1. 30

2. Sitting in front of the TV actively watching? Probably 10-15 hours a week.

3. Less, mainly because most all of my entertainment I either watch on the internet (or download from the internet, shhh)

4. See 3. The internet and my hectic schedule has just made it easier for me to watch any of my shows when I can.

5. I watch my sports teams live (Football, baseball), and occasionally a show here or there if I really want to see it live. Rarely for movies (don't have netflix) unless I'm incredibly bored.

6. Television right now has changed, with the development of technologies like DVR, anything on the internet that substitutes for television and cable, and even technologies like Slingbox (which broadcasts a tv's local signal to anywhere in the world to watch on the internet).

It's a very long and complicated question as to why TV has changed. If you had any more specific questions, just let me know. Hope this helps!

Thanks buddy this really helps!

1. 18
2. 14
3. less
4. video games
5. top 20 funny videos
6. Television hasn't really changed much, just the quality.

Thank you, nice to get so many diverse people into this, everyone has something different.

ooh, I'll gladly do this

1) 20
2) I'd say...about 1 or 2 hours. Not that uch
3) its definitely less than how long I used to watch
4) a few re-occurring series, such as Doctor Who
5) usually anything fantasy or animated (not MLP though, you've read my review and that's what I think of it)

6) It definitely is very different. Its more fast paced than before and different in styles.

Doctor who used to be well paced and took its time to develop the plot (for better or for worst depending on the story), whereas the new Dr Who is just too fast and confusing. Have you ever tried to listen to scientific gobbilty-gook at high speed?
In animated and children's shows, there's a major change. The humour is very different from traditional jokes and puns, to mostly random and surreal...which I don't think is as good, mostly because it doesn't make sense and just gets you confused. Old jokes were funny for children...not much for adults.
Plus animation wise its different. With Flash animation reigning supreme due to cost-saving.

don't know if that's the right info you wanted :O

Thank you very VERY much for writing here and spreading the word even more, awesome :)

you're welcome and it was great to write about something too ^^

I wouldn't mind discussing a bit more on how animated shows have changed if you like (its my speciality), though I can't say much for anime, I'm not much of a fan so to say :o

I think I know what you mean, but even so I wouldn't mind hearing more from you here, shoot.

oh and also, I've advertised this journal

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4601911/

Found this through  Altallo and this looks pretty interesting I'll say. I'd be happy to answer a few questions. ^..^

1. 21
2. I'd probably say I watch around 2 hours a day of television if you don't count background noise.
3. Way less I'll say. When I was a kid I used to watch TV for hours on end. From 9pm to 3am sometimes.
4. The internet makes the shows I actually want to watch more available at any time.
5. On TV? The only shows I watch I can count on one hand. Regular Show, Adventure Time, Restaurant Impossible, Good Eats, and World's Dumbest. Everything else I like to watch isn't broadcasted anymore so I have to stream them on the internet.
6. I think a problem with television now is that it focuses too much on reality shows. It's a problem that's been growing over the last ten years to the point where everything can be turn into a show and exploited beyond what was thought possible. It doesn't help that the writers strike took place in 2007, leading corporations to funnel cash into something that would actually make a profit for them rather than entertaining the viewer. Another factor is the advent of streaming sites like Hulu or Netflix where anyone with an internet connection can watch the good shows of yesteryear at any time. New original works are more commonly found on the internet rather than TV, because that's how most teens and 20-somethings get their entertainment in general these days. I think that eventually, cable and satellite TV as we know it could die out over the next ten years as our devices become more connected and effective at multitasking.

I am very grateful for this comment and the watch! Also, weird for me to say, but somehow ... you seem like a quite fascinating guy!

Hmm, that doesn't sound weird at all. I take that as a compliment, actually. ^..^ Well, I'm glad I could help!

I take it that you know Japanese, right? Ehhh I probably should have went along with learning it much earlier. I could use it to be able to translate these books:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8247017/

I'm always impressed with people knowing it.

*nods* Yep! I know Japanese. It's definitely not an easy language, and it takes a lot of practice to keep from forgetting. I can't say I'm fluent, but an electronic dictionary makes looking things up easier.

You see, this is the risk.
The internet... this keeps me from forgetting English
My friends and television... this keeps me from forgetting German
So not to forget Japanese I should watch anime and play Japanese games....

Oh what am I talking about?! I would LOVE to do that!

Ehhh just now a problem with learning it to begin with. Frustrating....

Japanese is also different from Western languages in the fact that it's, well, different. There is often nothing to correlate an Eastern language to a Western one. Japanese games help to a certain degree. Anime tends to be more unreliable, as a lot of shows and movies use very informal Japanese that's more for comedic effect than conversational.

