Legal alternatives that is.
My wife is content with Network TV which I can get via ATSC and the children have learned to use Netflix as well as I can. But I do like several series on HBO and Showtime and those couple of hours of TV a week cost me about 40 bucks to get via Comcast.
Without one of those providers, does either Amazon or ITunes offer downloads of HBO and Showtime series the day after they are aired? I check True Blood and Season 3 is not available and 3 bucks an Episode is kind of steep.