I wish TCM would stop introducing their movies with those talking heads crapping on old movies , don’t they know we have MUTE buttons
There are other old movie channels but I know what you mean. The alternate up here in Canada is something called Hollywood suite. Same format no commercials and uncut but without commentary. The trouble for me is I’ve seen most of the stuff multiple times so I don’t watch it much. Also I get the feeling of living in the past if I dwell on the so called good old days too much. The only thing I have watched recently is the Chosen but I do get reports from the cultural wars front here on FR.
I record what I want to watch, just so I can skip by that. However, every now and then I am doing something else, while still in earshot, and I must admit, some of the things they have to say, add an interesting aspect to the movie that I was unaware of. So it goes both ways actually.
We even have DVRs that allow us to fast forward.