PBS

I like PBS. It's probably the only station that I really like. Since PBS is viewer supported, the shows are commercial free, and are surprisingly high brow. It's really a pleasant break from the normal viewing choices.

Some of the original programs are excellent. Antiques Roadshow, History's Detectives and Nova come to mind fairly quickly. Nature, Masterpiece Theather and some show about the cities classical composers lived in also come to mind. They also have great specials.

Here's what's cool. Since the emergence of DTV, I get 3 PBS stations. The first two are a simulcast about 1/2 of the time, and about 1/4 of the time, they are the same shows, but on a different day or at a different time. But it also means that we get about 1/4 new programming. Also, there's the Create station. Now I'm not really a cooking show fan, but I do like the travel shows, and the BBQ show makes me hungry every time I see it. How you can eat mint flavored barbeque sauce, I'll never know.

Finally, during the fund raising campaigns, the normal broadcast schedule gets prempted for a pledge drive that is full of specials. I listen to the Celtic Thunder concert every time it's on. The Celtic Woman concert is good too. There's also a bunch of crackpots that are either espousing a new form of philosophy or financial wisdom. Those are very humorous, though they are genuinely not intended to be.

So get into Public Broadcasting, you'll be glad you did.