Due to some unforeseen home improvements — OK, they were pretty foreseen, we just put them off till we didn't have a choice because we're like that — we're cutting some expenses, and one of the casualties is ESPN. That's right: Bristol will have to do without this household for a while.
We dropped to the bargain-basement DirecTV package, just one step up above rabbit ears and more snow than Aspen on the local CBS channel.
They call it the Family Package, but in DirecTV-land Dad must have run off from the family for a big Hooters-and-meth weekend and never come back, 'cause there's not much in this batch of losers for him to watch. It's anchored by shopping channels, which don't play well with the theme of saving money. After that it's kids' networks, religious broadcasters and home-type stuff (HGTV, DIY, etc.). Unless we're feeling ready to regress, repent or remodel (and I'm not sure which is least likely), there is officially nothing on TV.
If you're going to drop ESPN, though, this is the time of the year to do it. We're feeling about as much passion for MLS as David Beckham does, and we haven't mastered the over/under line in the WNBA (struggling to factor in recent returns from pregnancy), so we'll get by on local news and Internet porn for now without much trouble.
When fall comes, though, and Bristol is rolling out football on Thursday night, Wednesday night, Tuesday night, anytime the Anything for TV schools like Louisville, Boise State, South Florida or Fresno State are willing to play, we'll be shaking like a junkie in an alley.
Maybe the religious networks can pick up the slack. Doesn't anybody show Liberty football games? After all, up until we were about 14 we thought "The 700 Club" was a bowling show.
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Went cold turkey on cable for a while - going ESPN-less was tough. But somehow I survived.
ReplyDeleteDoes the Direct TV family plan have a Religious Classic network. It could show old favorites like Jim and Tammy Faye on PTL or Swaggart (sp?). That would be cool.
We would gladly accept RCN as an addition to the Family Package, although we would hold out for reruns of Dr. Gene Scott, the guy in glasses and a white beard and usually a hat who would sometimes tell people to send in money so he could buy another racehorse. When Jesus returns, we hope he brings Gene Scott along for the ride.
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