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Big cable companies considering packages with, wait for it, less channels

At one end, we've had the race to add more channels, more VOD and higher speed internet, but according to report by Reuters the next step for cable companies -- in the face of growing over the top competition -- could be smaller basic cable packages. It's not that we don't all want to spend $100 a month to subsidize Jon & Kate's divorce... wait, that's exactly it. Of course, even if this trend does take off, we're sure it will be hard to get exactly the right channels for exactly the right price. Until then, let us know what channels are in the dream basic cable lineup, or do you prefer your Cable Television World of Hell package of six hundred and sixty six channels?