PBS is broadcast, so I don’t think that counts as a cable channel, unless there’s a “generic” cable PBS channel for dish services, as opposed to the local PBS station I watch. Assuming PBS is available as broadcast, and off the table, and judging by what I actually look at, rather than any image I would like to present:
Comedy Central
A&E
Cartoon Network
History Channel
Tossup between CNN, sports (I don’t pay much attention to what channel a game is on if I decide to watch it), VH-1 and Nickelodeon (yes, I’m an adult. Really. It says so right on my driver’s license. Maybe my second childhood is happening early. Does it help to know that I channel surf between “The Rugrats” and “Law and Order”? No? I didn’t think so).
I would LIKE to say Discovery and TLC, but I tend to pick up that sort of fare from PBS (sometimes A&E), and never got in the habit of watching either of those.
HGTV (just bought a new house, need lots of decorating, gardening and fix-it advice)
The Weather Channel (never know what Texas weather is going to do)
Fox Sports Southwest (for Texas Rangers baseball and Big 12 football)
Nickelodeon (for Nick at Night)
CMT (hey, I live in Texas. I like country music. Sue me.)
I don’t have cable, so just getting these 5 would certainly make me happy. If I could opt for a 6th, I’d say Comedy Central though A&E is sorely missed too.
Comedy Central - Daily Show, South Park, BattleBots, Ben Stein
MTV2 - actual music videos
BBC - midnight Monty Python
Starz - they seem to have better movies than HBO
Sci-Fi - I hear good things about Farscape et al.
I second the hatred of it. It’s way to busy. When I watch it I feel like I’ve just done some crack with an expresso chaser. Not that I would ever do expresso, it’s too pretentious and tastes awful. and I too cheap dry clean my clothing, let alone buy crack.
This doesn’t exclude what comes on through the antenna does it?
ESPN(Baseball tonight, hockey, that trivia show)
ESPN Classic(love the old stuff)
HBO(Sopranos, Six Feet Under-only reasons I have it)
MSNBC(Political Junkie and Chris Mathews has the best show on politics)
Disney (for my 9 month old-he loves the roly poly thing that’s on at 7 a.m.)
A&E [gotta have my ‘Investigative Reports’]
Discovery [ditto with ‘Forensics’ and ‘FBI Files’]
TLC [Medical Detectives]
WTBS [BRAVES games]
HBO [I’m still suffering withdrawal from ‘Six Feet Under’]
Hmmmm, except for the baseball, I definitely see a pattern here!
