Friday, February 25, 2011

Day 129: tv shows online

Hi again,
Today I am thankful for tv shows online. I am talking about tv shows uploaded onto sites like CTV or Global or CBC and not any illegal means of watching shows online. I am so grateful for television stations uploading shows onto their sites because it seems to happen often that I miss a show on tv or forget to set the recording or for some reason it doesn't record when it is supposed to. When these unfortunate circumstances happen, I can go to the station's website and hopefully they have that particular show online. Some tv shows are not online but alot are. To me, having episodes online like this makes so much sense because I can't be the only one who misses an episode of a favorite show. Sometimes through no fault of my own, the show I want to watch isn't on my channel because of some other show (like that darn Idol show) that takes up more time than it normally would and leaves no room for the show I want to see. But thankfully it is put on the site and I can still see the episode. Otherwise I would be extremely upset with the station for moving the show to it's sister station while Idol airs instead. I should mention that I don't have cable so when I mention "my channel"-I mean the 4 channels I get. Yep a whole 4 channels. lol As you can see, I am a bit perturbed about shows getting moved to a different station that I can't see them. lol Anyways, I am very grateful for the shows being available online for what ever reason that I miss the episode. Of course it will not be as good as watching it on the tv because of the buffering but it is completely fine for me because I still get to see the episode. I still remember one year before shows could be found on websites like CTV and we had set the recording for the Finale of Amazing Race because we couldn't watch it while it was on and the vcr never recorded it and we missed it. With shows like Amazing Race, if you miss the last episode it really really sucks! I was left scouring the internet trying to find play by plays of what happened during the episode. lol Recently the same thing happened that the vcr didn't record an episode of Amazing Race and it is online now so my family and I didn't miss out which was so incredibly nice! It takes away the sting of missing the episode if you have a second chance to be able to see it. lol So this is why I am thankful for tv shows online. :)

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