[rickmb]

Dutch TV aired BSG months later.

Result: everybody that wanted to see the show had already pirated it, and the viewing figures were miserable.

This has happened with several popular shows.

[rmc]

Wonder what makes it different? The USA AFAIK had good viewership figures.

[justincormack]

No one in the US would expect tohave to pirate a US program from abroad before first run. In the rest of the world it is just routine.