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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Rust valley restorers production film crew.

On October 2nd 2022, Rust Valley restorers was doing some filming on Eva Road. Avery shoaf one of the co-stars has an illegal business at 2264 Eva Road. It has been the focus of many episodes. During filming the road and more importantly a busy intersection is compromised by traffic on Eva Road. Primarily illegally part on the road just around a busy corner. On this particular day, after having a auto wreck auction, the film crew came up the street to my location at 2279 Eva Road and proceeded to film the people in my front yard as well as myself on my front porch. They were verbally abusive and claim to have every right to point their production camera onto my private property. When they were confronted they became even more verbally abusive and claimed that I had no rights in this situation and that they were well within their rights to film anything they wanted from the public Street. It is my understanding that they need to be cautious about where they Point their cameras. At any rate they were clearly not professional and again verbally abusive. I've grown tired of the bullying and abusive Behavior that has emanated from that property. I would especially name Avery shoaf as the main perpetrator of this bad social behavior. The improper filming was way over the line and also included a drone flyover of my property and my neighbors property. I'm seeking further action to limit or at least admonish the show's production company.

Desired outcome: I would like an apology from both Avery shoaf and the film crew. I've been assaulted on the street, I've been yelled at in my driveway, yesterday was the last straw. Please attempt to do something about this Renegade production.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Advertising on History Channel

We just downloaded the History Channel and now that we are watching it the Pro-Abortion advertising in Minnesota is getting ridiculous. Every break seems to have one of these ads. We understand the need for ad income but there is a limit to how often these ads need to be published.

09/22/2022 Another few days and still the same almost every ad has a Minnesota Pro-Abortion ad so why are they being so aggressive and obnoxious with their ads.

Desired outcome: Response please.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Lawsuit against Reelz for show On Patrol: Live.

A&E cancelled my favorite show 'Live PD' without just cause. Now, A&E has filed a lawsuit against Reelz to try and cancel their new show 'On Patrol: Live' without just cause. A&E has caused and is is still causing damage to American consumers everywhere who want to watch and have a right to watch police officers do their jobs on TV. If A&E thinks they own police officers or Dan Abrams, they are seriously delusional. A&E did not invent on-duty police shows. By A&E's own measure, the producer of the show 'Cops' should sue A&E for stealing their idea. I haven't watched A&E since they cancelled Live PD, and I hope everyone will stop watching A&E so it will disappear off of my cable channel lineup. I also think consumers forced to have A&E in their cable package should seriously consider coming together and filing a class action lawsuit against A&E.

Desired outcome: A&E must drop the lawsuit against Reelz and the show On Patrol: Live.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Obvious setup

I’m disappointed with forged in fire. Jesse twice now did the bare minimum. Grinding away at least one layer which technically shouldn’t meet requirements and still goes through. Now he puts such a small twist that no pattern can be seen and they still let him win. Shame on forged in fire. If you don't have to make perimeters and they are just going to give money to who they want to win isn't it false advertising? Isn't it also taking advantage of them other competitors?

Desired outcome: Revoke Jessie's winning and have a public apology.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks ancient aliens

The people on the show makes claims that are completely unfounded. If they were to make those comments in from of a psychiatrist they would be sent to the nearest mental insitution. Take this show off the air.

Desired outcome: Take this show off the air.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Focus on Family ads

I love watching the Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. It's a nice escape for me at the end of a hard day and after so much horrible news. I'm semi-retired. I used to work with engineers, and so enjoy watching them work out what's going on and what experiment to try next. But I was appalled last night at seeing several commercials for Focus on the Family asking for donations for their "crisis pregnancy centers" where pregnant women get ultrasounds along with inaccurate and misleading information. What they do may be legal, but it is highly unethical. The ads are another reminder that women today have less rights than guns in America. Women should have right to choose when it comes to birth control and pregnancy. I don't want to see this type of ad, especially when I'm watching a show that I love. The first time I saw this ad, it took me right out of the experience of unwinding after a tough day. The second time I saw this ad, I wanted to change the channel and watch something else. Focus on the Family has a history of promoting eugenics, working to ban abortions everywhere for any reason. They are also anti gay marriage and LGBT families. They actually still promote conversion therapy. ACK!

Desired outcome: Please stop running the Focus on the Family ads.

