# What cable channels would you pay to see?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 25, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cable-channels-would-you-pay-to-see/381798 "2006-11-25T23:55:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cable-channels-would-you-pay-to-see/381798/21 "2006-11-29T02:21:59Z")

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how could I forget the good old stand by, Discovery :smack:

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cable-channels-would-you-pay-to-see/381798/22 "2006-11-29T03:49:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou]  
ARGH! How could I have forgotten Food Network?!?! Can’t go without Rachael, Giada, Nigella, Alton, Mario, Emeril, Paula, Morimoto, Tyler, and all those barbecue competitions!  
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No love for _Iron Chef_? You don’t want to piss off Chairman Kaga!

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cable-channels-would-you-pay-to-see/381798/23 "2006-11-29T15:03:55Z")

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ABC  
NBC  
CBS  
PBS  
Fox  
CW  
MyNetworkTV (one of these days I’m going to force myself to watch a Telenovella from beginning to end)  
WGN  
Whichever other network shares the rights with WGN to broadcast Chicago Cubs games  
A&E  
Bravo  
Spike  
Discovery Channel  
Comedy Central  
TLC  
HGTV  
Travel Channel  
Court TV  
FX  
National Geographic Channel  
CNN Headline News  
Fox News  
GSN  
SciFi Channel  
USA Network (for a few weeks during the summer when _The 4400_ is on

Hmmm - that’s 25. To fill out the remaining five…

NFL Network? ('round here it’s only offered on the highest-priced digital cable package)  
Discovery Health (see above)  
Noggin (see above)  
Discovery Wings (see above)  
History Channel (I’ve never watched a show from beginning to end on that channel, but since I need to fill out my package…)

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