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TUAW poll: What TV shows do you want?
TVSquad asked a great question related to iTMS video that I thought would be perfect for you TUAW readers: Which shows are missing from the iTMS? Are you a Battlestar Galactica fan? Or perhaps you'd enjoy All My Children all the more if you could watch it on your iPod during a morning commute? I myself am a big comedy fan, so I'd love to see stuff from Comedy Central and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block.But enough about me, I pose the question to you: what shows are you waiting to see in the iTMS? Please keep the "forget iTunes, hello BitTorrent!" comments for another post.
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cyberdork said 3:08PM on 10-14-2005
I'll take any show bigger than 320x240
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Andy said 3:09PM on 10-14-2005
NBC - The Office
Discovery - Mythbusters
Comedy Central - Chappelle's Show
...And all the old episodes of Seinfeld.
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Abiel Jaquez said 3:09PM on 10-14-2005
I would love to see The Daily Show make it into the store. That is probably the only show I would pay $1.99 every day for.
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Greg said 3:12PM on 10-14-2005
I would buy season 2.0 of BSG on iTunes for $20, rather than the $49.99 Universal plans to charge for the mid-season DVD set.
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Pete said 3:19PM on 10-14-2005
I want shows that I can actually buy. At the moment there's no such service for European iTunes Music Store users, grrr.
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Reid Sorenson said 3:21PM on 10-14-2005
I see this as a great opportunity for shows in bad timeslots to get additional exposure. CBS should be chomping at the bit to get, for example, NUMB3RS on there. And UPN could push something like EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS. These are programs that have great buzz and critical acclaim, but low visibility due to their timeslot. CHRIS, granted, has eclipsed JOEY on an airing or two, but NUMB3RS is stuck on Friday night--you just can't build a big audience then.
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Hawthorne said 3:21PM on 10-14-2005
Older TV shows that appear infrequently on cable, like Moonlighting, Hill Street Blues, Twin Peaks, The Prisoner, etc.
Instant new revenue stream for the networks.
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kmok1 said 3:22PM on 10-14-2005
Simpsons and Will & Grace to start. Since they are 1/2 hr shows, I would only pay 1/2 the full-hour price, 99 cents per episode.
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Matthew Goodwin said 3:23PM on 10-14-2005
Arrested Development!
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Michal Migurski said 3:25PM on 10-14-2005
I'd subscribe to The Daily Show in an instant. I'd buy old episodes of ST:TNG (Darmok :). Newsradio was greatly under-appreciated. Specific SNL skits, searchable by content or actor and sold as "albums" would be amazing -- the Sprockets collection!
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Alix said 3:26PM on 10-14-2005
Alias
Star trek: All of Next Generation and all of Deep Space 9
24
Futurama
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Armando said 3:26PM on 10-14-2005
HBO shows, oh and Battlestar Galactica.
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china said 3:26PM on 10-14-2005
Big up to The Daily Show and Twin Peaks. And speaking of UPN, Veronica Mars. I would SO buy every episode.
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Sean Flanagan said 3:27PM on 10-14-2005
I definitely second Mythbusters from Discovery. Here's my list:
Mythbusters - Discovery
Rides - TLC
Overhaulin' - TLC
My Name is Earl - ABC
No Reservations - Travel
Penn & Teller-Bullshit! - Showtime
So basically, I want Apple to strike a deal with Discovery Networks (in association with BBC) since almost everything I watch is either on ABC or a Discovery network. And I don't actually subscribe to Showtime, but Bullshit! is such a great show I've been debating it for a while. If it were offered on the iTMS, I'd just download it.
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narco said 3:31PM on 10-14-2005
I would love to see shows like the Daily show, but since there are so many and most people would only watch them once, there should be some kind of subscription model like they have for podcasts, but maybe pay a flat fee? I know most people are going to buy TV shows then get upset once the DVD comes out, so I think "renting" shows would be better.
But we all know how Steve feels about that.
Fishes,
narco.
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Alex H. said 3:31PM on 10-14-2005
The Daily Show.
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Noel said 3:31PM on 10-14-2005
Alias- can't get enough!
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Brian Kirchhoff said 3:31PM on 10-14-2005
2nds on:
The Office
Battlestar Galactica
Arrested Development
How about:
The West Wing
My Name is Earl
The Closer
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oliver said 3:33PM on 10-14-2005
The Simpsons, but I want better quality than they currently offer.
Wait a sec, 17 seasons of about 25 shows per season, at euro 1.99 per piece. That makes euro 845. WOW. On second thought, maybe they should just hold off with The Simpsons for now.
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TTR2 said 3:34PM on 10-14-2005
Apple should join forces with the BBC - Dr Who for a start off would fly off the shelves.
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