{"id":128622,"date":"2015-11-06T15:43:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T22:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/06\/aliens-are-getting-rid-of-the-h2-channel.html"},"modified":"2015-11-08T09:15:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T16:15:39","slug":"aliens-are-getting-rid-of-the-h2-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/06\/aliens-are-getting-rid-of-the-h2-channel.html","title":{"rendered":"ALIENS ARE GETTING RID OF THE H2 CHANNEL!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, wait, it&#39;s not <i>Aliens,<\/i> it&#39;s <i>A&amp;E.<\/i>  The network will be replacing (in early 2016) H2 with a Vice channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/tv\/news\/vice-h2-a-and-e-1201483429\/\">http:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/tv\/news\/vice-h2-a-and-e-1201483429\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have to say, I&#39;ll be sorry to see it go. H2 is our default broadcast\/cable channel, since we rarely watch live TV. That means between DVR sessions, movies, etc., we&#39;ll nine time out of ten get some sort of entertainingly zany ancient astronauts show (often involving Giorgio Tsoukalos, shown below).<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s all silly, but it&#39;s usually good for a nice chuckle before we start watching something else. <\/p>\n<p>Ah, well, someday people will ask, &quot;Is it even possible that there was an entire channel devoted to strange conspiracy theories, and that the channel was actually part of the History Channel network?&quot; And, hopefully, Mr Tsoukalos will be right there to answer &quot;Yes. Yes it is.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6214170837315440241\/6214170844110668338'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-lp_tvrWFp4k\/Vj0rdWjOQjI\/AAAAAAADbrY\/_wzc6-g2J3c\/Giorgio%2BTsoukalos%2Byes%2Bit%2Bis.gif?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/6C1KHs2g4Re'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, wait, it&#39;s not Aliens, it&#39;s A&amp;E. The network will be replacing (in early 2016) H2 with a Vice channel. http:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/tv\/news\/vice-h2-a-and-e-1201483429\/ I have to say, I&#39;ll be sorry to see it go. H2 is our default broadcast\/cable channel, since we rarely watch live TV. That means between DVR sessions, movies, etc., we&#39;ll nine time out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/06\/aliens-are-getting-rid-of-the-h2-channel.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ALIENS ARE GETTING RID OF THE H2 CHANNEL!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,381,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-conspiracy-nuts","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Giorgio+Tsoukalos+yes+it+is.gifimgmax=660.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129472,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/12\/things-i-didnt-know-about-actors-i-thought-i-knew.html","url_meta":{"origin":128622,"position":0},"title":"Things I Didn&#039;t Know About Actors I Thought I Knew","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 12-Jan-16 11:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So we leave H2 as our default channel on the cable box because we rarely watch live TV (DVR FTW!) and it's always amusing, after a show is over, to hear Giorgio Tsoukalos waxing lyrical about aliens before we start watching the next DVRed show.Except tonight there was an actual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Buckaroo-Banzai.gifimgmax%3D660.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Buckaroo-Banzai.gifimgmax%3D660.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Buckaroo-Banzai.gifimgmax%3D660.gif?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51301,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/29\/maybe-h2-should-hire-the-cracked-writers.html","url_meta":{"origin":128622,"position":1},"title":"Maybe H2 should hire the Cracked writers","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 29-May-15 6:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Every other night seems to be \"Ancient Astronaut Marathon Night\" on the H2 channel, but those folk take themselves so seriously (hairstyles aside), it's just frustrating watching more than a few breathless-toned minutes of any of it.Now, if they hired the Cracked team -- I'd watch the heck out of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128446,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/for-when-h2-takes-over-animal-planet.html","url_meta":{"origin":128622,"position":2},"title":"For when H2 takes over Animal Planet","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 27-Oct-15 10:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This guy will be right there for all the documentaries.(This one's for +The Bruce, Mile High and +Kay Hill) Originally shared by +John Ward: This made me laugh far more than it should have. \u00a0 View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12019792_10153602682517731_2991164096881337937_n.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":128185,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/29\/in-search-of-the-secret-chambers-of-king-tuts-tomb.html","url_meta":{"origin":128622,"position":3},"title":"In Search of the Secret Chambers of King Tut&#039;s Tomb!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 29-Sep-15 4:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Sounds like a bad documentary on the H2 channel (only missing references to Ancient Astronauts), but archaeologists seem convinced there's something still hidden away in there -- they're only arguing over what the chambers are for. 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