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Nathan Melton
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Apr 15, 2023 11:13 pm EDT
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I couldn’t agree more. I’m watching The curse Of oak island one of my favorite shows and every other commercial is the Focus On The Family one about abortion. Focus on the Family has been criticized by psychiatrists, psychologists, and social scientists for misrepresenting their research in order to bolster its religious ideology and political agenda, as well as for their anti-LGBT views. They fight equal rights, promote conversion therapy, and believe trans people are ill. And that’s just their anti lgbtqia+ agenda. They have the same respect for facts when they are pushing their “pro-life” agenda and donating directly to take away a woman’s right to choose and defunding of educational resources. This is a highly politicized and extenuating ideological organization that has the blood of countless kids who committed suicide because they attempted to covert them on their hands while simultaneously promoting “life”. History channel is not the right channel and your viewers not the right audience for this ad and you should return their advertising dollars ASAP and wash your hands before their hate blood stains History Channel.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks History ch series "The Men Who Built America"

Watching the first episode of this series, I was appalled to see and hear Donald Trump commenting as an expert. In looking further, I see the series was created in 2012, so at that time it may have been appropriate, however, today, seeing this twice-impeached, con man who attempted to overthrow a free and fair US election, and may be (should be) prosecuted for felony crimes, going back years, culminating on Jan. 6, 2021 in a violent attempted insurrection which he planned, and initiated, including over 3 hours of inaction (dereliction of duty) during which people were killed, is objectionable.

Desired outcome: Preface episodes including Mr Trump with disclaimers clarifying the history. Ideally, edit those parts out completely.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Idolization of Nelson Mandela (communist)

Through most South African documentaries, Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid era was seen as a renaissance. The fact of South African history is much more bloody. Truth is hidden. Please contact Solidariteit for a full verified documentary about the bloody, murderous drive that Mandela, his cadres, wife and others did to achieve the freedom that South Africans are currently lacking of. Nelson Mandela killed 27 innocent people in a bombing. Therefor he was imprisoned. His wife in the early 90's authorised "necklasing".. A method used to kill fellow black people by the thousands by means of putting used car tyres around bound victims, burned alive with petrol thrown over them. More than 15000 black people were killed by the blacks by blacks, compared to the 1500 by the Apartheid regime. Get your facts right. Commjnist propaganda got to you! The same heros of Africa today followed the propaganda of allied USSR then.

Desired outcome: Do a factional history review. The material is available from Solodariteit. Stop making Communist allies heros. Truth are being hidden.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks propaganda against white Christians and possibly terrorisms

over the last year or so, my group has noticed a pattern of bad behavior from your company against white Christians , every second commercial is a black or brown man with a white women and when there is a white man he is small ugly and scrawny ,, nothing like the black men you put on ,, also my history never said Canadians had slaves if that was before it was even Canada that's propaganda also the native Indians had slaves we all know about that ,, so if you don't do a show on that ,then its all propaganda ,, if you are a American owned channel then it is terrorism against my people in Ontario they get none of this propaganda ,, that's what makes you criminals against my people // I wonder if I go down and just charge your company with these crimes and it gets on the news if you will keep up your bad behavior against my people ,, we all understand your agenda against Christian white males its very easy to see thru your pattern of behavior over time . do you honestly think it would be that hard to prove you have an agenda that is negative against my people ... I hope your company is not terrorist's trying to make white Christians look like crap because that is what you are doing . This is not a joke , I suggest you take it seriously . I can charge you just so the

"honest news channels" will push that story , that's a fact ! I would contact your lawyers . because we already have .All we did was record for the last year or so, all the negative commercials against white Christians. I live in Canada B,C .( The definition of terrorism in this context is valid ).

Desired outcome: you will stop with the propaganda immediately , go ask a lawyer we already did . he agrees with us. .[protected]@gmail.com I want you to answer all my questions for our group to read .. p.s I got this email thru a third party .

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Life time member of the History Channel Club

I became a life time member([protected]) in 05/2003. I recieved the benefits for a while and then they quit coming. I want to know if this club is still in existence. If it is I want to know why I quit getting the benefits. Lourn Doan [protected]@aol.com 2316 N Wilson Royal Oak Michigan 48073

Desired outcome: Please advise me of the above. I would like a refund if there no longer a History Channel Club.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Lost car rescue

These so called cars they are pulling out of the bush are fake. No way these vehicles look like they do after 50 years. I will show you what an actual vehicle looks like after 50 years in the forest. What a crock of [censored]. The people on your show are complete fake actors that obviously don't know [censored]. You want a real show? Contact me. I will show what real car rescue is

Desired outcome: The truth

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Service

I work hard to purchase a data plan in order to watch curse of oak island and during the course of a 1 hour program u force me to pay for 30 yes I counted 30 commercial. Im disgusted at the fact that u would have such disregarded for ur customer's that give blood, sweat, and tears to watch ur channel threw roku this is really unbelievable when u think about it I'm literally paying for those 30 commercials very disappointed in the history channel I will be finding another way to watch my programs. Very unhappy with the service u provide...

