I grew up without cable television and at age 31 decided to get a Dish Network satellite so I could finally see EWTN. The dish was purchased at the end of August 2001 and came in handy when fundamentalist muslims temporarily destroyed all NY tv stations in September (except channel 2 which had its antenna on the empire state building).

Reasons I love my satellite dish:
-Insomniac with Dave Attell on Comedy Central --very funny
-Fox news
-Booktv on CSPAN II
-British House of Commons on CSPAN II
-I Love the 80’s on VH1
-Bookmark on EWTN (hosted by Doug Keck who grew up here on Long Island)
-Daily Mass on EWTN
-The Journey Home on EWTN
-The Church and Culture on EWTN
-E! True Hollywood Stories (guilty pleasure)
-A & E Biography
-Franciscan University Presents on EWTN
-Osbournes on MTV (1st season only)
-The Man Show on Comedy Central (guilty pleasure)
-The History Channel

If you live on Long Island get Dish Network, it is worth it just for EWTN, everything else is extra.