TV is great....it’s the programming that sucks. The old B&W films are great. One has to really pay attention to the fast pace dialogs....that in of itself tunes the viewer into the acting and the directing as well as the script; much different than the constant deception of special affects.
The obvious solution is Netflix and BitTorrent for programming options any Freeper would be happy with. Currently watching 26-hour British series “The World at War.” Definitive history with no PC. Daily Mail GIVING away the DVDs this month in UK. I got all 26 hrs off BitTorrent and play via a pocket-size media player (Archos) plugged into my 32” 15-yr old Sony CRT (which is dying). Finished 15-hr series Winds of War recently. Watched all 22 hrs of Jericho (Red Dawn of the 21st century) from BitTorrent d/l. So plenty of good programming - must decide several hrs each week will be spent finding and packaging for your enjoyment. I watch no broadcast or cable TV-all Netflix or BitTorrent.