The Internet Hates You

In our modern age, it makes no sense for TV programs to air weeks, or even months, after they are aired in America. Anyone with a half-decent internet connection can download entire seasons of shows with the click of a button (I personally choose not to do so, but that topic is for another day). These downloads are ad free (as long as you don't count the "Lose weight without exercising" banners) and can be viewed mere moments after their original airing.

Now. Say you own a company and you want to advertise on television a fantastic and revolutionary new product. You're not going to debut that advertisement during a show that was shown months ago in America, because it's almost a certainty that a large chunk of that show's loyal fan base would already have watched it online. While it is cheaper to purchase the rights to an "old" show, the ad-space is also sold cheaply, so the station makes less money.

I am just gonna get straight to it and talk about 'Survivor'. You all knew this is what I was referring to. 

"The tribe has spoken, BIYACH."

Channel 9 has been showing Survivor for over 10 years, but it is still making the mistake of attributing the show's low ratings to the concept that very few people actually like the show. However, some seasons were ingeniously put on at 10:30pm on a weekday. Maybe this was the reason for the low ratings. The last few seasons have been shown on Channel 9's sister channel GO!, and not everybody has digital TV. Maybe this was the reason. Maybe showing Survivor: Gabon six months late had something to do with it.

But if the internet didn't exist, I wouldn't care about all this in the slightest.

I am such a huge fan of this show, that if there's a possibility that a website will offhandedly reveal to me information from episodes I am yet to see, I will NOT use it. I am not exactly sure what episode they are up to in the US, but I don't want to find out in case something gets ruined (Wikipedia, I'm looking at you). This means that I can't even use IMDb until this season has finished, just in case they reveal the winner on the homepage (which is exactly what happened to me during 'Fans vs. Favourites'...uggggghhhhh!) I was once also linked to a Survivor charity auction on eBay which revealed the winner, so I can't use that website either.

In conclusion: Channel 9, stop showing endless bloody repeats of 'Two and a Half Men' and get your shit together.

p.s. Up yours, internet.