Ooh, which shows? Just curious. I can think of Stephen Colbert, James Corden(Late Show and Late Late Show), Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon,and 60 minutes.

Oooh, boy, a lot: CBS evening news, Late Show, Big Bang, Mom, Madam Secretary, Young Sheldon, Sherlock, Seal Team, Bull, CBS Sunday Morning, Salvation, Discovery, and some others...

You have watched STD (unfortunate abbreviation, btw) online without CBS streaming service? How?

Wow! That's a bill! I ditched Cox for far less offense. But, I still have to have internet. The only choices where I am are Cox or at&t. Neither is trustworthy. I have absolutely no brand loyalty. The details change every year. I feel the need to keep comparing options every so often. That is the only hope we have to make these money-grubbing huge corporations prove their value to compete for our business. I wish there was such a thing as home-grown wifi.

No escape? You may be right, but I still like to resist the worst offenders. That is what I love about the Roku streaming stick. I initially had an Amazon fire stick, which I thought was great but had certain set apps. It finally overheated and died. So out of curiosity, I tried Roku. So glad I did. It not only has an array of loaded apps, but makes it easy to search a huge catalog of other apps and load them. A fair portion are free to use. That is how I discovered both ABC and NBC have totally free news apps and apps for their other feature series. Alas, CBS is so propriatary, they want to SELL everything. But ...Star Trek! (Insert Whiny tone) lol

Think about it. Amazon has its own Prime that competes with Netflix and Sony and HULU programming, that it obviously would like to promote. Roku the first smart devise on the market, does not have any of its own movie or tv programming to promote, so producers of programming content are going to be less likely to block them as a competitve rival. There is a LOT available on Roku!

"Theirs?" Whose? CBS? HULU?

@MikeInBatonRouge cox... att&t... dish...all those ass holes. After awhile them screwing us is accepted. I pay a small fortune for the bundle. Internet goes out all the time. You pay for technology big-time. Every kid has a phone and or a computer or both. I use to wear a pager. That was big in 91. We can't win...

@BucketlistBob now I understand you, and YES! I can't fully escape, but the only part I feel the need to submit to from those big companies is the internet. Most of the tv programming is becoming more available piecemeal through various sources. It is not as convenient as bundling, but it is a whole lot cheaper. Roku even offers apps like Channel Pear, that allows you to stream any four of a variety of channels for free, including things like CNN, hgtv, msnbc, bravo, history, Discover, animal planet, and on and on. Some buffering, but usable, and free!! PBS Reuters News, and various apps for home and garden, automotiveshows, music videos, etc. Add HULU on demand for only $12 a month, commercial free, and is pretty wide array of tv for little money.

When I retire in 15 or so years, I already think I want to move to some beautiful scenic backcountry in the States, since I won't have to worry about commutes to work any more. The one BIIIIG consideration, though, is that it must have high speed internet available. Now that I have used it, I realize it is key to feeling connected no matter where I live. Fortunately, projections are that high speed internet will be significantly expanded and strengthened by then. What you described sounds like the rugged wilderness, indeed. (I am so spoiled. lol)

@MikeInBatonRouge I am jealous. It is so bad here we run our own internet servers to play most online games.

Thanks for your observation. I wonder if the app has worked out most of those initial glitches. Before I got Hulu live streaming tv service, I had Play Station Vue. Before that, I had Sling TV when it was brand new. It had plenty of glitches and not many channels, and almost no dvr functionality. Well it has gotten much better since then.