SIS: TV or not TV?

It’s tough for me to answer because I am not in real life right now and there is a television in my room which I occasionally glance at between the time I get home from work and the time I go to the pub. I’ll give my real life answers and put my fake life answers in parenthesis, I guess.

1. I don’t own a television. (There’s a television in my furnished apartment with satellite.)

2. Yes, I watch 30 Rock, Daily Show, and Colbert Report online as well as clips from MSNBC programming.

3. Three hours per week. (Eight to ten hours.)

4. Three – see answer 2 for which ones.

5. One movie a week, rented DVD or online. (Three or four here – these satellite channels are good!)

I am definitely not getting a television when I get back to DC, as I’ve discovered it makes me lazy and braindead. I mean more than usual.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many?

Two.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones?

I watch TV shows online, but not regularly. Documentaries from PBS, CNBC, the History Channel, etc. I watched an episode of “V” recently because former “X-Files” actor Nicholas Lea was in it, and I was curious to see what he looked like these days. I could’ve watched it on TV, but I forgot it was on, since I don’t watch “V” otherwise.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)?

Probably less than two hours a week, excluding sports.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?

None, really. During the off-season, I used to watch “Ghost Hunters,” but it’s gotten pretty silly lately.

5. How many movies do you watch per week?

None.

I have an expanded basic cable subscription, but am seriously considering doing what this guy did, and ditching it for online viewing. More and more people are doing it.

I might get a Netflix subscription instead, so I can watch things like Discovery Channel documentaries. (I love those dinosaur shows.) Sports is the main reason I haven’t ditched cable already. But there are ways around that, too. Because TV has gone digital, it’s now possible to pick up signals over the air that you couldn’t before. You just need a special antenna (which you can build yourself, though they’re not too expensive to buy). And of course, there’s MLB.TV. I just wish they weren’t so evil.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? Yes, I own 4. However, I only have 2 hooked up.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? I watch some shows online. I don’t consistently watch any one show online, I just look for something to watch every now and then when I’m bored. Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of Archer.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? This is a tough one. Are we to exclude all sports? If so, then I probably watch about 12-15 hours a week.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? I’ll stick with new shows. Which ones? A bunch: How I met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Rules of Engagement, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Law & Order Criminal Intent, American Idol, Glee, Modern Family, Community, Parks & Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, Archer, Burn Notice, Psych, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Californication, True Blood, Dexter, Desperate Housewives, and others that I’m sure I’m forgetting.

5. How many movies do you watch per week? I used to watch a movie a night when I worked in video stores. I liked that frequency, but unfortunately I’m down to about 1-2 per week now.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many?
At my actual house, we have one.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones?
I used to. Haven’t had time for it this semester. Watched Arrested Development, Psych, Family Guy, Burn Notice.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)?
Shows? Maybe 1-3 hours.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?
Right now, it’s only South Park, semi-regularly.

5. How many movies do you watch per week?
At least 3 or 4. Something like that.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many?
I own one

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones?
Sometimes. I’ll watch Archer and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I guess I’ll be watching more shows when I cut cable – like Modern Family, HIMYM, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock etc.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)?
Excluding Reds games? May 3-4

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?
Archer, HIMYM, Modern Family, The Simpsons, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec

5. How many movies do you watch per week?
Depends on what sports are on – but it’s usually not more than 1 or 2

I’m moving in a month and I’ve already decided to ditch cable although I’m really worried about finding sporting stuff online. I’ve got Mlb.tv, which has been working fine for me so far and I’m thinking of getting Roku too…but I’m kind of worried about watching the World Cup this summer.

I am a subscriber and I really like it. They sent me an email this morning trying to get me to refer people to their service. If you guys want to subscribe, I can forward you this email, and it has a code that will get you a free month of Netflix service. Let me know if you are interested.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? There’s one in this house I live in, but it doesn’t get cable. I’ve only ever seen it on for Lost

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? I keep on meaning to, but I never remember to once I turn my TV on. I spend too much time on blogs

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? I don’t watch anything besides the Reds. News from blogs, movies from borrowed dvds

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?I really want to watch Archer. One day…

5. How many movies do you watch per week? Usually about one every other month. I watched Lord of War on a recommendation. I disagree…its watching a sophomore anthropology major yell at you for 2 hours

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? Yes, 5

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? No, N/A

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? ~60 hours/week

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones? 8; How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, NCIS, CSI: NY, Iron Chef America, Man vs Food, Food Wars

