Does anyone else not watch much TV?

[CyberCubed]

Outside of some cartoons I watch, I don't really watch much TV anymore. I don't follow any of the current dramas or comedies that air on TV, and I don't watch any of those cable shows either.

I feel like I probably should make an effort to see what people are talking about but I don't feel compelled to do so. Anyone else like this?

[RaphAndDonnie]

I don't watch much tv anymore either. All of the shows I like can be found on the Internet and since I'm on the computer more then I am in the living room it seems more convenient to me.

[Andrew NDB]

I don't watch TV at all.

[chrisdude]

I pretty much just follow Agents of SHIELD and Teen Titans Go!, these days. Anything is Netflix. But Community comes back next month.

[BubblyShell22]

I mostly watch TV at night when there's something on I care to watch. But other than that, I don't really watch much TV during the day.

[Jester]

There are a few more shows I watch now than I used to:
TMNT (of course), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (mainly just to see what the explanation is for Coulson's return.), Crazy Ones (always have been a big Robin Williams fan), Brooklyn Nine Nine (very witty cop comedy), The Simpsons, SNL, and SVU. Some of those are shows I just can't leave, we have a history and all...but the news stuff is pretty good.
To be honest I probably spend more time on the internet than watching TV. THAT is what I do "too much" of.

[ZariusTwo]

I tend to download everything I watch and go out for some fresh air, I also record stuff off tv on my planner while I'm on fourms and such and sometimes, with certain shows I'm not that fanatical about, wait for whole seasons to end before marathoning through them

[Jester]

Yeah, very few show I actually watch when they air. I tend to download and binge as well....especially since at the moment I work weeknights and am off weekends. Friday and Saturday are TV catch-up nights.

[CyberCubed]

I've never watched any of those cable shows like The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad. Apparently everyone talks about them like they're the best written shows on TV in years.

I never watched any of them.

[Jester]

Yeah, all my co-workers say the same, but I haven't either. Debated it, but never have. Same with Doctor Who, but with that I don't wanna jump on that because of how huge the trend seems to be and I don't want to seem to be just watching it because it's popular. I've never been one to just hop on trends. I stuck with TMNT even when Power Rangers was giving it to it until friends convinced me to check it out.

[Luke795]

I rarely watch TV. I have only been watching new cartoons TV shows on iTunes.

[Krutch]

Ever since I learned how to download (which was for the season 3 premiere of Smallville), I haven't watched television as it is aired. No commercials, higher than broadcast quality, and watch at my own convenience? Yes, please!

As for watching TV in general, I watch a few but not many. I could probably make a list of the last ten years.

-Dead Like Me
-Veronica Mars
-Smallville
-Being Human
-Supernatural
-Dexter
-Breaking Bad
-Dollhouse
-Party Down
-Arrow
-Agents of Shield(though I've given up)
-Fresh Meat
-TMNT 2k3
-Nick's TMNT

aaaaand not much else is coming to mind, so that might be it.

[Leo656]

For a long time after high school I didn't have cable or the internet, so I kind of got used to not watching TV during that time period, other than DVDs and such. Nowadays I only watch a few shows, even fewer as they're on. I'm also not the one who controls the remote, so what I end up seeing is usually at my wife's discretion.

I'll almost always catch wrestling when it's on, but lately I've been getting burnt out on it. I also have the misfortune of being around wrestlers on a weekly basis, and a scummier group of subhumans you could never hope to find. So I've been getting more and more detached from it as time goes on.

Otherwise, I see Family Guy, American Dad, King of the Hill, Aqua Teen and Robot Chicken on almost a daily basis. That's pretty much all that's on during the hours I'm home and awake. Everything else gets DVR'd and I see it when I see it. I don't mind seeing the same repeats over and over again. When I'm home I'm really too busy decompressing to pay attention to something I haven't seen. Usually weekends are when I'll watch stuff that I haven't seen yet.

It's weird, because as a kid my parents (and a lot of yours, I'm sure) used to take TV away as punishment; now it's barely important.

[CyberCubed]

Keep in mind when I say "TV" I also mean watching shows on the computer or phone too. I'm talking about watching shows in general, not necessarily if its on TV or the computer or on your phone, etc.

