One of the channels on my television is VH1 Classics.  As the name implies, they play older videos.  The Classics channel is great.  Lots of videos, not a lot of speaking, and the commercials are very infrequent.  It is a very enjoyable way to watch music videos.

Lately I have noticed a slight growth in the all-talk and talk-intensive types of shows.  There is a program called "Hanging With..." which is a half interview/ half video show.  I also saw a show with Dee Snyder and some guy from Anthrax sitting at a table with two other guys, talking about being Jewish rock stars.  (Hanukkah special?)

I am a little worried by these developments, as it seems that VH1 Classics is gradually slipping away from the "all video" format.  I hope that this channel doesn't end up like VH1 or MTV (on the lower service tier) by becoming a channel that is extremely loosely related to music videos.  I fear that VH1 Classics may not be able to avoid the temptation to broadcast the rock stars of the past on some sort of stupid "reality" TV show -instead of old videos like they have now-.