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29 September 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The History Channel has an unfortunate history of sensationalizing history for the sake of entertainment. Consider the promo for the network’s recent special on the Tate/Labianca murders. It’s not enough that the program recounts the tragic events leading up to the Manson Family’s horrific crimes. The promo is edited like a slasher film, complete with a hard rock soundtrack, as if to attract Rob Zombie’s thrill-seeking fan base. As if that wasn’t offensive enough, the promo ends with the History Channel logo sprinkled with the type of CG blood that would be more at home on FEARnet.

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This dumbed down approach to educational programming was apparent in the first couple seasons of “The Universe.” Apparently the creative minds behind this series didn’t think the mysterious nature of our surrounding existence was interesting enough to hold the attention spans of its Add-riddled viewers. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

1 article from 2009