So I just downloaded ted and it found some torrents I wanted but didn't download them. Due to not enough seeders. Although the torrents are fairly fresh.

So I'm curious, before I start mucking around in the settings and rss's if it actually does deliver and is worth the trouble?

Yes, definately! It can take a day before torrents hit the seed level ted is looking for but you can change them. Normally I've got downloads going less than 24 hours after a show airs.

I've got around 80 shows on my list at the moment. There are 10 to 15 that cycle through every week and probably 20 that are about to start a new season. While there are definately some ended shows that I need to prune I've only seen two or three that seem to be stuck, and that's typically because of incomplete information on when they are going to air. The Soup is a pain in the ass every week, but that's mainly because the only good torrents seem to be .rar'ed and ted is nice enough to skip that type of idiotic behavior.