TUAW Poll: $1.99 or free with Ads?

Okay, everyone. I had a thought today while sitting home sick clicking reload on the iTMS multiple times, dying for more TV shows to appear: $1.99 seems like a decent price point for this new television over iTunes video revolution. However, I wonder if any broadcasters out there would be interested in releasing their shows for free with ads included. I mean, they could just do it via iTunes' podcast feature without ever bothering to deal with the headache of making a treaty with Apple, the way that ABC has done. Offer the shows with commercials at this same not so wonderful quality via their websites, encoded in a nice RSS feed and we could all subscribe via iTunes whether Apple hosts the files or not. Leave the DRM out and it would be like televised gold, because we could play it on anything.

I, for one, would gladly download a copy of Lost with commercials for free if it were pre-formatted for my video capable iPod. Would you? Let us know in the comments and if you happen to work at any of the big networks, tell your boss my idea and maybe you'll get a big fat bonus for helping the company transition gracefully into the future of broadcasting.