TV Torrents for linux

[Charles Malespin]

Hi all, 
  A friend of mine has told me about torrents and sites for windows, ie
torrentopia.  Is there anything similar to that for linux that I can use
to download TV shows from popular torrent sites, or do I have to use
linux specific torrent sites?  I dont know anything about torrents, I
heard from a friend that its an easy way to download TV shows that I
have missed...  Also, will they play in XINE?  I am using FC3 with
newest kernel if that helps...
Charles