What's your TV consumption like these days?

Have had no TV plugged into the aerial for about 15 years. I only watch things via streaming on my computer. I'm a millennial and middle class if that matters.

PBS Passport + local channels.

Antenna.

Total yearly cost for TV = $60 for the Passport.

Plenty to watch.

I have HBO max, Netflix, and Hulu, Hulu for S2.99 a month when I tried to cancel and they begged me to stay with commercials.

My partner is able to stream almost anything we want on some Swedish site for free. We like British shows and movies from last century.

Just cable. Comes with the house. Watch 48 Hours & To Catch a Smuggler and that’s it. Just too many ads.

R3, that Swedish site, I'm assuming it's not a completely legitimate service. Isn't it full of sketchy pop ups, ads and buggy? That's my experience with these sites.

I watch very few things. Blue Bloods. The other night MSNBC was so bad I briefly turned over to Fox News. But after 30 minutes Tucker Carson came on and I had to turn it off.

What R1 said. Tossed my TV at least 15 years ago. View everything online via free streaming. Prefer docos and UK/non-English language films/TV series.

I have Britbox and Amazon Prime so I watch Eastenders on one, and keep up-to-date with British detective dramas using both. I guess I am partial to police dramas. I watched Blackish on and off but it got a bit preachy toward the end.

I used to watch MSNBC religiously but it's unbearable now. CNN very occasionally.

The only thing I watch on regular network these days are 30 Rock, Frasier and maybe another sitcom or two in syndication, plus I'll watch some shows on HGTV (HHI, for example) if there's an episode in an interesting locale. And, every once in a while, a sporting event such as tennis coverage. Oh, and Better Call Saul on AMC. Everything else is streaming: Netflix, Amazon Prime, SundanceNow, Britbox, Acorn, Topic, MHz, Apple TV+, and CraveTV (in canada, they carry HBO+ and Starz)

We watch a lot of stuff on YouTube, and have a handful of shows we watch on Hulu (the no commercials version). We have Paramount Plus without commercials, supposedly, but they still make you watch a commercial for their own shows before playing.

I had Netflix for a while but canceled because there isn't anything worth the price. We have Amazon Prime but never watch it except for the occasional movie. I had Criterion for three years and maybe watched five movies that entire time, so I canceled it, too.

R5 Not legit. Piracy is the word I believe is the term lol. I have no idea how he found it or what is involved, I can barely figure out how to use the remote. I can ask him if you like.

[quotePiracy is the word I believe is the term lol.

I'm Oh, Dearing myself.

Hbo Max, Pluto TV & an antenna. On Pluto I'm hooked on the Cops channel. Hbo max has a lot of things to watch. The Middle, Friends, Doom Patrol, Big Bang Theory, The Flight Attendant and a ton of movies not to mention The Sopranos and Six Feet Under. Them two shows I'll put on a random episode and just have it as comfort TV. Canceled Netflix, Hulu and Disney +. Just nothing to watch on them. I do miss The Rookie and Bobs Burgers on Hulu but, oh well. Not worth $120 a year.

The only time I see commercials anymore is during sporting events. Was painful watching CNN during the beginning of the Ukraine invasion because of all the commercials, mostly for pharma products. At least during basketball/baseball/football the ads are mostly for cars and beer.

We have Netflix, Amazon (more for free two-day delivery, but still), HBO Max, Hulu, Discovery+ and AppleTV+, all ad-free.

May get Peaock and Paramount+ if there's something on there we want to watch.

Also the PBS/Masterpiece add-on via Amazon

Right now I am watching a lot of Apple and HBO, though that might change in a few months depending on what is on

Youtube on my laptop.

I find most stuff unwatchable: it needs to be absolutely knife sharp, unpredictable, and astringent.

Best things I have seen in recent memory were: This Is Going To Hurt with Ben Whishaw (BBC 6 parter), Mr Inbetween (brilliant 3 series Oz crim drama); Succession; and I Care A Lot. They all share those values. Rewatched Mr Robot and was impressed anew by its tone, cinematography, sound, and acting. The pilot is surely one of the best in the history of television.

An antenna, HBO Max (because they keep extending their discount price, but we'll cancel as soon as it ends), Apple+ (because it's extremely cheap), and the Criterion Channel. We hardly use any of them.. A couple of times a year, if I'm lucky, there'll be a show that I want to watch. Right now I'm watching "Slow Horses" on Apple+. Once that ends, we might move on to "Tokyo Vice" on HBO. We watch one show at a time, a couple of episodes per week.

