For a short time there was a cable station that played the old westerns I loved as kid. My favorite was the Rifleman and this station carried the show. It was so nice to watch these moral stories unfold about a boy and his father. The station disappeared not too long ago, and now there is nothing but dull “reality” type shows that you have already enumerated.
Speaking of old western series.
I could never understand why the coward carried that broken sword around all the time. If it were me, I’d chuck it in the nearest river so the locals wouldn’t try to run me out of town all the time.
I have Direct TV and the Rifleman comes on every afternoon along with Daniel Boone and Green Acres. It is WHT....World Harvest Television. I have to admit to occasionally watching Green Acres. OK, so it’s not deep and thought provoking but with the complexities of life today it is refreshingly simple.
Have you checked Hulu?