A search of TV schedules for basic cable paints a bleak picture: Over the course of a recent week, there was not one listing for a newly created episode of scripted television on over 100 channels ...

Cox TV Starter, 75+ channels $64.99 Up to 10 Mbps ... Almost $300 for internet and basic cable, they offered to take off $26 so basically instead of being triple the cost of the competitors ...

Because, and I’m sure you already know this, Mad Men and Breaking Bad are often considered two of the greatest TV shows that have ever existed, and not just on basic cable. I mean period.