Gossip Girl Returns Tonight; Television and the Internet Once Again Act All Awkward Around Each Other.

Published: April 21, 2008, 5:53 pm

Tags: gossip

We'll get to the Gossip Girl business in a sec! But first, a quick word about how you'll be able (or unable, as the case may be) to watch it this season. Such talk involves iTunes, streaming media, Battlestar Galactica, and, naturally, Bit Torrent. Forget about Bit Torrent being illegal--a bigger concern at this point is just how clumsy the thing is. Last year, I was easily able to download episodes of Battlestar Galactica from iTunes; for a reasonable (or reasonable enough, anyway) $1.99 an episode, one got a slick, quick, high-quality download. (There was also the nice feeling that you weren't, you know, stealing.) Bit Torrent, on the other hand, is a time-consuming hassle that often results in shitty picture quality or broken files. It's an option, sure, just not a very good one. Man, I used to love iTunes--largely because it was an easy way to get my guilt-free Battlestar fix every week. But ever since NBC yanked all their stuff from the iTunes store (they reportedly

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