Our neighbors to the north now have reason to rejoice, it appears that a deal has been struck allowing Canadians to watch prime-time US television dramas online:

In a move that may pave the way for most of the highest-rated shows on television to make their way online in Canada, CTV Inc. struck a deal with ABC Inc. to stream three of that network’s most-watched series online, supported by advertising.

Episodes of Lost, Desperate House wives and Grey’s Anatomy will be available online for 28 days after their original broadcast for the remainder of the season, the networks said.

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For those who have been watching Battlestar Galactica since season one, or who recently started to watch it, this is the final season of the show.  Since the beginning, SciFi has been streaming the show during the day before it airs on cable.  Today I went to the website and discovered they have been streaming it - every hour on the hour - since 9 AM, and will continue to do it until 4 PM.  If you’re bored and have nothing to do, you should check it out!

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Obviously I spent a good portion of tonight loading and configuring my nano, and one of the things I did in the process was re-discover the iTunes TV Shows section. While poking around, I noticed and downloaded the free pilot episode of The Big Bang Theory, a new CBS sitcom with Johnny Galecki (remember him from Roseanne?) playing one of a cast of girl-clueless geeks.

If you decide to watch, just bear in mind it’s a pilot and so it has to set every character up in its short 23 minute run. But I still I thought it was surprisingly good, and I found myself laughing out loud several times.

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