The key I've found to understanding Japanese is harder than it sounds, and even I've been having trouble with it lately. That's basically living and breathing the language. Reading Japanese books, translating them to your native language, watching Japanese films with Japanese subtitles rather than English (my favorite). I suggest checking out this article for ideas. http://www.tofugu.com/2013/03/20/cr.....peaking-world/

This has been sitting in my updates for too long. It seems interesting, but I'll put the link off for a time when I will be able to read it. Maybe a couple of years.

Thanks for sharing!

1. 23
2. 0 (I don't have a TV anymore. ^^)
3. less
4. I get everything I need from the internet.
5. news, TV series, movies (but all in the net)
6. I can't tell if it's different, but the concept is outdated. In the internet you can watch what you want whenever you want and you don't have to look about transmission time.

Thanks you very much for your help, I'll make use of this

Very Well!


1) 26

2) I would put it as 1 hour.

3) Less and less. As a kid, it was probably about 3 hours in a normal day. Now, I only record programs to avoid commercials.

4) Video games and the internet. Video games, because I like to play something. Internet, there are shows, video channels by user and reading I can do. Also, the amount of commericals watching regular TV has gotten ridiculous and is a huge waste of my free time.

5) The Glenn Beck program(which now I watch highlights on the internet) but not Fox News itself, some cartoons maybe, and maybe watch Food network programs. However, I like to watch older movies, even silent ones, but again, all these I would opt for the option to watch at anytime.

6) Television has gotten overly reliant on reality television of people drama. With a channel like History, it should be about History, but instead is about dramas in some no where land and about antique garbage drama. With a channel like Cartoon Network, we have random jokes, jokes that resort to adult humor in making kids think their older, and having real life shows starring a "kids like you!" that have nothing to do about cartoons. The real root of all these problems is using marketing and demographics to make TV programs. The care of making excellent TV shows still exist, but for the most part the real art of making regular TV has been replaced with trends, to make people think they're smart while exploiting this ignorance, and have people want to be on television(still). If any art is used in TV, it will be a false overused art, a try to look artful, a try of making it a movie.

I always thought the coliseum we watch while Rome(meaning the world) burns was going to be our entertainment from escaping the world, but the truth of the matter is that market exploiting of the stupid which best targets to the poorest people of all- the television. At this rate, it isn't a magical deity that will unleashes The End; no, it is man exploiting other men not truly caring for the future. We will whimper slowly unto death.

Thank so so so much for this, very nice!

You're welcome Farel.

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4 hours a week maybe? If you dont count anime night which is about 6 hours on saturday.

A hell of a lot less, when i was a kid i watched pokemon and digimon all the freakign time haha.

Video games, life, and hanging out with friends, all of those things are what push me away from TV.

The internet for one as well as the fact that the news today is just so broken... I wonder what we can do to fix it.

TV is outdated, people try to sensationalize news stories but more and more people are figuring out that the media is fuckign things up and whatnot. I do watch cartoon network often though. :3 Thats always fun.

TV is slowly dying like the radio, but i wonder what will replace the internet.

1) 26
2) Maybe about 50-70 hours per week.
3) Average really.
4) See above.
5) Mostly cartoons.
6) Mostly okay. I mean a lot of new shows that come on I can already tell are going to be bad just from the commercial. But every now and again there is a good show that comes out, like Adventure Time.

Thanks friend, this really great, most helpful!

You are most welcome. =3

1) What is your age?
28
2) How many hours per week do you watch television (Doesn't need to be that exact, just an average)?
0
3) Is this more or less than you used to?
less
4) Is there a specific reason for you watching less television?
I haven;t had one in over 4 years. I don't need one; the Internet is all I need for idle entertainment.
5) What type of programs do you watch?
Usually only live sport, though there are some DVD comedy 'TV' programs I will buy if they count.
6) (Here a longer answer is permitted) What do you think of television right now? Is it different than used to be?
Over what timeframe? There are more cheaper programs now. When I was a kid growing up there were just 5 free to air channels; now they all multichannel, making it something like 15 channels. This obviously creates a vacuum, so there is a lot more cheap foreign programming which no one cares about or watches; the stations just need to have the presence on air.

I also notice that reality TV programs, particularly cooking and real estate programs, seem to dominate ratings. Along with live sport and news. There seems to be less production programs nowadays.

Oh, and adverting has definatley encroached more and more into the actual content of TV programs over the years.

Thanks buddy, this is so awesome!