The only drag about these announcements is the number of people who come in here ranting and raving about a channel being dropped before reading all of the info.  I can't blame the providers for announcing that a channel may be dropped because forums like these give them (the providers) an idea of how much their subs care or don't care about a specific channel.

People were having fits and threatening to drop UV if AMC and TMC were dropped, and then suddenly everything was resolved.  Both parties knew they were going to come to an agreement.