Talk:Seddie/@comment-4257094-20150410152445

Another day, another story about Viacom's decline. http://recode.net/2015/04/06/viacom-says-the-internet-made-its-reruns-less-valuable/

"$750 million restructuring charge" "weaker ratings "write-downs of underperforming programming" "firing a lot of people" Ouch.

So basically their excuse is that reruns of their shows like Jersey Shore and Teen Mom no longer have any value because people now go to YouTube, Vine or Netflix if they want something to watch.

I think Viacom is somewhat to blame for this. If they actually went behind properties with actual long-term value and not flash-in-the-pan shows like the ones aforementioned, maybe people would watch your reruns. For example, I would happily sit down for a rerun of Friends. To put it simply, if your shows are garbage, no one is going to want to watch them later.

Also, if people are increasingly watching things online, why don't you capitalize on this instead of complaining about how you're being hurt? Smh. I am more than happy to see Big Cable struggling.