We don't subscibe to cable or satilite. We have a converter box that gives us the channels we watch but before that we watched what ever we wanted when we want on the computer. It is free. We use Hulu alot. the shows that are popular are usually on the day after. We don't worry about the tv and their schudule we just go there when we want. some we didn't get we just watch them as a movie night. For ex. }"burn notice" we watched the whole last season and had popcorn for a movie night. there is also crackle.net