Do you find yourself watching less television?

[XCashier]

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

Same here. We just got rid of cable TV because we didn't watch 99% of the shows, so why pay for them. Hubby will watch the sports shows, I'll watch Doctor Who when I can find it, and that's about it.

[Sylvia727]

I get letters from the TV licencing people regularly telling me I need a licence to watch the TV.

You need a license to watch tv?


I'm not a huge fan of tv, especially since my roomie watches channels that rot my brain. I do turn on a Law and Order marathon twice a week, but other than that I get my shows on DVD. And I absolutely refuse to watch movies on TV, ever since I saw Braveheart with the mooning shot cut out. That shot makes the scene! It's an important plot point, dammit!

[Rapscallion]

You need a license to watch tv?

In the UK, to own any equipment capable of receiving a television broadcast (including webtv cards), yes. It's a bit over £100 per year, and it pays for the BBC. It means you don't get adverts on the channels it provides.

Generally speaking, I'm of the opinion that the more channels there are, the more diluted the decent stuff is. That's why it's hard to find anything worth watching.

Rapscallion

[Boozy]

In the UK, to own any equipment capable of receiving a television broadcast (including webtv cards), yes. It's a bit over £100 per year, and it pays for the BBC. It means you don't get adverts on the channels it provides.

Vague equivalents here in the colonies are the CBC for Canada, PBS in the US. But the CBC is funded with federal taxes, and PBS is barely funded at all.

[AFPheonix]

Well, not federally. PBS is funded by the viewers themselves, me included. Yay for no commercials and interesting and edifying programming!

[Sylvia727]

Huh. You learn something new everyday. If I lived in the UK, I probably wouldn't bother with a license. My tv is primarily for my PS2, and that's only about once a week.

[lordlundar]

Let's see here. Pretty much two channels I watch on my TV.

Discovery (Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch, Canada's worst driver/handyman, etc)

Space (pretty much for Stargate SG-1 and Robotech)

[thrifty]

Okay I'm going to be unusual here :-)

I watch about the same amount if not more, because I like reality television. Yup I watch a lot of reality tv, even bad reality tv like

America's Next Top Model
Paradise Hotel
Real World/Road Rules Challenge
Cheerleader U.
Redneck Wedding
Whose Wedding is it Anyways
For Richer or Poorer

I also like shows like Little People Big World (I don't think that's your mindless reality show)

Of course some of the drama's I usually watched will come back in April or in the fall like Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.

Luckily I have a DVR and tend to fast forward through a lot of the reality shows so that cuts down on some viewing time. But even though I watch a whole lot of television I also read a lot of books, go to college full time, work at a drug rehabilitation center 2 days a week as my internship, and I'm in the last 2 months of planning my wedding.

Not saying that you all are saying that if a person watches that much television they are a mindless idiot, but I have definitely heard that before elsewhere.

[powerboy]

I have found myself only watching shows about ghosts or GhostHunters and GhostHunters International. Or I will watch wrestling. Other then that, I am online or watching DVD's. Or out doing something.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I watched about the same amount of TV during the strike that I would if there was no strike.

This is because I don't tend to watch the shows that would've been affected by the strike.

Oh...first post here. Hi-O!

[LadyMage]

most I watch are cartoons, dirty jobs, stand up comic specials, penn and teller, mythbusters, any documentry on animals or crime, good eats and the first part of the daily show, which is a lot less then when I was younger

[Rapscallion]

Well, I came home tonight to a letter (not charmlesslessly red-bordered this time) warning me that due to not responding to their latest communications, they're going to send someone around to check.

I only asked for that about a year ago. Since they refused, I decided not to bother with anything else they sent to force them. A few more letters later, they're finally shifting their bums.

I'll keep you posted.

Rapscallion

[Gawdzillers]

I'm happy with reruns if the show is good enough (Scrubs, The Office, Good Eats)

[Machero]

The crap that gets on the air these days. It's kind of sad that the most watched channel in my house is the channel that is the rotating t.v. guide! And that one plays the local radio station.

My favorites are; Corner Gas, Mythbusters, Canada's Worst Anything, and House.

The last universal medium is on it's way out. When all the T.V. shows you want are accessible on the internet, then the television is only good for DVD's. My collection is out of control with season dvd's and movies movies movies.

But this all stems from our "I want it right now" attitude that most people in our society have now. Instead of waiting for weeks on end to see the episode of House when he actually gets a case of lupis, you can pop it in the dvd player and watch it as many times as you want.

The t.v. is no longer synonamous with entertainement. Another couple of years, all t.v.'s will have Divx capapbilities and USB ports in them to get people using them on a regualar basis again.

[Sableonblonde]

I definetly watch less TV that I used to. I put the TV on in the background when I'm on the computer or reading, but it has been a long time since I have followed a series. I watch sports and the Food Network and that is about it. Ever since Freaks and Geeks and then American Dreams got canceled, breaking my heart both times, I turned bitter toward TV series and didn't want to get "involved" ever again.