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If you live in a 100% ATSC 3.0 area in the US, no normal TV can decode the signal and you need to buy a $200 always online GoogleTV device that spies on you, and it still won't reliably work. There's a github of IPTV channels in playlists that's updated frequently and has most cable channels available from US IPs with probably 70+% uptime.
Considering the community this is posted in, I think it's fair to mention (if maybe not directly link to) there are devices that decode DRM and other encoding and pass on a stream that can be watched without needing all of that. The ones I saw were under $100. Though it's definitely possible that these may get cracked down on eventually either by customs or changes in the DRM that requires internet connectivity to decode which has been discussed though seems dumb to need internet to watch a broadcast signal, but greed often causes stupid things like that.