CK1169  TVShows used to be great.... stopped working again... message pops up that it can't download the show list and then closes application... any chance of fixing it cause it's great when it works...  
(Version 0.4.3)

TDU  Great app, but needs more options in the quality preferences. You should be able to select different file sizes/settings for different files somehow. EG a 1/2 show at 350 MB is good quality. And hour show at the same file size is not. The general categories of "normal, high, very high' are just too vague when you are downloading a bunch of different length shows.  
(Version 0.4.3)

MARKH  TVshows just Works! Absolutely the easiest program I have ever used. Pick your shows from a list longer than you knew existed (Hint: no need to scroll to your faves, just type in the first few letters and it jumps to that point on the list). Then tell it which episode to start with.

Nothing happens until you quit the program -- THEN all the torrents open like a deck of cards. Just hit , , ! Oh, baby! This is StYliNg.  
(Version 0.4.3)

JOHNNY ROCKET  its great that someone has taken up the project and has it working. and very responsive to help. After posting my previous issue here, I realized it wasn't the place for it and found the bug submission link on the new developers web site. We worked on it and found it was an issue with just that episode. Thanks for reviving a great app!  
(Version 0.4.1)

2SHAE  There's an UPDATE!!!??? NO way :P

Finally!

One of my favorite apps   
(Version 0.4.1)

JOHNNY ROCKET  tested it out, it didn't download the torrent for last nights episode of Fringe, loaded TED and it download the episode right away.  
(Version 0.4.1)

JOHNNY ROCKET  have you considered using http://www.eztv.it ? They seem to get bittorrents very quickly and lots of seeders and stuff  
(Version 0.4.1)

DRDUL  Thanks for reviving this. It looks great so far — except for the horrible olive-green highlighting. How about a prefs setting to let users choose another colour? :-)

BTW, it's a minor detail, but in version 0.4.1, a customized toolbar resets to the default configuration the next time the app is launched. Also, TVShows doesn't remember the window size or location. Again, these are minor complaints for an otherwise elegantly simple and easy-to-use app.  
(Version 0.4.1)

MATTPRICE  Since the original developer has gone missing for over 2 years, I took it upon myself to update the TVShows app. I can't promise I'll be adding any new features (though there are a few I'm working on) but I will attempt to make sure that TVShows keeps working as long as the websites that power it are still online.

As of now, the newest version is 0.4.1. Please let me know if you have any issues. I'll be adding a more thorough support forum to my site within the next week or so.  
(Version 0.4.1)

IAMCDN28  Still dead. Time to put this dog to sleep. Too bad it was the best.  
(Version 0.3.4)

JOHNNY ROCKET  it would appear that TVshows no longer works. tvrss.net is down. There's a forum article with replacement options...

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3296525&forum_id=671198  
(Version 0.3.4)

BARDDZEN  I've uninstalled the application and went through the process to manually uninstall the background process and the torrents still show up and kick off my torrent client. How the F can I get rid of this application?

The author needs to provide a way in the application to install, uninstall this background script.

Until then, avoid at all costs.  
(Version 0.3.4)

JEFF H.  I'm really just giving up on this thing!

It was very cool when it used to work, but lately (in 10.4 as well as 10.5) it is forgetting subscribed shows left and right, in other words shows that I subscribed to are later not in my subscribed list and not downloading the few that ARE left in my list.

I give up!

Going with ted

and p.s. this was with that "new" version that was "recompiled for Leopard" as well  
(Version 0.3.4)

TURIM  this dude Martin, has tuned it for Leopard-users. get it on his site:

http://www.maartenschreuder.nl/  
(Version 0.3.4)

SPRINGHEELMAC  Ok, I've selected some shows and hit subscribe. Now what? I used "Transmission" for my torrents and I don't see anything happening. What else are you supposed to do?  
(Version 0.3.4)

JEFF H.  TVShows constantly forgets all the shows that I've subscribed to.  
(Version 0.3.4)

JEFF H.  This is a great thing...

Yes, the interface COULD use some work (not the most user-friendly), but it works!

Only real complaint that I have is that a few all of my subscriptions were lost, they just disappeared!

Anyone else have this?  
(Version 0.3.4)

NIRSUS  I have been using this app for a couple of years now and it works great for me. --AIKOUSHA-- I am subscribed to Dr. Who and I checked there are at least 3 listings of Penn & Teller BS!. Try typing 'Penn' in the search box. Also there is a setting to have it check for new torrents hourly, daily, etc. If you set it to daily it only checks once a day.

Basically this app goes out to the internet and checks a DB of TV shows and lets you subscribe to the ones you like. Then when someone drops a bittorent file of that show TVSHOWS downloads it and opens the file into your default bittorrent client. TVSHOWS combined with Miro is excellent since Miro is a bittorrent client and can play .avi files (which seems to be the most common format for video).

It could use some interface improvements, but once you select the shows you want to subscribe to you don't need to run the app again until you want to add or remove a subscription. Like I said it works great for me, but apparently mileage varies.  
(Version 0.3.4)

AIKOUSHA  First, I'm sorry to bash what could eventually be a very wonderful program, especially for people whose recorders have died, only own a computer for TV viewing, want foreign programming, or require a big monitor due to bad eyesight.

However it needs severe improvement.

