Amazon has many subscription tv services to choose from. Acorn, HBO, Showtime, etc. Acorn is about $5 a month. Cancel anytime. You don't need cable to get the premium channels you want. You can get Acorn TV without having anything to do with Amazon. Free trial here:
https://signup.acorn.tv/?gclid=EAIaI...SAAEgLyK_D_BwE
Buy a Roku at Walmart and get all the premium channels you want, no package deal, no cable. Stream Amazon Prime if you have that with Roku too. Hundreds of free channels too. Roku is a one time price. No monthly fee once you buy it. The Roku stick is easy if you want to change it to different tvs.
I really liked Jericho and Brokenwood Mysteries. So many good series on Acorn TV.