When all they do is showing the same program over and over and over again? So why do we pay such an outrages price ?

Ha!.. Because they got it. You want it. And they will sell it to you.And that is the bottom line, really. The alternative is do without, or get an antenna. Choices suck pretty bad all around.

the station get paid by dish, direct and cable to rebroadcast thier programming. So, you have a 2 part question. First: why are there so many repeats. That answer you would have to ask every individual station. Second the cost. You will find,if you look, That cable is the most expensive, Dish the cheapest.