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It's not your imagination—the bill really does balloon every year. From 1. 99. 5 to 2.

But in the past year an explosion of online viewing services has turned cord cutting into child's play, and it can be a very lucrative game. You still need to pay for Internet, but Greg Ireland, research director for multiscreen video at market- analysis firm IDC, estimates that for people with a "double play" bundle—cable TV and Internet in the same bill—canceling cable would save an average of $7. If you switch to online streaming, you could duplicate a basic- cable menu for $3. The big advantage to streaming is that you generally pay for only what you watch: no more Spike or Oxygen or the Jewelry Channel unless you want it. There are tradeoffs. While cable is essentially one- stop shopping—a single box and a single tier of programs—streaming requires you to be a more active consumer. You'll need to explore various services to find the ones with your favorite shows, then pair them with the right hardware.

The following guide will give you an overview of the major streaming services. Once you know who carries what shows, you can start to mix and match programming that matches your tastes. Or if you want to make it even easier, just pick from one of the seven plans we've put together for viewers of all kinds. Modern Family. Courtesy of ABCHulu. PRICE: $8 a month.

MAJOR SHOWS: Empire, Modern Family (pictured), The Mindy Project, Scandal, Seinfeld reruns. Hulu Plus carries the primetime lineups from Fox, NBC, ABC, and the CW, as well as current and archived content from the networks and cable channels like Comedy Central and FX. There's also some exclusive content, including The Mindy Project. Orange Is The New Black. Courtesy of Netflix. Netflix. PRICE: $9 a month for high- definition streaming. MAJOR SHOWS: House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black (pictured), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Daredevil.

Netflix is a bit like an online premium channel, with a large catalogue of movies and TV shows as well as a growing number of its own, exclusive productions. It can take a while for blockbuster movies to appear on the service, but Netflix's buzzworthy original programming has made it an increasingly popular choice. The Walking Dead. Gene Page/AMC/Courtesy Everette Collection. Sling TVPRICE: $2.

MAJOR SHOWS: The Walking Dead (pictured), Chopped, ESPN sports. Sling TV delivers more than 2.

AMC, TNT, A& E, CNN, and the Food Network (though it doesn't offer archived shows for all channels). It is the only service carrying ESPN and ESPN2. Game of Thrones. Helen Sloan/HBO/Courtesy of Everette Collection.

HBO Now. PRICE: $1. MAJOR SHOWS: Game of Thrones (pictured), True Detective, Veep, Ballers, Girls.

HBO was the first premium channel to release a standalone streaming channel. In addition to broadcasting its current slate of shows, HBO Now contains a library of every hit HBO series, as well as its original movies, documentaries, and major sporting events. Homelandlachlan Cunningham/Getty.

Showtime. PRICE: $1. MAJOR SHOWS: Penny Dreadful, Ray Donovan, Homeland (pictured)This option is already $4 a month cheaper than HBO Now, and now Hulu subscribers can add it for only $9 a month. NCISMonty Brinton—CBSCBS All Access. PRICE: $6 a month. MAJOR SHOWS: NCIS (pictured), The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife. All Access delivers more than 6,5. CBS episodes on demand, including new episodes (available for viewing the next day).

All Access subscribers in most markets can also use the service to watch live network content, including sports like pro golf (although NFL games are blacked out). Transparent. Beth Dubber—Amazon Studios/Everett Collection. Amazon Prime Video. PRICE: $9. 9 a year. MAJOR SHOWS: Transparent (pictured), Alpha House, Bosch.

Amazon Prime Video is a lot like Netflix in that it mixes a back catalogue of movies and TV shows with a number of exclusive shows. There are many non- TV benefits too, including a music- streaming service, free two- day shipping on Amazon orders, and more. The 2. 01. 0 US Open Tennis Championships on ESPNScott Clarke—ESPNSports. So far there's no one- stop shop for sports fans. Watch ARQ Online Metacritic.

Sling TV offers various college- oriented sports channels (in addition to ESPN), and each major sports league (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) runs its own streaming service. They vary in price but typically cost about $1. The bad news: They tend to black out local games. For more hard- core, can't- miss- a- game sports fans, see "Sports Fans" in our viewers' guide.).

Watch Space. X Launch Lots of Ice Cream to NASA Astronauts Today. The dog days of summer are here, so shouldn’t astronauts hurtling through space get to enjoy some Earthly delights? Today, a Space. X Falcon 9 rocket will launch some experiments—and lots of ice cream—up to astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Honestly, the flavor selection is not too shabby. Today’s delivery of tasty treats should not be confused with The Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) experiment—or ISS CREAM—an iteration of which will also be ferried up into Low Earth Orbit today. ISS CREAM is kind of like a balloon that measures cosmic rays in space, far above the interference of Earth’s atmosphere. Its cute name might also have something to do with today’s special delivery, of actual ice cream.“There will be chocolate, vanilla and birthday cake flavored ice cream heading to the International Space Station on today’s launch, as well as ice cream candy bars,” Kathryn Hambleton, Public Affairs Officer at NASA Headquarters, told Gizmodo.

The ice cream] is frozen. It will be going up in three freezers that will come back filled with research when Dragon returns.”Space. X’s ice cream run—whose launch window opens at 1. ET (1. 63. 1 GMT) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida—will include roughly 6,4.

Dragon spacecraft. This includes 2. 0 mice, which will be used to study the impacts of long duration spaceflight on biology. It’s the rocket company’s 1. ISS, and between ice cream, mice, and an attempted re- landing of the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster, it should be one hell of a launch. You can watch the live stream below.