5. How many movies do you watch per week? ~2/week

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? I do own a television, but it’s not hooked up right now. I’ve actually gone nearly 13 months without regular television watching. This is more out of laziness than any desire to remove television from my life. Anyone who says living without TV is a good thing is lying to you.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? So consequently, yes. If I do watch shows, I watch them online. I regularly catch How I Met Your Mother, Archer, Modern Family, and the Real World/Road Rules Challenge. I used to watch all the Thursday NBC shows (Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock), but I stopped about a month ago and haven’t caught up. The Big Bang Theory and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia turned out to be kind of a pain in the ass to find online, so I haven’t seen those in awhile.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? I’d probably say about 4-5 hours a week watching shows online. I actually don’t watch any Reds games. I do watch a lot of movies on streaming NetFlix. Last night I watched Sex Drive, which was a lot funnier than I expected it to be.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones? Those ones I mentioned in #2. I miss having a TV, because I’d catch random shows and get sucked into watching them on the reg. Now I have to make it an effort to watch a show, so I’ve missed out on things like Community. Or all day marathons of old seasons of America’s Next Top Model.

5. How many movies do you watch per week? I usually like to put on a movie while I fall asleep. I like going out to movies at the theater too. This weekend I saw Date Night and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and I’ve got a couple of passes to see Exit Through the Gift Store tonight.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? Yes, I own 5. However, I only have 2 hooked up, the low def Bobcatvision and the big screen Kiddievision.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? Are you serious?

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? This is a tough one. I very rarely watch any live television, other than Reds games. Tivo is the greatest…

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? I’ll stick with new shows that get the Tivo treatment…… Which ones? The Mentalist, Big Bang Theory, American Idol, The Office, Burn Notice, Psych, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO’s non PPV boxing, Kitchen Nightmares, Man vs Food, Food Wars, Bizarre Foods, Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Real Time with Bill Maher(shocking, eh?), Prime 9, Cathedrals of the Game. I also watch Ken Burns’ Baseball whenever it is on the tele.

5. How many movies do you watch per week? It depends. On average probably 1-2, more in the winter and much less in the summer. That said, i greatly prefer seeing a film in a locally owned smaller cinema. Multiplexes are for hipster doofuses!

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many?
> yes, one.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones?
> Not currently, but did before bundling cable with the wi-fi.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)?
> Excluding baseball and college-basketball, then probably around 10-hrs per week on all other programming. More in the winter, less in summer.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?
> Not a regular to any shows, but have favs. They include: 30-Rock, Office, Nature, Nova, Anitique Roadshow, Baseball Tonight, Meet The Press, Daily Show, and the majority of Adult Swim programming.

5. How many movies do you watch per week?
> Probably about 0.5, or 2-3 a month. I’m way under-utilizing my netflix account.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? I own 7 TVs, 6 are hooked up, along with 5 DVRs.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? Don’t watch regularly online.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? Outside of work and Reds games, I likely spend about 32 hours per week with the boob tube on. I also spend about 2 hours per week watching short videos on the interwebs, mostly train and space videos with my son.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?
1. Daily Show
2. Colbert Report
3. Big Brother
4. Survivor
5. Big Bang Theory
6. Mantracker
7. Deadliest Catch
8. Minute to Win It
9. Blue’s Clues
10. Yo Gabba Gabba
11. South Park
12. Jimmy Kimmel Live
13. The Office
14. Weeds
15. Amazing Race
16. Entourage
17. Curb Your Enthusiasm
18. Friday Night Lights
19. Tosh.0
20. The Biggest Loser
21. Studio 42 with Bob Costas
22. Shatner’s Raw Nerve
23. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
24. Real Time with Bill Maher
25. Robot Chicken
26. The Celebrity Apprentice
27. The Ricky Gervais Show
28. Important Things with Demitri Martin
29. American Pickers
30. Food Network Challenge

5. How many movies do you watch per week? Zero to one. No babysitter in the area. :(

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many?
yes, two.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones?
yes, the pacific, dexter, freaks and geeks, weeds, the ricky gervaise show, friday night lights, other HBO shows.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)?
about 25

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?
lots – american idol, breaking bad, tim and eric awesome show great job!, family guy, mad men, weeds, sportscenter, AFV, the soup, south park

5. How many movies do you watch per week? 1 or 2

 Do you own a television? If so, how many?
! High Def flat screen
1 15 year old klunker

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones?
never
3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)?
8 – 10 hrs
4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?
The Lehrer Report
BBC News
Colbert Report
Masterpiece Theatre
Planet Earth

5. How many movies do you watch per week?
On TV – none
At the Theatre – 1

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? i have 3 in my house, but 1 belongs to the landlord
 
2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? i watch streaming stuff from Netflix, but i dont watch anything “online” online, like from Hulu or whatever. we just started Arrested Development.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? probably 7-12 i guess. more often than not the tv is on because my wife is watching 16 and Pregnant or something and im not paying attention. does that count?

