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A June 2006 Washington Post article by Frank Ahrens talks about the two month experiment ABC did with streaming prime time shows on the internet. 'Over 11 million viewers watched free ABC TV shows via the internet when they tested this in may 2006 with the TV hit show LOST.' Ahrens says ABC results found 'viewers are willing to watch advertisements for free TV'. Obviously certain limitations applied to advertisers during this experiment, but "ABC put online numbers in prospective of the hit series show LOST that on average 15 million viewers tuned in via internet each week to watch the season" This is only one example of broadcasting prime time television, NBC, CBS and other cable networks are partaking in the trend as well.