Anyone with high-speed Internet connection and a bit of technical know-how can illegally download any TV show they desire (You didn’t hear that from me!) — but sci-fi series Heroes proved the most popular with pirates last year.
Heroes is the favorite of the illegal file-sharing set – more people watch the show that way than on television. Online pirates couldn’t get enough of the show, which chronicles the lives of a group of people gifted with strange powers, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which claims the series was downloaded 6.58 million times in 2009.
Series that are popular on the Interwebs aren’t necessarily popular on television. Despite its internet popularity, ratings have taken such a steep dive in recent years and Heroes is in danger of being axed by NBC when its fourth season concludes this spring.
The Most Pirated TV Shows Of 2009:
1. Heroes
2. Lost
3. Prison Break
4. Dexter
5. House
6. 24
7. Desperate Housewives
8. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
9. Grey’s Anatomy