We Netflix and chill, one series at a time. Just finished Haunting of Hill House, which I recommend. Got rid of cable about five years ago, but I do play a lot of video games in order to spend time with my 12-year-old.
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How much TV do you watch and what?
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Ever since before the last Presidential election circus, I have had zero tv...no cable, too. I only have Netflix and YouTube. It is glorious.
With that said, I maybe watch a few hours a night. My Netflix faves are documentaries, horror, and comedy, mostly, and my guilty pleasure on YouTube...Cobra Kai.
With that said, I maybe watch a few hours a night. My Netflix faves are documentaries, horror, and comedy, mostly, and my guilty pleasure on YouTube...Cobra Kai.
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I haven't owned a TV for many years, and I don't stream or download either. I do watch DVDs though and probably sci-fi and sword-and-sorcery are in the majority, but I also have a fair few film noir flics plus some of my favourite comedy shows. I own 2 music DVDs (Björk and Led Zeppelin).
I don't have a tv but I like to watch cartoons and silly dry comedies online. The office, curb your enthusiasm, Archer, king of the hill, UCI road cycling races summer and hockey games in winter.
That's about it for the last 6 months. My friends and fam. typically introduces new ones to me.
That's about it for the last 6 months. My friends and fam. typically introduces new ones to me.
i watch news programs in the morning and at night and the occasional movie/series my wife favors. during the day: i'm busy...i include my TB time as 'busy'. 
How do you squeeze in time for TB?
More than an hour a day is a lot for me, because life.
Netflix is our go-to, with Vudu in second—what's keeping us from cutting the cable, I don't know.
Currently chipping away at "Gotham" and "Lilyhammer" when I'm solo.
Mrs. and I are alternating between "Shameless" and "Queer Eye" (and sometimes "Portlandia") depending on our collective mood.
And when my son extricates himself from the shed (he's trying to get into Berklee) we watch "Ken Burns' Jazz" or "Monty Python's Flying Circus."
Been addicted to TV for years. Had a TV in my bedroom since high school. (44 years)
I watch TV pretty much every night from 6:00pm to 11:30pm. Weekends it's NASCAR racing and once in a while pro football. As much Olympics as I can watch.
I watch TV pretty much every night from 6:00pm to 11:30pm. Weekends it's NASCAR racing and once in a while pro football. As much Olympics as I can watch.
Can’t remember the last time I watched tv, Zappa’s I’m the slime song opened my eyes!lol
I watch zero TV.
My kids watch DVDs, so I do have one.
When they eventually move out I'll probably get rid of the TV all together.
My kids watch DVDs, so I do have one.
When they eventually move out I'll probably get rid of the TV all together.
I'm really inconsistent. Some days I'll watch a couple of hours, then other days none at all. Mostly I watch Netflix or Hulu now. I figure if I'm paying for it then that will get the bulk of my attention. I sometimes see a few minutes of news in the morning but that's just because my wife has it on. I get my news almost exclusively from the interwebz. I have been known to binge watch a thing or two.
Outside of baseball and football seasons I do not watch a lot of TV. Cable is just getting out of hand price wise so I "cut the cord" almost two years ago now and currently just have a couple antennas for my TV's for basic over the air channels. It's usually very (sometimes) hit or (mostly) miss a lot of the time with those though. With Winter around the corner I may use my Roku and subs to Netflix, Crackle, etc a little more though.
Not much. I read a lot. Most importantly, no network news.
Probably about 2 hours a day, mostly winding down in the evening.
We got rid of cable TV about a year ago and just watch things via Netflix, Hulu and Amazon now.
My other half likes cooking competition shows, medical dramas and crime dramas. I do watch How to Get Away With Murder, Grey's Anatomy and sometimes The Resident or The Good Doctor with him.
Series I follow are mostly the superhero-based ones (no shortage of those now), Doctor Who, Castle Rock...probably one or three others I'm not thinking of. I also like some of the series on Netflix about architecture and cosmology (How the Universe Works, etc.).
I usually sort of "vet" potential new series or movies by looking up their IMDB score - if it's really high, I figure it's probably worth a try. Did that with Ozark and Haunting of Hill House and was not disappointed.
