stuff is cool

I don’t watch much TV. In fact, I watch essentially no TV at all, save two shows, 24 and Lost. In fact, I have to go elsewhere to watch them because I don’t have a cable connection and my reception to the local channels really blows. So, Meg and I have standing weekly appointments for watching these — Monday nights for 24 at my parents’ house, and Wednesday nights at her place for Lost. However, this past Wednesday I had to work late and couldn’t make it in time to watch Lost, so I had to do something to be able to watch it later. As it turns out, I don’t have to resort to the *cough* questionable *cough* methods of getting that episode that I did, because ABC has decided to try out this new concept: distributing their shows online.

Thursday morning, the show went online at ABC’s free full-episode streaming portal. Currently they have four shows on there: Lost, Alias, Commander in Chief, and Desperate Housewives. Basically you just watch them in your browser and have to sit through a handful of commercial sections. It’s not all that different from watching TV normally, except that you don’t need a DVR to pause or rewind it. You can even skip to a specific point in the show if you want if for some reason you missed just a small bit and wanted to catch up. It’s pretty cool. And one added bonus for them is now that I’ve watched Lost on there, I may check out one of their other shows as well, since I can view it whenever I want to. Everybody wins!

As for actually what happened this week on Lost, well, that’s another blog post entirely. Crazy crazy stuff, and I’m glad there are no more breaks between new episodes. Hooray for May sweeps!

Edit: I just noticed the date range up at the top, apparently this is only through May and June. Good thing Lost is over by then! Though seriously I hope this catches on and is kept up on a more permanent basis.