Internet & TV: A Future of Minimal Difference

Today, the internet has become everyone's new best friend. Whether you're checking Facebook or sending an email to a colleague, the internet has become a dominant aspect of everyone's lives. What does this have to do with television? As internet and television have both advanced over the years, they are gradually becoming one.  That's right, I'm talking about sites like Netflix, Hulu, even Youtube! Let's not forget the sites of networks as well, NBC, ABC, etc. These sites show clips and even full episodes of many of our favorite shows. And this number is growing. More and more people using the internet alternative.

Television is a medium that I don't think could ever be replaced with a simple computer screen. Watching TV on a computer is a completely different experience than watching it on an actual television set. I all honesty though, that is mostly what I do. In fact, I watch pretty much all my shows on the computer. But I would never want the normal television to leave! I watch TV on the internet because it's more conventient. I can choose when I want to watch it. I can watch when it best fits my schedule. But there is just something truly amazing about our plain old television sets. How would live shows work? How would we turn on our computers to watch the daily news? How can a family sit around a computer screen to watch their favorite show? Yes, there are some flaws to this trend.

But what if all of those questions could be answered? They can be and someday they probably will. I have a feeling that in the future, a lot more shows will look to the internet to get their viewership. Yes, there will still be live TV, but most of it will be news and reruns. The best part is that TV will become apart of the internet. When you want to watch your favorite show you can simply watch it immediately from your TV at any time.

How will people learn about new shows? Of course there will still be commercials occurring, and the live TV will still be showing these shows. TV and internet will no longer be separated. Television will be internet. This is obviously just a guess, but I have a very large suspicion that this will most likely be our future. It's kind of scary, but kind of exciting as well. I can't wait for the day when I don't have to wait for the episode I want to watch to be on the internet. I can't wait for my favorite TV shows to be more accessible to  more people. Television as we know it will always be changing. This is truly why I love TV. With new shows, more technology, and changing audiences, it will never be the same.