Hard to believe all the way up till 2005 or so you still had to record shows on VHS if you missed them on TV. I remember being so upset when I missed a show back then because there was no other way to watch it until reruns.

Amazing what a difference places like youtube and online streaming did in just the last 7 or 8 years.

[Mzx10484]

I watch TV just before falling asleep ! During the day and in the evening I have other things to do !! Fortunately !!

[Powder]

I stopped quite a few years ago. I watch stuff frequently, sure, but not on cable. I netflix sitcoms/cartoons from the 90's, watch anime on Crunchyroll, etc. The only show I put cable on for is TMNT, and while I'm a huge Adventure Time fan, I catch the new eps online. Pretty much everything on the tube just upsets me. It feels like all they do now is glorify stupidity & deviant behavior, at least in Reality shows, which seem to be the driving force these days.

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

I watched a lot of TV when growing up-mainly cartoons and sitcoms. Once I reached adulthood I pretty much stopped, except for news. I only watch TV basically when others do.

[Zulithe]

I don't have cable/sat and consume select TV shows through the internet. I research pretty carefully to find shows that appeal to me. not the type of person who sits in front of tv and watches hours a day, i'd much rather be at my desktop pc with my wacom tablet, reading books/comics/manga or playing a video game.

[Refractive Reflections]

The only shows I'm enthusiastically watching are Nashville and Scandal on ABC, and 60 Minutes on CBS. I'll mostly catch PBS programs like Frontline, NOVA, Nature, the American Experience, or some of their cooking and traveling shows if I know they have good topics, but I'm not consistent enough to keep up with what they show.

I'm very selective of the shows I watch, or at least the ones I go out of my way to see. I was never one to just plot down on the TV and watch hours and hours on end if the shows only slight to moderately interest me. I'm not saying other shows aren't good, for example like Law and Order: SVU, 2 Broke Girls, and The Big Bang Theory, it's just that it isn't uniquely appealing for me though. As for reality programs, they don't appeal to me. Most of them glorify dumb behavior, revolve around the pursuit of being a star/celebrity, and/or it becomes so overtly formulaic it's not worth watching after one season.

[Falconhood]

I'd rather just watch DVD, Netflix, or Amazon Prime. I don't have the patience for commercials.

[Mona_Lisa]

Outside of some cartoons I watch, I don't really watch much TV anymore. I don't follow any of the current dramas or comedies that air on TV, and I don't watch any of those cable shows either.

I feel like I probably should make an effort to see what people are talking about but I don't feel compelled to do so. Anyone else like this?
I don't watch tv much, I don't have cable or satellite! :DI like my money to much, I watch turtles on amazon (or YouTube if amazon drags their feet):D
Anything else I watch comes from Netflix:twink:

[JoshDA7X]

The only shows I watch religiously are Tutles, Walking Dead and Comic Book Men. :)

[The Sewer Lord]

I watch every single show online. Including shows like Breaking Bad.

[krangsaneurysm]

I own a 50inch LED television that just sits in my living room with no usage at all. Only been watching movies and shows on my computer.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

It's very rare that i watch TV. I usually play video games, go on the computer or watch a Movie. The only TV i actually watch (and its actually online, as opposed to actual TV), is TMNT. So, no, I don't watch TV.

[Peanut]

I feel like a ton of people here aren't associating watching sh*t via some form of Internet, physical media or DVR as watching TV. I think he means television programs in general, not just on a physical TV set on cable.

I watch close to nothing (see: hockey) on actual cable and I watch very little elsewhere. There are shows I'll watch entire seasons of over the span of a week when they hit BD or Netflix, but those too are incredibly rare, as in once or twice a year. Even shows I really like, such as Adventure Time or Regular Show, I'll ignore new episodes of for months at a time. Certain shows I find pretty cool, like nick TMNT, I'll just end up not watching and then never get to. The most I'll ever watch anything is at night when I don't have something to play on a handheld. In those cases I general watch stuff I don't need to think about, like Giant Bomb stuff, Gamecenter CX or AVGN.

I prefer to play games in the limited spare time I have.

