There are too many American TV networks just to list every one as part of a poll for determining SDMB’s favorite(s), so please list your Top Five networks based on your own criteria of what makes them your favorites.
Comment on other aspects of the issue to suit your own mood or tastes.
If you think it best to categorize your favorites, please do. Maybe there need to be several polls on the topic.
If other polls (or discussion threads) have already been done on this topic – to your satisfaction – please mention (with a link if you can) what they are.
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To begin the listing process, here are some of my favorites:
Fox (not news but regular programming)
FX
CBS
ESPN (only during football season)
PBS
If we include Premium Cable networks, I can add:
HBO
Showtime
If we go with categories that allow expanding from Basic 5 to Category Top 5, I would add these:
Non-commercial movies:
TCM
Encore
Flix
IFC
Sundance