Now, this is the kind of cable package I want. Instead of having to pay a lot of money for one package that will have about 30 or 40 stations I never watch, what if we could pick the stations we want and pay for each one? Alex Beam at the Boston Globe says that this is what he wants too. Following Beam's lead, here is what I'd have:

Must Have: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, Comedy Central, Bravo, CNN, MSNBC, TV Land, Nick, both ESPNs, Travel Channel, Food Network, Tennis Channel

Wouldn't Mind Having: Game Show Network, HGTV

Don't Want: Lifetime, Golf Channel, MTV, FOX News, WE, Oxygen, Court TV, all the shopping channels

What networks would you pick if you could get them this way?

I haven't watched Malcolm in the Middle much the past few years. There's always something else on at the same time, but the one or two episodes I saw were pretty damn funny. Matthew Gilbert over at The Boston Globe has an appreciation of the series, which airs its series finale tonight. It's sorta spoilerish, so click at your own risk.

Did you know that the last name of Malcolm's family is ... Wilkerson?!? Me either. I guess they've only said it once in the whole run of the series.