Hitler Channel

English

Etymology

From the large number of World War II documentaries aired on the channel before the creation of the sister network Military History.

Proper noun

the Hitler Channel

1. (informal, derogatory or humorous) The American television channel History.
   • 2004, Helene Stapinski, Baby Plays Around: A Love Affair, with Music, Villard Books, →ISBN, pages 93 and 99:

     Whenever Martin was home, he’d flip around and invariably end up on the History Channel, watching some World War II documentary. I called it the Hitler Channel, since it always featured a Nazi rally or tanks moving on Poland. […] When we got back to our fairy-tale building in Brooklyn, I cooked and worked and made our bed after we made love in it. I didn’t even mind when he played his music too loud. I didn't mind the Hitler Channel, really.

   • 2009, Hubert L. Bird, chapter 8, in The Temple of Solomon, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 101:

     The children were all tucked in, the dog had been taken for his walk, he was just going to settle down and watch the Hitler channel, (his pet name for The History Channel.)

   • 2012, Anna Jarzab, The Opposite of Hallelujah, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 50:

     “My grandma had the TV set permanently on the Hitler Channel this summer,” she told me. “I didn’t have a choice.” Erin called the History Channel the Hitler Channel, because every time she switched it on, they were showing a program about World War II.

   • 2018 November 3, Ian Jack, “British icons to throw off the white cliffs: what’s on your list?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2018:

     “And, as we are speaking of weapons, the last operational Spitfires should join them.” “Are you certain?” I asked, thinking of a previous age when we watched the Hitler Channel together in the afternoons.

     “Hitler Channel” links to the Urban Dictionary entry.