How much TV and what do you watch?

**meaghanchan** · 10-15-2005, 07:55 AM

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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** · 10-15-2005, 08:01 AM

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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** · 10-15-2005, 09:02 AM

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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** · 10-17-2005, 09:30 AM

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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** · 10-17-2005, 10:48 AM

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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** · 10-17-2005, 11:03 AM

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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** · 10-18-2005, 04:45 PM

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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** · 10-19-2005, 08:03 AM

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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** · 10-19-2005, 06:11 PM

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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** · 10-19-2005, 06:31 PM

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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** · 10-19-2005, 08:41 PM

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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** · 10-19-2005, 09:20 PM

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

**PRICEPLUS** · 10-20-2005, 05:15 AM

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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** · 10-21-2005, 01:11 PM

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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.

How much TV and what do you watch?