History Channel / A&E Television Networks
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I also signed up for Lifetime Membership and abruptly without any communication stopped receiving my magazines as did my husband with his Handyman magazines with the same company from Minnetonka MN. Whenever I've called the phone number I get a rep who speaks limited English trying to get my credit card info which I refuse to give. They say they need it to verify and to charge like $4 so I can have $200 card I supposedly won by calling. I explain I don't give that info but do give my member number. (Called them 2 times- there is something illegal I feel with the firm that answers - I may be wrong).
If class action suit my number is [protected] member since 2004.

I will get right to it.
You have degraded your existence to nothing more than a redundant exploration of the 60 IQ. I have seen much better history Docs on Youtube, and more of them. American nose pickers is getting old all day., as well as killing an alligator all day long.
I would like to fire your program director, and replace him for one day.
I know your ratings would achieve a marked excellence by no more than100%.

Best Regards, Christopher Ross

I can watch any other cable channel but your volume drifts from wow that's loud to what the [censored] are they whispering about when it looks like the actors are yelling. They make filters try and use them . This is ridiculous I like your lineup I just can't stand to watch because the volume of [censored]ed. It says that's too short of an itch you need to scratch. So. Fix your [censored] volume.

My 13 year old son and myself, his mom, were watching what we thought =
was a military show about Seal Team Six, what we, especially myself did =
not expect was to see pornography within this program. I am livid that =
there is even a need to install such graphic material. We already live =
in a time where sexual violence is portrayed within the news as normal =
because of people like Harvey Weinstein, so why would you demean women =
even more by placing such acts on public television. Anyone can turn and =
see this crap, and unfortunately my 13 year old now has, all because of =
poor leadership within the History Channel. Do you not understand how =
difficult it is to teach my children to honor and respect their =
significant others when this crap is played on cable. I really thought =
the History channel was a safe channel to turn to, well beginning =
tomorrow, I will have it removed. I hope that this email won't
reach deaf ears, and someone will actually do something about it,
because this is not the way women should be portrayed.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Angella Smith
May 28, 2018

Just watched your new show knife or death, great show, but I happen to notice during the Finale that Jason Johnson was given three penalties ... I only count 2, am I wrong? The " third " penalty was for the first water bottle being cut ... but you can see it's cut ...? so that being the case he would of won ? Maybe no one else noticed but I did ..maybe I'm wrong just looks like that's the case

I am not against airing this biography. What I am upset about and fighting against is showing David Cassidy at his worst moments. The scene where he is brought to the hospital and have to be hold because he is too weak. I saw another scene where he seems kind of lost but it is too short so I can't say which one it is. I have been a fan of David since I was 13 years old. I am 60. David brought love into my heart. Yes he was beyond gorgeous than, beautiful voice, great songs but mostly a genuine man with a great heart and too trusting. Unfortunately, he was not around to see the end of the filming of this biography and could not say what could or not could be aired. I believe very deeply he would not agree showing him in his most vulnerable state. David was a very proud man. I worked in the tv and movie industry and I know you still have time to edit some scenes. His REAL fans wants to see a biography that celebrate his life and his music not showing him when he got real sick. We already know and we are still heartbroken after 6 months. If you still have an ounce of heart and conscious and integrity you will delete these scenes. For David, to show him respect and dignity and his fans who don't want to see him in that state. This is basic human compassion. Thank you for taking my demand into consideration.

A&E recently began airing a trailer for the upcoming doc on David Cassidy: The Last Session. He was a music and acting icon for 5 decades, but had to retire due to his health. Now A&E has aired a new trailer that shows him in pain, crying. This is not what anybody who loves Cassidy believed they would get. It is disgusting and deceptive journalism.

This show is glorifying animal cruelty. It's obvious these guys gain twisted pleasure from pulling a wild animal out of its habitat and torturing it until they shoot it in the head. Why any network would think this show is acceptable to air is beyond me. There are a few programs I used to enjoy watching on your network but every time I try to watch one of these shows I see a commercial where baited gator is getting pulled out of the water and about to be shot. Stop this show if you have any decency or care about anything but money.

Your program credits Washington crypto analysts as breaking the Japanese naval code
that enabled Adm Nimitz to destroy four Jap carriers at the battle of Midway.
Nay, you have made a gross error!
It was Cdr Joe Rochefort at station Hypo at Pearl Harbor that came up with AF as being Midway.
He is the one who had the message sent out from Midway concerning the water distillation plant that confirmed Midway was the Jap target.
Please correct this misinformation for an old retired Naval Aviator 👍

Hello

I recently discovered this program which I really enjoy watching. What is upsetting though is that animals are being killed for no reason. The animals are only used to test the the contestants finished weapons. Can you please consider refraining from killing animals just to test the blades on.

