The selection of channels included in the standard, least expensive subscription offered by a cable television service.
one of the raunchiest shows on basic cable
as modifier the most-watched basic cable series on Thursday nights
Example sentencesExamples
- It has some rough material and language that a basic cable channel would never be able to get away with.
- I mainly purchased foreign films because it was something I could never see on the basic cable we had back home.
- Movies go from theatres to pay-per-view to premium cable to basic cable to free TV.
- Last year it ranked No.1 in the ratings among all basic cable networks.
- Cable deals in many cities require that local channels are made available as part of a basic cable package.
- We were able to watch both basic cable and satellite TV.
- Sieber remains confident basic cable ratings will increase this summer.
- I began watching Buffy in its fifth season, then caught up with the reruns on basic cable.
- There's some language and nudity in the DVD cut that wouldn't have made it onto basic cable.
- I saw it after seeing its sequel, but only in edited form on basic cable.