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Post by beergut on Mar 26, 2015 1:41:05 GMT -5
before watching it? I don't like to wait season to season when I know the whole thing will be online in full.
Right now, I'm watching Sons of Anarchy. On season 3, pretty solid so far.
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Post by bobosensei on Mar 26, 2015 5:14:02 GMT -5
I do for some things. My favorite shows I watch on project free tv as episodes become available, but for everything else I wait until they come out on netflix. People don't really consume tv shows they way they used to. When I first started working full time 11 years ago every day the previous nights tv shows were a hot topic around the water cooler. And for popular shows you might waste an hour talking about it first thing in the morning. But I can't recall the last time I talked to someone about a tv show I watched, at best you might hear about someone who does a marathon session of an entire tv series in one weekend that might comment on it. Or you might get a recommendation from a friend on something new to watch, but nothing beyond that.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 26, 2015 5:46:03 GMT -5
We don't have cable so pretty much anything not on network tv is binge-watched on Netflix/Prime.
Waiting for the final SOA season!
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Mar 26, 2015 6:15:03 GMT -5
We do it all the time. Yes it's a long wait but thats ok. We do the same with movies, I hate going to the theater and we have a projector with a large screen and 3D, so I prefer to watch movies in my jammies and not pay a huge fee  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 7:30:04 GMT -5
I do. Watch the same series every night for a few months, then I'm sad when it's over.  |
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Post by yogiii on Mar 26, 2015 7:35:11 GMT -5
It's actually cheaper for us to have basic cable bundled with internet than just internet alone so we still watch network TV as it airs. We got ourselves prime around the holidays so we've started binge watching other stuff. It is addictive and very satisfying to watch stuff that way.
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 26, 2015 7:58:37 GMT -5
I have binged watched many shows, but I never purposely miss something I really want to watch so I can see a whole season all at one time, next year. I usually binge watch something I either just heard about, someone just convinced me of, or something that I had wanted to watch, but either forgot about, or didn't have access to that channel.
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Post by giramomma on Mar 26, 2015 8:20:46 GMT -5
I do. Watch the same series every night for a few months, then I'm sad when it's over. Yeah, we do that. Then the only problem is when we get caught up on the series, we forget what happened when the newest season comes out. I'm having a lot of problems keeping the plot of Boardwalk Empire straight from the beginning. That's likely a show I'll watch again from the beginning. We also don't have cable. Maybe when the kids are out of the house and I have more time to watch tv. Right now, we sit at about 3 hours a week. |
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Post by movingforward on Mar 26, 2015 8:33:35 GMT -5
I did this with Sons of Anarchy. I am now done with all 6 seasons on Netflix and just read yesterday that the last season will be available starting April 25th. I CAN'T WAIT to see the final season. The ending of season 6 still makes me shudder a bit when I think about it.
I wish I could make myself wait for The Walking Dead because I would love to watch all the seasons close together but I can't make myself wait! I have no idea when the show will end so waiting for the entire series is just too hard for me. I have been a season behind on most shows I like because I didn't have cable. I ended up getting it about 2 weeks ago and there is a Walking Dead marathon on this weekend and they are showing all of this season leading up to the season finale on Sunday night. I have set the DVR to record all 16 episodes and will binge watch them at some point. I still plan to binge watch certain shows. I am currently recording Bates Motel (which I had been watching on Netflix) and will probably wait until most of the season is recorded before I start watching them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 8:35:17 GMT -5
I did this with Sons of Anarchy. I am now done with all 6 seasons on Netflix and just read yesterday that the last season will be available starting April 25th. I CAN'T WAIT to see the final season. The ending of season 6 still makes me shudder a bit when I think about it. Sweet! Been waiting a long time for that! I heard the last season is really good. |
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Post by movingforward on Mar 26, 2015 8:43:42 GMT -5
I do for some things. My favorite shows I watch on project free tv as episodes become available, but for everything else I wait until they come out on netflix. People don't really consume tv shows they way they used to. When I first started working full time 11 years ago every day the previous nights tv shows were a hot topic around the water cooler. And for popular shows you might waste an hour talking about it first thing in the morning. But I can't recall the last time I talked to someone about a tv show I watched, at best you might hear about someone who does a marathon session of an entire tv series in one weekend that might comment on it. Or you might get a recommendation from a friend on something new to watch, but nothing beyond that. When LOST was on TV my co-workers and I used to talk about it for a half hour the following day. That is the last show I remember talking about the day after it aired. I do still talk TV with people from time to time, but you are right in that it is different. Typically, someone is asking what season I am on with X show and we may talk about what happened that particular season, etc. Then they maybe tell me about some other series I should watch or something. |
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Post by Cookies Galore on Mar 26, 2015 8:54:48 GMT -5
Sons of Anarchy April 25?! Gah! I'M SO EXCITED!
