MSNBC already podcasts Countdown without commercials directly from their website - I usually watch it live or on Tivo, but when I am on the road I can get the podcasts usually a few hours after the cable "broadcast."

Having countable downloads of a show is probably as valuable as less accurate Arbitron ratings - people who take the effort to download are much more likely to actually watch the show.

and you KNOW I will be watching the new "Rachel on the TeeVee Machine Program" every night!

Yay!