Cable TV is ... wait for it ... expensive

A new report shows just how expensive cable TV is for many people. And while it's not a shock to me that cable costs more than streaming, it still causes me to shake my head that people will pay so much for cable.

A report by Scripps, -- the company that owns Bounce, Grit, Laff, Court TV, ion Mystery and other channels -- shows that the average cost of cable or satellite TV subscriber , not counting Internet, is over $146/month.

Cord Cutters News breaks it down:

According to Scripps Networks, the average TV bill for cable TV is $103.90, but cable TV subscribers also pay an extra $42.30 a month for streaming services. This has been a growing trend recently as cable TV no longer gives customers access to everything. Now with a growing number of news shows and sports networks becoming streaming exclusives, cable TV subscribers have to pay for cord cutting services to get the shows they want.

A few big examples have been Peacock putting a growing number of sporting events behind a paywall. Paramount has put the new Star Trek shows exclusively on Paramount+.

More and more people with cable or satellite are also paying for streaming services. Once they realize that the streaming services can cover the content they want, most of the time anyway, they'll do what I did a dozen years ago and cut cable altogether. My Streaming Life is good, and I don't miss cable one little bit.