Oh, the shark bites

Discovery jumps the Shark Week: Discovery Network’s new chief says he wants to broaden the appeal of the network and isn’t happy with its recent direction toward fanciful “documentaries” about mega-sharks, mermaids, yetis and snake stunts. “I don’t believe you’ll be seeing a person eaten by a snake during my time,” he said.

However, if you want to see a show about people eating snakes, there’s always the Travel Channel.

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Channel surfing the vast cultural wasteland: MTV premieres a new thriller, “Eye Candy,” in which a computer expert tries online dating but suspects one of her suitors is a murderous cyber stalker.

It’s kind of a dead giveaway when he lists his favorite TV shows in his Craigslist ad as “Dangerous Minds,” “Dexter,” “Stalker” and something called “Eye Candy.”

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected, 204-174, a proposed constitutional amendment to grant women’s suffrage.

Five years later, when the definition of “suffrage” was explained to members of Congress as the right to vote, they replied, “Well, why didn’t you say so?” and passed the 19th Amendment.

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