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones?
The Office
30 Rock
How I Met Your Mother
Big Bang Theory
Lost
Tosh.0
Daily Show
CBS Sunday Morning
NBC Nightly News
The Soup

and my new absolute favorite show – Manswers. it is a gender theorist’s nightmare. i adore it.

5. How many movies do you watch per week? 1-2. i wish it was more. Mrs. Scrabbles isnt nearly the movie person i am, so we dont see as many as i’d like.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? Yes, I have one in my bedroom, it is hooked up to cable but I only get local channels. I don’t turn it on much, and when I do I usually watch Cubs games on WGN or DVDs.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? I watch Dexter online, and I sometimes watch The Daily Show or the Colbert Report online, but not often. I used to watch the Office but I don’t anymore

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? I can’t answer that, sometimes I turn the Simpsons on at 5 for background, but I haven’t even done that in a few weeks.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones? Ah not many, I used to religiously watch the Daily Show and Colbert Report, but I don’t have the time. I don’t think I watch any shows regularly.

5. How many movies do you watch per week? Not that many. Since the New Year I’ve watched a couple of Mystery Science Theater 3000’s with my roommates, Sugar, and both seasons of Flight of the Conchords on DVD. Other than that I haven’t even used the DVD player.

I am living alone next year and I’m not sure if I will get cable, since I never just turn my TV on for background entertainment when I’m board. I may get it, if they offer me some sorta special new subscriber deal, but otherwise I may just get internet.

1. Do you own a television? Yes If so, how many? Six (all on DirecTV)

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? Only something linked here.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? After my kids go to sleep for an hour or two per night, so, uh, I guess about 10-14 hrs per week.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Some are seasonal, others are when I can. Which ones? Generally, HBO shows like Entourage, True Blood, Real Time with Bill Maher and I never miss a big fight. I watch Jon Stewart on occasion.

5. How many movies do you watch per week? I used to watch bunches. Kids change all of that. I still have my Blockbuster online membership which I recommend highly.

1. I have one television. It’s not a very good one. I bought a converter box and this antenna primarily so that I could watch the Olympics and the NCAA tournament.

2. I watch clips from the Daily Show pretty regularly, probably averaging one per weekday. The only full-length show I watch online is Glee. Yep, I watch Glee.

3. This depends on whether I have a reasonable amount of work to do while watching (i.e. grading), and whether the Reds are on. Sometimes I watch the Simpsons or My Name is Earl (it’s like they made a show based on my hick relatives!) on TV while I eat dinner, and sometimes I watch stuff late at night when I don’t feel like working or sleeping, but that plus whatever stuff I watch online probably works out to a few hours a week.

4. Yeah, I think I answered this one already.

5. I used to watch movies pretty regularly when I had Netflix, but then I cancelled that and I just haven’t been renting many. There’s a cheap local place here that rents old stuff for $2 and new stuff for $3, so that’s always an option; I just haven’t felt like it much lately. At some point I’ll probably go rent the last few seasons of the Office and catch up on that.

<with a nod to Daedalus for the split personality option!>

1. Not personally, but someone I live with always does. (Now I inherited my roommate’s ancient television when she moved in with her fiancee. I even bought a converter box for it, but haven’t hooked it up.)

2. Only if I missed one of my regular shows, which are The Office, 30 Rock, and Lost and, occasionally, How I Met Your Mother. (Now, in my hermit state, I watch lots more. Add to the above: Glee, Parks & Rec, FlashForward, Bones, Modern Family.)

3. Probably 4-5 hours? (Nope, not going to do the math on this one. It will make me sad.)

4. See above. (See above.)

5. Probably one, in both versions of muffin life. Unless DVDs of West Wing and Sports Night count as movies. That would add some time.

1. I own 3 TVs. All of them are on at all times, even if I’m not home.

2. I only watch shows online if I miss one and the DVR fails, or if I want to get caught up on show that I hadn’t started watching yet.

