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Kyle XY - watched the Pilot tonight - it was really good

I liked the show. It is pretty cool that ABC decided to start bringing it to their broadcast network instead of letting it languish on their cable network. Even cooler that they are going to be selling the episodes on iTunes and are currently giving the first episode of season one away for free. I am surprised that TV networks took so long to adopt alternative technology to the old commercial/cable TV and disc sales channels. However, I am even more surprised that once, they dipped their toe in the water at Apple's iTunes music store - they immediately jumped in with a big armload of their best new and classic TV series. Not over the course of years but just months. Wow! CNN founder Ted Turner changed the world by bringing morning news to television. Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs has made an even bigger impact on the media by modernizing children's cartoons while keeping the tradition of a "moral to the story intact", modernizing the delivery/playback/sale of digital music and shows, and helping popularize these advances to both industry and consumers - helping them both. I think parents with teens should get this show's pilot episode now - while it is still free at iTMS - screen it themselves, and then write down all the topics of real life "risks" kids face - and what they should do about it. Then watch the show with their teenagers, and have a frank discussion afterwards. This episode gives parents a great opportunity to teach some life lessons, and Apple & ABC are giving it away for free, for a limited time, to promote it. It is a lot cheaper than taking your kid to a clinic, paying bail for them, or raising a grandkid at the same time you are raising your kids.