[kbenson]

Connections was one of my favorite shows when I was younger, and it played on cable. I think it was the Discovery channel, as hard as that is to imagine now. I really miss the Discovery channel of my youth, when it was a gateway to science and history, and not primarily a vehicle of reality TV programming. At least I assume it still is, I abandoned it long ago (not long after it abandoned me).

[sixplusone]

I think it was The Learning Channel, before it went to complete TLC shit with incipid "reality" drama all day.

[kbenson]

Yep, that sounds about right. I think maybe Discovery isn't quite as bad as I made it sound (even if it did go down hill some), but TLC just went straight to all reality shows, and I was conflating them.