Cancel your cable; yes, your life will improve.
I second that. There's no need for cable with tons of quality content on Netflix, hulu, and torrents. There's also the YouTube video downloader addon for Firefox. Be your own program director.
Everyone: A cable subscription bundles all the leftist crap in with the handful of channels you want to watch. With cable bundles, you pay for the liberalism, even if you. Seriously, how many people would pay for MSNBC or CNN in an a-la-carte lineup?