Timber! A word associated with plummeting or falling is doing just the opposite for the History Channel’s ratings. With new shows like "Pawn Stars," "Axe Men," "Top Shot," and "American Pickers" some history buffs are disappointed in the lack of history History Channel has to offer. I on the other hand couldn’t be happier.

The History Channel’s new shows are in my opinion some of the best on T.V. For example, my family gathers together every Sunday night to watch "Axe Men." The show itself follows 5 different logging crews each with their own style but my favorite is the swamp men from Louisiana. It’s a two man team and one dog named Piss Willy. They are hilarious and much smarter than they let on.

Some history buffs complain that the History Channel’s tag line "made every day" is being stretched out of context, arguing that while yes history is made every day not by men chopping down trees. But what most of these naysayers don’t understand is that this new stuff is what’s bringing in the ratings. No one wants to see a documentary on the French and Indian war. Without these new shows the History Channel could lose so many ratings that it may be taken off the air leaving them with no history documentaries however few and far between they may be.

By switching from the usual Napoleon Bonaparte special to an episode of American pickers the History Channel is merely doing what it needs to do to stay afloat. No one seemed to mind when MTV veered from showing music videos all day long to its current lineup of "Jersey Shore" and "16 And Pregnant," yet it’s the same thing these channels are merely doing what they must do to stay on the air.

Obviously if people wanted to watch a poorly made series about Thomas Jefferson or the Mayan people the History Channel would show it, but that’s not what most people want to see. Because America as a whole is so wrapped up in reality T.V. we were crazy to think that it wouldn’t affect The History Channel as it has the rest