Why don't people watch broadcast TV anymore?

[En Sabah Nur]

These network shows SUCK, and seem to be mostly

singing/dancing/talent
NCIS pick a city
Chicago police/fire/EMT

And comedies are extinct...only decent one I've seen is The Neighborhood

 

[Mandarin Duck]

These network shows SUCK, and seem to be mostly

singing/dancing/talent
NCIS pick a city
Chicago police/fire/EMT

And comedies are extinct...only decent one I've seen is The Neighborhood

America's Got NCIS, Delaware: Special Victims Unit.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Yeah watching broadcast TV isn’t even a consideration to younger millennials and younger…it’s like having a landline phone to us that came of age during the rise of smartphones….so I’d expect those numbers to drop exponentially more over time

 

[JerseyBoy23]

What’s wild is that it’s free and losing viewers. Like you don’t even need a subscription, just buy a TV and an antenna then your good.

 

[pete clemenza]

Ratings: Dynasty (Briefly) Returns Up... Ahead of 11-Week Hiatus

These ratings are abysmal.

It used to be good shows broke 20 million every week, now 10 million is a struggle.

Streaming is that big of a deal now?

Huh? Streaming is life

 

[Take It In Blood]

because we aren't baby boomers

 

[ECA]

Long gone are the days of Twin Peaks, X Files, NYPD Blue, ER and West Wing

 

[zerorequiem]

Commercials for me at least. Regurgitating the same type shows also. People are having to work more

 

[MikelArteta]

Yeah watching broadcast TV isn’t even a consideration to younger millennials and younger…it’s like having a landline phone to us that came of age during the rise of smartphones….so I’d expect those numbers to drop exponentially more over time

True, my nieces and nephew only thing live they watch is the toronto raptors but that's it.
Beside that its netflix, youtube and disney plus

 

[Dad]

I still watch local news

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Too many as adverts and those 22-24 episode seasons are stretched out too long. Sept to May is a long time to try and keep the average casual viewers interest.

I don't know how new original IP's suppose to survive the rotations of 3 weeks on then off for 2 weeks back for 4 weeks then it's on and off up till after thanksgiving and sometimes is like 2 months off Dec and Jan then back for 3 weeks and then off for 2 weeks.

Either cut the shows to 10-16 eps a season or drop 2 episodes a night.

Even the OG Shameless became a chore to watch. It went from 7-8 episodes a season till the 5th season then it jumped to 15 ep then season 8 was 22 which was it's peak then the final 3 seasons went back to a more enjoyable 10, 10 final season was 14 eps.

 

[DaylitoJames]

America's Got NCIS, Delaware: Special Victims Unit.

Sounds like the name of an Adult Swim show

 

[Robbie3000]

I stopped watching network TV shows in the mid 2000s. After watching Sopranos The Wire or Curb, how could I ever go back and sit through a laugh track episode of The a Big Bang?

 

[Lord_nikon]

cancer/medicine and interracial commercials no thanks

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

A few reasons.

Broadcast television shows, in general, are low quality and long-winded

In terms of how people consume content, whether cable or broadcast, unless the show is a major hit (e.g., Game of Thrones), appointment-based television is no longer the norm as there are so many different devices now that enable you to watch at your pleasure.