1. It is constantly going to "ruby" to talk to places on the internet... over and over and over again, even when you kill the program (if you state once a day for checking, it really should check only once a day). Constantly giving access to something most users know nothing about is going to really bother those who get paranoid (and even those that don't).

2. Speaking of which... the uninstall for this is atrocious. It works, but would be extremely confusing, especially to people who haven't ever seen the terminal before... and by Apple's own marketing, that should be nearly all users. And it's a royal pain if you have to track down where you stuck the zip file... This should be executed from within the app itself.

3. Where is this thing getting it's list? 8 of my 10 favorite programs aren't even on it (and I manage to never miss a torrent by manually finding it. Adding several more sites or better sites to this would be quite necessary (selecting and deselecting these sources would be good too). Also, the info is so old it's laughable. Just for an example, try "Dr. Who." The list only gives "2005" and "Confidential" as options. You won't get seasons 2-4 with this! And where the heck is "Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t!?" ^_^

4. One favorite series' is on the list, but when "subscribed to" I get a permanent "wait clock." I let it run for 20 minutes.... nothing.

5. The interface is staggeringly unfriendly for set up. You should be able to select everything as a group (click on-click off, or checkbox), or select one at a time and move (with a button or drag) to a subscribe list. It shouldn't be, "attempt to subscribe to one, and then have the horrendously long list zip back to the top, losing your place." It's nice to have the subs at the top, but that's old school or Windows thinking, it's not Mac-like at all.

6. I don't know about anybody else, but for most Mac users that don't have a superfast dual-core, playing most matroska files is impossible (and some x264 encodes don't work under mac matroska players in any form), and there is no way to select for media type (like one of the other recent commenters wanting iPod specific material). Filters for .avi, .mkv, .ogg, mp4, .flv, .wmv, .rm, etc., are more important to many people than the quality selection. Which also begs for a MB-Size filter as well.

7. I, personally, like to retrieve stuff from Asia (the location, not the band) dramas, a few game shows, and some anime, however NONE of that stuff is anywhere in this mess (for some people the reason for bittorrent is to get stuff they CAN'T see on TV in the "home country." So hooking into things like J-Addicts, Animesuki, sars, TV-Nihon and a few others might really impress a lot of people, not to mention expanding their horizons. Same goes for material from Europe.

So seriously, better interface, efficient use of the "calling" routine, and a much better choice for sources, will kick this up to something nearly everyone may use with ease, and make it indispensable for others. And used properly with Azureus, would actually allow people to go on vacation while their computer downloads, seeds to ratio, and then quits torrents, in the proper spirit of P2P sharing. If all this was implemented, I would definitely be willing to pay at least $10 for it... it would save that much in time in the first two weeks.

Good luck and I hope to see improvements. It's a nice start, even though I found it less efficient to implement than to actually get the stuff manually.  
(Version 0.3.4)

SESQUIPEDALIAN  It isn't a bittorrent client. It automatically downloads the little torrent files that you would otherwise need to download manually from a webpage. You still need to use your favorite bittorrent client to download the actual videos. RTFM.  
(Version 0.3.4)

KEDOS  OK let me clarify what I meant -

I would like to see an option to download only torrents that are iTunes compatible. It could search only iPod torrent sites (like podtropolis), or it could search other sites with the right extension. I really think this would increase functionality, because I could automatically sync these to my iPod and watch them on the go.   
(Version 0.3.4)

KEDOS  works great, i really like this app -

a feature i'd really like to see, though, is to have it automatically add it to itunes\delete the original file. that makes for easy ipod syncing. it'd be a 5-star rating if i had that option, but great app nonetheless.  
(Version 0.3.4)

JOSHP  i took a look at this program and i saw no mention of support for I2P, Tor, or RC$ encryption, so i deleted it immediately. now everytime i start my computer Little Snitch warns me that Ruby is trying to use port 80 to contact tvrss.net. What the hell? I didn't run any installer for this program and it didn't place anything in my login items. the program is gone, but its evil persists. how the hell do i stop this thing?  
(Version 0.3.4)

JEFF H.  Just Excellent!  
(Version 0.3.4)

APPLECRYPT MODS  thank you - works a treat!  
(Version 0.3.4)

LUHMANN  This show works well for the shows that are already listed, but the list is not updated frequently and there is no way to add new shows to the list yourself.   
(Version 0.3.4)

VGOKLANI  you should combine this with the TV forecast widget, or at least make this a widget with a live monitor. very nice job!  
(Version 0.3.4)

SHANE SMITH  Seems like everyone has had great luck with this program but for some reason I can't get it to work. I subscribe to heroes and have it start with the episode 14 and when i quit it unsubscribes itself?  
(Version 0.3.4)

HERMP  Excellent! What a time saver. Very easy to use  
(Version 0.3.4)

SOKO  a real time saver! great app, really!  
(Version 0.3.4)

LOCUTISOFBORED  Possibly fixed the "Could not download the show list. Are you connected to the internet ?"

Nope, still not fixed. Additionally it seems to actually disconnect me from the internet. On a DSL line.  
(Version 0.3.4)

MEATMCGUFFIN  Anyone know of anything like this for the *net* you can *use*?  
(Version 0.3.4)

APPLECRYPT MODS  now this is a nifty little app!! 5 stars from me :)  
(Version 0.3.3)

SMOKEONIT  awesome, still a little ruff but i works perfectly... no more checking manually for tv shows, ever;-)  
(Version 0.3.2)