Local 62-year-old dad Carl Strungis reportedly spends hours glued to The History Channel, absorbing absolutely nothing except the vague sense that explosions are cool and America rules.
In the late 90s/early 2000s it was the WWII channel. Non-stop Third Reich munitions, strategies, successes, and failures. They may want to bring that back.
The Travel Channel has had better historical shows than The History Channel lately, maybe History should buy some of the old ones.
Eg Mysteries at the Museum - kinda funny editing but genuinely I learned SO MUCH History from this show and it really stuck with me. The story about Galloping Gertie and the dog stuck in the car for one.
Or Expedition Unknown, which that guy actually interviewed and nearly went on the Titanic sub. That episode was scrapped for safety concerns (lol) and not really historical, but he’s had plenty at old ruins etc.
I miss when the history channel was 90% Hitler content.
Hitler's rise to power. Hitler's war on the eastern front. Hitler's Nazi super megastructures. Hitler's downfall. Hitler's atomic weapon. Hitler's dog.
I unironically think it probably played a role. When I was growing up (and History Channel showed WWII history), it was generally just understood and accepted that Nazis were evil scum and Hitler was one of the worst people in the 20th century. It wasn't even up for debate.
It's probably more about the sabotaging of our public education system, but I think this is actually part of that.