Antenna and pirated show/movie sites. Even better, they cut out all the commercials.

HBO Max had the best shows. Got Apple free somehow and love Severance. Never use Netflix or Amazon Prime. But have cable for sports and news.

[quote]What's your TV consumption like these days?

These days I find that I can't eat more than three or four at a sitting.

I pretty much only watch the trash shows on TLC and true crime shows.

My brother watches endless reruns of "Emergency", which seems to be on 24 hours on FETV.

Soap2day.ac is now my all i use. i dumped all the other streaming platforms and just watch the free stuff.

[quote] I find most stuff unwatchable: it needs to be absolutely knife sharp, unpredictable, and astringent.

Why do so many DLers sound as if they are writing ad copy?

I have Netflix, HBOMax, Amazon Prime (including the Masterpiece and Dekko channels), Hulu, Mubi, Apple+ (including ScreenPix).

I'm in my 50s and my tastes have pretty much solidified into: classic films and acclaimed current films; for TV series, which requires a greater investment of time, I'm only interested if its historical and/or features gay characters (but not TQ+).

As a result, I rarely ever watch Netflix, which has hardly any classic films and none of the TV shows there appeal to me; with HBOMax, I binged the original British Ghosts and devoured/hate watched The Gilded Age, otherwise I just check it monthly to see what new/classic movies they've added; I did watch Reacher on Amazon Prime recently, but that was because a relative was staying with me and wanted to watch it -- it was better than I expected it to be. The Masterpiece app is great for foreign shows -- I've really enjoyed Seaside Hotel and Vienna Blood. The selection on Dekko -- a gay movie app -- is iffy, but I've found a few good movies there. Hulu has some good recent movies and classic shows like Mary Tyler Moore when I need comfort. Mubi is mostly art-house movies, so that depends on my mood. ScreenPix is my current favorite -- its cheap and has a ton of classic B movies and the occasional genuine classic (The Garden of Finzi-Continis, Marat/Sade).

I don't watch tv anymore.

For me the choices are cheap enough that there's no point to giving it any thought, or to bother with cancelling/renewing. I do use all the services I have and there are certainly others I didn't elect to take. I can't complain about the price; in the U.S. I paid in a.month about what I now pay in a year.

I watch a few documentaries on YouTube, but it's not a favorite viewing format; and I use JustWatch to get alerts for when something I want to see becomes available.

Netflix €72 ("forever" rates on this and HBO Max)

HBO Max €36

Amazon Prime €30

FilmIn €24

+ 40-something broadcast channels free via antenna but duplicated with extra cable type channels for movies, etc. = negligible cost as part of a 2 unlimited mobile + 2GB internet + basic tv package for <€60/month)

€162 annual / €13.50/mo ($14.50/mo)

I have cable, which includes HBO Max (fabulous) & Peacock Premium (for vintage RHoBH), Netflix streaming & DVD (1-at-a-time, but just for a month), will unfortunately have to reup Paramount+ for Rw Homecoming & The Challenge but just for a month, down the road.

Directv stream

Reality TV, Britbox, Amazon Prime.

[quote]Why do so many DLers sound as if they are writing ad copy?

Because many DLers are smart and articulate. Those who aren't, like obviously yourself, fruitlessly invest time slagging them off in an attempt to shore up their own inadequacy. You're welcome.

[quote] Because many DLers are smart and articulate.

You must be new here.

Or delusional.

I have an antenna, and picked up a Roku Express at Home Depot for $20 and have the free stuff: Roku, Tubi, Plex, IMDBtv, Peacock with ads, and Pluto. The lure of "watercooler" shows and films has waned, so I'm happy revisiting content I've previously enjoyed.

Antenna. I watch the Sunday evening programs on PBS. Sanditon has finished, thank god, but Ripley? Ridley? Road is starting next week and that’s supposed to be good. I have some of the free streaming apps on my tablet that I watch in bed, mostly old shows.

It seems SPH is really popular.

I'm a news junkie and go back and forth between MSNBC and CNN. I watch cable sometimes but more HBO MAX and Amazon Prime.

Hbomax , Hulu , Amazon Prime. Showtime and just added Disney+. Which I’m enjoying .

Forgot to add Netflix. I don’t watch TV all day but I need choices as I take care of my 94yo mother and I’m always trying to find ways to entertain her. I justify the expense since covid hit.

R8 I had the same experience with MSNBC

Haven't watched TV in about 4 years. Mainly youtube.

