Unless they make entire seasons available to watch. That would be a good way to bring new viewers to their shows.....
I love on-demand Tv. I used Hulu and Joost to watch many of the shows I used to love that are just not on TV anymore. Cosby Show, Alf, Family Ties, Who's the boss, Taxi, Roseanne - just to name a small few. My wife uses it to get caught up on episodes she missed (Ugly Betty, Hell's kitchen, Glee, Desparate Housewives, etc). I also watched a couple of good movies (that I did not even know existed) on Hulu while working late and waiting for databases to defrag. I would love for all the networks to go this route and stream free TV (I don't mind if they did what Hulu did - 1 15->30-second commercial every 15 minutes to 1/2 hr). Much less annoying than regular TV with 3 minutes of commercials every 5 minutes, it seems.
I am not going back to satellite or Cable, too expensive and you have to buy packages that usually contain channels I would not even watch. They get ya by splitting up the channels you would watch across multiple packages - so you either have to buy multiple packages or get an expensive all inclusive package. I am sorry, but I do not watch enough TV to justify paying $150 a month for the channels I do watch and having 30 or more channels that I do not watch.
would be great for all the networks to also put entire seasons and shows that went off the air, and allowed them to be viewed in full (with limited commercial interruptions). Works good for the consumer, good for the advertiser, good for the networks. a win-win for everyone (especially if Obama does push his initiative to bring broadband to all rural areas out west that are still stuck on dialup with no options).
this would make my $45 for DSL, $30 data plan for my iphone, and soon to be $30 data plan for my ipad that much more viable. i would rather pay $105 a month for internet to do what I need where I need, than $150 a month just for TV. I use over-the-air TV now, but I must agree that I am stuck watching what the networks air on their schedule. Not what I want to watch on my schedule.