Watch Free TV Online

Three of the major networks have announced an enhanced web presence of their television content on the Internet in recent days.

NBC will offer NBC Direct beginning in October. It will allow users to download shows, which it says will offer higher quality and more reliability than streaming videos currently do. The first shows to use this service will be Heroes, The Office, Life, Bionic Woman, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Late Night, and The Tonight Show.

This announcement follows on the heels of NBC and Fox’s Hulu, scheduled for launch later this year, which will offer video content to AOL, MSN, Myspace, and Yahoo.

ABC announced a deal with AOL TV to offer its shows online one day after they air on TV. Users will be given the option of either streaming the videos or downloading them. Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Pushing Daisies, Cavemen, Big Shots, Carpoolers, Dirty Sexy Money, and Private Practice are among the shows included. NBC, CBS and Fox also have deals with AOL.

Lastly, and least excitingly, Fox has announced a deal with iTunes to allow users to download four season premieres for free: Prison Break Season 3, K-Ville, American Dad, and Bones.