There was a time, back when cable networks were fewer, and my life taken up by working and raising two sons, that I never watched television...not even the news. When the Gulf War began, I watched the only cable news program...CNN. Fast forward many years...Time Warner finally came to my area, along with DVRs...and Fox News. I watched Fox News religiously, until the night they called Florida for Gore, and then I watched it less and less. I stopped watching all together after Obama got elected...no network/cable news period. I retired, and decided to start recording some of the programs I thought I’d like. After 15 years of retirement, and watching network TV shows come and go, I’m getting back to losing interest in watching most TV programming. Most new shows are based on old ideas, packaged in a different way. And I can’t stand seeing the same actors who show up on a new series after their old series was cancelled in its first season the year before.
The only premium channel I subscribed to was Starz, and I cancelled that when they cancelled Ash vs. Evil Dead. It was about the only program I watched on that network.
About the only other program that I was surprised to find out was cancelled, was “Scorpion.” I had hoped someone would pick that up, but sadly no one has.
I get a lot of British programming off UK torrent sites. The Brits do great documentaries, historical dramas, and mysteries. Some eventually show up on Netflix, BBC America, etc.
You might like Acorn. Best shows are Murdoch Mysteries and Doc Martin. Catch Poldark and Call the Midwife (warning, lesbian storyline, but short lived) on PBS.