IMac to view live cable?

I'm a smoker so I spend a great deal of time in my garage with my late 2012 21" iMac, puffing away while my Theater Room 110" projection screen goes unwatched. I have cable, a strong WiFi network, two AppleTV devices (one original model with the hard drive, the second is about 3 years old), and a 55" Samsung Smart TV with "sharing". I would like to be able to watch ANY broadcast available to me thru my cable service wirelessly on my iMac. TWC cable offers some live programming but not local broadcasts and many other sporting events available to me inside. I don't smoke inside so I would like to be able to view any broadcasts on my iMac.
Does anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance for posting specific "how to" information.

Look into Elgato products.

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