I’m on a ‘‘Big Bang Theory’’ binge 
We don’t own a television, so anything we watch is streamed to our computers or tablets. Despite subscribing to Netflix, I don’t often watch it, although Mrs. Just_B does. The last thing I watched was probably a couple of months ago when I burned through all the episodes of Netflix’s Virgin River in two or three weeks. Since then, I haven’t found anything that’s interested me.
Not shocked - but just wondering why. Is the TV subscription too much - or just very little interest in it?
My wife watches Virgin River, I watched a few episodes it was ok - nothing happened in it except for the murder - I think it was that show. It was very slow moving, too slow for me.
If that’s what you like you might enjoy Bridgerton, Downton Abbey and shows like that.
We don’t have a television because there’s almost nothing there we want to watch — especially the broadcast stuff with ads. For those few things I do watch, I’d rather lie down with a pair of headphones and a tablet on my lap. My wife does the same with her laptop. Our tastes in shows don’t overlap, so we rarely watch anything together. Neither of us has owned a television for nearly 30 years.
I did watch all the episodes of Downton Abbey and liked them. I even headed to the theater when the movie came out. I didn’t care for Bridgerton, however. I think I watched maybe, two episodes and mostly forgot about it.
As for slow-moving, I prefer that. When I watch something, it’s either to relax or learn something. I’d much rather get caught up in something that depends on a carefully constructed plot than one built around a series of adrenaline rushes, tension, or special effects. I’m not criticizing fast-paced movies; I just don’t usually enjoy them.
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I watch a lot of love sports, soccer, NFL, tennis, padel, snooker, rugby, BMX, formula one, basketball, anything really.
We much rather watch live sport than endlessly scrolling streaming platforms for something to watch.
I did start watching The Old Man on the back of a recommendation from a friend. Enjoying it to an extent. Hoping it picks up shortly.
We do own a TV, but we hardly ever watch live TV. We record programmes we want to watch so we can skip through the ads, The exception being the BBC which doesn’t have ads. Otherwise it’s either streaming or catchup.
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That’s what’s on TV’s in my house a lot of the time. I’ll enjoy just about every form of motorsport (except motocross, for some reason), especially of the European flavors (F1, WRC, WEC, various Touring Car series, powerboats, MotoGP, TT, sidecars). The NFL is must-watch, as is (for me, anyway) the AFL (Australian football). The NHL, the NBA, world senior gymnastics and figure skating, downhill skiing, curling, and probably several others I can’t think of get sprinkled in regularly when in-season. (Baseball? Nope.)
As for series drama, we are currently enjoying the new season of The Handmaid’s Tale and the new cop show East New York. I also eagerly await season 2 of Severance.
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I have a TV but no cable. I stream everything through the TV or the PC or Laptop.
Btw … TV stuff doesn’t work the same over here as it does across the pond. We can buy a TV and do whatever we want with it. We don’t have to have a license for it. If we do have cable, that money goes directly to the company providing it. Not to something like the BBC for funding. When growing up we only had 3 main stations, NBC, CBS and ABC. On a good day we could get PBS. If the weather was clear and the antenna was high enough we were good to go. Otherwise, Dad would be up on the roof with Mom shouting … a little to the left … a little to the right. Or … we would have metal coat hangers with aluminum strung up from the back of the TV to help with reception.
We can still watch live TV without cable if we can get an antenna set up right. As long as it can pick up the analog signal you are good to go. Those stations still put out over the air signals. However with the onset of digital everything you would have to have a converter to accomplish this or a very old TV. I don’t have it because I’m in an area that can’t pick up the signal unless I had a very high antenna and that’s a no go with being in an apartment.
I personally still have a TV because I like to watch movies on the “big screen” 
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Wow, you all are making me feel completely extravagant for having two TVs (one in our family room and one in our basement).
My wife and I both work quite a bit, so it’s pretty rare that our TV gets turned on before 9 or 9:30 in the evenings. Then, we’ll typically watch a couple of sitcoms or a one hour show at most to chill before going to bed.
Between Netflix and Hulu, I find way more that I enjoy watching on Hulu. If it were up to me, I would cancel Netflix, but all of our kids use the account, so I’ll be the nice dad and keep it for them.
We don’t have cable and don’t watch broadcast TV. It’s all streaming.
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I don’t do a lot of watching, but this year I borrowed my family’s Netflix account to watch Dark to help binge-learn German before going on a trip to Germany, and it was pretty addictingly suspenseful, though brutal. It is kind of a time-travel thriller.
When I had covid, I watched the Sandman series on Netflix, which was so awesome! I had read some of the comic series in high school – some excellent 80’s goth illustrations + Neil Gaiman.
I also recently rewatched the Neverending Story with a friend, renting a DVD from the library! Still so good! We need to still watch the sequel.
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so
where I live we a community club house that consists of a pool, BBQ area and inside: pool tables, library TV area.
so
someone (neighbor) wanted to watch TV maybe ether news, they had no idea…just TV
so
I turned on the TV and saw something that looked like my iPad.
many apps, many colored boxes, but no tv no “thing” to change channels to channel
or surf like we did centuries ago
so
do they make TV anymore?
my Samsung 720 will show TV stations, but then quits during peak times.
thank for reading this!
We watched the first episode of Wednesday last night. This seems promising. Then again, I’m a fan of Tim Burton’s work, and I have always preferred Addams Family to the Munsters. Wednesday has some great lines.
We also are a few episodes into Manifest. Is anyone else watching this? I’m intrigued, but there are a number of long seasons. It will be a time commitment to make it through this once, and I don’t know if I am that intrigued. Let me know if you’ve watched this and if it is worth the time.
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I watched all the Manifest episodes in previous years. It was so long ago that I’m having difficulty remembering who’s who and what’s happening in the new season.
I think the series started with a lot of promise and an interesting premise. However, it’s gotten bogged down in a tedious and repetitive plot that just can’t sustain itself over several seasons. I only got through one and a half episodes of the new season before giving up out of boredom.
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That is bizarre. A few weeks ago I just started Manifest. I’m not sold on it, but I’m 6 or so episodes in. I’m not sure if I will tough it out. Some of the acting is a little hit and miss. And earlier this week I watched the first episode of Wednesday and I too have been a fan of Tim Burton. It seems pretty promising.
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I just watched the first episode of Wednesday as well. I’m still on the fence 
It got better toward the end. I’ll give epi 2 a view tonight. But, when I don’t feel the need to binge … I worry I won’t care for it. I just finished 1899. It was an effort. And a very long 8 episodes that could have easily just been a 2 hour movie I’m probably the odd man out because most people seem to adore it. It just dragged everything out far to much for my liking.
I only have 2 episodes of Wednesday to go. I’m invested. It got off to a bit of a slow start for me … but now I’m quite happy with is … and think I already have the beast figured out … we shall see
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I’m a couple episodes in on Wednesday. I really like it. Jenna Ortega does more acting with just her eyes than most do with their whole face.
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I am anxiously awaiting season 2 I was really invested by the end of episode two. I quite enjoyed it. 
My wife and I watched and thoroughly enjoyed Knives Out. I was not familiar with it even though it’s several years old. It’s not on Netflix of Hulu. Not sure if it’s on Prime. We had to get it from the library.
We’re currently watching the follow up movie, Glass Onion, on Netflix.
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I didn’t watch Knives Out either. I started to and I guess I wasn’t in the right mood. It was on Amazon Prime. Right now it appears to be no where I did see Glass Onion though and enjoyed it It was a little hard for me to get used to Daniel Craig with a southern accent