As time goes on, I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that we shouldn’t have to be forced to watch television on someone else’s schedule. That’s why I’m always on the lookout for new ways to watch my favorite tv shows whenever I want. Sure, there is on demand from your friendly local cable company, but that has neither every episode nor every show. So what to do?

There are three websites that I’d like to recommend which let you watch your TV shows online, without ever having to download any of them:

Surf the Channel

Probably the most comprehensive collection of links to streamable tv episodes out there. I just found this site, and I have to say, I’m impressed. They even have every episode of The West Wing online, often with multiple backup sites for each episode. Wow.

All UC

This site has been around for quite a while now, but it’s still quite great. If Surf the Channel doesn’t have your show, then AllUC probably does. Be sure to check it out.

Hulu

Hulu is the ‘legitimate’ one of the bunch, but also provides high quality streaming of lots of different tv shows. It was founded as a joint venture between NBC entertainment and NewsCorp. It’s well done, and quite useful so check it out.

With bandwidth and space costs decreasing, it’s nice to see an alternative to downloading tv shows or watching them at their regularly scheduled time.

If anyone has any other suggestions for streaming tv show sites, let me know! Its time for me to get back to watching the Mad Men season finale!