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How much TV do you watch and what?

Old P Bass Guy

Old P Bass Guy

Nov 26, 2017
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Being retired I have more time on my hands and refuse to spend the rest of my life in front of the"Boob Tube" wasting the rest of my life away. I train bird dogs in the morning and practice my bass in the afternoon. I watch AXIS a fair amount, home improvement shows and cooking with my wonderful wife. I watch just enough news to keep in touch with what's going on in our Country (another discussion for another place). I find myself listening to PANDORA when I'm not doing anything else. How bout U? :-)
 
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15 hours/day:

Stargate: SG-1
Andromeda (Gene Roddenberry)
In the Heat of the Night (Carroll O'Connor, Archie Bunker)
The Talk (CBS talk show with Sharon Osbourne)
Charlie's Angels
The Jeffersons

that's just in the daytime

family-time:
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy
The Goldbergs
Fresh off the Boat
Black-ish
The Big Bang Theory
Young Sheldon

Law enforcement & military drama:
SEAL Team
SWAT
Blue Bloods
Chicago Fire & P.D.
9-1-1
Law & Order: SVU
F.B.I.
NCIS: New Orleans

now for hospital drama:
New Amsterdam (greatest new show in a while!)
The Resident
The Good Doctor

Just for fun:
Charmed (reboot on The CW)
Haunting of Hill House
The 100

I'm dropping sitcoms to watch on my own & holding onto one-hour dramas.
Some I've given up on:
Manifest
The Walking Dead
Magnum P.I. reboot
not sure how much longer I'm going to keep tuning in to F.B.I. on C.B.S.

So, I guess the question would have been answered more quickly with, "What do you NOT watch?!"
If something decent comes on Comet TV I'll watch, Fido was on today (domesticated zombies) & I've watched the original Max Max about 3 times in the last month.
 
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Killed_by_Death said:
15 hours/day:

Stargate: SG-1
Andromeda (Gene Roddenberry)
In the Heat of the Night (Carroll O'Connor, Archie Bunker)
The Talk (CBS talk show with Sharon Osbourne)
Charlie's Angels
The Jeffersons

that's just in the daytime

family-time:
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy
The Goldbergs
Fresh off the Boat
Black-ish
The Big Bang Theory
Young Sheldon

Law enforcement & military drama:
SEAL Team
SWAT
Blue Bloods
Chicago Fire & P.D.
9-1-1
Law & Order: SVU
F.B.I.
NCIS: New Orleans

now for hospital drama:
New Amsterdam (greatest new show in a while!)
The Resident
The Good Doctor

Just for fun:
Charmed (reboot on The CW)
Haunting of Hill House
The 100

I'm dropping sitcoms to watch on my own & holding onto one-hour dramas.
Some I've given up on:
Manifest
The Walking Dead
Magnum P.I. reboot
not sure how much longer I'm going to keep tuning in to F.B.I. on C.B.S.

So, I guess the question would have been answered more quickly with, "What do you NOT watch?!"
If something decent comes on Comet TV I'll watch, Fido was on today (domesticated zombies) & I've watched the original Max Max about 3 times in the last month.
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Snaggs..you apparently the "gold standard" in marathon TV watching!
 
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Killed_by_Death said:
15 hours/day:

Stargate: SG-1
Andromeda (Gene Roddenberry)
In the Heat of the Night (Carroll O'Connor, Archie Bunker)
The Talk (CBS talk show with Sharon Osbourne)
Charlie's Angels
The Jeffersons

that's just in the daytime

family-time:
Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy
The Goldbergs
Fresh off the Boat
Black-ish
The Big Bang Theory
Young Sheldon

Law enforcement & military drama:
SEAL Team
SWAT
Blue Bloods
Chicago Fire & P.D.
9-1-1
Law & Order: SVU
F.B.I.
NCIS: New Orleans

now for hospital drama:
New Amsterdam (greatest new show in a while!)
The Resident
The Good Doctor

Just for fun:
Charmed (reboot on The CW)
Haunting of Hill House
The 100

I'm dropping sitcoms to watch on my own & holding onto one-hour dramas.
Some I've given up on:
Manifest
The Walking Dead
Magnum P.I. reboot
not sure how much longer I'm going to keep tuning in to F.B.I. on C.B.S.

So, I guess the question would have been answered more quickly with, "What do you NOT watch?!"
If something decent comes on Comet TV I'll watch, Fido was on today (domesticated zombies) & I've watched the original Max Max about 3 times in the last month.
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Snaggs..you apparently the "gold standard" in marathon TV watching!
 
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Old P Bass Guy said:
Being retired I have more time on my hands and refuse to spend the rest of my life in front of the"Boob Tube" wasting the rest of my life away. I train bird dogs in the morning and practice my bass in the afternoon. I watch AXIS a fair amount, home improvement shows and cooking with my wonderful wife. I watch just enough news to keep in touch with what's going on in our Country (another discussion for another place). I find myself listening to PANDORA when I'm not doing anything else. How bout U? :)
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My habits are similar to yours.

If I get 15 minutes to sit in front of a TV I hit the headlines and then see what's on AXIS. Tons of concerts and interviews.

