Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence.

[Michigan Swamp Buck]

I was only a few years old when PBS got started, so I basically grew up with Sesame Street and other PBS programming. In a nostalgic way, I will miss it like the rest of my fading past. Like all the artists and celebs dying off and everything that is now so long gone and forgotten by most.

I did enjoy some of the British shows and nature documentaries, and Austin City Limits was cool to catch on weekends. I like maybe 10% of what they offer, but with all the other programming they keep coming out with, that percentage is shrinking.

I think I finally lost all respect for PBS when they went commercial while still on the government dole and begging for donations. Plus, even while I was growing up with PBS, I always thought of it as experimental, and our answer to sponsored propaganda TV or government TV like the BBC. It had some unique programs but never seemed to have the high production values or real commercial appeal. 

All in all, as much as I won't miss it, it will still sadden me like the death of someone I knew for my whole life. Not like a good friend has died, but like some neighbor that you had nothing in common with but who lived next door.