2009 Fall TV Seasons on Watch Instantly

[Eric Wedige]

Does anyone know if the shows that were on watch instantly last year will continue to be on watch instantly the new seasons that are about to start?

Shows like CSI, CSI: Miama, Numb3rs, Heroes, etc?

I've added the current seasons to my DVD queue hoping they might show up the coming soon for watch instantly, but no help there.

[ToxicDon]

Don't know the answer to this, but these nice folks might... Streaming Soon to Netflix

[Eric Wedige]

I had checked there but didn't see any of the shows I mentioned listed there, or any others for that matter.

[Eric Wedige]

I realize this is something difficult to answer and there are lot of interested entities that all want their piece of the pie, but this is something that was done last year for these shows (and others) and I haven't heard yes they are continuing it or no they aren't anywhere.

Heroes starts on Monday, Numbers starts soon, and I'm guessing the CSI's are on about ready to premier as well. I've seen no announcement of them continuing to stream these shows anywhere the day after the air and I'm simply trying to find out if anyone knows.

[Tabigarasu]

You had me at "hard."

[Hannabelle Lector]

that is fucking hilarious!!

[Tabigarasu]

"It gets even more complicated when shows go into syndication, because you have a distributor who buys the rights to rebroadcast a show, who then sells those rights to other networks, and they might sell those rights on a rotational scale (channel A gets to show the episodes from day 1-365, channel B gets the shows from day 400-525... there is a period of time where the show is not being viewed, so why not see if Netflix wants to stream it on days 366-399...)"

As an addendum to 2McAbre's answer, compare the offerings of current shows, old shows, seasons, and movies on Hulu to that of NF IW. Distributors have to scrabble for, and pay for, whatever is even licensable.

[Arturo Pacheco]

i hope they will. i kind of think that they might since the episodes are available on the website after they are released

[Tabigarasu]

*Lights up a big, fat, juicy Camel Wide*

[Pihk]

Camel Turkish Gold have thrown a big monkey wrench into my quitting program...

[Tabigarasu]

Camel Wides actually came close to bringing me into the potential quitters program.

[urban1]

'Leverage' from TNT is currently being shown on instant watch the day after it is broadcast. I am sure it is just a matter of making the right deals.

Bob

[ion-man]

Hey everyone, new to Netflix and wondering what the wait time is for new episodes of TV shows (CSI, Big Bang Theory etc.) to air via 'watch instantly". Does anybody have any idea if this has expanded to include more shows for the coming spring season? Thanks.