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Originally Posted by issybird
Thank you for the explanation.
I have no objection to tv on its merits, I just don’t like watching it. Every now and then, I can get caught up in a show (I couldn’t tell you what caught me) and get a lot of enjoyment out of it. I was a huge Buffy fan, for example (yeah, I know that’s ancient history). But there are so many very good shows out there, I don’t know how you choose. (And I really wouldn’t like to watch a lot of tv - there are too many books to read.)
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One way I choose is when I see an advertisement for a show that might catch my interest. I'll watch the first episode or two and see how it goes. If I like the show, I'll keep watching. Sometimes I'll try a show based on who starring in the show. Having a DVR and Catch Up and Box Sets helps a lot as too many good shows overlap and there's no way I could watch them all. Sometimes I'll watch a show that I didn't see when it was on but it got good press so I might try it if it's on Box Sets and then continue with the next season.
Heck, I binged 14 seasons of
Grey's Anatomy and watched season 15 and am watching season 16. I managed by watching at last 2 episodes a day. One in the morning and one at night. I made a spreadsheet to let me know how many episodes I needed to watch a week in order to finish by a certain date.
Another way I got into some shows was because my wife wanted to watch and I watched with her.
There are a lot of shows out there and I do have to limit myself or I'd spend way too much time watching TV. However the DVR helps. I o record some shows that I don't watch until the summer rerun season.