Desired outcome: A change

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Dec 22, 2021 12:39 pm EST

Very unhappy with history channel

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Dec 22, 2021 12:58 pm EST
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so ah whats wrong with the commercials?

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks unable to watch History channel streaming program

I would like to watch a program streaming on the History Channel website. Unfortunately, upon trying to sign in, through my cable provider (Optimun), it did not recognize my password.

I changed the password, updated it with a new one, which was acceptable. When I went to sign in again to watch, The Toys That Built America, the website still didn't recognize the changed password.

I then called my Cable provider, thinking they could help me with this problem since they provide my internet service, but they could not help me. They referred me to you by providing a nonworking phone number. I tried to contact A&E by another phone number to reach History Channel and was sent to a full voice mailbox. As a last resort, I a reaching out by email.

I am planning to disconnect my cable service and stream all the shows I currently watch on History and A&E. Please help me with this problem.

Sincerely,
Cheri Lefkowitch
Norwalk, CT

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Shipping Wars

I've been watching Shipping Wars for 10 years and is a favorite of mine. The new "woke" episodes are terrible and, reluctantly, I'm done watching. Poor Roy is turning over in his grave. :(

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Programming

I wanted to be brief and to the point, but had to fill in the required number of characters. Stop doing back to back stupid reruns of nonsense "reality " shows. Show.. I don't know... how about HISTORY programs and documentaries? Because you're called the HISTORY channel!

Desired outcome: Change and update programming

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Oct 26, 2022 3:52 pm EDT
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Recently you cut back on showing "Forged in Fire" reruns. I understand that but would prefer instead that you create more shows. The basic show allows many variations in format and process and I'd like to see those pursued. One could challenge a dozen blade smiths to make a particular knife/sword at home taping examples of them working and then a show basically about testing the blades. One could find collections of blade smiths sharing a forge and have challenges between those. The list of possibilities is endless and I'd prefer exploring more of them than cutting down and certainly far more than cancelling the show.

Tom Clarke tfclarke@verizon.net

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Life Time Membership

I joined the History Channel Club in 2007 as a lifetime member. I received several "gifts" and the magazine for awhile but haven't gotten a magazine in years. have been unable to contact anyone

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks History Channel lifetime membership

I joined as a lifetime member 11/5/2012. Everything was great for a number of years but then everything stopped. You changed magazine names and all was okay for a couple of years.

What happened to this lifetime membership deal? My member user is: aboyett password: bb23575

Please respond.

Al Boyett
[protected]@quixnet.net

Desired outcome: A response as what happened to "lifetime member" I wish to start receiving the History magazine once again.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks The History Channel Club Life Membership (defunct ?)

Was a big fan, so I signed-up for Life Membership in June of 2010. I did enjoy the magazine and other information for a couple of years, then nothing else came. No notices or further communication. What the hell happened A&E ?
David Chaplin; Member #[protected].

Desired outcome: Refund of Life Member dues ($300) !

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Alone Season 8

Alone used to be a survival show where one could watch interesting people try to survive in interesting ways while seeing a bit about who they are, their motivations and the mental/emotional toll. It has devolved to watching people cry into a camera for 90% of the episode and them trying to survive for 10%. Focus more on how they are trying to survive. In season 8, 1/2 of the contestants be are fishing and the audience doesn't know if they found bait, brought a lure, or made a lure. If they made a lure, SHOW IT! The ingenuity is a large part of the appeal that has been lost. If I wanted to watch people cry non-stop into a camera, I'd watch Dr Phil, not Alone.

Desired outcome: Fix the show.

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History Channel / A&E Television Networks Lifetime Magazine History Channel

I paid for a lifetime membership. I got the magazine for a couple years, the magnifying glass, a chess set the magazine stopped. Kinda wondering why. Can you please help? Thank you
VIcki Lea. Lenz
640 6th St
Crystal, ND 58222

Could be under Bruce Lenz. Our former address was 81 Beth Lane, Woodland, PA. I don't remember the zip code but we got a few at the new address here in Crystal.

My phone is [protected]. Thank you for your help.

Desired outcome: Want the magazines

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