It’s way past time for à la carte pricing.
I do not know what your politics are but I agree with you to a great extent on the cable bill! I have something like 200 channels of which I watch less than 10 routinely. To some extent the web has replaced TV for the purposes of selective viewing a great example is the Great War on YouTube hi dad seriously any network would have even thought of trying to make a program like it whereas on YouTube its been running for almost 2 years.