What would your ala carte cable package look like?

[Othello]

With talk of a possible change to an ala carte system for cable coming in the near future what would your ala carte menu look like?

ABC
CBS
NBC
Fox
The CW
WGN
My Network TV
ESPN
ESPN2
USA
TNT
CNN
Spike TV
Big Ten Network
Fox Sports WI
Fox News Channel
MSNBC
FX
A&E
Bravo
ABC family
SyFy
BBC America
NFL Network
MLB Network

 

[Sephiroth]

SYFY, TV Land, Spike, CN, FOX, NBC, Comedy Centeral, Boomerang

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

Spike? Because of TNG reruns or the ultimate fighter or Manswers or all of the above?

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

I hate doing this on iPhone

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

Mine would be

ABC
CBS
NBC
Fox
The CW
WGN
My Network TV
ESPN
ESPN2
USA
TNT
TBS
CNN
Spike TV
Versus
Fox Sports WI
Fox News Channel
MSNBC
Travel Channel
Food Network
FX
A&E
Bravo
ABC family
SyFy
BBC America
showtime, hbo, starz and possibly Spice, teehee!

 

[JiNX-01]

ABC
CBS
FOX
LOCAL CABLE NEWS
PBS
CNN
TBS
USA
TWC
TNT
TVLAND
COMEDY CENTRAL
HGTV
SCIFI
HISTORY
TCM
AMC
SPIKE

 

[Yoda]

Since I download most of my programming, my cable requirements would be pretty limited

The real networks which I could get OTA but would have on my cable for convenience, and the fact that they're thrown in as freebies:

ABC
FOX
CBS
NBC

I would probably skip my network TV or the CW or whatever. Never watch them...

Cable Channels:
ESPN
ESPN2
NFL Network
CNN
Fox News
MSNBC
Comedy Central
Syfy
HGTV
Discovery
National Geographic (probably, don't have it on my current package)
History
Random History/Discovery/Whatever spinoffs... there's too many to remember

And then NFL Sunday Ticket... you know, were that not DirecTV exclusive nonsense.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

SyFy
USA
TNT (mostly for L&O)
History
Headline News
Animal Planet

I think that's about it.

 

[tharpdevenport]

In no particular order:

CBS (for "The Price Is Right", only)
NBC (just in case something airs worth a damn)
FOX
TBS
TNT (mainly for "Men of a Certain Age")
FOX News
The History Channel
The Discovery Channel
CourtTV (or what ever that stupid name is they changed it to)
Sci-Fi Channel (incase they should make a come back)
AMC
TMC
WGN
SpikeTV
FX
USA
Hallmark
ABC Family
TV Land
Cartoon Network
Comedy Central

 

[auntiehill]

BBCAmerica
SyFy
PBS
NBC
ABC
CBS
Style
Cartoon Network
CNN
CNN headline news
Discovery Channel
TLC
HGTV
Comedy Central
A&E
Bravo
AMC
TNT
TBS

 

[bullethead]

SyFy
Comedy Central
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
History
Discovery
USA
AMC
FX
Military Channel
History International
ESPN
ESPN2
National Geographic

 

[Temis the Vorta]

FOX
NBC
ABC
PBS
Discovery
FX
TNT
USA
A&E
Bravo
AMC
Animal Planet
CNN
Fox News (to have something to hurl objects at)
MSNBC
Weather
History
Comedy Central
Skiffy
National Geographic
Showtime

 

[RoJoHen]

I'll stick with what I have now: nothing.

 

[Sephiroth]

Spike? Because of TNG reruns or the ultimate fighter or Manswers or all of the above?

because it tends to cycle TNG DS9 & Voy

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

One channel with three hours of excellent programming per week -- more than that is too much TV for me. Oh, I also need to specify -- no commercials.

 

[Amaris]

HBO
Encore
Local Channels


J.

 

[Mr Light]

The broadcast channels. Comedy Central. Cartoon Network. The movie channels (TBS, TNT, USA, etc). NFL Network. Nickelodeon. BBC America (which I don't have now).

 

[Othello]

I think this thread illustrates why this model will be fought against tooth and nail by the entertainment industry.

 

[Level 2 Diagnostic]

I think this thread illustrates why this model will be fought against tooth and nail by the entertainment industry.

I don't think you can draw any conclusions based on this thread. The people here tend to be the type who only watch a narrow range of programming or don't watch TV at all.

Any ala carte system is most definitely going to be "opt out" where you actually have to contact your cable provider to tell them you don't want a particular channel, otherwise you get the whole package. And if ESPN, ESPN-2, ESPN-on-into-infinity add $10 to my cable bill, it's a no-brainer to get rid of them all.

But how many customers are actually going to take the time to sit down and think, "Okay, do I ever watch anything on HGTV?" Especially if HGTV only adds a few pennies to their bill?

 

[Othello]

I'm always looking for ways to save money on my cable bills and a LOT of people I know (most actually) gripe about having to wade through channels they don't want. I think people would be very proactive about doing so.