Please really think about request. It is totally reasonable!

Thank you so much for your consideration.

Rachelle LeBlanc

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Viewers trust that the information provided in your programs is factual, but the "facts" about the battle of the Alamo are far from factual. Your program stated that the battle for the Alamo lasted 90 minutes.

The Alamo was "actually" under siege for 13 days. This is a big difference in the eyes of a native Texan!

If you are claiming to tell history, please get the facts right.

I am sick of seeing "real men" who are actually millionaires with manicures portrayed as the working man. These shows are clearly scripted. Real working men hate their lives, don't have manicures, and definitely don't own wineries. Please take all of your "reality shows" off the air. The History channel is my main channel, and I watch it for documentaries, etc. Another agreeable option is to make the reality shows real, with actual working class men.

The writers of this show present their work as fact -- presenting criminals, law enforcement, and newspaper journalists to support their story. They never wrote to or interviewed the subject of their documentary -- James Bulger. Why is it that all the stories of Bulger are based on the word of serial murderers who in turn for their stories, received a get out of jail card? Why is it that stories of Bulger are based on the words of journalists who never met him, never corresponded with him, never interviewed him? One of these journalists actually partnered with serial killers, given get out of jail cards, to write his books on Bulger.
If you're going to present a documentary, then go for the facts -- talk to the source.Be willing to name all the bad guys -- including the DOJ, FBI, and news media! The History Channel is putting out too much nonsense. Fake History!
I've met Bulger. I've interviewed him. I can tell you that his story is worth listening to!
Janet Uhlar, author of The Truth Be Damned

This is third and last time requesting someone do something to remove violent blade slashing human figures made of (appears to be soft rubber) flesh type rubber. History channel is bringing more and more violence to the station and pays no attention to showing it during day time hours for kids and sicko's. Slashing human body replica or slicing head off is simply not for TV ..how in hell will we wver change bad culture. This is no worse than the killer video games. It needs to be off the TV completely.
Next step will be legal ramifications.

The History Channel used to be one of my favorites due to the great documentaries and historical films I could see there. Not any more. It seems that more often or not when I tune in, I end up seeing some crappy reality TV program. Many of them, such as The Secret of Oak Island, for example, have little or nothing to do with history and are of no interest to me whatsoever. Other times, I see programming that, although very interesting, I find myself questioning just how much of it I can believe. The reason? Well, often when watching programming about something I know a great deal about, I find all sorts of historical error or inaccuracies. A good example was the program I was watching just the other morning. It was called The Ancient Top 10. This one was about ancient civilizations. I switched it off when for the very first civilization the showed the ancient city of Teotihuacan un México and called it an Aztec city. Seriously? Teotihuacan had been abandoned for centuries before the Aztecs arrived. It certainly was NOT an Aztec city. Thing like that really get my goat. I wish you would do more real historical programming and less reality TV an dncheck your contents for validity before airing.

PLEASE get your spokesperson Ms. Applebee (?) to pronounce Sojourner Truth's name correctly! What kind of crazy producer doesn't research correct pronunciation of a historic name when the person is the subject of the production!?!
Sojourn - a passage to a destination
Sojourner - one who completes the passage
Sojourner Truth - her chosen name because she chose to make her life a journey towards exposing truth
This is very significant, so the butchered pronunciation of her name detracts from her voice!

I am wondering what became of our "Life Membership " . I have just moved and was going to update addresses, when it occurred to me I haven't received anything in a very long time. Even the junk mail promoting other history items stopped. Since we paid for a "Lifetime " membership and you and I are still alive, something needs to be resolved. My contact email is [protected]@live.com. I would appreciate some response.

I have just about banned History Channel from my house -- as much as I used to enjoy it -- because the show Swamp People is absolutely the most offensively ignorant and implausible farce on television today. I am from the deep South, I live in the deep South, and my mother worked with alligators from before I was born. She was an educated herpetologist and -- literally -- alligator wrangler. Nobody speaks or acts like the people you've put a spotlight on, and the few who do are dangerously [censor] criminals, by and large. I am personally offended by the misinformation you've spread about a location and life I hold dear. And I find it outrageous that you go so far as to completely invent an apparently brand new form of Native American ideology and call it 'tradition'. Please, reconsider. I liked when your programming included facts and, you know, history.

The Vikings Series on the History Channel is full of violence. Beheading, slicing a body in half, hanging people by their skin, torture, murder and showing blood and guts are things only demented producers would want to show on TV. People are influenced by these kinds of programs. You wonder why people are killing others in this world. Please Take that show off the air!