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After 3 1/2 years with no TV, I finally broke down and installed Dish Network. I opted for the 150 channel plan specifically so I could get Fox Network News.

I have to tell you, though, even with 150 channels it's pretty hard to find anything decent to watch.

We've got the 150 channel deal, and in complete agreement that there's still nothing to watch, most of the time, anyway. We do like Discovery Channel, Biography Channel, TLC, and even CourtTV (when Forensic Files is on).

Still, that's not much for 150 channels. We've created special menus and weeded out the shopping channels, the music channels (not just MTV, but the ones that are really radio/stereo), the cartoon channels, etc. That makes surfing a little easier, but it highlights that we aren't really getting 150 good channels.

Still, it's worth it. From 6-7, I'm completely unavailable to friends and family; that's when Special Report with Brit Hume is on. I can't get enough of the "Grapevine" and the panel.

I have to tell you, though, even with 150 channels it's pretty hard to find anything decent to watch.

Ain't that the truth!

What has happened is that there are more channels than there is programming. I think the channels are trying to minimize their programming costs by running the same three or four shows over and over.

There used to be some decent programming on A&E, Discovery, TLC and History Channel. There's still a little bit from time to time, but most of it is crap now.