When was the last time you watched TV?

It has been over 4 years since I have actually watched TV and probably over 15 years since I had cable. That is because I watch all my content online. Before Netflix, I simply went to Showcase, CTV, CBC, etc and watched the episodes online when I felt like it. No longer am I tied to a schedule or worry about setting the PVR. What if the power goes out and it doesn't record?

Here is an interesting article on the state of TV and Video Streaming. The Networks Are Dead Long Live The Network is an interesting article and shows the benefits of Networks to stream their content with pre-roll. The problem is once they stream it how do people find it. Look no further than this blog and the soon website that will make it easier for you to find this content.

If you have shows you wish to watch but cannot find legal streams, or if you have feeds that will make it easier for indexing the streams, please email them to Chris Williams at chrisw_88@hotmail.com

CTV Online Show Guide - Summer 2012

• Anger Management - Anger Management is Charlie Sheen's new show based on the Adam Sander movie. This show is really funny.


• Saving Hope - In SAVING HOPE, when charismatic Chief of Surgery Charlie Harris (Michael Shanks, STARGATE SG-1) at Torontos Hope-Zion Hospital ends up in a coma


• Bell Let's Talk - Watch Bell Let's Talk and see.


• Bent - On the surface, Alex and Pete could not be more different. The recently divorced Alex is a hard-working.


• Best Friends Forever - Best Friends Forever features Jessica St. Clair from weeds. Awesome actor. Awesome show.


• Comedy Inc. - Comedy Inc. will get you laughing


• Comedy Now! - Comedy Now is another laugh a minute.


• Defying Gravity - Defying Gravity is a brilliant show about Eight astronauts living aboard an international spacecraft on a mission through the Solar System, as the world watches from billions of kilometers away.


• Desperate Housewives - Desperate Housewives are one of those shows that you really don't want to miss an episode of or you miss a lot. Fortunately you can catch up on CTV.


• etalk - etalk has all the latest gossip, celebrity news that you don't want to miss. If you did, you can catch up here.


• Flashpoint - Flashpoint is filmed in Toronto and is about Toronto. This show has excitement from the first to last part of every episode. Amazing show if you have never watched it you need to. CTV has back episodes to catch up.


• GCB - GCB is a new show that is very edgy. Everyone has met people like this at Church now you get to laugh along with them on TV.


• Grey's Anatomy - Grey's Anatomy is a classic by now. Every episode builds upon that amazing premise, the actors are awesome. If you missed an episode go here to catch up.


• Hot in Cleveland - Hot in Cleveland is a really hot show. If you are not watching it you should. Three 40-something best friends from Los Angeles are flying to Paris when their plane makes an emergency landing in Cleveland. Realizing that all the norms from Los Angeles don't apply anymore, they decide to celebrate a city that values real women and stay where they're still considered hot.


• Intersections - Intersections features Jaimie Alexander. That should be enough but here is a description anyways. A couple on their honeymoon in Morocco survive a deadly car accident in the middle of the desert.
  
  
• Last Night with Jimmy Fallon - Jimmy Fallon from SNL. Enough said. If you missed last nights show then catch up here.


• Love In The Wild - Love In The Wild. Reality TV at its best.


• Malawi's Song


• MasterChef - MasterChef Gordon Ramsey. You know him. If you missed an episode catch up here or he will discipline you.


• Missing - Ashley Judd. When a woman's son goes missing under suspicious circumstances, she will do anything it takes to find him.
  


• Sanctuary - Amanda Tapping. Stem cells, gene therapy, transplants, and cloning have changed the definition of "humanity" in the modern world, but the darker side contains monsters that only few are brave enough to face, because the future lies in their hands.


• Shameless Idealists


• So You Think You Can Dance - So You Think You Can Dance. Well watch these people and compare.


• Take Me Out - George Lopez. Stem cells, gene therapy, transplants, and cloning have changed the definition of "humanity" in the modern world, but the darker side contains monsters that only few are brave enough to face, because the future lies in their hands.


• The Bold and the Beautiful - Young and the Restless Spin Off. Great Soap. If you missed your episode catch up here.


• The Borgias - Borgias features Jeremy Irons. The saga of a crime family in 1492 Italy. Very Controversial. Very well filmed.


• The Colbert Report - The Colbert Report. You know the show. Catch up here.


• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Jon Stewart is the definition of funny. Catch up if you missed the latest show.


• The Dr. Oz Show - You know Dr. Oz from Oprah. His own show is awesome too.


• The Glass House - If you live in a Glass House don't throw stones. In this game show especially or you will lose $250,000. 14 contestants will live together and compete against each other and the viewers for $250,000 grand prize.


• The Listener - Imagine what you could do if you could only listen. Now imagine you had telepathic powers. The listener is a show about a young paramedic discovers he has telepathic powers.


• The Marilyn Denis Show - Remember Roger, Rick and Marilyn. Now she has her own show. Check it out.


