This week, seven shows leaked on BitTorrent, before they actually aired on TV. Four of those made it into the top 10 of most downloaded TV-shows. Preair leaks are not uncommon, in fact, it is suggested that some shows are leaked on purpose.
The data of the weekly download chart, collected by TorrentFreak, is gathered from a representative sample of BitTorrent sites and is for informational and educational reference only.
At the end of the year we will publish a list of most downloaded TV-shows for the entire year, like we did last December.
TV-shows such as “Lost” and “Heroes” can get up to 10 million downloads per episode, in only a week.
Top Downloads June 15 – June 22
| Ranking (last week) | TV-show | |
| 1 | (new) | Weeds |
| 2 | (new) | Stargate Atlantis (preair) |
| 3 | (4) | Doctor Who |
| 4 | (2) | The Daily Show |
| 5 | (3) | The Colbert Report |
| 6 | (new) | True Blood (preair) |
| 7 | (new) | Life on Mars (preair) |
| 8 | (8) | Fear Itself |
| 9 | (new) | Do Not Disturb (preair) |
| 10 | (new) | The Middleman |
