Motor Trend Shows- Gone?

Dan the man said
Graveyard cars renewed for 2024 but it's not as good as it was. I really liked full custom garage because Ian builds cars from what ever is available for him to use. Texas Metal is okay, iron resurrection isn't bad. Most of those shows are for high end builds for those who have deep pockets. But, I have to agree that this year has been poor

I like Ian's builds, also.

Big Dad said
I've been a non-cable, satellite, internet tv guy for about 7 years .. all free ota stuff only .. but, recently the man behind the curtain is winning ..

whomever took 5 of my favorite channels away , replaced others with black TV (guess its ok to say it because they say " all black all day" on the commercials they run )

so, I'm down to grit (westerns) Metv ( andy griffith 24-7 lol) and metoons old cartoons .. most of them buffer and pixelate out all the time too

I will make it thru summer but, by winter I might cave in and get dish again

really don't want to however

I've been non-cable for about 3 years. No plans to go back.

Josh owen said
I basically strictly watch YouTube these days. Never run out of New stuff to watch and it's free

My mainstay, also.

junkyardhero said
it's probably an unfortunate consequence of production cycles synching up with the acquisition and subsequent sale of certain arms of production and programming.

MotorTrend Group owns and produces these shows-- seemingly in house, i'm not going to dig around and see if they IC thru a 2ndary production company-- so it would make sense that they would press pause on everything while rolling out already made content as they figure out how to move forward, in this case, to see if the #'s are there (read: money) to continue making the programming.

this merger laid off absolutely huge swaths of people and shuttered tons on nominally successful shows in other demos so it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they took it to only u-tube or streaming.

I can understand that. But they should explain that to their loyal customers!

rumblefish360 said
Possibly. Not for nothin, but if my wife had to commute to Cali for work several times a year and I had to be Mr. Mom all alone, I’d be pissed myself. Which explains a lot of single mom’s attitude. I don’t and can’t blame them for that crap.

On the flip side, if I had to do the type of traveling, I’d probably tell ya to stick it. I’ll do it at home or find something else because that kind of commute is an insanity.

I don’t think his wife “HAD TO TELL HIM” but I’m sure she mentioned what a drag it is without him. Besides, why would you want to leave your wife if all is good?

Why would you want to leave your wife AND kids? They only grow up once, and need the influence of both parents, when possible.