Meet Me At the Tube... It's Goin' Down

NBC and iTunes... get ready to RUMBLE!

According to several sources, NBC may be leaving iTunes. Or Apple may be letting NBC go. Whatever. To some people, this news is "so what?" Who pays $1.99 for a show that's free anyway? Well, fortunately for iTunes and NBC, the answer equals moola because more than 50 million shows have been sold through the iTunes Music system so far (EDIT: As of Sept. 5, 2007, it is 95 million shows sold), between 30-40% of which belongs to the Universal NBC TV family. You know, NBC, USA, Sci-Fi, etc.

Oh, NBC, you cheeky monkey, why are you so stubborn. Let's see, tv is free, yet somehow, iTunes has convinced us that paying 1.99 for a television show if we missed it, if it isn't free on your site, or if we just want to watch it again is a good thing, even though we grumble because we shouldn't have to pay 1.99... I mean, there are so many ways to get a television show for free, you'd think that we would ignore iTunes. Yet we don't because it is easier. Easier until that season comes out on hd dvd and then we buy it from you. So why would you, NBC, want us, the viewers, to pay up to 4.99 per show, or to bundle shows together where we would have less control over what we get. And it would be sad if someone had to steal all of their BSG episodes from their DVR when they could have paid iTunes and you for the episode. You're counting on your viewers not being technologically savvy and I'm sorry to say they're not. I guarantee you, if you sell your shows yourself for higher than we could have gotten on iTunes, I'm pretty sure you'll have a wide variety of technogeeks, wanting to be honest, who will forever be upset that you forced them to get your shows dishonestly. What I don't understand is why you can't keep your shows on iTunes and do your own thing. Because you're know you're wrong, NBC!

Dexter Season 2 will be out soon. Of any show that I've decided to watch, this was the one I was initially the least interested in watching. I heard of this show with a serial killer as the main character and I couldn't imagine how I would be okay with rooting for a serial killer. In my tv world, you root for and care for the main character. How could a serial killer be sympathetic? Well, Dexter Morgan (played exquisitely by Michael C. Hall, whom you may best remember from Six Feet Under) has proved that a serial killer can be a sympathetic character. Many people have decided against watching because it seems as if there could be nothing redeeming about the show, yet somehow, it is. Maybe you shouldn't watch it. Maybe you should hold on to your... whatever it is you want to hold on to by not watching a show about a serial killer. You may find yourself rooting for him in his kill, laughing as he remembers his first kill, or even hoping he doesn't get caught - which I think we who are fan will be hoping for this next season. Check out tvguide.com for the Dexter Season 2 trailer and if you want to have a bit of fun, scare the crap out of your best friends by sending them kmail (that's kill mail) from Dexter Morgan.

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