DLers sound like ad copy writers because they are, or work in related marketing, PR bullshit, image>substance fields.

I have HBO Max, Paramount+ and Amazon. I usually end up watching Law& Order, Criminal Minds, etc., on basic cable. At night I watch MSNBC until Perry Mason comes on MeTV. I fall asleep to Mannix or Cannon, then watch Perry and Matlock when I wake up. Then back to L&O, Criminal Minds, etc. I'll watch movies Sat. and Sun.

Minimal. I have cable, where I DVR episodes of Gunsmoke and Bonanza from MeTV; I never paid these any mind growing up, but now I find them entertaining... well, most of them. I watch the liberal block on MSNBC in the evenings (Reid, Hayes, Maddow, and O'Donnell), provided I can be arsed to be in front of the television on time to see them. Rachel is the one I don't like to miss. On weekends I DVR Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and watch it with my best friend on one of his visits.

I don't stream.

If you use monthly contracts instead of annual, and you don't mind five minutes' extra work a month, you can just flip in and out of the streaming services you want, when you want them. Even after you cancel them you still get the full month you've paid for.

I have a favorite service which I keep, and then I just pick and choose which of the others I want to engage with this month. You stay with one till you've exhausted it or a show on something else appeals more, then cancel and pick up another one. Keeps the costs low and you miss out on nothing. It can be a salutary shock to come back to a service after several months and find how little has changed.

I don’t know if it’s streaming fatigue, but I have a hard time finishing even a 30-minute show in one sitting. The last show I binge-watched was “Breaking Bad”.

^ Actually “What We Do in the Shadows” was binge-worthy as well.

Mannix

Bonanza

Gunsmoke

Cannon

Matlock

What, no 'Barnaby Jones'? I assumed it was only for a captive audience and want of the audience knowing any better that people watched these the first time around, but no. People still watch them?

I have a lot of the free apps (IMDB tv, Hulu, a bunch of others) and I very rarely watch any of them. I got Hulu to watch Cruel Summer, not sure if I've even used it since. The tv's always on but I rarely pay attention to it; now it's usually on regular network tv and I have the sound turned low. The older I get, the less I care about television.

I have apps on my Roku firestick that allow me to watch every movie, tv show and miniseries for free. No bugs, no problems, the apps automatically update themselves. Used to stream on my PC, then once I got my Roku firestick, I downloaded apps onto it and don't pay for anything. It's great. The only thing I pay for are premium torrent links which are better quality and don't freeze up. I pay 14 euro for a six months subscription. As for cable, I use the Hydrogen TV app which I pay S12 a month for. I get 550 channels from all over the world.

I pay absolutely nothing for my entertainment needs.

[quote]Why do so many DLers sound as if they are writing ad copy?

It's not just DLers, I've been noticing it in real life and other social media as well, but DL can get pretty thick with it sometimes. Any food, diet, or budget thread has multiple people posting "With proper meal planning and by sticking to a budget, I can prepare quick, easy, and healthful meals in just minutes!" and it always sounds so off-putting.

I forgot to mention way up in R-number-something -or-other that I also pay for PBS streaming. We watch Nova and Nature mostly, not that often these days (after years of not talking about climate change at all, probably thanks to being sponsored by a Koch brother of some sort, now that's ALL they talk about) but it's nice to have it when we want something different.

I should watch more of their documentaries, but I always forget. There was a Flannery O'Connor one I wanted to see that came out probably a year ago now. Can I crosspost this to the thread about scatterbrains?

Minimal here as well. I record Y&R and B&B and watch them later in the afternoon. The only network shows I watched this season were The Connors and B Positive. I enjoyed Press Your Luck with Elizabeth Banks last summer and hope it comes back this summer. Sometimes I will watch an episode of MotorWeek or America's Test Kitchen if I'm interested in the subject. Occasionally I watch reruns on TVLand, AntennaTV, and meTV, although the commercials are enraging. I have basic cable and used to enjoy TCM, but since they moved it to an extra-cost sports package, I no longer get it. I'm thinking of going over the air but need to test the reception first. Sometimes I watch movies on YouTube. That's about it.

[quote] I don't watch tv anymore.

I don't understand. Then what do you sit in your living room and look at?

I still watch cable. I watch morning news, GMA and then MeTV or another channel with vintage shows. I'll watch PBS, HBO and TCM. I love TCM. I'm just beginning to watch Netflix streaming. I just watched The Andy Warhol Diaries, White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch and some of the Emily In Paris series.

