It's free appears to be the hook to watching reruns of classic TV series and game shows.

The problem is with so many lengthy commercial breaks, the various TV series are edited down to an inch of their life! Storylines suffer and it gets downright maddening.

Cable channels which disappear from Direct-TV or Dish Network could be MIA for months on end until new contracts are signed. I'm a longtime Comcast subscriber and I've been very lucky. The go-to
channels I watch for news and entertainment are always there. So is the extremely high monthly price....