If shows like "ER" are too tame for you, try OR Live, a broadband channel featuring live and archived videos of surgical operations. This week alone, OR Live is showing two heart operations, a prostatectomy and a thyroidectomy, followed by surgeons' discussions of the procedures they performed.

About half of OR Live's viewers are medical professionals trying to stay up to date with the newest tools and techniques. The other half are patients (and their families and friends) who are either preparing for similar surgeries or trying to make more informed decisions about whether to undergo them.

OR Live also offers video podcasts of the operations, and it will soon be displaying video ads with product demonstrations of the latest and greatest medical devices.