Finally having made my way through season 4 of Friday Night Lights, I thought I might write a little about it. There is an inherent problem, however.
Friday Night Lights is currently seven episodes into season 5. So I can't be current with it due to NBC's rule of only having four episodes available at a time online. Well, I could buy the episodes on Amazon or iTunes, but I'm not really a fan of paying more for something that I should be getting for free.
NBC is only losing my viewership by taking this approach. I've been watching Friday Night Lights for six months now and would love to get current. But NBC decides that I'm going to have to pay (yeah right) or wait for it to come up on Netflix Watch Instantly. Personally, I think this is a load of BS. I'm willing to watch the ads on hulu or the NBC site. If they're willing to show the latest four episodes, why aren't they willing to show episodes beyond that?
There must be some argument for cost effectiveness and I would welcome it. But I feel like NBC should prefer to have its viewers up to date on the series to increase the likelihood of viewing the show on broadcast.
I know I'm a special case at the moment, as I'm not subscribed to TV and am exclusively viewing television online, but I have to imagine that I'm not the only person in this situation.
iTunes charges $2.99 for the HD episodes of Friday Night Lights. Episode three drops off of NBC.com and hulu tomorrow, so one would assume that I can't watch three episodes of a show by that point.
I'm not going to pay $9 to get up to date on a season that I'll just be able to catch up on when it goes to Netflix in six months. Get with it NBC, you're losing out.
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