Total average daily time spent in front of the tube actually dropped by one minute to 4 hours 34 minutes from 4 hours 35 minutes in the 2005-2006 season, which was a record. It's the first time individual TV viewing has dropped in at least a decade, and also the year Nielsen included digital video recording in its viewer estimates.
- Michael Learmonth, Variety
I would say I actually come in under the average - even factoring in Dodger games - which is amazing. It helps that I don't watch television in the morning, when my kids get their pre-school (or pre-preschool) fix.
Somebody out there is watching a lot of TV.
I refuse to admit how much over.
If you take out sporting events, my average is probably somewhere around 15-20 minutes a day.
vr, Xei
1:00 - Office
0:30 - Earl
1:00 - Pushing Daisies
0:30 - Simpsons
0:30 - Family Guy
0:30 - American Dad
1:00 - Dirty Sexy Money
1:00 - Life
1:00 - Heroes
0:30 - How I Met Your Mother
0:30 - 2.5 Men
1:00 - Reaper
1:00 - Kitchen Nightmares
1:00 - Smallville
0:30 - Curb Your Enthusiasm
That's only 11.5 hours in a week, although I'm sure I'm missing some shows. It's probably closer to 9 hours factoring in fast forwarding through commercials.
Sports is the bulk of my time, especially during baseball season. I'd guess I average 2.5 hours of sports per day on weekdays and 8-10 total hours on the weekend. At most, I'm at 31.5 hours, which is 4.5 hours/day, just over the average.
But I probably missed some shows, plus some are seasonal (Top Chef, Flight of the Conchords, 24, Lost, etc) which probably pushes me solidly over the average.
I didn't think I would be watching as much tv this season since some of the shows I watched were no longer on the air (Veronica Mars and The Class being the most missed).
However I've noticed I added more shows this season for whatever reason.
Pushing Daisies - Quirky fun
Carpoolers - having Kids In The Hall as part of the creative team helps
Big Bang Theory - Barenaked Ladies theme song, too lazy to turn off after How I Met Your Mother
Reaper - Kevin Smith being attached to it, although I'm not quite sold on the show yet
I've also notice everyone here talking about Mad Men (I don't have cable) so I'm going to try and make an effort to catch it.
Dexter - which my dad keeps telling me is really good
Is anyone else going to watch or tape tonight?
Shows I watch always
Heroes
The Office
Damages
Mad Men
Lost
24
The Shield
Shows I watch sometimes:
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
30 Rock
Dead shows still on my DVR record list:
Sopranos
Deadwood
John From Cincinnati
Rome
The Nine
That money goes to pay for the governess.
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Unlike a different show that I won't mention. But I really wasn't nagged about that particular show by Jon, but rather by society.
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