It is not the original TWC that's for sure! They have no credibility w/ me and have not had for a long time now.
None of the channels are now what they originally started out to be. They've all degenerated to the lowest common denominator in search of ratings and therefore the almighty advertising dollar... "reality", talk, and movies... TWC is no different.
CNN used to be all news, HLN was Headline News (30 minutes of rotating headlines), TLC used to be The Learning Channel (Honey Boo Boo ain't about "learnin""). Spike was TNN/The Nashville Network, tractor pulls, farm reports, and line dancing. The Military Channel was Discovery Wings and was all about private flying. Lifetime's weekend programming was all continuing ed type stuff for doctors. History was , gasp, history, not Ax Men. H2 was international history. Discovery and Science were about science. HBO et al showed theater movies, not original series. Food Network got so far from their core they had to start up Cooking Channel to get back to it. Travel Channel is half about food. Bio is showing, not biographies, but 2 year old hokey "Breaking The Magician's Code" reruns. Animal Planet runs freakin' Treehouse Masters... A&E was Arts and Entertainment, not a night full of Storage Wars.
I'll wager, if Weather Nation makes it big time as the "new" TWC, in 5 years, they will sell out too.