And I thought the epic commercials were bad enough.

Saturday was a wash — literally and figuratively. Thanks to monsoon-like rain, replete with thunder and lightning of Hollywood proportions, I literally only left the house to walk my dog.  Sure, I kept busy by cleaning my bathroom, color-coding all the clothing in my closet and making guacamole…but eventually it was time to zone out and pick a new TV show to immerse myself in online. Yep, I turned to Hulu — the best companion to the boredom-stricken since YouTube.

I watched about five episodes of Modern Family and caught up on my current fave, Glee. Now, in the interest of full candor, I happen to be one of those people who holds out on technology.  I jumped from an old school cell to a BlackBerry, an iPod mini to the Touch, and Nintendo NES to Wii (yeah, I still have Duck Hunt).  I have yet to cross over to DVR or Tivo fanaticism, but as I watched episode after episode (and let’s not forget all those commercials), I realized that it’s been a while since I saw my favorite shows in primetime.  But how much is that convenience worth to me?

Hulu, owned by News Corp., NBC and Disney, announced this week that the site will start charging for content in 2010.  According to a recent poll by Lifehacker, only 17% of Hulu users would still visit the site if they had to pay for content.  Um, duh.

Maybe I’ll reconsider Tivo, after all.

- Jessica