In a technological world, would we survive without TV shows on the Internet?

This is the question at the center of this wonderful Matthew Gilbert article. He points out that since television shows can almost always easily be found online, people who usually feel bound to their television sets have a little more freedom as to when and where they watch the shows they follow. Gilbert does make the claim that watching shows on a television is ideal, and I agree, because it is a different experience, but how many times have you been saved by the presence of a show online after running late from work and forgetting to DVR a show? Gilbert even talks about future implications:

I know, I know: Watching TV is far from a sacred act. But the more engagement we offer good TV shows, the more we reinforce quality work by their writers and producers.

Such is life between models, when the easiest and least costly way to watch a missed (and not DVR-ed) episode of a TV show is on our computers. I love the convenience, but I'm looking forward to the more common presence of streaming TV screens. It may only be a few more feet to the den, but it's going to be a few more years before our TV on-demand culture reaches its peak.

As someone who frequently watches shows online, I agree with his argument. I cannot imagine what my life as a TV blogger would be like if I did not have DVR and online viewing options. How do you feel about the subject? Do you also depend on Internet viewing?