Media's Anatomy

Is there something more thrilling than hearing the magical words

"Previously on..."

followed by the name of your favorite TV show ?

I honestly don't think there is !

Spotted : Your devoted blogger turns out to be a soap opera addict.

Be careful L., you might have to write an article about this unexpected liking...

First of all, I apologize for those who read this article and aren't into american TV shows.

That being said, I can tell you what's been on my mind lately. I noticed that ever since the Internet came into my life, I was watching even more series than before. Nowadays, hundreds of streaming websites such as alloshowtv broadcast all kinds of series for free.

So just as Carrie Bradshaw would write it down in her column :

When it comes to TV shows, did the Internet make us break our habits ?

Even if I was already a huge fan of Friends before the Internet revolution, I became a real addict of soap operas since the day I got my own laptop with the Wifi. I really think that by allowing its users to watch videos online, the Internet dethroned television in the TV shows field. Why would you bother to watch an old episode with awful dubbings at a specific hour, when you can have the latest one on your computer in original version at any moment of the day ?

I used to wait for the video tapes or the DVD to be in store to watch series, but now, I can watch the brand new season of Lost almost as if I were in America. It only takes few hours for websites to publish the videos, or a day if you want the subtitles. If television remains the master media in the field of talk shows, I think the Internet paradoxically stole its thunder with TV shows. And I believe that this new media is to do with the success of series like Gossip Girl that are totally adapted to the Internet users' habits and codes. The French TV Channel M6 doesn't take any risk by broadcasting Desperate Housewives on prime time because the buzz that it provokes online months before guarantees its success on television.

This just made me realize I still haven't seen the brand new episode of How I Met Your Mother !

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