Have you heard of cord-cutting?
Yes actually I am a cord cutter myself. I have been cancelling subscriptions to multichannel television. 
I would love to try it, but I'm not sure my family would be ok with it.  
You should try to show them that a number of purely internet television services are being offered at a much lower price. 
So does cord-cutting mean all paid for subscriptions, or completely turning off the tv?
It just means dropping pay television channels or reducing the number of hours of subscription TV. There are different levels of cord cutting!
Oh, I was thinking it meant to turn the TV off altogether!  We've done media free weeks before during the summer and the kids struggled at first but then found some great things to do.
Hahah no, but some people do that. You should look into Internet services such as Amazon Video, Hulu, iTunes, Netflix, Sling TV, and YouTube!
We do use Netflix and Amazon, but not the others really.  I may have to investigate this further.
I see, its always good to look into more options because Internet content is either free or significantly cheaper so you can save money!