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I only watch The Office, 30 Rock, The Nanny, Ellen, Law & Order: SVU, and the Colbert Report.

I hate those soap operas and I have never watched a single episode of those vampire shows.

Because these TV lives are so much more easier to watch then watching our own. Even in disaster they always pull through, it’s a nice distraction.

i’m obsessed with stupid reality bs, ugh!
but i saw a commercial for like a portable little tv that you have to buy service for.  wth???  that’s nuts.

I’m not obsessed with TV. TV is background noise for my knitting.

I barely watch TV. I’d love a life without it, in fact.

i almost never watch tv…

i’d rather just read about it on lovelyish LOL.

They’re stories, and we connect with the characters.

I think the more we get addicted to TV, the less we realize we are uncontent with what’s going on this world.  We become less of a threat to the people trying to control us(Government, Corporations), because we are always either glued to the TV physically, or our minds are thinking about about what we watched and our conversations are dictated by what we watch. 

Imagine what would happen if you let go of the TV, both physically and mentally, for one month and saw how both your priorities and mentality changed?

I’m not some anti-TV nut either, I watch TV, but it’s low on my priorities, I’m just sayin…

T.V. is just quicker than reading. Are you going to ask the same question about books next?

Come on. It’s entertainment.

Escapism… is my prime reason for tuning in to some shows… and I’m pretty sure this is a major reason for others, as well. Sometimes… we just need a break from life.

i honestly don’t watch too much tv because i don’t have the time to watch it.

I do not own a TV nor do I have cable, and I’ve been living the past 4 years of my life like this. I do watch it when I’m on vacation in my hotel room- but I’m normally blasted. Apparently I like the home improvement shows on hgtv. And anyone who travels the world to sample food on food network.

I dont get it at all…….I am the opposite of a crazed TV obsesser…

I have no idea why people are obsessed with TV shows. I used to never watch TV, but my boyfriend is a TV junkie and he’s convinced me to watch all of Futurama. I’m currently in the middle of season 3, but it’s nothing to obsess over and discuss with friends/officemates.

I don’t watch tv at all, so yeah.

since the dawn of the internet, I’m obsessed with the internet and don’t watch tv that much nor do I closely follow tv plotlines because I’d rather go online to substitute tv drama, I read drama on blogs.

I barely watch TV at all..

i’m not an obsessive fan of anything, but sometimes, i need to unwind and tv is the perfect way to do that.

im obsessed with the internet where I watch my tv shows. I don’t have a tv in college but my laptop makes up for it ten fold. 

This doesn’t really apply to me, because I never watch TV – save for the occasional Food Network challenge. 

I’m not obsessed with TV, but as someone who is constantly analyzing what goes on around her, be it classes, homework, or social interactions, it provides a much needed escape for a bit of rest for my brain.  Because of the glaringly obvious plots of sitcoms and their lovable characters that don’t really change, I don’t have to think.  It’s kind of nice.

Owning a television, in my room, may have been the biggest mistake of my life. Ive developed a strange habit of being too busy to hang out with friends… too busy with watching tv -_-

I find that I never watch TV anymore. There’s just so much more to do :\

What I Like About You used to be on the N but now it never comes on anymore, not even ABC Family. That makes me upset cause it’s one of my favorite shows! And is it weird that i STILL watch some cartoons? Does anyone else do this still?? Trust me, I’m not super immature or anything 

I don’t watch tv. 

hmm, i hardly watch tv

I dont really watch much tv…I have my favorite shows but I always end up missing them.

lol who knows. but i FUCKING LOVE THE VAMPIRE DIARIES! I think it’s because it’s fantastical, something we know we can’t have and it just appeals to us to watch that sort of thing?

there is some rare good tv… sad thing is most of the time it gets canceled or its over now West Wing! Arrested Development! Ohyeah, and TV also has NPR, food network, discovery channel, and travel channel sooo yeah, it can offer some things if far and few between.

I watch way too much television/movies. It’s sort of an escape from reality I guess besides being entertaining and good way to relax.

PS. LOVE VAMPIRE DIARIES!

I do  not watch a lot of television. I would rather spend my time doing something a little more productive.

I don’t really watch TV.  But the internet….well, that is a different story.

Talk about late to the party! No one watches TV anymore!
Everyone torrents their shows or streams them from Hulu or YouTube. Duh!

I watch a couple shows. TV (good TV – if I don’t even enjoy watching it, I wouldn’t want to listen to it either – I don’t watch any of the stuff pictured in the OP for example :\) is usually just background noise while I do other stuff, or while I fall asleep at night. Most of the shows I enjoy most are awesome 80s-90s shows that I have/watch on DVD or off torrents or ridiculous and/or offhand comedy. After seeing the great ones a few times, they become the same kind of background noise anyway.