[raph27]

All I watch is Teen Titans Go, TMNT, and sometimes Duck Dynasty

[Raven]

In our house hold we usually just have a movie playing when we have some spare time. Other wise its mainly on for background noise or to distract the kid for a brief second so we can take care of a few things.

Which mostly is sesame street and things of that sort.

[Prowler]

I rarely turn on the tv, same goes for downloading tv shows and movies. I do watch anime on my computer occasionally, though; and, of course, football games. And I might check out Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones in the future just to see what the fuss is all about. That being said, the last show I bothered to follow was House and still haven't watched the last 2 seasons.

As for talk shows, the news, etc, I don't watch the former, and as for the latter, if I wanna know what's happening in the world I'll just grab a free newspaper or read the news online.

[CatalaReturns]

I'm probably in the vast minority here. We get a grand total of 5 channels on our antenna, don't subscribe to any Netflix thing or anything else, nor do we watch episodes of anything via the internet. Once a month or so I might watch a new ep. of TMNT or something on PBS, but that's about it. I get wicked confused when my folks start yammering on about shows on the telly. :trolleye:

[CyberCubed]

I don't watch any of those popular sitcoms/comedies that people seem to talk about either. Even older ones like Friends and Seinfeld I've barely seen more than a handful of episodes, and its only because other people in my family used to have it on.

Also other than Star Trek, I've never sat through any of those sci-fi shows. Never watched X-files or Stargate or Supernatural any of those other popular sci-fi shows from the 90's and early 2000's.

Its actually odd how many "big" TV shows I've always heard people talk about since like 1990 till now that I've never actually watched.

[CatalaReturns]

I don't watch any of those popular sitcoms/comedies that people seem to talk about either. Even older ones like Friends and Seinfeld I've barely seen more than a handful of episodes, and its only because other people in my family used to have it on.

Also other than Star Trek, I've never sat through any of those sci-fi shows. Never watched X-files or Stargate or Supernatural any of those other popular sci-fi shows from the 90's and early 2000's.

Its actually odd how many "big" TV shows I've always heard people talk about since like 1990 till now that I've never actually watched.

I wish I could say the same. I - unfortunately - grew up in a very lazy family where the television was used as a babysitter, background noise, and a hobby. It's insane to think how many experiences I missed out on because of the life my parents had created during my childhood. Hubster and I are adamant that doesn't happen for our Little Mister or any other kiddos we have around.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

In our house, the (32") TV is mainly used to play video games, mostly by by my (now disabled) husband. He's on the 360 FAR more than we ever use the TV for actual TV watching, although he does sometimes have it on as "background noise" when he naps on the couch during the day while I'm at work. Most of what we watch consists of Sleepy Hollow, Grimm, The Following, and Almost Human. That's about it for shows we actually follow. I also watch the Nick TMNT when it ends up on you-tube. (For some reason, Adobe no longer plays anything else on my PC. I've tried un- and re-installing it SEVERAL times, to no avail- I suspect a browser update glitch some months ago is responsible.) Other than that and re-watching old eps of both the OT and 03 TMNT (either on DVD or also on you-tube), that's it.

[blindturtle02]

Hmm... My better half and I are only watching TMNT 2012, The Walking Dead, and Supernatural at the moment when it comes to new shows. So nah, not very much here. We read a tun of books together so we've mostly been doing that during holiday hiatus. We'll certainly be watching Star Wars: Rebels when it premiers this fall.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

But Community comes back next month.

A great comedy that is under-appreciated because Big Bang Theory is on at the same time.

Lately, the only time I have a "can't miss" feeling about a TV show is the two months that a half season of Walking Dead airs.

I'll watch the occasional WWE Raw, but I usually just watch the highlights on WWE.com. If WWE Network ends up being all it's cracked up to be, I'll be watching a lot more wrestling soon.

My TV habits have never been better, but thanks to the Internet, I'm still not a very productive member of society.

[Wesley]

I watch a few TV shows every now and then like Revenge, Person of Interest, 2 Broke Girls, Agents of Shield and Gotham. I'm not a fan of the more recently critically acclaimed shows like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad or The Walking Dead.