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Mar 26, 2015 9:45:54 GMT -5
I wish I could make myself wait for The Walking Dead because I would love to watch all the seasons close together but I can't make myself wait
AMC usually has a marathon starting with the pilot before every new season. You can binge watch that way. That's how we got into Breaking Bad.
As far as people talking about TV at work, there was a particular episode of the Walking Dead last season that EVERYONE talking about here at work. I couldn't go anywhere in the hospital/college without overhearing people.
Good thing I watch the show in real time, if I didn't I would have been pissed, it was a major spoiler.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 9:49:31 GMT -5
As far as people talking about TV at work, there was a particular episode of the Walking Dead last season that EVERYONE talking about here at work. I couldn't go anywhere in the hospital/college without overhearing people. Good thing I watch the show in real time, if I didn't I would have been pissed, it was a major spoiler. Don't tell me! I'm still waiting for that season to come out.  |
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 26, 2015 12:48:29 GMT -5
Last season of Sons of Anarchy is really good. We broke down and paid for it on Amazon because I was way behind when it aired on FX.
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Post by midwestlily on Mar 26, 2015 13:34:40 GMT -5
I keep trying to talk to a friend about the latest episode of The Blacklist, but she's always a couple weeks behind on her viewing. By the time she catches up, I forget what I wanted to say about that episode.
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Post by cktc on Mar 26, 2015 13:49:01 GMT -5
Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, and Downton Abbey are the biggest water cooler, watch live or be spoiled shows. I've accepted being spoiled because watching as close to live as possible is not worth the expense.
I did pay per episode for Breaking Bad it's last season, and may for Mad Men.
Some shows I just lose interest in watching live. I'll catch a few, then forget, get frustrated with a stupid episode or just not feel like watching for a while, then I might take them up again when the DVD is released. HIMYM, SoA, and Supernatural all fall in that category.
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Post by steph08 on Mar 26, 2015 14:02:18 GMT -5
We don't have Netflix, but we do have Amazon Prime, and for some reason, I think mainly the 9-month-old baby, we can't really get into watching whole seasons of shows.
I only talk TV with one person in the office - our main staples are Episodes, Game of Thrones, and The Amazing Race. We also do Grimm and Blacklist, but I am sometimes a week behind on those (see: baby).
