Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Aside from "The (American) Office" and Seth MacFarlane's cartoons on Fox (Family Guy & American Dad & that Cleveland spinoff if it lasts), I think EVERY halfway decent American TV show of the last 15 years or so has originated on cable.

AMC (Madmen, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead), FX (Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Showtime (Weeds), Cartoon Network (Aqua Teen etc.), Comedy Central (South Park, Chapelle's Show), and of course HBO (the original trendsetting cable channel.)

The "free networks" are mostly for old folks and kids watching reality/"talent" shows (pop idols & dancing with stars & the same old crap "family" sitcoms.)

Though I do wonder how long it will be before DVD's and streaming webvid starts to strangle cable TV channels (the same way the internet has been such a challenge to newspapers and record labels etc.) -- it seems inevitable somehow.