I wasn't sure about Ozark the first episode or two (I admit watching shows about organized crime and drugs usually feels like examining the contents of a sewer to me). Somehow the turning point was when Wendy got out of the family minivan holding that dead possum, started winding up like a major league pitcher and flung the carcass like a missile at that Langmore kid standing on top of his trailer house. Made me laugh so hard I stuck around a while longer and got hooked.
We got rid of cable TV about a year ago and just watch things via Netflix, Hulu and Amazon now.
My other half likes cooking competition shows, medical dramas and crime dramas. I do watch How to Get Away With Murder, Grey's Anatomy and sometimes The Resident or The Good Doctor with him.
Series I follow are mostly the superhero-based ones (no shortage of those now), Doctor Who, Castle Rock...probably one or three others I'm not thinking of. I also like some of the series on Netflix about architecture and cosmology (How the Universe Works, etc.).
I usually sort of "vet" potential new series or movies by looking up their IMDB score - if it's really high, I figure it's probably worth a try. Did that with Ozark and Haunting of Hill House and was not disappointed.
I wasn't sure about Ozark the first episode or two (I admit watching shows about organized crime and drugs usually feels like examining the contents of a sewer to me). Somehow the turning point was when Wendy got out of the family minivan holding that dead possum, started winding up like a major league pitcher and flung the carcass like a missile at that Langmore kid standing on top of his trailer house. Made me laugh so hard I stuck around a while longer and got hooked.
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It is of those experiences I imagine many/most of us share as kids. In my personal version, we are kids at summer camp. The campers in each cabin are to sing a song for some manufactured event our parents want us to experience. Anyway, we all put our heads together and collectively decide to sing Felix the Cat. Our counselor is a musician and she absolutely, positively refuses to learn the song. Once I learn a piece of music, it is learned forever and I don't want to know the melody to Felix the Cat.
We settle on a song she knows that we also know. Forgotten what it was. Didn't forget what I saw.
And I see this still. While idly noodling I notice my fingers just pick out the Hershey's chocolate jingle. And I know it's all in there, uncounted hours of television I took in as a child. It is true that I also had my record collection (ha!) and a saxophone with school band and all that. The realization I hold the ability to pick out the melody of the Soft Soap jingle from The Flintstones is the tipping point. It's all in there.
I take responsibility for what I put in my head. Pulled the plug on the TV in my home in 96 and was pretty well down to watching only The X-Files by then.
None of this is to suggest there isn't good stuff on TV, or TVs are bad or the like. Mine is a personal decision and I turn my attention to other things.
We settle on a song she knows that we also know. Forgotten what it was. Didn't forget what I saw.
And I see this still. While idly noodling I notice my fingers just pick out the Hershey's chocolate jingle. And I know it's all in there, uncounted hours of television I took in as a child. It is true that I also had my record collection (ha!) and a saxophone with school band and all that. The realization I hold the ability to pick out the melody of the Soft Soap jingle from The Flintstones is the tipping point. It's all in there.
I take responsibility for what I put in my head. Pulled the plug on the TV in my home in 96 and was pretty well down to watching only The X-Files by then.
None of this is to suggest there isn't good stuff on TV, or TVs are bad or the like. Mine is a personal decision and I turn my attention to other things.
Watched like 3 channels for 20 years. Paid over $200 for everything. Now I pay $70 for an internet connection and still watch the same 3 basic channels via digital antenna.
Mostly just news and the occasional re runs.
Mostly just news and the occasional re runs.
Good luck to your son at Berkley! Where do you find "Ken Burns"? I find it hard to find music informational programing on television. Just AXS.How do you squeeze in time for TB?
More than an hour a day is a lot for me, because life.
Netflix is our go-to, with Vudu in second—what's keeping us from cutting the cable, I don't know.
Currently chipping away at "Gotham" and "Lilyhammer" when I'm solo.
Mrs. and I are alternating between "Shameless" and "Queer Eye" (and sometimes "Portlandia") depending on our collective mood.
And when my son extricates himself from the shed (he's trying to get into Berklee) we watch "Ken Burns' Jazz" or "Monty Python's Flying Circus."
