I remember pre-cable when a handful of networks provided better choices for free than all the cable stations combined do today.
Father Knows Best; Dragnet; Gunsmoke; What’s My Line; I Love Lucy; Leave It To Beaver; My Three Sons; The Andy Griffith Show; Concentration; College Bowl (my Dad worked with Robert Earle at GE); Death Valley Days; Cheyenne; Bonanza; Queen for a Day; Art Linkletter Show.
There were so many good ones!