We live in the middle of nowhere. Our internet is satellite and is serviceable for email and FR.
We have Free Government HD TV and it’s more than adequate. We watch PBS (Cooking and Nature shows) old re-runs (Seinfeld, WKRP) and Beau loves to binge on old Westerns like Gunsmoke and Ponderosa.
College football, when available, Baseball, Soccer, Golf. (Sometimes the Packers, but we’re so over the NFL.)
Between that and movie DVDs I buy second-hand, or borrow from the Library, we do just fine. We usually pick a DVD series to watch in the winter months when we’re inside in the evenings. Foyle’s War, Justified, 24, Dr. Blake, Father Brown, etc. Lots of good stuff through Acorn Media & the BBC.
Have you tried Tubi TV [http://tubitv.com]?
They have ‘free’ movies and TV series, but they also have commercials. Their commercial breaks are very short — 1 to 3 topics, each about 5-10 seconds, and the breaks seem to be about 20 minutes apart.
My previous experience with those ‘commercial embeds’ was their frequent lock-ups. I have not had that with Tubi TV.
They do have a sizable catalog and a few AU, UK series.