Is satellite/cable the norm now like it is here?

>I think Bones here is/was only on satellite/cable. I've well more than enough to watch just with our terrestrial and free digital stations, without paying for more time than I have.
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>>Bones is a good show.
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>>>>>This starts over here on Thu and has been fanfared a lot as the top US show.
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>>>>>Any good?
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>>>>Only if you like it :)) There seems to be a new production technique that puts the emphasis on portentousness and the mentalist is part of that type (I don't care for the word genre so type will do)
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>>>Now let's see: we've done to death solving crimes by forensics (CSI ^3), we've done solving them by maths (Numb3rs), by archeology? (Bones? - I haven't seen that series). Now, um, um, what's left?
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>>>I KNOW! let's have someone who solves by astute observation!
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>>>Anyway, that's the impression I get.
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>>>But wait a minute! Wasn't that Sherlock Holmes's gig?