust on them. WTF cares about that!!??!! Cause that's all I see on Saturdays now. I keep turning to it hoping I'll see a hunting show someday and NOTHING.

I am surprised at some of the reactions to this. Only one person had the sense to say that this was expected sooner. Send all the emails you want. Go ahead and type out a good 4 pager with lots of harsh words. They won't be read. Period.

They don't care! They bought the network and they are going to do what they want with it. We could all band together and send them 80,000 emails and it wouldn't make a difference.

I simply don't watch it. I watch the Outdoor Channel. It has some good shows.

TBO

Well, I only partially agree with you...

You are correct to say that the emails wil go largely unread. If you are not part of their target audience, they are not going to care.

However, if you really want to reach any entertainment company, you have to hit them where it hurts - contact the advertisers on that network. I can gaurentee you that if an advertiser on SpikeTV go 80,000 emails saying they were going to stop watching ANY SpikeTV because of management decisions, they would contact management and then SpikeTV would listen.

Let it go and good riddance!

Personally, as a man and an outdoor sportsman I would not want to be associated with the network. Flaunting one's male machismo is similar to homosexuals flaunting their homosexuality. Both types are insecure.