After a relatively great blogging month (29 posts in 31 days), August has started off a bit slower. The reason is Lost. I am hooked. I just started watching it less than a week ago but I'm already 4 episodes into the second season (that's around 3-4 hours a day for those keeping track at home). The show is just so enthralling that I don't know how people could have watched this on a weekly schedule.
Lost is just the latest in a string of TV shows I picked up this summer, starting with Curb Your Enthusiasm and later The Office (US). I've noticed that though I'm pulling away from the mainstream with regard to audio and news, I'm embracing it more and more in the realm of video. Perhaps its just that audio can be produced well for cheap, whereas video requires a much larger budget. I love Ze Frank and enjoy Rocketboom but these and other short-form shows are nowhere near replacing mainstream television shows.
What I do think will change for mainstream TV is the distribution method. We're already seeing this with more and more networks adding shows to the iTunes Music Store, with ABC shows appearing on abc.com for free and (legality notwithstanding) with shows popping up here and there on YouTube.
So how exactly am I watching these shows when and how I want? Here's a hint: not by turning on the television.
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