I pay something like 30 per month for nhk through RCN cable. I rarely watch it because the time difference: evenings, they are broadcasting weather and kids shows. There also are an inordinate amount of historical dramas that I don't stick with long enough to catch on to the plot. On top of that the period Japanese is hard to understand.
Plus the broadcast times are weird, shows start at 9:10 or 3:25, so the show on the tv guide is never what it on.
I do need to watch it more, or cancel it. I saw they are showing 黄金の豚, which I just bought on dvd. On another note, my other dvds are slowly crapping out on me; the menu on one of my 池袋ウェストゲートパーク dvds is kaput, so I can only watch the first episode.
I just saw a commercial on nhk (they show US related commercials) for a recruiter, TOP-US, that I interviewed with. They never called me back. When I'm Prime Minister, I'll show them what it's like...