07-27-2021, 01:46 AM
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
There used to be an 'international' channel free on Xfinity that regularly had interesting Scandihoovian series and other countries police procedural shows. Some corporate officer got overly self important and moved it to a premium tier so I dropped it off my favorites. I will try to get that part of my brain working to make some suggestions.
SoCal had a cable channel like that. When we moved here local cable carried Channel Z. For the most part Channel Z provided an outlet for independent and/or foreign language films that HBO and other paid corporate media didn't or wouldn't carry.
It was based in Santa Monica and every year prior to Award voting would screen all nominated films for local Academy members benefit. As a result we got to see every nominated film along with them.
The Z cable slot was eventually bought and turned into a schlock sport channel, one that now carries a local MLB franchise instead of Hollywood product. Another reason to hate the Dodgers.
To this day, I miss Chanel Z.