I finally had the courage to believe myself when I say , there is nothing worth while to be seen on TV and gave TV to a family member to game on. I am now seeing family and friends more often and have a sleep schedule that is good me. Don"t miss it at all.

I almost never watch network TV. It’s mostly YouTube, HBOMax and Tubi.

Does Hulu ever have subscription sales like other streaming services do? If so, is there a certain time of year to look out for them?

I switch from one provider to the next and I find it very difficult to be excited about anything, the Covid slowdown is really starting to show when it comes to series. Everything Marvel bores me

I subscribe to Acorn so had loads of British, Irish, Australian shows to watch. Also, You Tube has most if not all of the "Vera" mystery episodes. PBS has most of the shows I watch Masterpiece Theatre, etc. Why Xfinity (Comcast) does not have BritBox is a complete mystery.

TV is in the closet. Watch everything on the computer. Almost no TV shows, just movies and random shit on youtube.

I have paramount plus, discovery plus and netflix, i'm about to cancel netflix. i never watch it and dont want to pay 16.99 a month anymore

Directv stream w/ HBO Max, Starz.

Apple TV+

Prime video

Criterion

And free apps with channels like Pluto and Tubi

Cable with HBO, Showtime and Starz. HBOMax is included.

Netflix, Hulu (included with Spotify), Amazon Prime, Disney+. Thinking of adding Paramount+.

I have other services on my Fire Stick that I've downloaded but don't use, like Kanopy and Vudu.

My media consumption pre-internet was newspapers and magazines by day and TV/movies by night, but now it’s a chaotic mix of streaming, youtube, twitter, reddit, etc.

R48 "Roku firestick" is like saying "Apple Android"

UK mainstream TV, Netflix and Amazon Prime. I don’t watch that much TV. I listen to the radio much more.

I cut the cable, because of the cost.

Couldn't be happier.

I have Netflix and Amazon Prime.

I miss sports. In the fall, when my income increases, I'll add a sports streaming service and THIRTEEN Passport.

No TV anymore; got rid of it, made space for other stuff. I just watch on my folding phone. Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime, Disney+. YouTube most.

Embarrassed to say I watch a lot of TV. Old, new, documentaries, nature stuff, pretty much everything. Unfortunately, my cable company has a monopoly where I live so I'm stuck with the (Altice One). People who live on the other side of a local highway are able to get Verizon.

I'm stuck with the "triple play," phone, internet, and cable. I have 3 TVs so I have 2 cable boxes (that I rent) and one Apple TV which will is mine. It sucks that they give me ACCESS to HBOMax but not the channel itself. Seriously considering getting rid of HBO and Starz (I don't even watch it) and just going with monthly subscriptions. I stopped watching Outlander, plus it's available on NetFlix. Once Power ended, there was no need to watch Starz.

I make a good living so I can afford the high price but will consider dropping my cable bill a lot in the next few years.

It takes me about a week to finish watching one episode of “Stranger Things.” I just can’t be bothered anymore by fiction in general, but I still like watching documentaries and classic cinema.

I finished up The staircase a while ago and thought it was brilliant. But for the most part I have trouble sustaining interest in t.v. nowadays. I don't know if it's poor quality or my increasingly short attention span.

I've been enjoying Fringe on Freevee lately (free streaming channel, formerly imdbTV). The first few episodes are a bit off, but then it gets really good.

I haven't had cable for about six or seven years now. I don't miss it at all.

I gave up sling and Netflix. I now have Max and Hulu as paid stations but I also have Pluto, Tubi, peacock, Vudo and Crackel, and ustvgo.tv, all free. Ustvgo.tv has all the cable news channels for free.

I don't watch much. I'd guess less than 10 hours per week, but primarily stream foreign television shows over the internet using a VPN that costs me $3.29 month. Mainly British and Welsh shows. Just finished the excellent six-part Welsh series "Y Golau" (The Light in the Hall.)

I am way late to the game but I just finished season one of Friday Night Lights.

Just watched the first three episodes of This Is Going to Hurt, the Ben Whishaw dramedy series based on Adam Kay's memoir, and it's terrific. I'd still be watching it, but they're releasing episodes weekly instead of in a binge bundle. It's available on Prime Video when you pay for a subscription to AMC+. Best thing I've watched on any TV platform since...well, I can't remember when.

I’m a Trekkie and a MSTie, and when it’s on The Amazing Race watcher. Other than this TV is an icky poo wasteland for me.