Best TV on the Web

[Lemur]

Hey gang,

I spend a small portion of each week packaging stuff for my wife's company. To make the tedium bearable, I like to watch TV on a laptop while I work.

So far I've run across the following places where they show full, free episodes:

South Park (http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/)
Frontline (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/)
Colbert Report (http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/)
Daily Show (p://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/)

I've also dabbled with Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/), but I haven't gone much past registering a fake name account and making sure Starship Troopers (http://www.hulu.com/watch/37498/starship-troopers) would load.

So really, two questions:

(1) Please name and link to any other worthwhile TV/episodic content that you think I might enjoy while doing mindless labor.

(2) Given how much content is migrating to the web, would cutting off my cable be a realistic option? I love the idea of not paying for TV anymore. Thoughts?

[Fragony]

Didn't HBO put the new Band of Brother series online for free? Tried watching it but nono for Europeans

[Hooahguy]

ok two shows for you to look up, both on Hulu:

Life (http://www.hulu.com/life)- this is by far one of the best cop shows i have ever watched, i have watched many. the entire series is on Hulu until september, so take advantage now!

Standoff (http://www.hulu.com/standoff)- a short but sweet series only lasting 18 episodes, but all of them are great. the acting is great, and is just a great, tense show to watch.

also you should look up Burn Notice and Castle.

[Crazed Rabbit]

I really like Hulu, and watch several different shows, including Justified (a new, very good series about a federal marshal on FX), Burn Notice, and a smattering of comedies from NBC (first among them Community and 30 Rock).

On ending cable - I've thought that once Hulu goes HD (720+) there will be little reason to get cable, aside from sports (ie ESPN).

I don't know if you have Netflix, but if you rent movies often you should get it. It has the advantage of higher resolution for instant download movies (and TV series). Of course, most movies and some TV series can't be instantly downloaded, but those that can offer the advantage of all previous episodes being available for watching, unlike Hulu, which often has just the latest 5 episodes.

CR


Hey gang,

I spend a small portion of each week packaging stuff for my wife's company. To make the tedium bearable, I like to watch TV on a laptop while I work.

So far I've run across the following places where they show full, free episodes:

South Park (http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/)
Frontline (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/)
Colbert Report (http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/)
Daily Show (p://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/)

I've also dabbled with Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/), but I haven't gone much past registering a fake name account and making sure Starship Troopers (http://www.hulu.com/watch/37498/starship-troopers) would load.

So really, two questions:

(1) Please name and link to any other worthwhile TV/episodic content that you think I might enjoy while doing mindless labor.

(2) Given how much content is migrating to the web, would cutting off my cable be a realistic option? I love the idea of not paying for TV anymore. Thoughts?

[pevergreen]

You have to pay for TV in America?

:laugh4:

[naut]

You have to pay for TV in America?

:laugh4:
:inquisitive:

FoxTel.....

I'm pretty sure they have the same set-up we have here. A couple "free-to-air" commercial channels, that are pretty crappy and then cable that costs a monthly subscription fee.

[rajpoot]

I doubt you're into star wars anime but on this website (http://www.watch-star-wars-clone-wars-online.com/) you can watch all the episodes of the Clone Wars Animated Series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_%282008_TV_series%29) that premiered in 2008.

[pevergreen]

:inquisitive:

FoxTel.....

I'm pretty sure they have the same set-up we have here. A couple "free-to-air" commercial channels, that are pretty crappy and then cable that costs a monthly subscription fee.

Yeah, but I was under the impression that unlike our free tv, they have nothing...

We have plently, I don't know about you, but Foxtel/Austel/other varients are pretty rare up here.