Why it might not be worth it to get cable TV in London

Simplified TV listings for 7pm:

BBC 1:  News
BBC 2: Reality show
ITV 1: Soap opera
Channel 4: News
Channel 5: Reality show
Sky 1: The Simpsons
Sky Living:  American crime drama
Sky Atlantic:  Quiz show
Watch TV: Reality show
Gold:  British sitcom from the 70s
Dave:  Reality show
Comedy Central:  American sitcom
Universal: American crime drama
SyFy:  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
BBC 3:  Awful celebrity reality show
BBC 4: News
ITV 2:  Reality show with awful celebrities
ITV 3:  American crime drama
ITV 4:  Nature documentary with David Attenborough
Sky 2:  Reality show
Sky Living 2:  Nature documentary with David Attenborough
Sky Living 3:  American crime drama
FX:  American crime drama
Sky Sports:  Fantasy football:  Gondor vs. Shire
Challenge:  Quiz show
MTV:  American sitcom from the 80s
Comedy Central +1:  American sitcom
Comedy Central Extra:  American sitcom from the 70s (M*A*S*H ye shall have with ye always)
Sky Arts:  Reality show
Sky Arts 2:  Nature documentary with David Attenborough
ITV 1+2:  Nature documentary without David Attenborough (series finale)

...you get the picture.  Thank God for The Simpsons.