This weeks big TV event was unquestionably the season premiere of Lost lots of people have, over the course of the previous five or so years, become huge fans of the show.

But new stats imply that very few of them sat in front of computer monitors on Wednesday, rather than televisions on Tuesday, in order to watch the twohour episode.Nielsen took a look at why people watch online TV, and the leading reason doesnt have much to do with convenience or fewer commercials. Instead, 54 percent of people simply watch TV online because they forgot to catch an episode as it aired. And the nextmost common reason, with 47 percent of people citing it, is similar because they missed a large number of episodes.