No TV for me. I spend all my extra time on the computer or reading.

i only watch news or afternoon shows like maury and tyra. lol

I’m obsessed with TV. I know that there is so many more things I should be doing, but I can’t resist watching Sam and Dean try to save the world from Armageddon. I think I just need that time to let myself go brain dead.

I thought it was pretty much common knowledge, just the majority of people don’t want to do anything about it because television is so entertaining.

Its entertaining, because it does the same thing that you get when you read a book, except that its easier and you can see the story played out in front of you. That’s why everyone also gets so excited (who likes the fandom anyway), when a book becomes a movie.

I know people who won’t read the Harry Potter books, but who would rather watch the movies for this reason. Its just easier than reading the books. Even though quite a lot of information gets left out or changed. Its still just easier.

i’m addicted to xanga, perhaps, lol..
but i hardly watch tv unless a good movie is on

I never used to watch it because I was so busy, but now i find myself watching it all the time. It just becomes routine, at least that’s my opinion.

oh, i’ve known i was obsessed for quite some time! then i moved into my apartment and had to go without for 2.5 months…thank god for the internet <3

why? hell if i know.  probably ‘cuz i’m not a big fan of people, so if i don’t like something, i can just change the channel

I’m addicted to the office. I don’t know it’s sad or not.

I’m more addicted to video games than TV. 

watching tv is just like reading a good book for me.
it helps me escape my problems and it gets me out of the sense of reality.
i like getting my mind off all the stress some days by watching a comedy or horror movie.
so i think thats why so many of us get so obsessed with watching tv,
its the only time we can really live in another world without worrying about our own lives.

Why is this on Lovelyish?

No clue. But that’s why I stopped watching TV. I took a step back and was like “…what’s the point? I’m wasting very valuable time! I mean, it’s only my LIFE I’m  wasting in front of this thing.” And suddenly the world was so much more beautiful.

I hardly watch tv though, but it’s all for entartainment purposes. You have a great point though, that our lives seem so dull that we end up revolving ourselves around television.

The quality of television has fallen so hard in the past decade that I only really watch two or three shows. And I usually catch them on Hulu at some time that’s convenient to me, rather than being leashed to the TV and broadcast times.

Speaking of leashes, I think the internet is way more dangerous than TV, as far as addictive behavior goes.

I don’t even watch television, unless it’s really late at night and I can’t get online.

I’d more so say I have an internet addiction ^.^

Sometimes I forget TV exists. I think in the past 6 months I’ve said, “I want to watch TV” about 3 times. When I do watch TV it’s usually the Weather Channel because it reminds me of home or it’s some Comedy Central show with my friends.

I dont’ really have time for TV.. I TRY to watch it on TV but I end up watching it on the internet and it kind of bores me when I do.

Because it’s a break from our real lives.

Its freaking entertainment…why does everything have to be an issue…its obvious that people are more addicted to the internet then T.V so maybe u should ask why is the internet so addictive?

I could easily go without TV. The only reason I watch it as much as I do now is because I have no more room mates. 

Wanting to know what happens next is understandable. It’s the same as anticipating the next book in a series, so it’s not a tv-exclusive phenomenon. Television is just another form of entertainment. I hardly ever see anyone pointing out people who read too much or play sports too much. 

I no longer have tv… I miss it a lot but oh well.

I don’t watch TV.  I don’t have one.  

However, back when I did, I LOVED Supernatural.  That’s all I ever watched.  That and old 60s sitcoms.  

I usually dont watch TV. Only when my sister’s home really. When I was younger I was glued to it, but no more

I read more than I watch tv. Does that mean I’m obsessed with the lives of the characters in my books like people are with television?

I don’t really know. I just like where books take me. In Stephen King’s Duma Key.. the setting is in FL. It feels like I’ve been to the Keys because of how he wrote the book. Same with Under the Dome. It felt like I was in Maine. And as for Dan Brown books.. it feels like I’m a passenger to these people living extraordinary lives. When am I ever going to go to the NSA headquarters or wake up and hop on a plane to go save the world?

I guess it’s a way to experience things we’d normally ever do.

And as for tv, I do watch: Dexter, True Blood, Big Bang Theory, Fringe, Bones. And I do fall in love with the characters.

omg their are so many comments that say don’t watch tv. I watch tv alot my friends say i’m a tv-holic but i cant do anything else except internet. But right now it’s slow because the season is not up but when it is these are the shows.
Greys Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Bones, Desperate Housewives of Atlanta
Burn Notice, Royal Pains, In Plain Sight
Shows when nothing is on: Golden Girls, Gilmore Girls, SVU

TV just doesn’t attract me.

you sound like an idiot