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1 Sep 17, 2008 at 10:50 by AK

The Wire needs to get up there.

2 Sep 17, 2008 at 10:57 by Anonymous

u know i haven’t even seen one episode of prison brreak and i live here in the u.s.

but seeing as it usually close to the top or in the top like right now. im actually going to download it

3 Sep 17, 2008 at 11:06 by Olaf

Some countries are sometimes a year or more behind.

4 Sep 17, 2008 at 11:10 by dog byte

The wire finished months ago.

5 Sep 17, 2008 at 11:28 by Gabster

I don’t think that the start of a show in an other country is the problem - i think it’s the localization. Frankly said: It mostly sucks. It sucks hard. You can’t watch Futurama in german, because it’s just crap. Hell, I would pay for a channel, that airs the shows in original. But nooooo, we have to watch cheaply synchronized shows, with speakers who don’t get a single joke right.
As long as they sync TV-Shows I won’t watch them. At least not on TV.

6 Sep 17, 2008 at 11:30 by Gabster

@3: That’s right. For example in Germany:
Dexter hasn’t even reached the normal TV-Stations, neither has Prison Break Season 3. Californication is just about to start with Season 1.

7 Sep 17, 2008 at 11:53 by Anonymous

@gabster

I feel for the Germans..there’s no way you guys should have to wait another second for the genius that is Dexter!

8 Sep 17, 2008 at 12:13 by ALIS

I totally agree with Gabster, for some reason i had a german satellite channel here(finland) few years back and the dubbing was awful. You cant dub a comedy series, it just isnt right, nearly all the jokes arent funny in other lanquages. Other series might be ok if done really well but thats not gonna happen.
And back to the point, good series allways come to finland a year or more late, i think stargate atlantis hasnt even started here, dexter second season started, prison break is atleast one season behind… They leave me no other choice than bittorrent.

9 Sep 17, 2008 at 12:19 by Anonymous

“We’ll have to see whether this has an effect on our weekly download charts.”

probably - it’s competition for piracy. many people would rather just turn on a TV and have it come on. of course watching it without commercials and watching it when and where you want is nice too, as is with piracy :)

10 Sep 17, 2008 at 12:34 by bud

“Sons of Anarchy” is a great show. People should watch it. Its on FX.

11 Sep 17, 2008 at 12:42 by dirk

Yes the awfull german dubbing is another reason why you don’t want to watch them from local broadcasters.

12 Sep 17, 2008 at 14:15 by Gabster

@bud: I agree, Sons of Anarchy looks very promising. As does the strip, it may be a clone of criminal intent with a CSI:Miami-ish setting, but i like the sarcastic dialogs.
@7: Luckily I have some friends in the US, who recorded Dexter for me and sent me the episodes. And yes, no one should miss it.

13 Sep 17, 2008 at 14:18 by Gabster

@ALIS: Have you seen the German version of two and a half man? *shudders*. They even managed to make the title sound uninteresting. It’s called “Mein cooler Onkel Charly” which translates “my cool uncle charly”. Boooring

14 Sep 17, 2008 at 16:02 by andyness

Soon House will be here too :)

15 Sep 17, 2008 at 16:52 by CMG

Yeeaah I’m glad to see Prison Break at number 1 again, the show truly deserves it. If I ever end up talking about it with friends I always say to the people who haven’t seen it to just give it a chance.

16 Sep 17, 2008 at 17:07 by bud

@Gabster: Dexter is awesome. Watched both seasons this summer and can’t wait for season 3.

17 Sep 17, 2008 at 17:28 by meh

I know these shows are probably good.. but I just cant stand all the drama jerking they do.. its like a constant yank on your emotions.. all the time.

They never give you answers, always making you want to tune in to the next episode.. I just cant stand that shit.. lol.

Thats why I like shows like

The Office
Family Guy
American Dad
Planet Earth

18 Sep 17, 2008 at 18:54 by dPsychc

PB is the only show im watchin

19 Sep 17, 2008 at 18:55 by Dex

Dexter series 3 episode 1 is available now on pirate bay

20 Sep 17, 2008 at 19:52 by dwpbike

the world needs to know about colbert and the report. it’s worth learning english. i don’t watch enough tv to warrant cable, but i love colbert downloads.

