Television Is Dead. To me anyway.

A Season Without Hits

This article prompted me to post this, so blame CNN. Ever since I started working from home I have become incredibly televisionless when thinking of how often I used to watch. I estimate I watch television for a maximum of an hour a day on weekdays, during the daytime block, usually to watch Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert while I eat depending on the time.

The weekends are the bulk of my watching time since I am free then. That doesn't mean I don't watch shows elsewhere though. The bulk of my watching habits come in the form of free online content. Most of the networks offer something in the way of free entertainment online.

NBC, CBS, ABC, USA, South Park, Tom Green for a pretty good Tom Snyder style talk show.

Joost has a downloadable program with a lot of free content, if only my computer liked the program better I might have used it more. I just stumbled upon Hulu which I'm getting ready to try. Also if all else fails there's Alluc. Alluc is a site that just has links to other sites that people post that gives the location for the most part to illegally posted shows on several different sites.

I'm not against trying out other options that have a subscription format. I've already had a stint with Netflix. I may try Vongo next, although I'm iffy about how well it will play on my computer after trying Joost.

But one thing is for sure, I'm not very fond of the idea of having to pay for each episode of a certain season. I have never touched iTunes, I have given some thought to trying the amazon unbox, but 2 dollars an episode makes me want to cry a little. I would rather watch five ads throughout an episode on the network's site. Many more ads than five and I might start to get perturbed though.