There's too damn much TV

[InstantKlassik]

There's a glut of supply and soon it won't be able to keep up with demand. You only have so many hours in a day to watch TV. We are in the "Golden Age" of TV but that has spawned so many "must see" shows. It's not sustainable.

Between HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime etc. Too much.

Then you add in that NCAA, NBA and NFL are all in season right now

 

[pete clemenza]

Even Netflix is starting to cannibalize itself with all its non stop/constant overlapping of new shows and movies being dropped damn near every month. They're going to have to let shyt breath for a minute before releasing the next movie or binge-able show

 

[Mr. McDowell]

A lot of stuff I have no interest in watching to be honest. The fact that network TV has completely cratered and isn't giving me anything I feel I should watch is sad.

 

[BXKingPin82]

A lot of stuff I have no interest in watching to be honest. The fact that network TV has completely cratered and isn't giving me anything I feel I should watch is sad.

theres still some good shyt on Network TV.
Black Lightning
The Good Place
Black-Ish
Midnight Texas
9-1-1
Manifest
Black Panthers Quest

 

[el_oh_el]

Don't settle. Only watch the best of the best.

This. I’ve found that the multitude of choices has made me extremely picky. I can’t even fukk with some shows now after being spoiled by others, and this wasn’t the case a few years ago.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

I know a couple of people who basically use all their free time watching TV shows that shyt is not good for people who are easily addicted to watching shows...spend your prime years watching other people lives brehs

I usually watch 1-2 shows a quarter so 4-8 seasons a year. Right now I'm just watching Black Lightning.

I can't keep up with more shows than that. Plus I catch a movie at the theater 1-2 times a month although I think I'm done til Captain Marvel and Avengers 4 come out.

I don't understand how you can watch more TV/movies than that and still be productive in life I guess if you just do the bare minimum in your career/business, you can binge watch TV all the time

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

TV is in a weird place. GoT is the last consensus show that we all watch at the same time and talk about.

Other than nerds like us the streaming shows don't garner as much discussion as people discover them at different times

I JUST STARTED GOT. THE fukkERY STARTED IN EPISODE 1 AND HASN'T SLOWED DOWN YET LMAO. ONLY THING THOUGH. THE STARK MOM REMINDS ME OF THE TELLER MOM FROM SOA. SHE KEEP fukkING shyt UP AND WON'T SIT HER ASS DOWN.

 

[FlyRy]

Altered carbon just came out,

this is all the stuff on my radar this month and next.. it's too much

03/5 Devs
03/6 Ugly Delicious s2, The Protector s3
03/13 Elite season 3, Kingdom s2
03/15 Westworld s3
03/16 My Brilliant Friend
03/18 little fires everywhere
03/27 ozark s3 (for you brehs)

04/3 Money Heist/ La Casa de Papel s4, Tales from the loop
04/19 Fargo
04/26 Killing Eve, Vida

 

[Cave Savage]

I just started getting back into TV recently, and I could easily watch like 4 hours per night.
Right now I'm watching Better Call Saul, Briarpatch, Forensic Files II, For Life, etc. Just finished Power and Mr. Robot

I will say though, I think it's not as bad as browsing the internet for hours on end.

 

[Threnody]

Its really not a lot if you weed out the garbage/average shyt

If you sitting around watching mediocre tv.....just stop....do something else with yo time please

A ton of shows these days but most of them suck

 

[General Mills]

Then you add in that NCAA, NBA and NFL are all in season right now

I am not even going to lie. My sports intake has fallen almost all the way off because of my back log of shows I have to watch.

Wrestling has stopped all the way.
College basketball has stopped until March Madness. Or if I happen to by chance catch the Pitt Panthers play by accident. I am not looking for them though.
College football has fallen wayyy off except for big games. I use to watch every thing I could.
NFL I only watch the Steelers. I will keep an eye on box scores cause I run 4 plus fantasy teams. I used to watch every game I could.
Baseball I used to at least watch my Pirates religiously. I will be lucky to catch 3 games a year.
Hockey - I work part time for the Helpdesk for the NHL so I do watch Hockey but I am getting paid for it. I used to watch the Pens anytime they played.

shyt I dont even really watch ESPN like I used to. There was a time when I always had Sportscenter on in the background.


Despite all of this I am STILL way behind on the shows I want to watch. I am still in the middle of Narcos Mexico season one and the 2nd season just dropped.
I JUST finished the Mandolorian like a week ago.
Ozarks is dropping soon. I will prob not get to that until October

 

[CrimsonTider]

Its really not a lot if you weed out the garbage/average shyt

If you sitting around watching mediocre tv.....just stop....do something else with yo time please

A ton of shows these days but most of them suck

it’s not a lot if you just watch what you want to at your pace and not feel like you have to watch something cause it’s the topic of conversation

 

[obarth]

Even Netflix is starting to cannibalize itself with all its non stop/constant overlapping of new shows and movies being dropped damn near every month. They're going to have to let shyt breath for a minute before releasing the next movie or binge-able show

Netflix was supposed to be dying not even a few months ago, thoughWith all of these networks putting out their own streaming platforms and taking the shows they have rights to off of the OG streaming platforms, original content is more important than ever.

Like @FlyRy said, GoT is most likely the last of the watercooler shows. I rarely watched it live, but I'll be damned if I didn't watch it by Monday morning the latest. Netflix is good for at least one thing (movie, series, documentary, or stand-up special) a month that will have some relative form of pop culture relevance and discussion. That's about the best you can ask for in the streaming age.

"Buzz" and traditional ratings numbers are becoming less important. Now it's number of subscribers and, more importantly, subscriber growth and sustainability. Are people sticking with your service or dropping it and then coming back when you have something worth watching? Every single original, since their first (House of Cards) is still and will always be there for you to watch. That means there is no urgency in watching anything the second it's released. Before streaming, you either were there for it when it aired, caught the rerun, or had to buy DVD boxsets of shyt you missed. So, besides "buzz", there really isn't anything wrong with continuously dropping original content. They do a pretty good job of having whatever their new shyt coming out is be the automatic trailer that plays when you open the app. They're doing a top 10 trending of the day list, and pretty much keep their original content front and center.

 

[Diondon]

I be like a season or two behind most shows. fukk it
Just torrent the whole season and binge watch

 

[old pig]

it’s true...as a result I find myself forced to only watch what I actually want to watch