As for the ones the U.S. audience wants the most, the pickings are a bit slim in terms of quality, stability, and legality.

With those three keys in mind, here is a list of recommended TV Channels Online for the U.S.:

• CBS – KPIX San Francisco
• CNN Live
• Comedy Central – West
• CW – West
• ESPN 360
• Nickelodeon – West
• Sci Fi – West

“West” means the western U.S.A. feed, usually in Pacific Time Zone.

Most of those live streams will take about 15 seconds to start, and some require custom player downloads.

For a bigger picture of channels online, try Spreety’s Online TV Channels page.

Feb 6 Update: For the channels from TVU, the embedded player has been updated.