I don't listen or watch EWTN. It provides a great service to millions and millions of faithful Catholics, and many many Protestants too.  EWTN has brought many many many souls into the Church. 

It's paradoxically and profoundly similar to NCR in a way, in that they both have a largely "clerical view" of the Church.

For me, too many stories from both NCR and EWTN revolve around "clerics, Rome, bishops, USSCB, sisters", with NCR being largely negative on those things..but unable to stop talking about them, and seeing all events through those lenses, and EWTN being largely positive on those things.

The key difference is that EWTN brings millions INTO the Church..I can't tell you how many former protestants that I know ran across EWTN on cable and eventually entered the Church, proud to say that EWTN was the impetus. 

AND NCR doesn't bring anyone to the Church..it basically serves as an "exit" sign, piling on gripe after gripe that eventually these people just leave the Church.