TV personalities can offer some insight, but it's virtually always going to be general. They are kept or let go via ratings and coached by directors who's job it is to deliver what they feel their targeted audience is looking for. That's why so often psychics will report extensive communication at a historical spot known for 'hsuntings.' It's designed to keep people on the edge of their seats and usually have a hefty price tag for readings. Upwards of $600 - $1200. I always tell people $ doesn't make the information any more reliable, even though it can make you feel you're paying for something of more quality. It's the same information and virtually any person has some degree of picking it up themselves. You just have to focus
We have some earthbound Souls, it isn't a hell, but more often than not its just leftover energy. Everything around us can act as some form of a recorder. Some people have a place or usage of their brain that can pick this energy up. Just because we're dead, we don't have an endless supply of energy to keep speaking for centuries with strangers. It's just too exhausting and lacks purpose. We're the same person when we cross as we are here.
With animal communication, if someone tells me they see pictures and feel emotions when they speak with our furry friends, I'm going to chose to listen to that person over someone who says they have sitdown conversations with them. Animals have a limited vocabulary. They may recognize names or associate the word, 'Dinner' with something, but they're going to lack the ability to make sentences, period - short or long. You might talk to yourself, though - "Sometimes I'll go, "Oh geez."or "Ew..." but I'm not talking to the pet.
I feel if you're getting pictures, you're on the right track. And, especially if you're an empath, you're already an excellant communicator for animals! Experience and time as well as confidence what you are experiencing is real are the things I feel help people most when they are trying to develop their own gifts.