No doubt you've heard (and probably watched) some of the classic episodes on (TV Squad parent company) AOL's In2TV. Something you may not have known is how often the shows and features are renewed, which is where we come in. We'll regularly keep you abreast of the recent changes and updates to In2TV here, including new shows and features added. Read on after the jump for a list of new shows and features for this week.
NEW SHOWS
Against the Grain
A young Ben Affleck stars in this drama about a small town in Texas where High School football rules.
Animaniacs
Yakko, Wakko and Dot are the stars of these zany animated cartoons.
Jamie Foxx Show
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx wrote, produced, directed and starred in this hilarious sitcom. Jamie plays Jamie King an aspiring actor from Texas who heads to Hollywood to make it big.
(Note: Miami Vice movie hits theaters in July)
Jesse
Christina Applegate stars as Jesse Warner, a sexy single mom with an equally sexy Latino neighbor.
Monkey'd Minutes
Funny shorts featuring monkeys re-creating famous movie scenes from 'Die Hard,' 'The Godfather,' 'Austin Powers,' 'Mission Impossible,' 'Evita,' 'James Bond' and more.
Presidio Med
Doctor drama set in San Francisco, kind of like ER but with no Clooney.
Prince Street
Mariska Hargitay stars as a sexy New York cop in a undercover unit.
Tom
Tom Arnold's funny look at family life after Roseanne.
NEW FEATURES
* Star Play: Jamie Foxx on The Jamie Foxx Show
* Star Play: Don Johnson on Kung Fu
* Star Play: Ashley Judd on Sisters
* Star Play: Diane Keaton on The FBI
* Betcha Didn't Know: Bronson Pinchot on Perfect Strangers
* Crème De La Classic TV (Watch the best episodes of your favorite shows)
* Villains and Enemies (Suffer at the hands of the greatest villains and enemies with these special episodes.)
* Star Favs (In2TV stars introduce their favorite episodes)
-- Ron Palillo – Welcome Back, Kotter
-- Robert Hegyes – Welcome Back, Kotter
The TV Squad Podcast: Vik Sahay of Chuck, Oprah talk, brutal timeslots, and more!
TV Squad Ten: Top Ten ESPN shows from worst to first
Andy Richter: The TV Squad Interview
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-12-2006 @ 4:16PM
doc said...
That all sounds great, right up until this bit:
AOL has included rights protection on all In2TV video content and you need Windows XP and Windows Media Player 10 to experience all that this great new service has to offer.
Come on now. It's 2006, isn't it? The moment you tell me that I have to have a specific operating system, browser, or media player is the exact moment that I no longer have any use for your web service. The technology exists and is readily available to make this work for the Mac and Linux users out there. Why AOL is so eager to help promote Microsoft's DRM is beyond me. The fact that this rights protection requires windows xp and media player 10 should have been the first clue to those in charge that it is a crappy product.
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7-12-2006 @ 5:02PM
RAB said...
I more than concur with doc.
If you're going to mention something like this here, it would be a minimal courtesy to include the disclaimer "Mac users are not invited" so that I don't waste my time finding this out the hard way. This just makes it unlikely I'll bother to follow another link in a post here.
Not your fault of course, Keith, but you might pass the word along that promoting In2TV is not going to be well received by many of your loyal readers. They can check the user agent log for this site to find out how many...
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7-12-2006 @ 5:15PM
Keith McDuffee said...
I see your point guys -- I really do. And it's something I've mentioned to the AOL folks before, because I'm a Linux geek myself, so I have to hop onto my Windows box to watch their stuff (I mentioned this in my post about In2TV here way back before it launched).
I think there's a misconception as to how many Mac users there really are out there. I think I read it's no more than 12% of the computer-using world. And the referrer logs (though I sadly can't see them) will most likely reflect that. I understand why it *looks* like there are a hell of a lot more Apple users these days, but you're basing that assumption on a small percentage of the people who visit here.
Look, I'm not defending them, but I think you're being a little harsh, saying you won't visit links here because of that detail about the limitation of the videos. I'll make sure I mention that next time. At least you can use Firefox to view them :)
Also note that we don't always go out of our way to pimp AOL stuff on everyone. I just thought this was something interesting enough to keep people updated on.
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7-12-2006 @ 5:39PM
doc said...
Hey Keith,
I didn't mean to imply anything negative about TVSquad with that comment. And I did, in fact, follow your link. That's how I got the quote from the In2TV page about the Microsoft requirements. The negative vibe should all be aimed at AOL, and by extension, any company that chooses to do business this way. There is no good reason to be forcing users to choose one platform over another when you are a content producer. The idea is to get people to see that content, not get them to keep a Windows box around.
If I sounded a little harsh, it is only because I look at the bigger picture of where this is all going and I would prefer not to have our entertainment media pulled into the various platform/format wars to be used as a pawn. Think of it this way. Imagine you go to tune in to Spike tonight to catch the new Blade episode, because hey, those two vampire girls are smokin' hot. So you tune your fancy Philip's set to the channel and are greeted with a message that says, 'Sorry, Spike will only work with a Panasonic TV.' It is ridiculous. Why should watching TV Shows on the internet be any different?
I am well aware of how small the Linux and Mac OS audience is. The problem is that it wouldn't take extra effort to include them in the service. It just means they can't use the shoddy Microsoft protection scheme. By using it, AOL becomes part of the problem. They are a big hitter. If enough big content producers say, 'We can't use it until it works on all of our customers systems.' perhaps a change will be made.
As to pimping AOL stuff. I have no complaints at all about that. I think everyone here has handled that very well. This is actually a good post for those readers still using Windows. Although, I do feel the need to point out to them that Ubuntu (ubuntulinux.org) is safer, free, and so much less evil. :D
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7-12-2006 @ 6:28PM
RAB said...
My point was simply that any time I follow a link leading to streaming video content I can't view makes me slightly less inclined to follow a subsequent link to streaming video content...simply because I'm that much more likely to assume I can expect the same problem the next time. Every time it happens just puts me off bothering with it later on. That's all I meant -- I'm not starting a one-man boycott of links here or anything!
And the annoyance is totally not directed at you, merely at the system.
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7-12-2006 @ 11:45PM
Jesse said...
I have checked AOL's In2TV out and was very disappointed that the videos weren't closed-captioned, despite the feature to turn on the captions was available. Many of these TV shows are captioned on TV and on DVD but not at In2TV. Why? You have no idea how frustrating it is for the deaf population when it comes to viewing video contents online!
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7-13-2006 @ 9:26AM
Scott H said...
Keep in mind that the Mac audience is growing, according to the latest business reports. Also, TV Squad's logs may not be a good measure -- lots of people, like me, may read TV Squad during the day at work on their corporate-mandated PCs. But I watch videos, TV or computer, at home, on my iMac. Also, demographically, Mac owners are exactly who advertisers are trying to reach: younger, more interested in using and owning the best, willing to pay for it, trendsetters, etc. So that 12% is a fairly useless statistic.
But I agree with the other posters that my anger is directed at AOL and In2TV, not at TV Squad. Although a "Mac users not invited" notice on the post would be very helpful.
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