For an opening line, I am a fan of the TV channel Spike. Sadly, it appears to have become discontinued in Canada, but that's off topic. The topic is that Spike seems to be going downwards in quality, and its latest 'trick' is just another symptom of this deterioration.
Let's start at the beginning. And in the beginning we have one of the several programs that are aired on this channel: 'Bar Rescue'. As I said, Spike appears to have become discontinued in Canada, but its' site is still accessible, so that's okay.
On the other hand, this site doesn't show most of the new episodes from such shows as 'Bar Rescue', but they are releasing the so-called 'episode highlights': a bundle of scenes from various eps of different shows that are aired on Spike. That's still ok.
Lately, though, Spike has began to label those highlights as 'full episodes', which is not ok. A 3-4 minute scene from a 'Deadliest Warrior' episode is not a 'full episode', not to mention - seriously? A single clip (say, about an AK-47) from an episode 'Somali Pirates vs. Medellin Cartel' is the only highlight of that ep? Seriously?
In 'Bar Rescue' case this isn't as extreme, there the audience can enjoy a bit over 15 minutes worth of highlights from their latest ep, but it is not a full ep. No, for real - use the right label! If people will want to see episode highlights they will see them all the same, and if you try to trick other people into seeing them by using the wrong label, this will work only once or twice, and that's it. No one else will go there because the audience doesn't like to be tricked.
So: a popular TV channel is reduced to somewhat fraudulent tricks to have its audience watch the highlights from the new episodes of its' shows. How the mighty have fallen!
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