3. I’d say about 15-20 hours. Usually an hour or two after the kid goes to bed every night. On the weekends, it depends on if I run into something I like and I don’t feel like working around the house.

4. I watch Chuck, Big Bang Theory, Lost, Modern Family, The Office, and 30 Rock in the fiction worlds. I regularly watch Chopped, Iron Chef America, Good Eats, The Soup, and The Daily Show, though I don’t plan to watch them. I usually watch them if they are on when I’m flipping through the channels. I’ve also started watching Entourage on SpikeTV on Sunday nights. But that’s because I’m still whacked out from my Sunday coke binge.

5. Maybe one movie per month.

I get it, missy. You’re one of those Obama census people trying to weasel information out of me, aren’t you?

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? Yes. Three.

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? Nope.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? 15-18.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones? Excluding local news, two — Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory.

5. How many movies do you watch per week? Usually none. Maybe one here and there.

I’ve got a bunch of friends on facebook who are movie snobs, and they annoy the shit out of me, so ive kind of given up on movies. I like TV as a medium more anyway because a series has loads more time to develop than a shitty 2-hour movie.

1. Do you own a television? If so, how many? I own 2 both with DVRs with different subscriptions to maximize my recording potential

2. Do you watch television shows online? Which ones? I stream netflix. I use that to watch old episodes of lost, the office, mythbusters and arrested development.

3. How many hours per week do you spend watching television or online television shows, movies, and news (excluding Reds games)? If I’m at home or in the office, the TV is pretty much always on, whether I’m watching it or not. I would guess… probably 50-60 hours a week.

4. How many shows do you watch regularly? Which ones? ok…

Lost
Parks and Rec
Fringe
Flash Forward
The Office
Dancing with the Stars
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Weeds
U.S. of Tara
Nurse Jackie
Big Love
24
24/7
House
Caifornication
Dexter
Entourage
True Blood
Mythbusters
The Craig Ferguson show
Maury Povich
Jerry Springer
Family Feud
Lie To Me
Modern Family
Cougar Town

Semi-regular
Top Chef
Project Runway
America’s Next Top Model
American Idol
LA Ink
South Park
How It’s Made and all that Science Channel bullshit
Bullshit
Bill Maher
Poker After Dark
Everybody Loves Raymond reruns
Cosby show reruns
Andy Griffith reruns
Roseanne reruns

I’ve given up on 30 Rock, Grey’s Anatomy and Justified. I’m not really a fan of anything on CBS. But I watch almost every series on Showtime, HBO and ABC. I’m forming a TV club, like a book club, with a friend once LOST is over. The idea is to watch all the great shows, especially over the past 10 years, that we’ve missed. Neither of us has seen The Wire or West Wing, so we’re starting with those. I hope to one day be a true TV snob and say things like, “Oh I don’t watch movies. I’d rather kick back and watch season 2 of Northern Exposure.”

5. How many movies do you watch per week? in the theater, none. On TV, probably one or two

I spent most of my time those years traveling on the road playing in bands.
I got out of the habit of watching and really never got back into it.
Now, of course, TV has expanded to grotesque levels of simpering drivel called reality shows, simpering driveling lying shit call ‘news’ shows and simpering painfully extracted hard turds called ‘network shows’…
Hard to get very interested. I wish there was a kinetic art channel though

I have 2 TVs, neither of which has been plugged in or used in at least 2 years.
I watched TV when I was forced to while in the hospital and found that there is nothing on it that is different from what I saw in 1979.

I watch the Reds games on the Web with the sound off because the announcers are so fucking dull and redundant that it makes me sick. I would listen to the radio with the sound off as well but you’d think I was weird if I did that.

If TV offered this kind of entertainment I’d prolly watch every night.
http://www.video4viet.com/watchvideo.html?id=vkHIf1gOnCg&title=Foyle%27s%20War%20%27bleak%20Midwinter%27%20(8).

One in eight to cut cable and satellite TV in 2010

Though more live sports are becoming available over the Internet, namely CBS’s coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament, ESPN3.com and packages like MLB TV, most sports are still watched on television. And since sports programming makes up as much as 50% of a pay-TV provider’s costs, customers who are not sports fans are essentially paying half of their cable or satellite bill on channels in which they have no interest.

Interesting. If sports was actually “pay as you go” – only those interested paid for it – would players’ salaries take a hit?

that show really is as stupid as it sounds