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20 May 2007

TeeVee: It's all being streamed! I just realized that all of the major networks are streaming their shows. Other than Heroes, Lost and Ugly Betty, is there anything worth watching? (I've been in a netflix cocoon for a while)

post by: craniac at: 22:46 | 17 comments

Sorry if this post feels a little epsi-Pay lue-Bay.

posted by craniac 20 May | 22:47

I've been keeping up on The Bachelor on ABC.com :-D

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 20 May | 22:57

Hilarious. I just got done watching a 30 Rock. It's been nearly three years since I've had a TV (for broadcast purposes).

Anyway, it's the one thing I've allowed myself besides Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica (both of which I p2p, and which I tend to watch 2 or 3 times apiece before moving to the next).

The biggest problem I have is that half the websites don't recognize my Firefox as a supported browser, even when they say they support Firefox. ABC is one.

I'm very amused to see that The King of Queens and According to Jim are still around and streamable. To steal a line from 30 Rock, it's like expecting a beeper call from 1983.

posted by stilicho 20 May | 23:00

Germany has 96 channels?!

posted by mischief 20 May | 23:10

The Australian Shopping Network TVSN sucks.

posted by mischief 20 May | 23:19

I just went through all of 'em and nothing was worth watching. heheh

posted by mischief 20 May | 23:23

*sings*
"I've got 14 channels of shit on the TV to choose from ..."

posted by dg 20 May | 23:42

Friday Night Lights is an excellent show. NBC has it online.

posted by mudpuppie 21 May | 01:41

Cool thanks. I just got sucked into a local broadcast of Goodwill Hunting that started at 11pm. I will definitely check out 30 rock, thanks.

posted by craniac 21 May | 01:53

Re: Friday Night Lights - Kyle Chandler is so hot. You should check out his old show, Early Edition. It's kinda cheesy though.

posted by IndigoRain 21 May | 04:07

ABC is one.

Weird, I'm using firefox (2.somethingsomething) on Mac OSX and I haven't had a problem with ABC (well, except for the fact that they don't like you moving the viewing window.

posted by drezdn 21 May | 08:43

I'd add House and The Office to those shows already mentioned. I'm going to miss the Heroes finale tonight, which sucks! I'm hoping I can get the kids to nap at some point tomorrow so I can catch it on NBC's site.

posted by jrossi4r 21 May | 08:50

THE OFFICE!!!!!!

posted by chewatadistance 21 May | 09:09

I love House.
I'm also a fan of Boston Legal. I have a longstanding crush on James Spader, though, so YMMV.

I've also been digging on Dr. Who (and Torchwood) as of late. My roommate got me into them.
I stopped watching Battlestar for a year or so and now I can't get back into it, it makes no sense anymore.

posted by kellydamnit 21 May | 12:39

Other than Heroes, Lost and Ugly Betty, is there anything worth watching?

:/

posted by Wedge 21 May | 14:15

update: the NBC site is seriously flakey with my mac and both Safari and Firefox. Lots of cut outs, etc. so I just googled around and found some pirate streaming site in Lithuani or some other post-cold-war haven for former Bulgurian KGB Hax0rs.

posted by craniac 21 May | 23:54

up^update: It's 16 days later and I've seen the entire first season of 30 rock and all 23 episodes of Heroes. Heroes blew me away, although I still can't imagine even Peter surviving that blast. I need to talk to someone about it, to process 16 hours total (966 minutes) of that show.

posted by craniac 06 June | 01:51

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