Showtime and Apple announced today that the critically acclaimed shows Weeds and Sleeper Cell will now be available for purchase on iTunes. Showtime becomes the first premium cable network to join the family of downloadable programs from the online service. It seems odd that a subscription cable network would go ahead with this, but you never know. This could help to drum up a lot of buzz for the second season of Weeds, but the first was so good that I think there may already be enough.
I missed out on Sleeper Cell but based on the reviews written by TV Squad's own Keith and Ryan, it sounds fantastic.
Kirstie Alley's Fat Actress was also added but this isn't too big a deal since a few episodes were available to watch on Yahoo! a few months ago. I would imagine if Showtime likes the results we'll see The L Word, Barber Shop, and Huff being added to iTunes as well.
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2-07-2006 @ 9:33PM
ooda said...
So is Fat Actress getting a second season?
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2-08-2006 @ 12:56AM
Charles said...
Hey, if Showtime is now doing iTunes, then I wouldn't mind SOOOO much if they got Arrested Development, and not ABC, assuming they put AD on iTunes, of course!
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