TV-shows are gaining popularity on BitTorrent year after year. In 2009 a new milestone was reached; for two shows in the top 10 – Heroes and Dexter – the number of downloads on BitTorrent has exceeded the average viewership on US television.

美劇的BT下載人氣日漸高漲，剛過去的2009年又是一個新的里程碑。伴著《超能英雄》與《雙面法醫(yī)》的新近上榜，BT的美劇下載人數(shù)又達到了一個新高。

The rise of unauthorized downloading of TV-shows is a signal that customers want something that is not available through other channels. Availability seems to be the key issue why people turn to BitTorrent, and this is also reflected in the fact that most downloads occur from countries where the show has yet to air on TV.

BT下載雖讓發(fā)行方頗為頭疼，但也能看出巨大的市場潛力來。大量的BT下載表示消費者無法從其它渠道滿足他們的需求，而更多的海外下載量更體現(xiàn)了海外市場的前景。

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2009年度 美劇BT下載前10名排行榜?
排名 美劇片名 下載次數(shù) 美國本土總收視率
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1 超能英雄 6,580,000 5,900,000
2 迷失 6,310,000 11,050,000
3 越獄 3,450,000 5,300,000
4 雙面法醫(yī) 2,780,000 2,300,000
5 豪斯醫(yī)生 2,590,000 15,600,000
6 24小時 2,440,000 12,620,000
7 絕望主婦 2,180,000 15,500,000
8 終結(jié)者外傳 1,960,000 6,340,000
9 實習(xí)醫(yī)生格蕾 1,740,000 15,640,000
10 真愛如血 1,600,000 12,400,000