Mikenhe Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I'm interested in how much TV people watch.. please include TV shows watched on your computer!!! I don't mean actually have it on in the background but the actual amount you actually sit down and watch. I probably watch 3 or 4 shows that are on TV - all of which I record and watch at my convenience - and skip the ads. However I am a sucker for Live sports so my hours get pushed up because of that.. I'm anticipating the answer to be far lower than the national average. any commentary that enhances your answer would be welcome!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkbabang Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I'd estimate if you took my entire TV watching over the last year it would average about 2-3 hours per week. I like Boardwalk Empire, that is the only series I watched in the last year. I used to like The Sopranos back when it was on and I like Dexter, but I don't have Showtime so I wait until I can get the season DVDs from Netflix. When Boardwalk Empire was on I probably averaged 3 hours per week, when it wasn't probably about 2 hours or less. The only TV I watch regularly is a DVD per week from Netflix on a Friday or Saturday night. I've never been into sports very much. There have been years I'd watch the Red Sox, but I don't think I've seen a game in the last 2 years. I probably haven't watched a football or basketball game since I was a teenager (20+ years ago), I don't even watch the superbowl. And I don't think I've ever watched a complete hockey or soccer game on TV. I read probably 8-10 hours per week though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilermaker75 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 There was a period of time where my answer would be zero. Now after we are exhausted at the end of the day the wife and I will sit down and watch a show, or two, until it puts one of us to sleep, usually me. Even when we are watching I'll often be working on something else. So my guestimate now is about 10 hours per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCG Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Probably 5-15 hours. Sometimes more, as I watch a lot of sports, and generally watch tv all day on Sundays during football season. I usually watch the evening news, and a few other shows. I read a lot as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uccmal Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Zero, been meaning to get back to Breaking Bad, season 3 since last winter but too busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottHall Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Also zero. I didn't even own one until a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matjone Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Most of mine is old boxing matches on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 My guilty pleasure: Big Bang Theory. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palantir Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 My guilty pleasure: Big Bang Theory. ;D Penny ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CONeal Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 My guilty pleasure: Big Bang Theory. ;D +1 Over half my tv time is that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyska Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Does one include TV shows that are purchased on dvd. As we have no live TV connection in our home, we tend to purchase, mostly older, shows that we are interested in. Especially when we find them in the bargain bins, watching Carol Burnett shows right now, although we have purchased the recent Sherlock series from BBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveSigma Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Mostly 1 hour of breakfast TV during workday mornings (for a total of 5 hours a week). Now annual reports reading on the other hand... ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEast Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 No TV for two years now. But do miss 'Deadliest Catch' for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berkshiremystery Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Almost Zero. My tv watching has become to almost zero in recent years,... well, probably more or less than around 1hr in the entire week, and then I wouldn't even have known what I have watched the only 5 minutes while falling tired asleep, lol. I know,... I would probably spoil the fun of most tv watchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 About 20 hours per week: sports (NFL, NHL; movies (recorded on DVR); news. Definitely more in winter months and less in summer months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikenhe Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Series: Dexter, Breaking bad (behind about 2 seasons in each), Downton Abbey and Graham Norton (both “watch with wife things!”) Occasional programs on the food network and travel channel and sometimes sit with the kids and watch the Daily show and The Colbert Report Other programs – Football (Liverpool FC) and the NFL. I’ll watch the occasional movie on DVD. So far the results are showing that the respondents watch far fewer hours and average (I think 40 hours is average per week with the TV being on 6 hours a day in the average house) So a follow up question – who watches live tv and who watches adverts? Even the sports I watch I’ll often record them and watch them on dvr a little later so I can skip through the ads (take note nfl!!!). If companies like apple and Google go the TV route then how will they turn it into cash flow – will people pay for the channels? If so will it be enough to make those ventures feasible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twacowfca Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 What's TV ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barminov Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 On a regular basis, zero. Got rid of it 5 years ago because I noticed the cable bill was approaching $100 a month. I do still watch the major Football tournaments when those are on (World Cup, Euro, last few games of the Champions League, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twacowfca Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Uh Oh! The bar chart is giving us the finger again. This time it's kurtosis with the left tail especially skewed fat. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmichaud Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Can't get enough Big Bang Theory! My wife cannot understand how I can see the same episode four times in two months and laugh harder every time. Sheldon is just brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoRaptorsFan Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Nowadays I love to read in my spare time. Next Issue has been really great. For tv shows I watch: Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Mad Men. And can't wait for baseball season to begin - GO JAYS GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustabound Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 And can't wait for baseball season to begin - GO JAYS GO! Me too. I just hope I can manage to watch the games this year. I'm in the under 5 hours since having our second daughter last January. Must see TV for me, 12 Saturdays in the fall for Notre Dame football and 4 days in April for the Masters. All the rest is hit and miss with the odd Jays game last year. I just found Boardwalk Empire last week while reading an interview with Mark Wahlberg. So add that to all the other shows I want to catch up on at some point, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. Yes, years later I still haven't really seen much in the way of the Sopranos. And I still have to finish the last season of Entourage. My wife bought all 7 seasons of The West Wing before our first daughter was born almost 4 years ago and we've managed to watch the series twice through. Here's a good list of shows I found last week. http://www.imdb.com/list/BWXx2ZSNkjg/ I've added a couple of more shows to my wish list after seeing this. More shows I'd like to see that I don't have time for. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzlyRock Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Off thread but an excellent piece from Gary Brode: http://sumzero.com/tvisnext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packer16 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Interesting article. The one aspect I he did not get into on the advertising end is the options available to the advertisers. I think this is what is driving the demand and pricing for advertising. Where are the advertisers going to go? Look at a local car dealer or CPG company for example. Are they going to reduce their TV advertising and replace it with what? More internet that they already have. He appears to imply that advertising revenue in the aggregate will decline or that it is a variable cost for which he supplies no rationale. My understanding is the cost is fixed and required for maintaining brand image and audience share. In the newspaper and record era, the audience migrated from a pay model to a free internet model. For broadcast TV, the access is already free so the audience will not migrate for price. This may be more of an issue for the cable companies but in theory their content costs should decline. I see his lack of addressing the free content TV model as a flaw in his analogy to newspapers and records. Packer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilermaker75 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Can't get enough Big Bang Theory! My wife cannot understand how I can see the same episode four times in two months and laugh harder every time. Sheldon is just brilliant! I love that show. I work at a research university, so it is almost like a reality show for me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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