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Post by grahamthomson on May 4, 2010 12:37:16 GMT
Apparently, as British people, we spend an average of 4 hours and 18 minutes watching television per day. That's, like, 18% of the day!
How much television do you watch? Is it above or below the national average?
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Post by grahamthomson on May 4, 2010 12:48:48 GMT
I don't watch any "live" television whatsoever these days.
Though I am working my way through a Battlestar Galactica boxset I got for Christmas, and I usually watch one episode over a weekend. And then there's maybe one film from the online DVD rental people per week.
So, my average is about 3/4 hour per day.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2010 15:31:34 GMT
To a certain extent thats about spot on with me although the bulk of my TV viewing comes at night times when I go channel hopping through the music channels on digital. If there is a segment on one music channel that features my favourite types of music I'll watch it for most of the night. Failing that I'll put on a DVD. Up until about fifteen years ago however I used to watch over eight hours TV a day. There was always something on that I wanted to watch but these days I can find nothing that really grabs my attention.
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2010 17:42:28 GMT
I own no TV, so my viewing is down via iPlayer, youtube, etc. I don't watch programmes every day: some weeks I only watch at a weekend. Due to time spent at work, I don't have time to watch 3-4 hours of stuff a day even if I wanted to! I've actually built up quite a backlog of programmes to watch.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2010 17:55:52 GMT
Do Pingu & In The Night Garden being on for Jonathan count as me watching TV ??
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Post by Shockprowl on May 4, 2010 19:13:30 GMT
Do Pingu & In The Night Garden being on for Jonathan count as me watching TV ?? Yes! Er, actually, No! Please No! Not another episdoe of Zing Zillas!!! We do, I have to admit, watch a good amount of Telly. We only, however, watch a carefully selected group of programmes. These are often of the American sit-com (eg: Fraser, Cheers, Desperates) or Action (eg: CSI, Angel, Heroes), genre. I like my Movies, often rented from the Library, and documentaries, especially Space/Planet/Science stuff, and naturally I watch cartoons based on Transformers or Marvel when I can. And I curse the fact that Mrs Shockers likes Supper Nanny. Don't watch any medical programmes though, strangely. So I'd prob say 3 hours a night is average. Piglet, an hour and a half limited (she'd spend all day infront of the Telly if she could!) |
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Post by Bogatan on May 4, 2010 19:32:11 GMT
Really hard to say. I watch very little I think but I listen to many many hours of TV. Most of the time its not my primary focus but its on and I'm mostly pay attention. Even the shows I watch regularly, SGU, 24, Bones and various other mostly US shows I only half watch. At the moment the only shows I really tend to focus on are Dr Who, Lost and increasingly SGU.
Andy
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2010 20:11:49 GMT
When I was a kid my parents had to drag me kicking and screaming away from the old gogglebox but these days I don't find anything really worth watching on it. I watch the Grand Prix motor racing and occasional snooker matches but other than that it's just music channels. At the moment I ain't even watching DVD's because I have to be in the mood to watch a DVD of a particular length like a film or several episodes of a TV series and I'm just not in the mood at the moment for such an interest.
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Post by legios on May 5, 2010 18:55:56 GMT
Hmm. In terms of broadcast television I'd say that it comes out to between an hour and an hour and a half a day on average. A little bit more on a Sunday, and a bit less on a day when the Brave and the Bold episode is one I have already seen....
I probably spend about an hour every second day watching something on DVD (currently Mad Men S2, but it depends what has emerged from the rental queue.)
Karl
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