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"Most of the channels I may have been interested in watching have slowly descended into drivel: Discovery, History, TLC, Science"

I completely agree. It's amazing how these once interesting channels have decided to go the reality TV route, and it's so far away from the type of programming you'd assume they would have. I remember being devastated when the History Channel started doing this.

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It's because the content people used to consume on those channels is now better consumed on the internet, and the audiences for that content have followed.

Given that, those channels can either go out of business, or pivot to provide content for the remaining audience.

Also, 'reality tv' is ridiculously cheap to produce compared to normal broadcast fare. Minimal crew, minimal writing, low (if any) 'actor' compensation. Usually shot in cheap locations.

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