What's a good source for finding TV shows online? Specifically, Ninja Warrior (originally titles Sasuke in Japan)?

November 4, 2007 5:23 PM

TV-over-the-internet-filter: What's a good source for finding TV shows online? Specifically, Ninja Warrior (originally titled Sasuke in Japan)?

I don't have a Tivo and am not usually at home during prime time, so I download my TV shows and watch them when convenient. I haven't had problems finding episodes of The Office and The Ultimate Fighter on Usenet and Demonoid (a torrent sharing site), but Ninja Warrior (from G4TV, which I don't receive, BTW, so I can't do an old-school VCR recording of it) is giving me trouble. I've found three episodes, and I've found a torrent for an episode recorded straight from Japanese TV, but that's about it.

Any tips? Where do you guys usually get your shows?

posted by ignignokt to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

I've had no luck finding Sasuke or Viking via bittorrent sites, so I've watched it on YouTube.
posted by iwhitney at 5:39 PM on November 4, 2007

Same BT site I always suggest, www.btjunkie.org, shows several seasons worth of full discs. Normal caveats apply regarding copyright and legality, of course.
posted by TomMelee at 6:35 PM on November 4, 2007

Try alt.binaries.tv on usenet; I've never had a problem finding shows there. If you don't find it there, try requesting it in the group.
posted by fvox13 at 6:36 PM on November 4, 2007

Oops, mistake. Several discs, not seasons. This is where some wicked googlefu is called upon. I can't give you links since they're probably pirated material, but try things like:
ninja warrior filetype:torrent
ninja warrior filetype:avi
ninja warrior filetype:wmv (etc etc etc)
sasuke filetype:wmv...you get the idea.

There are also various googlehax to search for accidentally shared files, such as www.g2p.org. Good luck!
posted by TomMelee at 6:40 PM on November 4, 2007

You really can't beat tvnzb.com for downloading current shows from usenet, but I also like showdates.net's calender interface for keeping track of when my shows are on (until I get rss feeds working in SABnzbd, that is). Neither have Ninja Warrior though, sorry.
posted by bizwank at 9:41 PM on November 4, 2007 [1 favorite]

I get most shows through RSS (though not Sasuke). I get my RSS feeds from tvrss.net.
posted by good in a vacuum at 10:03 PM on November 4, 2007