PBS, History Channel, Discovery Channel . . . lots of good stuff there. Arts and Entertainment (A&E) is frequently pretty good. The Classic Arts Showcase Channel gives you a sort of mixed bag of things: concert excerpts, bits from opera, ballet, clips from old movies, etc. Kind of like a rummage sale of the Arts. CNN, MSNBC, etc. for stateside news; Barbara and I like to watch news from the BBC and CBC. Gives one a bit of world perspective. Nik at Nite and Lifetime do reruns of old sitcoms. All in the Family and Golden Girls are a helluva lot funnier than a lot of comedies being fielded today. British sitcoms available on many PBS affiliates are generally excellent. Channel surf. Have fun, but don't fry your eyeballs (or your brain).

Don Firth