I discovered this yesterday surfing Hulu, as well. BUT I will say Hulu has dropped FK in the past before and brought it back after a time. Why? No clue. I'm just glad I have the DVD's or I would be upset, LOL. But I suppose it might entice people to buy the series regardless of their preference of viewing, and I'm all for that. *shrugs*

And, like you, I wish Chiller would show it again. There was a time it was playing nothing but Buffy and Twilight Zones. Grrr. LOL They're still somewhat doing that. =(

I know several younger people who give blank, confused looks at the idea that their favorite shows (and music, and games, and so on) will not necessarily always be provided to them conveniently and for free by TPTB. (As opposed to those of us who waited many years for FK to come out on DVD, and were grateful for one season at a time, and didn't know whether third season would make it out at all.)

I worry that lack of access to streaming will mean fewer and fewer viewers, not more and more buyers. But I entertain the wild hope that restricting access to free streaming might be a precursor to a new product: blu-ray? slim set? That would be nice.

Thank you for sharing that Hulu access has come and gone before! I won't take down my links to it, in that case.

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You're welcome. The reason I know is because I have a friend from high school who also watched FK and she told me when FK was put on the site and then told me when they took it off in the past. Hopefully, they'll put it back up again soon.

As for introducing new people to the show, I do so all the time, and I've been known to make the first season DVD set a present, LOL. That was one of the things I gave to my at-the-time boyfriend at Christmas. As for letting people borrow my sets, no, I'm too paranoid for that, BUT they can come over and watch it with me. And, people have. =)

But getting FK on Blu-Ray or slim set versions would be nice! I doubt it when it comes to slim sets, though, since usually they do the slim sets to sell it at a cheaper price with less extras and FK DVDs are already pretty cheap with hardly any extras. *shrugs* Take for example my X-Files collection. I shelled out over $100.00 for each nine seasons, and then they came out with the slim sets that were in the $30 range. I was mad at first until I saw it didn't have any of the extra footage that you could actually insert into the episode at the appropriate spot and other such things. *shrugs*

Blu-Ray could be possible and would be nice. =)

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I am not a streaming fan -- partly because I don't have wi fi, so I have to watch it tethered to my desk. Give me my DVDs. (And we won't even discuss the boxes of VHS tapes squirreled away upstairs.)

I also can't stream to my television set, and so must watch that technology at my desk.

Do you have any strategies for persuading streaming-loving people to borrow DVDs, to introduce them to shows they can't stream?

Ah, well, not really. I only have a couple of people to whom I will lend anything at all (books or DVDs) because I have been burned too many times by borrowers.

I've been saying the same thing for years about books: you can't rely on libraries (much though I love them). Just as Hulu stops offering Forever Knight, so libraries get rid of old books to make room for new ones. There is no substitute for owning your own copy.

My VHS tapes know no closet. They are on the shelf. I taped the show off Showcase (cut version) and then off Space (uncut). As the Season One DVDs are not the most complete version, of course I have my tapes!