Do you find yourself watching less television?

[ArenaBoy]

Before the whole writer's strike happened I was watching less and less TV. All I watched was the Daily Show, soccer, and hockey. Now that the strike is on take out Daily Show. I found myself getting annoyed at what's been offered and just watch sports and that's it. Aside from the sports, I don't even watch TV and just watch my DVDs of shows that I liked. Anyone else feel this way?

[AFPheonix]

I really only watch tv when I'm at someone else's house and they've got the telly on. I find now that commercials are just grating, and anything I could get that's of any value off of tv is available to me on the internet without having to wade through too much bullshit.
I do listen to the radio a lot, but I tend to stay on NPR. Again, commercials are jarring and annoying to me now that I'm not really used to them anymore.

So, my leisure time not at the barn is spent with magazines, internet, dvds, video games or EQ2.

[Boozy]

I have actually been watching less TV, now that I think about it.

I used to watch the Daily Show, House, Family Guy, and maybe the odd episode of Law and Order. So those are now out.

We still watch our Senators hockey whenever they're playing, so that averages out to about 3 games a week. I will never give up my Sens hockey.

I've been getting more into podcasts lately. There are some really good ones now.

[Greenday]

As far as tv goes, I think I've just been watching less since I've gotten to college. As it is, the only shows I watch are Scrubs, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and sports. Can't bring myself to watch any of the other garbage on tv.

[protege]

I'd watch a bit more...provided there was something on to watch! What's left, is mainly reruns, or commercials. The Comcast ones are getting annoying--it sucks when you see 5-6 of them in a row!

[MystyGlyttyr]

I watch wrestling, cartoons, and the Science channel. None of those seem to be affected by the writers strike. So, no, I still watch.

Though honestly, I'm usually doing about ten different things at once, so the TV is just a soothing background noise, and when I need a break from whatever I'm actually concentrating on, I can just look up and take one.

[Pedersen]

I watch wrestling, cartoons

Which I read at first as "wrestling cartoons", which produced as a thought that they're producing some pretty damned specific cartoons nowadays if you've got wrestling toons.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Never watched any to begin with, my TV is mostly used for watching DVDs on. XD

[ThePhoneGoddess]

Same here, In fact I haven't watched any popular, current TV since I left home at 19. Anything I watch is on DVD.

And that being said, I'm a DVD whore. I collect fancy DVD's with lots of extras on them, "making of", shorts, interviews, photo galleries, documentariess of music, costumes, directors, etc. I watch them all religiously. My latest acquisition is a DVD of Sunset Boulevard with, among other things, a documentary on Edith Head, the legendary Paramount costume director. I literally salivate over these things. I'm such a dork.

[DesignFox]

Which I read at first as "wrestling cartoons", which produced as a thought that they're producing some pretty damned specific cartoons nowadays if you've got wrestling toons.

Actually, Cartoon Network had a cartoon about superhero type kids in wrestling masks... I never watched- I couldn't get into it.

I basically don't watch TV, anymore. At home, we have cable for internet. That's it. Not hooked up to the TV at all.

I watch DVD's of shows I like and that's about it.

I will admit to watching stuff at work- we sell DISH network so we have it on a lot of the time...but, that's it really. Just something to pass the time when we aren't busy. And we have DVR so I don't have to watch the damn commercials if I record stuff. (Usually cartoons, History related stuff, animal shows...the occasional train wreck reality show...but someone else has to have been watching it first and gotten me staring at it)

There were only two shows I really got into and that was America's Most Smartest Model and The Shot on VH1.

The first was just hysterical...the things they made these people do...and I just couldn't help but get into it.

The second show is all about photography and it's a contest between different photographers vying for a huge commission to start their career. I used to be a photographer and I went to school for art, so that show is awesome to watch. You have the experts giving their critiques, you watch all these great photo shoots, and I learned a lot just watching and looking at the photos that were taken.

Other than that, I don't watch. If I could just subscribe to the one or two shows I liked, I'd be happy. But I can't, so I just don't bother with cable at home.

[Dark-Star]

Oh yes. The good cartoons have either gone off-air, stretched out waaay past their time for retirement (Garfield), or been reanimated in CGI with disastrous results. XP Sticking to DVD's and the occasional rerun for most TV-stuff.

America's Funniest Home Videos: still worth watching...but it ain't what it once was. They changed format and tossed the cool intro song, and a lot of the home videos are now either -
Almost-Darwin Award moments
Have you laughing only because somebody's doing something utterly stupid.
And some are crude to the point of saying "annnd how is that funny?"

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition : an exception - that show is awesome and heartrending at the same time. But it isn't on often.

Law & Order/CSI: comes in on channel six in my locale, and I can tune in to the audio band on my radio (87.7 FM). That's decent drama and has good legal tips to boot.

History Channel: on occasionally but usually good.

Spike TV: Poor reception, and most content is useless testosterone garbage. But Wildest Police Videos and Disorderly Conduct I make a point to watch once a month at least to remind myself of things never ever to do.

[AFPheonix]

Hey, Spike has Most Xtreme Elimination, and it so stupid I love it. My husband got a few seasons on DVD for me because he was so amused at me laughing my brains out at a few Youtube clips of some Most Painful Eliminations.

[the_std]

TV? Hunh?

After I moved out, I didn't even bother buying a TV. I have a laptop and the internet. Movies and the few TV shows that I've found amusing over the years (Futurama, Duckman, Invader Zim and Titus) find their way onto my hard-drive, commercial-free and readily accessible. The last time I remember actively watching TV was when I was confined to the basement in the 11th grade with a killer flu that had me home a whole week. I had read all my books and was desperate for something to take my attention away from the one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater. Even then, I think I just zoned out and drooled while Oprah blabbed in the background.

[Rapscallion]

I get letters from the TV licencing people regularly telling me I need a licence to watch the TV. On the first instance, I told them I didn't have a TV and that they should come around to check. They declined the offer, and I currently get charmless red-bordered letters on a regular basis (about every four months) warning me about it.

If they put anything on worth watching, I might get one. However, they have failed.

Rapscallion

[MadMike]

I thought maybe it was just me getting old, but apparently the consensus is that TV sucks these days.

I don't watch nearly as much as I used to. About the only shows I watch regularly are the Sunday night cartoon lineup on Fox, and sometimes the weeknight repeats, and sometimes I'll catch Two and a Half Men. That show is actually funny.

I can't stand so-called reality shows, I don't like watching sports, and I really don't care to watch "Sanitized for TV" movies on network stations, especially with the seemlingly endless blocks of commercials every couple minutes.

If I watch TV at all, it will be the above-mentioned shows, commercial-free and uncut movies on the pay stations, and maybe sometimes the old 80s shows on Nick at Nite.