[mexichrist83]

I've gone without having cable or watching television for the last 10 years. I hate commercial interruptions and commercials themselves so watching television is pretty tedious for me. I've always been more of a movie person to begin with. The only televisions shows I watch at this time are TMNT and I'm slowly getting back into The Walking Dead (just enough to keep me watching). I also want to have an Agent Carter marathon.

My main problem with television series is that they can go on too long and start to lose what made them so special and end up becoming a shadow of it's former self. Series in the UK have it great where each series will get a small amount of episodes keeping everything more tight and fairly consistent, for the most part.

[BabyTurtles]

I only watch TV when a new episode of a show I like is on.

or when I'm too lazy to turn on my computer but still want entertainment when I eat XD

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I rarely have the time or desire to really watch TV shows anymore. Even ones I'm interested in, like Agents of SHIELD.

Every now and then if there's an interesting Teen Titans Go on I'll try to catch that (like the Young Justice one).

I used to watch Gotham every week, but that show has fallen so far so fast that I don't even care anymore.

Every 2 years when a new series of Doc Martin airs on PBS I make damn sure I'm there to see it.

I think the last TV show that I actually kept up in watching regularly was Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated on Netflix. Man, that was a good show...

[Jephael]

I'm kinda burned out on television myself. I had considered watching The Flash on CW, but at the same time I just don't feel compelled to get into anymore comic book shows.

[CyberCubed]

I haven't gotten into any of those DC or Marvel TV shows either. I don't know why but I don't have the "patience" to watch much TV shows anymore.

It has to be something I'm REALLY interested in to keep up with something, otherwise I just don't care. I guess age has something to do with it? I don't have as much free time as I used to and I'd rather use it to play videogames.

Oddly enough even though I just said that I wound up getting into Attack on Titan online, and I generally avoid anime.

[ssjup81]

I don't watch TV much at all, here and back home. Back home, the only shows I constantly kept up with, and still manage to do here thanks to Hulu, is Law & Order: SVU (since the others were canceled) and NCIS.

After digital cable was forced on consumers, my television watching dropped even more than it already had. My television watching started to drop in the late 90s.

[ZariusTwo]

I watch tv mainly just for the news. I can't even be bothered sitting down to watch S.H.I.E.L.D because of the overabundance of ad breaks, so I just record it and watch whenever

[Warhorse]

I haven't really been big into TV since 24. Now, if something interests me, I just wait for it to come on Netflix, that way I can watch it in one shot with no commercials. But even then, that's not often. So really, I'm not a big TV show watcher, either live TV or the internet. Heck, I recorded on my DVR the Gotham show, but I have yet to watch the whole thing.

[Wildcat]

This is a good topic to along with the Simpsons DVDs discontinued topic. This is pretty much what I mean when I say I feel that some people have become pretentious about TV and formats. How it's become popular to be anti-tv...I don't always watch tv but when I do it's online...stay jaded my friends. 8)

Well I have DISH Network and there's alot of stuff I watch. Current stuff, reruns and movie channels. Of course I dvr maybe half due to the time and commercials.

Hey you kids and your new fangled Hul-a-hoopFlix :lol:

[Shiro Kame]

That's mostly because I'm either on the internet or working on my laptop, or in class or eating.

[IndigoErth]

Very little. I tend to have it on for a bit in the morning and when I go to bed, but anymore the Turtles are the only thing I must watch. Other things I had been a consistent viewer of have either died off or appear to slowing be doing so. (Ghost Hunters for example... only four new episodes finally on last October and after that they're still not coming back until summer. Doubt it will return with many in that case. :()

All this Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, etc etc... I hear they're just so good and all that, but I honestly couldn't care less. Even moreso that a long marathon would be required to catch up.

I find it odd that much more avid tv watchers I know like to suggest I spend a lot of time on the computer. (And how is that worse?) I mean...yeah, I do. For many different reasons however. And between the tv and the computer, if I'm going to be sitting staring at a screen, the computer holds more interest for me. I just prefer to have my mind a lot more active on the computer with all the different stuff I'm doing - be it working, creating, playing, interacting or learning - rather than just watching a show on tv.