"230 channels, all blocked out." ;-)
The junk on cable is EXACTLY why there is no cable in my home. Doesn't matter if I bring myself near to stroke to prevent my kiddo from seeing vulgar commercials, they come on anyway. Thankfully mine knows better than to even try to watch it, but all it takes is a milisecond for the image to register and damage done. Ever woke up in the middle of the night and turned on Spike tv? Nothing but infomercials for the "girls gone wild" videos... that's just one example. It's sickening.
The only way to be a good parent is to either shell out the bucks for digital cable and lock out all the channels, or just not have cable at all.
I agree with the motion to clean it up or for cable companies to offer packages without the mini-porn commercials and programming.
Until then, I'll rely on my trusty rabbit ears.
Should government really be telling cable providers how to offer their channels line-ups?
I have insomnia, so I know what you mean. I "programmed out" all the melon-boob girls and the poker channels, so that when I'm channel surfing at night I won't see them. If I want to access one of those deleted channels directly during the day, I just punch the numbers into my remote; otherwise, they're not there when I'm channel surfing.
You did it the right way. Just DON'T GET CABLE...that is not the FCC's job.
"230 channels, all blocked out." ;-)