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.