DH and I have a standing Sunday TV date night - once Walking Dead is over, Game of Thrones starts back! It's sad when they are both off for the season! |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Mar 26, 2015 14:09:38 GMT -5
Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, and Downton Abbey are the biggest water cooler, watch live or be spoiled shows. I've accepted being spoiled because watching as close to live as possible is not worth the expense. I did pay per episode for Breaking Bad it's last season, and may for Mad Men. Some shows I just lose interest in watching live. I'll catch a few, then forget, get frustrated with a stupid episode or just not feel like watching for a while, then I might take them up again when the DVD is released. HIMYM, SoA, and Supernatural all fall in that category. All you need to watch Downton live is a working tv and antenna.  I don't watch either of the other two. DH is such a Downton addict that he watches online when it airs in the UK then again with me when it airs here. |
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Post by cktc on Mar 26, 2015 14:16:04 GMT -5
Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, and Downton Abbey are the biggest water cooler, watch live or be spoiled shows. I've accepted being spoiled because watching as close to live as possible is not worth the expense. I did pay per episode for Breaking Bad it's last season, and may for Mad Men. Some shows I just lose interest in watching live. I'll catch a few, then forget, get frustrated with a stupid episode or just not feel like watching for a while, then I might take them up again when the DVD is released. HIMYM, SoA, and Supernatural all fall in that category. All you need to watch Downton live is a working tv and antenna. I don't watch either of the other two. DH is such a Downton addict that he watches online when it airs in the UK then again with me when it airs here. Hmm, maybe I should invest in an antenna. I'd also like to watch a few award shows live.  |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Mar 26, 2015 14:30:09 GMT -5
All you need to watch Downton live is a working tv and antenna. I don't watch either of the other two. DH is such a Downton addict that he watches online when it airs in the UK then again with me when it airs here. Hmm, maybe I should invest in an antenna. I'd also like to watch a few award shows live. You have until next January to get one if it's just for Downton.  You'll probably get a couple of extra PBS channels out of it too |
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Post by movingforward on Mar 26, 2015 14:53:45 GMT -5
I like Downton but it is not something I would binge watch. I actually found this last season to be a little on the boring side.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 18:31:40 GMT -5
I don't watch tv often, but I do have a few show set up to record on my dvr. Since when I do watch tv, its usually with the dvr, I'm spoiled and really dislike sitting through all the commercials on live tv. And since I don't watch tv often, I usually end up binge watching since its available.
I just watched the whole season of Empire this past weekend. I hadn't recorded it (watched it on On Demand) because I didn't think I'd be interested in it, but once I started watching, I couldn't stop. If I'd been watching during the season having to wait until the next week to see what happened would have drove me nuts lol. I'm impatient.
ETA: I also have Netflix and Amazon Prime, but I've never watched anything on either. I'm too lazy to figure out how to connect my gadgets to my tv and I only want to watch tv on a tv screen. The Netflix is a gift.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Mar 26, 2015 19:12:08 GMT -5
You can binge watch Downton Abbey on pbs.org and it's current  Also I started watching Scandal on Netflix, but it's like a full season behind!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 19:56:40 GMT -5
You can binge watch Downton Abbey on pbs.org and it's current Also I started watching Scandal on Netflix, but it's like a full season behind! I've wanted to watch Scandal since I hear so much about it. I actually set my dvr to record the last two seasons but I didn't watch them because I refuse to start in the middle lol. Maybe I'll figure this gadget thing out if I can start at the beginning on Netflix. Can I do that? Don't laugh, but I'm not even sure how Netflix works. ETA: I just checked and I see I can. I'm kind of laughing at myself now. |
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Post by cktc on Mar 27, 2015 9:20:07 GMT -5
You can binge watch Downton Abbey on pbs.org and it's current  There isn't enough like for this! This is one of the shows I watch when my fiance isn't around, so on demand is pretty much perfect. |
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Post by beergut on Mar 27, 2015 11:39:18 GMT -5
I'm on either season 2 or 3 with Breaking Bad, and had to stop. I think the episodes are too long.
I'm on my second break with Walking Dead. I get bored with the current storyline, and have to take a break.
Just started season 4 with SOA.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Mar 27, 2015 12:26:59 GMT -5
You can binge watch Downton Abbey on pbs.org and it's current ![]() Also I started watching Scandal on Netflix, but it's like a full season behind! ![]() I've wanted to watch Scandal since I hear so much about it. I actually set my dvr to record the last two seasons but I didn't watch them because I refuse to start in the middle lol. Maybe I'll figure this gadget thing out if I can start at the beginning on Netflix. Can I do that? Don't laugh, but I'm not even sure how Netflix works. ETA: I just checked and I see I can. I'm kind of laughing at myself now. Pink, do you have a blue ray/DVD player or gaming console (Xbox etc)? You can stream Netflix and Amazon thru either of those. Both have been able to do it for a while now so if either is fairly new you should be able to. |
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Post by quince on Mar 27, 2015 13:27:46 GMT -5
Yes, because delayed gratification is the best. Also I am too cheap to pay for cable.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Mar 27, 2015 14:36:03 GMT -5
I do, yes. Its not fun, but it can be done. I've managed to avoid spoilers. Not sure what the proper etiquette is on that though.
There was a funny comic about the King Kong remake, and whether it was a spoiler that Kong dies.
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