I have really learned to love TCM over the past several years.
Total agreement on modern movies and TV.
Me and my wife have gone to those events where classic movies are played on the big screen like they deserve.
The last one was Singing In The Rain which is one of the few musicals I ever liked.
In NYC, in the late '40s through the '60s, channel 9 and 5 ( both local stations ) showed old movies. Channels CBS and NBC did too.
I have LOVED TCM for the same reasons I loved those old movie shows of my childhood. OLD MOVIES ARE GREAT; EVEN THE MEDIOCRE ONES, WHEN COMPARED TO THE GARBAGE THAT HAS BEEN MADE, HERE, FOR THE PAST 40 OR SO YEARS !
Having seen SINGING IN THE RAIN, in a movie theatre, when it first came out, I have no desire to do that again, but I understand. :-)
I also saw the musical play, in London, with Tommy Steele in the Don Lockwood part, in '84. And yes, it was good.
Watch CHICAGO, when TCM shows it again. I bet that you'd like that musical too.
You might even enjoy DADDY LONGLEGS, with Leslie Caron and Fred Astaire.