21 Sep 17, 2008 at 20:02 by Rasha

fringe… great show

22 Sep 17, 2008 at 20:31 by col mcg

Sons of Anarchy is truly appalling.
Really really fucking kick the cat shit.At your own risk

23 Sep 17, 2008 at 20:39 by Scyther

pfff…only if months! E.g. in central-eastern Europe it is years to premiere a US show…House MD: 2 years! PB: 1 year! And as fan of Stargate Atlantis, which is not broadcasted, the only source is…mininova ;)

24 Sep 18, 2008 at 01:26 by zarathustra

Chalk up another vote for Colbert & The daily Show - & I’m not even Merkin!

Sons of Anarchy is great fun - I love anything by Ron Perlman. =]

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles & Dexter both rule, but 90210 & One Tree Hill? Are you fuckers serious?

25 Sep 18, 2008 at 02:20 by Zvonimir

I’ve stopped watching synchronized TV show when I found out about Bittorrent.

-Prisonbreak 1st season was great, the 3rd not so much…
-Dexter like it very much, if you don’t know it def. worth a try.
-The Wire to me is the best tv show every, but it differs from the usual scheme used in tv shows and might not work for the Pavlov’s dogs among us…
-House MD happy the new season started and happy to see more of Jennifer Morrison :)
-Battlestar Galactica
-The Daily Show - http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes (can be watched wordwide, one day after it aired)
If you start the show, than pause it and wait for it to buffer completely, you can switch FireFox to “Work Offline”. If you watch it now the three 30 sec. commercials will be skipped, making it ad-free :)
-The Colbert Report (see the url above)
-Weeds and Atlantis aren’t working for me anymore and I stopped watching them, tho the first seasons were fun…

There are good British shows as well. My favorites are “Wire in the blood” (9/10 stars from me), Hellskitchen, Masterchef and of course TopGear…

26 Sep 18, 2008 at 02:22 by Zvonimir

sry, just saw a few typos :(

27 Sep 18, 2008 at 06:21 by zarathustra

#25: “The Daily Show - http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes (can be watched wordwide, one day after it aired)”

BZZZZT - Fail.

“Dear Great Britain, We’re terribly sorry, but etc., etc…”

28 Sep 18, 2008 at 06:44 by Zvonimir

@27

> #25: “The Daily Show - http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes
> (can be watched wordwide, one day after it aired)”
>
> BZZZZT - Fail.
>
> “Dear Great Britain, We’re terribly sorry, but etc., etc…”

Well I guess I failed. The site where I found the link claimed ‘worldwide’ and I’m in Germany at the moment and can watch it just fine… didn’t know and feel sorry for you :p

Links to new shows might be found here: http://www.lateshows.org/

29 Sep 18, 2008 at 06:50 by Zvonimir

@27 or try this

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=latebyte&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

latebyte should have all latenight stuff, sorry for you Britons …

30 Sep 18, 2008 at 13:03 by Iron Mask

Sons of Anarchy is a pretty descent show… and looks like one of the cast members from The Shield transferred as well…

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33 Sep 18, 2008 at 20:46 by s2pid

[quote]
“Non-US fans of Prison Break and other TV-shows sometimes have to wait for weeks or even months before their favorite show airs on TV in their country.”
Hell, lucky them.In Fiji we have to wait one year.Anyhow atm this show is the bomb.

Good Morning BTW.

34 Sep 19, 2008 at 01:30 by zarathustra

Zvonimir,

No problem, buddy. I torrent every episode of both via the superb EZTV trackers… =]

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36 Sep 20, 2008 at 11:04 by Anon

Fringe is a really cool show.

I also watch TTSCC.

Prison Break sucks.

37 Sep 21, 2008 at 22:24 by o

that chart will soon change.. CBS and NBC fall line ups are about to start

38 Sep 21, 2008 at 23:45 by Ed

House MD should be up there. I know in some places in Europe it lags more than a year behind.

39 Sep 22, 2008 at 18:39 by website design

Dugg for s02e01 Sarah Conner Chronicles

40 Sep 27, 2008 at 06:11 by herbstwerk

i don’t care that much about the delay between us and germany/austria… just give me dual channel audio - can’t be that hard to realize with digital tv almost all over the place now. i can’t stand german localization and i didn’t learn english to view content in a different language than it’s produced.

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