Ice Road Truckers- I know the route, having done field work up there in the summer. I always wanted to ride with one of those truckers on the ice road and I watched a couple of episodes.

When a gun is used to get people to do something, he is asking for a serious response. (all the teenagers speak of serious something-or-other so I'll use it too).

More history on BBC, NPR, the Canadian TV5 than on Discovery or History channels. Also National Geographic seldom has a good program.

I think there are some 150 channels (without going into expensive sports channels or foreign networks). Sometimes nothing worth watching on any of them.