{"id":2576,"date":"2014-06-23T13:46:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T18:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antennasdirect.com\/blog\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:43:53","slug":"wil-wheaton-potential-official-spokesperson-cord-cutting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antennasdirect.com\/blog\/wil-wheaton-potential-official-spokesperson-cord-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Wil Wheaton, the (Potential) Official Spokesperson for Cord Cutting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before our very eyes, Wil Wheaton has grown from an adorable young Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation to a still adorable cord-cutting bad ass. The science fiction star, who has also been appearing on the broadcast comedy, The Big Bang Theory<\/a>, recently launched his own bold voyage against the cable companies. His mission? To show how irrelevant pay-TV really is.<\/p>\n

In a recent blog post<\/a>, he took the Scy-Fy Network<\/a> to task for not making episodes of his show, The Wil Wheaton Project<\/a>, available for streaming. Wil knows the intelligence level of his viewers is higher than most. They will not pay hundreds for something that is free over-the-air. That\u2019s illogical.<\/p>\n

Aside from his blog post, Wil has also used his influential Twitter account to blast cable (on more than one occassion: \"capture<\/a>\"capture<\/a><\/p>\n

Since we are so impressed with the insightful man young Wesley Crusher has become, we want to make our adoration known publicly.<\/p>\n

Wil, will you be the Official Spokesperson for Cord Cutting?<\/strong> We would be willing to pay you in a lifetime supply of antennas and perhaps even let you drive our cable liberating tour bus. While we await your reply, check out the greatest hits from our last tour:<\/p>\n