How Battlestar Galactica came to be Time’s ‘Show of the Year’ is a very interesting story. Not many people would think that a remake of a mediocre TV show would be such a hit. But with the talent and network and a little illegal filesharing, it did far better than anyone anticipated.

I think that more and more TV video entertainment is going to be distributed online, with or without ads. Think about it: iTunes charges $2 per episode. If you have 50,000 viewers per episode, that’s $100,000 gross per episode. I’m not familiar with the TV biz, but that doesn’t sound like chump change. (And if I’m wrong, let me know.)

I’ll be downloading every episode of the new season of Galactica from iTunes, mostly because I don’t have or want cable, but also because I don’t want commercials. But I’d also like to support this method of entertainment.