How Spike TV Became The FAILED Manosphere Network. 

It sucks that Spike, had to go through an excessive amount of rebrands and a lot of the shows have been lost to time. P.S: Great material as always. I literally just got the Immigrants DVD

Dude, i fucking LOVE your videos. you fill a very specific niche that I have for TV related videos and your videos fill that void pretty well. Keep up the great work, Stagehands.

I'll never forget that Family Guy cutaway that perfectly describes SpikeTv, "Full of Stuff Men Like."

I only really knew Spike TV as "that place where 1000 ways to die airs". I didn't know The Game Awards got their start there. It actually explains a lot about why The Game Advertisements have basically become a glorified E3 reboot.

You and billiam double dipping on the same day, on the same topic, is so fire. I'm watching both 😂

As cringey and tacky as it was, I loved it back in the day. It’s what introduced most people to the UFC and look at where that company is now.

I just finished the Billiam iceberg video on Spike. How crazy.

I used to love watching reruns of Mad TV and weirdly, the Star Wars trilogy on Spike TV.

I would love to see a TV channel that's like a weird combination of Stoner comedy combined with Hallmark channel and Spike TV

Ngl, I did like watching Manswers, Deadliest Warrior, 1,000 ways to die. But MXC was the best show that they aired, aside from Gametrailers TV.

I'm glad to see Afro Samurai being shown. The show is just brilliant with Samuel L Jackson himself.

Six words: Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon. I loved when WWE and other stuff like Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street movies would air though.

The Spike's show "Manswers" push the limits similarly to "Howard Stern" & "The Opie & Andie Show". Spike was one of the last of a politically correct era.

Man, I tell you. Back in the day nothin' best going out to Arby's to grab a MAN SIZED SANDWICH to watch a REAL MAN'S NETWORK after a long day of doing a MAN'S JOB at the construction site. Seriously though wtf imagine using your wealth to sue a network cause it has your first name.

The only shows I remember Spike TV were 1,000 ways to Die and MXC. These shows are *SO UNDERAPPRICIATED!!*

Another good video! Nice job!

I went to Spike TV to watch wrestling like WWE and later TNA but I fell in love with shows like Manswers, 1000 Ways To Die and Gamehead.

Spike TV was a Wild Network, wild it did have the Ren & Stimpy Adult Party shoe which is not well liked, they also had some hilarious shows like "Manswer." Also they aired anime Afro Samurai which is a classic.

Bar Rescue is my favorite thing on the Paramount Network.

SpikeTV ran into the same problem alot of specialty channels in the 2000s and 2010s ran into: Unless you're a TNT, TBS, FX, or USA, you're gonna struggle with getting viewers on niche content. Channels like SyFy, A&E, and AMC all rebranded to be generic drama content, while channels like Comedy Central or MTV are on life-support themselves. SpikeTV is oddly nostalgic for me, but it had an admittedly short shelf-life as a concept.

I used to watch Ink Master and Bar Rescue. I also liked Deadliest Warrior

McFolly seemed to have been a good presenter for Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors, brought a good energy. Sad that the logistics for the the US branch was so weak. Aint easily getting teams and their 100kg machines over to the UK for filming.

This RU-vid channel is what I've been looking for. Someone as obsessed with television (especially cable television) as I am lol

I remember Spike TV really well in my younger years And honestly I only watch it for 3 reasonsn When they had Monday Night Raw, When they had TNA & 1000 Ways To Die (One of my favorite shows of all times) That being said, I never really cared about any of the other programs on there

Spike had nothing to do with the Manosphere. That wasn't even a thing when Spike was around. Seriously, what's wrong with having a network aimed at guys?

I miss watching TNA on Spike TV every Thursday night

Spike (or now known as Paramount Network) is probably the weakest network from Paramount. Ren and Stimpy: APC really ruined the network's identity, tbh.

A manosphere network is such a bizarre concept lol.

5:08 As a professional wrestling historian, I should correct you on one thing: It was Jeff Jarrett who founded Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2002; their flagship show "Impact!" debuted on June 4, 2004 and it didn't premiere on Spike until October 1, 2005. Their broadcast deal sadly ended in 2014.

Seeing the man show zikki zakki reminded me that when I engage with my German heritage and we do the that tradition drinking blessing, I'm reminded of Adam and Jimmy and their crazy show.

It was beloved for its time. Unfortunately for Spike how they cater it was going to be a temporary solution.

Honestly it’s far more accurate to say it was “bro culture” unless someone’s only reference to Spike TV was Manswers or Stripperella. While we can say it was product of its time and or cringe I will say it holds a soft spot for airing shows like Afro Samurai, 1000 Ways to Die, Deadliest Warrior that I can’t see being on another network.

Just subbed to your channel and i grew up watching it

Thanks!

I love yr vids

I mostly remember their Star Wars marathons, at least they had the decency to keep the original aspect ratio unlike TNT/ TBS did

Paramount network now, the only show I watch is Bar Rescue. But at this point just make it Jon Taffer's private channel.

Spike TV was definitely a product of its time with a few shows that I did enjoy such as 1000 Ways to Die. But even then it's because that series leaned into sheer absurdity for its best laughs.

The only reason I would watch spike tv was because of 1000 ways to die 😂😂. My cousin alex got me into it 😂😂.

Lowkey, if they rebooted this and andrew tate or freash and fit where hosts, it would be hilarious the earlier 2000s where definitely a wild time 🤣

I miss Deadliest Warrior 😭

I loved Deadliest Warrior and MXC.

Requests. * How UPN failed local broadcasting. * How Noggin failed basic young publicity.

I liked ‘ Stripperella ‘ lol

I think my dad used to watch that frr

It's poison tv

*only in the 2000's*

I lmfaoook

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Even as a teenager, I knew this channel was hard cringe.

Spike was dead-ass garbage and kind of bueno sometimes bossman.

never really watched spike tv myself, alot of the stuff on it was quite offensive

Wouldn’t call it manosphere but it was dude bro culture. I’ll say this as a kid I only watched it for tna or inkmaster. The problem was it was low effort and being a bad niche because the internet was doing it better, look at how comparing early RU-vid and spike and the thing is one is authentic and one smells like how it do fellow kids. If anything to give a comparison to spike tv was comedy central at their time being just a crude networks but just one catered to a more broader audience and the other went for niche audiences that’ll watch when their shows on, old show that weren’t expensive to air or shows friends to laugh at. Be real did anyone take manswers serious. When they didn’t catered to adults but 16 year olds that wanted to feel adult

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