Gossip Girl starts airing new episodes again this week. I like Gossip Girl, it’s one of the shows I have a season pass for on Tivo. This is the show’s first year and it’s been doing well. But, the CW network has decided they will not be showing any new episodes online on their website anymore. Apparently the network is trying to avoid the televised episodes ending up competing with the online episodes. Interestingly enough sales of new episodes on iTunes will continue, so I guess CW isn’t worried about competing against themselves there.

I hadn’t realized online episodes were such a draw. I would much rather watch something on my television than my computer monitor. And what about the people who are still on dial up? How can someone using a 33.6 or 56 bpm modem manage to watch online at all?