Going deeper, we now need a special digital converter to get a non-cable signal. I'm not sure if that's the rabbit ears (antenna) you are referring to. The old ones won't work. But then, I haven't watched a major network show in at least ten years, so we all have our things.Rabbit ears my man, rabbit ears...like $20-30, no monthly fees, and you get a fair number of channels, including the major networks.