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I never used to watch a lot of TV. I grew up with cable and loved watching movies. It was my favorite, at home relaxing activity, still is. If I don’t have anything pressing and no one else is around, I can watch 4 movies in one sitting.

Lately, I haven’t had the time to sit an watch movies and I’ve been less enthused to run to the video store for a movie that is sure to be out of stock when I want it. So, I’ve started to watch more TV. It started when I moved into my new house and didn’t have cable (or antennae) for over a month. I spent a lot of time at Hollywood Video renting movies and when I ran out of movies I started renting TV shows. My addiction to LOST and Desperate Housewives began.

Unfortunately, I’m super terrible at a sticking to a live TV schedule and I don’t have any recording devices (DVR or VCR). I should be a prime candidate for TiVo, but I can’t commit to the expense yet. But, now I can buy TV episodes from iTunes and watch new shows and episodes on network stations for free.

What used to be an addiction to a few primetime shows has now increased to many
I’m now watching…

LOST
Desperate Housewives
Heroes
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Jericho
The Nine
CSI:
CSI:NY
Dexter

…and I can’t wait for Medium to start after the New Year.
*I’m a little slow to catch up with the rest of you early entertainment technology adopters.*
The networks have got it going. They’re reaching out to people like me, the stragglers who are impressionable given a nice swift kick. I’m convinced that a little while longer watching TV shows for free on their websites will totally convince me to get TiVo to sit back at my TV instead of my uncomfortable computer chair.