How much TV and what do you watch?

[crosses]

I find that I spend a couple of hours a day watching TV and most of it is mindless! How much does everyone watch and what shows are worth watching?

[meaghanchan]

I rarely watch TV these days, especially since I don't get cable. I am watching Battlestar Galactica and Firefly on DVD, and enjoying both a lot. As far as network TV goes, I try to catch Arrested Development, but that's pretty much it.

[BAGAGT1]

I don't watch much television these days. I have been watching the ALCS because my beloved White Sox are still in it. The shows that I do normally watch are BattleStar Galactica and Stargate SG-1, and I try to tune in to Nightly Business Report on PBS almost daily.

[PrincessPerky]

Worth watching is relative, right now pregnant and tired I am not going to fill that time with anything 'mindful' so Lost is worth it to me.

DH finds sports to be worth it, but he is a guy....... (and he would prefer they were at a more convenient time)

We both love movies, like blade, starwars, and other Scifi stuff. I prefer movies to TV cause I can watch it when I want, on my time frame (including frequent potty breaks!)

[sweeps]

I watch a lot of mindless TV, but most of it is through my DVR. That way I watch my shows when I want and skip all the commercials and other fluff.

[Fern]

It's a very bad habit, i've got i know. I once disconnected cable a few years ago to force myself to read more but now i've got it back, just the basic.

i bought a small Tv for the kitchen, and since i live alone, i really like having the news on while i'm preparing dinner. then i usually watch from 8 to 11 every weekday night! i know they're dumb, but i like the reality shows like wife swap and super nanny becus i find the characters (real life people) so interesting in their extremes of habit, like they'll pair super neat wifes with super messy families and so on. I also watch Lost, Desperate Housewives and anything else i come upon when browsing. I also am intrgued with the hope shopping channels becus i find it such an interesting way to market a product, very well done, the "hostess" makes you feel like you're having a chat with an old friend in their kitchen or something, just to get you to buy something. Being in marketing, i like to analyze their techniques.

[ender513]

I don't have cable, which sort of limits my options. I like it that way though, because it prevents me from watching it just because it's there.

I probably watch about an hour a night anyway, mostly PBS. I have a few other programs I watch, like Sunday night Fox (Simpsons, Family Guy) and Threshold - which my boyfriend and I both like.

Other than that, I'll generally come home, make dinner, and see if anything is on. If there isn't something on I'll read or do things around the house.

[jodi]

I used to watch a few hours a day B.K. (before kids), but now I turn it off when they are around. I DVR everything and watch it at my convenience - only a few shows each week (Law and Order, Desperate Housewives, Will & Grace, Joey, and the Simpsons). I like to catch Extreme Makeover Home Edition too. SO I guess it comes to about a half hour per day, on average.

[jmjj215]

We don't have a TV, but I make sure to catch my university's football games down at the University on the many tvs there.

[Gailete]

Now that we don't have cable we pop in movies most every night. I read while they are on and my hubby plays Russian square on the laptop. I think he likes the background noise, but I could do without it. At least even with it playing movies, we still communicate lots.

Gail

[zoe]

it's on ( not necessarily watching it) for about 4 hours while I clean up and feed the baby etc. I like Simpsons and the news.

[marglo]

An hour or two most nights but not always. Depends on what's on. Some shows I like:
Threshold, Law & Order, Ghost Whisperer, Lost, CSI.

[Pollyanna]

I don't watch TV at all. Now, Hubs and Pop; they watch TV - too much of it, AFAIC.

[PRICEPLUS]

Notre Dame games, the cable news channels, and the Sci-Fi Channel are usually what I watch. A couple of hours per week. It is mindless so I can just decompress from the work a day world!

[debtfreeme]

6-7 hours a week.

Desparate Housewives
West wing
Medium
Criminal Minds
CSI Las Vegas
With out a trace
ER or Prime time live (if I can stay up that late, rare!)
Numbers

That is it. Oh and when I do watch it is really just listening because I am usually corcheting or needle pointing, and because we use rabbit ears and can't really get anything in clearly.

[CheaplyClever]

I love the show Nip Tuck- comes on Tuesday night, 10pm on FX.

[FrugalTexan75]

I've tried to cut back on my tv watching, but I still watch way too much.

Sunday: West Wing, Desperate Housewives
Monday: 7th Heaven
Tuesday: The Biggest Loser
Wednesday: Lost
Thursday: Survivor, Everwood, CSI, ER (DVR to the rescue!)
Friday: SuperNanny

I rarely watch tv other than at night. I'm also right now working on the show S*x and the City from Netflix. I'm on Season 5 and loving it.

Keeping It Frugal in TExas,
Laura

[abowers]

Desperate Housewives on Sunday nights
Usually at least one football game on the weekends
ER on Thursdays when I remember
Jeopardy at 7pm when I'm around
The Daily Show and the Colbert Report when I can stay up late enough.
Used to watch other Comedy Central shows like Reno 911 and Strangers with Candy.

I used to watch Letterman and Conan when I worked at my last job, but I can't stay up that late now because I have to work at 7:30 most mornings!

[Luv2shop]

I am lucky if I watch 5 hours a week. I am too busy online