# If cable channels were a la carte...

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 25, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cable-channels-were-a-la-carte/561857 "2010-11-25T07:03:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cable-channels-were-a-la-carte/561857/61 "2010-11-28T20:04:10Z")

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Depending on the cost, I’d want Discovery, CNN (for their coverage of big events), Comedy Central, and ESPN. Probably USA. Other than that, I can give up. My wife, I’m sure, would think differently.

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**Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cable-channels-were-a-la-carte/561857/62 "2010-11-28T20:37:28Z")

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> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> Nothing. There are no programs that I watch that I can’t currently get online for free. That’s right Comcast. Drop dead.

Same here. I think I should be able to pick up broadcast signals here, but I haven’t bothered figuring out how. I use my TV for DVDs. I didn’t even own one until ~9 months ago when a friend won one and sold me her old one for cheap.

I suppose if it were cheap I’d get a few channels, but I don’t actually know the names of most of them. Maybe HBO. I’ve watched that in hotels and it seems fun.

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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cable-channels-were-a-la-carte/561857/63 "2010-11-29T02:58:07Z")

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I dropped cable a month or two ago. I have basic cable + high speed internet because it’s cheaper than just plain high speed internet.

So what I don’t have and would pay for is:

AMC (for Mad Men)  
FX (for It’s Always Sunny and The League)  
Comedy Central (stand up, occasional Daily Show/Colbert)  
TBS (for Conan)  
History Channel (for the SO)  
G4 (also for the SO)

Everything else is on NBC (30 Rock, Outsourced, Community, Parks & Rec) that I watch.

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