I run earbuds up my back and go back and forth between news and music all day. I have infotainment ADD. I'll be listening to the BBC one minute, a blues iheart radio station the next, another news station the next, prog rock the next, jazz, Christian music, all over the place. (Technology is incredible.)

Just the idea of hanging out with dogs half a day every day seems amazing.
 
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We (my 16 y.o. son and I) like 1) the Discovery channel … Street Outlaws, Gold Rush, etc. but the content is buried in commercials. 2) Motorweek , Sat. @ 7 on channel 7.

My own tv habits:
- Golf (I love to watch golf on tv, oh yes I do).
- Modern Marvels on Quest, "celebrating innovation, invention, ingenuity, and imagination".
- Also Modern Family is a sitcom that I enjoy because it has no canned laughter, it is clever, and you have to pay attention to get it.
- Stephen Raichlen's Primal Grill - dreamy bbq fuud
- Outdoor Idaho, shows much of the land and rivers that I have jet boated, floated, camped, and four-wheeled or atv'd
 
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Chad Michael said:
We (my 16 y.o. son and I) like 1) the Discovery channel … Street Outlaws, Gold Rush, etc. but the content is buried in commercials. 2) Motorweek , Sat. @ 7 on channel 7.

My own tv habits:
- Golf (I love to watch golf on tv, oh yes I do).
- Modern Marvels on Quest, "celebrating innovation, invention, ingenuity, and imagination".
- Also Modern Family is a sitcom that I enjoy because it has no canned laughter, it is clever, and you have to pay attention to get it.
- Stephen Raichlen's Primal Grill - dreamy bbq fuud
- Outdoor Idaho, shows much of the land and rivers that I have jet boated, floated, camped, and four-wheeled or atv'd
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I like most outdoor shows. Off the grid stuff.
 
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Old P Bass Guy said:
Being retired I have more time on my hands and refuse to spend the rest of my life in front of the"Boob Tube" wasting the rest of my life away. I train bird dogs in the morning and practice my bass in the afternoon. I watch AXIS a fair amount, home improvement shows and cooking with my wonderful wife. I watch just enough news to keep in touch with what's going on in our Country (another discussion for another place). I find myself listening to PANDORA when I'm not doing anything else. How bout U? :)
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No TV service of any kind in our home. Netflix is what we use, occasionally. When at work I plow through Star Trek, but otherwise I don't put much time into TV.
 
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Wifey watches, but before we got together there had not been a TV in my house since the early 80’s when my first wife left and took hers with her.
I don’t have one because if i did i’d soon be watching a test pattern if that’s all that was on. I stream movies and occasional series on wifey’s rig since she’s been away so much looking after her sister, but i’d say maybe four~five hours a week. I enjoy reading and working much more than TV.
 
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Netflix ,Velocity,History,Home Improvement Channels.. I have my studio hooked up with a set of open back headphones.. I can practice scales,technic,do my setups at the same time.. :thumbsup: My time spent on it? Whenever life slows down enough to get it done..
 
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I do most of my viewing on Youtube/Netflix on a Samsung Galaxy tablet at work.
After a lot of back trouble my bosses have me restricted to aircraft pushback/towing mostly, so I get to sit in a tug while the young fit folks do the hard work.
I feel so guilty.:)

As for what I watch, mainly music docs, or any decent series/movies.
Just finished House Of Cards this week, next up is Ozarks.
@928cat , if The Rockford Files hits Netflix, I'll be all over it!
I've no interest in sports or politics.
 
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Old P Bass Guy said:
Being retired I have more time on my hands and refuse to spend the rest of my life in front of the"Boob Tube" wasting the rest of my life away. I train bird dogs in the morning and practice my bass in the afternoon. I watch AXIS a fair amount, home improvement shows and cooking with my wonderful wife. I watch just enough news to keep in touch with what's going on in our Country (another discussion for another place). I find myself listening to PANDORA when I'm not doing anything else. How bout U? :)
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I am falling behind on my TV viewing. Currently backlogged with the following ready to be watched:

"Daredevil" - Season 3
"Star Trek: Discovery" - season 1
"Legion" - season 2
"Westworld" - season 2
"Maniac" - season 1
"The Handmaid's Tale" - season 2
"The Walking Dead" - season 9
"Cloak and Dagger" - season 1
"Marvel's Runaways" - season 1
"The Leftovers" - season 1 - 3

I'm currently in the middle of:

"The Venture Brothers" - season 7
"Doctor Who" - season 11
"Ash vs. Evil Dead" - season 3
"The Gifted" - season 2

And I just finished up:

"Fear the Walking Dead" - season 4
"The Haunting of Hill House"
"BoJack Horseman" - season 5

Coming soon:

"The Orville" - season 2
"Agents of SHIELD" - season 6

And stuff my g/f and I watch together to pass time sometimes:

"Modern Family"
"Tosh.0"

The problem here is that there is more TV to watch than I am willing to give time over to. Between work, playing bass, working on my band's upcoming album release and being a new homeowner (yardwork and home improvement projects), days at a time will pass without my turning on the TV.
 
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