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fishwax

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9. I agree -- there is a lot of good TV these days

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:02 AM

Nov 2012

There is a lot of crap, too, because the number of channels has exploded in the last twenty years. But there is a ton of good stuff. I get why some people aren't interested, and I could certainly live without it if I had to, but I think my cable is worth it.

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Cable Television -- Great Promise To Great Wasteland --- Why Buy It. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Nov 2012 OP

outdoor antena Livluvgrow Nov 2012 #1

I Pick Up My TV Over The Air TheMastersNemesis Nov 2012 #3

oops Berlum Nov 2012 #2

actually there is a golden age of television going on - almost all of it on cable channels. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #4

Never saw any of those great programs cause I am not paying for premium channels. Cable is doc03 Nov 2012 #6

er - lots of those shows are on the small cable channels - the free ones. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #7

You have to pay out your ass for those (free) ones. Then pay even more to get something doc03 Nov 2012 #8

"When we had the 3 networks years ago the programing was far superior" Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #12

Outside of the Sapranos I never heard of any of those shows and I have seen Sapranos doc03 Nov 2012 #13

I agree -- there is a lot of good TV these days fishwax Nov 2012 #9

Cable doesn't use the public airwaves. (nt) NYC_SKP Nov 2012 #5

When we got our LCD HDTV (just 26"), I hooked MineralMan Nov 2012 #10

As the Pink Floyd lyric from "The Wall" says, "I got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from." HopeHoops Nov 2012 #11