• The River - Imagine being lost in the Amazon. The crew of a research vessel are on a quest to find a missing TV explorer in the Amazon.


• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Jay Leno. If you missed it get caught up.


• The View - The View is a heated discussion you don't want to miss. Missed the View catch up here.


• TMZ - TMZ is Jim Goldenburg. This was streaming but CTV took it down. Hope to see it back soon.

If I missed one of your favorite shows that streams on CTV or that you wish streamed on CTV email Chris Williams at chrisw_88@hotmail.com or Susan Fischer at susan@clinchportal.com and we will post it here.

Showcase Online Show Guide - Summer 2012

The summer is a good time to sit out in the backyard with a cold beer maybe have some burgers on the grill. When evening comes and you don't feel like going inside to watch TV but still want to catch those sizzling shows, why not bring your laptop or iPad outside and watch some free streams of your favorite shows. Here is a list of some of the shows on Showcase.ca that are streaming for free:

• Almost Heroes - This show is a single-camera comedy about coming home again - when home is a comic book store in a suburban strip mall. You can watch episodes of Almost Heroes online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• (No Episodes Yet :( ) Burn notice - Ever wondered what happened to Bruce Campbell after Army of Darkeness. This show is awesome. A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his Special Ops training to help others in trouble.


• Continuum - Simon Barry. This show is about a detective from the year 2077 finds herself trapped in present day Vancouver and searching for ruthless criminals from the future. You can watch episodes of Continuum online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• (No Episodes Yet :( ) Covert Affairs - Currently on Season 3, this show is about A young CIA operative/trainee, Annie Walker, is sent into the field to work for the DPD (Domestic Protection Division.


• Copper (August 26, 2012) - This show is not airing until August 26th but from what I have heard about it I am really looking forward to it. Set in the Five Points Irish neighborhood of New York City in the 1860s, focusing on a rugged young.


• Crash and Burn - This show ...


• Damages - Glenn Close. I think that should be enough to convince you. No Episodes Yet On Showcase but NetFlix.ca already has episode 1 what's the deal with that :( Luckily I subscribe to NetFlix.


• End Game - This show is an original drama series centering on brilliant chess master, Arkady Balagan. Traumatized by the murder of his fiancée. You can watch episodes of End Games online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• Pure Pwnage - What is there to say about this show. Watch an episode and see :)
  You can watch episodes of Pure Pwnage online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• Single White Spenny - This show is all about Spenny from Kenny vs Spenny Fame.
  If the episodes are not coming fast enough for you then you can always watch back episodes of Kenny vs Spenny. You can watch episodes of Single White Spenny online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• Testees - This show about two guys in their early 30s are human guinea pigs for a testing facility known as Testico. As they try to live their lives as normally as possible. You can watch episodes of Testees online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• The Great Escape - Reality show about escaping from places. Alcatraz being episode 1. You can watch episodes of The Great Escape online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• XIII - Watch and See. You can watch episodes of XIII online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• Fairly legal - A woman, who quit being an attorney at her father's law firm to become a mediator, copes after her father's death. You can watch episodes of Fairly Kegal online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• Haven - A Stephen King TV Series Done Well. Filmed in Picturesque Halifax, Nova Scotia. This show is about a shrewd FBI agent with a lost past who arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine, to solve the murder. You can watch episodes of Haven online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• Justified - Old-school U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal-mining towns in Eastern Kentucky. You can watch episodes of Justified online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• King - This show is a Showcase Original and well done. You can watch episodes of King online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• Lost girl Sexy Succubus? Forget about True Blood, Twilight, Vampire Diaries etc they all suck. Instead why not watch a good show about a Succubus - This show focuses on the gorgeous and charismatic Bo, a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans. You can watch episodes of Lost Girl online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.


• Where are my episodes? I missed it :) Rizzoli and Isles - This show has to be the best detective show on the air today.


• No Episodes? Royal Pains - This show is about a doctor in the Hamptons. Really funny show.


• Weeds - Who hasn't laughed at Weeds. Little Boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of tickytacky. Little Boxes By Walk Off The Earth. When am I going to see this as a start of one of the episodes. You can watch episodes of Weeds online with only 10 second pre-rolls. Not bad.

If I missed one of your favorite shows that streams on Showcase or that you wish streamed on Showcase email Chris Williams at chrisw_88@hotmail.com or Susan Fischer at susan@clinchportal.com and we will post it here.

Legitimate Online Streams

Everybody says how hard it is to find legitimate online streams for their favorite shows. They complain they cannot watch their shows online for free.

Sites like showcase.ca, CTV, hgtv.ca, provide lots of content for you and its all legal. You just have to watch a 10 second pre-roll then you get to watch your favorite shows online for free.

If you have a site offering legal content and would like to be part of our directory please send us a link to the xml feed we can access and we will include links to your content from our site and feature you on our blog.

You can email these links to Chris Williams at chrisw_88@hotmail.com